Ep. 8: Shin prepares to confront Shourei while Lena uncovers Spearhead's tragic history and the dark truth behind para-RAID technology.

Shin reveals to Raiden that he heard Shourei's voice among the Legion and wishes to confront him one final time. Lena investigates Spearhead's past, finding that previous unit iterations were sent on special reconnaissance missions to ensure their destruction. She seeks Annette's help, but Annette becomes furious, recalling how her neighbors, who were friends and 86s, were taken by the government. Annette discloses that para-RAID technology resulted from human experimentation on 86s, causing her father to commit suicide from guilt. After a falling out, Lena protests to her uncle, who argues that exterminating the 86s is necessary to prevent the Republic from becoming a pariah state. Lena bids Shin farewell, who explains that destroying Shourei, now a Shepherd, will create enough Legion confusion for her to escape. On the mission day, the remaining Spearhead members—Shin, Raiden, Theoto, Kurena, and Anju—clean their base and depart. Shourei moves to intercept them, eager to assimilate Shin into the Legion under the warped belief that he is protecting him.

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