Episode Title:
A Promise Written on Water
Episode Description:
Kasei assigns Ginoza to recapture Makishima, and asks that Shinya be removed from the case. Ginoza arranges for Shinya to be transferred to Division 2, who are investigating Shuusei's whereabouts. They are confronted by Kasei, who tries to get Ginoza to kill Shinya; Akane knocks Shinya out with her Paralyzer mode. When he recovers, Shinya borrows a helmet from Shion, retrieves keys to a safehouse from Masaoka and leaves the group. He explains in a letter to Akane that the only way he can stop Makishima is to step outside the law.