A SAMURAI TANUKI?!When swordswoman Konoha joins Serenas edge-world investigation, Hiros gobsmacked by her combat chops. Supposedly, Konohas here to investigate a metal spider with psionic abilitiesand check up on Kugi!Hiro reunites with Dr. Shouko from the research team and finally heads toward his target star system, only to be interrupted by a telepathic message from a mysterious pyramid. No one else picked the message up, so Hiros got to plunge in with both feet!