Invisible Highway (
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Sakamoto says he's there for his employee. Tanaka compares a picture he was provided of Shin as a child, and sees the real Shin riding behind Sakamoto. Tanaka tells the driver, Seba, of his decision to catch him so the people at the lab would not kill him. With his telepathy, Shin learns that they are from lab.
Tanaka sends the remaining three members of his group out the back of their van on separate motorcycles, equipped with electric batons, to capture Shin. The first one slows down to get beside Sakamoto and swings at him with his rod, but Sakamoto simply pushes his motorcycle into a wall with his foot. Shin jumps off the motorcycle, and Sakamoto holds his opponent against the wall with his foot, making him lose control of and crash the motorcycle. Shin lands on a truck transporting wood and asks to borrow a piece from the driver. He breaks the wood into pieces and throws it into the spokes of the second rider's motorcycle, making it spin out of control. Sakamoto accelerates in front of the final rider and takes him out by throwing himself and his motorcycle into the rider's head.
Tanaka is shocked that his crew is completely wiped out, and Lu warns him to apologize before Sakamoto gets angry. Tanaka is angered at her response and grabs her by the throat, telling her that the guys at the lab are way scarier and will kill them if they go empty handed. Shin jumps on their car and shouts through the roof to ask Lu if she is okay. Tanaka calls out to Seba for help, but Seba tells him to be quiet and not obstruct the radio, although he reluctantly helps after Tanaka further insists. Seba removes his hood and climbs onto the roof to face Shin. As Seba removes his lab suit, Shin warns him he won't go easy on him, and Tanaka takes over driving the vehicle.
Seba sighs that it's such a hassle when the boss is incompetent as he activates his invisibility suit. Shin and Sakamoto are shocked to see him disappear, and Seba takes this chance to knock Shin off the vehicle. Shin crashes onto a nearby car and calls out to Sakamoto as Seba jumps onto Sakamoto's motorcycle. Seba tries to grab Sakamoto and remarks about Sakamoto's good instincts as Sakamoto blocks him with his arm. Sakamoto grabs Seba by the neck, and punctures the fuel tank of Sakamoto's motorcycle as he tries to shake free. Seba jumps off Sakamoto's motorcycle back onto his van as the motorcycle explodes. Tanaka asks Seba if he managed to secure Shin, and drives off to the lab to hand over Lu instead after hearing that Seba had forgotten to do so.
Shin and Sakamoto regroup Shin curses their luck at losing the motorcycle. Sakamoto says that the GPS tracker shows they stopped at Okutabi lab and asks Shin who those guys were. Shin explains his guess that they were from the lab. Upon seeing that Sakamoto does not recognize the name, Shin further explains that the lab's unofficial status as an underground scientific research facility, and the location he was raised. Shin remarks that the lab workers were weird, but their violence and equipment were new to him. Sakamoto and Shin decide to make their way to the lab and rescue Lu.
Back at Sakamoto's, Heisuke enters the store calling out for Shin and Sakamoto wanting to buy something with 500 yen he found under a vending machine. He walks in and sees Hana, who tells him that everyone was missing, sad at being reminded that they were not around her, having wanted to tell them about Parents' Day. Wanting to stop her from crying, Heisuke offers Hana acorns and candies, but Piisuke lands on his shoulder, and suggests to Heisuke to go and find Sakamoto, Shin, and Lu for Hana. Hana asks him how, and Heisuke explains Piisuke's capacity to find anyone from the sky. Hearing that Hana smiles and they both send Piisuke to find Sakamoto, Shin, and Lu.
Sakamoto and Shin reach the Okutabi Science Musem, a front for the underground Okutabi Lab, where Sakamoto had brought Hana to several times.
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