Recaps

Jonas tightened his hold over Esnie, recruited Iris, and used Amau Sueko and Ian Strala to prepare a trap for the Destiny Organization. The attack on the Alt Branch collapsed into a bloody defeat, leaving Amau Sueko facing a new gunman after he killed Knight and the last wounded survivor.

• Jonas made Esnie pledge loyalty with a collar in exchange for arranging treatment for her sister Celine, then went to the Alt District when gangs seized control.
• Jonas defeated Ston’s gang, captured Amau Sueko, and used Ian Strala to lure Destiny Organization reinforcements into a trap.
• Jonas rescued Iris from Young Master Sirka, freed her from her chains, and put her hacking skills to work repairing the Alt Branch firewall.
• Iris helped Wetting Conglomerate track down the hackers attacking the firewall, while Jonas used threats against Amau Sueko to keep her focused on him.
• Ian received the Destiny Organization’s order to begin its operation, and Kinoshita Ren led an assault on the Alt Branch using Ian’s false intelligence.
• Esnie killed Kinoshita Ren, Amau Sueko killed Ian after he tried to shoot Knight, and a man then shot Knight and a wounded squad member in front of Amau Sueko.

Jonas used Amau Sueko’s return and leaked evidence to weaken the Destiny Organization while maneuvering Sirka Bond into an alliance. He stole the Nathen Conglomerate’s Research Chip and captured Shiyu Ryoko, leaving Chelsea Claudi to negotiate with him.

• Jonas defeated Amau Sueko, spared her, and sent her back to the Destiny Organization as suspicion spread around her.
• The Destiny Organization turned against Amau after receiving footage of her shooting Ian Strala, while Jonas leaked evidence that prompted a Federal Tax Bureau investigation and ended the Bond Conglomerate’s cooperation.
• Jonas offered Sirka Bond a role in the Weiton Project and a path to lead the Bond Conglomerate, then secured ten tactical suits from him.
• Jonas confessed his feelings to Esnie during a drive to the beach, while Celine teased Esnie about their relationship at the hospital.
• Jonas ordered a Special Task Force to attack the Madfire Gang’s ambush, stole the Nathen Conglomerate’s Research Chip, and killed Vunafen and Yoka.
• Chelsea Claudi traced the attack to the Bond Conglomerate’s suits and captured Sirka, who revealed that Jonas had borrowed them.
• Jonas and Eiffel lured Shiyu Ryoko into a hotel suite and captured her, allowing Jonas to call Chelsea and introduce himself.

Jonas secured a partnership with the Nathen Conglomerate over the Nathen II Tactical Chip while consolidating his position within the Wetting Conglomerate. He left the arc after treating Chelsea’s condition, with her resentful but improved and their partnership still in play.

• Jonas negotiated with Chelsea to develop the Nathen II Tactical Chip, offering the Wetting Conglomerate exclusive purchasing access in exchange for Shiyu Ryoko’s continued work and research support.
• Jonas revealed Shiyu Ryoko’s new arrangement to her, and she vowed to steal intelligence for Chelsea while Jonas and Eiffel struggled with their complicated feelings.
• Gracie Roderick pressured the Wetting Conglomerate over the stolen chip, and Jonas killed Kogar after Kogar demanded that he surrender it.
• Jonas survived a boardroom challenge by exposing Belloc Boots’s assassination plot and proving the chip partnership, then received Belloc’s and Kogar’s businesses as compensation.
• Jonas secretly expanded his holdings, while Belloc was killed in prison and Esnie and Eiffel wrestled with their feelings about Jonas.
• Jonas invited Chelsea to dinner, used her unusual reaction to his touch to learn about her former sex doll chip, and brought her to a hotel to treat its lasting effects.
• Chelsea woke improved but resentful after the treatment, while Jonas returned to the Alt Branch and told Eiffel he had helped a patient.

Jonas used Rachel, Celine’s treatment, and a publicity campaign to advance his plans while preparing for Amau Sueko’s trap at the Morris Conglomerate gathering. He boarded the cruise ship with Rachel as Yucas Amili arrived undercover, and Jonas interrupted when a guest invited her to dance.

• Chelsea remembered how she had removed the chip Endi had implanted in her, then gave in to her desire for Jonas.
• Jonas recruited Sirka Bond and Rachel ignored Amau Sueko’s warning, prompting Jonas’s allies to capture her and implant a sex doll chip.
• Jonas used the chip to control Rachel and sent Amau photos and video of her, frightening Amau and deepening her concern that Rachel had acted recklessly.
• Jonas promised to save Celine Nora, then partnered with Mister to fund the nanomedical robot project and remove the board members blocking it.
• Jonas publicized Celine’s illness to secure support for the project, and the nanomedical robots successfully treated her before she awoke from her coma.
• Jonas maneuvered himself into leadership of the nanomedical robot project and learned that Amau Sueko had arranged the Morris Conglomerate gathering as a trap.
• Jonas ordered Rachel to accompany him to the gathering, while Yucas Amili accepted a forged staff credential and went undercover on the cruise ship.
• Jonas and Rachel boarded the cruise ship, and Jonas interrupted a blond heir who invited Yucas to dance, leaving Yucas wondering why Jonas was there.