Harvest festival begins so Ryota takes Emily and Alice. A merchant sells drop items from Alkyl dungeon that spawn monsters worth lots of experience points. Ryota buys one which helps Emily level up. It also drops a Strengthening bullet which when fired gives the next bullet the power of a grenade. Ryota buys every Alkyl item to get more bullets. A monster escapes the arena which Ryota kills with help from Neptune who is once again disappointed Ryota won’t join his team. Celeste and Eve return from Selen in time to enjoy the festival. Ryota decides to fight monsters in the arena with Celeste, who is disappointed he only chose her for her knowledge of monsters, so she deliberately fights harder to prove she is as useful as Emily. For their reward they receive childrens fireworks. Alice suddenly enters a trance and feels a strong instinct to visit Nihonium dungeon. Clint reveals to Ryota Emily’s trance occurred the exact moment every one of Secro’s six dungeons stopped dropping items, a catastrophe for the economy and food supply. Ryota visits Nihonium and finds the one responsible is Nihonium’s dungeon Lord, a female ghost bullets pass through without harming her.