The theme for the new work is "Let's take one step forward and try it!" Yuusaku hates standing out, and at his school he doesn't. However, Yuusaku starts meeting others through duels, and starts moving forward.
The initial struggle to accept their new reality and their thirst for human blood and the rules of being a vampire and the consequences of breaking them. and learn to control their vampiric powers and instincts.
Sabina is a story about a young Muslim woman who gets pregnant and experiences being rejected from her home, her society and the life she knew. But even when her ex-boyfriend tries to force her to have an abortion and her own mother refuses to talk to her, Sabina doesn't give up.
To try and gain the upper hand against Revolver, Lightning uses Jin's life as a bargaining chip and reveals a dark secret about Dr. Kogami. Bohman, watching this unfold, decides that he cannot stand by.
Bohman absorbs the power of the Ignis and begins to warp the very nature of Link VRAINS itself, creating a powerful Data Storm. With the wills of his friends behind him, Yusaku prepares to fight Bohman one last time.
Bohman continues to use the consciousnesses of everyone trapped in Link VRAINS to maintain a Data Storm and a Hydradrive army. Yusaku can barely fight back when the three Knights of Hanoi arrive to assist.
Everyone desperately continues fighting against Bohman's Neuron Link using everyone's consciousness data. Bohman is too powerful however and things seem hopeless for Yusaku as the duel goes on.
Ai sacrifices himself to try and destroy Bohman's Neural Link, only to be absorbed. Yusaku is left to face Bohman, now with the power of all six Ignis. Things seem hopeless, but Yusaku refuses to give up.
In the aftermath of the battle against Bohman, Yusaku was able to rescue the consciousnesses of everyone captured. However, Ai and the rest of the Ignis did not return, leaving Yusaku alone without his AI companion.
Peace has once again returned to Den City, thanks to the efforts of Playmaker. Ai and Roboppy sneak onto a ship owned by SOL Technologies and attempt to contact Queen as part of their mysterious agenda.
Ai sends a message to Yusaku that he has attacked Queen and SOL Technologies, leaving Yusaku confused about his former partner. Meanwhile, Revolver creates an AI named Pandor to assist him to destroying the last surviving Ignis.
Playmaker has made up his mind to fight against Ai, regardless of the past they have together. While he battles copies of Ai, Blood Shepard and Ghost Girl come across Roboppy, who is ready to prove themselves.
Roboppy continues to give Blood Sheppard and Ghost Girl a hard time, forcing Ghost Girl to summon her new ace monster. Meanwhile, Go Onizuka tracks down the real Ai and begins a duel with him.
Despite constantly being knocked down by Ai's strong monsters, Go is motivated by the kids from his orphanage and keeps standing up using his Gouki cards. Seeing Go's determination, Ai discusses what it feels like to lose one's friends.
As Ai continues to target Yusaku's allies, he makes Akira his next target. Revolver sends Pandor to his aid to prevent the rogue Ignis from succeeding in his goal.
Ai discovers Akira and Aoi in the network and challenges them to a duel in order to gain control of SOL Technologies. Working together, the siblings start to fight off Ai.
Link VRAINS reopens all of a sudden, letting people log in again. Soulburner logs in to try and find some clues about Ai, but instead finds a strange island where Roboppy and a lot of household appliances live.
The battle between Roboppy and Soulburner continues. Soulburner manages to hold off Roboppy's assault, but then the AI taunts him over the fact he was unable to protect Flame.
The battle between Roboppy and Soulburner continues. As he continues to fight, Roboppy thinks back on the nature of his existence and begins to break down.
