Xing Ke has captured Kallen and has Zero trapped. Unfortunately for him, the Eunuchs use their international relations to call in a favor from the Knights of the Round: destroy both the rebels and the Japanese!
Xing Ke is drawn into a hopeless position when the empress gets out.
Zero appears to save them in a custom Knightmare built from the wreckage of the Gawain.
Xing Ke asks if he thinks one Knightmare will turn the tide of battle.
No. War is won through strategy, not tactics.
Meanwhile, rebellious uprisings break out in 14 different cities.