Stiletto woke up on the airship, finding her pearl and her sword missing. Their pilot told Team Victory that someone who is "6'3" with a thing build" in "a suspicious cloak, a tabberd, slotted sunglasses, light up sneakers, elbow pads, knee pads" left the airship earlier that night, and he advised that they search the nearby suburb, Pineshade. Stiletto (barely) recognized Pineshade as a place she massacred with the Judge's cult in the past. After snapping one resident's neck, she interrogated a second resident, who takes her to the roller rink. A mysterious journalist followed her and the rest of Team Victory after noticing the commotion. She snapped his neck after not immediately finding the culprit. Victor Edward Johnson, the culprit, rushed outside after Stiletto noticed him, and he is quickly beaten by Team Victory. They searched his home in the roller rink. Stiletto found her sword; Silas found the pearl. The judge told Stiletto she owed Silas a favor, but he immediately used it to stop her from going on a rampage through Pinefall at the Judge's command. The mysterious journalist introduced themself, and they were nicknamed "Notepad." Team Victory and the journalist all return to the airship. Stiletto later agonized over disobeying the Judge.