An EX-ARM auction is organized by an individual who calls themselves "Auctioneer." Criminal groups from all across the world flock to the Megafloat hoping to get their hands on them.

The Counter Squad is asked by the government to investigate the auction undercover as the bodyguards of Jinkokusha, the leading group in the Japanese underworld. They are immediately dragged into an inter-group conflict, and Akira loses consciousness in combat. When he wakes up, he's greeted by Auctioneer.
Why'd Public Safety get that intel before us?
لمَ حصل مكتب الأمن العام
على تلك المعلومة قبلنا؟
Wie seid ihr vor uns an
diese Informationen gelangt?
Pourquoi la sécurité publique
a obtenu cette info avant nous ?
Perché la Pubblica Sicurezza ha ottenuto 
queste informazioni prima di noi?
Por que a Segurança Pública conseguiu
essa informação antes de nós?
Как госбезопасность заполучила
эти данные раньше нас?