The Counter EX-ARM Squad heads to the Yokosuka Special Economic Zone to retrieve the EX-ARM held by the former president of the Mwange Republic, Jason Mraw, who has taken exile in Japan.
But his android, Elmira, shows up in a Bibot and uses an ability resembling that of an EX-ARM to stop them. Her attacks make her targets vanish, and Akira and the squad are powerless against it. That's when additional equipment sent by Shiga arrives at the scene.
Android technology hit a major breakthrough 
in the latter half of the '10s.
حقّقت تقنية الرجال الآليين تقدّماً كبيراً
في النصف الثاني لعقد 2010
In der zweiten Hälfte der 2010er-Jahre gelangen
der Androidenforschung gewaltige Durchbrüche.
El desarrollo de los androides
progresó a finales de la década de 2010.
El desarrollo de los androides
progresó a finales de la década de 2010.
Le développement des androïdes
a fait un grand pas
Nella seconda metà degli anni 2010, 
lo sviluppo degli androidi
A tecnologia androide teve
um grande avanço a partir de 2015.
Серьёзный прорыв в технологии андроидов
произошёл в конце десятых годов.