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.
I'll never forget that light 
I saw during the attack.
لن أنسى الضوء الذي رأيته
أثناء ذاك الهجوم أبداً
Das Licht dieses Anschlages
werde ich nie mehr vergessen …
Je n’oublierai jamais
la lueur de cet attentat.
Non credo che riuscirò a dimenticare 
la luce di quell'attacco terroristico.
Nunca vou esquecer a luz
que vi naquele atentado.
Я никогда не забуду свет
во время той атаки.