malek chases after xargin using hermann's triple six motorcycle. joseph realises and tells amanda to wait at the orphanage, as he will bring back malek. malek loses to xargin, but joseph intervenes in time. joseph and xargin begin their fight, but joseph is defeated. meanwhile, gerd and hermann see joseph appear in purgatory with them. gerd decides to help joseph, explaining to hermann that he doesn't have a grudge against joseph and admires his strong will. after being given the keys to triple six by hermann, he enters joseph's body. he loses and then hermann does the same, but the end result is the same. joseph finally awakens and fights with his own power this time. his power surpasses xargin's though is still unable to completely subdue him, but using the anti-nanomachine "isis" (which was created using the data stored in sasha's memory) he is able to sacrifice his life to end xargin's. years later, we see that xat has been reformed with amanda as its field commander; malek has also enrolled as a member of the newly formed guerilla unit. gerd, hermann, joseph and the others have been brought back as ai. amalgamized humans are now a part of society despite being discriminated against. it is hinted that xat's new primary objective is not only to protect the human populace from amalgam threats but to also protect amalgamized humans from discrimination and help integrate amalgamized humans into society.