The sanshi corperation, the conglomerate that merged 3 of the 5 manufaturers of mech parts into one have a meeting over kiriko's team's rejection of maitenence.
They find it very suspicious but have no evidence of core tampering.
Karen's father the ruler of the kasen kingdom considers just making seina the 6th ruler of Renza.
"Oh ... ... maybe in the futre , it's not too bold an idea , Wouldn't it make for a good way to establish ties with the Galactic Federation ?"
do you think the others will approve it?"
"Well...At least gyokuren's nation will approve it."
after this a man named Yagiri and his daughter are hired as mercenaried to find seina and assasinate him.