In order to put an end to the human "auction" of the gules, the GCC is launching a vast clean-up operation, called the Closing of the Auctions. The Quinckes group, led by Haise Sasaki, is participating in this operation in the hope of getting hold of its own target, the Nutcracker guile. But the tormented silhouette of a familiar being approaches them, in the shadow. The new Chouette. When he looks at this tortured shadow emerges from the abysses of his past, Haise hears the "voice" resounding in him...