In this chapter, we learn that Mbadi has given up on his plan to sterilize the rats in the incubator, and that the control system has gone down as well. Mbadi is furious that alita has not caught on to his plan. He tells her that if he wants to kill all 20,000 rats inside the incubator , he has to call on allies of his own. He also reveals that he has been using the incubator to gain access to tiphares, who have been shut out of the system for years. He says that he expects great support from the team, and he hopes that they will cooperate with him. He then reveals that the brain in his skull is that of alita. He warns her that she will have to give up her home and her family if she wants to continue her research.