Everyone is worried about Langa facing Adam and tries to dissuade him from skating against Adam. Reki enlists help from Cherry and others to help Langa win.
Reki enjoys skating as he did before, but realizes just how much difference there is in skill between himself and Langa. Gradually, Reki becomes tormented by an inferiority complex.
Langa enters the tournament that will determine the apex of "S". However, Reki isn't going to enter. Due to his inferiority complex against Langa, Reki separates himself from him. The absence of Reki drops a shadow onto Langa's heart as the tournament qualifiers begin.
Langa makes it past the qualifiers and will now face Joe. Langa has a hard fight against Joe's extraordinary power skating. The race between Adam and Cherry Blossom also takes place.
The battle between Cherry Blossom and Adam was decided by a painful blow by Adam. Tadashi challenges himself to the main tournament with his own set of emotions in order to stop Adam. Meanwhile, Reki realizes his true feelings but still hasn't found an answer to what he should do.
The battle between Reki and Adam was won by Adam. However, Reki was the one who was enjoying the beef. Seeing him, Kikuchi realizes that Langa is the only one who can give Adam salvation, and drops out from his race against Langa. As Reki and Langa head into the beef against Adam, they make a certain promise.
