Finn is back on High Card's duty with Chris, who is now Finn's junior. Lindsey tells Finn about the story of how he ended up in the orphanage, and while Finn and Chris are on a hunt to collect a card, Finn encounters the Black Knight from his nightmare.

Finn and Chris go to Silphium to collect the Heart of Queen with Sonic Move, the ability to move at sonic speed. The target wears a superhero costume and uses his ability to help people. Finn gets lost and asks a stranger in a robe for directions. Meanwhile, Chris notices abnormalities with his body.

Chris gives half of his life to Michel with X-Hand and gets her illness in exchange. His power of Calorie's High is now weakened. Leo gets summoned by Theodore to the HQ to discuss it. Concerned, Finn secretly follows. And a new assassin from the Klondike Family shows up, causing a panic at the HQ.

After the incident at the Pinochle HQ, High Card is suspended indefinitely despite the royal family’s effort to cover it up. With Theodore still missing and Chris hospitalized, the team is separated. That’s when Norman shows up and starts talking about how he, Theodore, and Ban met.

Leo returns to Rummy College, a prestigious boarding school, as High Card is on hiatus. He is tired of everyone tiptoeing around him, but a transfer student named Francois approaches Leo. Initially Leo is distant, but they become close over time. Incidentally, Leo starts to get sick.

Chelsea visits Wendy with a girl named Chloe, who's trying to get away from the police because of her card. But Wendy is not sure if she's the right person to help. But Chelsea drags her out anyway, and the three girls are on the road to run.

In front of Finn stands the famous sorcerer from the fairy tales, Lala Val Den Klein . He tells Finn about the truth behind the cards, San Galgano's goal, and the joker. Then Lala asks Finn to kill him to end the misfortune created by the cards.