Chirico is awoken from cold sleep and separated from Fyana. His attempts to find her come to the attention of a Nextant, the replacement for the Perfect Soldier program. At the same time, the new Pope is to be nominated, and Chirico is religiously considered to be "The Untouchable". With one of the nominees related to the Nextant, Chirico's actions will have far-reaching political ramifications.

Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Brilliantly Shining Heresy

Larry's uncle is a Mafia boss. Larry tries to escape the Mafia by becoming a writer.He writes a stage-play "The Ketchup King," about breaking out of the Mafia. However,the manager of the theatre he works at thinks breaking out of the Mafia is a metaphor for coming out as gay.