Haru witnesses the fifty-year history of the artificial island created by Eichiro Kushima. After he saw the new "sea" in the Meta-Real Network, he decides to take the "brain dive" test conducted by Kushima so that he would feel the sea again. But Haru is too dominated by the anxiety of loosing the sea again, and the test turns into disaster just because of his persistence. What is required of a "diver"? Haru learns the answer to this question through Minamo, but as he tries to take the final test, "braindown" occurs.