When you're not a licensed hero, sometimes you need all the help you can get. For Koichi, unexpected--but not entirely unwelcome--assistance comes in the form of Makoto Tsukauchi, one of Koichi's friends at school. Makoto's got a self-confident vibe that makes Pop Step more than a little anxious and... jealous? Meanwhile, out in the streets of the Naruhata district, the scheming bee user Hachisuka continues her distribution of the "instant villain" drug, Trigger...