Maverick has rewritten Barnaby’s memories, once again causing him to believe that his parents were murdered by Jake. Later he tries to rewrite Kotetsu’s memory as well, but is unable to due to Samantha calling Kotetsu regarding the photograph she had shown Barnaby. Maverick sets up a bomb explosion to distract Kotetsu and has Samantha kidnapped and later killed, destroying the photograph in the process. When Kotetsu starts getting close to the truth by finding Barnaby’s pin in Maverick’s office, Maverick decides to frame Kotetsu for Samantha’s murder and erase the memories of everyone at Hero TV of Kotetsu being Wild Tiger.