Layfon initially tries to back out of joining the 17th Military Arts Unit as he feels he is not able to balance that and his part-time work, but Nina is having none of it and introduces him to the rest of her team. She has a practice match with him and after initially seeing him fight well, goes all out and blasts him with her Kei, injuring him. Felli visits him at the hospital and tells him that she knows that he is only pretending to be weak, and that she is resentful of how her brother the president is manipulating everyone, including him, and asks him to let the Unit to lose their upcoming match with the 16th Unit.
He meets Nina again during their part-time work doing maintenance in the machine rooms of the city, and Nina tells him about herself and how she came to Zuellni against the wishes of her parents and as such receives no support from them. The next morning they have a match with the 16th Military Arts Unit, and when Nina is about to be defeated, he decides to intervene, using his full strength in an impressive display, capturing the enemy flag and defeating their leader as well. Both Nina and Felli are resentful at this, the former because she felt deceived that he was holding back his true skill, and the latter because he is playing into her brother`s hands.