The murder of underworld boss Mr. Hallowe'en leaves his cyber-junkie gang in the hands of his psychotic former henchman, Tony Gleck. But Tony prefers committing senseless mayhem to profitable crimes.

With 8 Man closing in, Tony has his underlings kidnap Sachiko, seemingly to use her as a hostage. Tony's real motive is to draw 8 Man to his hideout. Tony's flawed cyber-junkie body is failing, and he plans to capture 8 Man and have his criminal brain transplanted into 8 Man's invincible super-body!

Hazama, the new 8 Man, faces a dilemma. Cold robot logic tells him that Sachiko's safety is less important that destroying Tony without unnecessary danger to himself, or revealing his secret identity. But Hazama is still controlled by emotions and feelings of his past human life. Will Hazama embrace or discard the last vestiges of his humanity?