Kaneda joins Kei's resistance cell after overhearing their plan to rescue Tetsuo and the other espers. At the hospital, the espers try to assassinate Tetsuo, but the attempt is thwarted. He then searches for them in a fit of rage, awakening his psychic powers further as he easily kills hospital staff. Kaneda, Kei, and the resistance group infiltrate the hospital, and Kiyoko draws them into Shikishima and the espers' futile attempts to stop Tetsuo. Kiyoko tells Tetsuo that Akira can help him, located in cryonic storage beneath the Olympic Stadium's construction site. Tetsuo then flies out of the hospital to search for him.