The issue opens with the Bounty Hunters entering the Sword’s castle, confessing failure to acquire the qeelocke and pleading for mercy. The Sword tortures them using energy from his blade, declaring that true power must derive from a unique being. In London, the Sword and Hunters kill people, converting their remains into a scanner to locate Sigma. Their target is signaled in Gamorra, where Kaizen Gamorra has been conducting experiments with a Sigma clone and undercover operations to locate Dr. Tsung, the origin of the Gen-Factor. The Sword pursues a path crossing Gamorra, London, and San Francisco in his hunt.