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With Varis's defeat, Playmaker acquired the virus-removal program. He approached Blue Angel's avatar and released the program, making her disappear. Ghost Girl Gal explained that she logged out, and Akira sensed Skye was recovering. Akira came to Skye's bed at the hospital, and watched as she woke up from her coma. Skye apologized for her actions, but Akira just asked her to rest. While Akira cried that she was restored, Skye smiled, seeing how much her brother cared for her.<ref name="ep12">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|12|ref}}</ref> Since the incident in LINK VRAINS, Skye did not show up at school, nor did she enter the network. Yusaku believed her brother simply restricted her the access to LINK VRAINS to prevent any further danger that could befall her. As predicted, Skye was restricted by the robot at her apartment from leaving, per Akira's orders. She took a tablet and accessed LINK VRAINS network, in a shape of a digital butterfly. She overheard the conversation between Ghost Girl Gal and Akira. After the latter logged off, Ghost Girl Gal recognized the butterfly as Blue Angel, and offered her a chance to regain her reputation. She logged into the LINK VRAINS and stopped one of the AI prototypes from attacking Playmaker with her whip. She swore she would be the one to defeat Playmaker, and asked of the AI to stop their attacks. The AI prototype swore to eliminate her, too. Blue Angel promised to take them on and defeat them.<ref name="ep16">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|16|ref}}</ref>

Blue Angel noted the prototype fought her by using effect damage, and she would retaliate in a similar manner. The prototype banished two of his "Tentacluster Blastsucker", to shave Blue Angel's LP to 400, while it had 1500 LP left. The prototype brought back a "Tentacluster Blastsucker", and had it attack "Trickstar Lycoris", while Blue Angel noted it would destroy it on purpose and banish it to win the Duel. Using "[[Trickstar Cascade]]", Blue Angel negated the attack, preventing AI's victory. Blue Angel declared she wouldn't let the AI prototype gain another turn, as she drew a card. Bringing out "Trickstar Candina", Blue Angel Link Summoned "[[Trickstar Black Catbat (anime)|Trickstar Black Catbat]]", and dealt 200 LP to the prototype, who dealt the damage to her with "Abyss Invitation". "Trickstar Black Catbat" reduced "Tentcluster Blastsucker's" ATK, and Blue Angel's "[[Trickstar Temptation]]" returned it to the AI prototype's hand. Her "Trickstar" monsters defeated the AI prototype, banishing it. Blue Angel cheered and winked for her victory.<ref name="ep17"/> She came to the data bank and hid, seeing her brother was with Ghost Girl Gal and confronted Playmaker. She listened how Akira was actually demoted to help her out during the "Varis crisis". She also listened about Akira's story that he had to participate in illegal work to protect her.<ref name="ep18"/>

===AnotherTower of Hanoi===

After leaving school, Skye heard some male students wondering why Blue Angel hasn't shown up in LINK VRAINS for a long time. She was then approached by [[Emma Bessho]] who wanted to talk to her but Skye ignores her until the latter recognizes her as Blue Angel. Skye then recognizes Emma as Ghost GirlGal, who asked her if she was done being Blue Angel and learned many people are waiting for her to show up in LINK VRAINS. Skye then claim it is an exaggeration and she only fights for herself and not for others. Emma then reminded her the reason she became Blue Angel was because she wanted to gain her brother's attention and doesn't need Blue Angel anymore after realizing that Akira loves her. Emma then told Skye its better she stop being Blue Angel unless she is not committed to her work and encourage her to do things that will make her happy and then left. Skye then returned to home after the conversation with Emma and got furious and felt insulted on what Emma told her wondering who is she to give lecture on her and decided to log in to LINK VRAINS.<ref name="ep25" />

Skye watched as an ominous tower appeared in LINK VRAINS, and wondered what was going on. Seeing avatars being absorbed, Skye realized these people could not log out. She watched [[Spectre]] erasing Kitamura, and the former threatened to do this to anyone that dared entering LINK VRAINS. Being angry at him, Skye logged in LINK VRAINS. She quickly met up with Gore and Playmaker. She was fighting for everyone, as those people look up to her. Go exclaimed the same, since he was the hero that needed to protect LINK VRAINS. [[Ai]] noted how full of energy Gore was. Gore noted that was the [[Ignis]], who yelled out he had a name, Ai. Playmaker explained he came to stop the Tower of Hanoi, rescue Ghost Girl Gal and confront the mastermind, [[Varis]]. Blue Angel was shocked to hear Ghost Girl Gal vanished, too, at the hands of Varis. Gore asked about the data Ghost Girl Gal gave to Playmaker, who reported Varis intended to destroy LINK VRAINS, using the tower. Blue Angel realized if the network would be destroyed, then all the people absorbed would be destroyed, too, hence why Playmaker exclaimed the importance of stopping the tower's completion, and Ai added it would prevent him from being erased. Gore asked how to stop the tower, and was told Varis had to be defeated. Ai warned the time limit was six hours before the tower was completed. Gore and Blue Angel promised to go there, but Playmaker replied it was better if they stayed home, in safety. This actually motivated Gore and Blue Angel to protect the children and the absorbed people, including Ghost GirlGal.

Playmaker did not care, but asked of them to be careful. He reminded them one of them had to defeat Varis, who, according to Ghost GirlGal, wielded a powerful card. The trio promised to meet up against and went in different directions. She soon faced Spectre, who introduced himself, and told it was the second time they met. With a snap of his fingers, Spectre reminded Blue Angel of the incident, when he gave her [[Dark Angel (anime)|"that card"]]. Blue Angel accused him of giving her that computer virus, as Spectre noted he was "her fan". She demanded an explanation behind this, but Spectre refused to answer, thinking she would not understand, like combining hobbies and ideals. He exclaimed an idol like her would not understand his noble ideals. Since Varis ordered him to crush anyone that wanted to stop their plans, Spectre let Blue Angel escape. She refused, swearing to defeat him and Varis. Spectre thought a weakling like her could not defeat Varis, and promised a far worse fate than a computer virus should she lose, alerting her she would not be able to return to the real world. Blue Angel nevertheless promised to protect LINK VRAINS from the likes of him. The two initiated a [[Master Duel]]. Spectre Normal Summoned "[[Sunseed Genius Loci]]", and used it to Link Summon "[[Sunavalon Dryas]]".<ref name="ep32">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|32|ref}}</ref>

Spectre explained his monster could not be targeted for attacks. Blue Angel suspected there was more to it than that, while Spectre set a card. She asked about Ghost GirlGal's whereabouts, as prompting Spectre joked to joke that he hoped he would be Ghost GirlGal's friend, with if she had a name like that. Blue Angel demanded a serious answer, as Spectre proclaimed Varis had defeated her, and was a part of Tower of Hanoi as data. He assured Blue Angel she would be a part of the tower, too. Blue Angel swore she would not allow Spectre to do that, by defeating him, which amused Spectre. Blue Angel started her turn by summoning two "[[Trickstar]]" monsters, and played "[[Trickstar Light Arena (anime)|Trickstar Light Arena]]" to prevent Specter from activating his Set card, and brought out "Trickstar Holly Angel". Spectre noted its effects can damage him and strengthen "Holly Angel", as Blue Angel noted being too popular had its drawbacks. She revived "[[Trickstar Lilybell]]" and inflicted 200 LP damage on Spectre. However, she saw the tree started reacting, but Spectre ordered her to continue. "Lilybell" attacked Spectre directly, who announced his tree's effects have been triggered - Spectre Special Summoned a Link Monster, "[[Sunvine Gardna]]", which restored Spectre's LP back. Spectre took note that Blue Angel drew inspiration from the book named after her. Spectre admitted it was a good book, and read it out loud, claiming the character, "Blue Angel", shared the traits of Skye Zaizen herself.<ref name="ep33"/>

Blue Girl and [[Ghost Girl]] Gal successfully managed to enter the unknown world through the portal, where they were met by strong winds. After being nearly brought down, both of them land safely, only to find the emergency signal from the missing research team. As they reached the cave originating the signal, they found the unconscious researchers. Blue Girl suggested they could rescue them by using their emergency evacuation program, but that would require using both Emma's and Skye's, and the the former wasn't willing to do it. Blue Girl then explained how she couldn't leave them behind, since her previous defeats only showed how much of a child she still was, forcing others to always save her, and for that reason, she couldn't allow herself to leave others behind. With that reasoning, Ghost Girl Gal accepted using her program as well, logging out both researchers. After leaving the cave, they managed to travel safely through the winds, until it suddenly stopped blowing as Playmaker and [[Soulburner]] reached them.

Upon making contact with the two, Blue Girl presented herself Blue Angel. Soulburner was happy to meet another savior of the old Link VRAINS, but Blue Girl stated they were actually seeking to retrieve the Ignis. While both Playmaker and Ghost Girl Gal were willing to solve the situation without Dueling, Soulburner accepted Blue Girl's challenge.<ref name="ep55">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|55|ref}}</ref> Determined to overcome her previous defeat against Specter, Blue Girl improved not only her Trickstar Deck, but her thought process as well. From the very beginning of the Duel, she was ahead of Soulburner's every move, using "[[Trickstar Divaridis]]" to damage him each time he Summoned a monster, "[[Trickstar Calobane (anime)|Trickstar Calobane]]" to compensate for her monster's lower ATK, and "[[Trickstar Lycoris (anime)|Trickstar Lycoris]]" to immediately cause Soulburner to lose the Duel if he used his Skill, [[Burning Draw]]. Using her new Skill, [[Trickstar Gig]], Blue Girl added "[[Trickstar Fusion]]" to her hand and [[Fusion Summon]]ed "[[Trickstar Band Sweet Guitar]]", launching a final attack against "[[Salamangreat Heatleo (anime)|Salamangreat Heatleo]]", but Soulburner still managed to survive. Despite not being able to finish him, Blue Girl was confident she would win in her next turn, and returned "Calobane" to her hand considering Soulburner's only option would be attacking her. However, he was able to use his Skill to draw "[[Fusion of Fire]]", fusing "Heatleo" and Blue Girl's "Divaridis" into "[[Salamangreat Violet Chimera]]". When "Sweet Guitar" and "Violet Chiemera" battled, Blue Girl used "Trickstar Calobane" once again to reduce the damage she would take, but Soulburner countered with the effect of "Violet Chimera", doubling its ATK when battling a monster whose ATK was also modified, winning him the Duel in a single hit. Soulburner then approached Blue Girl, complimenting her for becoming much stronger, before forcing her to log out.<ref name="ep56">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|56|ref}}</ref>

Yusaku was shocked when he discovered that Skye may have ties to the Knights of Hanoi showing that he never thought of her as enemy, but he was still willing to duel her. He was visibly disturbed when Hanoi's card began damaging Skye so he rushed to end the Duel as quickly as possible, out of concern for her well being. After the Duel, Yusaku felt it was his responsibility to help Skye recover from her coma and willingly walked into a trap set by Ghost Girl Gal for the sake of saving her.