Shinkokira may be gone, but the denizens of Hell have no intention of backing down yet, and so they initiate the next phase of their terrible plot. Trapped within a vast forest upon a mountain haunted by the damned, those that bravely fought against the nefarious cult now fight for their very survival in a desperate bid to escape. All this and the hanging mystery over his role as the so-called Shield of the World weighs on Nobuyuki, and with the death of his close friend and the Master of Evil's designs coming to a head, he begins to fear and question everything he thought he knew...

...including himself.