While hunting for a worthy opponent alone, Khrome runs into the self-proclaimed Shadow Pro Byte, who offers to recruit him after seeing his strength. Blaze tries to stop Khrome from crossing that line but loses, and Khrome finally embraces the persona of Blader Y, becoming a Shadow Pro himself while Sigrid grows suspicious that Omega and B4 are plotting something bigger.

What happens

• Sigrid suspects Omega and B4 are behind recent events involving Impact Drake's legalization.
• Khrome defeats two Shadow Pros before Byte approaches him with a recruitment offer.
• Blaze challenges Khrome to stop him from joining the Shadow Pros but is defeated.
• Khrome accepts Byte's offer and readopts the Blader Y persona.

Attributed, not verified by us

Claims We Could Not Check

• The entire episode is filler with no manga source material.
• The scene of Byte persuading Khrome by touching his chest is changed to a static shot in localized releases.
• On July 15, 2026 the episode was privated from the official English YouTube channel and reuploaded three days later as a different video.