Madoka reviews her friends' qualifying progress and notes Tetsuya's suspicious success. Tetsuya has secretly joined Dark Nebula, receiving a remodeled Dark Gasher, and uses it to beat Benkei before finally facing Gingka, who defeats him despite the upgrade.

What happens

• Madoka tracks her friends' qualifying progress toward Battle Bladers.
• Tetsuya Watarigani is revealed to have joined Dark Nebula.
• Tetsuya's Mad Gasher is remodeled into the more powerful Dark Gasher.
• Tetsuya defeats Benkei using his new Beyblade.
• Gingka defeats Tetsuya's upgraded Dark Gasher.

Battles

• Benkei Hanawa vs Tetsuya Watarigani (Dark Gasher) — Tetsuya wins
• Gingka Hagane vs Tetsuya Watarigani (Dark Gasher) — Gingka wins

First appearances

Beyblade: Dark Gasher CH120SFSpecial move: Operation OSpecial move: Six Crab Shake

Places

unspecified tournament venues

Attributed, not verified by us

Claims We Could Not Check

• Tsubasa is absent from this episode, presumably investigating L-Drago elsewhere.
• The episode expands on Tetsuya's backstory to explain his cheating ways.