Division is the twenty-ninth story arc of unORDINARY and the twelfth arc of Season 2. It began with Chapter 278 and ended with Chapter 290.
Summary[]
The students have decided to take the fight directly to the relentless forces of EMBER and Spectre, but the enemy has the advantage of teamwork and coordination. They intend to divide and conquer, which will be all the easier amongst allies who are already at odds.
Arlo finally lands his dream job of a position in the Authorities. But it kind of feels like a joke (in more ways than one). Meanwhile, Kayden comes across Kuyo nosing about the top-rankers of Wellston High, but can't stop him without looking suspicious. Thus, there's nobody to stop Blyke from running into somebody familiar after school.
Blyke is put in an unenviable situation. "Ponytail" shows up out of nowhere and wants a word with him, vigilante-to-vigilante. Blyke gets word that John and Seraphina haven't been around because of a killertried to rub 'em out while they were weakened. Remi, who was acquainted with Kuyo through Rei, spies on them with Isen. Upon realizing that Kuyo also became a vigilante after graduating, Remi asks for painful details about the death of X-Static.
Kuyo divulges the story of his final mission as Rei's partner in crimefighting. Volcan was indeed there that night, but there was also another enemy fighting with Flame Claw. Thanks to a sacrifice on Rei's part, Kuyo was able to escape with a valuable clue to the then-new Ability Amplifier drug trade. Grateful for the closure, Remi requests to pick up where Rei left off.
Remi is at a loss with how to deal with Valerie, who she knows is the EMBER agent who nearly did her in. Not making it easier is the killer's nephew, who is now under the employ of the organization that took Rei away from them. They get into a fight that ends with Arlo angrily dismissing her accusations and telling her to move on, like he has. But after an argument like that, staying focused on the first day on the job is easier said than done.
Kassandra introduces Arlo to the whole department, who welcome him with open arms. After a round of tour, she asks him about the reason why he joined the Anti-Corruption department. Arlo answers it was a calling of sorts while keeping the real reason to himself. The stacks of documents as well as Remi and her shenanigans keeps his mind preoccupied for the day. Meanwhile, Blyke encounters two familiar faces showing up outside his dorm.
Orrin informs two of his bestagents of the breakthrough on the ability sampling. He introduces them to an ability taken from a "willing subject". At the dorm, John and Seraphina converse about their upcoming ploy against Spectre. In the morning, he shows her the room that will host self-defense class.
Remi is still reeling from her confrontation with Arlo when the two bump into each other again, and they pick up where they left off. John and Seraphina receive somehelpinghands in preparing the training room, with John showing the trio a preview of things to come.
A memory involving a person precious to Darren convinces him to help the kids. Meanwhile, an altercation with Zeke triggers some remnant power in John, who wastes no time in teaching the bully another lesson. Later, Blyke and Isen eavesdrop a conversation between him and Seraphina.
The plan is set in motion. Out of outfit, Seraphina borrows Blyke's suit for John. The redhead and Isen tail them to their "interview", but lost them halfway.
Seraphina and John attend the conference with Spectre executives. The latter's first impression leaves a lot to be desired for Orrin, who commences a plan of his own. Meanwhile, Kayden sneaks into the facility, but not without a hitch.
Kayden manages to infiltrate the room where the recovery session takes place. He also knocks out the doctor in charge of it. However, the patrolling agents were alerted to his intrusion and on their way there too.
Seraphina and John wake up just in time to stop the agents from eliminating Kayden. But they can only do so much at half strength. An injury to Seraphina forces Kayden to teleport her home, leaving John alone...
...who destroys the machine to prevent it being used again by Orrin and his sycophants. He barely managed to teleport back, to the extreme relief of Seraphina. They then talk about Conversion Technology and a certain woman that it possibly sources its ability from.