In the future two mismatched cops must work together to solve crimes in a divided Tokyo Episode 2 of Ninth Step Station written by Fran Wilde Years of disaster and conflict have left Tokyo split between great powers In the city of droneenforced borders bodymod black markets and desperate resistance movements US peacekeeper Emma Higashi is assigned to partner with Tokyo Metropolitan Police Detective Miyako Koreda Together they must race to solve a series of murders that test their relationship and threaten to overturn the balance of global power And amid the chaos they each need to decide what they are willing to do for peace In this episode A severed arm leads Miyako and Emma into the world of extreme body modders with a side dish of organized crime