The Isolator Light Novel Volume 5

Synopsis
After the fierce three-way battle between the mysterious Stinger, the SFD, and the Syndicate, Minoru has managed to capture Trancer, but peaceful days still seem far away. When Liquidizer approaches him with information on the mysterious Ruby Eye who attacks other Ruby Eyes in exchange for his prisoner, Minoru will have a terrible choice thrust upon him!

Summary
Two days later, Oliver Saito and Yumiko Azu pay a visit to Minoru's house. They have lunch with Minoru and his adoptive sister Norie Yoshimizu and head over to Minoru's room to finish their winter homework together and discuss the situation regarding Trancer who was being held at the eleventh floor of the National Center of Advanced Health and Medicine, aka the NCAM. They proceed to discuss in lenght about the 3E committee shrouded in mystery that supervises the SFD. Yumiko voices her concerns about the trustworthiness of the committee.

The next day, on his way to school, Minoru runs into Tomomi Minowa. She talks about the issues she's been having while trying to run recently. In class, Minoru is approached by Akitoshi Hazama from class 2 for mysterious reasons.

On his way home, Minoru runs into Liquidizer. She asks Minoru's help in saving Trancer in exchange for information on Stinger's whereabouts as well as the location of Stargazer aka Claire, Oliver's little sister who had been captured by the Syndicate months ago. After discussing the matter with Oliver and Yumiko, they plan to meet up with Liquidizer the next day.

After school, the now recovered Suu Komura aka Refractor meets up with Minoru. After a brief happy reuinion, Suu drives them to￼ the meet-up place. After meeting up with Liquidizer, they discuss the plan to recover Trancer who was scheduled to be moved to a different facility that night. But they are unexpectedly attacked by a syndicate member called Lubricator who shoots Liquidizer and Oliver. After fending off Lubricator with the help of a surprise attack by Suu, they split ways and Minoru goes to a hotel with Liquidizer to tend to her gunshot wound.

After discussing how to ambush the vehicle transporting Trancer without triggering DD's smell ability, Liquidizer suggests bringing her inside his shell. At night, they recover Trancer but are followed by Lubricator. To help them escape, Minoru leaves Liquidizer's car and manages to defeat Lubricator.

The next day, Minoru runs into Liquidizer in front of his school. She tells him some of the students, including himself, have been under the affect of a jet-eye ability and offers to identify the perpetrator. In exchange, she requets him to find out how she was being tracked by Lubricator. After using his ability to smell her all over, Minoru finds out a spot in her upper abdomen storing a bug characteristic of the Stinger's ability. They find out that the jet-eye ability user was a girl who was being manipulated by the mysterious Hazama to do his bidding and make students ill.