Alright, I'll continue this.
Now then, we last left off with a mention of a tragedy, and a screenshot of Kanda. Are these two related? Probably. Let's find out! ^.^
We pick up at the Asian Branch HQ, where Bak is struggling to get through the Ark's Gate to complain about Leverrier having Renee turn humans into half-akuma to Central. Unfortunately for him, everyone else there doesn't want him to, and they have Fou (remember her?) restrain him. She yells at him to, "Calm down already, you stupid moron!" He rebuts that he s not a moron. Fou rationalizes that the experiments have succeeded already and are a proven fighting force, making it hard to get rid of them. Plus Komui's not making a fuss, so why should he? Fou starts dragging him to get work done, which he has been pushing off ever since the Ark door was opened. Right before they leave the room Kanda walks through the Gate into Asia Branch HQ.
In the cafeteria, a man, called "Old Man Zhu" is told by Fou, with a megaphone, that Kanda is here to see him. Zhu starts talking about the vegetables he's examining. Bak realizes that is why Kanda's there, and Kanda comments he's not one to visit other places for no reason, unlike a certain branch chief. >.> Bak comments that Mugen is the best thing Zhu ever made, so he'd guess Zhu would want to check up on its owner. From there, silence sets in.
Kanda breaks it by saying, "They're starting it again, huh. This time they're turning people into half-akuma so they can feed on other akuma? Brilliant, just brilliant." Bak realizes Kanda's talking about the third exorcists, and apologizes, saying "We haven't hurt you have we?" and "We failed to keep the promise we made to you!" Bak says Kanda should hit him for that, but Kanda hits Bak for the insinuation that he's "hurt".
Kanda also says, "Stop coming up with weird ideas. You don't have anything to apologize for. I don't give a crap what happens to the Order." Bak says that Kanda may feel that way, but the feeling is not mutual. He says, "It was our clan that created you in the synthetic disciple project that Central forced upon us...nine years ago... Caught up in our dreams of a group of 'second exorcists', ...It was my clan, the Chan family, and the Epstein family that made that huge mistake."
Kanda gets a flashback of a younger him and an old man. The man is saying, "Kanda, do you still see the flower? I see...let's keep this a secret, just between you and me. You mustn't dwell on it. It's just an illusion. That flower is an illusion."
Meanwhile, the scientists spend all of their lunch break to find Zhu's hearing aid...in his underwear. Zhu comments he must be getting old, with Fou saying "Ya damn well are, you stupid old fart." Zhu is the manufacturer of anti-akuma weapons and also head chef, Zhu Mei Chan.
Lou Fa is happy, because she sees Allen coming out of the gate, along with Lenalee, making Rikei happy. Allen thanks Lou Fa for the mitarashi dango, and Lenalee explains to Rikei that she's on a mission. Link buts in, and says that they must find Kanda at once. The half-akuma tell them that they will stay near the Ark. Kanda's apparently needed for a mission to Istanbul.
Lou Fa says that the third-exorcists are creepy, and she can sympathize with Bak. She's not even sure if it's a good idea. Rikei says they are a boost to their forces. As the two start arguing, Lou Fa starts tearing up, saying that if they won that way, it wouldn't feel right. Rikei is bullied into apologizing, and Lenalee tells Lou Fa not to cry. Allen says "Whatever may happen to the Order, we'll still be us. As long as we keep moving forward for what we believe in, it will be all right!" Allen thinks he recited those words like they were a charm.
Zhu watches, and says that they make him consider his own sins. Then it moves to Kanda, surrounded by lotuses and Zhu thinking, "Do you still see the flower?
Theory time!
This was a long explanation, with even more quotes than usual. *sigh* Now then...
*GASP!* Kanda was synthesized? 
Holy cow! This is sad. And there was a second group? it makes sense now, thinking about it. Why else would they call the half-akuma "third-exorcists"? I wonder what happened to the other "second-exorcists". The lotus makes sense now too, kinda. At least it explains why Kanda'll die when the last lotus petal falls. Renee seems like an idiot at the moment. I wonder how this will affect the rest of the story.
