A new Esper Counter Measure (ECM) device which can block psychic abilities is tested on The Children without them knowing, and Kaoru injures her hand because of it, and gets very angry at the chief. Later, The Children fall into a trap set up by the Normal People who has stolen the new ECM and capture The Children and Minamoto. They torture him to tell him the password into B.A.B.E.L.'s computer mainframe, but he does not tell until they bring in Kaoru with the threat that she will get hurt. However, the password he tells them deletes all the files they attempted to access, and activates a temporary Esper Counter Counter Measure (ECCM) device which gives The Children back their powers for a short time. After the battery in the laptop runs out, one of the Normal People almost kills Minamoto which causes Kaoru to go berserk and cause the culprit considerable pain, nearly killing him. Minamoto manages to calm her down before she goes too far.
「サイキックV字斬り！！」快調に敵の戦車をなぎ倒す薫。特務エスパー『ザ・チルドレン』の３人には今日も敵なし！！・・・と思いきや突如異変が！なんと３人の超能力が使えなくなってしまったのだ！！大ピンチのチルドレン、一体どうなる！？・・・という、その時、桐壺局長の「終了！！」の声が響き渡る。そう、これは新型のECM（超能力妨害装置）テストだったのだ。エスパーに対抗するための兵器。なぜバベルがそんなものをつくるのかと疑問を抱く３人。そんな時、エスパーの酔っ払い同士のケンカ事件が起こる。事件解決に乗り出したチルドレンだったが、この事件は反エスパー団体『普通の人々』の罠だった！！
