Burning Force/World 2-3

Once the background has reappeared in front of Hiromi, the eagle-like "Mothership" will fly over her and come to a landing in front of her as its back door opens up and she automatically speeds through it into the ship; once she has reappeared inside the ship, a screen showing a diagram of the area's boss character will come down in front of her, as the "Commander" flies into view on a hovering platform then points out the boss character's weak points with a stick, while the three-script text Bosu teki wīkupointo koko wo nerau (ボス敵ウィークポイントここを狙う) appears on the diagram. Once the "Commander" has flown out of view again, a claw holding a cab-like attachment will come down from the top of the screen, then transform Hiromi's scooter into a flying ship, for the second time in the game - and once the claw has gone back up to the top of the screen, Hiromi will move up to the centre of the screen and blast off through the window at the front of the ship. (The claw that holds the cab-like attachment will also reappear to retransform Hiromi's scooter into a ship if she should ever lose a life during the course of this area; however, if it was her last life, it will not and she will just fall off the bottom of the screen).

Two Zako-020 will now come hovering towards you; once you have fired a shot at both of these, to kill them, three Zako-016 will come hovering towards you. Once you have fired a shot at each of them, to blow them up, they will run away from you - and once you have fired another shot at each of them to kill them, two more Zako-020 will come hovering towards you. Once you have fired a shot at both of them to kill them, six Zako-011 will emerge from the sand at the bottom of the screen and hover away from you; once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, you will come to two rings containing a "W" powerup and an "L" powerup. Once you have flown through the ring of your choice (collecting the powerup it contained in the process), a group of four Zako-036 will fly away from you on the right side of the screen - and once you have fired one shot at each of them to kill them, another group of four Zako-036 will fly away from you on the left side of the screen. Once you have fired off a shot at each of these ones to kill them, three more Zako-016 will come hovering towards you; once you've fired a shot at each of them to blow them up, they will run away from you. Once you have fired another shot at each of these to kill them, you will come to four archways in the centre of the screen - and once you have fired enough shots at each of the archways to destroy their tops, three more Zako-016 will come hovering towards you. Once you have fired a shot at each of them to blow them up they will run away from you; once you have fired another shot at each of them to kill them, a third group of two more Zako-036 will fly away from you on the left side of the screen. Once you've fired a shot at both of them to kill them a fourth group of two more Zako-036 will fly away from you on the right side of the screen - and once you have fired a shot at both of them to kill them a fifth group of two more Zako-036 will fly away from you on the left side of the screen. Once you have fired a shot at both of these to kill them, two Zako-039 will come flying up towards you while firing projectiles in six directions at you; once you have fired a shot at both of them to kill them, you'll come to two palm trees (on the left and right sides of the screen). Once you've fired enough shots at both of the palm trees to destroy them, you will come up to a third ring (containing another "L" powerup) - and once you have flown through the ring and collected this second "L" powerup, you will come to four more palm trees, on the left and right sides of the screen. Once you have fired enough shots at each of the palm trees to destroy them, you will come to a fourth ring containing a "C" powerup; once you have flown through the ring and collected this "C" powerup, you'll come to four more palm trees (on the left and right sides of the screen). Once you've fired enough shots at each of the palm trees to destroy them, you'll come to a fifth ring (containing an "M" powerup) - and once you have flown through the ring and collected the "M" powerup, you will come to four more palm trees on the left and right sides of the screen. Once you fire enough shots at each of these palm trees to destroy them, you will come to ten more archways in the centre of the screen; once you fire enough shots at each of the archways to destroy their tops, you will come to eight more palm trees, on the left and right sides of the screen. Once you have fired enough shots at each of the palm trees to destroy them, the background will darken, as the indestructible Zako-019 comes down from the top of the screen and splits itself into two to release its containment of the area's boss character - which will then fly towards you while firing some green projectiles at you. Once you have fired enough shots at the boss itself to destroy it, it will spin around a few times before exploding and Hiromi will move to the centre of the screen as the text "AREA 3 CLEARED" appears above her; you will then receive 10 bonus points for every tenth of a second you have remaining, and go on to Area 4 (which is the second bonus stage for this game).