Once the screen has faded back in (and the Fighting Rays have started moving forward yet again), eight Spinners shall come flying down towards them from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at them; once you have fired a shot at each of these to kill them, two Sogankyo shall come flying down towards you from the top of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired enough shots at both of these to kill them, they will leave two Point (no letter) powerups behind - and once you have collected both of these (for 6000 extra points), a Capsule will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired enough shots at it to kill it, it will leave a Speed Up ("S") powerup behind (but if either of you had collected all the previous ones in the first two stages, it shall display the word "FULL" instead of its respective letter and you will not be able to collect it); however, if you did not, you will be able to collect it, and once you have done so, two more Sogankyo and twelve Falcons will fly down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired enough shots at each of these to kill them, the Sogankyo will leave two more Point powerups behind - and once you've collected them both for 6000 more extra points, you shall come to three Type 3 Cannons that are firing pink lasers at you from their positions in the centre of, on the left side of and on the right side of the screen. Once you've fired enough shots at each of them to kill them two Bikes will drive up into view from the bottom of the screen while firing pink lasers at you; once you've fired enough shots at both of them to kill them two more Bikes will come driving into view from the left and right sides of the screen while firing pink lasers at you. Once you've fired enough shots at both of them, to kill them, two more Sogankyo will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you - and once you've fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, they will leave two more Point powerups behind. Once you have collected them both, for 6000 more extra points, you will come to two more Bikes that are driving away from the Fighting Rays while firing pink lasers at them; once you have fired enough shots at both of them to kill them another Capsule will come flying down into view from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired enough shots at this to kill it, it will leave a Defense ("D"), 4-Way ("F"), Homing ("H") or Large ("L") powerup behind - and once you have collected it, the number "999", in the powerup's colour, will appear under your score and start decreasing very quickly as two more Bikes drive into view from the left side of the screen while firing pink lasers at you. Once you've fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, a seventh Sogankyo will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you; once you have fired enough shots at it to kill it, it will leave a seventh Point powerup behind. Once you've collected it for 3000 more extra points you will come to a Hobby Craft that is driving away from the Fighting Rays, while firing pink lasers and barrel bombs at them (the latter of which can get blocked with your own shots, for 100 extra points apiece) - and once you have fired enough shots at its side sections to destroy them for 500 points apiece and its centre section to kill it for 1500, four more Bikes will come driving up into view from the bottom of the screen while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired enough shots at each of them to kill them, you will come to another Hobby Craft that is driving away from the Fighting Rays while firing pink lasers and barrel bombs at them (the latter of which can again be blocked for 100 extra points apiece); once you have fired enough shots at its sides to destroy them (and its centre to kill it), two more Bikes will drive into view from the left and right sides of the screen while firing pink lasers at you. Once you've fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, an eighth Sogankyo will fly down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you (it will also be around this time that the number under your score decreases to "000" and the powerup wears off) - and once you have fired enough shots at it to kill it, it will leave a Wind Shot ("W") or Glow Shot ("G") powerup behind (but again, if either of you collected all the previous ones in the first two stages it will again display the word "FULL" instead of its respective letter, and you will, again, not be able to collect it). However, if you didn't, you will be able to collect it, and once you have done so two more Bikes will drive into view from the left and right sides of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you; once you've fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, four more Spinners will fly down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you. Once you fire off a shot at each of them to kill them, you'll come to two more Bikes, that are driving away from the Fighting Rays while firing pink lasers at them - and once you have fired enough shots at both of them to kill them, two more Bikes will come driving up into view from the bottom of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired off enough shots at both of them to kill them, a ninth Sogankyo will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you; once you have fired enough shots at it to kill it, it will leave a ninth Point powerup behind. Once you have collected it for 3000 more extra points a third Capsule will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you - and once you have fired off enough shots at it to kill it, it'll leave another Speed Up powerup behind (but once again, if either of you collected all the previous ones in the first two stages, it will once again display the word "FULL" instead of its respective letter and you'll once again not be able to collect it). However, if you didn't, you will be able to collect it, and once you do so, three Big Mukade shall emerge from the ground, then burrow back into it again before reemerging; even though their bodies appear to be vulnerable when hit, they cannot be killed (as they do not expose themselves for long enough), and a tenth Sogankyo and a fourth Capsule will then come flying down towards you from the top of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired enough shots at both of them to kill them they'll leave a tenth Point powerup and a second Wind Shot or Glow Shot powerup behind - and once you have collected the Point powerup for 3000 more extra points, you must yet again know that if either of you collected all the previous ones in the first two stages it will yet again display the word "FULL" instead of its respective letter and you will yet again not be able to collect it. However, if you did not, you will be able to collect it, and once you do so, two more Sogankyo and twelve more Falcons shall fly down towards you from the top of the screen while firing off pink lasers at you; once you've fired enough shots at each of these, to kill them, the Sogankyo will leave two more Point powerups behind. Once you have collected both of them for 6000 more extra points a fifth Capsule shall fly down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you - and once you have fired enough shots at it, to kill it, it'll leave another Defense, 4-Way, Homing or Large powerup behind. Once you have collected it, the number "999" (again, in the powerup's colour) will again appear below your score and start decreasing very quickly as you come to two Enormous Moths, that are flying away from the Fighting Rays, while firing pink lasers at them; once you have fired enough shots at both of these to kill them, two more Sogankyo will fly down towards you from the top of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you. Once you've fired enough shots at both of these to remove them, they'll leave two more Point powerups behind - and once you've collected both of these, for 6000 more extra points, four more Spinners will fly into view from the left and right sides of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you. Once you have fired off a shot at each of these to kill them, a fifteenth Sogankyo and four more Spinners will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you; once you have fired a single shot at each of the Spinners to kill them, and enough shots at that Sogankyo to kill it, the Sogankyo shall leave a fifteenth Point powerup behind. Once you've collected it, for 3000 more extra points, a sixth Capsule will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen, while firing pink lasers at you (it'll also again be around this time that the number under your score decreases to "000" and the powerup wears off) - and once you have fired enough shots at this to kill it it will leave a Bomber ("B") powerup behind. Once you've collected it, eight more Falcons will come flying down towards you from the top of the screen while firing pink lasers at you; once you have fired a shot at each of them to kill them, you will come to Sabaku Chitai (the game's fourth boss) which is driving away from the Fighting Rays as its battle begins. It attacks by firing pink lasers at you from its six side- and two bottom-mounted cannons, so it is advisable to aim for them first - and once you have destroyed both of the bottom-mounted cannons you will have the opportunity to aim for its engines, which will slow it down once you have done so. Once you have destroyed all eight of the side- and bottom-mounted cannons regardless of whether you destroyed the engines or not, it will start firing blue beams and eight spreading pink lasers at you from its seven additional centre-mounted cannons, the first of which is initially invulnerable, so you will have no choice but to aim for the six smaller ones next; once you've destroyed all six of them, you'll again have no choice but to aim for that now-vulnerable larger one. Once you've fired enough shots at the larger centre-mounted cannon to destroy it, the entire tank will explode (but as with Inseki Kukan, you will again not receive 20000 points for doing so) as it is left behind the Fighting Rays (and you shall also not receive the points for the cannons you did not destroy) - and the screen will then yet again fade out, and you'll yet again receive 10000 bonus points for every bomb you have (the maximum is 60000), and 3000 points for every Point powerup you collected during the stage (the maximum is 45000). You'll now proceed to Stage 5 (Stream Drive Area); there are only three more stages left now.
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