? Core Plus also features a new Story mode. The story is a continuation of the storyline from Guilty Gear XX. All characters have a storyline and the stories cover the major events involving the mystery of Gears "That Man" and conflict with the Post War Administration Bureau etc. The mode uses a full branching path Zapping system with a total of 350 scenarios. The game also introduces a new NPC character: the Post War Administration Bureau scientist Crow who attacks the cast in the Story mode using mindless clones of Justice.