In the previous episode titled "Awakening" of "D.Gray Man Hallow," the 14th Noah finally started the awakening and though Allen, Kanda and others were terrified, Earl was pleased with the incident.
Tokusa managed to protect the people from the ruins of the now destroyed headquarter. However, much to his horror, he began transforming into an Akuma along with all the members of the Third Exorcists who were fighting in different branches of other countries.
Tokusa's Akuma transformation is the result of his body having Alma's Akuma cells and Tokusa had no idea about it. Even now, he is confused, scared and has no clue as to how he got the powers of Akuma. Undoubtedly, Tokusa is going to have a hard time learning to control his Akuma alter-ego and keep the powers restricted according to his will.
After Tokusa became the beast and was unable to be get rid of the influence of Akuma, Bak tried to persuade him, advising him to stop the battle between Kanda and Alma. Meanwhile, Bak also sent Fo to save Allen from the Noah Tyki Mikk.
Elsewhere, the battle between Kanda and Alma was still going on. While Kanda wanted to kill Alma once and for all, Alma wanted his revenge. When Allen tried to intervene, Kanda got furious and started to attack him instead of Alma.
Allen went to stop Kanda on Zu's warning, who had told him that only Allen has the skills to stop Kanda and put an end to this atrocity. However, Allen was overwhelmed with Kanda's attack and as a last attempt to finish him, Kanda used his Innocence.
The moment Kanda overpowered Allen, the 14th Noah started his awakening. In the next episode titled "Little Goodbyes," viewers will get to see the true potential of the 14th Noah and whether Allen and others will be able to defeat it or not.
In the promo of the episode 9, Alma and Kanda can be seen shocked after witnessing the rise of the 14th Noah whose sheer size is huge enough to dominate them. Hence, the duo will have to think of something good in order to get rid of it. Whether they will be able to do it or not, will be seen in the next episode.