Tsukasa finds himself face to face with the fugitive Hayashi. While Tsukasa expresses a mixture of joy at their reunion and bitterness at having been abandoned in the first place, it appears that the two of them are now at cross purposes. Back at the hotel, Satoru goes to the bar and meets Jin, a woman connected to the Company. Satoru is wary, but Jin has an offer to make him.

Tsukasa crushed his own peak giver. Devastated at the discovery of this secret, Hiroki demands answers. Tsukasa tries to brush off his questions, but this time Hiroki refuses to be placated and ends up running away. How will Tsukasa respond to the prospect of losing Hiroki?