Saki and Satoru create a diversion and manage to escape their boat before the Fiend incinerates it. They continue on to the village in order to warn the townspeople, but come across a mutant fish that attacks them, blowing itself up in a suicide mission. Saki is blown away by the explosion, and is separated from Satoru. While in mid air, she has hallucinations of Shun, who is faceless. She still cannot recall his name or what he looked like. She lands, and is attacked by a young boy who mistakes her for a Monster Rat. They continue to the village, which is now in shambles, with many dead or injured. The canals have been drained in order to prevent mutant fish from accessing the town, but Saki wonders if this was Yakomaru's attempt at cutting the town off from its only means of transportation. She finds an injured Tomiko, who refuses to believe that a Fiend is on the loose. She tells her to find the Security Council and warn the others, while she stays behind.
Saki e Satoru creano un diversivo e riescono a fuggire dalla barca prima che il meta-demone la incendi. Procedono dunque verso il villaggio nel tentativo di avvertirne gli abitanti, ma lungo la via vengono attaccati da un pesce mutante che si fa saltare in aria in una missione suicida.
病院で悪鬼と遭遇した早季と覚は、船でその場から離脱することに成功するが、すぐ後ろから悪鬼が迫っていた。すぐに襲ってこないのは、仲間のところまで案内させて皆殺しにしようと考えているからだろう。２人は、追い詰められながらも、起死回生の一手を打つことを決意する。
心身ともにボロボロの状態の早季と覚だったが、魂はまだ死んでいなかった。悪鬼の出現を生き残った人たちに伝えたいという義務感と、「真実を確かめないまま死ねない」という決意に突き動かされ、いまだ戦闘が続く町へと戻る。
町の人たちと合流するべく、危険を承知で水路を進んでいた２人は、そこで奇怪な巨大生物の襲撃を受ける。早季たちは、呪力を駆使して応戦するが、やがてその怪物の本当の恐ろしさを知ることになる。
가까스로 악귀의 손에서 벗어난 사토루와 사키는 마을에 이 소식을 전하기 위해 길을 재촉한다. 그러나 마을에 도착하기도 전에, 지금까지 상상도 못했던 방법으로 공격해오는 돌연변이 요괴쥐 때문에 서로 헤어지고 마는데...
為了躲避惡鬼的追殺，覺利用鏡像使兩人成功逃脫。就在兩人返回村子的時候，一隻變異化鼠出現了，它利用噴出的黑色煙塵引發爆炸。在這次爆炸中，覺和早季被分開了，在回鎮子的路上，早季聽說，怪物利用水路攻擊了鎮上的人，為了保護大家，鎮裡所有的河水都被抽乾了，只有完人學校還保持完整，而富子女士也在那裡。
