Hajime now concludes that Akanuma never existed and was a creation of the killer and Saruhiko. He states that Seimaru's body was disguised to look like Akanuma, and that Ryunosuske is really Shino's son, not Seimaru. Confronted by this evidence, Shino confesses that she knew Ayako in school and always resented her wealth. When they were both in hospital giving birth, Shino was unmarried, so she switched babies planning that her child would be raised as a Tatsumi...