With Akashi, the main suspect dead, Hajime is forced to go through everyone's alibis again, but the results are inconclusive. When Hijime questions why Himuro covers his face, Miyuki explains that he was among the few survivors of an airplane which crashed into a nearby mountain 10 years earlier. While again watching video footage of Kano's death at the annex, Hajime notices that the self-portrait of Himuro was gone when they arrived, presumably taken by the person posing as the Snow Demon...