Keiichi is shaken when his friends tell him that he was actually at the Watanagashi festival with them. Teppei is still abusing her, though Keiichi thought he had killed him. He goes to the Doctor's office, where he confesses the murder to Kyosuke Irie. Although he promises to help him, he overhears him talking to his assistant with preparations to put sedatives in the tea they were going to give him. Oishi forces Keiichi to dig a hole, only to find Teppei gone.