Neko attempts to fight Kikako, but Ryōta presses her harness hanging up her magic not wanting Neko to waste her life. Neko distracts Kikako, while Kazumi hacks in to close off the area temporarily. Ryōta finds Kotori tying herself up to a pole. He commands her to switch with Kikako before she blasts Neko. Pressing her harness, Kikako is left defeated. Before evacuating the area, Kotori goes missing. They manage to locate her at a cottage seeing her bleeding from lack of pills. She talks about her friend Chie who stopped taking the pills for Kotori's sake. Chie used the last of her time to enroll Kotori in school as her birthday present to enjoy much fun as possible. Kotori prepares to die for Chie. Ryōta and Neko share the pills and convince her to keep living as a member of the astronomy club. The club members play and eat outside on a hot day. Then Ryōta goes to meet his uncle Kogorō Hashiratani, a scientist whom Ryōta believes has the capability to reproduce the medicine. He demonstrates Neko's magic to prompt Kogorō.