Kiroumaru finds Saki and leads her back to Satoru who is slightly injured. Kiroumaru then decides that they should counterattack so Satoru and Saki wait in a tunnel as Kiroumaru leaves to lure the Fiend. Saki believes the Fiend does not know that it is human, so she creates mirror which momentarily confuses the Fiend before it screams and attacks them. Satoru throws the Psychobuster at the Fiend, but Saki incinerates the Psychobuster before it can infect both the Fiend and Satoru. Kiroumaru reappears and quickly distracts the Fiend as they escape and hide in the tunnels. Yakomaru offers to negotiate with Saki's group but Kiroumaru realizes that his motive is to discover their position through their voices. While hiding, Saki reflects on Shun's statement that the child may not be a Fiend and she realizes that they may still have a way to defeat the Fiend.