Chihiro has a vision of Kakihara's death. Julia and Suruga convince Akira and Tsubaki to leave the Malthus Church and rejoin the Guardian State. At the Malthus Church, Koume leaves with Kurokami's blood crystal to continue Inuki's research. Kakihara and Aero then leave to pinpoint the locations of the artificial barriers called keystones. When Kakihara notices that Chihiro was following him, Kakihara deduces that Chihiro dreamed of his death. Kakihara says that fate cannot be changed unless dreams are also changed...