At Kurata, Tarō and Makoto meet Sanae Ōgami, Makoto's mother, and Makoto makes a failed attempt at killing her. Tarō recognizes Sanae's lover, Masato, as the Snark. Meanwhile, Masayuki discovers spirits in the biotech research facility in an O.B.E. He sees his dad speaking with Reika about his research but then he is suddenly attacked by some spirit monsters, known as hopeful monsters, by Reika's biotech laboratory assistant.