Yoshino, Maki, and Sanae return to Manoyama, where they encounter the Spanish tourists at the palace. Shiori and Ririko explain that they are part of a group called "Cryptid Twelve", who came to Manoyama to find the mythical Chupakabura. Coincidentally, the city is about to perform the "drying", which is a procedure that hasn't been done in 70 years where the Sakura Pond is completely drained in order to control the black bass population. Cryptid Twelve's hope that the draining of the pond could reveal evidence of the Chupakabura...