Watanuki is given time off as Yūko is away for a while. He meets a beautiful woman passing Yūko;s house. At school Dōmeki tells Watanuki to wear the pipe fox. Watanuki befriends the woman who lost her young son hoping to soothe her loneliness. Watanuki starts feeling ill, and Dōmeki reminds him to wear the pipe fox in case of spirits. He continues to see the woman and his sickness worsens. He speaks with Yūko on the phone who warns him about the woman. Watanuki starts coughing blood and collapses.