Aoba must deal with his changing town.

In the wake of the Rhyme battle, Aoba is left with a headache and missing memory; Koujaku visits; a strange man drops in front of the junk shop.

Aoba finds a stranger going through his computer; Aoba gets a call that Tae is in trouble.

Clear asks Aoba about mortality; Tae's tie to a larger plot is exposed; Mizuki and Dry Juice vanish.

Aoba wakes up in Scratch's hideout and Mink offers to help find Tae.

Tae explains that she was a neuroplasticity researcher in Toue's labs and discusses her duties, why she left and Toue's ominous goals.