A deaf girl, Shizuka, is Tabito's new client. Her favorite musician has been missing, but Tabito is informed by the drug czar that the man is a drug dealer.
Tomoko goes missing the day after attending a matchmaking party and meeting a guy named Hikaru. Unable to get Tabito's help, Yukiji goes off to look for Tomoko and runs into Mashiko already in pursuit of Hikaru.
Tabito confronts Shiraishi about the murderer of his parents. Later Tabito inexplicably passes out when he meets a new hostess girl, Haruka.
After his trust in Tabito fails, Yukiji runs away. In the meantime, Haruka's shocking confessions confuse Tabito.