| It is July 23rd, just after 4PM. Shin asks that Hizuru's death be kept secret for now. Dr. Hishigata suspects that Shide may have a spare body, which would explain how he was seemingly in two different places at the same time recently. The Doctor suspects that this is the body of Karikiri Iwao, who supposedly died around 1985. Shin reveals his ability to see a few seconds into the future. Sou wishes he could do more. Shin notes that they have lost all or most of the guns that they had had at one time. Shadow Mio identifies the shell pendant in Shin's pocket as the reason Shide broke of the action at Torajima and retreated. She says it contains Ushio's memories "but she has no body, so she can't move". Haine must have mistaken it for Ushio still being alive. Shadow Mio says Ushio designed it so that only she could scan it. Shin realizes that Ushio--an earlier version without these memories--will return during the festival tomorrow. If they can find her and get her to scan the shell, she would regain all the abilities she had when she died. Sou asks Mio (or was it Shadow Mio?) if she likes Shin; she dodges the question. On the rooftop she confesses her love to Shin; he is not surprised. He says he loves Ushio. Afterwards Tokiko and Shadow Mio confront Mio. Shadow Mio points out that if Ushio returns she will still be a Shadow. In the tunnel beneath the clinic (I think) Shin explains his plan. |
