安森公务店的奈绪太太也生病了，被送进了尾崎医院，敏夫在抽血后仍然没有找到原因，他知道自己不能救活奈绪太太就叫奈绪太太的丈夫康夫送她到城里的大医院去。因为敏夫怀疑是传染病就问康夫奈绪太太在生病之前见过什么人，康夫说他们碰到了住在兼正哪里的桐敷正志郎和桐敷千鹤。几天后奈绪太太死去。 夏野在家里的时候感觉清水惠还和以前一样在自己的窗前偷看自己。

Dr. Ozaki is convinced that Nao Yasumori has contracted the same illness that killed Megumi and several other in the village. He conducts numerous tests, all of which return conflicting results that do not match any known disease. Nao dies just like the others from an unknown cause.

Meanwhile Natsuno wearily continues his daily life with his best friend Mutou Tooru. The words of his frenemy Murasako Masao, "Megumi might hate you so much she'll come back to visit you!", leave Natsuno shaken. A terrifying thought that the feeling that someone is still watching him just like Megumi did could be real.

The monk Seishin is visited by a young girl named Sunako and tells him she really enjoyed his novels.

首をひねる敏夫。

体調を崩した安森奈緒の血液検査の結果がおかしい。

静信は夜、沙子という少女と出会う。

そして、奈緒が死んだ。

夏野は何かの気配に眠ることができない。

O Dr. Ozaki está convencido de que Nao Yasumori contraiu a mesma doença que matou Megumi e vários outros na aldeia. Ele realiza vários testes, todos com resultados conflitantes que não correspondem a nenhuma doença conhecida. Nao morre como os outros de uma causa desconhecida.

Seishin trabaja en una novela llamada Shiki, que describe a los muertos vivientes. Natsuno va a la escuela y se encuentra con su mejor amigo, Mutou Toru, junto con Ritsuko.