The memory of that terrible night is fading away: not a trace is left, and a brand new desk is placed in the biology room, as if nothing had happened. On her way home from school, George takes Saya to the grave of the Miyagusuku family, on a hill overlooking the sea colored by the sunset. George talks about his past and his meeting with Saya. Back at Omoro, David reveals to Saya that she is the only living being who can defeat the chiropterans, as the creatures like the one that attacked her at school are called. Saya is shocked, but a new menace is just approaching, its eyes shining red...

On a ship leaving Okinawa, Riku hears about the tragic event that took place, and so he confines himself in his cabin. Kai tries to comfort Riku, but he doesn't even respond. Saya feels that she is solely responsible for her family's misfortune. Seeing Saya, Hagi takes out the sword and tells her that the key to take back her past lies at the end of the continuous battle. Meanwhile, Okamura, a reporter for the Ryukyu Daily who was investigating the random killing and came to focus on Yanbaru, finds an empty case of Bordeaux wine in the dump yard of an industrial waste disposal company...

Saya and the others check in at a hotel where they are supposed to meet up with others. While David is out doing some research, Riku comes down with a fever. Saya stays with her brother and takes care of him, but in this situation, Liza questions Saya about her true intention to fight the Chiroptera. Why does she kill them? Is she not getting others involved in the battles by killing Chiroptera? Saya, who is still confused about the real meaning of the dreams she had in Vietnam and in the Russian tundra, appears unable to find an answer. And then, Liza says something even more shocking...

Okamura and Mao arrive at the Zoo only to find a broken sword left behind. Saya and the others return to the Red Shield HQ with the wounded Riku. As Kai helplessly watches his still unconscious little brother, Saya wonders if what she did for Riku has really been the right choice...

A year had passed and that period of time had clearly brought changes to the Schiff. Thorns emerge in Goodliff and Dirth. The few remaining comrades draw together quietly in an abandoned church avoiding the sun.

But they are about to be battered by another desperation, as the Corpse Corps abruptly attacks them...

Saya learns that Diva is pregnant with twins. She decides to kill Diva before the twins who would only strengthen the enemy are born. Meanwhile, there remained three surviving Schiff. Moses and Lulu are staggered when they catch a sign of death, "Thorn," on Karman's neck.

With much anticipation around the world, global live satellite broadcast of Diva's concert in New York begins. To stop Amshel's plan to fill the world with chiroptera using the Synchronicity effect of Diva's singing, Saya and Hagi sneak into the backstage and get ready for the final battle. Meanwhile, Nathan talks to Amshel and reveals his astonishing identity!!