Sonoko Miyabe is an investigative journalist who needs another big scoop. She receives a tip that Satoshi Shindo is going to commit an act of revenge.

As Sonoko continues her surveillance of Shindo and his apartment, she concocts excuses to meet him and to get to know him better on a personal level.

When Shindo discovers that Sonoko left her bag at his apartment after their most recent encounter, it puts her entire investigation of him in peril.

On the day of Onoue's visit to the meatpacking factory, Sonoko is not allowed in with the press, and so can only watch Shindo helplessly from afar.

Sonoko wants to know what Shindo was about to tell her when they had to escape the burning car, so when he calls her she immediately goes to meet him.