A week following Yukari's death, Kōichi has lunch with Sanae to ask her thoughts on Mei and the story of 26 years ago. Afterwards, he encounters another classmate named Ayano who he manages to save when they are nearly crushed by a falling sheet of glass. Koichi once again goes to the doll museum to see Mei, but she refuses to tell Koichi the rest of the story. As Sanae contacts Kōichi the next day over whether Mei actually exists or not, she is killed when the elevator she is riding falls down the shaft and crushes her.