After escaping from Kasane's clutches, Izaya encounters Anri at the hospital and proceeds to provoke her. Telling her that he plans to intervene in the struggle between Mikado and Masaomi, Anri trembles and flinches before Izaya's doubtful stare, as well as Saika's voice as she asks herself just what it is that she can do for Mikado and Masaomi, and whether someone such as her, harboring Saika within her, can call herself a human being. Meanwhile, in the city, several women, each with various agendas and secrets, begin to take action.