December reveals Ros's secret. The party is shocked and glad to hear it. But Ros seems unhappy, and December thinks he knows why. He says that if Ros uses his power it will revive the Demon King, and so he orders Juli to attack again.

At Hitagi Senjyogahara's discretion, Hanekawa Tsubasa ends up living under the roof of the Araragi residence. Spending an evening in Koyomi's house, Tsubasa realizes that she had turned into Black Hanekawa the previous night.

Tomoko's mother tells her that her middle-school-aged cousin Kii-chan is coming to visit. Since Tomoko always acted the role of a smart, popular girl in front of Kii-chan in the past, she starts to think up ways to keep her cousin from finding out that her stories about her boyfriend were all lies.

The 24-hour tournament has finally begun. As the girls of C³ are fighting with all their might, Yura alone seems tense. Thanks to Yura's strategies and training, C³ wins their way through the early stages of the tournament, but when Yura grows so obsessed with winning that she fails to show the slightest gratitude toward her teammates, Yachiyo and the others increasingly lose their trust in her...

For some time, Natsuno has suspected she is being watched. One day while she is out, someone breaks into Natsuno's perfectly secure room and removes a single book. It happens to be the book she just purchased at Sakura's recommendation, the winner of the full-length novel special award, Heiando's newest author Fujimaki Hotaru's "Keisei Love Story."

Shino and Sosuke visit a village to investigate a young boy was recently found after getting spirited away. Shino is intrigued with how the boy looks the exact same as when he vanished a year ago. Could this be the owner of the eighth gem?

The Loose Souls team section chiefs are holding their regular meeting in Hell. Haqua questions Bureau Chief Dokuro about the rumors she heard from Nora concerning goddesses and Vintage, but Dokuro rejects her claims. Unsatisfied with the response, Haqua prepares to leave hell. Back on Earth, four of the goddesses have assembled in an attempt to awaken Kanon and Apollo.