Episode Title:
Death Suppressants.
Episode Description:
After being absent the previous day, Neko comes to school covered in bandages, surprising Ryōta. Running to the village, Ryōta finds Neko bleeding profusely on the floor. He takes her to the kitchen to take a pill called 'Death Suppressants', explaining that the witches will die if they are not taken within 30-35 hours every day. As Neko boils some water, the kitchen accidentally burns down along with the remaining pills. Worried about their survival, Ryōta manages to memorize the drug's identification code thanks to his photographic memory, and deduces where the pills are manufactured. Letting Neko and Kana stay at the observatory for the time-being, Neko also explains her telekinesis magic. Looking up info on where a factory preserves the pills, they request another witch named Kazumi Schlierenzauer to use her power of computer-hacking, to shut down the factory's security system. The lab then traces "someone" searching for information on the drugs, and order an assassin witch, Saori, to move in. Forecasting Neko's death by Saori, Kana begs Neko not to go, however, Neko chooses to regardless as there are no more options for their future. Infiltrating the factory, Neko confronts Saori, while Ryōta looks for the pills. Reading a letter Neko wrote, Ryōta changes his mind and runs to help, with the forecast changing to where they both die. Ryōta finds them; he discovers Neko has Kuroneko's birthmark on her breast, proving the fact that she really is Kuroneko. He's about to approach Saori when she slices Neko to death. Thinking that hope is lost, Ryōta remembers Saori's second ability could change things around.
