Saki is the last of her friends of finally to be touched by a Blessing Spirit, but at the Unified Class her skills are lacking. And talk of missing children taken by the trickster cat continues to scare her.

As the library continues to explain the history of the world, a danger looms in the background.

Two years have passed since the camping incident and the relationship between the friends has changed dramatically.

Saki fears the Ethics Committee is somehow altering the memories of her and her classmates. But when Mamoru has a breakdown, Saki is asked to quit looking for answers.

Saki sits down with head of the ethics committee, Asahina Tomiko. Asahina begins to tell her the other side of the town’s history.

When Mamoru runs away, his friends do what any good friends do - they try to find him. But on their search, they soon discover that they aren't the only ones tracking him.

Maria is gone; she has left Saki a letter explaining her decision. Saki is up against terrible odds - the disappearance of her friends, the fact that her memory may be erased again, and the monster rats might not be on the side of the gods after all!

Many events act as catalysts in an impending war.

Searching for survivors in the hospital, Saki and the group she and Satoru have joined up with discover Yakomaru’s secret.

Someone or something is following Saki and Satoru as they glide down the river discussing what has happened.

Kiroumaru has suggested that they split up to distract their pursuers, but are his intentions noble?

After all the scores are settled, ten years go by. Saki and Satoru hope for a better world.