Kagura Tenn?zu, the girl at the center of the ritual, wakes up, frightened by her nightmare of a ritual. She rushes to get ready for school while her mother, Shinsen Tenn?zu, taunts her for being late. At school, Kagura falls ill from malnourishment and has to go to the nurse, prompting her teacher to promise to talk to her mother. When Kagura returns home, she discovers her mother having sex with her teacher in Kagura's bed. Shinsen then proceeds to bribe Kagura's teacher into ignoring Kagura's malnourishment. Suitengu arrives to bring her to her piano lesson. There, he whispers a few words into Kagura's ear, causing Kagura to fall asleep.