Receiving help from the former Warriors of Hope, Komaru and Toko, along with the latter's psychotic alter-ego Genocider Sho, make their way to Monaca's hideout. After arriving at the scene and surviving an explosion, the girls discover Monaca has suddenly given up on despair, revealing that, outside of killing Miaya and replacing her with a robot, she is not the mastermind behind the new killing game. Leaving behind some disturbing words about Makoto, Monaca decides to launch herself into space to become a NEET, with Komaru preventing Toko from pursuing her any further. Afterwards, Komaru contacts Makoto and Aoi through the Miaya robot, relaying Monaca's warning that one of the original survivors of Hope's Peak Academy's mutual killing game will allegedly die because of Makoto.