Charlotte.Shunsuke urges Yuu to stay with Ayumi at the safe haven until his abilities disappear. In the research facility, Tsutsumiuchi explains that people possess their special abilities as a result of inhaling particles spread by a short-period comet called Charlotte, which passes Earth every 75 years. A vaccine is being prepared before the next pass of the comet. Shunsuke's aide, Furuki, is threatened into handing Kumagami over to a group of foreign terrorists in a factory. The terrorists torture Kumagami to inquire information about ability users, allowing the terrorists to hold Nao and Kumagami hostage in exchange for Yuu. Upon ensuring the safety of Furuki's family, Yuu goes to the factory to ransom Nao and Kumagumi, but is attacked by a female ability user who slashes his right eye, preventing him from time-leaping. Yuu activates his collapse ability, disintegrating the factory on top of them all. Although Yuu manages to use telekinesis to protect himself and the female ability user, Kumagami is impaled by a metal pipe as he shields Nao from the wreckage.