Metropolitan Police-Investigation Department, 8:26 p.m.
The police call an emergency meeting about the UFO. Ichijo, Sugita and Enokida then go over the information that the Nagano department gave them regarding it. Upon a comment that this would mean working tomorrow, Enokida remembers what tomorrow means to Ichijo, but is prevented from bringing it up by the meeting beginning
Bunkyou District-Pore Pore, 8:39 p.m.
Yusuke arrives after hours, and asks after Nana. Tamasaburo replies that she takes acting classes in the evening, because she wants to become a famous actress. Yusuke then gets a call from Sakurako, who tells him about the fragments. He then runs out to meet her.
Metropolitan Police-Collaborative Investigation HQ
Nozomi reviews the information about the UFO to the police. There have been multiple sightings, and that the UFO appears to be assimilating metal into its body. Enokida theorizes that it is doing this because its form is not currently complete. The police are advised to keep an eye out for the UFO, due to the possibility that it might be like the Unidentified Lifeforms.
Ichijo then calls his mother in order to tell her that he won't be able to meet her tomorrow as Nozomi watches nearby.
Jounan College-Archeology Research Lab, 9:48 p.m.
Sakurako shows Yusuke her translation about the "form of a beetle", and he comments that he has recently had visions of an insect in flight. Further investigation leaves Sakurako and Yusuke with a great many possible translations of the surrounding text, aside from a reference to "a servant that protects a horse". Yusuke suggests that it may translate to "horse armor", which brings forth the idea of a servant that transforms into horse armor (which Sakurako finds bemusing).
Metropolitan Police-Collaborative Investigation HQ, 4:35 a.m.
Ichijo maps out all the known sightings of the beetle on a map in the conference room, and arrives at the conclusion that the beetle is headed for Yusuke. Nozomi then calls him outside the conference room, and gives him a birthday present. Ichijo politely declines the item, and Nozomi comments that her assumption that he had a girlfriend was correct, which he then denies. She then asks if he’s not interested in her, and he replies that that had nothing to do with why he declined the gift. Sugita then runs out of room and tells him of a new Unidentified Lifeform sighting.
Jounan College-Archeology Research Lab, 4:41 a.m.
A phone call about Unidentified Lifeform #24 appearing wakes both Yusuke and Sakurako up, and Yusuke then dashes out. As he rides to the scene, the beetle from earlier suddenly approaches him and leaves just as suddenly, leaving Yusuke bewildered.
Me-Gyarido-Gi is then seen backing up a truck in a forest, and declares that he will use it in his Gegeru. Zu-Gooma-Gu says that it's embarrassing that Me-Gyarido-Gi entered something made by the Linto. The Crab Grongi responds by honking the truck's horn and saying that he will be fine.
Mitaka City-Crime Scene, 7:19 a.m.
Police inspect a crime scene involving several motorcycles and a truck. Sugita says that it was likely a Gurongi attack, due to witness testimony.
Metropolitan Police, 7:33 a.m.
Nozomi tries to throw out the gift that she was going to give to Ichijo, but Enokida stops her. Enokida tells her that Ichijo refuses everybody's presents, since his birthday is also the anniversary of his father’s death. When he was 10, his dad, who was also a police officer, died while saving people drowning in a river, and because he respected his father, Ichijo became a policeman. Since then, he visits his mother, who is a nurse (and always has to work, even during holidays) on his birthday. She explains that Ichijo likely wants to return home and meet his mother, but the situation with the Unidentified Lifeforms forces him to stay.
Nagoya West Community Hospital, 8:05 a.m.
Ichijo's mother, who is the head nurse, canceled her leave for the day due to Ichijo not being able to come over, so she woke up early in order to pay her respects to her late husband and left to work. She says that it can't be helped due to Ichijo's position as part of the Unidentified Lifeform investigation team. She doubts that she'll see him for the rest of the year, since their attacks are unpredictable, and ignoring them so that they can meet would not honor the spirit of her husband.
Yusuke tells Ichijo that he encountered the UFO flying near him, and tells him about Sakurako's translation. He believes that the UFO doesn't mean to hurt anybody, but Ichijo warns him that they don't know that for a fact just yet. They then get a report of about Unidentified Lifeform #24.
Nagoya West Community Hospital, 9:34 a.m.
Ichijo's mother collapses at her workplace.
Chiba City-Keiyou Highway, 10:14 a.m.
Yusuke transforms into Kuuga and manages to cut through traffic in order to chase after Unidentified Lifeform #24. At the same time, the UFO follows him. To Kuuga's surprise, the UFO merges with the TryChaser, adorning it in a manner akin to "horse armor". As he catches up to Unidentified Lifeform #24, the Grongi suddenly stops and reverses the truck in an attempt to hit him.
