Reigen received a phone call at his office, the Spirits and Such Consultation Office. The client asked him to find out what the black shadow that kept destroying his fields actually was. Meanwhile, back at Salt Middle School, Kamuro announces that he's going to resign from the position of student council president. Elections to decide a new student council president are going to be held and Mezato convinces Mob to run as a candidate, but...

The day for the annual marathon and Salt Middle School was drawing nearer. Mob proclaims that if he places in the top 10 he'll tell Tsubomi how he feels about her. Everyone around him cheers Mob on and he starts training hard every day until the day of the event. Meanwhile, Tsubomi and her friend Miki go to Reigen's Spirits and Such Consultation Office with a request. Ritsu happened to be at the office, helping out in Mob's absence, but he hears Tsubomi say something rather surprising.