The Golden Egg

While adjusting to her unwanted transfer to a weekly tabloid, young reporter Hinako receives a phone call offering a scoop about a popular idol group.

Hinako disguises herself as a high schooler to help with an investigation. Later, she goes on assignment to Niigata but gets caught in a predicament.

Hoping for a scoop, Hinako and Suzaki conduct a stakeout. However, an inexperienced Hinako soon blows their cover by making contact with the target.

While investigating an embezzlement case, Hinako fights both her fears and her exhaustion to conduct a late-night stake out at a cemetery.

After seeking advice from her colleagues about potential article topics, Hinako follows a lead about an actor she has interviewed in the past.

While preparing for her interview with Aoshiro, Hinako realizes that Kitahama is acting strangely and starts to suspect he is hiding something.

Hinako asks Murai about Aoshiro's connection to Kubozuka. Despite feeling scared, she resolves to help investigate the series of mysterious deaths.

Hoping to make contact with a victim's friend, Hinako goes undercover at a matchmaking party but soon finds herself in an unexpected situation.

The sunglasses-wearing man becomes a third person of interest. Later, Hinako says she wants to meet with the parents of the missing high school girl.

Hinako speaks with Madoka's mother. After learning that a rival magazine is following the same case, Kitahama decides to find out what it knows.