 Cho realizes the incredible potential of his brain to serve as a 'hypercomputer', and figures out that Sexton is in fact Athena in disguise.Amadeus finally confronts Dupree in person, and learns that Dupree was not aware of Amadeus' sister being missing, meaning she is still missing.Amadeus also learns that his destiny is to be the new hero of the modern era of reason, and to stop the "primordial darkness" (this is revealed to the reader to be the return of Amatsu-Mikaboshi).