Recap:

"However, the possessions never to do any permanent harm to the child. They just behave like a completely different person." Father Touo reiterates. "And their all obsessed with hiding."

"They're hiding?" Naru blinks in confusion.

Switch Scene to Mai in a Forested Area

Wandering around after kicking a soccer ball into the forest, Mai looks around. She wasn't spotting the ball just yet, she had kicked it pretty hard to get it at such a distance.

"Oh where could have that stupid ball gone?" Mai grumbles to herself, looking back and forth for the sight of a black and white ball. "It couldn't have gone f-Oh!"

Spotting the ball she moved towards it.

Picking up the ball in relief, she looks up and notices a kid hiding by a tree. He had dark skin, brown hair, and was strangely holding a stick in his hand.

"Whichever child is possesed, they will play a game of hide and seek called, "Stick" Father Toujo explains.

"Stick?"

Having no clue, the very child Mai was walking up to, turned out to be the possessed one. "Excuse me, are you lost?" she speaks to the child huddled next to the tree.

Thinking he was injured, she squats down while holding the ball, "Are you okay?" she asks gently, remembering how Mei would gently lure a child out. "What are you doing out here?"

Suddenly, the child stood up without looking at Mai, his movements were strange and as he turned, he ran in the opposite direction of her. "Wait, come back here!" Mai chases after him, not sure where they were going. "Hey, why are you running, I'm just trying to help you!"

Losing sight of him as she runs the direction she thought he was, she stops. Looking around in confusion, "Hey Kid!" Mai called out loudly, trying to spot the child anywhere.

As she thought he disappeared entirely, she spots him again. "Oh there you are." she walks toward him only for him to start running again. "Please wait! There's nothing to be afraid of!"

Thwack!

A strange sound echoed in the forest where she stood.

"Stick is essentially just hide and seek, yes, but instead of shouting the kids will beat a wooden stick against something. One hit means their not ready yet and more than one hit means they found their hiding place." Father Toujo explains, taking a sip of his tea out of nervousness.

Looking around in bewilderment, Mai could feel hesitation, she was starting to feel afraid since she was all alone in the forest. As if to confuse her more, she couldn't figure out where the tapping sounds was directing from.

Standing up, Father Toujo turns his head, "I'm afraid Thanat is hiding again." he remarks.

"What is that noise?" Naru asks.

"That's the sound of the Stick. The boy that was behaving strangely this morning must be in the forest somewhere." He replies.

Also rising from his seated position, "We should all split up and find him." Naru orders.

Hearing the ominous sound of thwacking, the other children begin to get a little nervous. "Is there something wrong?" Masako asks one of the nervous children.

"That must be Thanat."

"What is he doing?" Ayako asks.

"He's been hiding in the forest since this morning."

"I hope he's alright."

Mai, who was seemingly closest, runs around. Calling for the boy she had no clue was possessed. She searched, and searched, and searched a bit more.

Then she heard it. How close she was to him. "I'm gonna find you eventually." She calls still holding the soccer ball in her hands.

Stopping, she spots him hiding in a little alcove near the church. "So this is where you've been." She comments with a smile.

Turning her head, she heard the sound of footsteps, "Mai, are you alright?" a familiar voice called, it was Naru. Her grin slightly bigger, "Hey, Naru. I found this boy in the woods." She responded.

The boy suddenly stood laughing happily, "Wait!" Father Toujo called only to freeze in surprise as the boy jumped up, hugging Lin vigorously.

"Daddy it's you!" Possessed Thanat spoke happily.

John blinking in surprise, "What did he say?" he asked not just himself, but others.

Staring down at the child, Lin stared in shock, utterly confused the situation in front of him mind-boggling.