Afterimage.While Saki and Satoru search for Maria and Mamoru, they find themselves in the Robber Fly colony where they are reunited with Squealer who has taken the name "Yakomaru". They learn from Yakomaru that the Robber Fly society has greatly advanced since their last meeting, and it is now part of a strong confederation of colonies. However, they are shocked to find that the queen has been restrained and lobotomized because she was a threat to their developing society, and is kept alive only to reproduce. Satoru suspects that the Robber Fly colony has captured a False Minoshiro and accessed its knowledge. Yakomaru takes the pair to meet Squonk at the nest of the Goat Moth Queerat colony to ask him about the whereabouts of their missing friends, but Yakomaru appears to have military intentions. A skirmish occurs between the two colonies until Satoru uses his power to stop them. Saki is finally reunited with Squonk who gives her a letter from Maria, saying that she had departed with Mamoru.