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Plot
An turns up to have a chat with Chizuru at the ReLIFE Laboratory new employees welcome party. Chizuru tells An she is enjoying the party, but keeps wondering about Arata and asks about Ryō's relationship with him. An explains that Arata is a new recruit for the Support Division, but Chizuru remains in thought.

After the party at the eatery ends, Arata stays behind at Ryō's request to make sure that no one has forgotten anything. As he goes outside he is met by Chizuru, who was asked by An to wait and guide Arata to the next place where the others have aleady gone, and they recognize each other from earlier in the evening. Arata apologizes for the wait as he will not be going to the next location due to an early wake-up in the morning, only to be told by Chizuru that she was planning to go home as well were she not asked to guide him.

After a moment of silence they start going their separate ways, but Chizuru turns back and asks about Arata having been a ReLIFE subject. He tells her that the year was very important to him and made him want to have this job that he felt was well suited for his strengths. Surprised to hear that it was the previous year, in response Chizuru tells him she spent the two past years in the experiment, and that while her new job at ReLIFE Laboratory was not on the initial list presented to her, it was strongly recommended by her support.

Not expecting to learn of someone else having been a subject at the same time as him, Arata remarks that the two may actually have gone to the same high school without knowing it and met as students, and getting a feeling that she recognizes the smile on Arata's face Chizuru agrees that it might really have happened. Arata realizes it is late and suggests they meet again and continue the talk, but is stopped by Chizuru awkwardly asking him to give her his phone, vaguely reminding him of a very similar situation on his first day as a ReLIFE subject.

Trivia

 * The Advance Reading of this chapter was made available one week ahead of the scheduled release date on February 16.