In fact, the more the woman says, the more smoke that comes out. Watanuki doesn’t notice any black smoke until she tells Yuuko how old she is. Watanuki is ecstatic that he was able to have such a conversation with Himawari, but when he gets to the store, Yuuko ruins his fun – she tells him that his face looks bad, meaning that bad things will happen today. Himawari also asks Watanuki about his work and then tells him to do his best before they part ways. Doumeki shows up to set things straight and to call Watanuki an idiot, which only gets him angrier. Himawari mentions Doumeki Shizuka, which gets Watanuki ranting because he doesn’t really like Doumeki. The classmate that he has a crush on, Kunogi Himawari, hands him a towel and the two start talking about soccer. The next day, Watanuki is at school and is washing up after soccer practice. But Yuuko also asks the woman to consider what it means to have a pinky finger. Yuuko gives the woman a ring, and says that the woman can do what she wants with it, even throw it away.
But after she says that, Watanuki notices that black smoke has started to come from her finger. Yuuko asks if the woman has any bad habits, but she denies it. She gives this woman the speech about being able to grant wishes for a price, and the woman tells Yuuko about her pinky finger, which has recently been unable to move. Yuuko gets visited by a woman who wanders into the store.