Stories of Monsters. Volume 18

Shinobu has gone who knows where, and Araragi raises all his friends to find the runaway, because without her, Hanekawa cannot be saved. Along the way, he encounters Kaiki, who ominously hints at Hanekawa's role in this play that unfolded in Naoezu. Before Araragi can blink, he is already walking in the rain with a cat, which will strike if you merely offer your back — and will sell its owner for cat food.