In Episode 3, Art Girl follows the trail of the missing red pigment, drawn first into an art shop where Sarah, a weary attendant forced to sell I.C.’s paint stripper, can hardly contain her shock at the sight of Art Girl’s glowing red brush—the first hint of colour in months.

A sinister I.C. representative lurks close by, silencing Sarah’s hope until he finally leaves. As Art Girl presses on, she encounters strange villages stripped of colour, fleeting memories of vanished artists, and the unsettling presence of a shadowy figure who seems to be listening at every turn.

Between the comfort of hot chips and the chill of unanswered questions, Art Girl realises the cloud consuming Art Land may be tied directly to the vanishing pigments—and that her brush might hold the key, or the target, to something much darker.