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If you look at another prospective, do you think episode 9 serves as hints for future episode?

Spoiler:

-One of the Student Council is Nerval's follower
-Kazane and Takane will die
-Nami is alive but gravely weakened
-Sakura and Itsuki becomes best friends
-Leopard trains Itsuki upgrade her QT
-Nerval secretly manipulate Akiha, Itsuki and Honoka which ended up making Akiha and Itsuki to fight each other.
-Itsuki dies from overusage of QT fighting Akiha
-Akiha realized Nerval's manipulation (a little too late as well) and out of anger taps into her dormaint QT she never thought existed and unleash all her QT at Nerval.
-Nerval goes "Just as planned" as Akiha unknowingly destroyed most of humanity when she defeats Nerval.
-Vicious cycle continues

Until future episodes prove me otherwise, I'm a firm believer that Aleida is Akiha's mom and Honoka is a bastard child of Akiha's mom and Nerval, effectively making Honoka a half-sister of Akiha.