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Originally Posted by Kanon
Now we know why the sword was missing from the statue. Satoko is spying on Rika's conversations with Hanyuu, so she found out about it at the same time Rika did and the first thing she probably does in every loop is hide the sword now. Thankfully, she doesn't know about the shard.
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Except from Watadamashi Episode 7, the sword is already missing from the statue, so its already gone before Rika knows about its existence. Its the same in the manga version of events as well (Note: The manga makes a specific reference to the slot the sword goes into too).