Spiral of Sin.After being forced out of the fight against the Category B by the PDCH, the SDCD team is sent where the Category A is supposed to be, to find instead Yomi gravely injured. Yomi is rushed to the hospital, where she remains in a coma for two whole months. Her body has suffered many injuries but none of her vital organs were hit, although most of her tendons and her larynx have been severed. When she wakes up, her prognosis is that she will never be able to live a normal life again, nor will she able to speak. The head of SDCD gently question Yomi about the death of Mei, but it is difficult to communicate what truly happened due to her condition and the turmoil the killing has left Yomi in. Her uncle accuses her of having killed Mei because Yomi lost her position in the family and the right to carry Shishio, which he takes from her once again. Nori's father dissolves the engagement and forces his son to forget about her, both because of the responsibility he has towards his family, as well as to avoid having to spend his life next to someone with such serious physical disabilities. Yomi receives the news when Nori's father visits her at the hospital, right after having seen how deeply Kagura is hurt by knowing that Yomi really killed Mei. The two blows -having, in her mind, shattered Kagura's trust in her and the dissolution of her engagement to Nori- make her come undone. It is right at that time when Kazuhiro appears and offers her the Sesshōseki stone that will heal her broken body and grant her wishes... but only those born from hate. For Yomi that offer is impossible to resist. Kagura, after regaining her resolved to be at Yomi's side, goes back to her hospital room only to find it empty.