Darkness.While she walks in during his training, Maya catches eye on Mitsuomi's shaking fists. Mitsuomi explains that he first wanted to fight Shin one-on-one, but he now wants to avoid conflict with Shin. It turns out that Maya was the "katana hunter" all along, since she wanted to get rid of the members of the group that Shin has originally started. Bunshichi, finding out about that the members were badly injured on scene, is having trouble trying to find Shin, thinking he is behind this. When Bunshichi notices that Emi has been following him, he chases her on motorcycle, but loses her by a passing semi-trailer truck. Shin is called to a meeting with Dōgen Takayanagi at a park, much to Mana's worry. When Bunshichi corners Emi, a car attempts to ram him, but he unleashes his full power to destroy it.