The mountains are filled with warring Gatherers so Claire decides they must befriend some as fighting them all will be impossible. Shuichi locates a monster with bladed arms who, unfortunately, reveals he has no interest in more coins as he already received the inhuman strength he wanted and wants to test himself against monsters. Shuichi attacks first before Claire can stop him, and they are overpowered. Claire tries to end the fight by admitting they are weaker, but he decides to kill them to stop them finding 100 coins and becoming stronger than him. Claire draws their pistol and damages his arm, so the monster transforms to his human form, university student Tadanori Sanbe, to thank them for providing a challenge. He then changes back to a monster so Shuichi and Claire separate to trick him; Shuichi restrains him with Claire pointing the gun at his head, forcing him to admit he lost. Instead of killing him, Claire demands he becomes their ally. Another monster appears, having taken pictures of their human faces so they can't escape, and demands they become his slaves, so Sanbe kills him. Claire laughs, realizing Sanbe is probably the strongest monster on the mountain, meaning other monsters will be easier to defeat. Shuichi explains how he and Claire fight together so Sanbe decides to join their team. Claire finds more pictures on the monsters phone and identifies their leader.