Hayase escorts March, Parona, and the transforming wolf-boy (who March named Fushi) on a long ride to Yanome. Hayase lets them eat at various food stands, but soon slips them each sleeping drugs. When they wake up, Fushi is attacked by desperate prisoners who soon find that the boy is immortal, and Fushi learns a new phrase, "it hurts." Fushi transforms into a wolf to escape, but is shot by Yanome with a poisoned arrow. March tends to Fushi's wounds, and using the arrow stuck inside Fushi, Parona comes up with a plan to take a trophy from the bear's hide, escape the prison to Ninnanah, and use it to prove that they no longer need to sacrifice anyone to Oniguma...