After approaching Shirasu and removing her pink wig, the prison guard reveals her true identity as Nishiki, one of the remaining members of the Fuma clan. Shirasu declines Nishiki's offers to lead him to the one who slaughtered the Fuma clan. Soramaru informs Sösei that the man wearing a fox mask collects poppies, the source of the drug opium. The next day, as Sösei agrees to help train Soramaru, Kiiko talks about how Tenka once boasted the rank of commander of the Yamainu Squad during childhood. Sösei tells Soramaru that the mission of the Yamainu Squad is to find and neutralize the Orochi's vessel, a serpent that possesses a human host in order to become its incarnation...