Sawa has decided to kill the shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa, asking Elena to look after Asahi if she does not return. As Sawa approaches the shogun's palace, she is taken by a black crow Changeling which she recognizes as Jin Kuzuhara. She attacks Jin for lying all his life, but he refuses to fight her, stating that he always wanted to protect her, and he will take care of Yoshinobu himself. He flies to the palace and finds Yoshinobu as a frail, frightened old man after Jin supplied him a placebo instead of the Karasumori elixir he expected...