Ranmaru has a meeting with the Ayakashi who has been watching Aoi, Raiju, a Thunder Beast who controls lightning. Hatori warns Aoi to stay away from Raiju as he can be dangerous. Aoi finds Ginji at a shrine injured by miasma. Aoi feeds him her spiritual energy food, curing him. Ginji admits he is struggling to find the scale as mermaids are so rare they are almost extinct, though some may exist in the Dragon Palace, the mermaid's former home, but it is afflicted by a curse and staying there too long can kill...