Shikibu and hachisu attack the murakumo in a frontal assault, while inside, hachiro fights off hibiki who is being controlled by joujin. Hachiro defenselessly lets hibiki attack him and stops her, but, convinced by joijin that she is oboro, she calls him gennosuke. Then, rinne magoroku tries to use his adamantite tower to control hachiro. Meanwhile shichigen, rui and utsutsu travel up through the murakumo. Shichigen encounters yasha itaru who uses her destiny's passage mirror to creates the illusion that she is his mother. Controlled by itaru, shichigen then attacks ...