Rui and utsutsu find neiri chiou, and rei manages to stab him. However, after they leave, his body heals itself and they encounter him again, with his demon god displaying the wounds neiri chiou sustained himself. They then meet shichigen who is being controlled by itaru. Meanwhile, namemba returns to the murakumo with explosives and meets hadaebou who offers to help her. Inside, shichigen, under the control of itaru, attacks rui and utsutsu, but rui manages to reach through to him and he stabs himself with his katana, which simultaneously does the same to neiri chiou...