It is explained that Akasha was the sole survivor of a suppression unit that were after a group of powerful Shikabane five years ago, and his Shikabane Hime was split in half during the battle. After failing to restore her body a week later, he stole secrets ritual scriptures before going rogue. Ouri talks to his classmate Sumitori, who shows Ouri a blog written by an ex-classmate named Mitsuyoshi, rumored to have been electrocuted. Ouri deduces that Mitsuyoshi had earlier have dropped out of school and somehow later turned into a Shikabane with telekinetic abilities. After encountering Mitsuyoshi at night, Ouri is protected by a new Shikabane Hime and Contracted Monk: a brawler Minai Ruo and her cold, cruel handler Shuji Isaki. Despite Makina and Minai's intervention in trying to kill him, Mitsuyoshi's abilities and his fighting strength resist their efforts to subdue him.