Keisei learns that Minai was destroyed by a member of the Kōgon Sect, which is strange to him since Ouri had last hidden her in a supposedly safe place. Keishi rushes out of the hospital to confront the bishop Ooyatsuka, but he is calmed by the high bishop Shinze Kamiu. Ouri is called out by Nozomi to look at a magazine featuring a cult with followers that regenerate after being burned alive. Under the belief that it is related to the Shikabane, Ouri visits this cult only to discover it to be a hoax instead. Upon Ouri's departure, Ooyatsuka is visited and then killed by seven extremely powerful Shikabane calling themselves the Seven Stars. The traitor monk Akasha allies himself with the Seven Stars to plot the total destruction of his former comrades at the Kōgon Sect. Meanwhile, Keisei identifies the Contracted Monk who destroyed Minai as Sadahiro Mibu, Ouri's manager at the bar. With their cover blown, Sadahiro and his Shikabane Hime named Akira Tōoka abandon the bar, leaving Ouri unemployed. Makina has flashbacks of the Seven Stars, suggesting she was killed by them in the past.