Nikaido evades Noi, finding her way to Risu. Trying to abduct him, Nikaido punches En and shatters his mask, enraging him and causing a huge magic outburst that covers everything in mushrooms. Risu, unaffected by En's magic due to it powering his prosthetic body, uses the confusion to flee. Nikaido also narrowly escapes but is injured, forcing Caiman to take her to Vaux when a huge mushroom sprouds from within her back. Speaking with Vaux and Kasukabe, Caiman learns they know Shin as a former patient. A flashback shows that sorcerers were historically considered a lesser caste in Hole, hunted and killed by human gangs. Shin, unaware his late mother was a sorcerer, accidentally bleeds magic dust at work, causing his boss to inform the local vigilantes. Fleeing, Shin returns home to find his father has been tortured to death by the vigilantes, prompting him to single-handedly murder them with a claw hammer...