Soubi beats Zero by creating a snowstorm, taking advantage of their one weakness: their blood congeals much faster than a human's. Ritsuka hears Soubi when he cries out in pain from his wounds, and goes out to find Soubi. When Ritsuka finds Soubi, Soubi lies and says he's fine and runs away, but Ritsuka sees drops of blood on the ground and knows Soubi is hurt. Later, Soubi is taking care of the Zero pair because Seimei told him 'to do things right to the end', and Soubi receives a text from Ritsuka never to lie to him again.