After the recent fight with Nagumo and Shizuma, Ryoko tries to figure out how Nagumo knows about the alternate world, and Ryoko visits the Hiten Shrine where she meets Miyuki and the old master. A subsequent visit thanks to Azumi inspires her to strive to become the master’s apprentice, and she will stop at nothing to achieve that goal. Meanwhile a woman and her goons pay a visit to the Hiten Shrine to find Nagumo as well.