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- After approaching Shirasu and removing her pink wig, the prison guard reveals her true identity as Nishiki, one of the remaining members of the Fuma clan. Shirasu declines Nishiki's offers to lead him to the one who slaughtered the Fuma clan. Soramaru informs Sōsei that the man wearing a fox mask collects poppies, the source of the drug opium. The next day, as Sōsei agrees to help train Soramaru, Kiiko talks about how Tenka once boasted the rank of commander of the Yamainu Squad during childhood. Sōsei tells Soramaru that the mission of the Yamainu Squad is to find and neutralize the Orochi's vessel, a serpent that possesses a human host in order to become its incarnation. At night during a downpour, Soramaru and Chūtarō pick up veggies in town, while Shirasu, Botan and Ōta learn an overwhelming secret about Tenka. Before returning to the shrine, Soramaru crosses paths with Nishiki after realizing she was the pink-haired prison guard. It turns out that Tenka is the Orochi's vessel and is arrested by the police as a result, much to the shock of Soramaru and Chūtarō. News of this also reaches the Yamainu Squad at their headquarters. (en)
- The Kumō brothers visit Doctor Ōta to treat Soramaru's wounds and Tenka's apparent hangover. Ōta tells Tenka about Shirasu's association with the Fuma clan, known to be "butchers" compared to other ninja clans. While Kitamura and Tsuchiya inform Tenka that a lunatic named Naoto Kagami is making his way to the Kumō Shrine, Kagami has already made trust with Chūtarō at the shrine steps. Soramaru, claiming to be Tenka, arrives at the steps and tells Chūtarō to go get Shirasu from inside the shrine. Tenka deals with a squadron led by Rakucho Takeda, but Tenka easily defeats the squadron, including Takeda. Soramaru struggles with his fight against Kagami, but Shirasu arrives to intercept until he becomes injured from Kagami's attacks. Tenka arrives in the nick of time when Shirasu is unable to defend himself. Kagami explains how he wants to overthrow the shogunate for their betrayal in approving a sword abolishment edict. Tenka beats up Kagami, who is then restrained by Abe no Sōsei, commander of the Yamainu Squad. It is later shown that Tenka and Sōsei each vow to search for the Orochi's vessel, but Tenka plans to protect it, while Sōsei plans to destroy it. (en)
- It has been a week since Tenka's execution and it rains throughout the day, much to Soramaru's frustration. An outraged Iwakura, wishing that the Orochi's vessel was captured instead of executed, tells Sōsei to have the Yamainu Squad keep an eye on Soramaru and Chūtarō for the time being. During a training session, Sōsei tells Soramaru to look outward and stand proud in order to become stronger. However, Soramaru returns home, telling Chūtarō in front of Shirasu that Tenka bore the murder of their parents. Soramaru later finds Nishiki badly wounded in the woods and takes her into the shrine to recover. When she wakes up, Shirasu wants nothing to do with her request of restoring the Fuma clan. Kitamura and Tsuchiya arrive, informing Soramaru that a transport has gone loose in the woods. Nishiki offers her services, explaining that her appearance is due to not completing her coming-of-age ceremony. While Soramaru says that everyone is alike, he encounters and defeats the transport. Soramaru carries Nishiki back to the shrine, promising her room and board in exchange. The following sunny day, Soramaru has another training session with Sōsei, which encourages Soramaru to be the head of the Kumō family someday. (en)
- Tenka is shackled and brought in to see Botan, Hirari and Ōta. It is revealed that Tenka was a test subject for a miracle drug developed from Orochi cells. After learning from Botan that Soramaru is the real Orochi's vessel and has been captured by Shirasu, Tenka breaks free from the shackles to search for his brothers. Meanwhile, Sōsei informs Kiiko that Iwakura underwent a major surgery with an Orochi serum which can double healing capabilities. In the woods, the Yamainu Squad confront and defeat the head warden Orita and the surrounding armed prisoners. After Botan arrives and tells the Yamainu Squad that the Orochi's vessel must be exposed to the sunlight, they deduce that using the Lake Biwa underground canal will help them succeed. Nishiki finds Soramaru, realizing that he is no longer the same, but she runs off with the twin swords. After Kagami attacks Kitamura and Tsuchiya, a tearful Chūtarō ends up escaping and finds Nishiki holding the twin swords. Chūtarō heads to the canal as Soramaru follows, while Botan and Nishiki handle Shirasu. The Yamainu Squad are up against Kotaro and the Fuma clansmen. As Soramaru and Chūtarō fight, Tenka breaks through the canal. (en)
- Shirasu wounds Botan in betrayal and proclaims that he wants the Orochi to be reborn, explaining that the Fuma clansmen have been retainers for the Orochi for generations. Hirari shows up during their fight, carrying Botan away to safety. Soramaru reveals to Sōsei that he is the Orochi's vessel, begging to kill him as soon as possible. However, Sōsei encourages Soramaru to shed tears for Tenka's death in order to become stronger. Kitamura and Tsuchiya inform Botan and Hirari of a prison break in Gokumonjo, while Sōsei, Kiiko and Zenzō Inukai arrive at Gokumonjo to deal with several Fuma clansmen. The man wearing a fox mask, recognized as Kotaro Fuma, breaks into the Yamainu Squad headquarters. Shirasu and Kotaro bow down to a panicked Soramaru. After the Fuma clansmen retreat, Sōsei inform Kiiko, Takeda and Inukai that the Fuma clansmen want to see the Orochi reborn. Having stolen the twin swords, Shirasu reveals to Kotaro for being responsible for killing the parents of the Kumō brothers, yet later earning their trust. Chūtarō and Kagami discretely witness three bandits attempting to rob Kanbayashi and her two vegetable-foraging friends, but a hooded fighter defeats the bandits. Hirari then recognizes him as Tenka. (en)
- Botan has joined forces with Tenka to find the Orochi's vessel. Tenka notices Soramaru eavesdropping and keeps him in the dark about it. Shirasu later interrupts Soramaru while he is training to become stronger. Outside a formal ball, Tenka meets with Kiiko Sasaki, a Yamainu Squad member, not long before encountering Tomomi Iwakura, the Minister of the Right. Elsewhere, Soramaru humbly requests Sōsei to teach him the way of the sword, but Sōsei rejects him. Shi Qian-Lang and Takeda agree to help Soramaru if he assists them by finding answers about the Orochi's vessel from inside Gokumonjo. After Chūtarō sends a disguised Soramaru to Gokumonjo, Tenka becomes worried that Soramaru has gone missing. As Shirasu finds Botan in the woods, he questions her motives for teaming up with Tenka to find the Orochi's vessel, and she questions his loyalty to the Kumō brothers in response. In Gokumonjo, Soramaru tries his best not to blow his cover with some familiar prisoners. At the shrine, after finding out what Chūtarō did, Tenka allows Shirasu to go rescue Soramaru. Meanwhile, Soramaru is dragged inside a cell to face the man wearing a fox mask, bringing up traumatic memories of the past. (en)
- In the woods, Chūtarō encounters Kagami, who escaped from Gokumonjo. Chūtarō is shaken after Kagami explains that Tenka was a sacrifice. At the Yamainu Squad headquarters, Kiiko and Seiichirō Takamine learn from Sōsei that Tenka was not the Orochi's vessel. Kitamura and Tsuchiya report to Soramaru and Shirasu about Chūtarō and Kagami being spotted together in the woods. Sōsei requests Mutsuki Ashiya to conjure familiars to break into Gokumonjo. At a manor in the woods, Takamine overhears from Hirari that Tenka was a proxy for the Orochi's vessel. However, Takamine is soon attacked by an unknown Orochi's vessel. The next day, Soramaru is caught off guard when awakening to nearly strangling Nishiki. Later, Sōsei tells Soramaru that Tenka chose to end his life quickly, then Takeda tells Sōsei that Takamine was taken to the hospital after being attacked in the woods. Botan brings Ashiya to the Kumō Shrine in search of the Kumō family twin swords, the artifacts that were swallowed when the Orochi was sealed. Soramaru later realizes that he is the real Orochi's vessel, remembering that he attacked Takamine. While Shirasu takes Botan to retrieve Chūtarō, Botan believes that using the twin swords would spare the Orochi's vessel. (en)
- Believing that the man wearing a fox mask killed his parents, Soramaru attacks him but passes out afterwards. In the past, Soramaru was suffocated by the man wearing a fox mask at the shrine before Tenka intervened to save Soramaru, leaving Tenka with a large spinal wound. In the present, Soramaru regains consciousness in a separate cell, telling a pink-haired prison guard about the man wearing a fox mask. However, Shirasu and Takeda suddenly infiltrate Gokumonjo. After Takeda handles the escaping prisoners and Shirasu helps Soramaru change into regular clothing, Soramaru confronts the man wearing a fox mask to remember his name. Soramaru returns a first-aid kit to the pink-haired prison guard before going back to the shrine with Shirasu and Takeda. Tenka expresses disappointment in Soramaru for not relying on him, seeing as Soramaru almost died in prison. Shirasu warns Botan to stay out of Tenka's way if she knows anything about the Orochi's vessel. He also explains that the Fuma clan was slaughtered by a child in the past, and he wandered aimlessly until he was found by Tenka. As the rooster crows, Tenka and Chūtarō welcome Soramaru back before they all take a morning rest. (en)
- Sōsei, Hirari and Takeda depart towards the canal, while the rest of the Yamainu Squad deal with Kotaro and the Fuma clansmen. After Tenka and Chūtarō chase Soramaru away from the canal, Chūtarō uses the twin swords to extract the Orochi from Soramaru, turning the skies pitch black. Soramaru is soon equipped with Sōsei's katana to destroy the Orochi. Sōsei confronts Tenka for hiding the fact that he was a guinea pig for the Orochi serum. Chūtarō saves Kagami from a tree struck by lightning, giving him a second chance to live. As the Orochi wreaks havoc, Botan protects Nishiki, then Hirari protects Botan. Tenka and Sōsei attempt to attack Shirasu, but Kotaro grabs Tenka and Sōsei and sacrifices himself in one of the beams from the Orochi, but Tenka and Sōsei only sustain grievous burns. Soramaru, Chūtarō and Takeda use their swords to destroy the Orochi once and for all. As the sun begins to shine, Shirasu falls off a cliff in front of the Kumō brothers after reliving his moments of being with them as a family. The Kumō brothers later host an outdoor party for the townspeople, including the Yamainu Squad. (en)
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