Kiroumaru finds Saki and informs her that Satoru is slightly injured while they were seperated. Kiroumaru then decides that they should lure the Ogre and counterattack. Satoru and Saki wait in a tunnel as Kiroumaru leaves to lure the Akki. As the Akki enters the tunnel, Saki sets a mirror in front of him. He looks momentarily then he screams and tries to attack them. To protect Saki, Satoru ends up throwing the Psychobuster at the Ogre , but Saki incinerates the Psychobuster with fire before it can infect both the fiend and Satoru, as she could not bare to lose her remaining close friend Satoru. Failing to defeat the Akki, Kiroumaru appears and quickly distracts the Ogre as they escape. They hide in a corner in the tunnels as they anticipate Yakomaru's next move. In a last attempt, Yakomaru decides to seek a renegotiation with Saki's group but in actual fact he wanted to reveal their position through their voices.
Kiroumaru trova Saki e la informa che Satoru è stato lievemente ferito mentre erano separati, affermando dunque che la mossa migliore sarebbe attirare il meta-demone e contrattaccare con lo Psychobuster.
サイコバスターを手に入れた早季は、その“唯一の希望”を手に覚たちと合流する。目指す悪鬼が、わずかな護衛とともに自分たちを追っている今こそが千載一遇のチャンスと考えた一行は、悪鬼を洞窟の一本道に誘い込む罠を張ることに。
奇狼丸が悪鬼をおびき寄せ、早季と覚がサイコバスターを投げつけるというシンプルな作戦。それだけに小さなミスも許されない状況だったが、早季は土壇場になって意外なことを語り始める。悪鬼は、本当は自分が何者か分かっていないだけなのではないかというのだ。
そうこうしているうち、奇狼丸によっておびき寄せられた悪鬼が姿を現す。２人はもはや作戦通り悪鬼を引きつけ、一本道に誘い込むよりほかなかった。切り札のサイコバスターは手元にあるものの、悪鬼に一瞬でも姿を見られれば呪力で一方的にひねり殺されてしまう。早季と覚、２人の命懸けの狩りが始まる。
사이코버스터로 악귀를 확실하게 죽이기 위해 기로마루는 사키와 사토루가 미끼가 되어야 한다고말한다. 갈림길이 전혀 없는 외길에서 사키와 사토루는 정신 없이 달리며 악귀를 유인하기 시작하는데...그 와중에 사키는 마리아와 마모루의 아이가 악귀가 아닐 수도 있다는 의구심이 들기 시작한다.
奇狼丸以誘敵為由離開了隊伍，覺和早季在逃亡的過程中碰到了被稱為惡鬼的守和真理亞的孩子，早季覺得只要讓惡鬼意識到自己是人類的真相，就能阻止她繼續攻擊人類，可是這個計劃失敗了。為了擊敗惡鬼，覺對惡鬼使用了精神風暴，只可惜，惡鬼並沒有因此消失，只是單純的受傷了。就在早季和覺好不容易逃走的時候，野狐丸竟然提出和他們談判的要求。
