As the castle begins to fall apart, Masamori and his night troops head into Kokubouro with the path created by Tokiko. Yoshimori rescued Sen and tells him to go back home while he still can. Wanting to be of some use to Yoshimori, Sen offers to help locate Kaguro. With Sen's help, Yoshimori speeds off to find Kaguro leaving Sen behind. Tokine manages to find the whereabouts of Yoshimori with Sen's information and heads off to Yoshimori with the intention of bringing him back to Karasumori before the castle completely collapses.
良守を探して地下牢へ向かう時音。時音が追ってきたことを知らない良守は、閃を地下牢から助け出すと牢を出て、火黒を探し始める。その無謀さに困惑する閃だが、時音と出会って2人に感化され、良守探しに協力する。
