Hijikata tracks down one of the tattoos to an isolated fishing port in Hokkaido. Its bearer is Yoichiro the Manslayer, a legendary assassin from the last days of the shogunate.

Kiroranke's Group breaks out Sofia and her accomplices out of Akou Prison. After meeting Asirpa, Sofia shares her memories of Wilk with his daughter, who in her own stead remembers something very important...