Ikoma somehow survives and heads towards the last Hayajiro left in Kenkin Station, the Kotetsujyo. Meanwhile, Ayame and her people were left behind to fend off the Kabane when a young girl named Mumei appears before them. The girl clears open a path to the Kotetsujyo with incredible combat prowess.

After the killing of the pregnant kabane by Mumei, the people of the Kotetsujyo are more than ever mistrustful of the kabaneri. A new kind of enemy provides an opportunity for kabeneri and "kabaneri-friends".