Mao and his companions rush to the scene when Tenko is hit by a car driven by Ibaraki Tanehiko, who kidnaps young girls. There, a man named Kuchinawa appears, having been hired by the head of the Ibaraki family. Kuchinawa uses wood-based yin-yang magic, but his true identity is Kamon, Mao's senior disciple.

The mother of a boy named Shigeru visits Mao's clinic, asking him to examine her son. Mao goes to see Shigeru, but it turns out to be a trap to lure him out. A water-manipulating shikigami attacks, attempting to capture Mao