The plot to ambush Kagehisa Anotsu is going up in flames. Hyakurin and Shinriji have found the Itto-ryu group they were following to be decoys, too. Shira's pursuit has turned into a gory splatter movie, and when Rin tries to stop Shira from further torturing the woman decoy who had deceived them both, the blood-crazed killer turns his sword against her.