Kyoshiro arrives at the riverbank with Gin, but far from the Ohu army. Kamkiri's army desperately searches for them, as Stone, Kamkiri's assistant asks his boss whether he should report the escape of Kyoshiro and Gin to Hougen or not and Kamakiri angrily snaps at him and sends him to Hougen. He then orders a part of his army to split up and find Kyoshiro and Gin, as Jerome and his bodyguards watch from afar and Jerome sends one of his bodyguards, Ryo to report this to the Ohu army...