Sawa spends the day in her bookstore, accepting a donation of books from a young man and receiving instructions in books brought to her by a young boy. After a meager meal prepared by Asahi, Sawa joins fellow Nue agents Makoto Tsukishiro and Elena Hanakaze in a brothel. They then meet with Jin Kuzuhara, who mentions a man named Janome who has been smuggling foreign animals into the country to use for "Changelings". Later, Makoto and Elena target a man running a smuggling operation, but only find bales of rice. Outside Tokyo Castle, Sawa encounters a white tiger Changeling and she transforms herself into her crow form...