Jin tells Sawa that Kyoko was killed on the orders of the shogun. Makoto later suggests that Sawa separate herself from Asahi for her own protection, prompting her to recall when Jin indicated that Janome was the one responsible for the demise of the Karasumori clan. Sawa returns home and sends Asahi to live at a temple, giving her a cloth bag with a map and money. The Nue squad, Makoto, Elena and Sawa then accost the "cleaner" whom they suspect of working for Janome and feeding them false information, but he sets off an explosion and escapes. While Elena and Sawa search for the cleaner, Makoto finds and kills him...