While Akira prepares to fight off the bear who attacked them earlier, Yoko goes to Bar Buffalo to engage in a drinking session with Kawai. Akira creates a lance with a branch and his knife, which he coates with venom from a snake he previously caught. When the bear attacks and Kuroshio trembles in fear, Akira calmly fights it off and stabs it with the lance to teach it to be wary of humans in the future. Meanwhile, Yoko goes head-to-head in a drinking session with Kawai drinking shots of tequila, each planning to score a conquest over the other. Yoko ultimately wins, with Kawai retching in the bathroom from his excessive consumption of alcohol, and eventually collapsing from alcohol poisoning. The next morning, Yoko picks up Akira and Kuroshio. Akira is grateful that he has not lost his edge, while Kuroshio is more impressed than ever by Akira's skills and understanding of the mechanics of defeating an adversary.