Namemba and hachisu see hibiki being taken into the new murakumo by the joujinshuu. Hachisu attacks the rain lookouts to get closer, she is surprised to be assisted by hadaebou. Back in the village, hachisu, rui, utsutsu and namemba plan to rescue hibiki. In a quiet moment during the preparations, gorone and namemba recall their first meeting. Later, namemba and hachisu plant explosives in the murakumo's path to stop it, but they are ineffective. Again they meet hadaebou, and this time namemba and hachisu reluctantly agree to work with him. Elsewhere, hachiro ...