Tenmaru enters the temple to find that the chief priest, priest taklan, is there. He realizes that the temple is a place where women are prohibited from entering, and he decides that he will kill one of the women if he can capture her alive and take her captive. Tenmaru asks where the hannya woman is, and the man answers that he is the one who tortured his father. He tells Tenmaru that if he kills her, he will go back to the family and bring back seven spears.