In this chapter, Bishamon explains that he has set a trap to trap the young woman who has been replaced by a new war god. He tells her that he wishes he were like her, but that she is too strong for him. He asks her if she is her enemy, and she tells him that the crafter has broken into the shrine. He also tells her about the second akashi sama, who was obsessed with the histories of disobedient gods and their peoples. Instead of writing down the histories, the akashi always taught them to him. The akashi says that he is ready to die unless he is iwami's pawn. He says that if he does not die, he will ask another akashi for his name. He adds that he found another akisu wearing a mask after he died, and he asks him to wear that mask when he dies.