In the meantime, sasaki and his men are busy trying to figure out what's going on with the crow. . They can't figure out why the crow is so high up in the sky. They're worried that kurayoshi might have fallen from the roof before he entered the treasury. They don't know what to do, since he's been badly injured. The guards are confused, and sakura points out that the roof is too high for a man to fall from. He's also worried about the shogun, who's on his way to the treasury, and the guards are worried that he'll be killed by the swarm of crows that's swarming around him. He says that he has a secret remedy from the empire that works for injuries, and that he can use it to stop the swarm. He tells the guards that sai is reliable, and he can vouch for sai. He also tells them that he needs to hire an assistant to treat the wounds, and then he can write a note to the guards saying that they can use the money to pay for the assistant. He doesn't want the guards to suspect him, so he tells them to go about their business.