This chapter opens with a flashback to the beginning of the previous chapter, where Hiroshi and Ashikaga are discussing how they should have chased after the monster who fled. Hiroshi realizes that killing monsters only earned them honor credits, and he wonders how much post-credits that is worth. He wonders why they are still hanging around, chatting, and killing other people. He tells them to get out of the area, because he doesn't want them to see his mugs. He also tells them that he's the one who's going to kill them all. He asks if they're okay, and they all seem to be. He says he'll spare their lives today, if they just hand over Hiroshi's soul. He's riddled with wounds, he says, and if they don't kill him, he can have their soul back. But if he kills them, they'll all run away during the ensuing frenzy. He accepts the challenge, and says that Hiroshi is a brutal man. He won't even be able to get back on his sword if he hires another onmyoji. He