The sporangium busts at last, and the Impure King appears in all his glory. Buffeted by a gale of miasma, Suguro tries as best he can to hold on and maintain his barrier. However, he edges closer to his physical limit with each passing moment. “What was I spared for?” asks Rin as he holds his sheathed Koma Sword, still unable to draw it in spite of the life and death situation he finds himself in. Elsewhere, Yukio’s life is saved by Juzo at the last second. He proposes a plan to Juzo, whose anger towards Todo has come to a head, and then they…