After King Kou's secrets are revealed, Sugimoto breaks down and Yoko hugs her.  Kourin shows up in a horrible state of shitsudou.  King Kou orders her to kill Yoko but then charges her himself.  Kourin disobeys his order and steps in the way of his sword.  Now that she is dead, King Kou will not last more than a year.  With King Kou's defeat, King En gathers a force to help Yoko with rescuing Keiki and becoming the rightful ruler of Kei.  After the battles are waged against the false queen Joei, Yoko has Keiki send Sugimoto back to Japan.