Suzu arrives at the palace but is told that the queen is not there.  She decides to travel back to take care of Shoukou first.  Yoko hears that strange men have been keeping an eye on her and leaves the area for a while.  Suzu is found trying to get into Shoukou's house and discovers that there is a whole network of people willing to take him down when the time is right.  Seki and his bother are members and they ask her to join them.  The deranged Asano is used by Shoukou to find Queen Kei since neither of them knows what she looks like.  Shoukei meanwhile sees a man about to be killed in a public execution.  Thinking about her own kingdom before her father was killed; she throws a stone at a guard.  Yoko, who is also in the crowd, helps her escape and also uses Keiki's youma to free the condemned man.