Ep. 7: Rin attempts to cure Manji while Shizuma sets a deadly trap involving a disguised old woman.

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Rin administers pills to Manji to neutralize his poison, and he eventually accepts the treatment. Seeking medical help late at night, Rin encounters an old woman disguised as Yaobikuni who offers assistance. This encounter is a trap orchestrated by Shizuma to kidnap her. Shizuma returns the woman’s grandchild to her as part of a bargain, but then kills her, horrifying Rin. He recounts his past serving under a military commander two hundred years ago during the Sengoku period, where his entire unit and lord perished in battle, leaving him with nothing. Shizuma offers Rin blood that grants immortality, but Manji interrupts. The two engage in a fierce fight, and Manji rejects Shizuma’s second offer to overthrow Anotsu together. Shizuma poisons his sword again, but Rin creates a distraction, allowing Manji to impale Shizuma with the weapon. Dying, Shizuma reveals Anotsu is in Fukagawa. Rin concludes that immortality may only bring sadness rather than a solution.