Synopsis

Sugimoto and Shiraishi engaged Nihei in combat, while Tanigaki secured Asirpa. Fate intervened for Tanigaki when he stepped into a deer trap, only to be wounded by a poisoned arrow. Asirpa swiftly intervened, pulling him from danger. Retar, accompanied by his mate, a grey wolf, hastened to Asirpa's side. The wolf attacked with ferocious speed, ultimately killing Nihei. Tanigaki was then taken to Asirpa’s village for recovery, where he revealed Tsurumi’s ambition: to use the gold to instigate a m