Kotoko receives a request for help from a giant snake, who is the guardian spirit of Tsukuna Swamp. It appears that a murderer named Tanio Aoi disposed of a body in the snake’s swamp, but there’s something that’s just not sitting right with the snake. After learning about Kuro’s powers, Kotoko asks Kuro to accompany her on this journey, but Kuro declines for a certain reason...
and that he might at least 
get away with his life.
.وأنّه قد ينجو بحياته على الأقل
Dass er seine Sünden nicht
mit dem Leben büßen müsste.
y que podría seguir con su vida.
y que podría seguir con su vida.
et sauverait au moins sa peau.
e avrebbe avuto almeno salva la vita...
e que ele poderia ao menos
preservar sua vida.
и хотя бы собственную жизнь сохранит.