The Insect Magistrate heads to Kishuu to recover her lost powers.  Oooka Tadasuke, Edo's smartest man, accompanies her as her guard.  Jinbei goes as well, but Oooka is upset by his failings as a Samurai.  And then Nezu Jinpachi, one of the 10 Crucifix Insects, appears!
to bring us the corpses of the rats 
that called us the Insect-men!
e nos traga os corpos desses que
 nos chamam de Homens-Inseto!