Daigo and Sadomasochist have Hana and company on the ropes until a mysterious masked man arrives to turn the tide, convincing the Daemon Wielders from Nishino Village to beat a hasty retreat. Later, Asuma encounters father-son duo Roei and Ryu at the Taderas' Lost House. Learning of their common enemy, he proposes the unthinkable: an alliance between the Kagemori clan and Higashi Village!