Der Schwertmörder wirft immer mehr Fragen auf und je mehr sich Celty damit beschäftigt, desto mehr wird klar, dass die beiden in gewisser Weise miteinander verbunden sind.
Anri and several others are attacked by the slasher. Each night someone is attacked, someone called Sinsong appears on the web, writing mysterious messages. "Today. Cut. Did Cut. More. Stronger. Love. Wish. Wish. Is. Want." Mikado is bothered by the rumors that the Slasher attacks are being perpetrated by the Dollars, and asks Celty for help. Celty eventually learns from Shinra that his father Shingen previously acquired a sword called Saika to separate the link between Celty's head from her body, and later had the weapon sold to a second-hand antique dealer. Shizuo offers to help Celty take care of the slasher when she goes out to search for the culprit. As Anri goes back home after parting ways with Mikado and Kida, she ends up at the place where she was spared by the slasher days ago. The slasher comes up behind her and prepares to strike.
Anri e molti altri vengono attaccati dal Laceratore. Ogni notte che qualcuno viene attaccato, qualcuno chiamato Sinsong appare sul web, e scrive dei messaggi misteriosi.
Mikado, infastidito dalle voci che dicono che gli attacchi del Laceratore sono perpetrati dai Dollars, chiede aiuto a Celty.
斬り裂き魔に襲われた杏里達。その夜もチャットルームには罪歌と名乗る者が現れ、謎の言葉を書き込んでいく。
「今日。斬た。斬るた。もっと、強い、愛、望む、望む、は、欲しい」
斬り裂き魔はダラーズの一味だという噂に思い悩む帝人に、セルティは協力を買って出る。
斬り裂き魔の正体は、目的は一体なんなのか。セルティは一歩ずつ真相に近付いていくのだが……。
El apuñalador ataca a Anri y a varias personas más. Por otro lado, en la web aparece alguien extraño llamado Sinsong, quien escribe mensajes aparentemente sin sentido. A Mikado le molesta que haya rumores que dicen que los ataques del apuñalador son obra de los Dollars y pide la ayuda de Celty.