At Oeyama, Raiko has succeeded in seizing the Fire Magatama, but she is attacked by an unexpected assassin. Devastated by fire, the proud city of Heian appears now as a poor burned corpse in front of the astonished fellowship. But inside the palace walls, the Lords of the Right and the Left seem to be indifferent to the disaster that has ravaged the city, and instead are rather concerned about their own plans.
大枝山にて火の勾玉を取り戻した頼光たちを襲う、思わぬ刺客。
炎に蹂躙され、焼け焦げた骸をさらす都の姿にただ呆然と立ち尽くす一行。
都の惨状を尻目に宮中では公家たちが蠢めき始め、事態は急変の一途を辿るのだった。
