: Akira agrees to escort the group to the capital in exchange for Touko’s muku paper.

In episode 5 of (The Fire Hunter), titled "The Con Artists," the plot thickens as Touko and Koushi continue their separate but converging journeys through a world where natural fire is a death sentence. Touko's Journey: Danger in the Forest

: During a fiend ambush, Touko uses a fire hunter's sickle to kill a fiend and protect Kaho before the group escapes by boat. Koushi's Path: Secrets of the Capital