This episode opens outside the Irie Clinic then shift to the control room where Okonogi learns that the Yamainu have lost contact with Irie's transmitter. "Skylark Two" reports no disturbances, and Okonogi concludes that Rika and her allies are lying low. He then asks what has happened to "our princess"--お姫様--ohime-sama--and is told she is interrogating Jirō. Given his men understand the meaning of his derisive nickname suggests what they actually think of Takano. Okonogi laughs that this is a "secret date"--which suggests he knows of their relationship. He concludes that bringing the Inspector--Jirō--to their side may be the only way to handle the situation peacefully. Jirō's death is a constant event across the arcs; however, the previous Minagoroshi-hen reveales that Takano briefly trie