Healed and replenished by Mimiko's blood after his near disaster, the lingering resonance between Jiro and the Compromiser reveal many dark facets of his past, facts that affect the present and even the future. Joining the battle at long last, the Silver Blade flies after Cassa, a horrible duel ensuing from which he barely escapes. Much blood will be spilled this day, all to protect the secret of the Eleventh Yard and what lays hidden there, for the evil of the past should never be resurrected.