Yukino visited Ranmaru in the Shibuya Police Station in the early morning, delivering the book regarding the Box of Dirge and information regarding a supposed piece of the box. During a courtesy call to an old man who have called Ranmaru earlier on, his symbiote was slowly corrupting his mind and body after his attacks were thwarted by his mysterious strength. He was rescued by Sakura and the others with an unknown necklace on his neck, but Ranmaru's slowly corrupted symbiote used him to attack Akiha and the others before Ryoko was forced to use her Colt SAA revolver to fire a shot at Ranmaru's chest, mortally wounding him. Sakura decides to enter his dreams by stabbing the both of them with her sword, rendering her unconscious also. When Sakura attempted to rescue Ranmaru to bring him back alive from the vision of his late parents, his corrupt persona slashed at her chest with Ranmaru's own sword, nearly making her status critical.