That's, Like, Way Deadly

As lava threatens the village, the Kito matriarch blames Momo and recites the old prophecy about a dragon ascending to heaven. Momo reinterprets it: the dragon was never the worm but a geyser signaling volcanic danger, a warning that generations twisted into ritual sacrifice. She drags the Tsuchinoko's carcass to the hot spring's fountain, plugs the geyser with its tail end, and uses its mucus-spewing mouth as a hose to cool the advancing magma. The plan works, though covering the whole disaster zone proves the larger problem.

A shrine priest named Manjiro reveals himself as Seiko's disciple, dispatched to guard Momo, and he fends off the hostile Kito Family while she keeps dousing the flames. The Evil Eye crashes in, wrecking the worm's corpse and lunging at the Kito clan until Momo shields them. The Dover Demon's punches intercept the spirit just as Seiko and Taro descend from the alien craft. On Seiko's signal, Taro engulfs the Evil Eye inside himself while Manjiro's chant holds the seal. With the spirit contained, Chiquitita pilots the ship and uses the worm to extinguish the forest fire. Racing back to the flooded crater, Momo has Chiquitita pull a magma rock from the lava and cool it, cracking it open to find Okarun shielded by the worm's protective phlegm. Relieved he survived, Momo embraces him.

The installment adapts the back half of Chapter 45 through Chapter 48 and closes out much of the Cursed House Arc's spectacle. Manjiro's sloppy text message from Seiko is played for a light beat when she scolds him for letting things escalate. Hironori Tanaka directed and storyboarded the episode. The Dover Demon is identified in the cast as the Mantisian, and the reunion between Momo and Okarun lands the emotional payoff after his ordeal underground.