The Old-Timers

Once Seiko finishes briefing the priests, their leader confirms the Black Paladins are behind it, describing them as a worldwide bloc of thirteen elite noble houses united by a dream of ruling the planet, though their cooperation often wavers. He reveals the trespasser is Vlad, a Delacroix prince said to be stockpiling yokai abilities so his family's forces grow strongest among the thirteen. Seiko sees that everyday people are caught up in the nobles' hunger for power; the priest answers that history has always run this way, since humanity's progress and its culture never advance together. He asks what becomes of a child born wailing, raised without direction, who abruptly gains power: such a person quits making anything, takes by force whatever they want, grows numb to hurting others, and keeps conflict spinning forever. People must study the past, he says, mending failures bit by bit, which is how ancestral teachings came to exist; he asks Seiko to hand those lessons to the young so they avoid old errors, and she agrees.

The priests get ready to head off, their leader hoping to catch Shoten beforehand, and they tell Seiko to reach out if trouble arises. They mention that a powerful ally has already been sent to her house and vow to display the real strength of Yatagarasu. Turbo Granny calls the priests creepy and tacks on something rude, so Seiko notes how lucky it was they never purified her; Turbo Granny snaps that nothing they did could have touched her anyway. Seiko then catches her munching the snacks and gets cross, but Turbo Granny argues her luck is what healed Seiko, so the treats belong to her by right.

Over at the theme park, Kinta whoops about his History and Culture Research Club and its group date while Jiji and Bamora join the cheer. Momo finds the whole thing bizarre, and Aira tells Okarun her pulse will not settle because she has never visited anywhere like this, asking whether he has. Naming himself the club's colonel, Kinta declares he must guide everyone; Momo wants to know who invited him, and Bamora proudly takes credit because, to her, it counts as a group date. Annoyed, Momo seizes her and snaps that she should go learn what an actual date even is. Kinta wonders whether Bamora cares for him as much as Momo does, then strikes dramatic poses that Momo jeers at. Aira mentions she took up dinosaurs thanks to Okarun, describing the Younger Dryas roughly thirteen thousand years back, when a suspected meteorite strike may have shifted the planet's gravity and magnetic field. Okarun brightens, reasoning that lighter gravity would let a T. Rex haul its heavy bones around. Refusing to believe Okarun genuinely wants to date her, Momo turns away as he glances over, while he quietly scolds himself as a liar for passing the invitation off as a joke despite loving her.

Somewhere else among the rides, the Dragon Knights steel themselves to face whoever carries the "The Adventures of Pinocchio" ability. That holder turns out to be Okarun, and they mean to grab this last of the six Fairy-Tale Card powers before Saint-Germain reaches him first.

Seiko discovers the truth about the Black Paladins and Vlad's scheme. The masked priests leave a strong protector at her home and reveal that the power of Yatagarasu is theirs. The club's group date opens at the amusement park, and the Dragon Knights set out after the "Adventures of Pinocchio" holder ahead of Saint-Germain.

Set in the Six Curses Arc of the Ultimate Yokai Saga, this installment delivers heavy exposition on the thirteen noble houses. Vlad, Yatagarasu, the Fairy-Tale Card and Saint-Germain are named but stay offscreen.