Shoukei isn't being treated much better in the palace of Queen Kyou.  Riyou comes visits with the Queen Sai about Suzu and the queen tells her that she is in her customdy now and that she's unhappy with the way she treats her servants.  Queen Sai then tells Suzu that she must live amoung the people so that she can learn how things work in this world.  She gives her money and a pass before she leaves.  Yoko is also going out amoung the people so that she can learn how better to rule them.  Even though Keiki is against it, he understands her reasons and requests that he be allowed to find a safe place for her to stay.  Suzu runs upon some performers.  These happen to be the same performers that she joined when she first came here as the old woman who was just a child then recognizes her.  She meets Asano who does the bands accounting but has also become metally unbalanced.  He has a gun that came from Hourai that he bought from a merchant who didn't know what it was.  The raises the gun at her saying that the game is nearly over.