You’ve Got To Be Critin Me You’ve Got To Be Critin Me

I could have named the episode something different, but I chose not too. The First makes their way through the Golden City of Okane, where they eventually begin to take their last steps towards the final conflict within the country of Koga. Who will win? Who will survive? Will the Hakai's hail mary pan out? Or will the First decimate their organisation by crushing the last two elements holding it together.

Council members' fates are decided, Shirou reclaim's the throne (Who is surprised there?) And there are still two Hakai leaders left. The First are already told it wasn't going to be easy, they travel to the merchant city of Okane to face off against their last two opponents in Koga.

Some members of the First find out some startling revelations about their body, an enemy becomes an ally, an ally grows stag antlers, and they have to go through another sewer system to fight the Hakai of Fire. One thing is certain, when they retire sanitation work is right up there with grimy old NPC.

Fire on the horizon, a prized magical sword, an entire order destroyed by the Hakai. Time for a lane change as the First discovers that not all Hakai are created equal, and just how damaging this assassination organisation really is. Also they spend twenty minutes in a shrine deciding on if they should bring a sword up to the samurai who are holding off Hakai forces to protect them. They don't address the guilt.

Reunited the First begins chasing a lead on whoever is leaking information about them to the Hakai, this strange Falaz character they have only heard about just now. The issue is why does he know so much about them? And why is he going out of his way to do all of this? Have they actually met this individual before? All that and more, may or may not be answered in this episode. Who knows. Maybe the investigation will get flown away.

As the First finds a way to escape the trap they'd fallen into, they decide the best course of action is to return to the dojo and lick their wounds. However, after being approached by a mysterious group that links two of the players closer together, a thoughtful conversation with Sato, and discovering that there is someone wandering the city spreading the good or ill name of the First. The companions don't really have time for rest.