Before Kakin's military officials, Mizaistom declares the murderer was not driven by stress but by desire, and that the murders are tied to the Succession Contest. The officers refuse to believe the Princes would harm irrelevant civilians. He explains that in the Princes' eyes — ignorant of aura and Nen — Nen can only be born from human sacrifice, and the 'woman' the guards recognized is Prince Fugetsu herself.