Isonojo becomes a clerk at the household articles store in Uchihoncho being introduced by Danshichi, but was almost robbed of his money by Giheiji and others and he killed the accomplice broker Yashichi, thereby he and Kotoura were hidden at Sabu's house.
磯之丞は、団七の紹介で内本町の道具屋の手代となったが義平次らに金を騙し取られそうになり、共犯の仲買の弥市を殺し、琴浦とともに三婦の家に匿われている。