Kakutaro was about to decline this request, but found himself at a loss for words when Ikkaku cried, 'Are you going to let your father die, protecting a child from an act of adultery?' and Hinakiku disemboweled herself in order to get Kakutaro out of a hole and to prove her innocence.
角太郎はこれを断ろうとするが、一角は「不義の子をかばって父を殺すのか」と恫喝、返事に窮した角太郎に対し、雛衣はその窮地を救うべく、またわが身の証を立てるため、腹に刃を立てる。