After escaping from prison, Kouga had first gone and killed the three who had framed him. When Ginrei heard of this, he found and confronted Kouga, but Kouga felt that Ginrei was aligned against him too. Kouga had subsequently tried to attack Ginrei with Muramasa, but Ginrei had protected himself with a barrier, so Kouga had cut off his kenseikan headpiece and departed. Kouga had continued to fight, but as time went on and as he continued to treat Muramasa as just a tool, he didn’t realize that Muramasa was starting to be unable to hear him. When he had finally been confronted by both Ginrei and Yamamoto, Kouga found himself unable to release and use Muramasa, and he ended up getting sealed away. Back in the present, Kouga blames Muramasa for not responding to his call back then, and Muramasa is surprised because he hadn’t heard anything. Muramasa tries to plead his case, but Kouga is still furious and makes it clear that Muramasa is nothing more than a tool. Before Kouga can strike Muramasa again though, Byakuya arrives to stop him.

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