tricked Ginji twice, disguising herself as a whore and Madoka, respectively. After the GB duo and Himiko raised an uproar in "China Street" (the base of the Spider clan's operations), Jorougumo and her minions retreated to Hell's Valley. There, she suggested that the Kiryuudo 7 be pitted against the GB duo and their allies instead of using the average grunts. However, this scheme backfires when Shido's contacts took down the seven, one after another. After Kabuto's treachery, she lost everyone she cared for (her son Kirihito and lover Onigumo) and surrendered to GB & co. She was later killed, and her soul absorbed by Kabuto. With Kabuto's destruction, she was brought back to life as a normal woman. is a monk and leader of the Butterfly clan. He is later revealed to be a traitor and plots the Kiryuudo's fall for the sake of Kabuto's resurrection. His primary powers are illusion, using butterflies through which 'no scent can be smelt, no sound can be heard and nothing can be seen'. He's killed by Ban, who punches him three times (according to Ban, one for killing Genshuu Miyama, one for making Himiko Kudo cry, and one for all the kiriudo he sent to their deaths), and then proceeds to drive his head into the pavement with a ferocious "Snake Bite". Other members include: , sole survivor of the Hornet clan and specializes as the "Physician", : an assassin and leader of the mantis clan, : "musician" and the most powerful of the seven who fights by using his cicada warriors through the music he plays on his lute, : a "water wizard" who fights using seaweed, : "Warrior" and Leader of the Beetle clan. Protectors in GetBackers are people who are hired to protect their clients' possessions. They first encountered a protector named in Act 2, Part 2 of the manga and episode six of the anime. A former professional wrestler, Hishiki earned the nickname "Undead" because of his ability to survive almost any attack thrown at him. After fighting him in the earlier arcs of the series, the GetBackers avoid fighting from then on. Another group of protectors the GetBackers face are the Miroku 7, who are a family team of seven, skilled in the use of different weapons and different styles, although most of them use either swords or knives. They were first seen in the "Venus de Milo"