 As they hide in Yashida's house, they start to fall for each other.Mariko is kidnapped and taken to Yashida Corporation's headquarters where it's revealed that her father was the one who ordered the Yakuza to kidnap and ultimately assassinate her because Ichirō had left the family empire to her instead of Shingen.She is saved by Kenuichio Harada with the Black Ninja clan and taken to a research center based where Ichirō was born.