*At that moment, Beelzebub asks Buddha if he doesn't despise him. Buddha seems confused by what he means. Beelzebub confesses that he was the one who planted the seed of Hajun inside Zerofuku. That is why Beelzebub thought Buddha would despise him enough, to tear him limb-from-limb. As Adamantine quietly tries getting Beelzebub to stop, Buddha walks back and confronts Beelzebub, affirming there is that whole thing left to deal with. Bringing out the handle of Zerofuku's Misery Cleaver, Buddha displays a scary expression as Beelzebub closes his eyes and waits for Buddha to attack him. But instead, Buddha simply knocks Beelzebub on the head with the handle. Buddha says Zerofuku entrusted him with this handle and recounts how Zerofuku had taught him that you can't escape hatred welling up in your heart. But if he gave his body over to hatred, Buddha feels as if he'd be betraying Zerofuku. Buddha says he had promised Zerofuku that they'd walk the path of light together. That's why Buddha doesn't hate Beelzebub, which seems to impress Kintoki.

As Beelzebub looks at him in silence, Buddha inwardly asks if it's better this way to Zerofuku. Beelzebub sighs about Buddha being a bothersome fellow before retracting the Staff of Apomyius into the skull. Walking away, Beelzebub invites Buddha to try killing him if he ever feels the inclination and believes he may actually succeed, though Buddha doesn't want to find out. A bit confused, Adamantine brings up how Buddha said he doesn't hate Beelzebub yet he still smacked him. Buddha lightly apologizes and says that was his puberty acting up. Adamantine calls him fearless and Kintoki adds on the fact that nothing really bothers Buddha.* (Beelzebub thinking, quietly to himself): "This light… it’s irritating. ...And yet… strangely warm."