Monochrome Factor EP23 - The Shadow of Truth

Akira holds Shirogane's cane while the three of them sat at the back of Mayu's car with Master beside her, heading to Haruka's mansion. Akira is silent along the ride (while Aya and Kengo cannot believe what happened - that Shirogane was a spy and that he and Kou are now dead) and tells Master to stay away from the house with Mayu so that they'll be safe. Master tells them that if someone needed healing, just come to him. Opening the huge door, two possessed (by Kokuchi) maids greeted them and brought them to the living room where they meet a seating Ushi-sama and Ruru at his left side. Ruru calls some Kokuchi and another huge one to kill off Akira and co. Aya and Kengo asked Akira why he is not changing to a Shin but Akira only answered that his current form is enough to defeat the enemies. Akira then baits the huge Kokuchi nearer to Ushi-sama and Ruru while Kengo and Aya kill the smaller ones. Akira aims Shirogane's stick at the Kokuchi's throat and succeeds, it fell on top of Ushi-sama's seat. After the smoke cleared, Ruru carries Ushi-sama (bridal style) and appears safe. Turns out that Haruka is Ushi-sama, not his grandfather as they all thought it would be. Haruka then encourages Akira to transform and so he threw his doppelgänger doll at Haruka, then Shirogane appears(he became Akira's shadow all along). Shirogane commented that it has been awhile that he became Akira's shadow. It was revealed that when Shirogane and Akira were fighting inside the building, he asked Akira for a favor and said that he knows who the spy is and this said spy is trying to frame him up and to trust him for one last time. He said he knew Shirogane did not lie to him, his eyes tell the truth. And so Akira agreed and Kou appeared and bound Shirogane and made it look like he killed him, at the risk of his own life by using a very white, blinding light followed by an explosion. Haruka then asked where onii-chan is and then Kou is seen leaning on the door frame and approached him. Haruka runs away with Ruru, leaving a group of possessed maids with weapons. Kou tells them all to leave this to him and Akira and co. chase after Haruka. Before leaving, Aya said to Kou that she will never forget him and all his harassment moves to her (she said this in a playful tone), to which the maids all looked at him angrily, much to Kou's distress.