Rin and Doa's interference has killed Habaki's immortality experiment deader than the heaps of corpses he built his monstrous program upon. Abandoned by the Shogunate and left cycloptic by Manji's gentle ministrations, the ex-mastermind bets his future on the success of his new Itto-ryu extermination force, the Rokki-dan. If they fail, he dies. Unfortunately for him, they haven't proven particularly effective. One team is summarily terminated by Itto-ryu lieutenant Baro, and when the rest of the force is sent to search for him, armed with a shoddy drawn likeness, they end up attacking Manji by mistake. Aside from fending off assassins, Manji and Rin are enjoying their long-belated reunion. The separation has only strengthened their ties, and Rin at least is ready to step their relationship up to the next level. Elsewhere Anotsu Kagehisa plots the Itto-ryu's next move, using Habaki's replacement, a career politician, as a stepping stone to god knows what end. And still elsewhere stone-cold psycho Shira, still inpossession of Manji's severed arm, stews silently, biding his time until he can revenge himself upon his archenemy.
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