In their third month of travel, the duo arrive at the Sanzu shrine in Izumo Province where the ex-bandit master, the young woman who has taken the name of the former priest Tsuruga Meisai, protects the third sword, Sentō Tsurugi. Before Shichika can fight Meisai for the sword, Togame must find the original sword of the thousand swords distributed among the shrine maidens...