The Mito clan end the Ansei Purge and Manjiro is called to Edo castle where is made a retainer of the shogunate and receives a new house. He is sent to guard Harris who is living at the Zenpukuji Temple, but on the way he encounters O-Seki, but also a group of hired assassins after Harris. He defends O-Seki, killing some of them, but he is then confronted by the ronin Toubei...