Meguro, Tanpopo and Magatsu shelter from the snow in a hut while Rin and Manji recover from their ordeals. However Renzo still seeks revenge against Manji and proposes to sever both of his arms. Both Rin and Magatsu stop him, and Magatsu suggests that Renzo find out more about he father before blindly seeking revenge for his death. Meanwhile, Ryo volunteers to accompany Lord Habaki's man Ban in a dangerous pursuit of a small band of Ittö-ryü led by Koji...