The corpse of a young woman surfaces in the river, and Sabu and Ichi deduces that she was murdered. That night a ronin steals her body from the guardhouse. Sabu goes in pursuit but is stopped near the Shogun's Mt Hokyo Enko Temple at Nichidoin by a group of samurai. Dressed as a beggar, Sabu goes to investigate the temple which beyond the magistrate's jurisdiction, but without success. He tries to identify the woman, but just gets blisters on his feet from walking the streets...