There has been gossips that various clergymen have been murdered. Miroku is told that his master Mushin is in terrible health. The protagonists must uphold Mushin's troublesome tasks. This includes cleaning the temple, ventilating the bedding, cutting the grass, doing the laundry, and going to an expensive restaurant. Mushin's last wish is to taste a rare sake made from fabled sages found on a sacred mountain peak...