After the fall of the Yamamoto school in the city of Isagawa, Hiroyuki Ishigame is tasked with eliminating Naosuke Wachi, the greatest pupil of the old martial arts master Gensuke. This task will make Ishigame take a new direction in his life: the Path of the Five Rings.

After the fall of the Yamamoto school in the city of Isagawa, Hiroyuki Ishigame is tasked with eliminating Naosuke Wachi, the greatest pupil of the old martial arts master Gensuke. This task will make Ishigame take a new direction in his life: the Path of the Five Rings.