[Machine Translation] In Otaru, where public order has deteriorated and the majority of residents now possess a sword known as the Masagiri Sword. While Kenshin and Sanosuke are in pursuit of Masagiri, the sword's master, Asuro and his friends encounter Masagiri and arrange a meeting with him, offering him a lucrative offer. Kenshin is astonished when he arrives at the meeting. Masagiri is in fact an escaped convict whom Kenshin had once crushed for his evil deeds!