Aiko uses this information to determine that her old mentor's plan is to reopen the Hana Gakuen, a school for kunoichi formerly controlled by the fallen Sakura clan, and where Aiko herself was trained. Mugen and Aiko go on a private mission and steal documents from a samurai revealing his orders to recruit young women for Lady Chiyo. He informs them that while listening to the conversations of his guards, he uncovered Lady Chiyo's location: the city of Matsuyama. The group rescues Takuma while destroying the smuggled cargo before it leaves the island.
He marks the crates before finding a place to hide for the night.Īiko and the others reach the archipelago through signals sent between Takuma and Yuki, they learn about the marked crates. During the voyage, Takuma escapes from his cell and discovers crates of foreign gunpowder and arms intended for Kage-sama's troops. The three manage to escape and rescue Yuki from Chiyo's men, but learn that Takuma has already been taken to a nearby archipelago on a Portuguese ship. Chiyo has Takuma and Yuki taken away while leaving Aiko, Hayato, and Mugen to be killed. Lady Chiyo is Aiko's old mentor, now employed by Kage-sama, and has been ordered to deal with Aiko and her allies. While the shogun's agents are in their hideout at Nagoya planning their next move, they are ambushed by armed men, led by the kunoichi Lady Chiyo. The events in the standalone expansion Aiko's Choice take place shortly after Okkoto's death and before the group leaves to confront Kage-sama in the marshlands. Aiko later gives birth to Mugen's son, whom the Shogun adopts as his heir, allowing his legacy to endure. Having avenged Mugen, the four comrades are released from their service to the Shogun and go their separate ways. The player can choose to let him do it, or execute him themselves. When they corner Noboru, he attempts suicide. Leaving Masaru to be put to death for his crimes, the group infiltrates Noboru's castle. Masaru tries to lie, but the Shogun, noting that only he and Mugen knew about his son's hiding place, forces him to tell the truth.
Mugen's companions escape captivity, but a guilt-ridden and dishonored Mugen commits suicide, though not before Aiko tells him that she is bearing his child.Īfter learning that Mugen's companions have survived, Noboru convinces the Shogun that they killed his son to clear their names, the group abducts Masaru from a bathhouse in Kyoto and sneak their way past the Shogun's men to deliver him personally to their superior. Holding Mugen's companions hostage, Noboru forces the samurai to lead him to the secret refuge of Ryunosuke, the Shogun's heir, and Noboru's son Masaru stabs Ryunosuke dead. He intends to seize power and plunge Japan back into endless war. Noboru reveals that he opposes his brother's peaceful rule, fearing that it will make warriors like him obsolete. The group goes to apprehend Kage-sama, but quickly learn that their target is a decoy and the "encampment" is a trap: the true Kage-sama is none other than Lord Noboru, the Shogun's younger brother and right-hand man. Defeated, the general commits seppuku with Mugen's help after providing the group with a map that leads to a secret encampment in the marshlands where Kage-sama is hiding. The Shogun reprimands Mugen for acting rashly, but allows him nonetheless to deal with Okkoto. The group investigates the corrupt daimyo Lord Yabu, suspecting him of being Kage-sama due to his involvement in the production and smuggling of illegal weapons, but when Mugen decides to have him assassinated without the Shogun's permission, it triggers a rebellion of soldiers loyal to the Shogun's former ally, General Okkoto.
Mugen subsequently recruits four other allies to assist him: Hayato, a cynical ninja Yuki, a clever, inquisitive young outcast and thief Aiko, a female ninja and Mugen's paramour and Takuma, a veteran sharpshooter and alchemist. The Shogun turns to Oshiro Mugen, a samurai in his service, and assigns him to uncover Kage-sama's true identity and bring him to justice. However, a mysterious warlord known only as "Kage-sama" has emerged, jeopardizing the country's stability. The shogun has unified Japan after years of war.
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