The Lone Wolf's arch-enemy, Yagyu Retsudo, begins to reach the end of his rope as he sends his only daughter and last child after the blood-storm that is Itto Ogami. Meanwhile, Ogami and Daigoro happen upon another clue about the mysterious Yagyu Letter in a final showdown with the Kurokuwa ninja clan. A desperate Retsudo puts a bounty on Ogami's head, and two of Japan's most deadly bounty hunters hunt for the Lone Wolf and his Cub, while a poor woodcutter must decide between the bounty and his life by sheltering Ogami and Daigoro.
This volume contains the following: Umbrella Sayaka; Clouds of Silk; Demon Hide; Demon Seek; Gateway into Winter.