Rurouni Kenshin

Shishio discovers Kenshin’s location, and sends a soldier from the Juppongatana army, Sawagejō Chō, to kill Sekku Arai to avoid Kenshin receive a new sword. Chō kidnaps Sekku’s son so that Sekku could give him Shakku’s last sword, but Kenshin confronts him. Without having a sword to fight Kenshin is soon overpowered by Chō, but Sekku gives him Shakku’s last sword to fight Chō. As Chō attempts to kill Sekku’s son, Kenshin knocks Chō with the sword, and discovers that it is another sakabatō. Kenshin is allowed to keep the sakabatō, and goes to a mountain to request his teacher, Hiko Seijūrō, teach him the strongest technique from the Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryū swordsmanship style. Seijūrō denies teaching him such technique due to his acting as hitokiri. Meanwhile, Misao meets Yahiko and Kaoru, and takes then to meet Kenshin.