Revenge is consummated in blood and flame as Kyoto's unofficial police force, the Shinsengumi, foil a plot by the Choushuu rebels to burn Kyoto. Storming the Ikedaya Inn, the swordsmen of the Shinsengumi dispatch with the viper's nest of criminals, until each and every one is covered with blood - Choushuu blood more often than not. In the eye of this maelstrom is our brave hero Tetsunosuke, who comes face to face with the man who murdered his parents.