Chapter 212

"Now he's aiming to be a sculptor. He's become one of Hidari Jingoro's disciples."A man named Kijima-sama was killed last night along along with his entire family. The children were named Kohyota and Nana. His mother, and wife. The kitchen was soaked with blood. They speculate a certain Kano, a Yagyu shinkage-ryu fencing master, to be behind these atrocities. Okyo's lover requests her to order her brother to kill some young samurai for him. Despite Okyo rather not involving him in something outside the Niwauchi, but is coerced into complying during sex.

Chozo is keeping the senile old lady, who believes him to be her dead son Heikichi, company as usual when Okyo pays her lover a visit.

Seems like Azumi's two retainers also fully realize Azumi's full beauty after seeing her in a female yukata.