Summry:
Denjiro becomes Yakuza boss Kyoshiro and Hiyori becomes oiran Komurasaki. Cut to the present, Kin’emon’s troops are ready to attack Onigashi.
Orochi took a bath and complained that it was too cold even though the water was hot. He expressed his frustration that Oden’s charges had not been caught. Meanwhile, Oden’s remaining followers were crushed to death. Ashura, who had survived the encounter in the forest with injuries, reflected on the prophecy Toki made just before his death. Kawamatsu tried to cheer up the grieving Hiyori, but to no avail.
Denjiro collapsed while hidden in a secluded wooden cabin. This eventually turned him into a cold and cynical person under the new name of Kyoshiro. He formed a new yakuza group and very reluctantly pledged his allegiance to Orochi to work undercover. At night, he became the infamous thief Ushimitsu Kozo.
In the end, Hiyori ran away out of guilt for Kawamatsu. She appeared at a brothel owned by Kyoshiro, who immediately recognized her. Kyoshiro took her to a brothel and raised her, turning her into an oiran named Komurasaki. She was supposed to wear fake blood all the time so she could fake her death if necessary.
Almost twenty years had passed and the fire festival was fast approaching. Orochi, paranoid about the return of the Nine Red Sheaths, secures the land. He mentions a spy among them who was an ally of Kaida all along. This unknown spy was a member of the Kurozumi family. He was originally part of a theater troupe, but his parents were killed right in front of him. The spy met Orochi and Higurashi, who assigned him to work undercover as one of Oden’s servants.
The rescuers, who had been transported to the future, attempted to sail to Zou, but their ship was wrecked in the stormy waters and Raizo became separated from the group. Then in Dressrose, Momonosuke got on the wrong ship and got separated as well. There, Kanjuro sacrificed himself and allowed himself to be captured, allowing Kin’emon to escape Dressrose and pursue the ship to Punk Hazard. Unfortunately, he ran into Law, who hacked him to pieces. Thanks to the efforts of the Straw Hat Pirates, he would be reassembled and reunited with the others. They formed the Ninja-Pirate-Nink-Samurai Alliance to take down Kaido and gather an impressive army for the Battle of Onigashima.
The anime adds the following:
Denjiro is shown consumed with rage.
Denjiro calmly defeated his enemies during his arrival in the Flower Capital.
Hiyori arriving in the flower capital.
In the flashback where Orochi recruits his spy, the spy’s lines are presented in text rather than voiced to hide their identity.