The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls, Volume 8

The seven women of the Hori clan that was savagely murdered, led by the sword prodigy of the period, Yagyû Jyûbei Mitsuyoshi, have defeated all but two of the wicked Seven Spears of Aizu. But Ashina Dôhaku, whose cruelty knows no bounds, waits within the castle gates with his daughter Oyura. The extent of their power remains a mystery. To put an end to Dôhaku’s slaughter of the young girls, Jyûbei’s master, Takuan, steels himself to infiltrate Wakamatsu Castle alone in an attempt to entrap him. Little does he know, this was exactly what Dôhaku wanted!