He heads to the north of Japan to find Hanzo who was investigating rumors of Yokai in the Date clan. Wishing to help his friend and Japan once again, William return despite his alleged death. Nekomata has returned and finds William on the sea where he informs him of Hanzo’s disappearance.
However, William is still haunted by the images he saw of Japan once again at war, of a One Eyed Samurai, Crimson Armored Soldiers, and Hattori Hanzo’s defeat. Japan has enjoyed a time of peace under the Tokugawa Shogunate. Thirteen years have passed since the battle of Sekigahara, and ten years have gone by since William’s defeat of John Dee.
