Sanji hires four swordsmen to kill Ichi, but Ichi leaves them lying wounded in the street, including one whom he blinded. Sanji then engages a ronin to do the job. Ichi develops a fever and recalls the time when he was blinded after being struck by the hoof of a samurai's horse, but also regrets the number of people he has slain. He ventures out the next day with a bamboo cane instead of his sword, but Sanji attacks him and Ichi only just escapes...