To the trained eye, a single cut flower can be more revealing about a man's fighting skills than witnessing a duel to the death. When Musashi is given a flower cut by master swordsman Yagyu Sekishusai, he realizes he must seek this man out--for Sekishusai may turn out to be the greatest swordsman Musashi will ever meet.

Chapter Titles

Chapter 079. "The Yagyu" (柳生)
Chapter 080. "Coming Home" (帰郷)
Chapter 081. "The Peony Message" (芍薬の使者)
Chapter 082. "Successor to the Invincible" (天下無双を継ぐ者)
Chapter 083. "Legacy" (相伝)
Chapter 084. "Promise" (約束)
Chapter 085. "Ship of Stone" (石の舟)
Chapter 086. "A Round of Discussion" (円座)
Chapter 087. "Provacateur" (乱波者)