When local gangsters threaten the life of a beautiful woman, Kenshin and Sanosuke step in to save her.

After surviving a fall into a volcano, the Peace Force comes across an injured Sanada Ninja who offers to help battle his former allies.

As Kenshin learns of a battle between the Wind and Water families for control of the Ki, efforts to build a railroad are exposed as a Water clan plot to control Japan.

Act two details Kenshin's role in the revolution, how he met Tomo, and how the rebellion was almost quelled.