The Hokage overcome deadly obstacles in an underground maze of death and pass through the final gates to claim their prize--the Tendo Jigoku. But Recca's nemesis, the power-hungry Kôran Mori, and his two deadly bodyguards have beaten them to it! Mori merges with the Tendo Jigoku and becomes virtually unstoppable. Now Recca must decide: Does the survival of the Hokage depend on an unlikely alliance with one of their worst enemies?