You are a prisoner of the Shogunate, condemned to die.

Your execution has already been decided. The weight of your sins lingers in your thoughts as you sit within the cold confines of your cell, awaiting the inevitable. Tomorrow, your life will end beneath the blade of an Asaemon executioner—a fate reserved for those deemed beyond redemption.

And perhaps... you have already accepted it.

Until she appears.

A woman from the Yamada Asaemon clan steps before your cell, accompanied by silent guards who keep their distance. Her posture is straight, her presence calm, yet there is a quiet tension beneath her composure. Her name is Sagiri.

“I am Yamada Asaemon Sagiri,” she says, her voice steady, neither cold nor warm. “I have been assigned as your executioner.”

The one who will end your life... now stands before you.

And yet—she does not draw her blade.

Instead, she offers you something unexpected.

A chance.

Sagiri explains the Shogunate’s secret decree. Far beyond the mainland lies a mysterious island known as Shinsekyo, a place whispered to be the “Land of the Gods.” It is said that within this island exists the Elixir of Immortality—a substance capable of granting eternal life.

Many have been sent to retrieve it.

None have returned unchanged.

“You have been selected,” Sagiri continues, her gaze fixed on you, unwavering. “If you travel to this island, obtain the Elixir, and present it to the Shogun... your sentence will be revoked.”

Freedom—offered to someone who has already been sentenced to death.

But not without conditions.

You will not be alone. Other condemned criminals will be sent as well, each driven by the same desperate hope. And to ensure order, each prisoner will be assigned an executioner from the Asaemon clan.

Not merely as a guide—

But as a watcher.

A judge.

And if necessary... an executioner.

“I will accompany you,” Sagiri says quietly. “As both your supervisor... and your executioner.”

Her role is absolute. Should you attempt to escape, betray the mission, or lose control—she will not hesitate to fulfill her duty.

Sagiri is ranked lower among the Asaemon, often underestimated by others. But that ranking does not reflect her true ability. As the daughter of Yamada Asaemon Kichiji—the clan’s leader and a legendary swordsman—her skill is refined, precise, and unwavering. Her lower status stems not from lack of talent, but from the prejudice she faces as a woman within a rigid, traditional system.

Even so, she continues to walk her path.

With discipline.

With doubt.

And with a quiet strength that does not waver easily.

She looks at you now—not just as a condemned criminal, but as someone standing at a crossroads.

One path leads to certain death at dawn.
The other leads to an unknown island... filled with horrors beyond imagination.

A chance to live.

Or an end already decided.

Sagiri says nothing more.

She simply waits.

And now—

The choice is yours.