surrounding flora to manipulate their root systems. She works covertly from a safe distance, using the roots to attack her opponents. She manages to steal the Dragon Stone from Jubei but ends up splitting it in two in the process. She retains one half but loses it later to Kitsunebi. She is eventually attacked and mortally wounded by Kawahori and dies, but not before giving Jubei half of the Dragon Stone, her body then fuses with a tree that serves as her tomb. Dakatsu Dakatsu is a grotesque shinobi with an oddly-shaped body and a tail with a poisonous stinger capable of killing a bear within seconds. He tries to manipulate Rengoku by assisting her in killing Jubei in exchange for the stone and her own limbs, which he believes will make him less ugly, but he is tricked and murdered in the end by Rengoku when she controls her body parts on him and forces him to drown himself in the river. Hakurou Hakurou is a venomous shinobi with a body covered in reptile scales and has a lizard-like face. His skin is thick enough to withstand a direct attack from Jubei's air blade. He carries a pair of swords on his back, but primarily fights by firing the scales from his back to shred his opponents from a distance. Jubei eventually kills him by ramming his sword down his throat. Nenmu Nenmu is a bodiless shinobi that exists as only a single eye and a purple, ooze-like substance. He gains possession of a host by forcefully invading his victim's body and taking control, living on even after they die. He takes possession of a number of travelers taking refuge from the rain along with Jubei. One of the travelers (a mother traveling with her son) is possessed but manages to gain some control over herself and walks into a nearby fire, causing Nenmu to exit her body in a panic and leaving himself vulnerable to being cut down by Jubei. Zoufu Zoufu is a self-possessed man with a Western styled broadsword and enough skill with it to use the same vacuum blade attack as Jubei. He has a monstrous parasite that has lived in his abdomen most, if not all, of his life. He has tried numerous times to kill the beast by coaxing it out, often by putting his life in danger, as the creature always comes