Wounded and unable to heal after his battle with Shin, Kenshiro falls unconscious in a wasteland. He is rescued by a family who is passing by, but then they’re all captured by a slaver and taken to Gesso City, which is ruled by a man who calls himself the General. Soon, though, the city is under attack from an army led by Jugai, a rival warlord.

The General forces the residents to fight as soldiers, while he holds their families hostage. A weakened Kenshiro attempts to assassinate the General to save citizens’ lives, but when it doesn’t go as planned, he finds himself caught in the middle and facing his own destiny as the successor to Hokuto Shinken…