While taking care of the wounded officer, Yoshimitsu called the rest of the clan, telling them that they would attack Ostrheinsburg, destroy the evil, and go for Soul Edge. Yoshimitsu managed to save the life of his officer, but then saw Tira with a flock of black ravens and wondered where she would be heading. He would accompany them in the hunt in order to find the truth.ДЄfter a long journey, he found the man who told them that Tira, a servant of Soul Edge, had ambushed them and taken the fragment of Soul Edge. He spoke to his men and instructed them to find the fragment, stating that they would also find the man. Also, the wounds on his men were not dealt with a normal blade. The man, his second-in-command, was good on both his combat skill and humanity and he had great expectations of him. Some members of the clan thought that betrayal was the only explanation, but Yoshimitsu wouldn't believe that. Also, the body of the leader of the vanguard force had never been found. The remaining clan members eventually freed their captured comrades, but they gave a strange report to Yoshimitsu: the fragment of Soul Edge in the mansion's treasure room was gone, which was puzzling, considering that the vanguard force that Yoshimitsu sent supposedly never made it inside. Unfortunately, the plan failed and a vanguard force was wiped out in front of the treasure room. One day, Yoshimitsu devised a plan for a grand robbery: the entire group would infiltrate a wealthy usurer's mansion during the annual festival and take everything he owned, which included a fragment of Soul Edge. Thanks to his skill and ability, Yoshimitsu soon became head of the clan. So he returned to Japan and recruited ruffians from around the land, soon forming a band of chivalrous thieves, known as the Manjitou. Yoshimitsu eventually discovered that the fragments were spread around the earth, and that he alone could never destroy them all while also helping those in need. And so he embarked on yet another journey, set on destroying the cursed Soul Edge.

Yoshimitsu decided that if there was another object in the world with the same evil as his katana, which he had now named 'Yoshimitsu', it mustn't be allowed to exist. He infiltrated the legendary Money Pit of 'the Merchant of Death', Vercci, and, completely by chance, found his katana alongside a fragment of Soul Edge, both emanating similar evil energies. Yoshimitsu did not want the evil energy to fall into the wrong hands, so he set out to retrieve it. Unfortunately, he became careless one day and passed out, worn from trying to quell the corruption during his sleep, the katana had been stolen by a thief- Voldo, who had mistaken it for Soul Edge. So he left on a journey to rid his blade of the corrupted energy. Upon leaving the castle, he sensed that the evil energy there had somehow transferred a similar energy into his katana. When Yoshimitsu finally reached Ostrheinsburg Castle, it was devoid of any signs of life. But even with that realization in his mind, he continued to pursue the Soul Edge nevertheless. In his meditation, he concluded that if he were to give in to his hatred, he would be no better than either Oda Nobunaga or Nightmare. Yoshimitsu set out across the sea in search of the 'Ultimate Weapon', Soul Edge, so that he could take his revenge against Lord Nobunaga.Д«ut during his journey, he came across many horrible scenes left behind by the Azure Knight, Nightmare. Yoshimitsu attempted a battle against Nobunaga, but he was no match for the army or Nobunaga and lost his arm, which he replaced with a wooden prosthetic. Nobunaga had prepared an army in anticipation of the clan's refusal to serve him. Upon his return, Yoshimitsu found his beloved village in ruins. After a few days' stay at the castle, the fighter politely denied Nobunaga's request and returned to his village. As expected, Nobunaga requested the allegiance of the Manji clan, but the Manji clan preferred to remain hidden. Due to his advanced age, the clan's chief sent the strongest warrior, Yoshimitsu, of the clan on his behalf. Oda Nobunaga, the daimyo of Owari, sought the power of the Manji clan and invited its chief to Azuichi castle.

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