Yoshimitsu-After retrieving his sword, Yoshimitsu devised a plan to destroy the fragments of Soul Edge and all those items that had been tainted by their power, while simultaneously fighting to protect the weak.
He returned to Japan and gathered nuffians from throughout the land. They would crush the strong and defend the weak, and at the same time locate and destroy the fragments of the cursed sword. It was the birth of an organization of chivalrous thieves called the Manjitou.
Yoshimitsu formulated a grand plan to steal a fragment of Soul Edge and other treasure that was said to lie within the mansion of a wealthy man.
Unfortunately, the scheme ended in failure.
The vanguard force that had been sent after the fragment was wiped out. As a result, the chain of command at the scene collapsed, and the operation ended in a dramatic failure in which many members of the Manjitou were captured or killed.
From accounts of those they rescued, and from other information as well, it appeared that the captain of the vanguard force attacked his own men by surprise and fled with the fragment.
Yoshimitsu could not believe that man would betray them. He was a man that Yoshimitsu had placed great hopes on as second in command.
"Findest the fragment. When thou findest it, thou shalt surely findest him as well... Dismissed."
At this brief command, the Mnjitou silently went into action once more. Sensing the presence of the cursed sword behind this event, Yoshimitsu set out to discover the truth.