Fuma Kotaro returns under his new title, Kongo of Koga and is determined to destroy Lord Sadanobu of Edo. Seven Maboroshi Ninja from Phantom Valley are hired by Kongo to assassinate associates of Lord Sadanobu, all names listed in the Book of Deathand Tombei is a marked man! Hes lucky Shintaro is by his side, though the words of a dying man bring grim news: beware the Lord of Night, beware the Maboroshi Ninja aka PHANTOM NINJA!