Usagi Yojimbo #86 (2005)

Usagi Yojimbo has been captured! The greedy Lord Sanada is operating an illegal gold mine in the Geishu province and has put Usagi and Tomoe Ame to work as his slaves. Sanada has been killing those who would get in the way, and his deadliest enforcer-- Noriko "the blood princess"--is none other than Tomoe's own cousin! In this issue, master storyteller Stan Sakai's fourth installment of the six-part "The Treasure of the Mother of Mountains," the cruel sociopath Noriko reveals a devastating secret to her enslaved cousin. Meanwhile, the young page Motokazu fears for Tomoe's safety and rides off without permission to help her ... and has an unexpected adventure of his own!