As the Tokugawa clan's messenger, Nobuyuki heads to Aizu to inform the Uesugi clan of their punishment following the battle of Sekigahara. He meets Kanetsugu Naoe, who refuses to accept the severe, and almost cruel, demands, but Nobuyuki refuses to budge too. On the other hand, while Yukimura escaped the death penalty, he was leading an empty life, without being able to find the "meaning of his life" that Nobuyuki had asked him to reconsider. But one night, things start to get noisy in his vicinity.
"The nation is fallen, yet mountains 
and rivers still exist.
سقطَتِ الدولة، ولا زالتِ الجبال والأنهار باقية"
„Die Nation ist gefallen, dennoch
existieren Berge und Flüsse weiterhin.
En la destrozada tierra
 perduran las montañas y los ríos.
En la destrozada tierra,
Quand l’empire s’écroula,
la nature lui survécut.
"La nazione è caduta,
ma fiumi e montagne esistono ancora.
O império esfacelado, 
restam montanhas e rios.