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.
Nobuyuki made his way to Aizu,
شقَّ نوبويوكي طريقه إلى آيزو
Nobuyuki machte sich auf den Weg nach Aizu,
Nobuyuki se dirigió a Aizu 
 para comunicarles su sanción.
Nobuyuki se dirigió a Aizu como mensajero
Nobuyuki se dirigeait vers Aizu
Nobuyuki si diresse quindi ad Aizu
No papel de mensageiro encarregado 
de informá-los de sua punição,