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.
If we stay here, Lord Yukimura will—
...إذا بقينا هنا، فالزعيم يوكيمورا سوف
Wenn wir hier bleiben,
wird Fürst Yukimura…
Si nos quedamos aquí, Yukimura-sama...
Si permanecemos aquí todo el tiempo,
Que deviendra sire Yukimura…
Se fossimo confinati qui,
il Nobile Yukimura finirebbe per...
Se ficarmos aqui, o senhor Yukimura—