Hideyoshi hasn't given up on trying to get his hands on Echigo. This time, he tries to use Maeda Keiji to bring down the Uesugi clan and get his hands on the province. Kanetsugu is informed of this by an unlikely source, and he plans to head into another battle of wits with Hideyoshi and Keiji joins him, despite their lives being at stake once again...
That was when the Uesugi and Hashiba
 were still enemies of enemies.
En aquel entonces,
En aquel entonces,
C’était à l’époque
Era da época em que os Uesugi e
 os Hashiba ainda eram inimigos.