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.
I can get there by dawn if I go 
straight down the valley!
أستطيعُ الوصول إلى هناك فجراً إذا نزلتُ الوادي مباشرةً
Ich kann es bis zum Morgengrauen schaffen,
wenn ich gerade den Hang runtergehe!
¡Si voy por el valle, 
llegaré antes del amanecer!
¡Si voy por el valle, 
llegaré antes del amanecer!
J’arriverai demain matin
en descendant la vallée !
Posso arrivarci entro l'alba
se prendo la discesa!
Se eu descer pelo vale, 
chego lá de manhã!