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Please, my lord, about our battle plans--

We'll take care of everything!

We shall bring you the head of Motofuji Hikita...

without fail.

Yes. Of course you will.

How wonderful that fate has brought you all to me.

You young men are the reincarnation of my Fuse...

and shall bring me Hikita's head.

You must bring me his head and avenge Yoshinari.

Oh! Lord Yoshinari!

You've returned! Lord Yoshinari.

Lord Yoshinari.

Yoshinari!

You're alive!

l know where Hamaji...

is being kept.

l want you to give a message to Yoshizane.

1 3 years ago...

my 3 year old sister went missing.

We desperately searched the entire countryside...

but never found her.

l thought she was dead.

But where did they find her?

Hamaji.

Princess?

Pardon me, but...

the princess you saw referred to as Hamaji...

is not the Hamaji that you all know.

Hey! Just what are you trying to say?

She is a vengeful evil spirit...

and her name is...

Reinforcement troops from Hiradate and Tojo castles...

have arrived.

Oh! l've been expecting them.

l want all of you to prepare for battle as well.

l'd like to see just how tough...

you dog warriors really are.

Hey!

Give me back my sword.

That kid, what the hell's with him?

l guess it's mine, then.

Whoever brings me the head of Motofuji Hikita...

and returns my daughter to me...

will be given whatever he so desires as a prize...

be it money or be it land, whatever he so desires.

They could have at least given us...

some horses to ride on.

lf the warm welcome of last night...

really meant anything at all.

lt's not too bad.

At least we won't have lived our whole lives as ronin.

Yep! l'll do it!

You're going to rise straight to the top, huh?

What's wrong with that?

You needn't take offense you know.

Arrogant son of a bitch.

The water level seems awfully low on this river.

Let's go! Move on!

Wait!

This is not the result of any drought.

lt seems very strange to me, my lord.

lt's my fate.

Huh?

Heaven has become my ally.

Open it up!

Hey! What are you doing?

You'd better stop it right now!

Somehow, Hikita has managed to construct a dam..

which means that every time we attempt...

to make it across the river...

he's going to flood us out.

Heaven has chosen me.

That's it. l am the chosen one.

l must be.

He is coward enough to use such a strategy...

and to take a hostage.

Father, it would be wisest at this time...

to return to the castle immediately.

My lord!

l have a plan...

that will scare the hell out of Hikita.

Let's hear it.

Why don't we flood out the enemy...

using the very same dam they built?

We can't hurt them by opening their floodgates.

But if we destroy the dam itself...

the channel will fill up with water...

and Hikita's fortress will be sitting...

at the bottom of the river.

That's a brilliant idea.

Hikita would never imagine...

that he would be destroyed by his own dam.

B-But what about Hamaji?

Yes, well, There's that, too.

For the sake of the Satomi...

and for those devoted to the Satomi...

your first priority is to defeat Hikita.

Yes, l suppose.

Yoshinari.

Yes!

Have you thought of a better strategy than that?

No.

Well, then, we shall do as this boy says.

We'll blow up the dam when day breaks...

so you must take your troops to the high ground.

Yes, l'm counting on you, Shinbei.

Just leave everything to us.

l don't like it at all.

How did this stupid kid suddenly become our leader?

Perhaps because he's the most proficient.

Yeah, well, just because of--

Hey, why are you stopping...

all of a sudden like that for?

lt's a good opportunity for the enemy...

to launch an attack on our own castle.

On our castle?

Yeah, what now?

Let them attack if they want to.

Because l've already taken care of it.

So, what are you planning anyway?

Don't worry. You'll be very impressed.

Very impressed, indeed.

Shinbei.

l just don't get it.

l don't understand why we're here...

and why we were gathered together like this.

Are you frustrated?

Just do whatever l say...

without thinking.

You'll feel much better that way.

Myself, l really do not understand...

what the Lord is thinking.

My father wants to build...

the land of Awa into a Utopia.

Even if he must sacrifice his own daughter?

As a monarch...

he is not allowed to fall prey to his emotions.

And do you share...

your father's feelings, Lord Yoshinari?

Poor Fuse.

She must be weeping in her grave.

Dosetsu! We're supposed to be the lookouts!

Shino, you, too.

We get to be lookouts.

Oh... yeah.

Yeah! l tell you...

that kid is really pushing it.

Sheesh!

We don't have time for daydreaming.

lt's the enemy!

Where's Shino?!

He sure picked a good time to disappear!

lf l see that kid's face again...

l think l'm going to throw up.

Hey, wait a minute!

l think Shino must have gone to the fortress.

To rescue Princess Hamaji?

Let's wait for him.

What do you mean?

The whole point of the fight...

is to punish the enemies of the Satomi clan, remember?

There's no time to talk...

about Hamaji this or Hamaji that.

The kid is right.

Master Shinbei is right.

We don't know when the enemy might attack again.

And if we hesitate, wejust might lose.

You know, l really hadn't planned on hesitating...

or anything like that.

No, stop it!

Come on, let's go, you punk!

l won't let you blow up the dam...

until Shino can get Miss Hamaji out of there!

lt makes me nervous just watching you.

Very nice.

D-Don't come any closer, or else!

That's enough!

We can't start fighting amongst ourselves!

l'm fighting for the Satomi. Don't stand in my way!

The Satomi?

You would kill a brother for the Satomi?

Why?

Because...!

ls that what Princess Fuse would want?

Did you ever meet my mother?

l don't think she would have wanted you to do this.

Next time, l'll mean it, Uncle Kobungo.

Well, now l mean it!

lnuzaka! Light it up!

Don't!

Could l get you to move, please?

Daikaku!

Yes, that's just what a young pup would do.

After all that work to build it...

But you shall soon have...

a far more splendid fortress.

Hamaji!

Shino.

Shino!

Father!

My castle.

No one knows where the wind is blowing across the river.

lt may blow toward the blue sky and the light.

Be sure to watch the next episode...

for a new revelation.