Akechi Mitsuhide is defeated by Hideyoshi at the Battle of Yamazaki. Kazutoyo is sent after the fleeing Mitsuhide only to find him wounded and dying. Mitsuhide dies in Kazutoyo's arms, his final words to Kazutoyo is for him and Chiyo to survive and endure. Kazutoyo orders his men that no harm come to Mitsuhide's body and not to reveal its location. Hideyoshi returns home triumphant, but the power struggle to replace Oda Nobunaga begins.