:09:03
The date of the next attack
has been decided upon.
:09:06
However, aside from Chief Hoshino
Kenmotsu, nobody knows when...
:09:12
...except that it will be in
the very near future.
:09:25
So, you're telling
me that...
:09:27
...the suspects were gathered
near the Inner Moat?
:09:29
Correct, sir. I estimate there were about
thirty ronin, mostly of Mito origin.
:09:34
How were you able to determine
that they were from Mito?
:09:36
Someone close to
them must have...
:09:38
...allowed an "exchange of
information" to occur.
:09:40
That's the only plausible
explanation.
:09:43
If we continue to let these
rebels have their way...
:09:46
...who knows what undesirable
consequences await us?
:09:48
We should strike at them now.
:09:51
We should strike at them now.
No...
:09:51
No...
:09:51
Sir?
No...
:09:53
The Ansei Purge... was a
bit harsh, in hindsight.
:09:57
That being the case, wouldn't
we be repeating that error...
:10:00
...if we attack them, based
only on a suspicion?
:10:01
No, sir, it's not just
a suspicion.
:10:04
Until they've actually done something,
it's no more than a suspicion, isn't it?
:10:06
In that case, your processions must
be more heavily guarded!
:10:12
The foundations of the Tokugawa
Shogunate... aren't that weak!
:10:28
I didn't cancel my trip to the Castle
today because of your concerns.
:10:33
I did it so I could meet the messenger
who arrived this morning...
:10:37
...and hear from him the current
situation in Kyoto and Osaka.
:10:40
The Great Elder, assaulted by
ronin, in broad daylight?
:10:47
How in the world could such
a absurd thing happen?
:10:50
For 300 years, the authority and spirit
of the Tokugawa have endured.
:10:53
It will never be so weak as to succumb
to something as ludicrous as that!