:43:03
From this base, they've contacted
Satsuma and Choshuu vassals...
:43:06
...and together, they've been
hatching various plots.
:43:08
I am aware of that, too.
:43:09
I am aware of that, too.
Things look to be coming to a head.
:43:12
Things look to be coming to a head.
:43:12
And, if so?
Things look to be coming to a head.
:43:13
And, if so?
:43:13
And, if so?
What if... your life were in danger?
:43:18
That's totally ludicrous!
:43:20
That's totally ludicrous!
But... what if it were so?
:43:23
No, it will not happen.
:43:25
No, it will not happen.
Why not?
:43:26
Why not?
:43:26
Do you expect me to put it in words?
Why not?
:43:28
Do you expect me to put it in words?
:43:28
Do you expect me to put it in words?
Tell me. Today, tell me everything.
:43:32
Our Fourteenth Shogun, lemochi...
is how old as of this year?
:43:38
Fourteen years old.
:43:40
I am the Lord of Hikone, a Tokugawa-
affiliated domain.
:43:45
I am the li Family's 15th descendant:
"Kamonnokami" Naosuke.
:43:48
And, to top it off, I'm the Great
Elder of the Shogunate.
:43:50
It is no exaggeration
to say...
:43:52
...that the Tokugawa government
cannot run without me.
:43:58
So, why would the men
of Mito seek my life?
:44:01
At a time when we're faced with
many national dilemmas...
:44:03
...the Mito... one of the three Great
Houses, wants me dead?
:44:06
It's ridiculous!
:44:08
If I were to die now, the Shogunate
would crumble into dust!
:44:13
We are living in
unstable times.
:44:15
Reforming the government
by killing me?!
:44:18
'Tis nothing but a bad story,
fabricated by fools!
:44:21
Should anybody dare
to destroy me...
:44:23
...the 300-year old Tokugawa
government would fall.
:44:27
And that would
mean...
:44:28
...that the age of the samurai
would be over!
:44:37
Concerning Niiro Tsuruchiyo's
background...
:44:40
...even though his real father's
identity is unknown...
:44:43
...the fact is, Niiro Soan, a Bishuu clan
physician, acted as his father.
:44:49
So, this Niiro Soan, a physician
to the Bishuu...
:44:51
...with a fief of 10-koku, and two
lackeys, is his adoptive father?
:44:55
That means... he's considered
to be a Bishuu ronin?