: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?
:45:00
Certainly, sir.
:45:01
Ah, so he must've tried to get a position
in Edo somewhere, but failed...
:45:04
...so that explains why he's
living like an outcast.
:45:07
Yes. I believe that's a plausible
explanation, sir.
:45:12
Although I did suspect him, I don't
think Niiro is the culprit anymore.
:45:18
What's the matter?!
:45:19
What's the matter?!
Allow me to report to you, sirs...
:45:21
We've unmasked the betrayers...
spies associated with the li!
:45:24
What?!