 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.