 Chiyo has grown to love Hideyoshi s nephew as a son, but is parted from him as the boy is offered as a hostage to an enemy by Hideyoshi for political reasons. Nobunaga is threatened on two fronts as the feared warlord Takeda Shingen and the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki march against Nobunaga. When news spread of Shingen s death, Nobunaga marches against Yoshiaki and brings an end to the Ashikaga Shogunate.