Gyoubu personally wants revenge for the death of his parents at the hands of the Iga. he believes they have more than enough reason to fight - revenge. Gyoubu asks Hyouma why Gennosuke returned the scroll. The next morning the Kouga continue on their journey, making sure that they are not followed. Nenki and Hotarbui are sent ahead to locate the Kouga group and monitor them. Tenzen crumples up the letter and declares that the Iga will indeed go. He then invites the remaining Iga to join him at Sunpu. Then he declares a warning: If the Iga take this opportunity to strike the Kouga camp, upon his return Gennosuke will annihilate them. He lists the Kouga who will join him and details the route that they will take. He states that he will go to Sunpu to meet with Ieyasu and Hattori and learn the truth behind the broken peace treaty. It’s from Gennosuke, who indicates that he has no desire to fight and only wants to learn the reasons behind the fighting. As they try to determine why on earth the Kouga would return the scroll, Tenzen’s hands tremble as he reads a letter that accompanied it. On it Koshiro’s name hasn’t been crossed out, which means the Kouga know that he didn’t die. Tenzen is seriously pissed, but before he can say anything more another Iga interrupts, bringing an object that was left at the gate - the Ninja scroll. She refuses to fight against Gennosuke, and declares that if she doesn’t seal her eyes she would feel tempted to seal the Iga’s techniques if she saw them fighting Gennosuke. Tenzen chastises Oboro for what she’s done, but she maintains that it’s the right thing to do and that she is very aware of what is at stake. Ogen urged Oboro to apply the Dark Seven ointment to her eyes if that terrible day ever came, which would seal her eyes for seven days. Oboro’s power could tear apart even her fellow Iga and lead their clan to ruin. However, her eyes are not a ninja art, which to Ogen makes them even more terrifying. Oboro tells them of a meeting between herself and her grandmother, Ogen, where she spoke to her of the strange power of her eyes. They are all horrified at what Oboro has done to her eyes. We then see the continuation of the meeting of the Iga. And eventually, everyone must have the opportunity for a new beggining. They must look deeper, to the real reasons behind the conflict. Gennosuke cautions his subordinates not to let an old grudge cloud their vision. Zaemon says that he, too, is sorry that Okoi is gone, but states that they must stay strong.
As Zaemon hurries off to do his leader’s bidding, Gennosuke gives him his condolences about Okoi. When Gennosuke finally speaks he asks Zaemon to bring him a pen and paper. Perhaps the truth is that it’s a combination of both. My fear is that he is taking in everything his comrades are saying and trying to come up with the best strategy to slaughter the Iga. My hope is that he is feeling torn because of his feelings for Oboro. Gyoubu interjects that he doesn’t care about Oboro, the important thing is that the Iga’s morale will be lower now that they’ve seen Gennosuke’s devastating power and they should take this opportunity to attack them while they’re down. Kagero takes strong offense that Hyouma would defend Oboro in any way. Hyouma disagrees, however, he feels that the plotting must really have been done by Tenzen and that it’s possible Oboro didn’t know. She accuses Oboro of planning to attack Gennosuke all along. Kagero believes Gennosuke was tricked by Oboro as she must have been aware of what her men were doing. In the dark of night the Kouga gather around the ninja scroll.