:10:00
...if we attack them, based
only on a suspicion?
:10:01
No, sir, it's not just
a suspicion.
:10:04
Until they've actually done something,
it's no more than a suspicion, isn't it?
:10:06
In that case, your processions must
be more heavily guarded!
:10:12
The foundations of the Tokugawa
Shogunate... aren't that weak!
:10:28
I didn't cancel my trip to the Castle
today because of your concerns.
:10:33
I did it so I could meet the messenger
who arrived this morning...
:10:37
...and hear from him the current
situation in Kyoto and Osaka.
:10:40
The Great Elder, assaulted by
ronin, in broad daylight?
:10:47
How in the world could such
a absurd thing happen?
:10:50
For 300 years, the authority and spirit
of the Tokugawa have endured.
:10:53
It will never be so weak as to succumb
to something as ludicrous as that!
:11:02
It sure feels like
spring today!
:11:04
Sure does. It's already February 20th.
So the good weather is no surprise.
:11:09
There must be a lot of visitors
coming to Edo.
:11:11
We've a lot to be
thankful for.
:11:14
By the way... have you found
an appointment yet, or...?
:11:16
Well... nothing ever goes
as one would hope.
:11:22
That must be Elder
li, right?
:11:23
Yes. It's time for him
to leave the Castle.
:11:28
Anytime you see him, he looks
like a man full of vigor.
:11:30
Surely. He's the strong right hand
of the Shogun, after all.
:11:35
If it weren't for him, our business
wouldn't be prospering as it is.
:11:39
I have much to
thank him for.
:11:41
As always, leading the procession
of men are...
:11:45
...Nishikawa Chuuzaemon and
about thirty of his aides.
:11:49
With their guards, they totaled
approximately sixty in all.
:11:53
The procession, and the number
of men, hasn't changed.
:11:57
It is said that there's a
spy among the men...