The group of gypsies is on the road to Nikko, and the master of the house wonders if they're on the right side of the road or the left. He wonders if the enemy is going to attack them in aizu. He's worried that the women will be too strong for the enemy, but he's also worried that they'll be too scared to do anything about it. He thinks that if they defeat their enemy, it will be worth it, even if they don't win. The group is on their way back to camp, and they've been riding along the road with a group of "suspicious looking women" . They've had a quiet night, and now they have to head back to the camp to report what's been going on. The master says that the remaining members of the clan are riding on the uchinomiya road, and that he'll head to warn them. He also says that he overheard the master muttering something to himself about how many spears he still has to carry to the enemy. He doesn't know what to do, but the master says they need a woman. He sees a girl walking in the garden, and she's named Otone. She's nineteen years old.