Hirohito greets his father at the border with Aomori and tells him that he is so happy to be home. He tells his father that he has been protected from the enemy by the wall of iron that surrounds him. He also tells him about a mysterious man who has been helping the Ashina clan men. Hiroshito says that all the men of his own clan have been killed in the battle against the enemy. He says that he could not have killed all of them easily, but that they were "charming good thing" that they had been killed. He wonders why he didn't realize that his friend was defeated. .