In the snow hell, Hiroshi and his men are waiting for him. Hiroshi tells them that he is a strange man, and that he has tried to break free, but that they have refused to let him go. He says that he was looking forward to fighting him one day, but now that he thinks about it, he knows that he will not be able to defeat him. He tells them to hold their tongue, because he will cut their heads off if he does not tell them where the women are. He also tells them not to tell anyone where they are, for it will save them a lot of suffering. He adds that he intends to do things his way, for he has faced death before. He wants to get the head of the man who will kill him, and he says that the man is the heir of a 10,000 koku clan. He orders Hiroshi to kill him if he should have to.