After brief flash-forwards both to the morning of the battle as well as to the present day, Toyotomi Hideyoshi meets a young temple acolyte, "Sakichi", and recruits him into his service after being impressed with him. Sakichi, who is Ishida Mitsunari, gains wealth and prestige in his new master's service, and eventually is granted a large domain. Hideyoshi unifies most of Japan and takes the title of Sesshō and Kampaku, but also grows erratic in his old age. He orders a series of expensive Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98), bankrupting the nobles, and also orders the execution of Toyotomi Hidetsugu, the regent, as well as the entire family of his heir, including their women and children. Dismayed at this unjust act, Mitsunari pleads for mercy, but fails to move Hideyoshi's heart. After the maids of the to-be-executed Princess who had been engaged to marry the heir fight back, Mitsunari spares them; admiring their spirit, he recruits one of them, a ninja known as Hatsume, into his service. Mitsunari discusses the matter with his friend Ōtani Yoshitsugu, and also meets the respected samurai Shima Sakon and his wife Hanano. He recruits Sakon into his service as his chief adviser by promising to rule with justice once Hideyoshi passes away.
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