In a dungeon, Jubei summons Kurota Karasuma, Kaen Ryu and Gensai Hachisuka, while Meifu Hata binds Kurota, Kaen and Gensai in chains and controls them using the Head of the Conqueror. Meanwhile, Katsu visits Kotoha, as they talk about how impressive the troupe's performances have been thus far. Once Kotoha leaves, Katsu tells his men that he wants to solicit the English to help them drive their armed forces back from Edo, which might be blindly leaping them into a viper's nest...