Konoe demands 120,000 kan for the imperial court to recognize Yoshimoto as the new shogun. As such, Nobuna and Yoshiharu travel to the neutral merchant city of Sakai to ask its trade union to contribute to their cause. However, Sökyü Tsuda, convinces other union member to contribute only under one condition: Yoshiharu and Jubei must compete in a cooking competition. The winner takes the 120,000 kan. Nobuna achieves what she is after anyway, but Sökyü Tsuda and the union leader, Sökyü Imai, respectively bet on Jubei and Yoshiharu, the stake being Imai's monopoly on the city's takoyaki stands...