Then, he went to Kyushu and happened to meet Kuniomi HIRANO of Chikuzen Province and heard from Hirano about visit to Kyoto of Hisamitsu SHIMAZU, who was the father of the lord of Satsuma clan, leading an army and a plot, in line with this, to raise an arm by roshi (Fushimi gikyo).
それから九州へ渡って筑前国の平野国臣と出会い、平野から薩摩藩国父島津久光の率兵上京とこれに合わせた浪士たちによる挙兵計画（伏見義挙）を聞く。