After escaping from execution by a lord, Kobunji and Sosuke met Keno by chance in Shinano and told her about their fateful connection with the Satomi family, but Keno had already vowed to avenge her last remaining foe, Itsutota KOMIYAMA.
領主による処刑の危機を脱した二人は信濃で毛野と邂逅して里見家との縁を伝えるが、毛野は残る仇・籠山逸東太への復讐を誓っていた。