At that time, the ex-retainers of the Enya family, who have been in row houses in Oni-yokocho disguising themselves, come to tell Gengobe that they finished all the preparation for the vengeance against their master's enemy and they allow him join in.
ここに、鬼横町の長屋に住む店子に身をやつしていた塩冶浪士の面々が、仇討ちの準備万端調ったと、源五兵衛を迎えに来る。