Taroshichi hears their conversation and tries to run to the police, then Sangoro notices him and kills him; Kazuemon sheds his disguise as Gengobe and leaves for the residence of the Kono family.
これを訴え出ようとする太郎七を、三五郎が斬り、源五兵衛は数右衛門となって高野屋敷へと向かって行く。