Returning home, the "kagemusha" successfully fools Shingen's retinue. By imitating Shingen's gestures and learning more about him, the "kagemusha" begins to uncannily mimic the persona of Shingen, and even convinces Takeda Katsuyori's son and Shingen's grandson, who was very close with Shingen. When the "kagemusha" must preside over a clan council to plan how to respond to provocative attacks made by Tokugawa against Takeda border castles, he is instructed by Nobukado to not speak until Nobukado brings the generals to a consensus, whereupon the "kagemusha" will simply agree with the generals' plan and dismiss the council. However, Katsuyori is incensed by his father's decree of the three year subterfuge, which delays his inheritance and leadership of the clan. Katsuyori thus decides to test the "kagemusha" in front of the council, as the majority of the attendants are not aware that Shingen is dead. Katsuyori directly asks the "kagemusha" what course of action the "lord thinks" should be taken. After a long pause, the "kagemusha" replies, "A mountain does not move," convincingly in Shingen's own manner. The "kagemusha"s effective improvisation further impresses the generals.