Lügen, Geheimnisse und Verräter kosten Nobuna den Sieg und möglicherweise das Leben von einem ihrer Gefolgsleute.
While many clans have accepted Yoshimoto as the new Shogun, there are still some who refuses to acknowledge her, particular those allied with the Miyoshi Three. Despite having Danjyou as their ally, they don't have enough proof to arrest the ringleaders of the Miyoshi Three. Because the Asai and Asakura clans are allies, Nobuna decides to attack Wakasa rather than Echizen to scare the Asakuras rather than risk provoking the Asais. Meanwhile in Ōmi, Nobusumi discovers that Nagamasa is a woman, having forced to hide her gender because her father Hisamasa refuses to accept a woman as a Daimyo. Nobusumi comforts Nagamasa that she can act like a woman when she's with him since he's her husband. As the Oda army and their allies crosses Ōmi to attack Wakasa, Yoshiharu stays in Kyoto to care a sick Hanbē.
京を治めたものの、北陸には反織田最大勢力・越前の朝倉義景がいる。
信奈は良晴を京の守りに残し、その隣国・若狭へと進攻した。歴史通りなら、織田は朝倉を攻めて大敗している。
史実と違うのに困惑しつつも安心する良晴だったが、信奈は若狭と見せかけて越前を奇襲する作戦を立てていた。事実を知った良晴は慌てて信奈のもとへ向かう。
「信奈、逃げろ！」
だが、時すでに遅く、織田軍は浅井・朝倉連合軍に挟撃されてしまうのだった。
