Mitsu has been shot and killed by Nobutora. Kansuke keeps calm, but hearing Takeda’s retainers impose silence on the villagers about what happened, Kansuke attacks in fury at Nobukata Itagaki, one of Harunobu’s chief retainers. Though Kansuke is defeated, Itagaki gets impressed by his swordsmanship and tells Harunobu about the one-eyed man. Harunobu, who is also shocked by the cruel behavior of Nobutora, wants to see Kansuke. The two meet each other for the first time. Sensing Kansuke’s resentment against Nobutora, Harunobu persuades him to lay aside his grudge and hold ambition. Kansuke goes to Suruga on Itagaki’s order to spy into the Imagawa clan at internal strife. Kansuke informs Tadatane Ihara, his relative who is one of Imagawa’s main retainers, of the conspiracy against the clan leader. Ihara, however, tells Kansuke that the Imagawa leader as well as his brother has died mysteriously on the same day.
勘助の思い人・ミツが武田信虎に惨殺された。ミツに惚れていた村の男・平蔵（佐藤隆太）は武田を倒すと叫ぶが勘助は冷静になれと諭す。しかし武田の重臣・板垣信方が村にやってくると抑えていた復讐心がはじけ、勘助は板垣に斬りかかる。勘助をねじ伏せた板垣だがその面構えを見て殺すことを思いとどまる。板垣から話を聞いた晴信は密かに勘助を呼ぶように命じる。晴信も父・信虎の蛮行に衝撃を受けていたのだった。勘助と晴信の初対面がこうして実現した。武田への恨みを秘める勘助の心のうちを見抜いた晴信は恨みを捨て、大望を抱けと勘助を説きふせる…。
