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Volume 4 Chapter 2 Part 3

「This is going to be difficult. There aren’t many places to run to near here, but if he wasn’t found until now, then he must have run into the mountains and hide himself. 」

Motoyasu then said:

「From the name, Sugitani Zenjuubo should be a monk, or he should have had some kind of relationship with Mount Hiei’s monks, or we have to consider the possibility that the entire Mount Hiei has already become Kichi-nee-san’s enemy. 」

Mitsuhide was sceptical, and retorted:

「The head of the temple on Mount Hiei, Tendaizasu-sama, is the elder brother of Himiko-sama. Nobuna-sama should be their friend after donating large amounts of money for the Imperial Palace so it shouldn’t be possible for them to be enemies. 」

「But because Tendaizasu-sama isn’t at Mount Hiei himself, the actual leader of Mount Hiei might be against Nobuna-sama. 」

「If that’s the case, the mystery of how Sugitani Zenjuubo suddenly disappeared would