In this part, Akechi Mitsuhide is written as if something like a modern person who has a dream, social pressure, shame, grudge, envy and pride so on. Oda Nobunaga, original protagonist, is mainly described from Mitsuhide's point of view as a incomprehensible and cruel genius. This comparison and difference put Mitsuhide gradually into the historical focal point, one of the most famous betrayal event in Japanese history, Honnoji no Hen.
―老ノ坂をくだってゆく光秀は、革命家でもなければ武将でもない。自分の生命を一個の匕首に変えて生命へ直進する単純勁烈な暗殺者であった。
ーMitsuhide rode down the mountain Oinosaka. He was no more a overthrower nor even a commander, but a ruthless assassin, changing himself into a living knife, plunging into a living target.