Die Geschichte verändert weiterhin Geschehnisse so, wie sie nicht sein sollten. Nobunas Vertrauen in Sagara schwindet, und die Organisation, die Pläne gegen Nobuna schmiedet, mischt sich ins Spiel ein.
As the Oda faction prepares Yoshimoto as the new Shogun, Yoshiharu ask the others to forgive Jubei, fearing the worsening relationship between her and Nobuna will lead to the Honnō-ji incident. Meanwhile, Jubei apologies to Imai over the contest but doesn't understand why Nobuna is angry at her. Imai explains that Nobuna treats her retainers like her family because she has a poor relationship with her mother and seeing Jubei's horrible attitude on the others reminded her of that. Later, the Oda faction learns the Takeda and Uesugi clans have made peace and probably planning to attack Owari and Mino from the east. Not expecting this, Yoshiharu asks Nobuna not to send all of their forces to deal with the Takeda/Uesugi alliance when Yoshimoto is about to become Shogun but she refuses to listen as she's worried about her mother and Dōsan's safety. Nagahide and Katsuie lead the Oda army back to the east, unaware it's a ruse by the Miyoshi Three to allow them to kill Yoshimoto and Nobuna.
信奈の天下統一を阻むため、張り巡らされる織田包囲網。
武田信玄や上杉謙信が動いたとの噂も流れ、尾張滅亡の危機が迫る。
京を捨て、全軍撤退しようとする信奈を引き止める良晴。
「天下を目指すなら、ここが踏ん張りどころじゃねーのか!?」
しかし、本国には大切な人たちがいる、それを守れなくて何が天下人か!
良晴と喧嘩別れになった信奈は、わずかな守備隊だけを残して尾張へと引き返すが、その機を逃さず、妖将・松永久秀が京を襲う!