When Shiba Yoshikane--nominally Lord Protector of Owari but in fact merely a feckless ward--begins to stir up trouble, Nobunaga must act. But his actions carry repercussions, and Nobunaga receives a summons from the Shogun to explain himself.
尾張的守護斯波義銀受到信長的庇護,但實權卻轉移到信長手中。同時信長還收復岩倉城,統一了尾張。然而義銀對於自己的處境感到不滿,趁信長尚未從失去信勝的悲傷中走出,義銀暗中謀略背叛信長。就在此時,發生信長在聞了同朋眾僧侶捨阿彌帶來的焚香後就暈倒的事件。
Nach einem vereitelten Attentat auf ihn wird Nobunaga von Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru zur Hauptstadt Kyō gerufen.