collaborating with Ōtani. In the wake of the slaughter, soldiers plant evidence that Ieyasu was behind the attack to turn the country against him. Tenkai then has Kobayakawa Hideaki forge letters in Ieyasu's handwriting, claiming responsibility for the rampages and calling Japan's generals to gather at Sekigahara. Refusing to believe Ieyasu is responsible, Yukimura sets out for the gathering place to prove his innocence. Along the way, the Date and Takeda forces run into each other - ironically at the same place the two warriors first fought. Overcome by nostalgia, the two duel until Maeda Keiji breaks them up, convincing them to hold off on fighting until after Sekigahara. The two armies arrive last to the meeting, in the middle of Tokugawa's call to stop warring with each other. He nearly gets through to everyone, but the sudden arrival of Ishida and his army triggers a melee. Ieyasu, Maede, and Yukimura reluctantly join the fray, further complicated by the arrival of Mōri Motonari, who winds up battling Chōsokabe Motochika. In the midst of the fighting, Date and Mitsunari duel, and Tenkai sics Oichi on the battlefield. Ishida gains the upper hand, but as he goes for a deathblow, it fails thanks to special armor Masamune's retainers forged for him. Masamune turns the tables and goes for a killstrike of his own, but Ieyasu takes the attack in his former ally's stead. At that moment, Oichi uses her dark powers - augmented by the bloodshed on the battlefield - to resurrect her brother Oda Nobunaga, who feeds on the lives of various soldiers to anchor him to the world of the living. Date, Yukimura, Maede, Sarutobi Sasuke, Kojuro, Ieyasu, and Mitsunari confront the Devil King, but his power is even greater than before. Mitsunari refuses to yield, but he is saved when Ōtani sacrifices himself to slow Oda's resurrection. Using the opening, the remaining fighters launch one final volley, but it fails. Nearby, Tenkai prepares to kill Oichi, but she is spurred by the spirit of her late husband to kill Tenkai and stop her brother. Before Oda can finish the last of his opposition, Mitsunari uses the last of his strength to wound him, buying Oichi time to arrive. She sacrifices herself to send Oda back to the afterlife, ending the battle. In the aftermath, Mitsunari agrees to drop his vendetta against Masamune so long as he sticks to his