Nathan fell silent when he heard the name.
Mitsuhide.
The last Daimyo.
He had already crossed paths with Sadamasa and settled matters with him without bloodshed. Yorimasa had died by his hand. Norihiro now stood before him in his own hall. That left only one of the four still unseen.
Mitsuhide.
Nathan had never intended to deal with him first. His attention had been fixed on Norihiro from the start. Yet now, with a single name, the path ahead had shifted.
"If Genzo is with him, then he may already be dead," Nathan said.
Norihiro shook his head. "No. He is alive."
Nathan's gaze sharpened.
"Mitsuhide would not kill so easily a man who is likely the leader of the shinobi," Norihiro continued. "Especially not one tied to the previous famous leader, his own brother. A man like that has value."
Nathan's expression hardened. "So you are saying he kept Genzo alive. For what?"
