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When Yakushiji Tenzen receives the Iga copy of the scroll he decides to keep the contents secret from Oboro. He prepares to attack the Kouga, targeting Kazamachi Shougen first. Tenzen and the Iga ambush a Kouga palanquin and they find the limbless Jimushi Jubei inside. Tenzen sends the others to deal with Shougen, however Jubei catches Tenzen by surprise, stabbing him with a spear head which he held in his throat and wielded with his long tongue, leaving Tenzen for dead. Meanwhile, Hotarubi, Mino Neki, Yashamaru and Rousai ambush Shougen to get his copy of the scroll, but he retaliates and traps them with his sticky phlegm. Hotarubi summons her glowing pink butterflies enabling Mino Nenki to wound Shougen, however Shougen throws away the scroll which is caught by Jubei. Worried that Shougen may have wounded Yashamaru, Hotarubi stabs Shougen repeatedly in a frenzy. As Jubei flees along the ground with the scroll, he encounters what he thinks is a vision of Tenzen who survived, but this time he is prepared and he kills Jubei. With both scrolls in his possession, Tenzen burns the Kouga copy to keep the news of the war from reaching the Kouga. Meanwhile, Gennosuke, Oboro, Udono and Akeginu enter the Iga Tsubagakure together. (Source: Wikipedia)
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