Chapter 41 - 44 Summary

Chapter Forty-one sees the full extent of Zenko's treachery revealed to his mother Shizuka as she confronts him about his brother's death.

Shizuka is traveling as she does in her new role as the Muto Chief of the Tribe, and is hearing reports again and again that the Muto network is beginning to fail. She hears rumors that the Tribe is beginning to turn against her because she is a woman and because she supports Takeo - a warlord - rather than her son Zenko. Some even whisper that Kikuta Akio has come back out of hiding. Shizuka realizes that she must confront her son Zenko and find out what happened to her other son Taku. First she makes her way to Kagemura, the secret Tribe village where Miki is staying and studying, only to find that Miki has become thin...