Episode Title:
Gradually Get Him Involved.
Episode Description:
Yaichi arranges for Masa to be hired as a bodyguard for Oumiya, a wholesale rice merchant, and the samurai hopes the position will be permanent. While there, Masa befriends Yuutarou the young son of a maid, but it appears that his real father is Oumiya. Later, Ichi reveals that that Oumiya is their next kidnapping target. Meanwhile, Masa again encounters Heizaemon Yage who offers him a job. Ichi changes his plans and Matsu kidnaps Oumiya's son Yuutarou instead. With Yuutarou stored at Souji's house, Ichi recalls the time when he was kidnapped by bandits to be killed, allegedly arranged by his friend the servant Yaichi, but the kidnappers decided instead to fake his death and invites him to join their gang.
