"What! The Eighth Generation General Ashikaga Yoshimasa is gravely ill? Ashikaga Yoshimi has taken Ashikaga Yoshizumi to the Capital City?!"
"Is it possible that the position of General could fall back into the hands of the Ashikaga Yoshimi lineage?"
In the tea room, upon hearing such shocking news, Takeda Nobuhiro and his son Kaozaki Mitsuhiro exchanged glances, rendered momentarily speechless.
The Ōnin War has raged for ten years, and the land has been in chaos for the same duration. Although the Ezo land was not directly affected, tales of battles challenging the Shogunate's authority frequently reached them. This devastating war, although essentially a power struggle between the General's Family, the Hosokawa Clan, and the Yamana Clan, was viewed by the world as an internal conflict over the succession between General Ashikaga Yoshimasa's son Ashikaga Yoshihisa and his brother Ashikaga Yoshimi.
