Oda Nobunaga didn't invite Nozawa into the Oda residence inside Qingzhou Castle for hospitality, but instead set up a hunting event, holding the alliance meeting at Qing Mountain on the southwest side of Qingzhou Castle—which, despite the name, is just a big hill, with an elevation barely above twenty-eight meters.
This was probably to show some goodwill, since these days, letting Nozawa back into Qingzhou Castle, even he's hesitant to do it.
And at the hunting camp, Nozawa saw Matsudaira Mototaka—a big shot in history—for the first time in person.
Contrary to what he'd imagined, Matsudaira Mototaka was a bit on the short side—Nozawa guessed he was only around 1.55 meters tall—but dressed in a teal-blue hitatare, with his hair wrapped in a small eboshi cap, and at about twenty years old, he looked refined, had a good presence, and was actually kind of handsome, not at all like the legendary old turtle.
