As Daimyo Takamoto is meditating upon the Book of Five Rings one afternoon, he is surprised by a pigeon flying down to his room and perching on his window sill. He sees a little parchment tied to its leg. It is a message from a metsuke, Shishido Tamesada. He reads:
Report from Iyo, Imabari Castle poorly defended. Two ships, unknown type, at port. Nothing special in Iyo. Province wealth 1237. Foreign metsuke detected.
Tamesada was never hear of again.
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