"Episode 22" "Episode 22" "Episode 23" "The time is now to rule the realm under the sky." "Men!" "The enemy..." "Mitsu so it is you who have come." "Ichihime-sama..." "Nobu..." "Is this a calamity you have wrought?" "this star... the entire universe will be destroyed." "I need to speak with you." "What is it?" "didn't you?" "How did you know..." "Don't underestimate me." "So the true Savior-King is Arthur of the West?" "I cannot say so with absolute certainty just yet." "And you?" "What?" "now a wasteland..." "Is this not also Nobu's doing?" "Either way" "Ichihime-sama fell victim to the Destroyer-King." "Nobunaga was trying to save her." "But he couldn't." "even if he is the Destroyer-King?" "That is what I have decided." "it's time for lunch!" "There we go." "huh?" "guys." "Here." "wait your turn." "There's enough for everyone." "Eat up!" "please finish up." "don't spill." "now." "Don't cry." "Didn't you come here to check on how everyone was doing?" "don't worry." "that's what I intended." "Then... let's not." "I think that if I show myself everyone will have a harder time of it." "people were surprised when I showed up because of how I look now." "Nobu-sama." "as well." "What do you think you did to me?" "and Ichi..." "I let all of them die." "I hurt and kill those around me." "Yet I'm alive." "remember what you told me." "People shouldn't just waste their lives." "There's so much they can do." "And I'm alive." "Monkey..." "Your Majesty." "The time has come to manifest the Holy Grail." "Let's proceed to the next phase." "Twelve chosen ones must come to me." "That would be you all and..." "Your Majesty?" "Brute?" "Now there remain but four more." "Let us have the Chosen of the East fulfill their roles." "So will we ask for their aid?" "they will not have a choice." "If they will not acquiesce to my will..." "I see." "Himiko and Jeanne to my side." "Savior-King." "Wait!" "Why did you kill Caesar?" "Why?" "You would ask me that?" "I simply dealt with a traitor who swore allegiance to the East yet again." "What a foolish question." "Once one becomes a Perfecta their memory and emotions will be sealed." "Should you turn your blade against me for even a single instant your life will be forfeit." "What is your point?" "My point is that I no longer have a way to ask Charlemagne and Hannibal how they came to lose their lives." "King Arthur wishes to harness the Eastern ley lines to maximal effect." "The East is no longer capable of offering resistance." "you can bring... happiness... and true peace to all." "So trust in your path..." "Until the very... end." "Nobu will bring true peace?" "Ichihime believed it until the very end." "But he..." "What true peace could be worth the cost of Ichihime's life?" "Now that you are gone" "I can never know peace in my heart." "What else?" "We'll turn this war upside-down!" "I will have all lands be mine including the East and West." "I will unite heaven and earth!" "It was all a farce." "Become a demon." "Did you kill him?" "Go ahead!" "Pull the trigger and blow my arm off!" "There are enough replacements." "Monkey..." "Mitsuhide." "What're you doing?" "Monkey." "What's wrong?" "You're white as a sheet." "No..." "I'm the one who killed Nobukatsu-sama." "I killed Nobukatsu-sama so that Nobu could fulfill his dream of world domination." "Never mind." "Monkey." "I might have." "If it had been Nobukatsu-sama who'd inherited the clan the Oda would have been destroyed already." "Is this cherry tree beyond saving?" "Yeah." "It will never bloom again." "I've never forgotten about my little sister Asahi and the other villagers who died." "I will one day seek vengeance for their deaths." "I have to follow Nobu-sama." "You... didn't we?" "The three of us will change the world!" "We can do this!" "The word of a samurai cannot be revoked!" "Only Nobunaga can save this star." "I don't know anything about that whole Destroyer-King business... but..." "If you want to call it quits before he unifies heaven and earth" "I will kill you." "Keep that in mind." "what will you have fill that bowl?" "Will it be the happiness of the people or the destruction of the world?" "What am I..." "Nobunaga?" "Ranmaru?" "It is my turn to support you in your grief even if you are the Destroyer-King." "Even if my love remains unrequited" "I will give strength to my beloved." "Even should my own life be at death's door..." "Nobunaga?" "Its name is the Bowl of Emptiness." "What is there is what is not." "To become fixated upon that is futility itself." "I can only advance upon my own path!" "Is it because the prophecy said Sir Nobunaga is the Destroyer-King?" "That's not all." "But for some reason" "I cannot fathom Nobu's thoughts right now." "Some things can become obscure when you are too close to them." "It can be important at times to scrutinize from a distance." "have realized many things for the first time upon leaving the West and coming to the East." "Da Vinci-dono." "There is something I would like to ask you." "Oh?" "What might that be?" "Why did you come here?" "What is your purpose?" "My purpose?" "it appears as though our fates give you great joy... you are not too far from the truth." "I am an observer of events." "But I am attempting to intervene." "In your heart there indeed swirls emotions toward Sir Nobunaga that did not exist before." "Sir Nobunaga and the people around you not to mention this star and the world?" "I am attempting to predict the future." "Have you not attempted to predict the future of Arthur?" "I have mentioned this before but I have yet to meet him." "I have never been allowed to meet him." "That is why I thought of meeting Sir Nobunaga instead." "That's why I came to this star." "he said..." "This world is about to end." "We must manifest the Holy Grail before that happens." "Will this world truly be saved if Arthur manifests the Holy Grail?" "upright." "This card has appeared without our intending it to." "Is the Devil Sir Nobunaga or King Arthur?" "perhaps?" "Nobu believes we cannot avoid war with the West." "But I find it difficult to believe that further warfare will be of use to the East." "The prophecy has also stated that Sir Nobunaga is the Destroyer-King." "I made Nobu into the Destroyer-King." "Oh?" "Perhaps I should meet Arthur and confirm the truth." "Since I do not possess any Regalia if I visited the West's stronghold it should not immediately result in bloodshed." "The future I predicted is beginning to take on a certain shape and form." "It seems the time has come to decide the final positions for everyone involved." "Himiko-sama your health will suffer." "Do not concern yourself about me." "how are the ley lines?" "The damage is severe." "Restoration is difficult." "I will make another attempt." "Himiko-sama..." "Just do as I say." "Your Highness." "Even if it costs my life..." "What's going on?" "!" "Hideyoshi-sama!" "Himiko!" "Hey!" "Please stop Himiko-sama." "What are you doing?" "!" "She said she will repair the damaged ley lines in order to save the Star of the East." "She's sacrificing her own lifespan." "Silence!" "I am just doing what I can for my betrothed." "Do not interfere!" "don't be an idiot!" "What's going to happen if you die?" "That is my heart's desire." "You... isn't it?" "Idiot." "Take better care of yourself until I can repay you for the favor." "that brings me no comfort." "But this is my own path to walk." "Let me live out my life as I see fit." "damn it..." "I knew he would come." "The fool." "But I don't dislike his idiotic sense of duty." "I am Akechi Mitsuhide!" "Sir Mitsuhide." "I am unarmed!" "I seek audience with King Arthur as the Oda clan's military strategist." "If you had come with Nobunaga" "I would have struck you down without a word." "who do not possess a Regalia..." "King Arthur has heard of your prowess as a military strategist." "He would like to see you." "allow me to take you to him." "My condolences regarding Lady Ichihime." "I believe her death transpired soon after the prophecy declared Nobunaga the Destroyer-King." "The prophecy is one thing." "with my own eyes." "Once you meet King Arthur even the dumbest fool will understand right away." "Your Majesty." "Well met." "I will now take my leave." "Akechi Mitsuhide..." "You have come here to confirm my true intentions have you not?" "Yes." "Just like you" "I desire peace for this world and only peace." "Then why did you invade the East?" "You know more than anyone else why that was necessary." "I do not desire war." "But I must stop the Destroyer-King for he has shed the blood of many in the East and left its lands barren." "The Savior-King has but one mission to manifest an eternal utopia in this world." "an earthly paradise." "Paradise..." "Utopia..." "In order to do so you must strike down Nobunaga and become a loyal brother of the Round Table." "Strike down Nobunaga?" "If you truly desire peace work with me to bring eternal peace to this world." "Palais Natura or Honnou..." "The enemy is at Honnou..." "War is not the only way to live life." "Mitsuhide." "Father..." "King Arthur." "I will obey your will." "Nobu..." "I... will..." "Mitsuhide-sama!" "Mitsuhide-sama has gone alone to King Arthur's Palais Natura!" "What?" "!" "Mitsu... what are you doing?" "When do the flames of life burn most bright?" "I do not believe it is when they are about to die." "it is now." "Next time:" "The World." "my betrothed!" "0000"