"Father!" "Father!" "Someone!" "Hey!" "Anyone!" "Call a physician!" "now!" "Is no one here?" "!" "I'm sorry!" "I'd like some hot water along with as many clean cloths as you can spare." "Understood." "Nobu..." "Mitsu." "The assailant cannot have gone far." "Was he sent by Takeda or Uesugi?" "Mitsu?" "What happened?" "Mitsu?" "Nobukatsu-sama has..." "Nobukatsu?" "What about him?" "Nobukatsu-sama has passed away..." "Nobukatsu." "Why?" "He looks at peace." "What brother would leave his older brother behind?" "!" "You are far greater a fool than I!" "Dammit!" "Dammit!" "What tragedy..." "Nobukatsu-sama!" "Is the killer still at large?" "I am sorry." "I have deployed ten platoons around the castle perimeter." "they will search our borders—" "Don't bother." "I am sure he has already left our lands." "It's my fault." "Because I'm worthless and Himiko are all..." "Oda Nobunaga is the fool everyone makes him out to be!" "Nobunaga..." "Ichihime-sama." "Mitsuhide?" "Why not rest awhile?" "I will watch over Nobukatsu-sama." "No... at least tonight." "Mitsuhide." "my lady?" "How long will these war-torn days last?" "but Brother told me that he will bring an end to the chaos." "Yes..." "Please lend him your strength." "Mitsuhide have always been prepared to lay down my life for Nobunaga-sama!" "What is the matter?" "For you." "I couldn't do anything..." "I thought you were here to determine whether he is fit to be the Savior-King." "If only I was stronger..." "Nobuhide and Nobukatsu might still live." "Does that bother you?" "Wait." "There is no need for that." "Your demeanor says it all." "How often you blink how you sound how you center yourself..." "They all indicate unshakable resolve." "Thank you for the tea." "This is... why did you kill Lord Oda Nobuhide?" "Customer service." "The Takeda clan is an important business partner to our Star of the West." "It's a service to arrive without introduction and kill my archenemy by taking him unawares?" "amass wealth and gain dominion?" "we sell you technology to help you fortify your military." "It's give-and-take." "if you will." "it's a complicated business." "I see the abacus suits you more than the sword." "I am a stubborn man." "I will not accept help from a guest in dealing with politics at home." "Look at Caesar's face." "It's good medicine." "He thinks everyone else is a fool." "the blood of vengeful samurai will pour forth!" "How exciting!" "Scary." "So exciting!" "It must have been the Takeda's doing!" "They have taken both Nobuhide-sama as well!" "How dare they?" "!" "The Takeda must be destroyed!" "It shall be a war of vengeance!" "the Takeda are not the only suspects." "as well." "But why would they come all the way to Owari?" "Perhaps to play us against the Takeda." "I believe the perpetrators have not gone far." "What is the basis of this belief?" "Mitsu." "What do you think?" "Mitsu!" "Well..." "I believe the Takeda are the ones we should first suspect given the situation." "then." "Decided?" "What's been decided?" "I will ask Lord Shingen who struck down Himiko and Nobukatsu." "What?" "!" "That's..." "Are you insane?" "I have no idea." "I'm a fool." "This is no time for jokes." "it may start a battle." "you may lose your head." "Don't get me wrong." "I'm not going to start a fight." "I'm just going to talk." "too." "Monkey!" "When'd you learn to pilot this ship?" "I just asked those girls... though it wasn't cheap." "it seems this is our current juncture." "The Hierophant... the teacher of secret knowledge." "What does this card signify?" "and Nobunaga the learner?" "That would not make for a very entertaining banquet." "The Fool is moving out!" "Good luck." "I wonder how Lord Shingen will respond." "Ranmaru." "How did you know?" "you smell of orchids." "Want some?" "I'm fine." "Well?" "Why are you here?" "I... no matter." "A white flag?" "Oda Nobunaga." "He seeks audience with Lord Shingen!" "I serve you." "I will follow you anywhere." "Very well!" "Nobunaga-dono." "I am delighted to be so honored." "What manner of man rides right into his enemy's ranks?" "That hair..." "A woman?" "what is your business with me?" "I'd like to ask you a question." "Nobukatsu?" "Silence!" "Nobunaga!" "What is your answer?" "!" "I did no such thing." "I see." "Ranmaru." "What?" "My business here is done." "Lord Shingen is not the one who tried to kill me." "What?" "How do you know?" "It's written all over his face." "He thinks he can crush Oda without such cowardly tactics." "I presume your advisors are in an uproar." "You came here to defuse the situation and establish order." "You've seen right through me." "Achieving unity among one's advisors is no easy task." "men are your castle walls"?" "You have guts!" "I like it!" "But my reputation would be ruined if I were to let you leave." "bring sake!" "It was inevitable." "then." "with honor do battle!" "What?" "!" "Why?" "!" "You said you were only here to talk!" "How can I face such a warrior and leave without engaging him in battle?" "!" "There is no need to intervene." "my lord!" "Understood?" "!" "my lord!" "I am Takeda Shingen infused with the" "Great Spirit of Suou!" "son of Oda Nobuhide!" "The Fool!" "I request a duel!" "Fool-brat!" "Takeda Shingen!" "My lord!" "Trample that Nobunaga fool into dust!" "Don't feel so bad about Nobuhide-dono." "Such things happen in war-torn times!" "It was inevitable." "It was just his time!" "Amazing..." "How oppressive." "Caesar?" "Will you just let them be?" "who knows?" "Be as fast as the wind!" "be like fire!" "Nobunaga!" "be my strength!" "Be as lightning!" "My lord!" "I can't see!" "Clear the air!" "There's no mistake!" "This is a massive shift in the ley line!" "The harmony of the universe will activate the Regalia and cause the very quanta to tremble." "Shingen-sama!" "My lord!" "you can't see anything." "That Oda brawler isn't bad." "Shingen...." "Nobunaga..." "I never expected to meet any but Kenshin who deserved my full attention!" "How joyous!" "Men should look closely if they have not seen the other for three days!" "I'm not the same man I was yesterday!" "I have dreamed of world domination for many moons." "a great fool— the Great Spirit of Suou seems to harbor a great love of nonsense." "Wrong!" "You should thank that Great Spirit of yours for the great honor of having fought who will rule heaven and earth!" "you fool!" "old man!" "A two-headed dragon has been born on the Star of the East as though the old and the new now interlock." "Their secret truth is beknownst only to..." "Prepare yourself!" "I have lost." "great fool." "Regalia of fire..." "You have done well." "I hereby release you from our bond of blood." "Serve Oda Nobunaga henceforth." "Go forth and obtain heaven and earth." "You are a true man among men." "will carry on your will." "Regalia of wind your will also accept Nobunaga as your new mast—" "Shingen!" "shall we?" "You bastard!" "Caesar!" "Here you go." "Got it!" "Imps?" "Damn!" "Ranmaru!" "Now!" "Oda Nobunaga!" "Shingen!" "Damn it!" "My lord..." "What sorrow..." "I saw the fool of Oda strike Lord Shingen in the back then flee!" "Oda Nobunaga must not be forgiven!" "shall avenge his death at any cost!" "Right!" "We must do battle for vengeance!" "We will avenge our lord without fail!" "and beautiful women..." "All to be mine... or so it should have been." "Next time:" "Wands." "I will show you my chivalry." "0000"