"the injured Masamune and the forces of Date sought shelter with Takeda in Kai." "An unforeseen disaster struck." "took Date's young retainers hostage." "in exchange." "Kojuurou Katakura heads alone to the great temple where Matsunaga is waiting." "follows after him." "Hand over the ransom!" "We'll deliver the hostages afterwards." "I'll put you to sleep." "Come." "They're nothing if I keep them from coordinating." "The Death God Squadron uses any means available." "We'll end everything quickly and quietly." "This is..." "Bewitching incense burner." "No need to worry." "Make your forces like ours." "Find replacements for those eliminated." "There's no way..." "I would do that!" "["JAP" by Abingdon Boys School] THANKS TO [gss] the trigger that severs our worldly desires." "feeling stepped on." "like it's crazy." "Nainen no kikan ga unari wo agerun da." "The engine's roar grows louder." "it goes on." "but before we grieve-- to the unknown future." "[Untamed...]" "[Untamed...] Wakiagaru netsu to-- A blazing fervor and-- [do not be dominated...] kusuburu tamashii ga-- smoldering spirit-- mune wo shimetsukeru-- are wrapped around my heart" "[Somewhere...]" "[Somewhere...] moeru hi no you ni." "like a burning flame." "I'll find my place." "I'm reaching for the sky!" "Hagane no kiba wo toge." "Sharpen your steel fangs." "rise your voice:" "I'm gonna live all my life untamed!" [Fight!" "Fight!" "]" "Things are getting more and more interesting." "I heard that the One-Eyed Dragon of Oushuu was injured and was seeking shelter in Kai. treasures that I've wanted for a long time." "To think that you are Date's retainers..." "I wouldn't have believed it unless you had told me." "Don't mess with us!" "Don't think that you'll get away unharmed after picking a fight with Oushuu!" "So hungry... 444)\be10}The Great Temple of Blood and Wind!" "Kojuurou in Desperate Straits be they foe or ally..." "It won't be long before you learn the hypocrisy in that." "You are nothing but cannon fodder from a country that might become their enemy tomorrow." "There is no way that the head of a country would offer his precious heirloom armour in exchange for you." "Kill us if you want to!" "We are prepared to die at any time!" "However... has already come rushing here in place of the injured One-Eyed Dragon." "Katakura-sama is..." "That's why I said that it's getting more interesting." "Takeda will ignore you and be forced to take action." "As long as he gets to absorb the Date Clan by using the alliance as an excuse." "Katakura-sama won't fall for such tricks!" "Oushuu will never ally with anyone!" "What you have now is pretty much an alliance. seeing how you took over the border guard duties from Takeda's forces?" "That was just gratitude for showing us hospitality..." "Takeda's food was tasty... both sides are probably in a dispute over whether they should hand over the Shieldess Armour." "There are no leaders who are willing to sacrifice their heirlooms to save those from other nations." "The Demon King of the Sixth Heaven... can deploy his forces to conquer it..." "What a joke." "Voicing your opinion without a thought for the future may be taken as hostility." "A moment may also arrive when discord breaks out between Takeda and Date." "No need to grieve." "You may serve an important role by showing them how foolish they are." "You will not have lived in vain." "Don't worry." "Death ends it all instantly." "You went all out torturing your horse." "Master?" "Good work on the long trip!" "Have a good rest." "Is the Shieldless Armour still intact?" "Don't worry." "Katakura-dono..." "Please be safe!" "Struggling to escape is a survival instinct." "Crying out loudly - that is the flower of life." "and say farewell." "I-I inhaled it!" "Don't be so surprised." "I bore with it until I got used to it." "why haven't you collapsed?" "come at me as if you're ready for death!" "Our plans are disrupted." "let's end everything with this." "I'll kill you!" "This is..." "The Miyoshi Triumvirate?" "I guess." "To think they wanted to kill the one who was bringing the ransom over..." "He breathed in quite a large amount of poison." "He'll be at a disadvantage when he reaches Matsunaga." "let's hurry." "I inhaled... too much of it?" "Hisahide Matsunaga..." "Nice to meet you." "I've been waiting for you." "I thought that you'd be brought here as a corpse." "But it looks like I shouldn't underestimate you." "am not called the Right Eye of the Dragon for nothing!" "Katakura-sama!" "we were tricked." "you can't do this!" "but you can't sacrifice the Captain's swords..." "I'll end everything soon!" "Stay there and wait a while more." "This is unexpected." "You actually brought the Six Claws over?" "Aren't you the one who wanted them?" "!" "The One-Eyed Dragon is such a benevolent man." "He willingly sacrificed his treasured swords for three pieces of cannon fodder." "Don't treat our forces like your own!" "There is no cannon fodder in the forces of Date!" "That is why I am prepared for the time when I must abandon my men." "Is that so? when the world is now in such a dangerous state?" "you should be fine abandoning your lowest-ranked soldiers at a time like this." "It's obvious..." "This isn't the place where they should die." "I know that it's impossible for us to fight to the very end without anyone dying." "However!" "I won't allow anyone to die pointlessly!" "That's how the Date do things!" "And that's also the will of Masamune-sama!" "Katakura-sama..." "Captain..." "I'll hand those to you first!" "Katakura-sama!" "You can't do that!" "You can't hand the soul of Date to someone like him!" "duel with me!" "return the hostages and the swords to me!" "If you still call yourself a warrior..." "I'll treat this as entertainment." "But this isn't enough." "I'm not open to negotiation unless you have both treasures." "That's all the Date Clan can offer!" "Negotiate with the Tiger of Kai if you want Takeda's armour! there's no way he would sacrifice his heirloom." "wait!" "Takeda's heirloom is here if you're looking for it!" "Sanada!" "I'm Yukimura Genjirou Sanada!" "I'm here as my Lord's representative!" "This is the Shieldless Armour that is handed down in the Takeda Clan of Kai." "This is the real thing!" "Hisahide Matsunaga-dono!" "I didn't think that I would obtain these two treasures... so easily." "It's the end now that I have all that I want." "Katakura-sama!" "Sasuke!" "He..." "You were soundly defeated." "there is no tougher adversary than the Right Eye of the Dragon attacking him from his right." "It isn't something to laugh about." "he purposely avoided directly hitting your wound." "You have a precious retainer." "you let Yukimura Sanada go?" "Isn't the armour the Takeda family's..." "It's needed there now." "one who ignores trifling matters will achieve nothing grand." "the ones to bring an end to the Warring States and begin a new era will be you young ones." "and yet always exerts his great influence over the world." "You can tell?" "Hisahide Matsunaga is the only general who has confronted Oda and survived." "He was made the Demon King's subordinate." "One could view this as a plan by the Demon King to divert our attention." "that's likely not the case." "How do you know?" "I don't think that he would obey the Demon King." "Then why did the Demon King let him live?" "but it's probably that he wants to try keeping a rare little cuckoo in a cage." "One-Eyed Dragon." "We need you." "Old man Takeda." "I'll express my gratitude on the battlefield." "let's have a fight with the capital at stake." "He'll want that too." "All right." "two..." "Both man and matter repeat a cycle of creation and destruction." "don't resist your temptation." "Seize and admire it." "destroy it however you like." "Matsunaga!" "You can leave now." "The hostages you came to rescue are no longer around." "It's pointless to fight with me." "You seem to be in an extremely bad mood." "What made you so angry?" "I got what I wanted." "That's all." "I'll teach you how to open the gate to Hell." "Katakura-dono." "You want my life?" "Fine." "Follow your desire and seize it." "That's... the truth of the world!" "I can't sense any passion from these soldiers." "I haven't faced anything like them before!" "They are just a bunch who were bought over with money." "There won't be any loyal retainers among them!" "Matsunaga!" "You're just acting like a spoilt brat!" "you're worse than trash!" "It's hard to believe." "But you think you have a chance of winning against me in your current state?" "What?" "!" "The Incense of Death in Agony." "It's a poison based on a secret formula." "Its fatal effects are amplified in your body when it mixes with the poison you inhaled earlier." "You can't win!" "Katamura-dono!" "Master." "Sasuke!" "You are unharmed?" "Who do you think I am?" "it was a little dangerous. they will find it hard to survive against the demon who consumes everything..." "Much less conquer the land... no?" "I grow tired of your rambling!" "Master Katakura!" "They are bombs with the antidote in them!" "Breathe in deeply!" "Hisahide Matsunaga!" "A single ray of light in the darkness of night!" "but you will eventually rot." "everything will return to emptiness." "We won't rot away meaninglessly." "We'll leave behind traces that we were once alive." "Even if it's something without form." "There are no treasures that one can bring to Nirvana." "Don't worry." "You are heading straight to Hell." "Wait there for us." "I will." "It's a temporary farewell..." "Right Eye of the Dragon!" "I'm indebted to you." "It's nothing..." "I'm sure you are filled with regret..." "What a disgrace." "I was only concerned about saving myself..." "That's..." "Master Katakura!" "Ma-tsu-na-ga!" "Bastard!" "Don't think that we'll die so easily!" "Drop as many bombs as you want on us!" "We won't hand the Captain's swords over!" "You guys..." "Katakura-sama!" "Where's that bastard?" "!" "Um... could it be that..." "Everything is already settled?" "Yeah." "I'm hungry." "How..." "Unbelievable..." "Katakura-sama." "This is a disgrace." "You guys did well." "right?" "This isn't where we should die!" "We won't die until the Captain has conquered the lands." "that's right." "I think I've slimmed down." "Look at how much weight I've lost." "Are you an idiot?" "This is great." "The real treasure is..." "Matsunaga died?" "he was a man confined to his house and living only by my Lord Protector of Kazusa's grace." "why did you allow him to live till now?" "Because he was interesting." "what is Mitsuhide doing?" "About him." "He is finalizing the arrangements to shatter the alliance of the eastern countries." "He is going to start with Mikawa." "I see." "and JagatNaruto chi ga karehateru made susumu." "I'll keep moving 'til the earth rots and dies." "Tooi sora kara kaeru hikari mo-- The light returning from the distant sky-- kono muri atari kie chitteku." "shines and scatters about this body." "Araburu hadou wo uchi ni kakaeteku-- Holding a violent pulse within-- nigirishimeta te no uzuki wa daremo-- no one needs to know-- shiru hazu naku." "the throbbing in my clenched fist." "break and peace. hikari wo tomosu tame ima koso." "Now is the time we shine a light." "Buchikowase fate and fear." "Crush fate and fear." "Umare motta shoudou de-- With these urges I was born with-- subete wo tsukamitore ima sugu tada-- I grab everything and now-- shinjitsu wo te ni." "the truth alone is in my hands." "483)\be20}[The Tiger of Kai Dies at Midaigawa] 275)\fs40\bord4\be20}[Next Episode]" "My beautiful blade... please continue to dance gracefully." "who are so lovely." "Earnestly."