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- Let's give the Lord a chance now... to rebuild your long-serving home...

It was only about three months before this that a single letter was delivered to a man, who was living a day of disappointment as if he were dead in Kyushu.

At that moment when I saw the script, a drop of hope crept into the man's dry heart.

"Home of the Long Sect... Rehabilitation..."

When I actually uttered that word, it seemed to him that he could also feel the dokun and the hot blood pulsating and starting to flow.

His thought, which was at the same time dull, slowly cleared up as it dropped its rust to grind the blade with a grinding wheel.

Then to the grey eyes, the colour came back.

Strangely enough, when thoughts return, so do emotions.

And the day when he was smitten, and hatred when he was smitten was tormented, and he turned his breast about, and he managed to see it.

That's what left me...

"If I rebuild my long-serving home with this hand... my parents will always be happy..."

Too pure ambition...

In his mind there was none, such as his own birth.

There was only the future of a person named "Long Sect Senior Parent" in it.

This man's name is Kubu Naoto...

He was the one who fanatically loved his long-serving grandparents...

"Genuine Hondo... Genuine Hondo..."

That's an abominable name for him. But at the same time, it was the name that gave salvation…

Because…

Because the light of hope that he has in his hands is filled with genuine Hondo...

After receiving the letter, he went up to Kyo.

So he waited for time.

In other words, I waited for an "opportunity" from Honta Genuine.

And...

The time has finally come.

The reward brought again from Honta Genuine...

It's...

- Tadashi Okubo.

It was...

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Celebration 11 (1606) March 30 (approx. 2: 00 pm) -

Little flat outside the town of Edo.

"Say what! What are you doing!!

Tasuke, who was put in so that he could be thrown away inside the house, shouted so at the big few men.

But the men don't change their niggling faces. And one of them, when he grabbed his hair rampantly, brought that face much closer.

"If you spare your life, you're making a big deal out of it."

Even in the man's awesome tone, Tasuke was not frightened.

"Why did you do that?!?

"It's bait... bait to fish for something bigger..."

"I say something bigger!

To the words of Taisuke, at that moment when the man tried to answer, a man sitting quietly behind the room told him to blur and crush.

"Don't talk unnecessarily..."

The man, who was in the midst of the crude men and was about to run his mouth on the words of the man, who clearly had a different atmosphere, held his mouth.

And as he came all the way to Taisuke's side, he stuck the knife in his hand to Taisuke's throat.

"Hey... what the fuck..."

Even Taisuke, who didn't break his temper, just blued his face when he was shown a sharp, glowing blade in front of him.

And the man shook off the blade quickly.

- Billy!!

The sound of tearing Tasuke's clothes apart in the room sounds.

But the blade didn't even reach Tasuke's body.

Tasuke opened his mouth to so much fear that he had nothing more to do than stare at the man in front of him, but the man remained a ruthless expression.

And the man cleaves some of the clothes handily,

"Take this..."

and let one of the crude men have it.

When the light plunges into the bare house, the side of that ruthless looking man is revealed.

It's...

He was the immediate vicinity of the former chief minister, Kubu Kin Naoku...

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I was Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who was traveling with Tadashi Okubo around Odawara Town to find Taisuke who disappeared, but there was no sighting of Taisuke anywhere.

Of all the children who lived in Okubo Mansion to be hidden, only Taisuke left the Mansion like every day, they were playing tricks around, and still, people heard that Taisuke was gone, and they all looked round and worried. But strangely, only his sightings never came out.

We decided to go back to Okubo Mansion once without a clue.

Loyalty, "I can't bother you any more with the Minister of Toyotom-right," but I didn't want to imitate getting off the boat I boarded, so until after the beginning of the response, I decided to go along with the search for Taisuke.

"Totally... I told you not to walk that far on your own..."

When we returned to the front of Okubo Mansion, Hirohiko Okubo, who was looking for a different place, complained but with a harsh look on his face, just returned.

In front of the gate is Tadashi Okubo, who heard the noise and came out of the mansion, and his loyal wife, and the appearance of the apple. The faces were all uniformly blue.

"It's about that evil. You must be hiding somewhere trying to deceive us... don't worry..."

And, loyalty strengthens, but the tone doesn't feel lavish until earlier, and he still seems to have a bad feeling in his heart, too.

… and it was then.

It caught my eye that a few men, obviously unfamiliar, approached me as I nibbled.

In the hand of one of them, a piece of cloth is cut.

I had no idea what that was.

But the moment Hiroshigami saw it...

"Heh heh!! I lost Tasuke somewhere!

And I grabbed it on the man's chest.

But the man has a cold gaze as he looks down at Hiroshigami without moving.

And just like his gaze, he told him in a terribly ruthless tone.

"I'm alone... Tadashi Okubo comes alone. In a flat on the western outskirts, a cradle of clothes awaits.

Don't bring the wrong number of people.

If you do that, I don't think there's any life for you.

In exchange for the life of one person, if you were afraid of the cuteness of your life, how would it look to the public...

Besides, if the complexity of the distortion were to be scattered...

Kuku... Ha ha!

Tadashi Okubo, it's over!

Ha ha!

Hey! Come on, let go of that hand!!

Whoa, whoa!

When a man rambles the Hinko Gate, he puts on his ass cake. Still, he kept staring at the man.

Of course, the men didn't even show that they cared about his gaze or anything like that, and they just disappeared.

We were all left with something equally dangerous on our faces, not least to silence ourselves for a while, but just to stand up to the place. But if there were six of us in front of the gate like this, we would have entered Okubo Mansion once with a loyal suggestion that we were concerned we would have caught an extra eye.

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When we returned to Okubo Mansion, we knelt down again in the guest room and began our negotiations.

It should be noted that at that time, in a word of loyalty that says, "You can't involve your stomach any more," the two loyal wives and the apple are dropping back into a separate room.

"Father! We should all go help Taisuke by talking to the town service!

It was Daikubo Tadashi who cut out the conversation first. Desperately advances next door as he embarks on himself.

But loyalty didn't immediately nod "yeah". That's probably because there's a problem with Tasuke's identity, and I thought so. I heard about him.

Then it seems that there is a little difficulty in Tasuke's character.

Of course, Taisuke doesn't have a problem with himself.

The former said he was from the Three Rivers Country, but his father was made to self-harm after being convicted of disturbances all over the house. Since then, all his family members have been banished from Mitsugawa, so he has flown to Edo with his still young mother.

Apparently the mother was also chased after Edo after leaving her young Taisuke out of her husband's sins.

In other words, if Tasuke's qualities were exposed to the Edo Town service, instead of helping him, he would be praised for the fact that those who kidnapped Tasuke captured the sinners.

More importantly, the Okubo family would have been covering up the sinners, and the sins must be disputed.

In other words, it showed that it was difficult to appeal to the town service.

Thinking about it, the Okubo family alone has to put it away. However, if you head to a place designated by a large number of people on your front porch, it will immediately follow your eyes. Besides, there will be no guarantee of Tasuke's life.

If so, the answer is one thing at a time…

There was nothing better than going to the place alone.

After this, I felt like we'd all be worried about what to do.

But...

The prediction is a word from Hiroshigami, and it will come off brilliantly.

What is that one word...

"I'll go to Tasuke alone."

Everyone on the spot looked at Hiroshigami with a surprised look.

Without our gaze or anything like that, Hiroshigami continues.

"It wasn't this me who started hiding Taisuke and the others if you asked me the original question. Do something about the seeds you sow yourself."

"But it was this loyalty that brought those taisukes into this mansion. Besides, they're gonna nominate me.

If you send your uncle in the middle of an enemy to your own cuteness, be ashamed to be the owner of the Okubo family.

I'll still be here. "

A loyal neighbor protests against Hiroshigami and tells him that he is going alone.

This is going to be a willingness tension between two people again: Loyalty and Hiroshigami...

But Hiroshigami urged his neighbor with a low voice that stood ready to burn.

"O Loyal Neighbour… After this the Lord will have come up with the role of entertaining the Right Minister of the Toyotomi in the castle.

If you feared temporary shame and risked your life, that would be the shame of the last generation.

As the owner of the Okubo family, your Lord will strive to do his work.

I strive to do my job. "

"But..."

Still remorseful lip-crushing neighbor. That's what Hiroshigami said to him with a little loudness.

And...

The words were exactly like clearing the fog for me when I was worried about my way of life ahead of me, touching the great love of my stepfather, Hideyoshi Tokugawa.

"Protect anything you decide to protect once and for all! That's what a true samurai is!

I'm not the only one. Both loyalty and loyalty have a hazy look on their words.

And before anyone could say anything, Hiroshigami stood up and turned his back on us.

"Loyalty, and loyalty. Your lords have decided to defend this Okubo family to the last generation.

I decided to protect Tasuke and the cops.

Let me penetrate my will as my samurai. "

At the same time as I finished saying the words, I walked out to Yin Left Gate. Loyalty and loyalty had turned too bright a red eye of remorse, but at last he never spoke up.

And, finally, Hinko Gaemen, who laid his hands on the wax, said one last word.

"Before you leave the mansion, I'll borrow a straw."

And I left the room behind.

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Time was the application (about 4 pm), and while outside was wet by the rain that had fallen out at some point, in that room one woman was wetting her cheeks with tears.

It was an apple. Next to it, Hirohiko Okubo left the guest room saying, "I'm going to Kawawa".

Before he left the mansion, he told the writer of his readiness and entrusted him with the children left behind.

"Ohrin... don't cry. If anything happens to me, your Lord must protect the children."

"But... but Master Hiroshigami. In this situation, not to cry is a harsh conversation for an old man... Ugh..."

When the sobbing voice of the apple came into the room, Hiroshigami softly took her head off.

"I'm sorry that you didn't seem to keep that promise while I told you that the Lord would find you the happiest place to marry in Japan."

In the words, the apple shook his neck desperately beside him.

And she raised her face and stared at Hiroshigami in an attempt to reveal her secret thoughts.

"The origami... about Hiroshigami-sama..."

But Hiroshigami didn't let him say it until the end.

"Sorry, Vagina.

It's not that busy, depression doesn't go up, and I've been hanging out with a man who was old enough to be middle-aged for a long time...

From now on, think about your happiness. "

"Ugh... Dear Hiroshigami..."

Hiroshigami turned his back on the apple.

And it was the last time I spoke on that back.

"You lords have nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone lives happily ever after. So...

So keep your chest up and live.

So long, master. "

Yes, Hirohiko Okubo was already ready at this time.

If you leave here, you will have no more life...

To the grievous determination of such a man, the officer was none other than to sob and drop him off, just staring at his back.

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"What Lord...? I don't think Tadashi Okubo is next door..."

The place is a flat outside Edo.

One of them, Okubohiko Left Gate, came.

In a small room, but about ten tenacious men consolidate the front and rear of the Hiroshima Gate.

Still, Hiroshigami was tied behind his back and had already lost his body freedom.

And in one corner of that room was the figure of Tasuke, who had his hands and feet tied and monkeyed.

In the deepest part of that room, quietly tucked away is Kubu's direct. He was the head among the men.

Because all the men who surrounded Hiroshigami were bushes who had no public place to serve, and Kubu's relatives hired them for money near Edo.

And close relatives Kubu don't know about Tadashi Okubo. He was merely faithfully carrying out what was instructed by Honta Genuine.

However, after completing this task, the parents believed that the reconstruction of the long-serving family would take a long way, and for that reason they were prepared to do no dirty work.

Hiroshigami named Hiroshigami out loud against his parents looking at Hiroshigami strangely.

"I'm Tadashi Okubo-hikomen! My nephew is next door! And this Tasuke stays with me!

It will not be my loyalty, but my coming to pick up Taisuke!

Come on, I came here alone like I promised! Let's get Taisuke back!

The parent who hears it slowly approaches Hinko Gate.

And when I stood a little distance from him, I said in a pale tone, unchanged.

"My loyal uncle...? Fair enough.

If you want to hear this, I'm not interested in the Lord. You'll be free soon enough. "

"So what's that you want to hear?

Parents who breathed one thing into the question asked with a lower voice.

"Is it true that the Okubo family is planning to keep the sinners in the mansion without permission and not draw a bow to General Tokugawa's house when the time comes...?

As soon as he heard it, the face of Hiroshigami became as harsh as Shura's.

"I'm kidding!! Such a make up, whose mouth did you hear it from!!?

There's a thunderous Yanko Gate voice in the room, but his parental expression doesn't even work with Pickle.

"This is the one you're asking. Yanzhigamen Palace.

Come on, answer me. "

"Nothing like that!!

Of course, Hiroshigami rejects it clearly. But my parents never pulled it off.

"Well... then... do it..."

When he gave instructions to a strong man nearby, the man stiffened his fist as he followed.

"Hey... what are you doing..."

Yes, it was the moment when Hiroshigami blued his face.

- Dgowong!!

And the iron-like fist of a man penetrated deeply into the belly of Hiroshigami.

"Guuuuuuu!!

Unexpectedly, Hiroshigami's face is distorted into pain.

His parents, who were staring at the condition, inquired in a pale tone.

"Let's hear it again. Isn't the Okubo family planning to hide the sinner in its mansion and pull a bow on General Edo's house?

Compulsory Confession...

If the Okubo family confessed to the plot to rebel, the Okubo family would have to follow the path of leg loss.

That was the direct aim of Kubu's parents.

Shortly after he inquired, he said with no expression to Hiroshigami.

"Spit up quickly and make it easier.

In that case, someone called Tasuke who is here... and someone who is at Okubo Mansion don't have to see the pain. "

Hiroshigami's face was distorted by another agony in the words. But without waiting for his words, his parents gave instructions to the men.

"Do it..."

- Don't!! Don!!

Now several men hurt Hiroshigami.

I just have to watch that. Tasuke already said in tears, "Ugh! Ugh!" he said, leaking groans from his mouth, but he didn't leave anyone behind.

He was a direct parent who continued to ask the exact same question afterwards, but Hiroshigami never shook his neck vertically.

Each time he continued to be assaulted by the men, he finally lost his mind. But still, parents can't possibly forgive it.

When the water was bashed on him like that, he woke up.

And his parents kept their faces close and whispered against Hinko Gate, who was quiet without all the strength of his body.

"... With that said, the Okubo Mansion seems to have the daughter of Takeda Fuyukiyasu hidden in it?

Speaking of Fuyuki Takeda, he is the younger brother of Shingen Takeda, who was executed as the great sinner under heaven who has tormented Lord Tokugawa for many years...

Being that daughter is also a great sinner...

If you're teasing someone like that, I just think you're up to something with the old Takeda crowd who have a grudge against Tokugawa...

If the Lord will not vomit, let him vomit. "

"Ya... don't..."

"It might also be interesting for a woman to kill every sinner hidden in the mansion in front of her until she throws up..."

"Stop..."

"The woman... I'm sure I heard her name... did you say an old man or something..."

"Stop, whoa!!

Finally, Hiroshigami shouted, but he doesn't listen to his body already. It was full of parenting the face of its ghostly shape.

But...

It couldn't have reached his parents straight, such as the cry of the heart of Hiroshigami.

Because he "rebuilds the Long Sect House" only has that one thought in mind and is obsessed to the point of being unusual only in fulfilling his mandate.

And...

Kubu's direct spearhead has changed...

"Hey! Lord! Gather them all!! We're out of here now!!

"Stop..."

"I'll just keep two watchmen in this room!

You will never kill Hirohiko Okubo and Tasuke to have them still working as witnesses!

"Stop..."

"As soon as everyone gets together, we're heading to Okubo Mansion!!

Now in response to Hideyoshi Toyotomi, many of the people in the mansion should be serving in the castle!!

Now is a great opportunity to uncover their injustice!!

"Stop! Whoa!

"Loud!!

- Gatsch!!

Once again, Hiroshigami lost consciousness when his parents kicked Hiroshigami's jaw up as much as they wanted.

And after a while...

Already in the dark night, Kubu's relatives, who had taken a group of wanderers to a dozen people, proceeded to the quiet town of Edo towards Okubo Mansion.