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Celebrating 11 years (1606) December 20 (d) -
Takasaka Makuchi woke up at the usual time and went to wash his face. This habit has been the same for him since he was a young child, and he continues without indispensability even on days when exceptions are likely to freeze.
This day is also cold enough to cool the core of your body in the morning. But when he came to Negijo's kitchen in thin clothes, he shrugged water from the water bottle there and bathed it in his face.
And after this facial wash, I decide to go back to my room and meditate.
Here he remembers every day.
his' dreams'...
That was at a very young age when I was still running around Noyama… in years, in March of Tianzheng XIII (1585).
That is, two years have passed since Nobunaga Oda was killed by Akechi Mitsuhide's murder blade, and with Komaki's role over, Hideyoshi Hanzawa (later about Hideyoshi Toyotomi) was finally entrusted with the whereabouts of the heavens.
Hideyoshi Hanzai dares to attack Kishu as part of the creation of a new order.
It also implicitly stipulated the rule of the temple Buddha's Palace as "inviolable", so to speak, it had a strong significance as a show to the heavens that the Hanzai family, which is a martial family, is at ease. That is, at this time, it was the battle to control the roots and miscellaneous games that boasted the greatest territory and force of the temple.
Regarding the attack on Ota Castle, a request for cooperation had been received from Osaka… i.e. Hideyoshi Hanzai from the Koga crowd.
Of course, requests for cooperation from the Osaka side were repeatedly made to Koga before this. However, the Tarao family, one of the 53 Koga families, has given priority to cooperation with the Tokugawa family over the Hanzai family after participating in the success of the Tokugawa family.
A year before this, in the role of Komaki, there was also a violent clash between the Hanzai and Tokugawa families, and Koga people did not take an active part in the Kishu conquest in Osaka, which began approximately two years ago.
It goes without saying that this was completely uninteresting to Hideyoshi Hanzai.
In that regard, let's say that the Igas, with their forces over a mountain from Koga, stood well together.
They sent one of the Igakami Ninja families named Masayoshi Hattori to the side of the Tokugawa family to consolidate their status, while also responding to requests from Hideyoshi Hanzai individually.
This is how the difference was made with the Iga people, who entrust much of their decision to the "individual" over the Koga people, who prioritize their decision as an "organization".
However, their position became rapidly suspicious when the Koga crowd reconciled with the next generation of heavenly men, Jiayang Tokugawa, in the form of joining Hideyoshi Hanzai's umbrella.
- You can no longer make the wrong choice...
This idea was hidden in the chest of everyone in the Koga crowd, and he felt unspeakable anxiety about the complexion of the adults, with something dangerous, even within the young Takasaka Hiranuchi.
The requests for cooperation made by Osaka in this context were, in other words, highly meaningful ones such as "threats" and "final notices". What is its contents…
- For Miscellaneous's attack on Ota Castle, make a huge embankment. In doing so, throw in all Koga's possessions and cooperate.
That was the thing.
It should be noted that this Ota Castle is a fortress with water in mind, and for Miscellaneous Games it could be said to be the last line of request. Hideyoshi Hanzai was trying to create a vast embankment around its Ota Castle and dare anyone under the heavens to marvel and terrorize the Hanzai family by "attacking Hideyoshi Ota Castle with water, protected by water".
The Koga people were about to be forced to cooperate in making the embankment. Besides, they were ordered to spend all their possessions.
In response to this request, it was not difficult to imagine that the Koga people would cooperate as a single rock, and the adults of each parent, known as the Koga Fifty-Three, had repeated intense discussions at night.
As a matter of course, "dedicate everything you can have to Tsukima Haneda (later about Hideyoshi Toyotomi)," although the opinions dominated, some of them were the same as Kaota Rightfuku's, such as "inflicting a ruthless attack on the temple. There must be a hammer coming down from heaven. Upon becoming so, don't fight along with roots and miscellaneous" beginnings and ends that pop up to radical opinions.
But they had no time left for reflection.
Only five days after the request was made, the Koga crowd was gathered as part of the Osaka side until they could see Oda Castle far away.
At this time, Hiranuchi Takasaka was still young and had not participated in the construction of the embankment.
But only the upside still clearly remembers.
It's...
- He collapsed from where Koga made it and the water leaked...
- It seems that Koga will be blamed for painting mud on a major cause that has put the Yuchai family's prestige on him.
Such was the voice of war-torn anxiety among the adults.
As the saying goes, part of the embankment surrounding Oda Castle was decimated before water was poured into the embankment, but it was the Koga people in charge there.
Not sure whether the decision was made intentionally or not, but Hideyoshi Hayashi literally blushed and freaked out that it had taken the form of being watered down by exalted warfare.
And what the adults feared will finally become a reality...
That was before this summer...
- The Koga people shall give all their territory to the Hanzai family. From now on, let us live as people who cultivate farmland!
was that a ruthless proclamation was made that
This is how "Koga Yura" happened to future generations.
Regardless, through the Tarao family, he sought an intercession against the Tokugawa family, but the ruling was not overshadowed, and they all let go of the land they had defended from generation to generation, in uniform tears.
It goes without saying that Hiranuchi Takasaka and his family were one of them.
But his father could not abandon his pride as a Koga ninja. It was one of the so-called "Koga Ancients".
Their families had no land to cultivate, they 'dreamed' of standing up and wandered the country.
What awaited them, however, was a more harsh fate. In other words, he was lost to the society of 'darkness', and he was no longer guaranteed that himself only in 'darkness'.
And if we continue with such work, there will be many enemies at some point.
There was no quarrel between those from Koga in there, or rarely in the darkness, and every time I heard of it, Hiranuchi Takasaka was heartbroken.
And finally, that's when...
And Takasaka Hiranuchi's father and mother were buried, and Takasaka Hiranuchi, and his young sister were left behind, without anyone knowing them in the darkness.
Afterwards, Hiranuchi Takasaka dropped himself into what could be termed the darkness of the abyss even in the darkness… that is, the society of bandits, just to live.
- I want to return to my home in the light...
That was his' dream '.
He does not have such great ambitions as that all of the Koga Ninjas regain that position.
It was simply that he wanted to live happily in his hometown, like those young days when everyone was laughing in Koga's hometown.
But what it meant was that he had to get out of this darkness on his own.
That's about to happen...
He was so sure. For this reason, only once had I decided to wet my bloody blade with Hidekang Nobushiro's blood.
Then why did he do so, and seek light?
The man who gave the answer came to the right side of the room without making a sound as he continued his meditation.
"Brother... the morning is ready."
That was the voice of a thin woman. Takasaka Hiranuchi, who opened his eyes all the time, answered the voice with a gentle voice.
"Mm-hmm. I'm going now"
Hiranuchi Takasaka replied so briefly and went outside the room. Then there was a young woman who spoke earlier on her knees. Sure, it's a beautiful face, but there was no expression there, and he looked up at him with colorless eyes. Still, he stared at her as loving and called the name.
"Yuri... your Lord come with me"
She nodded and followed Hiranuchi Takasaka's back with a white face like Sasayuri.
This woman named Yuri is the sister of Hiranuchi Takasaka who was left with him.
She used to laugh and be a beloved girl by the time she was in her hometown.
But it was from the day they saw their father and mother murdered tragically, after Koga Yura had happened, that they had lost colour in their faces.
Hiranuchi Takasaka has desperately protected and raised her like that. I have spared no effort in instilling his affection. But still, there was no smile coming back from her face.
Yes...
"Dreams" in Hiranuchi Takasaka...
Its source is…
- I'll make sure to get Yuri's smile back in his hometown.
It was not an exaggeration to say that it was just this point.
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Same day at the hour (approximately 8 a.m.) -
Around that time, the city of Nagahama began to flourish.
Only one room in the Inn with Misty Hidden Talents was secluded as if it were midnight.
Because they were in that room moving around the night before, and spending only a few hours in their dreams to rest until the next action was taken.
But there was one among them who was waiting now or now and then.
It was Akane, the only woman in this room.
She was resting easily, but gathering all her nerves into two of them, Misty Hidden Talent and Tenzo, who were on her back.
And at last she could not contain that the time had come, that the corner of her mouth would rise every second.
"At that time," that is, "when Misty Hidden Talent Zone and Shitokuzo completely fell asleep".
Wait for it, there was still something left for her to do, but she didn't even know it was dew, and the two people on her back were resting quietly.
There is another person in this room, Sanho Izo, who suffered a great deal of injuries, but he is no longer in a coma and even breathes so he won't have to worry about it.
Now once she listens to her talent and Tenzo breathing.
From the faint sound coming into that ear, it meant their sleep was quite profound.
- This shouldn't happen so easily.
Though so sure, she wakes herself up softly with great care.
And now I decided to check on them with those eyes.
I jumped into that eye...
It was like they totally fell asleep...
Standing up sukuri, she laughs once again niggling and showers her cold gaze at them.
- Huff... this could be the last dream you'll ever dream of. Now have a good night.
Yes, when I spoke in my heart, I left the room without even making any noise to open it.
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Naturally, it's in the middle of winter and the day, the air and the hallway are cold.
But just like the day before, she never cared about that or anything else, but rather blushed her cheeks with excitement and proceeded early enough to the place of destination.
Finally, we reached the place where it was intended… that is, her transmitting role, calling in a man with a great wound to his forehead, to the toilet (Kawaya).
- Lynn...
Ring the bell that had him lurking in his waistband and quickly remove the paper and arrow stand.
And running thin letters to even flow on that paper, he said, "Today, not yet. The other two said they'd sneak in to get their people back. Anyone with a back wound will end here," he wrote quickly.
- Huff... now you have five pieces of silver left, so you can get them tomorrow.
Things When it comes to money, you make an innocent smile that even feels loving. Unexpectedly, with her face intact, she waited for the one to come.
But...
The opponent never showed up for long.
- Lynn...
"I guess I didn't hear you," she wondered, not even thinking about it heavily, ringing the bell again.
But even with the sound of the bell, the man in the transmitting role never showed himself.
- Lynn...
The bell rings in the cold sky again. But it just disappeared into a clear sky with a vain aftertaste.
At this time…
Finally, she realized something a long time ago.
- Oh no! Have you noticed...!
Yes, I changed my complexion and I revived it. I jumped into that eye...
"How'd it go? It doesn't seem like I'm adding anything to the toilet..."
and foggy hidden talent with such a creepy grin that it was too much to shrink the liver of the beholder...
Back to the mouth that made her feel nostalgic, her eyes were cold everywhere, freezing her heart...