Nobuyasu Azuchi, August 11th, Tensho
For a while after that, I was walking towards a storehouse built under the castle. I was taking down the sentence that you gave me on my chest.
I stopped and turned my gaze towards the castle. Even though I knew I wasn't there, I was naturally looking up at the Heavenly Protectorate.
I slowly closed my eyes and remembered the sight of that time.
Your words warmly filled the empty cavity inside me. He blocked me with his overflowing compassion. Foolishly powerful, but he did not understand the suffering I felt, and he forgave me by slitting my body with the blade of his name.
Even though I can't thank you enough for that, you've even prepared an opportunity to settle this thought that swirls inside me.
At that time... when I pledged my life's loyalty to you, you bent over to me and handed me a sentence.
"Genjiro, go to the place written in this sentence." That's what you want. I'm sure it will help you. I'll leave it up to you whether you want to use it or not. "
"... hahaha"
I gratefully received a sentence from the gentleman who smiled softly. There's something in this place that can save that girl. Just thinking of it made this sentence seem more radiant than anything else.
"...... Lord"
Slowly open your eyes and mutter as you put your hand on the sentence that you are holding back. The beautifully folded sentence said that it was a place located on the outskirts of the castle town of Azuchi, which I had never even visited.
It was not that security was bad, but it was simply a dim atmosphere with poor sunshine, and the place was reputed to be too thin for adults to enter.
"I saw a woman in a white kimono during the day."
There's a dead man who died in the last war.
Something grabbed my leg.
A suspicious magician came back cursed on the contrary.
It's an abomination for monsters to live in.
Such rumors are told by samurai and people alike. Only those in the Red Ghosts who loved to go to such a place or were entrusted with the task of watching the castle town.
Even the Red Ghosts were entrusted to Captain Keiji and the Squad Leader. Exactly, the best of the best. Synchronizers, including me, have never visited this place before.
The place I was heading towards passed through my brain, and I felt a little bit of spookiness. I walked along the road a little faster than before.
I'm not sure what's in that place. There might be something terrible about it, because it's said that if I go, I'll be cursed or something like that will happen...
But I don't think that wise lord would do anything in vain. In the first place, you said that there was something I wanted. I don't want a monster.
(If so, that rumor must be false. It's supposed to be a lie. It's a lie.)
Repeatedly murmuring to yourself, I slapped my cheek once and tightened my breath. I took out the sentence while looking around, and once I checked the procedure, I rushed away.
I'm sure there's something I need there...
While scratching off the crowds, he simply makes his way to his destination. While on the road, they can't reach their destination without obviously knowing the correct procedures, such as bypassing tucked-in alleys and passing the garden of Ichibasai-kan's mansion.
And an hour after I started walking, I finally got to that place.
"This is his abomination..."
I heard the sound of spitting. Just a little stupid footsteps to go ahead.
The place is dim during the day and the ground is moist and damp. It didn't rain anything last night. The reeds are covered with moss, and cracks can be seen everywhere. Alarmed by a gate that was about to collapse, he opened the badly erected door and entered.
Then, a rotten mansion looked like it was welcoming me. I nodded that I was convinced that such rumors could be heard in that appearance.
Then, after confirming that there was no one around, she terrifiedly removed the designated wall slabs - the next moment, several tiles fell with the sound of the reeds. Impact sounds that remain in your ears. The sand dances.
"Ho!... ho!"...... cough! "
You've sucked in a little sand, so you wave and dust while coughing. As it continued for a while, the sand gradually cleared and the sole finally appeared in front of me.
A large black hole on the ground, scattered with rubble. Yes, the stairs lead to the basement.
"In the future, there's something I want..."
Take a deep breath once and calm down. When I took out a set of wax and fire tools from a bag hanging from my waist, I started a fire as usual to secure the lights.
"Now you're ready.... All right, let's go!"
I took a step up the stairs to the basement.
Follow the damp underpass, relying on a few lights. The basement is wider than I could imagine, and the streets are wide enough for three adults. I shifted the fire to the waxes provided in the various places and went ahead. With only the sound of my footsteps echoing, I proceeded with caution as I watched my surroundings.
Due to such a big trick, there was no way that you hadn't prepared a countermeasure against the thief. Certainly, only a limited number of people will know the proper procedures, but any such tactical countermeasures will clear the gap.
Walking for a while with such suspicion, the sole finally appeared. As soon as I saw the sole, I realized with a sigh that my hypothesis was correct.
"What the hell are you doing here?"...... Hall of Keiji? "
"... hmm? Oh! Finally, Genjiro!" It's been a long time, isn't it? That's awkward! "
The end of the underground. The man was in front of a large storehouse with a sturdy gate. The strongest warlord of the Oda family. Captain of "Akagi Squad", a unit directly under the command of the Oda clan. A warrior who was allowed to have a vermilion spear directly in front of him.
Yes, Keijiro Maeda guarded the storehouse as a gatekeeper. If you look around, there's a lot of space here. Yes... even if I wave my spear, it won't hit the wall. Then, when I looked closely, I saw that there were about three ways out. Apparently, there were other ways to go.
Hold on... there won't be five people standing in front of him in this Ninomoto. Even Mori no Mori who was famous in Takeda Expedition said that he could not beat Keiji no Mori no Mori.
How much of a thief can steal the treasure that such a samurai protects? No matter how many measures you put in place, in the end, without the power of this person, you will only expose the corpse like dust.
"No matter how much there is no gap, there will always be a gap somewhere. If you can pierce that gap, you can do it with overwhelming force."
The defense prepared by the Lord was such a powerful substitute for simplicity and clarity. Simply because of this, there are no countermeasures.
"... the defense here is by Gyeongbokgung alone?"
"Nh?... no, it's a change of scenery."
Left side?
Apparently, not a single one of them is missing. A sword used for the Oda family's strongest spear. In keeping with its strictness, it smelled a little more like a father than the contents of the storehouse.
(Ahh... I bet you're chewing on one.)
She stroked her belly gently as she sighed inside. I feel like you've finally touched one end of my brother's work. I'm not happy at all.