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Mitsuhide's Resolve
Hideyoshi: That's quite a rough road for a retreat.
Mitsuhide: Lord Hideyoshi.
Following the Battle of Kanegasaki, MC was engaged in conversation with Mitsuhide and Hideyoshi.
Hideyoshi: Ah, Mitsuhide, my thanks for your aid.
Hideyoshi: You cut your way through with the rearguard, and really showed what you're made of! Just as we were starting to hang our heads.
Hideyoshi: That was some kind of rescue! We are most indebted, Lord Mitsuhide!
Mitsuhide: I was only protecting the life of Lord Nobunaga.
Hideyoshi: No, not at all! You risked your life in the attack, just as Lord Nobunaga did.
Hideyoshi: I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd go to the ends of the earth for some food about now.
Hideyoshi: Lord Mitsuhide, we look forward to fighting with you again!
Mitsuhide: ...
Mitsuhide: Likewise. I will follow my leader without reservation.
Mitsuhide: Indeed, it is he who guides me through the blood and tears of these troubled times.
Mitsuhide: Toward the peace on the horizon.
Ill Omens
One fine day in the country, MC happened to cross paths with Akechi Mitsuhide.
Mitsuhide: I have heard much of your recent heroic exploits. Lord Nobunaga, as well, expects great work from you.
>>I am most humbled.
Mitsuhide: Soon, the mayhem of battle will again rise to meet us. You must devote yourself even more deeply.
>>Well, that's to be expected.
Mitsuhide: Be that as it may, the coming battles will be fiercer still. You must be remain committed to your cause.
Mitsuhide: For now, I bid you farewell.
As Mitsuhide took his leave, he dropped a small slip of folded paper.
>>Retrieve and open it.
MC opened the folded piece of paper.
Mitsuhide: Ah, that's...
It was his fortune.
Mitsuhide: Ah, but you've already seen it.
Mitsuhide: It is most rude to read another's fortune. And...
The fortune foretold great ill for Mitsuhide.
>>Call out to Mitsuhide.
Mitsuhide: What?
MC called out to Mitsuhide, informing him of the dropped slip of paper.
Mitsuhide: Ah, thank you so much.
Mitsuhide: It's a fortune I got when I stopped at a shrine.
Mitsuhide: It was not good, I'm afraid.
Mitsuhide was clearly crestfallen.
>>Laugh it off; it's just a slip of paper.
Mitsuhide: That's easy for you to say.
Mitsuhide: But you're right, it is just a slip of paper.
Mitsuhide: Seeing you laugh about it lifts my spirits. You are a strange one, aren't you.
>>Tie it to a tree.
MC tied the fortune to the branch of a nearby tree.
Mitsuhide: With that, my troubles cease?
Mitsuhide: Yes, I suppose they do. Let us pray they do.
Mitsuhide: I am most grateful.
The life returned to Mitsuhide's face.
Mitsuhide: This was most unexpected. I thought you cold and arrogant.
Mitsuhide: Those were my assumptions.
Mitsuhide: Perhaps I sensed some measure of impetuousness in your success.
Mitsuhide: Now, however, I must be off.
Mitsuhide bowed respectfully and left.
Lunar Illusions
One night, out for a walk, MC came across Mitsuhide, leaning up against a tree.
Mitsuhide: Oh, it's you.
Mitsuhide turned glazed eyes this way. He looked deathly pale.
Mitsuhide: I wanted to feel the breeze. The moon is almost terrifying in its beauty.
But the moon was not out. Something was wrong.
>>Are you all right?
Mitsuhide: Certainly.
>>Shall I call for someone?
Mitsuhide: No. I've no desire to cause a ruckus.
Mitsuhide: Really. It's nothing.
Mitsuhide: To tell the truth, I've had a bit to drink. I'm something of a lightweight, you see.
Mitsuhide laughed weakly.
>>You look terrible.
Mitsuhide: I agree. Though I know it, I can't help it.
>>You've simply had too much.
Mitsuhide: I know it all too well. But try as I might, I can't avoid it.
Mitsuhide: Maybe it's time you got going. I'll be fine.
>>Is there nothing I can do?
Mitsuhide: Don't bother about me.
Mitsuhide: But if it isn't too much trouble, won't you fetch me some water?
>>Well then, take care of yourself.
Mitsuhide: Wait a moment.
Mitsuhide: I do have one thing to ask of you. Won't you fetch me some water?
MC returned quickly after drawing some water for Mitsuhide.
Mitsuhide guzzled the water, draining it in one gulp.
Mitsuhide: Ah, that hit the spot. Thanks to you, I feel much better.
Katsuie: SO this is where you've been hiding. Lord Nobunaga will be furious.
Mitsuhide: Oh, I must hurry back to my seat.
Mitsuhide rose unsteadily to his feet. MC reached out quickly to steady him.
Mitsuhide: For you to see me like this... I shall never drink again.
Mitsuhide pulled away from the proffered hand and stumbled away into the distance.
The Curious Daughter
Mitsuhide: Today, there is someone who wishes to make your acquaintance.
One day, MC was summoned to speak with Mitsuhide.
Mitsuhide: I have worried about if it is correct to make this introduction, but I did not want to hide anything from you.
Mitsuhide: Will you meet this person?
>>With pleasure.
>>I am not sure I should.
Mitsuhide: Please reconsider, I beg you.
Mitsuhide bowed deeply.
Mitsuhide: Enter!
Gracia: Yes, my lord.
Mitsuhide: Introduce yourself, and do be courteous.
Gracia: It is my honor to stand before you.
Mitsuhide: Allow me to present my daughter.
>>You can't be serious!
Mitsuhide: Had my daughter been courtly and modest, I would not have kept her hidden from view.
>>Actually, I knew about her.
Mitsuhide: So you knew, did you? She is such an excitable child, and she brings me such shame.
Mitsuhide: Her curiosity is so strong. I wonder what manner of mischief she is up to when my back is turned.
Gracia: Father! You make it sound like I don't listen to a word I say!
Mitsuhide: Is it not so? I do believe I told you to change your clothes and make yourself presentable.
Gracia: I'm not interested in such nonsense! These are exotic, imported fashions, and I think they're stunning.
>>They suits you nicely.
Gracia: Ha! Someone who understands me! Wonderful!
>>A change of clothes is in order.
Gracia: You complain a lot, just like Father. It's very disappointing.
Mitsuhide: Very good. Now please leave us.
Gracia: Huh? If it's very good, why do I have to leave then? Tell me, Father!
Mitsuhide: I tell you, I don't where she gets it, this brashness.
Mitsuhide: MC, this is my daughter, for what she is.
Mitsuhide: I do so regret troubling you in this way, but please try to teach her some manners.
Gracia: I'm counting on you!
Mitsuhide: ...
The Letter
Mitsuhide: Oh, it's you.
MC paid Mitsuhide a visit, and saw a half-written letter lying on his desk.
Mitsuhide: Read it, by all means. I felt it was time to take a break.
Mitsuhide: In all honesty, it's a very depressing letter.
Mitsuhide: It is a letter of condolence written to a clan whose loyal retainer was wounded in battle.
Mitsuhide: In war, there are always the wounded, the slain.
Mitsuhide: When this really strikes you, is not during the battle itself.
Mitsuhide: It strikes home here and now, as one writes letters of condolence to the families.
>>We must fight to end this chaos.
Mitsuhide: That's right. That is why I have served Lord Nobunaga faithfully.
>>Then perhaps you should lay down your arms.
Mitsuhide: Perhaps, but the war will continue with or without me. The people will continue to suffer.
Mitsuhide: That is why I have served Lord Nobunaga faithfully.
Mitsuhide: Within ten years, though, Lord Nobunaga will have freed us from this torment.
Mitsuhide: I have no indecision. I will become a warrior-demon, and offer victory up to Lord Nobunaga.
Mitsuhide: And I want to see Lord Nobunaga's vision for a peaceful world as soon as I can.
>>For now, we must fight.
Mitsuhide: Of course, it is so.
>>Are things truly the way you say they are?
Mitsuhide: What are you trying to say?
MC asked Mitsuhide if he thought Nobunaga was truly fighting to bring an end to the suffering.
Mitsuhide: If we look back upon the path Lord Nobunaga has traveled to this point the answer is clear.
Mitsuhide: Confronted at every turn with death and suffering, still he battles on.
Mitsuhide: Despite the terrible path ahead, he has the confidence never to break his stride.
Mitsuhide: He can accomplish this because he has allies fighting at his side... perhaps this is self-indulgent fantasy?
Mitsuhide looked directly at MC.
>>I also rely on you, Mitsuhide.
Mitsuhide: Thank you, MC.
>>It is hard to say.
Mitsuhide: Perhaps I spoke too rashly.
Mitsuhide: But as an officer of the Oda Army, I trust you.
Mitsuhide: Now I must finish writing my letter. After speaking with you, I feel my burden lifting.
Mitsuhide turned toward his desk, and began to write, painstakingly, one letter at a time.
The Demon King's Cruelty
Mitsuhide: The Oda had taken control of Ōsaka Harbor. The supply route to the resistance forces had been disrupted.
Following the Battle of Kizugawa, MC watched Mitsuhide in conversation with Nobunaga.
Mitsuhide: The protracted peasant uprising has been quelled.
Nobunaga: This is the best you can do, Mitsuhide? You owe me more than that.
Nobunaga: Until every last opponent has been crushed, the attack must continue, as strong as ever.
Mitsuhide: But, my lord!
Mitsuhide: But so much more blood, so many more tears must flow if we persist.
Nobunaga: Pay the bodies of the dead no mind. You must face the future, and forge ahead.
Nobunaga: To stop is to admit defeat.
Mitsuhide: ...
Mitsuhide: Lord Nobunaga, you...
The Moment of Truth
After the battle of Kizugawa, MC spotted Mitsuhide standing on the battlefield.
Mitsuhide: What have I seen that has brought me here?
Mitsuhide: Fighting alongside him, rushing ahead with him.
Mitsuhide: I should have known much earlier.
>>Are you sure you only realized now?
Mitsuhide: Indeed, I may have realized a long time ago.
Mitsuhide: I struggled once I found the answer. I thought that I might be deceiving myself.
Mitsuhide: But now, I know without a doubt.
>>What are you talking about?
Mitsuhide: His power points the way to the end of this chaos. But what lies beyond that?
Mitsuhide: At last, I understand.
Mitsuhide: The world I seek is not at the end of this road piled with bodies and awash in tears.
Mitsuhide: I thought I saw what he saw, but it was nothing more than an illusion.
Mitsuhide: ...
Mitsuhide fell silent, as though he were trying to come to a conclusion.
>>What are you thinking?
Mitsuhide: I do not want to speak of that, even to you. No, because it's you, I must not.
>>Then what of Lord Nobunaga's fate?
Mitsuhide: Please, don't say any more.
Mitsuhide: I'm going for a walk to calm myself.
>>Shall we walk together?
Mitsuhide: No, you mustn't.
Mitsuhide: You cannot accompany me. Please stay behind.
Mitsuhide: The north wind blows especially cold tonight. You'll catch cold. Farewell.
>>Farewell.
Mitsuhide: Farewell, and take care.
The Brave Daughter
June, 1582 Mitsuhide was supposed to lead reinforcements for Hideyoshi in his assault on the Mōri.
Gracia: Father!
Mitsuhide: Why have you come here? You must return at once.
Gracia: No. I am my father's daughter, after all. As long as I'm by your side, Father, nothing can hurt us.
Mitsuhide: This battle will be as no battle before it. You couldn't possibly understand.
Gracia: I do understand, Father.
Gracia: That's why I must be beside you... I want to be here for you.
Mitsuhide: I really have no idea where you came by your brashness.
Mitsuhide: Lord Nobunaga, your place in the new order shall be mine!
With that, Mitsuhide ordered his army forward, but not to assist Hideyoshi.
They moved toward Honnōji, and Nobunaga.
For a Land Free of War
Mitsuhide: ...
MC paid Mitsuhide a visit, and found him alone, staring off into the distance.
Mitsuhide: One more battle has ended.
Mitsuhide: Hearts are heavy in the aftermath. But there remain no lingering doubts.
>>Is the end of our torment in sight?
>>Because the Demon King is no more?
Mitsuhide: That's right.
Mitsuhide: And I have trusted comrades beside me.
Mitsuhide: Through this war, I have learned that I am but a frail creature.
Mitsuhide: But I also believe this.
Mitsuhide: Because I am weak, I feel the pain of those who suffer.
Mitsuhide: I fervently pray for a world where the weak do not live under constant threat.
>>Those are noble sentiments.
Mitsuhide: Your words have banished all doubt from my mind.
>>Is this truly what matters?
Mitsuhide: Perhaps you, with your lion's heart, cannot understand.
Mitsuhide: We are almost there.
Mitsuhide: I want to look upon a land of peace with you.
Mitsuhide: Let's go.