19 - Conspiracy

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    There were people who loathed one another.
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    Their corpses withered in the fields,
    their souls soaked in blood...
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    And their bonds were broken by blades...
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    Collapsed in the darkness,
    their sincerity wails...
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    "My beloved, please die..."
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    "My beloved, please die..."
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    Clouds shroud a night with a waning
    moon quivering in the haze
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    A cruel trap involving
    a pair of crucified fledglings
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    Oh, since smoldering feelings
    lie firmly in their hearts...
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    ...destruction!
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    Gently as the water, severely as a flower
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    pierce with a trembling blade
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    Even when I shut the fated
    tears deep within my eyes
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    my eyelids still remember you
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    "The Fierce Woman's Plot"
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    Koshiro-dono...
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    That voice... Is that you, Akeginu-dono?!
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    W-What are you doing here?!
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    Koshiro-dono... Behind you...
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    Is that not Muroga Hyoma
    of the Kouga who stands dead?
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    What?!
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    Ah! So that's why I didn't sense his fall!
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    He died standing up...
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    Muroga Hyoma, you're truly fearsome...
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    Akeginu-dono, what are you doing here?
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    Don't tell me something
    happened at the Chiryu inn?!
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    W-What's happened to Oboro-sama?!
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    Koshiro-dono...
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    The Kouga...
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    Kisaragi Saemon of the Kouga
    suddenly appeared at the inn...
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    ...and slowly and mercilessly
    tortured Oboro-sama to death...
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    P-Princess...
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    What--
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    What am I doing?!
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    I swore to protect her with my life...
    yet what did I do?!
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    Damn you! Damn you!
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    You'll pay! You'll pay for everything!
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    Koshiro-dono...
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    Akeginu-dono.
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    When Oboro-sama was slain...
    what were you doing?!
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    Don't tell me--
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    I was tied down when it happened,
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    but later managed to break free...
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    I dishonorably stayed alive so
    I could inform you and Tenzen-sama...
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    I never wanted to hear that!
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    I never wanted to hear that, Akeginu-dono!
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    But now I can have no regrets...
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    Now kill me...
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    ...by your own hand...
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    A-Akegi--
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    Kill me...
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    Akeginu-dono...
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    Kill me. Kill me!
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    A-Akeginu-dono...
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    Please kill me...
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    Akeginu...
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    Koshiro-dono...
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    The Iga... have lost.
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    So let us meet our deaths...
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    ...together...
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    Koshiro...
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    Oboro-sama...
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    Whew. Mimicking a woman is exhausting...
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    So Chikuma Koshiro died as if
    dreaming of being held by Akeginu...
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    Hyoma...
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    So Oboro's hawk
    returned to an inn in Chiryu...
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    In that case...
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    Koshiro-dono?!
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    Koshiro-dono! Koshiro-dono!
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    Koshiro-dono is...
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    Koshiro-dono is...
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    Akeginu...
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    Koshiro-dono!
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    Koshiro...
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    They did come, after all...
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    Saemon-dono, you can slay them
    from close range in that form...
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    Oboro...
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    Koshiro-dono...
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    There are no wounds on his body, and yet...
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    You...
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    You did this to Koshiro-dono...
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    Akeginu, who's there?
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    One of the Kouga has died upright here.
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    He and Koshiro-dono most likely
    killed each other at the same time...
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    Forgive me for using
    your body as bait, Hyoma...
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    His face is destroyed beyond recognition,
    but his hair is swept back.
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    It appears this is the man
    known as Muroga Hyoma.
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    Akeginu! What are you doing?!
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    Please stop, Akeginu!
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    Stop it, Akeginu!
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    Please stop defiling that dead man's body!
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    I was also disgusted when Tenzen
    placed Kasumi Gyobu for all to see
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    on the border bridge...
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    He may be our enemy,
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    but he was skilled enough
    to kill Koshiro before he died...
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    Don't you think insulting that
    would be insulting Koshiro too?
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    Plus, the fact that he stood even in death
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    means he must have had
    strong attachment to someone...
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    Don't you agree?
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    What about Tenzen?
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    Don't tell me Tenzen was also--
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    Tenzen-sama? Absurd.
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    That is all but impossible.
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    Saemon-dono, are you certain Tenzen is dead?
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    Of course I am.
    He was definitely no longer alive.
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    What nonsense are they spouting?
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    We cannot miss this chance to strike the Iga!
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    Oboro...
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    Wait!
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    What are you doing, Saemon-dono?!
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    People are coming from the east.
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    A suspicious number for this hour...
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    "Hattori Hanzo Residence"
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    Father.
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    Have you heard about
    Ofuku-sama's secret departure for Ise?
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    Is that why you've returned?
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    She most likely intends to
    participate in this ninja war...
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    Please send men at once.
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    Let her be.
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    Father?
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    Please rest in peace, Koshiro-dono...
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    Who goes there?!
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    W-What is this?!
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    Bandits! Careful, men!
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    Eh?!
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    We are on our way to Sunpu,
    by request of the retired leyasu-sama!
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    And who are you?!
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    W-What?!
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    The retired shogun?!
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    What nonsense! His name
    is not one to be used lightly!
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    Who are you?!
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    Warriors of Tsubagakure, in Iga.
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    Iga?!
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    What?! What did you just say?!
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    Did you just say Iga Tsubagakure?!
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    Ofuku-sama!
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    'Tis all right. Stand down.
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    Might you be the Iga clansmen
    who are fighting the Kouga
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    now that the Hattori Hanzo
    pact has been nullified?
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    Who are you?
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    I am Ofuku, nurse to Takechiyo-sama,
    son of the shogun.
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    Might your names be Oboro and Akeginu?
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    Eh?!
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    How do you know that?!
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    Oh, so I was right!
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    The old shogun gave the names of
    Iga-no-Ogen's ten most prized ninja.
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    You are vital in that you are fighting
    for Takechiyo-sama's succession.
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    Incidentally...
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    To whom does this corpse belong?
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    This man is Muroga Hyoma,
    from Kouga Manjidani.
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    Oh! A Kouga, you say?!
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    Splendidly done!
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    So, Iga woman, where are
    the rest of your comrades?
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    They are all dead.
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    That can't be!
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    Only a few days have passed
    since the pact was annulled!
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    Please tell us...
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    What do you mean
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    when you say we're fighting
    for Takechiyo-sama?
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    What?!
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    You don't mean...
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    You've been fighting the Kouga
    without even knowing why?
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    Very well...
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    I will tell you just how important
    of a mission your battle is...
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    You're truly not concerned about Ofuku-sama?
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    If we leave her alone,
    she may cause unnecessary trouble...
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    Quite the opposite.
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    I'm leaving Ofuku alone to
    prevent unnecessary trouble.
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    Ofuku was once the second
    wife of Inaba Sadonokami,
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    but she eventually learned that her
    husband had a child with a mistress.
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    To force him to admit it,
    she invited them over while he was away
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    and then suddenly stabbed
    mother and child to death.
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    Then, as if nothing had happened
    at all, she sped off in her palanquin.
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    She is the type who gets
    more riled up and defiant
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    the more you get in her way.
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    Leaving her alone is the best option,
    as it will cause the least trouble.
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    But, Father...
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    Kyohachiro.
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    As the fourth generation Hanzo
    Masahiro, I guarantee you this.
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    Whatever shrewd scheme Ofuku concocts,
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    no common interloper will
    have an effect on this ninja battle.
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    It's a truly great honor, wouldn't you agree?
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    Oboro. Akeginu. Might I ask
    you to accompany me to Sunpu?
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    No, I insist that you accompany me!
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    For Takechiyo-sama's sake,
    I mustnotlet these two die!
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    What do you say?
    I promise you won't regret it.
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    The anti-war pact negotiated by
    the Hattori house has been nullified.
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    But I do not wish to fight,
    nor do I know the reason for fighting.
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    Therefore, I intend to visit Sunpu at once
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    to appeal to the retired
    shogun and Hattori-dono.
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    We will go to Sunpu.
[19:42] ---
    Oh! That's wonderful!
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    Oboro-sama! We can't just
    let the Kouga go now!
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    No, we will not let the Kouga get away!
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    Nor will I let either of you die!
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    Indeed, having Oboro-sama go to
    Sunpu might be our best plan now...
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    And then I can...
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    We could meet the retired shogun
    and Hattori-sama at Sunpu...
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    Then, even if it costs me my life,
    we can reinstate the anti-war pact...
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    So this ninpou war is actually
    to decide the Tokugawa successor...
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    How utterly amusing...
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    So that's why...
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    So that's how it is...
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    The mist of sorrow softly touches
    these lips blotted with red droplets
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    The mirror in the sky beautifully
    illuminates the distance in the night
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    Giving more than a passing thought
    to the myriad of showering stars
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    gently, the cords of a deep bond
    firmly, firmly bind them
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    Those beautiful eyes that
    sparkle with a lazuline hue...
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    Even if they wind up closed
    by a harbinger from the darkness,
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    since no one can steal
    the bridge of connected dreams
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    they still reflect the limitless tomorrow
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    "Next Time"
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    A woman waits silently on
    the Imure Bridge at dusk.
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    Destruction cuts through the funeral
    mist and pierces a brilliant chest.
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    A small bit of pity is felt,
    as the enemy's humanity is seen.
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    Red threads trail the water's surface...
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    On the next Basilisk ~ Kouga Ninpouchou:
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    "Flowing Mercy."