# 11 - Audience with the Ruler
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**[00:01] michi**
It appears that Kanetsugu-dono
has arrived...
**[00:05] michi**
along with Maeda Keiji.
**[00:10] mitsu**
Impossible!
**[00:11] mitsu**
He should have left or been killed!
**[00:15] mitsu**
His Highness is after Echigo!
**[00:18] michi**
I had said that it'd be
life-threatening for the Uesugi
**[00:21] michi**
if that eccentric were
to meet with his Highness...
**[00:26] michi**
But Kanetsugu-dono just
kept smiling in response.
**[00:32] mitsu**
Smiling?
**[00:33] michi**
Indeed.
**[00:35] mitsu**
Why was he smiling...
**[00:40] person**
*Be careful.*
**[00:45] person**
* People tend to show their*
* true nature once they're cornered.*
**[00:50] mitsu**
*True nature?*
**[00:51] person**
* Have you forgotten about*
* Naoe Kanetsugu-dono?*
**[00:56] mitsu**
*Naoe-dono?*
**[00:59] person**
* It is a secret among secrets*
* that only a few of us know.*
**[01:09] person**
* He is the son of Uesugi Kenshin.*
* That is his true nature.*
**[01:16] person**
*He's a much bigger villain to deal with*
**[01:19] person**
*than some silly eccentric.*
**[01:28] mitsu**
Ayatachi-dono...
**[01:30] mitsu**
What do you think Uesugi Kenshin
**[01:33] mitsu**
would have done at a time like this?
**[01:38] michi**
A while back during
the battle at Kawanakajima,
**[01:41] michi**
he barged into Takeda's camp
and threw down his sword.
**[01:49] michi**
If it were Kenshin...
**[01:52] michi**
The life of his Highness would be in danger.
**[01:56] mitsu**
Y-You think so, as well...
**[02:00] mitsu**
Sakon!
**[02:02] mitsu**
Hurry and call for Sakon!
**[02:04] mitsu**
I need him to run an errand for me.
**[02:13] nar**
The character "gi" (righteousness),
combines "oneself" with "sheep."
**[02:17] nar**
"Sheep" is the same as "beauty."
**[02:21] nar**
Therefore, "gi" means
"to make yourself beautiful."
**[02:25] nar**
I repeat.
**[02:27] nar**
"Gi" truly means
"For one to live beautifully."
**[02:38] nar**
Two eccentrics enter battle.
**[02:44] nar**
Dazzling Sengoku Period Story:
Kanetsugu and Keiji.
**[02:48] nar**
Gifuu Doudou!!
***SIGN*** Audience with the Ruler
**[04:53] person**
Excuse me...
**[04:55] person**
Ishida Mitsunari-sama's messenger,
Shima Sakon-sama, has just arrived.
**[05:10] hide**
I see... So you've
summoned that man.
**[05:14] hide**
Mitsunari... that's very like you.
**[05:18] mitsu**
Yes.
**[05:19] mitsu**
But Milord...
**[05:20] hide**
Yes?
**[05:22] mitsu**
I beg your pardon, but there's
something I'd like to ask you.
**[05:24] hide**
What is it?
**[05:26] mitsu**
The incident at Sado,
and now this request for an audience...
**[05:29] mitsu**
Why do you have such an interest in Echigo?
**[05:32] mitsu**
If you truly wished,
**[05:34] mitsu**
it'd be easy for you to be rid of
the Uesugi using Kanetsugu's bloodline.
**[05:38] mitsu**
And yet...
**[05:42] hide**
Kanetsugu's bloodline...
**[05:45] hide**
I can't carelessly touch upon that.
**[05:49] hide**
Considering even Lord Nobunaga
**[05:52] hide**
tried using that fact
in his favor and yet failed.
**[05:55] mitsu**
Then the event at Ochirimizu Castle still...
**[06:02] hide**
*I would like to have Naoe Kanetsugu.*
**[06:08] hide**
* Kagekatsu-dono, you refuse,*
* despite my repeated pleas?*
**[06:14] hide**
*Then the only thing that awaits Echigo—*
**[06:22] kane**
*What to do...*
**[06:25] hide**
*What do you mean?*
**[06:27] kane**
*I love my lord.*
**[06:30] hide**
*So?*
**[06:32] kane**
*Because of that, I made a promise to him*
**[06:35] kane**
*that we would become a bond for Echigo.*
**[06:47] kane**
*I cannot break my promise.*
**[06:50] kane**
*That is what my love means.*
**[06:53] hide**
*Kanetsugu...*
**[07:05] kage**
*I cannot break that promise either.*
**[07:10] mitsu**
The two of them had strongly
objected your request.
**[07:16] hide**
At first, I did.
**[07:19] hide**
Both of them opposed me.
**[07:22] hide**
You ask if this is revenge for that?
**[07:24] hide**
It is not.
**[07:28] mitsu**
Th-Then why?
**[07:33] hide**
Who knows?
**[07:35] hide**
We shall probably find out tomorrow.
**[07:39] hide**
Let us see exactly what they'll do...
**[07:42] hide**
How exactly they'll try
to protect Echigo this time.
**[07:47] hide**
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.
**[08:11] person**
Tokugawa Ieyasu-sama has arrived!
**[08:20] person**
Maeda Toshiie-sama has arrived!
**[08:26] toshi**
It's finally come...
**[08:28] toshi**
This day has finally come...
**[08:30] ieyasu**
Well, if it isn't Toshiie-dono.
**[08:37] toshi**
T-Tokugawa-dono...
**[08:40] ieyasu**
It's a wonderful morning, is it not?
**[08:42] ieyasu**
Truly perfect weather for an audience...
**[08:45] ieyasu**
Don't you think?
***SIGN*** Tokugawa Ieyasu
**[08:50] toshi**
No, no...
**[08:52] toshi**
It would have been better
if this day had never come.
**[08:57] ieyasu**
I was rather looking forward
to the meeting today.
**[09:02] ieyasu**
If you'll excuse me...
**[09:08] toshi**
Rubbing in the fact that
this has nothing to do with him...
**[09:11] person**
Naoe Kanetsugu-sama and
Maeda Keiji-sama have arrived!
**[09:17] toshi**
They're here!
**[09:40] person**
Please wait here...
**[09:57] mitsu**
*Why...*
**[09:59] mitsu**
*Why did you come here, Kanetsugu?*
**[10:10] mosuke**
For crying out loud...
**[10:13] mosuke**
Milord even said this would be
a losing battle, so what's he thinking?
**[10:19] mosuke**
Wait a minute.
**[10:20] mosuke**
Knowing Milord... if it came
down to it, a monkey's ass...
**[10:26] mosuke**
Ow, ow, ow!
What was that for, Jirobo?
**[10:30] jiro**
This shack and Jurakudai
**[10:34] jiro**
are surrounded by Tamba ninja.
**[10:40] mosuke**
So we're trapped like rats?
**[10:45] jiro**
It means that the matter
of us leaving alive or not
**[10:48] jiro**
depends on what our lord will do.
**[10:50] mosuke**
B-But...
**[10:57] keiji**
It's true that, to everyone else,
our actions seemed reckless.
**[11:02] kane**
Indeed.
**[11:04] kane**
Even if we had gotten through all
of the ninjas they had around that place...
**[11:08] kane**
The one we'd have to face after that
**[11:15] kane**
was the terrifying true form
of Chief Advisor Hideyoshi.
**[11:27] kane**
The Chief Advisor's unknown past...
**[11:31] keiji**
Hideyoshi's father,
his family name was Konokage.
**[11:35] keiji**
He was a man who lived in the mountains
and changed his name to Kinoshita.
**[11:39] keiji**
A man who did nothing but
train as a shinobi in Tamba.
**[11:44] keiji**
And Hideyoshi was the child
of that mountain man.
**[11:49] keiji**
Indeed...
**[11:51] keiji**
Hideyoshi's form was
not that of a monkey.
**[11:57] keiji**
It was his heavily-trained body and
shinobi techniques that made him a monkey.
**[12:04] kane**
That is why Lord Nobunaga
drafted Hideyoshi,
**[12:08] kane**
and affectionately referred
to him as "Monkey."
**[12:11] keiji**
Yes.
**[12:12] keiji**
And up against that monkey,
**[12:14] keiji**
even if we had one sword,
we would not have a second.
**[12:18] kane**
And that was not the only surprising thing.
**[12:47] mitsu**
Your Highness... Everyone has
gathered in the inner citadel.
**[13:22] mitsu**
*Kanetsugu...*
**[13:24] mitsu**
*I am sorry!*
**[13:26] mitsu**
*I had no other choice...*
**[13:54] keiji**
The overwhelming murderous intent
that even reached our location...
**[13:58] keiji**
It was apparent that he was skilled,
**[14:00] keiji**
and his skills with a sword
surpassed our own.
**[14:03] kane**
Yes... I would never have imagined
**[14:06] kane**
such a man had been summoned
**[14:09] kane**
to this meeting, as well.
**[14:12] keiji**
It was even more proof that
Mitsunari was truly trying to stop us.
**[14:38] kane**
It appears that the stage is set.
**[14:41] keiji**
Indeed.
**[14:42] keiji**
At least half of the people present
in the inner citadel are enemies.
**[14:46] kane**
It appears to be a worthy place for a battle.
**[14:50] keiji**
It wouldn't be any fun, otherwise.
**[14:56] kane**
Then this battle with the ruler...
**[15:00] keiji**
There is but one path to follow!
**[15:03] both**
Let us head toward our deaths!
**[15:13] mosuke**
What's that drumming?
**[15:14] jirobo**
The meeting has started.
**[15:16] mosuke**
I pray that everything goes well.
**[15:24] someone**
Naoe Kanetsugu-dono
has arrived at the meeting!
**[15:51] toshi**
*So this is Naoe Kanetsugu...*
**[15:54] toshi**
*Exactly what kind of man is he?*
**[16:00] nar**
First, the order to conquer Sado...
**[16:03] nar**
and then wanting an audience
with Maeda Keiji...
**[16:07] nar**
All requests from the ruler
of the land in this era
**[16:13] nar**
were the same as absolute orders
that no one was allowed to decline.
**[16:18] nar**
On top of that,
**[16:20] nar**
this not only would risk
Kanetsugu's life and the fate of Echigo,
**[16:26] nar**
but it wouldn't be
an exaggeration to say that
**[16:30] nar**
everything was in the hands
of Hideyoshi and his want for Echigo.
**[16:35] nar**
And it was very possible for
Hideyoshi's hands to crush the fate of Echigo.
**[16:55] mitsu**
*Well, Kanetsugu?*
**[16:57] mitsu**
* Do you finally understand that*
* you're not going to be able*
**[17:00] mitsu**
*to lay a finger on his Highness?*
**[17:13] mitsu**
* C-Could it be that fuel is just*
* being added to the fire now?*
**[17:48] hide**
Welcome, Naoe Kanetsugu.
**[17:51] hide**
I haven't seen you since
Ochirimizu Castle.
**[17:54] hide**
Well done on conquering Sado!
**[17:57] hide**
Kanetsugu, you shall now
personally be in charge of Sado.
**[18:03] kane**
Yes, Milord.
**[18:07] kane**
I will inform my lord, Uesugi Kagekatsu.
**[18:20] hide**
Loyal as ever, I see.
**[18:26] hide**
And where is Maeda Keiji?
**[18:37] mitsu**
Your Highness,
**[18:38] mitsu**
the reason that Naoe-dono is here
today is to report the victory in Sado...
**[18:42] mitsu**
Therefore, it appears that he is
holding back and waiting in the hall.
**[18:49] hide**
Then hurry up and call him in!
**[18:51] hide**
Let us hear about these
heroic stories from Sado.
**[19:00] toshi**
Naoe-dono,
**[19:02] toshi**
I'm going to say this right now!
**[19:05] toshi**
Keiji has absconded from our clan,
**[19:08] toshi**
so he has nothing to do with us.
**[19:11] toshi**
Therefore, this is your...
**[19:19] kane**
I have brought him here
**[19:23] kane**
because Keiji-dono is my friend.
**[19:29] ieyasu**
*Friend?*
**[19:34] hide**
Then hurry and bring him in!
**[19:36] hide**
Hurry!
**[19:42] kane**
Understood, Milord.
**[19:44] kane**
I believe the preparations are finally ready.
**[19:48] mitsu**
*Preparations?*
**[19:56] kane**
Well, then...
**[19:59] peeps**
Maeda Keiji-sama,
his Highness is calling for you.
**[20:02] keiji**
Understood.
**[21:07] people**
Wh-What?!
**[21:12] Kane**
I present to you, Maeda Keiji.
**[21:30] mitsu**
*Wha?!*
**[21:48] mitsu**
*What is that top knot?!*
***SIGN*** Episode 12 Follow Your Heart...
**[23:41] Kane**
Next time on *Gifuu Doudou:
Kanetsugu and Keiji*:
**[23:45] kane**
Episode 12
"Follow Your Heart..."
**[23:48] kane**
Let us discuss the path
of righteousness next time, as well.