# 24 - To Mount Koya We Go!
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**[00:01] Sakon**
* All three of you,*
* stick out your necks.*
**[00:05] Sakon**
*Stick them out!*
**[00:20] Keiji**
So he chopped off their heads?
**[00:23] Kanetsugu**
Not quite...
**[00:31] Sakon**
*All of you have died many times over.*
**[00:34] Sakon**
* You have no more*
* obligations left in this world.*
**[00:39] Sakon**
* The Tsutsui clan, your vendetta...*
* Cast them all away.*
**[00:41] Sakon**
*Come and be my aid in battle instead.*
**[00:49] Sakon**
* Let warriors never err*
* in their place of death.*
**[00:53] Sakon**
*Our place of death is the battlefield.*
**[00:56] Keiji**
I see.
**[00:58] Keiji**
Then you all went after
the three hundred Iga ninjas?
**[01:02] Kanetsugu**
That was...
**[01:06] Kanetsugu**
the beginning of the battle, for the six of us.
***SIGN*** To Mount Koya We Go!
**[03:02] Kanetsugu**
By the way...
**[03:04] Kanetsugu**
Sakon-dono. Why come to our aid?
**[03:08] Sakon**
As you know, Uesugi
keeps Tokugawa in check.
**[03:13] Sakon**
Hence, I can't afford for you to die.
**[03:15] Kanetsugu**
However, the nation is already
**[03:18] Kanetsugu**
under the Chief Advisor's rule.
**[03:20] Sakon**
And his lordship is the problem.
**[03:25] Sakon**
His lordship has a kidney ailment.
**[03:28] Kanetsugu**
A kidney ailment?
**[03:31] Sakon**
It's getting worse by the day.
**[03:35] Sakon**
He probably does not
have long to live.
**[03:39] Kanetsugu**
Hm...
**[03:46] Kanetsugu**
Sakon-dono.
**[03:49] Kanetsugu**
This is what you said when you
**[03:52] Kanetsugu**
hacked the topknots off those men:
**[03:54] Sakon**
*If I didn't have duties still remaining,*
**[03:56] Sakon**
* I would gladly let them*
* take vengeance on me.*
**[03:58] Sakon**
*However, I still have things left to do.*
**[04:02] Kanetsugu**
What are those duties?
**[04:05] Sakon**
They pertain to a dream of mine,
**[04:07] Sakon**
which never came true in the Tsutsui clan.
**[04:10] Kanetsugu**
A dream?
**[04:11] Sakon**
I presume you, too,
have the same dream,
**[04:15] Sakon**
which you keep hidden deep in your heart.
**[04:17] Kanetsugu**
Me?
**[04:20] Kanetsugu**
Depending on the outcome
of the Chief Advisor's ailment...
**[04:28] Sakon**
Here's to you, the strategist.
The fate of the nation
**[04:31] Sakon**
is in your hands, with a single battle.
**[04:43] Sakon**
Laugh at this old man
for waxing sentimental.
**[04:52] Kanetsugu**
How could I...
**[04:55] Kanetsugu**
This is the best sake I've had in a while.
**[05:10] Keiji**
I see...
**[05:12] Keiji**
the strategist in whose hands
lies the fate of the nation...
**[05:15] Keiji**
you two shared a common dream.
**[05:18] Kanetsugu**
Yes...
**[05:20] Kanetsugu**
and the dream eventually did come true.
**[05:24] Kanetsugu**
However...
**[05:26] Kanetsugu**
being caught up in that dream,
**[05:30] Kanetsugu**
I thoughtlessly didn't sense
**[05:34] Kanetsugu**
the imminent sadness approaching.
**[05:53] Kanetsugu**
What's going on?
**[05:59] Senbei**
Wh-Wh-What the...
**[06:01] Hanada**
A monster!
**[06:16] Sakon**
Th-This is...
**[06:18] Mosuke**
M-Milord, it's White Cloud...
**[06:21] Kanetsugu**
What happened?
**[06:24] Kanetsugu**
Jirobo.
**[06:30] Mosuke**
Jirobo.
**[06:43] Kanetsugu**
Jirobo.
**[06:45] Mosuke**
Are you all right, Jirobo?
**[06:47] Jirobo**
N-Never mind me...
**[06:50] Jirobo**
White Cloud needs care...
**[07:00] Kanetsugu**
Oh, no...
**[07:03] Kanetsugu**
What happened?
**[07:06] Jirobo**
But...
**[07:10] Kanetsugu**
Don't worry about him. You may speak.
**[07:12] Kanetsugu**
This is Shima Sakon-dono.
**[07:14] Kanetsugu**
He knows everything.
**[07:20] Jirobo**
In that case...
**[07:25] Sagen**
Jirobo.
**[07:29] Sagen**
I'll tell you where we're headed.
**[07:33] Sagen**
As you've guessed,
the Jizo is at Mount Koya.
**[07:39] Sagen**
But before we go, you'll tell
us the name on the headstone.
**[07:44] Jirobo**
You just don't get it, do you?
**[07:47] Jirobo**
You can turn heaven and earth upside down,
**[07:49] Jirobo**
but I still won't tell you the name.
**[07:52] Sagen**
No.
**[07:53] Sagen**
You will tell us, like it or not.
**[07:56] Jirobo**
Not a chance!
**[08:05] Sagen**
Bastard!
**[08:06] Sagen**
You won't get away!
**[08:34] Sagen**
Don't kill him! Capture him alive!
**[08:52] Sagen**
As I expected, there he is.
**[08:54] Sagen**
But I'm ready for you this time.
**[09:00] Jirobo**
What?
**[09:02] Sagen**
Fire!
**[09:08] Jirobo**
White Cloud!
**[09:24] Jirobo**
Those bastards...
**[09:25] Jirobo**
were armed in case
White Cloud showed up.
**[09:33] Jirobo**
But he...
**[09:37] Jirobo**
even after the barrage of bullets...
**[09:42] Jirobo**
He carried me here...
**[09:44] Jirobo**
and kept running,
**[09:46] Jirobo**
all the way from near Mount Koya.
**[09:49] Sakon**
What?
**[09:50] Sakon**
All the way from Mount Koya?
**[09:53] Jirobo**
That's where the Jizo Bodhisattva is...
**[09:59] Kanetsugu**
I see...
**[10:23] Kanetsugu**
White Cloud.
**[10:25] Kanetsugu**
You have done splendidly.
**[10:30] Jirobo**
Hey, White Cloud.
**[10:33] Jirobo**
Isn't that great?
**[10:35] Jirobo**
Milord has praised you.
**[10:44] Jirobo**
Good.
**[10:46] Jirobo**
You are happy?
**[10:49] Jirobo**
I am happy, too, White Cloud.
**[10:55] Kanetsugu**
You...
**[10:59] Mosuke**
You guys probably think he's just a dog...
**[11:08] Mosuke**
but he's family to us.
**[11:14] Mosuke**
I'll never forget when
he was a tiny puppy this big.
**[11:21] Mosuke**
His mother was killed by a bear...
**[11:32] Mosuke**
But he didn't run.
**[11:35] Mosuke**
He stood guard to try protect his mother.
**[12:07] Mosuke**
Milord was struck by the dog's
filial duty to his mother...
**[12:14] Mosuke**
and came to his aid.
**[12:20] Mosuke**
However...
**[12:27] Mosuke & Jirobo**
Milord!
**[12:28] Kanetsugu**
It's all right.
**[12:32] Kanetsugu**
It's a war-torn world.
**[12:35] Kanetsugu**
He's got the right spirit for survival.
**[12:37] Mosuke**
Milord said he's a compassionate
and courageous dog...
**[12:41] Mosuke**
and decided to make him a vassal.
**[12:45] Mosuke**
And then...
**[12:46] Mosuke**
and then...
**[12:48] Mosuke**
White Cloud was always with us...
**[12:50] Mosuke**
in every battle...
**[12:58] Jirobo**
Milord...
**[12:59] Jirobo**
will you let me care for this dog?
**[13:03] Jirobo**
I've been wanting to train a ninja dog.
**[13:08] Kanetsugu**
A ninja dog?
**[13:10] Kanetsugu**
I like it.
**[13:12] Kanetsugu**
All right, Jirobo.
**[13:13] Kanetsugu**
You can care for this dog.
**[13:17] Jirobo**
For starters, he should have a name.
**[13:19] Kanetsugu**
Hm...
**[13:21] Kanetsugu**
Well, then.
**[13:27] Kanetsugu**
Look at this guy.
**[13:29] Kanetsugu**
He looks like that white cloud.
**[13:33] Kanetsugu**
Thus shall you be named...
**[13:36] Kanetsugu**
White Cloud!
**[13:54] Jirobo**
White Cloud...
**[14:20] Kanetsugu**
White Cloud.
**[14:23] Kanetsugu**
This giant tree is your headstone.
**[14:27] Jirobo**
Perfect for you... For your giant body.
**[14:33] Kanetsugu**
This giant tree overlooks the road
tying Echigo and the capital together.
**[14:40] Kanetsugu**
We'll always pass by it
on our way to the capital.
**[14:44] Kanetsugu**
We can see him every time we go there.
**[14:48] Jirobo**
You won't have to be lonesome here...
**[15:09] Kanetsugu**
Jirobo.
**[15:11] Kanetsugu**
It's off to battle now.
**[15:13] Kanetsugu**
We must avenge White Cloud.
**[15:17] Jirobo**
Milord...
**[15:22] Jirobo**
Yes!
**[15:25] Kanetsugu**
Get ready.
**[15:27] Kanetsugu**
To Mount Koya we go!
**[15:48] Ninja**
Look at all of these headstones.
**[15:58] Sagen**
We'll start digging up the graves
when the monks are asleep.
**[16:01] Ninja**
Yes.
**[16:03] Sagen**
Though we couldn't get
Jirobo to divulge the name
**[16:05] Sagen**
on the headstone...
**[16:07] Sagen**
we can still find it,
if we all work together.
**[16:12] Ninja**
Sagen-sama.
**[16:13] Sagen**
Hm?
**[16:15] Sagen**
What is it?
**[16:16] Ninja**
I have word that Jirobo
is headed here, with others.
**[16:22] Sagen**
I would've guessed he'd return with aid.
**[16:26] Sagen**
How many of them?
**[16:27] Sagen**
A hundred?
**[16:28] Sagen**
Two hundred?
**[16:30] Sagen**
Or is it a thousand?
**[16:32] Ninja**
Well, counting Jirobo...
**[16:36] Ninja**
there are seven of them.
**[16:37] Sagen**
Seven?
**[16:38] Sagen**
Are you kidding?
**[16:40] Ninja**
According to report,
the premier of Echigo's Uesugi,
**[16:45] Ninja**
Naoe Kanetsugu, is among them.
**[16:47] Sagen**
Wh-What?
**[16:52] Sagen**
Kanetsugu himself?
**[17:01] Sagen**
Hm...
**[17:03] Ninja**
Trouble, Sagen-sama!
**[17:06] Sagen**
What?
**[17:07] Sagen**
What now?
**[17:10] Sagen**
What is that?
**[17:17] Keiji**
That must've surprised Sagen.
**[17:22] Kanetsugu**
It was my secret strategy
against the three hundred Iga ninjas.
**[17:29] Nar**
Kanetsugu's secret strategy...
**[17:32] Nar**
First, the party split in two
in front of Mount Koya.
**[17:41] Nar**
And the place where Sakon
went was the key...
***SIGN*** Ogo's residence
**[17:47] Mokujiki Ogo**
Well, well...
***SIGN*** Mokujiki Ogo
**[17:51] Nar**
Mokujiki Ogo...
**[17:54] Nar**
an elderly monk who,
during Hideyoshi's attack on Mount Koya
**[17:58] Nar**
in 1587, miraculously saved Mount Koya
**[18:01] Nar**
by peaceful negotiation,
as a representative of the mountain.
**[18:06] Nar**
He subsequently served Toyotomi
**[18:10] Nar**
and held the position of power
over matters on the mountain.
**[18:15] Ogo**
So Shima-dono, you,
the Chief Retainer of Ishida-sama,
**[18:20] Ogo**
have come all the way to Mount Koya. Why?
**[18:24] Sakon**
I will create somewhat
of a commotion on the mountain...
**[18:28] Sakon**
I wanted your permission.
**[18:34] Ogo**
Oh...
**[18:35] Ogo**
What do you intend to do?
**[18:42] Sakon**
Please post this on bulletins.
**[18:49] Ogo**
Well, well...
**[18:53] Sakon**
Will you accept my request?
**[18:54] Ogo**
Of course.
**[18:56] Ogo**
After all, it is the request
of Yamato's Major Counselor.
**[19:11] Ogo**
The Major Counselor has interesting ideas...
**[19:15] Nar**
The Major Counselor of Yamato...
**[19:18] Nar**
He managed all of the political
dealings during Toyotomi's reign.
**[19:21] Nar**
He was by birth and by reputation
Hideyoshi's right-hand man,
**[19:25] Nar**
his actual brother, Toyotomi Hidenaga.
**[19:29] Nar**
Thus, Ogo had no qualms...
**[19:34] Nar**
What was it that transpired
from the bulletins?
**[19:40] Sagen**
Wh-What the...
**[19:54] Ninja**
How many of them are there?
**[19:56] Ninja**
A thousand?
**[19:57] Ninja**
Two thousand?
**[19:59] Sagen**
I know what this is.
**[20:00] Sagen**
Kanetsugu has planned
**[20:01] Sagen**
to mingle with the crowd
and dig up the Jizo grave.
**[20:06] Messenger Ninja**
But there are only three hundred of us.
**[20:09] Messenger Ninja**
It would be impossible
to keep an eye on all of them.
**[20:12] Sagen**
But why are these farmers
gathered together?
**[20:15] Messenger Ninja 2**
Sagen-sama.
**[20:16] Sagen**
Hm?
**[20:17] Messenger Ninja 2**
This.
**[20:20] Kanetsugu**
* Mount Koya is*
* the paradise of Maitreya.*
**[20:23] Kanetsugu**
* The many spirits who have passed*
* in the Battle of Odawara*
**[20:25] Kanetsugu**
*are coming to pay homage to Daishi.*
**[20:28] Kanetsugu**
*Thus to prepare this holy ground,*
**[20:31] Kanetsugu**
* I command you to clean*
* the Okunoin Temple.*
**[20:34] Kanetsugu**
* For each of you who*
* participates in this good deed,*
**[20:37] Kanetsugu**
*there will be a reward of 100 mon.*
**[20:42] Kanetsugu**
* "How blessed it is.*
* Daishi is still among us,*
**[20:46] Kanetsugu**
*even in the crags of Mount Koya."*
**[20:52] Kanetsugu**
Naoe Yamashiro no Kami Kanetsugu.
**[20:57] Sagen**
What in the...
**[20:59] Nar**
Sagen then realized, that though
he had the unquestionable
**[21:03] Nar**
advantage of three hundred
Iga ninjas backing him,
**[21:07] Nar**
he had overvalued the idea of quantity...
**[21:11] Nar**
Indeed, as they say:
**[21:13] Nar**
"Those who rely on quantity,
**[21:16] Nar**
will drown in arrogance and quantity."
**[21:18] Sagen**
So this is Naoe Kanetsugu!
**[21:25] People**
What a blessing.
**[21:26] People**
What a blessing.
**[21:26] People**
100 mon just for cleaning!
**[21:29] People**
What a happy occasion!
**[21:31] Kanetsugu**
It's more than worth it!
**[21:33] Kanetsugu**
Endeavor in cleaning,
**[21:36] Kanetsugu**
for the sake of the many spirits and Daishi!
**[21:46] People**
This is a boon from Daishi.
**[21:48] People**
What a blessing. What a blessing.
**[21:50] People**
100 mon! 100 mon!
**[21:50] Senbei**
Wh-What an incredible sight.
**[21:52] People**
It's a boon!
**[21:53] Kazuma**
So this is Naoe Kanetsugu's style of battle...
**[21:54] People**
What a blessing. What a blessing.
**[21:57] Hanada**
It's...
**[21:58] Hanada**
it's like a festival.
***SIGN*** Episode 25: The Endless Story Told of Men
**[23:40] Nar**
Next time on *Gifuu Doudou:
Kanetsugu and Keiji*:
**[23:44] Nar**
Episode 25
"The Endless Story Told of Men."
**[23:50] Nar**
Let us discuss the path
of righteousness next time, as well.