# E19 - A Matter of Trust
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**[00:01] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
Kanetatsu, you're the strongest
Bushi in the Uesugi Band.
**[00:05] (Flashback) Naoe**
My lord...
**[00:07] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
Promise me, Kanetatsu...
**[00:09] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
If I'm ever gone and the
Uesugi Band is in danger,
**[00:14] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
you must protect them.
**[00:17] Naoe**
*My lord entrusted me with that duty.*
**[00:21] Naoe**
*But I lost to this dog. I was powerless.*
**[00:25] Naoe**
*I couldn't protect my band!*
**[00:30] Seiroku**
Die!
**[00:32] Seiroku**
What?!
**[00:34] Naoe**
*I'll never forgive him for that.*
**[00:36] Naoe**
*But more importantly...*
**[00:39] Naoe**
* I can't forgive letting the people*
* I cherish get hurt and die...*
**[00:43] Naoe**
*because of my weakness!*
**[00:46] Seiroku**
My Smothering Sutured Edge!
**[00:48] Naoe**
Now!
**[00:49] Sign {that breaks}**
INFECTION
**[02:20] Sign**
INFECTION INFECTION INFECTION INFECTION
**[02:23] Masaki**
Master Kanetatsu did it!
**[02:24] Kuroko**
The seal has been broken!
***SIGN*** A Matter of Trust
***SIGN*** All of you will now head to Awaji Island and shatter Yamata no Orochi's eight horns!
***SIGN*** Third Deployment:
2,500 Black-Clad
Elite Uesugi Soldiers
**[02:32] Kuroko**
You're finally free to make it happen.
**[02:34] Kuroko**
The time has come to crush
the foes of the Uesugi!
**[02:38] Kuroko**
*The rest is up to you, Kanetatsu.*
***SIGN*** Awaji Island
Northeast Coast
**[02:41] Naoe**
Kuroko has you beat, Inukawa Seiroku.
**[02:46] Seiroku**
So setting the island ablaze
**[02:48] Seiroku**
was really to create a smokescreen
that'd let you get close.
**[02:52] Seiroku**
In fact, she arranged this
entire ruse to that end.
**[02:54] Seiroku**
To put you here.
**[02:56] Naoe**
That's right.
**[02:57] Naoe**
The tables have turned!
And you're out of luck!
**[03:01] Seiroku**
I'll admit this much.
**[03:03] Seiroku**
She's got me beat as a tactician.
**[03:06] Seiroku**
But the thing is...
**[03:07] Naoe**
*He drew a second sword?*
**[03:09] Seiroku**
You aren't going to reach the Kishin's horns.
**[03:13] Seiroku**
Because I'm going to kill you
and all or your elite soldiers.
**[03:17] Seiroku**
And once Shiro takes the
Obsidian Goddess, victory will be ours.
**[03:22] Naoe**
No. The Obsidian Goddess
isn't going anywhere.
**[03:26] Naoe**
Because our backup should
be at Yura Mine by now.
***SIGN*** Second Uesugi Deployment:
1,000 Takeda Soldiers
**[03:34] Shige**
Takeda reinforcements!
**[03:35] Mamori**
We're saved!
**[03:36] Shiro**
Huh? What're you doing here?
**[03:40] Naotora**
I'm the only one who can take you on.
**[03:43] Sanae**
Should we forget about the explosives, then?
**[03:45] Amako**
It seems like this was all part
of Lady Usami's plan.
**[03:49] Musashi**
Wait, are you serious?
Does that mean we were just bait?
**[03:53] Naotora**
What are you talking about, Musashi?
**[03:56] Naotora**
This is where your real job starts.
**[03:59] Naotora**
Right now, the Uesugi forces are going all in
on cracking the Kishin's horns.
**[04:05] Naotora**
But to succeed, we'll need to deal
with the black dogs first.
**[04:09] Naotora**
Naoe's got one.
**[04:11] Naotora**
I've got this guy.
**[04:15] Naotora**
That leaves the last one for you, Musashi!
**[04:20] Musashi**
Sounds good to me!
**[04:31] Naoe**
I'm going to beat you.
**[04:33] Naoe**
I swear it on my title as a first-class
red Bushi, granted to me by my lord.
**[04:38] Naoe**
And I *will* protect my bandmates!
**[04:40] Naoe**
That was the duty entrusted to me!
**[04:44] Seiroku**
A lot of awfully obnoxious
resolve you've got there.
**[04:46] Seiroku**
I'll deal with that the same way
I did your dragon tattoo.
**[04:51] Naoe**
Here I come!
**[04:54] Seiroku**
Smothering Sutured Edge! Take this!
**[04:59] Naoe**
Is that the best you can do?!
**[05:01] Seiroku**
What?!
**[05:02] Naoe**
I'll blow it away!
**[05:03] Naoe**
Dragon-Toothed Chain Sword!
**[05:08] Seiroku**
He's—
**[05:17] Seiroku**
How is it that every red Bushi
I've met is a brute?
**[05:20] Naoe**
Inukawa Seiroku.
You're a yellow blade, aren't you?
**[05:25] Naoe**
You've got excellent reach,
but you aren't actually all that strong.
**[05:30] Naoe**
The difference in our power is clear!
**[05:33] Seiroku**
You've got me there! Which is why I'll
be using one of my special tricks.
**[05:38] Seiroku**
Smothering Sutured Edge: Lacerate!
**[05:40] Sign**
LACERATE
**[05:40] Sign**
LACERATE
**[05:42] Sign**
LACERATE
**[05:42] Seiroku**
Surgery is in session.
**[05:44] Sign**
LACERATE
**[05:45] Seiroku**
What?!
**[05:46] Naoe**
That's how you made a mess of me last time.
**[05:48] Naoe**
But as long as I can see
the strings and avoid them...
**[05:52] Signs**
LACERATE
**[05:52] Signs**
LACERATE
**[05:54] Naoe**
How the—
**[05:54] Sign**
LACERATE
**[05:54] Sign**
LACERATE
**[05:55] Seiroku**
Nice try.
**[05:58] Seiroku**
I can actually make my blade energy
sutures so thin they're practically invisible.
**[06:06] Sign**
LACERATE
**[06:06] Sign**
LACERATE
**[06:06] Sign**
LACERATE
**[06:14] Sign that then transitions into a Reversed POV Sign**
BLACKOUT
**[06:15] Sign that then transitions into a Reversed POV Sign**
BLACKOUT
**[06:15] Naoe**
*What is this? I see words.*
**[06:18] Naoe**
*I-Is he...*
**[06:20] Naoe**
Wh-What's going on? I can't see anything...
**[06:27] Seiroku**
Sorry, I guess I spooked you
when I touched you just now...
**[06:30] Seiroku**
Considering you're totally blind.
**[06:32] Naoe**
What the hell did you do to me?!
**[06:34] Naoe**
I am indeed a yellow blade.
**[06:37] Naoe**
A lot like your master, honestly.
**[06:39] Naoe**
Like my lord?
**[06:40] Seiroku**
Do you understand what's
about to happen to you?
**[06:43] Seiroku**
I'm going to, very thoroughly,
dissect you piece by piece.
**[06:47] Naoe**
* I can't let an enemy*
* I can't see get too close.*
**[06:50] Naoe**
*So...*
**[06:52] Naoe**
*I'll have to chase him off!*
**[06:55] Naoe**
* If I lash out in every direction,*
* I should be able to drive him back!*
**[07:01] Seiroku**
It's easy to tell what you're thinking.
**[07:04] Seiroku**
But you can't repel me when you can't see me.
**[07:09] Seiroku**
Smothering Sutured Edge...
**[07:10] Signs**
DISLOCATED NUMBING BURN DISLOCATED NUMBING DISLOCATED NUMBING BURN
**[07:13] Seiroku**
Burn.
**[07:14] Signs**
DISLOCATED
NUMBING
**[07:14] Signs**
DISLOCATED
NUMBING
**[07:14] Signs**
DISLOCATED
NUMBING
**[07:14] Signs**
BURN
**[07:14] Signs**
BURN
**[07:17] Naoe**
What is this?! It's so hot!
**[07:19] Sign**
BURN
**[07:19] Seiroku**
Well, of course it is!
**[07:21] Seiroku**
Your epidermis is burning
to the point of rupture.
**[07:24] Seiroku**
And then...
**[07:25] Signs**
DISLOCATED
NUMBING
**[07:25] Signs**
DISLOCATED
NUMBING
**[07:25] Signs**
DISLOCATED
NUMBING
**[07:25] Signs**
BURN
**[07:25] Signs**
BURN
**[07:25] Seiroku**
Dislocated Numbing.
**[07:30] Seiroku**
Y'know, rolling on the ground like that...
**[07:33] Seiroku**
The pain would be enough
to make most folks faint,
**[07:35] Seiroku**
feeling like your nerves
are totally exposed.
**[07:40] Naoe**
You can cause all of this at will?
**[07:43] Seiroku**
Everything I diagnose, I make reality.
**[07:47] Naoe**
*H-How am I supposed fight that?*
**[07:52] Naoe**
But...
**[07:56] Naoe**
I can't afford... to lose...
**[08:00] Naoe**
I won't let your foul technique
hurt my comrades!
**[08:04] Seiroku**
Oh, really?
**[08:07] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[08:07] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[08:09] Seiroku**
Fun fact: a broken thumb and pinky are all
it takes to make a sword too heavy to carry.
**[08:15] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[08:15] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[08:16] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[08:16] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[08:16] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[08:16] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[08:19] Seiroku**
You really are the Uesugi's
strongest fighter.
**[08:23] Seiroku**
But, bit by bit, I'm rendering you helpless.
**[08:28] Naoe**
I...
**[08:30] (Flashback) Naoe**
I can't compare to you, my lord.
**[08:33] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
You're mistaken. My yellow blade can
make my comrades stronger,
**[08:38] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
but it's ill suited to raise hell
on the front lines.
**[08:41] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
And one cannot change the color
of the soul they're born with.
**[08:44] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
To be honest, I'm envious of you.
**[08:46] (Flashback) Naoe**
My lord...
**[08:49] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
Promise me, Kanetatsu...
**[08:51] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
If I'm ever gone and the
Uesugi Band is in danger,
**[08:56] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
you must protect them.
**[09:00] Seiroku**
You'll never stand or carry a blade again.
**[09:06] Seiroku**
You're no invincible hero.
You're powerless.
**[09:12] Naoe**
I...
**[09:22] Seiroku**
Come on now, Naoe Kanetatsu.
**[09:25] Seiroku**
Look. Your friends have almost made it ashore.
**[09:29] Seiroku**
Oh, wait. You can't see.
**[09:32] Sign**
BLACKOUT
**[09:33] Seiroku**
I lifted the blade energy
affecting your eyes.
**[09:36] Seiroku**
Now you'll get to watch your men die.
**[09:39] Seiroku**
And with your limbs in shambles,
you won't be able to do much about it.
**[09:43] Seiroku**
Y'know, I really do pity you. I mean it.
**[09:48] Seiroku**
You're supposed to save your
comrades, right? I get that.
**[09:52] Seiroku**
I actually used to be a doctor.
**[10:01] Seiroku**
But in a band of Bushi, anyone with
special powers ends up suffering for it.
**[10:06] Seiroku**
You've always get a handful of powerful
fighters and a mob of hanger-ons...
**[10:13] Seiroku**
None of them hesitate to push
the hardest jobs off on others
**[10:16] Seiroku**
while they kick back and
offer hollow encouragement.
**[10:19] Seiroku**
They just expect more and more.
**[10:23] Seiroku**
I'm sure your friends are the same kind
of trash that isn't worth protecting.
**[10:27] Seiroku**
Am I wrong?
**[10:30] Seiroku**
*Is he...*
**[10:32] Seiroku**
* There's no way he can grasp a*
* sword with his fingers shattered.*
**[10:46] Seiroku**
He's using the bloody bandages?
**[10:52] Naoe**
I don't give... a damn... about your story.
**[10:57] Naoe**
Sounds like...
**[11:00] Naoe**
you choked under the pressure
of your comrades' expectations.
**[11:06] Naoe**
But to me, those expectations
are a source of pride!
**[11:11] Seiroku**
You little punk...
**[11:13] Naoe**
* The elite soldiers are coming.*
* I need to end this before they arrive.*
**[11:18] Naoe**
I'm not letting my comrades
suffer at your hands.
**[11:21] Naoe**
Being the top red blade makes me
the strongest in the band.
**[11:24] Naoe**
I cannot lose!
**[11:26] Signs**
BURN FRACTURE BURN DISLOCATED NUMBING DISLOCATED NUMBING BURN FRACTURE BURN
**[11:27] Naoe**
It's time I put an end to your trick...
**[11:31] Naoe**
and finally beat you!
**[11:32] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[11:32] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[11:34] Seiroku**
He's pointing his sword at himself?!
**[11:37] Seiroku**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[11:38] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[11:38] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[11:38] Naoe**
A test of strength.
**[11:40] Naoe**
These cheap little strings of blade energy
you caught me in, or my red blade energy?
**[11:45] Naoe**
Let's see which is stronger!
**[11:49] Seiroku**
He's...
**[11:50] Seiroku**
He's turning his blade energy on himself!
**[11:53] Seiroku**
Does he have a death wish or something?
**[11:55] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[11:55] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[12:00] Seiroku**
My...
**[12:03] Seiroku**
My sutures!
**[12:19] Naoe**
I can move my limbs!
**[12:21] Seiroku**
So you were able to use your
blade energy to cast mine off.
**[12:25] Seiroku**
A suicidal show of brute strength.
**[12:28] Seiroku**
This is why I hate you red-bladed thugs!
**[12:32] Naoe**
Just as I suspected, Inukawa Seiroku.
**[12:35] Naoe**
Your technique is merely a cheap trick.
**[12:37] Seiroku**
What?
**[12:39] Naoe**
It appears to give you a godlike
power to dictate reality...
**[12:43] Sign**
LACERATE
**[12:43] Naoe**
And the way my body reacted,
it might as well have been.
**[12:44] Sign**
BLACKOUT
**[12:45] Sign**
BLACKOUT
**[12:47] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[12:47] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[12:49] Naoe**
But when your blade energy goes,
its effects do, too.
**[12:52] Naoe**
It's nothing more than
a sadistic little mirage.
**[12:55] Seiroku**
Excellent observation. But still...
**[12:58] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[12:58] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[12:58] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[12:58] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[12:58] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[12:58] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[12:58] Sign**
FRACTURE
**[12:58] Naoe**
The strings I cast off are trying
to ensnare me again!
**[13:01] Seiroku**
You couldn't get rid of them for good.
**[13:05] Seiroku**
Time to break you all over again.
**[13:07] Naoe**
Before that happens...
**[13:14] Naoe**
I'm going to end this!
**[13:16] Seiroku**
I take it you want a duel, then?
**[13:19] Seiroku**
You must not think I'm much of a swordsman.
**[13:26] Naoe**
H-He's fast!
**[13:29] Naoe**
* I thought he relied on cheap tricks*
* because he's not much of a fighter...*
**[13:37] Naoe**
* But he's genuinely strong*
* as a swordsman, too!*
**[13:41] Naoe**
Losing too much... blood...
**[13:43] Seiroku**
That's right! Once the blood's gone,
you can't force it back in circulation!
**[13:47] Seiroku**
Now die!
**[13:49] Naoe Subordinates**
Master Kanetatsu!
**[13:51] Naoe**
No!
**[13:51] Seiroku**
I'll kill all of you at once!
**[13:56] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
You must protect them.
**[13:59] (Flashback) Naoe**
I'm sorry, sir. I don't have that
kind of faith in my abilities.
**[14:05] (Flashback) Naoe**
There've been too many times
I failed to save someone...
**[14:09] (Flashback) Naoe**
Not to mention your left eye.
**[14:11] (Flashback) Naoe**
If I were truly strong, you'd still have it!
**[14:17] (Flashback) Naoe**
Invincible heroes don't really exist.
**[14:21] (Flashback) Naoe**
That's the truth, isn't it?
**[14:23] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
Yeah. You're right about that.
**[14:28] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
Still... when you're a leader of men,
you must pretend you can do anything.
**[14:35] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
That's what gives your people hope.
**[14:38] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
It's the fate of those born into power.
**[14:41] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
You and I are the same in that sense.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Naoe**
We are?
**[14:46] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
That's right.
**[14:48] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
I'm supposed to be the head of a band,
**[14:50] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
but as a Bushi, I'm so weak that
I can't even fight on my own.
**[14:55] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
What I'm lacking frustrates
me like you wouldn't believe.
**[14:59] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
But Kanetatsu... you're strong.
**[15:02] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
And with you at my side,
**[15:04] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
even an imperfect man like me can
stand tall like a champion for everyone else.
**[15:14] Seiroku**
What the—
**[15:16] (Flashback) Naoe**
I'm not perfect, sir.
**[15:21] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
You don't have to be.
**[15:22] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
But I still need you.
**[15:26] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
Kanetatsu, you *will* win.
**[15:31] Seiroku**
This can't...
**[15:34] (Flashback) Tatsuomi**
I know it.
**[15:45] Naoe Subordinates**
Master Kanetatsu!
**[15:46] Naoe**
I can't take a knee in front of my men...
**[15:50] Naoe**
Being the first-ranked red blade
makes you an invincible hero.
**[15:53] Naoe**
And I'm proud of that!
**[15:56] Messenger**
Reporting!
**[15:57] Messenger**
Master Naoe has struck down
one of the enemy Bushi!
**[16:03] Kuroko**
Kanetatsu... I knew you could do it.
**[16:07] Kuroko**
We will now advance to the final phase
of the plan to liberate Awaji Island!
**[16:12] Kuroko**
The greatest hindrance to shattering
Yamata no Orochi's horns...
**[16:15] Kuroko**
is the two remaining black dogs.
**[16:17] Kuroko**
The Takeda Band and special force
will ensure they don't interfere.
***SIGN*** Special Force:
Shimazu Squad
**[16:23] Akihiro**
We're operating as a squad from here on out!
**[16:26] Musashi**
Michiru's dad should be up ahead!
***SIGN*** Awaji Island Force
5,000 White-Clad Soldiers
**[16:29] Musashi**
Lord Tatsuomi's rescue will be seen to by
the white-clad forces who've already landed.
**[16:33] Kojiro**
We're doing this!
**[16:35] Tsugumi**
It's finally our turn!
**[16:38] Kuroko**
The only unknown is Inukai Shiro.
**[16:43] Kuroko**
His powers are hard to fathom.
The only one who can deal with him...
**[16:48] Kuroko**
is one of the Five Great Generals,
said to be Hinomoto's strongest...
**[16:52] Kuroko**
Lord Takeda Naotora.
**[16:56] Shiro**
A cage made from green blade energy, huh?
**[16:59] Shiro**
I guess you wanna fight me
one on one in here. Is that it?
**[17:03] Shiro**
Great! Bushi who think like that
always have the most pristine souls.
**[17:07] Shiro**
You sure you wanna do this alone, though?
**[17:11] Shiro**
Don't bands usually fight together?
**[17:14] Shiro**
That's why they call the captains
of the biggest bands
**[17:19] Shiro**
the Five Great Generals, right?
**[17:22] Naotora**
Maybe. Who can say?
**[17:25] Shiro**
Well, I'm gonna have to force
my way out of here anyway.
**[17:28] Shiro**
I've got a goddess to go see.
**[17:32] Aoshi**
What the hell is with his blade ring?
**[17:34] Takeda Bushi**
I've never seen one like it before!
**[17:37] Naotora**
I have.
**[17:39] Naotora**
That blade ring... I could sense it
when we crossed blades the other day.
**[17:44] Naotora**
I get the feeling I've met you before this.
**[17:47] Shiro**
You think? I don't remember you, though.
**[17:51] Naotora**
It would've been over ten years ago.
**[17:54] Shiro**
Oh, that long? Then I definitely forgot.
**[17:58] Naotora**
Is that so?
**[18:00] Shiro**
C'mon, I don't care about this right now.
I'm just gonna go, okay?
**[18:03] Naotora**
Nah. I can't have that.
**[18:05] Shiro**
But the goddess is a bigger deal to me...
**[18:09] Naotora**
I get it. You're kind of obsessed
with this goddess of yours, huh?
**[18:14] Naotora**
The Obsidian Goddess is
worthless, if you ask me.
**[18:18] Naotora**
Your group has been trying to take her,
**[18:22] Naotora**
which leads you to clashing
with other bands.
**[18:26] Naotora**
That means she's the source
of inter-Bushi fighting.
**[18:31] Naotora**
I honestly wish that
trouble-making mess of a woman
**[18:34] Naotora**
would do us all a favor and die
for real. Don't you agree?
**[18:42] Shunrai**
Yeowch...
**[18:43] Shunrai**
I can't believe he broke my cage
just by flexing his blade energy.
**[18:51] Shiro**
Wow. That's quite a mouth you've got on you.
**[18:55] Naotora**
Oh, sorry. Did I upset you?
**[18:58] Shiro**
Fine. I'll take your bait.
**[19:01] Shiro**
I guess I'll crush all of you
before going on my way.
**[19:05] Shiro**
Kitetsu Blade: Void.
**[19:11] Naotora**
*What is this?!*
**[19:12] Shunrai**
*Water?!*
**[19:13] Shunrai**
*S-So heavy...!*
**[19:15] Shiro**
Right now, you're so deep in the ocean
**[19:17] Shiro**
that the water pressure is enough
to crush your organs to mush.
**[19:22] Shiro**
Anyone who'd wish for the goddess's demise
doesn't even deserve to be rust on my blade.
**[19:27] Aoshi**
What the hell is this?!
**[19:28] Takeda Bushi**
Where'd the captain and the others go?
**[19:31] Shiro**
Your friends are inside.
**[19:33] Shiro**
The weight of the water is enough
that it will destroy a human body.
**[19:38] Shiro**
This is what I do when fighting someone
I'd rather not even touch with my sword.
**[19:42] Shiro**
Sometimes it's the bottom of the sea.
**[19:43] Shiro**
Sometimes it's lava hot enough to melt bone.
**[19:46] Shiro**
Send them to a place like that,
and you can kill an entire band at once.
**[19:51] Takeda Bushi**
This guy's a nightmare...
**[19:53] Takeda Bushi 2**
Yeah. His power defies any advantage
in numbers or weapon superiority with ease.
**[19:57] Takeda Bushi 2**
His sword is enough to define
the outcome of a battle!
**[20:00] Aoshi**
I'll admit you're a freak of nature
who's way too much for anyone to handle.
**[20:04] Shiro**
Wow, thanks.
**[20:06] Aoshi**
Anyone but our captain, that is.
**[20:15] Naotora**
Everybody all right?
**[20:16] Shunrai**
Yeah! Great save, Captain.
**[20:20] Shiro**
How'd he get out of my water prison?
**[20:23] Shiro**
He shouldn't have been able
to move from the pressure...
**[20:26] Naotora**
So, that trick you just pulled...
**[20:29] Naotora**
Is that the best you can do?
**[20:32] Naotora**
You were the one hunting for swords
at the great eastern mine, right?
**[20:35] Naotora**
You match the description.
**[20:38] Shiro**
That might've been me...
**[20:40] Naotora**
Y'know, I hunt oni,
but I don't actually hate them.
**[20:45] Naotora**
A monster that can't communicate
might as well be a natural disaster.
**[20:49] Naotora**
They're more like earthquakes or plagues.
**[20:51] Naotora**
The real trouble is always other people.
**[20:54] Naotora**
Those who take advantage of the
state of the world to cause chaos...
**[20:58] Naotora**
People like you.
**[20:59] Shiro**
What exactly are you getting at?
**[21:02] Naotora**
I deny you.
**[21:04] Naotora**
And I'm gonna put you down.
**[21:06] Shiro**
I love that expression.
**[21:08] Shiro**
Let's settle up, then.
**[21:13] Naotora**
We strike at the same speed,
**[21:15] Naotora**
so I'll take the upper hand with more energy!
**[21:18] Naotora**
Kitetsu Blade:
**[21:23] Naotora**
Ao-no-Habakiri!
**[21:27] Shiro**
You can have these back!
**[21:36] Shunrai**
No way! He can cut and redirect
the captain's attacks, too?
**[21:44] Takeda Bushi**
What in the world is he?!
**[21:46] Takeda Bushi**
Red, blue, yellow, green...
His moves don't match any Bushi's!
**[21:50] Aoshi**
I've never seen anything like it!
**[21:52] Shiro**
My color? The blade ring's gotten
kinda dull after everything,
**[21:56] Shiro**
but it used to be more like this.
**[21:59] Naotora**
That's...
**[22:01] Naotora**
A white blade ring.
**[22:04] Naotora**
He's a white-bladed Bushi...
the strongest there is!