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Fictional work. Any similarity to real
names or events is coincidental.

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Underage smoking is prohibited.

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Year 60 of the Yamato era. Spring.

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Acting on Fuji III's orders,

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Tonotsugu Taira, Denki Taira's
legitimate heir, set out for Kanazawa

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with Right Lieutenant General Goh Sugoh
of the Borderland General Corps,

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leading 30,000 soldiers
and 1,000 reinforcements.

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Commanding a central force of 1,000,

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Left Lieutenant General Shiryo Nagamine
was posted in Daishoji,

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while Borderland General Mitsuhide Ryumon
and strategist Yasuaki Kaku,

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leading a rear force of 3,000,
had reached Fukui.

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SEII - KAGA

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Reporting!

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Borderland General Ryumon's Corps
has entered Fukui Reihoku Castle.

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SEII COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
OHGA WAJIMA

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The transport unit led by Tonotsugu Taira
has already entered Kaga.

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Thank you for the report.

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Please get some rest
until further instructions.

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Yes, ma'am!

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SO PRECIOUS!

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SEII - BUO

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Papa, the time has come.

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NIPPON SANGOKU:
THE THREE NATIONS OF THE CRIMSON SUN

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KAGA - KANAZAWA CASTLE

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Two hundred and five!

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Two hundred and six!

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Two hundred and seven!

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Two hundred and eight!

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GOVERNOR OF KAGA
MUUTON NAGAO

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Two hundred and nine!

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Brutal.

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BASASHI HATTA - JUNICHI TAMAKI

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Seriously brutal.
- Quiet, messenger.

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If they find out Yamato's people are here,
all our heads will roll.

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He's fainted!

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If he faints,
what are Commander Wajima's orders?

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EPISODE 6: EVE OF WAR

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If he loses consciousness
or has a seizure,

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I've been instructed
to reschedule for another day.

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Commander Wajima is merciful.

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Very well,
that concludes today's interrogation.

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Dismissed!
- Yes, sir!

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That was seriously brutal.
- I said keep quiet!

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ONE HOUR LATER

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DOCTOR

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Chief Negotiator Nagao!

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Messenger from Yamato.

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You seriously think
this is some self-injury stratagem?

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No, this is no joke.
It's brutal. Seriously brutal.

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Over 200 lashes? That's insane.

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Yeah, it is.

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On a good day, I can go 400, easy.

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Hey, don't talk about it
like it's a workout routine!

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Anyway, jokes aside…

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That was a joke?

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Seii's

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new regime is

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completely unhinged, as you can see.

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But even if we wanted to resist them,
we don't have enough soldiers or food.

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No, please, just lie down.

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Yeah, but…

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Kaga may be hanging by a thread,
but it's still under my jurisdiction.

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So, messenger,

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I need you to act fast

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and annex Kaga.

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Chief Negotiator Nagao!

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Completely understood.

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I'll bring the transport unit at once.

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TWO HOURS LATER

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TEDORI RIVER

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Reporting!

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We had our scouts survey Kanazawa.

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They found only 2,000 regular soldiers,
with no signs of an ambush.

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TONOTSUGU TAIRA

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Good work.

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BORDERLAND GENERAL CORPS
RIGHT LIEUTENANT GENERAL - GOH SUGOH

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Looks like there really
aren't any hidden soldiers in Kanazawa.

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And the Seii forces
we passed in Daishoji, Komatsu,

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and here in Nomi
were all really thin on numbers.

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I doubt they would bother
setting an ambush in Hakusan either,

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since we won't pass it.

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Which means, this proves
Muuton Nagao's surrender was legit.

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What? He's ignoring me?

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They say he's a grim, hard-line general,
so taciturn, no one's ever seen him smile.

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And yeah, the only words I've heard
out of him these past few days are…

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Got it.

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Fine.

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One sugar cube, please.

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That's all he said.

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Well, whatever.

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Once I pull off
the historic annexation of Kaga

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and the Emperor grants me
the post of Borderland General,

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I'll fire this gloomy old man
in a heartbeat.

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So, shall we continue on to Kanazawa?

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Grand Archivist Taira!
Deputy Archivist Tamaki, reporting back!

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Good work, Tama.

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How's the situation
with Chief Negotiator Nagao?

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It's brutal. Like, really brutal!

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I'm telling you it's seriously brutal!

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That's bad. Then we'd better hurry.

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Very well. I'll lead the way.

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Preparations for the banquet
are underway as well.

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Wait.

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What's wrong?

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The river.

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Once we cross the Tedori River,

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there will be no escape.

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Even if Kanazawa itself is empty,

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there could be soldiers
in neighboring Noto or Etchu.

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We also haven't surveyed Hakusan.

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If a large Seii force is waiting there,

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we'll be caught in a pincer attack,
and that will be the end.

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I'm sure

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even a kid could figure that out.

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We will make camp here

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and rendezvous with the 1,000 soldiers
led by Left Lieutenant General Nagamine,

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and the rear force of 3,000
led by Borderland General Ryumon.

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In the meantime, we will send scouts
to the areas we haven't surveyed yet.

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We can cross the river after that.

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Well, well,
Right Lieutenant General Sugoh.

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You've gotten awfully talkative.

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Let me ask you this, then.
The central force is one thing,

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but how many days until the rear force
led by the Borderland General arrives?

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Won't that take a heck of a long time?

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And how many days will it take
to finish surveying Hakusan?

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It took 1,000 soldiers two full days
just to scout Kanazawa.

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If Chief Negotiator Nagao
is executed or dismissed in the meantime,

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wouldn't that really be the end for us?

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And what excuse do you plan
to give His Majesty

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when we return empty-handed,
after wasting time and manpower?

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Like Baldy-mon-- Oh, my bad.

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Like Borderland General Ryumon,

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will you fall to your knees
and make a fool of yourself?

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How disrespectful.

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Shut up, dumbass.

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You are the disrespectful one.

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Arrest Right Lieutenant General Sugoh!
- Yes, sir!

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Listen up, old man.

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I'm the commanding officer here.

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Cross me again

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and I'll tell my father.

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He will slaughter your entire clan.

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All right, let's go.

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Grand Archivist Taira
is on his way to Kanazawa,

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leading the transport unit!

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What, seriously?

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Seriously!

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Yes! Yes! Yes! All right!

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Man, seriously!

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I wasn't sure this deception would work,

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but good thing
Yamato's commanding officer is an idiot!

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Hurry, hurry,
send a messenger to Commander Wajima!

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Send one immediately!

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Yes, sir!

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Oh man, Commander Wajima's
gonna sing my praises for this. Damn.

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VICTORY SECURED

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Now then.

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Let's give you all a grand welcome,

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people of Yamato.

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KOMATSU AIRPORT

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KOMATSU WARD - 23:20

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What? A banquet at Kanazawa Castle?

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MITSUHIDE RYUMON

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Yes, sir. Grand Archivist Taira says,

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"We will start the banquet now."

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"Once Borderland General Ryumon arrives,

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we will kick off the after-party
so get here quick."

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STRATEGIST
YASUAKI KAKU

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So that means Grand Archivist Taira
is already at Kanazawa Castle?

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Yes, sir!

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Then that means they have
already crossed the Tedori River?

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What? Yes, that would be correct.

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Did anyone try to stop Grand Archivist
Taira from crossing the river?

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What? Well, I didn't see anything.

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You sure?

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What? Come to think of it,

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Right Lieutenant General Sugoh
tried to stop him,

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but he got tied up with ropes

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and forced to--
- Enough. Understood.

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We are not going to Kanazawa.

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Wait, what?

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If we head to Kanazawa too
and it's an enemy trap, we are finished.

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Sir, wait--
- Tell that to Grand Archivist Taira.

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Well, that will be all.

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What? What? What?

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TAKE A LEAP!
WARP TO OKINAWA!

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General Ryumon.

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You are late.

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Yes. I had to relay a message
to General Nagamine.

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Kaku, how do you read the situation?

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It's no ordinary banquet,
that much is certain.

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A banquet is the perfect setting
for poison or an ambush,

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all the more so on one's own territory.

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So Sugoh and the others are in danger,
you think?

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That said,

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the Seii army's previously unclear
movements are starting to come into focus.

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General Ryumon,
I believe we should pull back to Fukui

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and consolidate our position.

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To Fukui?

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If we return to Fukui now,

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we will be too late
if anything happens in Kanazawa.

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Do we have a fighting chance?

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That's precisely why we do the unexpected.

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BANQUET COURSE MEAL

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SEII, KAGA - KANAZAWA CASTLE

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GEISHA TROUPE
IDOL STAR

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So this is Seii's geisha troupe,
Idol Star!

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I love the outfits and hairstyles.
They have that late Japan era vibe!

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As of today, Kaga belongs to Yamato.

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Honestly, I don't even know
how to thank you enough.

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His Imperial Majesty of Yamato
is incredibly generous.

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You endured brutal interrogation
and kept your silence, Lord Nagao.

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There's no reason
not to reward such loyalty.

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On the other hand,

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the ones who suspected
your surrender was a ruse

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will likely be dismissed.

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Isn't that right,
Right Lieutenant General Sugoh?

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Hey, by the way, why is
Right Lieutenant General Sugoh tied up?

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That's just a hobby of his.

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What an unusual hobby.

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I would love to hear more about it!

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Anyway,

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I told you we would feed you,

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so why aren't you eating anything?

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That's rude to Lord Nagao.

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If there's something you don't like,
I'll have another dish prepared.

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Then, I'll have one sugar cube.

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What? A sugar cube?

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Sure, but why?

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If I'm gonna die anyway,
better to die eating something I like.

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Someone bring Right Lieutenant General
Sugoh a sugar cube.

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Yes, sir!

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Right Lieutenant General Goh Sugoh,

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you are the only one
who still seems to doubt me.

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And the fact that Tonotsugu himself
is keeping watch over you

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means he doesn't trust
his own soldiers at all.

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That alone speaks volumes

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about the Borderland General Corps'

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overwhelming reputation
in military matters.

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Either way, the situation is favorable.

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Even if the real strategy
were somehow exposed…

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Delicious.

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Looks like you believe me now

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that there's no poison.

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OSAKA - SAME TIME
YOSHITSUNE'S RESIDENCE

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Won't that turn Kanazawa
into a battlefield?

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That's a very real possibility.

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Indeed, the most reliable move for Seii

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would be to launch a pincer attack
on the Yamato forces at Kanazawa.

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For them, it's the perfect chance
to wipe out Yamato's main force.

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I get that much.

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But what you mustn't forget

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is that Kanazawa is Seii's own territory.

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If two large armies clash in Kanazawa,

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Seii won't come away unscathed.

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The land would be ravaged,
poverty would spread,

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and they wouldn't even be able to grant

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land to the soldiers
who distinguish themselves in battle.

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With Seii still unstable
after a regime change,

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I think they would want
to avoid fighting on their own soil.

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In other words, while keeping
the Yamato army tied down in Kanazawa,

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they plan to invade Yamato instead?

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Exactly.

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If they make a move,
it will be from Fukui.

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00:15:38,605 --> 00:15:41,692
But, Misumi,
if the Seii army advances normally…

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KING - PROMOTED ROOK

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00:15:43,568 --> 00:15:46,697
…wouldn't they run straight into
the Yamato forces heading for Kanazawa?

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In my view,

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this is the most likely point.

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Fukui District in Okuetsu Prefecture.

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What? Okuetsu?

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As you say, Mr. Tsune, a direct advance
would lead to a head-on clash.

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Which means, for the Seii army to invade…

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KAGA, OKUETSU PREFECTURE, FUKUI DISTRICT

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…they would have to cross Hakusan
and strike at Okuetsu.

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There's no other way.

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Hold on a sec.

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Seii's Hakusan region is mountainous
and prone to disasters.

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And since the end of the Japan era,

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the roads haven't been maintained
properly, or so my mom once told me.

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Even if a small elite force managed
to cross Hakusan and take down Fukui,

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they would need
at least 50,000 soldiers to hold it.

283
00:16:32,867 --> 00:16:36,579
But at present,
they can't even muster 10,000 soldiers.

284
00:16:37,455 --> 00:16:40,291
That would have been true
up until a month ago.

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This is an intelligence report

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on the domestic policies
of Seii's new administration.

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It says this.

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"On the military front, the
Farmer-soldiers policy will be expanded."

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"Farmer-soldiers,
in addition to farming and combat duties,

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will also be tasked with developing
and repairing roads and waterways,

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constructing and maintaining bases,

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and assisting with disaster relief."

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What if this…

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was all preparation for the coming war?

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No way.

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TANI TUNNEL - LENGTH 1462M

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Year 60 of the Yamato era. Spring.

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From the northern land of Seii,
Ohga Wajima departed Hakusan

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and marched west at the head of her army,

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resolved to settle
the conflict with Yamato.

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Heave-ho!

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The war begins.

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The Seii army
broke through the Tani Tunnel

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linking the two countries
and invaded Okuetsu.

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OKUETSU - KUZURYU CASTLE
YAMATO - KATSUYAMA CASTLE - ONO CASTLE

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As they advanced, they set towns ablaze
and closed in on Kuzuryu Castle.

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Kuzuryu Castle had just 2,000 defenders,

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facing the Seii army's
total force of 70,000.

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Hold the line! Fire!

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Kuzuryu Castle, main keep.

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What's the current situation?

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We are badly outnumbered.

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DEPUTY CASTELLAN
HINA HIRAIZUMI

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The situation is dire.

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KUZURYU CASTLE CASTELLAN
YOSHINAGA SATO

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What about reinforcements
from the other castles?

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00:18:13,676 --> 00:18:15,971
With Kanazawa's regular soldiers
tied up in transport,

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we can't count on reinforcements.

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00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,642
Castellan Sato, we should send a messenger

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to Osaka at once
to request reinforcements.

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Hiraizumi, if reinforcements were to come,

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who do you think would command them?

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00:18:31,402 --> 00:18:32,237
Could it be…

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00:18:33,863 --> 00:18:37,242
It would be Denki Taira,
Lord of Home Affairs.

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If he defeats Seii,

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Borderland General Ryumon will be stripped
of his command, and Taira will take it.

327
00:18:45,041 --> 00:18:47,294
That must be avoided at all costs.

328
00:18:47,377 --> 00:18:49,879
But what about this castle?

329
00:18:50,713 --> 00:18:55,177
We have word that Borderland General
Ryumon is turning back from Kaga.

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00:18:55,260 --> 00:18:58,472
If so, he could reach Okuetsu
as early as tonight.

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00:18:58,555 --> 00:19:00,355
We just need to hold out until then.

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00:19:02,016 --> 00:19:03,185
Emergency report!

333
00:19:03,268 --> 00:19:05,520
Seii forces have breached the castle!

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00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:07,995
They are closing in on the main keep!

335
00:19:19,242 --> 00:19:22,120
Listen up, you Yamato nobodies!

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00:19:22,745 --> 00:19:24,205
I'm Aterui Kura.

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00:19:24,914 --> 00:19:27,250
By order of Seii's Commander,
I've come to take down

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the Yamato bandits
overrunning this castle.

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00:19:30,253 --> 00:19:31,963
Our main force under Commander Wajima

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00:19:32,046 --> 00:19:34,966
is already moving on Katsuyama Castle
and Ono Castle.

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00:19:35,633 --> 00:19:38,553
But I don't enjoy picking on the weak.

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00:19:38,636 --> 00:19:39,971
So here's my proposal.

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Just one head.

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If you hand over the head
of this castle's castellan right now

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00:19:46,728 --> 00:19:48,063
and surrender the castle,

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00:19:48,146 --> 00:19:50,607
I'll let everyone here walk away.

347
00:19:52,108 --> 00:19:54,319
But if you refuse,

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00:19:55,278 --> 00:19:58,490
I'll bite off
every finger and toe you have,

349
00:19:58,573 --> 00:20:01,951
and shove them down your throats,
choking you all to death.

350
00:20:02,577 --> 00:20:04,663
I don't lie!

351
00:20:04,746 --> 00:20:06,706
Now choose, you nobodies!

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00:20:07,248 --> 00:20:08,542
Hiraizumi,

353
00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:11,086
after you hand over my head,

354
00:20:11,169 --> 00:20:12,629
take the soldiers and civilians

355
00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:14,756
and rendezvous
with Borderland General Ryumon's Corps.

356
00:20:14,839 --> 00:20:15,840
What?

357
00:20:16,424 --> 00:20:19,386
We will have to hand over
the castle's food stores.

358
00:20:19,469 --> 00:20:21,680
But thanks to that new auditor
everyone's talking about,

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00:20:21,763 --> 00:20:24,766
Fukui has plenty of provisions stockpiled.

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00:20:25,683 --> 00:20:27,477
The rest is up to you.

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00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:29,520
Trust me and go.

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00:20:35,026 --> 00:20:36,194
Hurry!

363
00:21:07,392 --> 00:21:08,894
Forget that.

364
00:21:08,977 --> 00:21:11,855
I'm straight up ignoring that order.

365
00:21:11,938 --> 00:21:12,838
What, ignoring it?

366
00:21:13,690 --> 00:21:17,568
We young folk
have followed you all this way.

367
00:21:18,653 --> 00:21:21,698
General Ryumon put you
in charge of Kuzuryu Castle.

368
00:21:21,781 --> 00:21:24,325
You didn't serve all these years

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00:21:24,993 --> 00:21:27,578
as castellan for nothing, did you?

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00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:31,165
It's obvious we have no chance of winning.

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00:21:31,791 --> 00:21:34,085
But if we sacrifice you and run away,

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00:21:34,711 --> 00:21:38,811
we could never face the people who looked
up to you, or those who fell here today.

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00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:40,133
So…

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00:21:41,801 --> 00:21:44,345
we are defending this castle together!

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00:21:45,221 --> 00:21:46,472
Agreed!

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00:21:47,974 --> 00:21:51,310
We stand united!

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00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:56,900
I hear you.

378
00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:59,652
I, Yoshinaga Sato, accept your resolve.

379
00:22:00,445 --> 00:22:02,405
All right, you lot, let's go.

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00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:04,699
We are ready to lay down our lives

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00:22:05,366 --> 00:22:07,243
to defend this castle!

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00:22:27,638 --> 00:22:31,184
I am Yoshinaga Sato,
Castellan of Kuzuryu Castle!

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00:22:32,018 --> 00:22:35,938
If you want my head,
come take it yourself!

384
00:22:37,482 --> 00:22:41,736
Got some nerve for a nobody,
picking a fight with me.

385
00:22:42,278 --> 00:22:45,928
Don't know who you are, but if you
want to beat me, bring someone strong.

386
00:22:46,949 --> 00:22:48,117
Someone like Ryumon.

387
00:22:49,494 --> 00:22:52,663
True, I am a nobody in Yamato,

388
00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:55,041
and you are well-known in Yamato.

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00:22:55,124 --> 00:22:57,127
Starting with the Kura gang,

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00:22:57,210 --> 00:22:59,713
the Ginzan Security Troop,
the anti-surrender faction,

391
00:22:59,796 --> 00:23:03,049
to now the Seii military chief.

392
00:23:03,132 --> 00:23:04,550
That's quite the resume.

393
00:23:05,426 --> 00:23:08,805
But you were also a nobody once,
weren't you?

394
00:23:09,639 --> 00:23:12,183
"Nobodies, nobodies, nobodies."

395
00:23:12,725 --> 00:23:15,645
You keep calling us that,

396
00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:19,065
but could you have said that to yourself
back when you were nobody?

397
00:23:19,148 --> 00:23:22,736
As a proud samurai of this land,

398
00:23:22,819 --> 00:23:25,822
can you say that openly, without shame?

399
00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:31,327
You are not worth bothering
Borderland General Ryumon over.

400
00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:34,872
Just remember this.

401
00:23:35,790 --> 00:23:38,376
When you die, the last face you see

402
00:23:38,459 --> 00:23:40,628
will be this nameless castellan's.

403
00:23:45,675 --> 00:23:46,843
I like you!

404
00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:49,026
You are an entertaining bunch of nobodies!

405
00:23:50,388 --> 00:23:52,974
All soldiers, follow Castellan Sato!

406
00:23:53,057 --> 00:23:54,559
Don't break formation!

407
00:23:55,643 --> 00:23:57,103
All right, listen up.

408
00:23:57,186 --> 00:24:00,982
Anyone who fights these guys
like a coward, I'll kill you myself!

409
00:24:01,732 --> 00:24:02,817
Follow me!

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00:24:04,569 --> 00:24:07,572
THE WAR BEGINS

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