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There were people who loathed one other.

Their corpses withered in the fields, their souls soaked in blood...

And their bonds were broken by blades...

Collapsed in the darkness, their sincerity wails...

"My beloved, please die... "

"My beloved, please die..."

Clouds shroud a night with a waning moon quivering in the haze

A cruel trap involving a pair of crucified fledglings

Oh, since smoldering feelings lie firmly in their hearts...

...destruction!

Gently as the water, severely as a flower

pierce with a trembling blade

Even when I shut the fated tears deep within my eyes

my eyelids still remember you

"Wails of Restless Ghosts"

"Tokaido Road- Kakegawa Inns"

Fool.

C'mon, let me have a turn now!

Hey!

W-what in the-

It's kill or be killed...

The Kouga... and I... win!

Die, Oboro!

"West Oigawa"

"West Oigawa" --What's this? --Someone read it.

--What's this? --Someone read it.

Let's see here...

"Where have you fled to, Kouga Gennosuke?"

"Kagero is in my hands."

"I shall take her head after a day or two of our special Iga torture."

"If you are truly the leader of Kouga Manjidani,

you will leave your hole and rescue her."

"If you do not have the skill for that, bring the ninja roster to us."

"Do so, and I will drag both you and Kagero to Sunpu alive."

"From Iga-no-Oboro."

What is this?

I saw the same notice board in Kanaya!

--Talk about creepy... --Heaven help us!

"Tokaido Road- Fujieda Inns"

"Iga"

Your Kouga leader certainly is heartless, Kagero...

I was completely taken in.

To think your sweet breath would transform into poison...

Oboro-dono!

Tenzen...

You're not exactly Oboro-sama, but now I regret this war somewhat.

I would've liked to take you again, even if it meant a few days of death.

Just... kill me...

Do not be so impatient. That would be a real waste.

We needn't rush; by tomorrow morning, you will no longer be living.

Stop! Please stop, Tenzen!

Tenzen!

You made it here all by yourself?

You're finally starting to act like a shinobi...

For heaven's sake, Tenzen! Please stop this! I... I cannot bear it!

Oboro-sama...

I am struck with great admiration.

Using this girl as bait to lure out Kouga Gennosuke...

That was truly an excellent idea!

Ofuku-dono was deeply impressed, as well.

"What a true ninja leader-

an adorable face, but a cold-blooded mind."

At least...

At least show mercy and let her die now...

Mercy...

This is a living hell...

She may be our foe, but she is still a person. Show some pity for her!

Mercy? Pity?

Ironically, these are words oft heard from shinobis' mouths these days,

but I haven't the faintest understanding of what these words mean...

T- Tenzen?!

W-what are you doing?!

Changing my plans.

It seems this girl's breath only becomes poison when she is excited.

We will let her watch us having intercourse,

and once she begins to exude poison, you will use your Piercing Eyes.

Tenzen! You're a horrifying man!

'Tis another shrewd way for me to enjoy Kagero again without dying.

Have you no shame?!

I won't let you! Besides, my eyes are still-

Oboro-sama. How many nights has it been since we left Tsubagakure?

The Iga have clearly won the war.

So let us arrive at Sunpu tomorrow as husband and wife!

No! No!

Stop! Stop, Tenzen!

Yakushiji Tenzen...

How are you still alive?

Why am I alive, you ask?

Isn't it obvious?!

To slay you, of course!

Gennosuke-sama!

Isn't this wonderful, Oboro-sama?

Kouga Gennosuke fell right into the trap that you set!

You look so happy...

Coming up with cunning plans together was worth it...

Now just leave everything to me.

So Muroga Hyoma taught you...

But without your Dojutsu,

you're even inferior to the gutless Tokugawa samurai.

Too slow!

Gennosuke-sama?!

How are you feeling, Gennosuke?

Plead for your life.

Depending on your attitude,

I just might be kind enough to drag you to Sunpu half-alive,

and then, after our audience with the retired shogun,

I might let you stay beside Oboro-sama and me for as long as you live.

'Tis not a bad offer, but...

Oboro-sama.

You spoke earlier of a living hell.

But if there truly is a hell,

then this void I've lived in for 200 years after being born from death,

with no hope for salvation or deliverance whatsoever...

...is that hell!

Kouga scum!

Gennosuke-sama?!

This is the end, Gennosuke.

Tenzen...

I refuse to hear your last words.

What do you harbor in your body?

Their hatred for the Kouga became a hazy, blind belief,

and eventually, it began to wane...

Very few of them had suffered themselves, you see...

Damn you...

Don't tell me you...

...framed the Kouga?

During the Tenshou battle, you plotted something...

The Iga were on the verge of destruction.

But it was also a very rare opportunity.

Had I not capitalized on the Oda raid, the people of Tsubagakure

might have become bound by Kouga Danjo and Ogen-sama's relations.

Though the first Hattori Hanzo's anti-war pact

was a grave miscalculation on my part.

Grandmother... and Danjo-sama...

Tenzen... You fooled both houses together...

I fooled no one. I simply made sure neither side forgot whom to hate.

Gennosuke-sama...

Iga and Kouga...

The victor shall be decided here!

The mist of sorrow softly touches these lips blotted with red droplets

The mirror in the sky beautifully illuminates the distance in the night

Giving more than a passing thought to the myriad of showering stars

gently, the cords of a deep bond firmly, firmly bind them

Those beautiful eyes that sparkle with a lazuline hue...

Even if they wind up closed by a harbinger from the darkness,

since no one can steal the bridge of connected dreams

they still reflect the limitless tomorrow

"Next Episode"

The bright light of life glistens upon overflowing tears.

Blood ties that span the life-death void are carved into evil eyes.

Sparks fly in the darkness.

Glittering lazuline mercy and pity finally fell the phoenix.

On the next Basilisk ~ Kouga Ninpouchou-

"Fleeting Visions and Fantasies"