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YEAR OF 1334 - HALF A YEAR SINCE THE SHOGUNATE WAS DESTROYED

TOKIYUKI HOJO, FIRST NEW YEAR SINCE LIVING IN HIDING IN SUWA

Slowly. Slowly.

We're almost there, my lord.

Here we are.

Wow.

What do you think, my lord? It's all frozen.

You can play anywhere on Lake Suwa in the winter.

Amazing…

My lord!

Are you okay, my lord?

Young Lord, you okay?

Man. That scared me.

It's been half a year since the Kamakura shogunate was destroyed.

Tokiyuki ushered in his first new year in Suwa.

Tumultuous times were put to rest for the moment,

-but there were still small skirmishes. -Young Lord! You can do it! Go, go!

Suwa's peace was bound to be disrupted too.

Here it comes.

That phase when I can't see the future.

THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI

THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI

SHINANO GOVERNOR'S RESIDENCE

I've obtained a new territory.

I need someone like you. A man of great force, Shokan.

SHOKAN

I hear you were feared like a demon because you were a scoundrel.

To say I'm a scoundrel is taking it too far.

I've changed my ways.

Lord Sadamune, you are on the rise, and so I have chosen to serve you.

I've been instructed to take Suwa's territory piece by piece.

I'm the one for the job

because taking from others is what I live for.

Is that all right, Sadamune?

KING

I need more strong men in our clan.

I can't win in these turbulent times if I'm following warriors' codes.

Ogasawara is moving suspiciously yet again.

Yes. The enemy seems to be spying on us from the northern border.

KING

Send a scout!

The skilled scout has already been sent elsewhere.

The situation on the western border is precarious as well.

I must hide this secret from everyone.

On rare occasions, I suddenly lose my gift of prophecy.

This is bad. I hope there's no trouble during a time like this.

Um… What do you say the Elusive Warriors go to scout out the area?

What?

Young Lord! You are so reliable!

Just as I would expect from the future leader of this warrior family!

Please go, Young Lord!

-What? Wait. -The Young Lord will be competent.

That's dangerous. If anything were to happen,

-the Hojo bloodline could end. -This is wonderful. Just as you'd expect!

Don't worry.

No one will suspect children on their own,

and you know better than anyone of my ability to run away.

-Yes. -Yeah, but…

Excellent idea! Kojiro and Ayako, you have experience scouting a number of times,

and the local civilians will be at peace

with the well-mannered Lord Tokiyuki in tow.

Let's go with this plan, Lord Yorishige!

Lord Yorishige!

Lord Yorishige!

Lord Yorishige!

No. If bandits kill him on the way, the bloodline will end.

Ayako and I can protect him from bandits.

The lord can also escape with an assist from Genba's trickery.

You called?

Well, if he gets lost in the woods, the bloodline will end.

These past six months, I went on several long horse rides within Suwa territory.

I can make my way back from anywhere in Suwa!

No. What if he eats a slug on the roadside, and a parasite kills him?

MUMBLE MUMBLE

What if he passes by a sultry woman and dies of a nosebleed?

What if he remembers something embarrassing from the past

-and dies of shock? -I want to die.

What is wrong with you?

There's something up with you today, Mr. Yorishige.

You're usually calm when you send me to dangerous places.

We're getting nowhere. Can we go now, Lord Moritaka?

Yes. This is currently the best option.

Remember, the Young Lord's safety is your top priority.

-You got it. -Understood!

Hey, wait a second! Lord Tokiyuki isn't actually a great escape artist!

He's just a big weirdo who gets off on running away!

That's so rude!

Now, how should we prepare to scout?

We should pack lightly.

Food for two days and some traveling expenses should be plenty.

I want to bring as much money as possible.

Let's trick Moritaka and swindle him.

Genba, you always say things like that.

We shouldn't use rice and money excessively.

LORD TOKIYUKI MUST TAKE

Yorishige is staring.

He is staring with concern.

Father!

You know.

If Lord Tokiyuki starves to death, his bloodline will end…

Let's ignore him and go.

Yeah, let's hurry!

This should be enough to keep me warm.

Shizuku's special cotton-laid kimono is warm, of course.

Just one layer is all I need.

Lighter clothing is less suspicious and it makes it easier to run away.

CHARCOAL

What?

Yorishige is staring.

He's staring like the owner…

NAMASTE - OPEN SERVING CHILLED BEER

…of an empty curry restaurant.

You're acting really weird today, Mr. Yorishige!

Well, if you freeze to death

or if there are one million enemy soldiers waiting for you, the bloodline, you know?

Bloodline, bloodline, bloodline.

Does he have an obsession with bloodlines?

Ugh.

What was all that about?

He gets like that sometimes.

Like what?

He starts to worry and becomes irritable.

Who ate my mochi? Who?

He would fatten up with just water. Or he would eat only sour things.

Is he pregnant or what?

What in the world is he thinking?

Who knows.

-He's always pushing me around, but… -Lord Tokiyuki! Be careful.

It makes me kinda happy that he's seeing me off with such worry.

NAKAYAMA MANOR (SUWA TERRITORY'S NORTHERN POINT)

We got here just before sunset.

It seems peaceful.

Let me go over our plan.

We are still in Suwa territory,

but we don't have much information about our location since it's on the far edge.

So first, we'll gather information as messengers of Suwa Grand Shrine.

Tomorrow, we'll take a look around the village.

We'll see if it looks like enemies will come, and if so, when and how many.

If the village ever needs to be protected, we'll figure out how many soldiers

we'll need and report back…

What is this?

We're surrounded.

What's up with this village? Has it already fallen to the enemy?

He is a dual-wielder in his mid-teens.

When will the ones surrounding us join the fight?

He's fast.

His swordsmanship is terrific even at his young age.

Hey, fighting is outside my area of expertise.

Let's get out of here while we can, brat.

Those two can only buy time if they're up against that dual-wielder.

No, those two have gotten much stronger since half a year ago!

Even then, their speed and strength

are completely different from when they were training with me!

That means…

Back then…

You're doin' it, my lord!

You're winning one out of five times!

You'll regret it one day if you're always underestimating me.

Wow.

If I keep training with you, you'll surpass me.

I can't be too careless.

So, that means that other time, too?

Young Lord, you're good.

Our swords are locked and you're pushing me.

It's because you've been training me.

By the time we're adults, I might be the one protecting you.

AWWWW

I want to see a strong Young Lord soon.

There you go. One more push. You got it. You got it.

They were both totally babying me.

You should've known right then and there.

Kojiro. Ayako.

Lord Tokiyuki's elusiveness is not always reliable.

Because of his peaceful personality, he lets his guard down.

And there are plenty of attacks he still can't avoid.

Enemy attacks from seasoned war veterans, from those with unusual powers,

or from warriors who try to surpass the limits of humanity.

Up against those monsters,

there's no guarantee that Lord Tokiyuki can outrun them.

So the two of you should not let your guard down,

and you should continue to become stronger samurai.

So you can protect the lord's life from any enemy.

What brave and strongly devoted retainers.

If I also fight boldly, then one day…

Could it be… Shizuku?

Did you forget? You fed me in east Shinano once.

Fubuki?

Please excuse my rudeness.

I got the sense those two were beasts,

so I thought they were enemy spies in disguise.

-What? -What?

My name is Fubuki.

I wander the land looking for a lord to serve.

So you're not from this village?

Correct. Three days ago, I stopped by to request a meal,

but I saw fighters with Ogasawara's standards had raided this area,

so I aided the locals.

Platoons of about the same size came three times.

I managed to defeat them, but my supplies were almost out.

I was in a pinch since I didn't even have a horse

to communicate with the outside world.

You took down three platoons…

And the villagers are holding torches, waiting and watching?

Letting a young outsider fight? How cowardly.

Oh, don't think lowly of them.

When I got here, all the adults were killed.

They're all young children?

You defeated the enemy three times all on your own?

No,

-these ones come in handy in battle, too. -There they are!

For example, they distract the enemy with torches.

Just you wait!

And they dig pitfalls.

They shoot the enemy while using straw men as bait.

Even young children can learn to fight in many ways if only you teach them.

I've been accumulating knowledge and polishing my skills.

I'm looking for a strong lord who will put these skills to use.

Although, I think it suits me better to find and develop talent in others.

If only I could find a lord who is in need of instruction…

How wonderful.

HAND COMES OUT FROM THROAT

This village is the most vital location for Suwa?

That's the first I've heard that.

It's just that no one's realized it yet.

The population of this village is small, but it's a hard place to corner.

If there are a hundred guards, it morphs into an invincible fort.

NAKAYAMA MANOR

If Ogasawara were to occupy it and place an army,

then if he were to invade from the borders,

he would have a great advantage.

ASADA MANOR - SUWA TERRITORY OGASAWARA

He could perform a two-front attack on Suwa's Asada Manor,

a bountiful and large settlement.

In the art of war, it's called a two-pronged attack.

If this were to happen,

Suwa would lose a large portion of its territory.

BUDDHA

It seems the one who will command the Ogasawara army

fully understands this art of war.

I thought that by communicating the military value of this village,

my reward for protecting it would be huge.

Putting that aside, you sure do eat a lot!

Also, don't use rice to plan strategy.

Fubuki, you ate the village supply of food in three days.

What?

Yes. So I thought I've reached my limit of protecting the village.

Here's the source of the village crisis.

Your eye for strategy is amazing,

but you can't calculate how much food to eat.

I wonder if it's because it's cold.

I can't seem to warm up no matter how much I eat.

Speaking of which, I remember when I first met you, Fubuki.

You had snuck in and eaten all the offerings.

I had convinced our god that a bear had snuck in,

but it was troublesome.

He was crying from how hungry he was.

I wanted to eat abalone.

I'm really sorry about that time.

At any rate, I can't say no to an empty stomach or to a small child.

I have no dignity.

Big Brother?

Well, I thought he was a rather calm and collected tactician,

but he's surprisingly a clumsy person.

A tactician would only be concerned with winning.

They wouldn't go through the trouble of trying to protect a village

with only small children.

He's the one that rallied the children and empowered them to protect their village.

The children have just lost their parents,

but their eyes sparkle with the will to fight.

I want his help to reclaim the throne!

I also want Fubuki to secretly teach me to fight

so that Kojiro and Ayako will look at me with respect!

By the way, Big Brother.

-I'm wondering why Father… -The future.

…was strangely worried.

The future!

He may not be able to see a future where you are safe.

No matter how important this village is, your life is too.

I suggest we abandon the village for now and run away,

taking the children somewhere safe in Suwa territory.

No. I want to protect the village too, if I can help it.

It seems the children's parents haven't had a proper burial yet.

It's a bit much for them to lose their home and their parents all at once.

I want them to be able to stay here while their hearts find peace.

Big Brother…

Fubuki.

Will you let us aid you with your battle?

I would be honored if you fought with us.

Sir, won't that Sadamune guy be mad that we killed so many villagers?

He won't mind.

It would be wrong of him to expect morality from a former scoundrel.

On top of that…

Namu Amida Butsu.

If you say that, Buddha will forgive all your misdeeds.

Isn't that convenient?

Buddha is the best!

The Seigi Party is composed of only the mightiest warriors,

so it only takes five of us to destroy one village.

On three separate ambushes,

our warriors didn't return from that settlement.

Help me!

It doesn't seem I can drink the fine sake of plunder by being a thief.

Let's become warriors again and fight.

EPISODE 8 (YEAR OF 1334): A WAR OF HIDE AND SEEK Let's go!

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