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THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI

THE ELUSIVE SAMURAI

The true way to use a real sword is not by stabbing forcefully.

It's much like using a kitchen knife or a saw.

The blade cuts the best when it is pulled.

To cut as you retreat.

Don't you think it's the best technique for an elusive person like you?

But I couldn't take a life with this method.

At most, I could cut hide or meat.

That's okay.

That's precisely what makes it the Elusive Sword.

Your raised left hand will serve as a guide.

Wait for the moment when your enemy's blade passes between your hand and sword.

Here he comes!

Twist my upper body counterclockwise.

Let the weight of the sword do the work as I lower it.

Pull the blade to the right

and retreat!

My inner forearm.

I don't have any armor here because it's a difficult spot to aim for,

and it impedes my movement.

You know the weak points of an armored warrior well.

But it's not a terrible weakness.

It'll take quite some time for me to lose consciousness with just a bleeding wrist.

You think I won't kill you before that happens?

In this small room!

I'll corner you slow and steady.

I can just take my time to tend to my wound after I cut you into pieces.

Why did I shiver just now?

He's a naginata expert.

He won't let me get a single blow in!

You're light, small,

and lack experience!

You two will die here.

What a shame.

In ten years, you probably would have become a skilled master.

If that were the case, you could have known many pleasures.

The sophisticated pleasure of using your body and strength to kick about the weak,

the pleasure of stealing, the pleasure of taking a woman…

That's what my boss taught me when he took me under his wing.

Something your virtuous leader Yorishige Suwa can't do.

Lord Yorishige isn't…

Huh?

…our lord now.

Is that so?

Regardless of who you serve, it's all the same.

Your lord is clueless.

They couldn't even teach you brats about any fulfilling pleasures

and left you to die for this worthless village.

So you shut up.

Am I spot-on?

Yeah, it's true.

Our lord is soft, naive, and tends to run away.

But compared to you who has grown fat by sacrificing the weak, my Big Brother,

who commands us to protect the weak, has much more integrity as a warrior.

You're still here?

Resisting with a brat's toy like the trash you are!

Persistent brat.

There's no way a mere child can penetrate the defense of a grown man's naginata.

Stop calling me

a brat!

I can't be so carefree to be thinking about the far future.

We have a year and a half until Lord Yorishige's prophecy.

We won't be useful in the Young Lord's great war

if we can't beat adults while we're ten.

What…

I can't believe I'm being defeated by some nameless brats.

Go be with the demons in hell.

Our lord is Tokiyuki Hojo.

What?

Kamakura's…

rightful heir!

There's no way!

I can't hit him!

This is bad.

I have to stop the bleeding.

He's not only evading my sword, but also my splattering blood?

Is he a monster?

A transforming swordsmanship!

It's rare to see one wield a blade with such precision.

There must be someone who taught you those techniques.

Who is your teacher?

I don't have to tell you.

A skilled hawk hides everything.

If you show your strength within an organization,

you'll be taken advantage of like the small fry and the core members.

Act like a clown and pander to the leader,

and you can be sure to enjoy just the benefits.

BUDDHA

There is just one brief moment when I have to use my sharpened talons.

The moment when I kill anyone that recognizes them.

Or when I kill our boss and take over this party.

To hide yourself is an art of survival in times of chaos!

Now die and shut up!

To hide… huh.

Die!

There's an ordinary blade that comes straight,

and a unique blade in which one bends their wrist.

If you hide it well, your opponent won't know which is coming until it's too late.

But with him, the height of his elbow is

slightly different from the moment he pulls back his blade.

Which means he's not sufficiently hiding his technique.

W-What?

That would be a formidable sword skill if you could hide it completely,

but you don't understand how it works.

You're not hiding anything special as I thought.

I'm disappointed.

He wields two swords and is skilled in martial arts, too.

What else is this kid hiding?

Occupying this village and the children's tactics are both valuable.

When I find a hidden treasure,

my forlorn body is slightly brought back to life.

I'm drawn to him for some reason.

Because he's hiding something magnificent.

All right. That's enough from you.

Now.

How is it going, Chojumaru?

This is hopeless.

I'm going to die.

I'll lose too much blood before I kill this kid.

It's useless. I'm fading.

My life ends here?

Father!

What do you mean there's no territory for me to inherit?

I'm sorry.

The family has distributed the land amongst the sons

over generations until only this small plot remains.

From now on, like all the other families,

we'll give all our territory to the eldest son.

You live here and help out your older brother.

You're telling me to become my brother's servant!

I've been studying martial arts and the art of war

so that I can protect my own territory!

A warrior without a territory is not a warrior at all.

If I wanted a place of my own, I had no choice but to steal it.

It was hell from then on.

Somewhere along the way, it became pleasurable to take from others.

I sold children.

I felt better about myself by sending them to futures as dark as my own.

Though I was pursued, I had nowhere to rest.

I thought I could reverse my fate when I was recruited into a large battle.

But I was unable to make a name for myself,

for I was on the losing side.

Your life is always hell, isn't it?

You should flee somewhere where no one can chase you.

There must be a place where the light shines.

Don't lie, Kusunoki.

There's no light anywhere.

What's this?

Something shines before me.

I can't win.

Someone who can laugh so purely in this hellhole cannot be human.

He's even smiling upon someone like me?

My Buddha…

What started as a blade of compassion had become

hell on earth by the time the fight was over.

Is it a demon or a buddha that grants

the scoundrel of times of chaos the death penalty?

Demon-heart Buddha Blade.

You're amazing, Young Lord.

The two of us barely stood a chance against that monster.

It's all thanks to the technique Fubuki taught me.

You're right.

Who would have thought that it would be possible to defeat him

by simply cutting his inner forearm and running from him?

The Cowardly Sword is impressive!

Don't call it that!

The enemies that remain should run away

when we spread the word that their general is dead.

We're almost done…

Are you serious?

Sadamune's here!

You again, brat?

"You again"? That's our line!

You're the one invading others' territory!

Shut up! These are the times we live in!

Your eye… I want to feed it to a snake and watch it swallow it whole.

-What's wrong with you? -What's wrong with you?

Big-Eyed Monster, you're so persistent.

Don't call me a monster!

You basically are a monster with those eyes!

What did you say about my godly eyes?

Leave it to Sadamune Ogasawara to bring his reinforcements at this timing

from the village's front entrance. He's got a keen perception of this war.

Our other allies are busy handling the enemies that are already here.

We can't win like this.

SOUTH

There are no enemies on the south end of this village.

We can gather our allies and all escape from there…

What?

Enemy forces from the south, too?

Nope.

Here we go!

That fire!

Yes, they're reinforcements from Suwa Grand Shrine.

They made it just in time.

Drat!

Retreat!

Only gather Shokan's soldiers that are fighting nearby.

B-But, Sadamune…

We lack the preparation to fight against Suwa's main army.

The war is happening outside, but there's blood on the inside of the door?

Lord Yorishige, Sadamune and his presumed army are evacuating!

Chase them away to the border.

Tokitsugu, clean up the bandits around the village.

YORISHIGE'S SON TOKITSUGU SUWA

Okay.

-They're getting away. -Hi.

Genba!

You better be grateful.

We made it in time because I rode the horse at full speed.

Well, when I saw a curvy woman on the road,

I was shocked because my nose started bleeding profusely.

I thought I was a goner.

Don't die!

-What about over there? -There's no one.

-The enemy's over there. -Right.

None here. Find them!

Mr. Yorishige.

I'm glad you're safe.

Yes.

That kinda hurts, Mr. Yorishige.

Sadamune. Shokan is…

He's got dumb luck.

He would've croaked if we stopped the bleeding just a little bit later.

Why did you come for me?

We received word that you and your men were wasting time committing a massacre.

Suwa's response isn't so stupid as to let such an opportunity go unnoticed.

Who said to kill the villagers?

You don't get any taxes from an uninhabited territory.

You idiot.

Punish me as you wish.

However, your strategic insight this time was incredible.

I will give you a small territory, so sharpen your fangs there.

Prepare for the decisive battle against Suwa that will eventually come.

From this day forward, you are prohibited from being a bandit.

Serve me only as a soldier.

Certainly.

I can tell his will to be a bandit is gone from his eyes.

Did malice leave his body along with the blood?

From then on, rogues gradually fell under the control

of the increasingly powerful governing feudal lords and eventually disappeared.

This era was the final stage

where the uninhibited bandit samurai thrived.

There.

There we go.

Mr. Yorishige.

It's all thanks to Fubuki that the village and I survived.

Please pay him a special sum from Suwa Grand Shrine.

Oh, is that so?

Of course, we will pay him handsomely!

And one more thing.

I want Fubuki to join my party as a retainer.

Splendid idea!

Wait, Chojumaru.

I want to be your friend, but becoming a retainer is a different story.

I want to serve a lord that can lead the country.

I would consider it if I were to serve your Lord Suwa…

This one

is the lord.

This one.

My name is Tokiyuki Hojo.

I'm the orphan of the regent to the Kamakura shogunate, Takatoki Hojo.

I am more or less on an endeavor to lead the country.

What?

Sorry I hid it from you.

I had decided to not share my true identity

until I had talked to Mr. Yorishige.

I thought he was hiding something huge, but…

This secret is too big!

As a commoner, he's just a kind, elusive boy.

But when you add the fact that he is a Hojo child…

All of his skills become formidable weapons!

This is invigorating.

My millet fee will be expensive.

If that's okay, then I will serve you.

I will draw out all the strength this prince possesses

and join his attempt to win the country.

At Suwa Grand Shrine, we're allowed to eat rice instead of millet.

For real? It must be paradise?

I can't tell if this guy is smart or clueless.

TO BE CONTINUED

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