Section 3: GUDAGUDA Ikedaya Tumble

We have received the shipment, and the funds will be wired to your account.

Mmm. Leave the mass production to us from here on.

Hmph. My company's products are much higher quality, you know.

What did you say!? Are you calling the United Satsuma Corporation's products inferior!? This volume, at these prices!?

I am the great Saigou Edimori, king of the United Satsuma Corporation! How dare you speak to me so disrespectfully!?

This is why bigheaded AC Choushu are so uncivilized...!

Well, I'm only stating the truth. Choushu Industries' products are far superior in terms of specifications!

Katsura Tesla, CEO, guarantees it!

I would appreciate it if you wouldn't lump us together with DC Satsuma's draconian employment conditions. Don't you think a 23-hour workday is absolutely barbaric?

Please, both of you... Now is the time to cooperate in order to reach our mutual goal.

United Satsuma's production skills and Choushu Industries' mysterious engineering... With their combined power, nothing can stand in our way!

That's right! The ultimate union of technology: the SatChou Alliance!

Well if that's how our sponsor puts it... In service of the greater good, let us put aside our personal grudges. Right, Katsura?

Well, it is true that no invention would be possible without proper funding, Edimori.

Fortunately, we are financially stable, so I'm looking forward to further collaborations. Hee hee hee hee.

This is a raid!

Huh!? Who's there!?

First Unit Captain of the Shinsengumi, Okita Souji... in the flesh!

You lawless roushi, I won't hesitate to slice you up if you resist!

What!? The Shinsengumi!?

Oh crap... W-well then, I'm going to leave this to you SatChou leaders! I'm taking my leave!

...You're not going anywhere!

Nobbu!

Wha...!? What the heck is this!? A Mini Nobu!? A robot!?

Hahaha! Behold! This is the great United Satsuma's wondrous creation, the "MN-01"...also known as Mecha Nobbu!

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The best part is our production pace! We can make one every five minutes without so much as a drop of glue!

At my factory, these are mass-produced round the clock with our 23-hour workdays! It all boils down to numbers when it comes to battle, people of Japan!

...This is bad. There's just too many of them. Maybe splitting up with Mr. Hijikata wasn't such a good idea!

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Leave this to me, Master!

Heh heh heh... My Kiku-Ichimonji shines with a different light tonight!

Whew. That was close. I almost got caught.

Who knows what would have happened if Big Sister had found out.

She'd just start throwing around stuff like seppuku all willy-nilly.

But if the SatChou lot manages to take her out for me, I can finally be the official head of the Oda clan!

My rise to power is inevitable now!

You're right... Inevitable.

Yep, totally inev

Oh crap! Big Sister!!! I-I, um, this is all according to keikaku... I-I mean, this is all just a big misunderstanding...

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice... You may be family, but you've exhausted my patience! Nobukatsu! You just wait right there!

Auntie... She's usually so soft on her family members... Even Ranmaru and Nagayoshi did whatever they wanted.

Well, I guess it's time to pay the piper.

Hold it right there, Mademoiselle Lord Nobunaga!

Behold! The Blavatsky Research Institute and my Choushu Industries worked together to develop...

...the "MNN-01"! Also known as the Nobbu UFO!

Nononono...bubububu!

Nobbu UFO!?

Argh, you're stealing my brand! You owe me for copyright infringement!

Ewww, they're creepy!

Nonoh!? Bubu!? (Crash)

Ah! Stop! They may not look it, but the Nobbu UFOs are extremely fragile (psychologically)!

So those schoolyard insults really sting!

That was helpful, Katsura Tesla! I knew Choushu was better than those useless, shouty Satsuma barbarians!

See you you-know-when, you-know-where, for the you-know-what!

Ah!? Hold it, Nobukatsu! Argh, these weird UFO-mes are so annoying!

...Haa!

Nobaaaaaah!?

Nobbu, nooobbu!

Wahahaha! There's plenty more of them! Looks like you're running low on fuel... Care to give up?

(Pant...pant...) I'm still good! Master! Use a Command Spell! Let's get them in one swoo

(Cough!?)

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Ah...!

...What do you think you're doing, Okita? This is no time to fall asleep on the job!

...M-Mr. Hijikata!

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Yes, hello. Fujimaru...was it? You've done well up until now. Leave the rest to us.

...Everyone, draw your swords.

Let none escape!

NOW IS THE HOUR OF

THE SHINSENGUMI!!!

Time to end this!!!

No...buuuuun...

I-impossible... My entire fleet of Mecha Nobbus...eradicated... Annihilated!

Good... Tie him up. We'll interrogate him back at our base.

Hey, are you guys all done here too? Looks like his buddy has given up too.

Sending an Archer to attack Riders seems quite unfair. The Nobbu UFOs were dropping like flies.

Chacha did good too! I shot flames out of my arms at them!

Wait a minute! Ahhh! Why do flames come out of Chacha's arms!?

...We'll interrogate that one at our place too. If you've no more business, begone!

What!? That's our line. I'm taking that lion-head with me. You should be the one to skedaddle.

...So you're trying to take all the credit.

Would both of you please calm down...

(Cough!)

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Ah-ha! Now's my chance! Blinding Edimori Shoulder Flash!

They don't call me the Fleeing Katsura for nothing! Behold! KT Body Flashbang!

Whaah! It's bright! My eyes!!! Chacha's eyes!!!

Ah! Chacha's mask to the rescue!

Wahahaha! We shall say farewell for now!

Note that my United Satsuma factory in Toba is rolling out tens of thousands of Mecha Nobbus as we speak!

And Choushu Industry Technics in Fushimi is also currently conducting tests with an even more powerful weapon! I suggest you prepare yourselves!

Wahahahaha! We shall meet again!

Tch. This is all your fault. You let them escape...

So their headquarters is in Toba-Fushimi...

Hmph. Either way, the Oda Bakufu's going to kick all of their butts.

Fujimaru, we're leaving.

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I...am...fine.

I can...still...fight...