Section 6: GUDAGUDA Final Battle, Fortress of the Sun

Is there...a huge amount of magical energy pouring out of Monkey's castle?

Whoa!? That tasteless, shiny castle is getting even worse!

Wh-what is going on?

We saw this last time... Which means...

...Senpai, we figured it out!

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There were a few things I wanted to look into, so I returned to Chaldea to analyze them with Da Vinci.

I'm sorry to have left you without telling you. But please forgive me, in the Guda Guda way...!

Explain later!

Let me get right to the point! There is a Demon God Pillar at the core of that demonic castle!

A Demon God Pillar!? Weren't those things completely destroyed?

As in THOSE Demon God Pillars!? What does that mean...?

Do you know why, Da Vinci!?

Thanks for that to-be-expected reaction. Of course, I am a genius, after all.

So what is there, to be blunt, is the corpse of a Demon God Pillar.

Specifically, the carcass of the Demon God Pillar that died in that Singularity somehow ended up there, and somehow carved that space out of time itself.

...Or maybe it fled while it was near death, and ultimately made it there.

Whichever the case, we haven't been able to determine why it meddled with space-time there.

We do know that it is somewhat different than the ones we encountered before, so please be careful, Senpai!

I am Hideyoshi, the Gold Demon Taikou! An eternal golden paradise shall be created here!

...Do you see, Big Sister!? A new almighty savior has been born from the Demon God Pillar's remnants!

And within this space, the Great Gold Demon Taikou is going to grant the blessing of eternity to mortals everywhere, and so save them all!

Big Sister, this will allow you to be free of the obligations that come with being an Oda, and you can go back to the carefree life you lived before!

Nobukatsu... Did you...do all this for me...?

Why, of course! Nobukatsu always has Big Sister's back!

Those dumb chief retainers of the Oda clan knew nothing!

Not acknowledging Big Sister because you were a woman!? Unforgivable! That's why I did all of this!

And as a result, you purged them all, and they became...that!

You're brilliant! You were the obvious successor of the Oda clan! There is no way I could have fulfilled that role!

...Because I was incompetent!

Nobukatsu...

Nobukatsu...

Now, everyone must die, and then eternity will be all that remains. The bonds of the Oda will be pointless!

There will be no need to think of the future! You just have to retain your current happiness!

If you don't eliminate neighboring states, your own state will be destroyed... We're forced to fight needless battles just for the sake of territory!

There's no need to return to that crazy era anymore!

Big Sister! Let us stay in this enclosed space and live our carefree childhood lives forever!

...

...I'm sorry, Nobukatsu.

...Eh?

I drove you into a corner that time...

If only I had made a decision sooner, I could have sent you to a temple where you may not have lost your life.

Wh-why...why are you apologizing? There should have been no question that the only one worthy to take over leadership of the clan was you, gifted as you are.

Father forced everything upon you! He is to blame! This is how it should be, Big Sister! You can be free now!

Guess it can't be helped! Nobukatsu, I'm gonna have to put you in the ground.

...What do you mean? I am trying to create a world where we can enjoy our lives like in our childhood...

I guess I have no choice but to convince Big Sister of the value of what I'm doing...

You can reflect on that while you're crushed in wave after wave of infinite carcasses! We have all the time we need!

Sorry, Fujimaru, would you do something about all these flunkies?

I'm gonna deal with my little brother personally.

Hey! Wait! Don't forget about me!

Whatever weirdness you're up to is none of my business, Nobbu. But maybe we can still save Chacha!

Idiot... Hey, Hijikata of the Shinsengumi, was it? I'll leave you in charge here. You can handle this, right?

...Hmph, shut your trap. You talk too much. No matter who we face, if they stand in the way of the Shinsengumi...

...we will cut them to ribbons!

No matter what the opponent, huh? Fine! I'm counting on you, Fujimaru!

To hell with an eternal world for the Toyotomi Bakufu! Foolish! Listen up, Nobukatsu!

A man's life is but fifty years... It is but a dream... in the great order of things.

What makes humans so awesome is that they shine brilliantly in their short lives! Burn this image into your eyes, and your mind!

Bear witness to how Oda Nobunaga, the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, lives!