Part Two, Section One: Launch! March, Chaldea Clan!

Ahahahaha! Are you all right, Brother? I only tapped you!

F-Father! I can't take it anymore! I don't want to be Torachiyo's opponent!

Come on, Brother, don't be like that. Let's keep sparring!

...That's enough. Stand back, Douichimaru.

...O-okay.

Look, Father! Did you see how well I did?

Go away, Torachiyo! I don't even want to look at you!

How could you make a laughingstock of your brother like that!?

That's not fair, Father!

Torachiyo was only sparring with Douichimaru because you told her to!

Silence, Aya! Just look at her eyes! Those are the eyes of a monster, not a person!

Ahahahaha! Don't be silly, Father! I'm not a monster!

Eep! There, you see! That's exactly what I'm talking about!

No matter how hard you hit her, she just keeps smiling! It's not right!

That does it! I'm sending you away to a temple! I never want to see you again!

Why is Father so upset, Sister?

Sparring is no fun unless Brother comes at me more seriously!

Oh Torachiyo... You poor thing...

You don't even know why Father and Brother are so scared of you, do you...

Ahahahaha! No, I don't. Why ARE they scared of me?

...Oh Buddha, why was Torachiyo given such godlike strength?

She'll never be able to understand how ordinary people feel now...

Ahahahaha, what are you talking about, Sister? I don't understand!

...Poor Torachiyo.

All other people must seem weak and insignificant to you.

...Listen to me, Torachiyo.

If you want to live among others, you need to worship the Buddha and spend your life practicing the five virtues.

It's okay if you don't understand them, but you need to learn what they mean to the people around you.

Okay, Sister! I'll make sure I practice the five virtues every day!

I promise!

All right, if everyone's ready, I'd like to begin today's war council.

You bet! So where're we attacking next?

So far, the Chaldea clan has seized control of the entire Kanto area, as well as Kai, Echizen, and Etchu...

...and is now neighbors with Suruga, Mino, and Oumi.

So I expect our next target will be one of those three provinces.

I don't think Summer Nobunagawho's running Surugawill give us too much trouble.

Then what about Real-Deal Nobunaga in Owari?

Putting aside whatever's supposed to make him the real deal, maybe we should start there?

Azai...I mean, Nagamasa of Oumi's dead? Damn, now I'll never get to pay him back for killing my old man.

Nagamasa, huh...

Well, according to the Mini Nobus we sent to Oumi to run reconnaissance...

...it's been surrounded by a magical energy barrier, so we still don't know what things are like there.

A magical energy barrier, huh... Wait. Reconnaissance? They can do that?

Oh yes. We got all the Mini Nobu espionage specialists together...

...and had them form a Mini Nobu Ninja Army.

Now that I think of it, they were really good when I had them go on that inspection before.

They made for surprisingly good Shinsengumi soldiers, too.

Maybe we don't even need the full-size Nobbu anymore.

So those things are better than me, even though I made 'em? This one of those "student becomes the master" deals?

Now I see. So they're like the ninja we used to employ.

Since nobody would ever suspect they could possibly be ninja, they might actually be perfect for the job.

For the time being, I'll have the Mini Nobu Ninja Army continue to monitor Oumi.

In that case, why don't we split our army into three battalions? You've got plenty of supplies, right?

Yes, we do! Since we found all that gold at Sado and built a mine, we've got resources to spare!

Huh? You mean there really was gold there?

A gold mine! That's great, Master!

So hey, now that you're all flush, there's this tea set I've had my eye on for a while...

Hey, don't pester Master for money.

Ah, don't worry about it. Someone was bound to find it eventually, so it might as well be us.

Wahahahaha, this is great! It's like using a cheat code!

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Anyway, at this point, I do think the Chaldea clan could afford to split its forces three ways without any major drawbacks!

I think I'll go for Owari then, seeing as it's my home turf and all.

In that case, I'd like to handle Suruga. I've been wondering how things turned out there.

I'll go with you.

I guess that means we'll be taking Oumi.

So it would seem. I'll just have to pull off a spectacular victory to make up for my late start!

Say, how come Mr. Hijikata isn't in the infantry like the rest of us?

Hijikata was never our enemy, so I had him start his career with us as a general.

Did the Warring States really need MORE inequality!?

Then I'll command the main force under Fujimaru's direction.

All you have to do is choose where you'd like us to attack.

I don't care about any of that boring army stuff either, so I'll stick with you too, Master! 'Sides, I bet I can climb the ranks even faster that way!

Right! We're counting on every one of you to help the Chaldea clan succeed!

Hahahaha! So you're gonna get there before Lord Toyotomi, huh, Master!? Sounds great! I'll kill anyone who gets in your way!

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All right, everyone, stay sharp!

Yeah!