Lone Gunner Saika

Is there anyone you want killed? Or an organization you'd like to get rid of?

Where in the world did that come from? Hm, I'll take one assassination of Takeda Harunobu, please.

Fair enough. It WOULD be much more satisfying to punch him in his stupid face myself.

Aww. So much for my brilliant plan to rule all of Kanto with my "assassination equals affluence" idea...

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Well, you see, I'm low on funds this month.

After paying off what I owe this month, I don't even have enough left to afford so much as a single rice ball or bullet.

What you owe? Are you in debt or something?

I had to borrow money so I could afford ammo back when we were fighting the Imagawa.

I've been paying it back for a while now, but I can't seem to pay it off completely.

What was your principal? Can you show me your payment history?

It's an automatic withdrawal, so I only have statements. But if that works, then sure.

Hmm, this looks like you're only set up to pay the interest. If you never touch the principal, you'll be in debt for life.

R-really? But, that money changer seemed so nice...

Does this mean...I was tricked again?

It really is amazing that you somehow led the Saika.

The other Saika used to take care of this kind of thing so I could just focus on eliminating the target.

But now that it's just me, things always end up like this.

I may not have any business saying this since I delegated all my internal affairs to Usamin of all people, but you're very...ah, trusting, aren't you?

I'm sorry.

At any rate, I think we should go pay this money changer a visit.

Thanks to Lord Imagawa the moneylending business is booming, so please accept these Imagawayaki, Governor.

I know they're your favorite.

So you trap people in perpetual debt with promises that they'll only have to pay interest, eh? You're quite the villain yourself.

Business has been thriving and I've been fortunate enough to be raking in the dough, even with Lord Yoshimoto gone.

Whatever else you might say about my bosses, they were pretty strict about not accepting bribes.

But once we use this money to find the buried treasure, we'll finally be ready to usher in a new Imagawa age.

Not if I have anything to say about it.

Who's there!?

This card stuck in the tatami... Is that an M51!?

You lure innocents in with fake smiles and claims they'll only need to repay interest, only to trap them in endless debt that never even touches the principal.

The heavens may forgive you, but the Saika's Yatagarasu is not so lenient.

Saika Magoichi!? That perverted scumbag who was constantly getting handsy with the Imagawa maidservants!?

I thought Takeda killed you!

Dammit, Magoichi...

Oh, never mind. It's just a girl.

You're talking about my predecessor, the second Saika Magoichi. I'm the third Saika Magoichi.

Hmph, what can a single girl do? Get her, men!

You're not taking our new workplace away from us! Die!

Gaaaaaaaaahhh!!! (Weirdly long death cry)

Now that Uesugi Kenshin is here, your days of preying on the financially ignorant are over!

Can you please just say it like we rehearsed?

Oh, right. Let's see, what was it again...?

Do you have any idea who this is? This is the great Master of Chaldea himself, Lord Fujimaru!

Who're you calling "Shin"?

Yeah. He's Harunobu now, not Shingen, so you should be calling him "Haru" instead.

Don't worry about it. I can't let people do crap this evil in my territory, anyway.

That said, knock it off with the cutesy nicknames.

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Kenshin, Shingen, AND Saika!? Dammit! All right then, we'll just have to kill you all!

That's going to be tough when YOU'RE all dead! Kill them!