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(Memory Cross) A Visitor in Castle Gifu 9

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Shogun, shogun, shogun, sang O-Inu's inner voice, entirely unhelpfully. I should have taken the bet. I'd have lost, but I'd have lost with pride—

Only Mitsuhide kept his eyes lowered, thoughts sealed behind a lacquered face. I did my duty. I brought the rightful cause to the rightful lord.

Whatever happens next... happens in his hands now. And hers. I will watch. I will serve. That is all a vassal is.

And Nobunaga—

Nobunaga's fingers drummed once, softly, on his knee.

The Shogunate that never once answered my letters now kneels in my reception room, begging. He thought.

The smile curled, slow as dawn over a battlefield. You want your family's honor restored, Yoshiaki-sama?

Then I will restore it. I will carry your banner through the Miyoshi, through Kyoto, through every gate in the capital. And while I carry it... I will simply keep walking. All the way to the sea.

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