A sneak-peek into the Nishimura universe.
As Amano Koremichi and his Buddhist rebels fought the Christian populace, and Sagara general Tani and his army fought the Matsuda army in the outskirts of the town, Yoshihisa-ue and his brave army marched forth towards the main Matsuda army. Hungo was ordered to charge his army first towards the enemy. Nishimura, her yari held firm, spoke to her division with pride and daring:
"Bushido calls for samurai. If a warrior is faced with life and death, he chooses death. A warrior chases all opportunity to die, to prove his enemy weak. You all have your calling here! Whether it be for home or for honor or for money, that is why you are here today, on this battlefield. So prove yourself to your ancestors that you truly are worthy to stand upright! Prove that you can stand against an enemy so dishonorable!
"The Matsuda have numbers smaller than ours. They are wishing to go home and drink and sleep lazily. I know you warriors are more honorable! With our Sagara friends, we should destroy this enemy. So, warriors of home, warriors of honor, warriors of money, let us charge into the enemy, so that their lives may be scattered!"
This is Sengoku Jidai. Three of the Hungo army division soldiers were lost, their names a vague familiarity to their peers. They offered their lives for the honor of a warrior's death.
As Nishimura strode along her general, she said, "There will be peace. Even if it takes a samurai's blade, or ashigaru's arrow, we will find the right page. Words now mean nothing. Blood will determine the survivors of this warring era."
"Your words hang in air," Hungo answered, "Drowning, but sharp. You risk lives for peace."
"We risk lives for peace."
"Nishimura, I know you want peace. The Shimazu hope for peace. The Ashikaga do not. But we can find a solution to this blood. This black blood."
"I hope you are following the right path, Hungo-dono. I agree that this country cannot take more blood. But can we solve troubles with strokes on paper? We will write with this black blood to tell the next people of the coming era how we failed to keep a country unified."
"Nishimura. We will unify Japan. If not the Shimazu, perhaps the Imagawa. Perhaps the Takeda. Perhaps the Hojo. Someone will find a solution."
"And it will begin in blood."
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