Thank you for coming.
No, not at all.
So what can I do for you today?
Actually, I'm planning on holding a western-style tea party.
A western-style... tea party, huh?
It will be something more relaxed, though.
Do you mean one of those "girls' parties"
that are popular at the moment?
Yes.
Having a cheerful chat with snacks and drinks.
So you'd like me to arrange a girls' party, then?
Yes.
But a rather special one.
Special? What do you mean?
For instance, the number of attendees.
Number?
Will there be many?
The opposite.
Myself and one other.
I have invited Yagyuu Sekishuusai.
Just one?
Are you sure?
Yes.
And there's one absolute condition.
Condition?
What's that?
The snacks must be super-hot.
S-Super-hot?
Do you mean you want them spicy?
Indeed.
Super-hot.
Food that will destroy your mouth with a single bite.
Thank you.
Why do you want that?
I was once the student of Kamiizumi Nobutsuna-sama.
Yes, I heard
that you've studied under many
masters of the blade, besides Bokuden-sama.
Sekishuusai was with me there.
I was the younger pupil, and she the older.
I see.
Then, even though you were the shogun,
she outranked you during training.
That's right.
The opposite of what it usually is.
For that reason, Sekishuusai would often play
pranks on me during training.
Sekishuusai-sama did such a thing?
The worst was when she would spice up my food.
She would mix mustard or wasabi in it once in a while.
That's terrible.
Yes.
So I'm going to have my revenge at this girls' party.
Welcome, Sekishuusai-dono.
How long has it been since we've had a chance to talk?
I didn't see you during the matter with Bokuden-dono.
So it's been a long time.
Yes. I think it's been since we studied under Kamiizumi-sama.
You were a very great help to your younger student then.
Yes. A very great help.
Not at all.
Just thinking about it makes my heart and my mouth ache.
Rather than bittersweet memories, they were just bitter.
You're the shogun now, Yoshiteru-sama.
You shouldn't dwell on such things.
I went too far. I regret it.
That's right.
Of course, it's all in the past.
Please, come this way.
I've brought this as a present.
A katana I received from Kamiizumi-sama.
What's this?
Our master didn't have any particular blade she favored.
Indeed.
So she would give the blades she was offered to anyone.
This was a gift to her from a
rich merchant and she gave it to me.
It certainly is a splendid blade.
You're giving it to me?
Yes, of course.
But it's hard to believe someone like you
would give me something like this for free...
That's right.
I'm not a nice and friendly person like that.
I'm sorry.
That's not what I meant.
Of course it is.
If you're going to accuse me of stinginess,
then I have my own ideas.
I didn't call you stingy...
No, you did and that's fine.
But I have a condition for giving it to you.
Please, calm yourself.
I'm not upset.
I have a condition, is all.
I can't give it to such a petty person.
Especially someone who can't get
over the past and is plotting revenge.
Gulp.
If, for example, my snacks were spicy today,
I couldn't give it to you.
Of course, I'm sure that's not the case.
No, of course.
It's not.
Here you are.
Although, I suppose I've gotten too excited.
I apologize.
Our snacks are here.
Let's enjoy ourselves.
Yes...
I'm sure the cream puff isn't spicy, right?
No, of course not.
Then take a big bite.
I've started one of those "diet" things.
Diets are taboo at girls' parties.
Snacks, cake slices, even stews.
The goal of such a party is to eliminate stress
by eating without worrying about weight gain.
Now take a big bite.
Go on.
What's wrong?
It shouldn't be spicy.
If it is, you can't have the katana.
Where are you going?
There's still more.
But...
Now finish your snack.
You wouldn't be so rude
as to leave your seat during a meal, right?
Water! Water!
What are you doing?
I'll let you go when you admit it's spicy.
I'm not gonna admit it!
If it's not spicy, then why not return to your seat?
I won't let you go otherwise.
Come on.
Spicy! It's spicy!
Revenge after all these years? How petty.
And you're never gonna outsmart me.
You shouldn't drink directly from the bottle, it's uncouth.
Rikyuu, a glass for this.
You devilish monster!
Actually, this is red pepper juice.
I pretended to drink it.
We're going down together!
Let me go!
No, I won't!
Here!
It's not spicy!
Well then, let me see that sword.
The snacks were spicy, so you can't have it.
You didn't eat them, so what's the problem?
You tried to trick me, that's the problem!
I'm not giving it to someone so petty!
You're dragging out something that doesn't matter,
like an old woman.
I drank the juice, so I wasn't fine!
You were just talking about how good
you were at tricking people.
I wouldn't lose in a fair fight.
All right.
Let's play a game, then.
A game?
Russian roulette, which is often performed at these girls' parties.
There are several cake slices, only one of which is spicy.
The person who chooses it and eats it loses.
I told you, you're not getting the katana.
Then why don't we each bet what we both love most?
What we love most?
We generals all have something we care about the most, right?
Like a secret treasure.
So what brings you here?
What else?
I'm here for your treasures.
Yoshiteru-sama and Sekishuusai-sama are both here right now.
Of course, I'll take both of theirs, too.
By force if necessary.
So Nobunaga-sama is here.
Come to think of it,
I've heard that Nobunaga is taking all the secret treasures.
So she heard us say "secret treasure" and came?
Don't be stupid.
No, it's possible.
I'm told there have been several victims already.
So she's after both of our treasures?
I'm not sure what to do.
My intention was to put both of our prides on the line.
But I've heard that if you lose your treasure,
you can never go back to our world.
Which means we can't give it to her under any circumstances.
So we should start...
...by getting rid of Nobunaga.
Can I take that as an alliance then?
Of course.
But how do we do it?
We have her join us in Russian roulette.
I see.
So you think you can win?
Yes. I've had a mark made
on the spicy cake slice we'll be using.
So you were planning on cheating from the start?
N-No.
That's pretty cheap.
Now's not the time for that!
Fine. We can discuss it later.
So what's this mark?
Right.
The cherry decoration is slightly off center.
That is the spicy cake.
I see.
It's very slight.
Unless you had a very keen eye, you'd never notice.
So let us both avoid that.
Understood?
Then send Nobunaga in.
We know why you're here.
That makes this easy, then.
But we cannot simply hand them over.
I know that.
That's why I usually take them by force.
We were just about to have a game.
A game? What game?
I'll explain.
And if you win, you may have our treasures.
Out of these six cake slices, two are super-hot.
So you lose if you eat a spicy one, huh?
That's right.
We've prepared a habanero cake.
Habanero?
A particularly spicy pepper.
It's several times hotter than the spicy
cream puff I just served.
What were you guys doing?
We will each eat one cake in turn until they're gone.
But it sounds fun.
If you eat it, it's spicy enough
that drinking something won't help.
You'll lose your ability to fight back.
It's that spicy?
The treasures can easily be taken, then.
I see.
It's nice and convenient for me, then.
Let's get started.
Okay, I will start.
One second.
What?
It looks like two of these cake slices are different from the rest.
Why?
Intuition. That's all.
But they really are different.
That's not true.
I'm not making it up. It's really obvious.
So you want to quit?
You should leave, then.
Oh, shut up.
I'm not quitting the game. I'm just saying something's not right.
Since you prepared these cake slices,
you should want to clear your name.
Very well. Let's have Rikyuu remake them.
That's fine.
Rikyuu, remake these two cake slices and shuffle them.
You guys are still suspicious.
Are you saying there's something else?
No, there's no problem, but...
Something's suspicious.
What?
I'm not letting you make anything else up.
That's right. It's not proper.
Shut up.
Oh, I know.
Let's all eat with our eyes closed.
You're not going to refuse are you?
Now it's all even.
So only one of us is going to survive.
So the last one standing gets all the treasures.
If we lose our treasures...
...we can't go back to our world.
That just means your luck wasn't good enough.
One wins and goes home.
Two lose and stay here.
I'm going to win, no matter what.
The first one to pick...
Will be me.
Yoshiteru-sama, I want to say something before the game.
What?
I loved you more than any of the other students.
Everything I've done was because of that.
Why are you telling me this now?
If I lose my treasure, I can't go back.
Which means there's a possibility
this game will be the last time I see you.
Sekishuusai...
Sekishuusai!
No...
Looks like one of us is out.
If I'd known, I would've done it myself.
It's your turn now.
No, regrets won't help.
Now I just have to trust fate.
Just hurry up and eat.
I know!
I just need a moment.
Jeez, hurry up.
Even if it's for the treasure,
I already know I'm going to win this game.
This cake is pretty good.
Three left.
And one of them is super-hot.
It's my turn now, right?
But...
Sekishuusai.
I enjoyed those days I trained with you, too.
Actually, I loved when we played tricks on each other.
You'd make me eat something spicy
and I would drop you in a hole.
I'd trick you into thinking there was a bear,
and you'd freeze my bathwater.
So you were getting back at her, Yoshiteru-sama!
Yoshiteru-sama...
I played pranks on you because I loved you.
So I was sad when you left.
That was all I wanted to say.
Yoshiteru-sama, I played those tricks because I looked up to you.
And this time,
I wanted to be honest with myself and make up...
That's why I brought that katana.
Sekishuusai...
It wasn't that one?!
Then it's one of these two!
Water! Water! Water!
I won.
Now Sekishuusai and Nobunaga's treasures belong to me.
But even if I return to my world alone,
what good does that do me?
I'd never see her again...
Rikyuu.
Bring me super-hot tea.
Yoshiteru-sama, what are you saying?
Just make me some.
You may ignore Nobunaga.
Yoshiteru-sama, does that mean...
Yes. That's right.
I'm prepared.
Here.
Yoshiteru-sama.
Sekishuusai...
Yoshiteru-sama...
Sekishuusai...
So spicy.
What is this?
They've both decided to remain in this world.
This is a beautiful friendship.
Or rather, a sisterhood whose tale should be
told throughout the ages.
Well, I don't understand.
But you guys are idiots.
But if that's what you want...
So spicy.
Next time it's the Sunshine Ruler, Liu Bei.
Next time on Sengoku Collection: "Sunshine Ruler."
Hold on, she's from the wrong country!