Ripped & Encoded by LadyN
Sitting at the door of darkness...
...talking to myself, this love will never die.
Searching for a trace in silence...
Hunting out the time to let my soul to fly...
...to break the chain of love and hate to set us free again.
Ride the wind to get to the land of joy.
When there's no fear, no pain, you can fly like a bird.
Seize the day and get to the land of joy.
Take me there, brand new dawn...
...into the mirage of blaze.
Take me there...
Where am l?
Takaya...
Golden Emblem
l knew you would be here.
What a coincidence!
We're psychically connected with you, Kagetora!
Am l that predictable?
Go home!
l'm here to settle my own score.
l don't need your help.
Leave!
What's with the attitude?
ls that an order from Kagetora Uesugi?
lf it's an order from Lord Kagetora we must follow it, however...
...if it's an order from Takaya Ougi, we can't oblige.
We've come to exorcise the vengeful spirits.
We didn't come to help you.
Please don't mind us and do as you wish, we'll do the same ourselves.
Damn right l will.
You're here, Kagetora...
This is creepy.
l sense a strong evil energy...
A normal person wouldn't last more than a minute.
Yes...
Eighty-three pounds...
Hey, Naoe!
Quiet!
Oh no!
Takaya!
Run!
Eighty-three pounds...
Why aren't we fighting?
l can't create a guard barrier.
What?
This way!
This can't be!
Just like thirty years ago...
Damn it!
Don't stop me, l thought you said you'd leave me alone!
l cannot do that.
What an ominous sensation...
An absorption seal!
Do not break your promise...
How is that we can't use our powers?
lt's just like that time!
Something like this happened before?
You should know!
How should l?
An absorption seal.
lt absorbs our power and uses it against us.
Then why don't you undo the seal?
An absorption seal can only be lifted from outside the seal.
What?
Then what are we going to do?
Thirty years ago, our powers were taken away from us like this.
What did you do then?
There was nothing we could do.
They're here!
We have to run to a higher floor.
Let's go!
Takaya!
Naoe!
Naoe...
Naoe, hang on!
Don't worry about me, just don't let your guard down.
They were waiting for us...
Don't break your promise...
Takaya!
Kagetora!
Do not forget...
K-Kagetora...
You guys remained in this world to do something like this?
You're just being used, can't you see that?
Takaya...
You're being used...
Lord Kagetora...
Eighty-three pounds...
Stop!
The seal has been broken?
Was that...
...Nagahide!
Jeez, what the hell are you doing?
Chiaki, why are you here?
Narita asked me.
Huh?
Yuzuru, why are you here?
l had a dream that you were in danger...
What's going on?
Did you break the seal?
Huh?
Nagahide...
Nagahide.
You're looking pretty bad.
Then you're...
You really didn't know?
He is Nagahide Yasuda.
He is one of the five possessors of the Netherworld Uesugi Army.
Naoe, you shouldn't move.
l'm all right.
Anyway...
They laid a pretty intricate trap.
Who created the seal?
Well...
He's been watching us from over there...
...that honor student.
l guess you figured it out.
Hatayama?
l put quite a bit of effort into the seal, but you broke it quickly.
The same trick won't work twice, huh?
We know to learn from our mistakes.
Apparently someone never learns.
Damn you...
Good evening, Ougi.
Or would you rather l call you Kagetora Uesugi?
And l'm sure you'd rather be called Ranmaru Mori instead of Hatayama.
Ranmaru Mori?
lt's been a while.
l never thought you'd all be reunited.
l'm overjoyed that l get to see you again.
We all may look different than thirty years ago, but l know...
l can remember that day as if it were yesterday.
Kagetora, l know that you don't have your memory...
...or full control over your powers.
l guess it can't be helped, you were such a pitiful sight that time.
Shut up!
How dare you!
Whose fault was it in the first place?
Don't take out your comrade's shame on your enemy.
What do you mean?
l feel sorry for you...
Because you're...
Shut up, Ranmaru!
Oh right.
l guess it's better for some people that Kagetora doesn't have his memories.
Naoe?
But all in all, your memories from the past will be of no use anymore.
lf you're around, we can't fully engage in the war for the territories, you see...
The other warlords and l agree that all of you are eyesores.
All of your indignity, sins and sorrows...
...will all be gone once you're disposed of.
We shall not forgive!
We shall not forget this treachery!
Kagetora, we have to exorcise them!
No!
They're guardian spirits.
They're just being manipulated!
But they've turned evil!
Vengeance isn't their true intention, it's to protect!
We mustn't exorcise guardian spirits.
You have a better plan?
We have to make them remember their true intentions!
Chiaki, release the spirits from their trance.
l don't want to exorcise them!
l'd like to release them too, but Ranmaru's hold on them is too strong!
l can't do it!
You know your limits, huh?
Do it.
lt looks like Kagetora is useless.
How pathetic...
Now what will you do?
What are we going to do?
Come on, let's just exorcise them!
l said, no!
But at this rate, we'll be finished soon!
Kagetora, make a decision!
ls exorcising them the only way?
No.
Yuzuru?
Don't let go of your true selves!
Calm down and ease your souls.
Calm yourselves.
You're telling us to calm our souls?
Don't forget, it's eighty-three pounds!
l shall not forget this treachery!
Yuzuru!
What's wrong?
Yuzuru!
There is nothing to be discussed now.
We were deceived and our lives were taken from us.
Our regrets and hatred cannot be calmed!
That guy...
You're right, it's terrible.
The promise was broken, and your lives were taken...
Then what are we supposed to do?
You have such hatred in your hearts and you can't even have your revenge...
What can we do to make you forgive?
What can you do?
Yuzuru!
Let go of Yuzuru!
We'll live on remembering you, so...
Yuzuru.
So...
Please...
Please, remember your true feelings...
Your true feelings...
Your true...
...feelings...
Remember...
Do not forget, it's eighty-three pounds!
Do not forget...
Land of Azumi, be prosperous...
Bring great happiness to those who live on this land...
Great happiness...
Bring great happiness to those who live on this land...
l know...
l know what you wished...
And what you prayed for.
Not bad...
l never thought it would end like this.
We'll leave for now, Kagetora!
He's gone...
Damn it, where did he go?
Now l have something interesting to report to Lord Nobunaga.
We'll meet again, Kagetora Uesugi!
So it was you who called me telepathically to come to Matsumoto.
Yeah, but don't get me involved with you guys again.
The Netherworld Uesugi Army, exorcising vengeful spirits...
lt's none of my business.
Then what made you show yourself now?
Why did you approach to Lord Kagetora?
l talked to Kosaka.
He told me about Shingen, and that you and Kagetora were reunited...
But l didn't come to protect Kagetora.
lt just so happened that when l got here Ranmaru was targeting him.
That's why l called you guys.
Then did you have ulterior motives?
ls it Yuzuru Narita?
Yuzuru Narita could be anything but ordinary.
Depending on how we use him, he could destroy not only the...
...Feudal Underworld but also this world.
Yuzuru Narita is a threat to the Realm of the Six Beings...
Even Haruie doesn't know what he is.
But now that Nobunaga knows about Yuzuru Narita...
...this isn't going to end so easily.
lf you're serious about abolishing the Feudal Underworld...
...you'll need Kagetora's awakened power.
He seems to be sealing his own memories deliberately.
But if he fully awakens, he'll get his memory back.
Are you fine with that?
Yes.
l'm sure you're the one that wants to run away the most, Naoe.
Why did you go to such lengths to protect me?
Because l want to protect you.
You mean Kagetora, not me.
l wanted to protect you, Takaya.
lf something were to happen to you, there are people who would be sad.
What happened to Kasuke and the others?
They either passed on or returned to their original location as guardian spirits.
Either way, we were able to respect their convictions.
All thanks to Yuzuru.
The convictions of a spirit, huh?
They were people who lived in the past, but l guess we're all human in the end.
Just because we're alive today doesn't mean we should act superior.
l think we should always come face to face as equal humans.
But it's easier said than done...
Besides if we think like that, we won't be able to exorcise them.
They pose harm, that's why you exorcise them.
The people who live right now are important.
By nature, for the dead to remain in this world is against the law of life.
The only ones that are able to send the dead to their world...
...are the people in the present.
The best method for us is to put the past in the correct perspective...
...and comprehend their views precisely.
And by doing so, we try to shape the present into the world they yearned for.
l think that is the best way to give back to the people of the past.
What's important is the present.
Takaya, l will need you to help us from here on.
The Feudal Underworld...
The vengeful spirits are becoming active.
We need you.
l...
Look at the view!
Hurry, let's go!
This is where l can be reached.
Please contact me if you need me.
Yoshiaki Tachibana.
lt's my current name.
So you really are a monk.
Didn't l say so?
You're a slacker monk...
Naoe.
Make sure you take care of that wound.
Thank you.
To be continued