Huh? In Sanada territory?
Yes!
There might be a clue to Himemiko-sama's whereabouts.
Would you please go look into it?
I do want to go if there is a clue, but...
Please!
I will of course go with you and do my absolute best to help!
But...
Will Hideyoshi-san and the others be all right with that?
Huh? To Sanada territory?
Yes.
Why all of a sudden?
There seems to be a clue regarding Himemiko-sama.
I would like to go and check it out.
Have we had any information like this?
We're looking into it, but nothing yet.
So it lacks credibility,
since these two haven't heard anything about it.
But y'know, since we don't know anything yet,
isn't it better to go check it out rather than sit around waiting for it to be confirmed?
However, Oda already knows about her secret.
It will only be a matter of time before they come after her.
It's dangerous.
No, it'll be fine.
I'll go with Yuzuki.
It'll be fine then, right?
W-Wait a minute!
No!
I'm going!
You're not!
Get off!
Let me go!
Get off!
Give it up!
Kanbee, Hanbee, we're leaving it to you!
Let go!
Leave it to us!
Hideyoshi-san...
Don't look back. Let's go.
Oh, okay.
Yuzuki! Yuzuki!
Let's go, let's go!
Let go!
Are you all right?
Yes.
Are you okay?
I can't believe we got caught in the rain as soon as we reached the mountain.
It's my fault for making you both come with me.
I am truly sorry.
Ah, that's not quite what I meant.
Besides, we have another reason why we're accompanying you.
Another reason?
What is it, Kanbee?
Nothing.
Wow, it's really coming down now.
Are you all right?
Yes...
You seem to be struggling, though...
No.
I'm... fine...
Are you okay?!
She seems to have a fever.
That's the Sanada Army for you.
Despite it being so late at night, they gladly took us in.
Nobuyuki Sanada
You must be exhausted.
I will have others look after her for now. Come this way.
So, what should we do?
Knowing the personality of their Supreme Commander, Yukimura Sanada, it should be fine.
I have something I need to discuss with him, anyway.
Let us leave this to them.
Yuzuki-san? Yuzuki-san?
Eh? Where am I?
You shouldn't get up!
A tea kettle?
Rest, rest!
Sick people have to rest!
U-Um... Where am I?
And who are you?
First, we're going to cool your head with this wet cloth.
Sasuke Sarutobi
Then you'll have some egg sake!
Your cold will get better in no time if you drink this!
I always get better with this.
Now! Drink it up now, drink it up!
That concoction is nothing but a farce.
Giving the girl a barbaric treatment like that is a real nuisance.
What's that?!
I have heard about your condition, young lady.
You're likely to die at any time from such a high fever.
Eh? I don't necessarily think I'm dying...
Saizou Kirigakure
I will heal you with my powers.
No need to hesitate.
Many ladies have been healed just by beholding my beauty.
Now, look at me!
Stare at me as much as you like!
Shut up, Saizou!
There's no way you can cure a cold like that!
I'm the one looking after her!
No, she wants me to look after her.
Me!
No, me!
Me!
Um... my cold is better...
We are grateful to you for letting us stay here overnight despite our abrupt appearance.
Not at all. You would do the same for us.
Me!
No, me!
Me!
I told you I would!
Good grief, those two...
Excuse me. Please wait here a moment.
I told you, I would!
No, I will.
Kamanosuke Yuri
Shut up already, jeez.
I'll heal her!
I will!
E-Excuse me...
I will!
Give it a rest, you two!
I told you to look after her, but I didn't tell you to argue about it!
N-Nobuyuki-sama!
You two, come here!
You look much improved. Are you feeling better?
Oh, yes.
Once you've changed, please come this way. Then you can eat.
Eh?
Oh, thank you.
My, Yukimura-sama, those are some nice daikon radishes.
Yukimura Sanada
Thank you.
I got them from my field.
Hey, everyone!
I got some huge daikon radishes!
Where is everyone?
Look at this!
Huh?
I-I'm sorry!
Yukimura-san, I'm sorry about earlier.
Same here...
Er, I'm sorry.
What a relief. You've completely recovered from your cold.
Yes, thank you. It's all thanks to you for letting me rest here.
I'm the one who carried you all the way here in the rain, though...
Hanbee.
Oh, Hanbee-kun
and Kanbee-san, thank you both as well.
Since you say that, my egg sake worked, didn't it?
You're an idiot, Sasuke.
Her fever had gone down long before she drank that stuff.
You definitely didn't do anything.
What? Shut up, Saizou!
What do you mean, shut up?
There they go again.
My apologies. Sasuke and Saizou get along so well.
We do not!
See? They even speak at the same time.
We don't!
They did it again.
That's right,
we will have the preparations for that thing ready after a bit.
Understood. Thank you.
All right. I'll show you around, then.
Okay.
Wow, it's so huge!
Over there we're making rice.
We're also making miso and sake as well.
Why, if it isn't Yukimura-sama.
What brings you here? And with a such a beautiful girl, as well!
You make a lovely couple.
Come on, don't tease like that.
It's rude to her.
Please come visit us in the village again.
Both of you, of course.
Hey!
Jeez.
You are very loved, Yukimura-san.
That's not true.
But the people of this land really do take care of me.
Oh, that's right, do you want to try pulling one out?
Huh?
Push against the ground more firmly!
Like this.
Okay, let's do this!
And pull!
That's good! Just one more time!
And pull!
Look, we pulled it out! It's even bigger than the last one.
It is!
There's dirt on your face.
On yours too, Yukimura-san.
These are the documents our army possesses regarding Himemiko-sama.
Please look through them as you wish.
That will be helpful, thank you.
You got a big one.
It's thanks to your help.
You must be exhausted. Wait just a moment.
Yakuma have appeared!
What? Yakuma?!
There's trouble!
Yakuma are in the village!
What?!
Where is Yukimura?
Yukimura-san went to the village to deal with the yakuma by himself when he heard.
He told me to go tell all of you about the yakuma.
Damn it! Even though I'm always telling him to refrain from being so reckless,
he just goes off on his own!
Sasuke! Saizou! Kamanosuke!
Am I too late?
Hey, is anyone there?!
Is anybody alive here?!
Answer me!
Y-Yukimura-sama?
It's really Yukimura-sama!
Hey, everybody! Yukimura-sama has come for us!
Are you all right?
Yes. We do have a few who are injured,
but we're all right!
Thank goodness...
Yukimura!
Yukimura-san!
Yukimura!
So the yakuma are gone already...
Yes, they've already left.
Well, we're glad to see everyone is all right.
Rebuilding the village is going to take some time, though...
Don't make that face.
It's going to be fine. The people of the Sanada territory aren't so weak.
I, along with everyone else, will do my best to get it done!
I'll help, too!
I will help as well!
You answered at the same time again.
But thank you for worrying.
No problem.
If there's anything I can do, too, please let me help you.
Okay. That would be great.
Huh?
Brother?
You came all the way here?
Yukimura!
You! You broke your promise not to do anything reckless by yourself again!
As punishment, you're going to do all the floors and weeds in the castle by yourself!
Wha—?! No way!
That will take him more than a full day.
The garden in the castle is huge, too.
So big you almost get lost every time.
That's just you.
Nobuyuki-san.
Excuse me...
Yukimura-san was just trying to protect the villagers...
And, well...
He makes you worry about him, doesn't he?
Eh?
Well, he's been like that ever since he was little.
The instant he set his mind on something, he was off doing it.
I have to do this, or he won't learn.
The number of yakuma appearances has increased as it is,
so we all have to work together.
That's right...
You came here because you're investigating Himemiko-sama, didn't you?
How do you know that?
I heard from those two members of the Toyotomi Army.
That's why I'm allowing them a special look at the information we have.
So that's what's going on.
As far as what we know about Himemiko-sama...
Long ago, many humans gathered influence to satisfy their own desires
and they continued to fight and spill a great deal of blood.
So it is said that Himemiko-sama had non-human beings,
the Gegga Tribes, brought into this world.
I'm sure you noticed when you saw our ears...
We are werewolves.
Yes.
With Himemiko-sama's appearance in this world, all of Shinga's conflicts ended.
A peaceful world was built with Himemiko-sama at the center of it.
Basically, Himemiko-sama is the symbol of peace in this world.
That's quite a past...
But if that's the case, why did Himemiko-sama suddenly just disappear?
We don't know.
We have lots of information, but it's hard to be sure what's true.
I see.
An alliance between the Takeda Army and the Toyotomi Army...
I had expected it, but apparently it's true...
That is why we have a proposal.
I also largely predicted that as well.
You are talking about wanting the Oda Army to join forces with us.
Yes. You have guessed correctly.
Man, I'm famished!
Excuse me.
Um, I tried making this from the daikon radish we picked today.
Eh, really?!
I hope you'll like it.
Wow, it looks amazing.
Huh? Your finger?
Oh, this?
I accidentally cut my finger with a kitchen knife just before.
It's not that big of a deal. I'm fine.
I wonder what special blood tastes like.
Have you heard?
Of course I've heard.
Hey, can we just get a little taste?
Please?
Huh? Wha?
Hey! Knock it off!
Listen, drinking her blood means...
Well... touching her,
and especially using your fangs to drink her blood...
It's out of the question! Absolutely out of the question!
Besides, we barely know her!
O-Okay. We get it.
I'll just make do with this for now.
Jeez, there are no limits to your impudence.
I'll eat this myself rather than let you eat it.
What's your deal, Saizou?
What's your deal?
Let go of it!
No way!
There they go again...
Good grief! Sasuke-san! Saizou-san!
This is for Yukimura-san!
I will make more for the rest of you.
Yes, ma'am.
My apologies. It's always so noisy.
Don't worry about it.
You all seem to get along so well.
Not really. We've just been together for so long.
Anyway, about the books from earlier...
Any luck?
We learned that the Himemiko visited this land some time ago.
However, beyond that...
I see.
We will proceed with further investigations on our end.
Also, we have a proposal.
I'm sorry, did I wake you?
No...
Please rest well.
Ah, please wait!
Um... It was delicious.
I'm glad. I'll have to make it again.
Yuzuki.
Will you... stay a bit longer?
Oh, I just want you to listen to what I have to say.
Okay. I can do that.
I'm worried...
There is a special power that dwells in your blood.
Before long, there will be those who will try to take you by force.
That's why I promise you...
When that time comes,
I will definitely protect you!
I'll make a pinky promise.
A pinky promise.
Thank you, Yukimura-san.
Yukimura! What are you doing to my Yuzuki?!
H-Hideyoshi-san?
Yuzuki, I came to get you.
Whoa, Hideyoshi-sama is here!
Yo!
Not sure whether it's just Hideyoshi-sama being himself
that he gave Toshiie and Mitsunari the slip to come here,
or if it's a sign he's incredibly obsessed.
Well, I was worried!
Huh?
But that's not the only reason.
A huge battle will be coming soon.
I figured it was about that.
We've already heard about the battle from these two.
Well then, that'll make this quick.
You're the one who's quick, Hideyoshi-sama.
No, he's the one who's quick!
What? Me?
Listen up, Yukimura.
I won't forgive you if you lay a hand on my Yuzuki!
It shall be a tremendous battle.