Chapter 76

"No, that's not necessary." Yagen Toushirou smiled and rejected Fujimaru Ritsuka's proposal, turned around and exchanged glances with his colleagues, "Even if that Okita inherited some of the power from Lord Oda Nobunaga, she has nothing to do with us - because her essence is Okita Souji, not Oda Nobunaga... But we can ask Kiyomitsu and the others if they want to meet her."

"Then forget it." Fujimaru Ritsuka looked up at Emiya who was in charge of the grill behind him, and thought of the black Archer with golden patterns on his body. "Because Ms. Okita would definitely not want them to see 'herself' like this - as their protector, I can still satisfy them in such a small place."

"Then we'll take our leave." Yagen Toushirou nodded to Fujimaru Ritsuka, stood up and told his colleagues to move, but noticed that the scenery on the stage was changing again, "Let's go backstage and wait for them - no, I kind of want to watch H41's live performance... Can you guys go backstage first?"

Budongxingguang: "? What's the next show?"

"Ah, it's indeed time for them to perform a guest show - and, according to the program order..." Yakiri Hasebe touched his chin, glanced at the edge of Yakuken Toushirou's white coat hanging above his knees, and answered Fudo Yukimitsu's question normally, "This time, the guest show includes a performance by AWT48."

"Yeah." Yagen Toushirou smiled and nodded to Fudo Yukimitsu, adding further explanation, "Although our Honmaru is not like K17, which is almost rotating on an axle, but as a member of the first unit, I rarely have time to spend with the first-generation brothers. In this regard, Hakusan will have more time to spend with everyone."

"There are four people from the Kuritaguchi family in the valet group." Souzo Sawamonji sighed and reminded Fudo Yukimitsu who was still standing there in a daze, "But Ran and Yaken are members of the first team; Kotobuki will be with the lord most of the time; so Hakusan is the only one among the four who can take time out to spend time with his brothers."

Tsurumaru Kuninaga: "Yakuken, just go to the audience seats. We can find our own way to the backstage!"

"I will take good care of Mr. Tsuru." Kadakiri Mitsutada sighed helplessly with a smile, standing behind Tsurumaru Kuninaga and watching Yagen Toushirou walk towards the audience seats. "You should relax once in a while, Yagen - although you have a battle schedule today, the lord said that he hopes we can all enjoy this rest time."

After bidding farewell to his colleagues, Yagen Toushirou ran into himself from the K17 Honmaru as he made his way through the crowd to where his brothers were. Although the Watcher had sent invitations to the three Honmaru, except for the close C16 who came out in droves, no one from H41 and K17 had actually come yet.

Except for their perennial heavy-duty house-sitting judge and the attendant that day, all the other sword men of H41 came to Zero Honmaru. Oshikiri Hasebe H41 even set up a live broadcast camera for the concert in front of the stage for their judge. But K17 was completely the opposite - in addition to sending the few kitchen team leaders that the Watcher had clearly written on the invitation, only Yagen Toushirou K17 participated in this event.

It's not that the Oda-gumi of K17 was not present - it's just that the Shinto of K17 picked up Yagen Toushirou from his Oda-gumi as a representative. As a result, the swordsmen of K17 were too few in number and were completely ignored by the others and put in a corner. Even when watching the concert, only a few people from the Honmaru of K17 gathered together.

"...I thought your inquisitor would directly reject the invitation of the Lord." Yagen Toushirou raised his eyebrows in surprise the moment he saw Yagen Toushirou K17. He looked at his other self amid the noisy background music of the H41 Hijikata group's performance on the stage. "After all, the one in your family is an undisputed workaholic."

"I can't deny that - after all, the general is indeed like that." Yagen Toushirou K17 glanced at Yagen Toushirou who took the initiative to talk to him, "Are you looking for your first-generation brothers? I remember seeing them before... Oh, by the way, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"I have something to say to you - the first-year brothers are not in a hurry." Yagen Toushirou stood next to Yagen Toushirou K17, with his hands in his pockets, and looked at the brightly smiling Horikawa Kunihiro H41 and Izumi-no-kami Kanesada H41 on the stage with a calm and relaxed look, "I think you should have watched all the previous performances?"

"Ah, after all, not many people will come to see us." Yagen Toushirou K17 nodded calmly, watching the lights dim after the two members of H41's Hijikata group took their bows. "Before the H41 guys came up to perform, the guy who was singing and dancing crazily, wearing a super tacky red T-shirt and carrying a guitar on his shoulders - is that Lord Oda Nobunaga?"

"Hmm, and there's another male, Lord Oda Nobunaga." Yagen Toushirou glanced at Yagen Toushirou K17, and subconsciously began to compare the three selves who came to Zero Honmaru today. "Speaking of which, you weren't surprised that Lord Oda Nobunaga was a woman. Except for C16, who has the same background as the lord, H41 was really shocked before the opening."

"Is that so?" Yagen Toushirou K17 crossed his arms and looked at the four swordsmen from H41 on the stage, who turned the stage performance into a KTV competition. "Although I don't want to say anything too extreme, are you relying too much on your own eyes? The essence of that person is undoubtedly Lord Oda Nobunaga. Other appearances and so on are unimportant in front of the essence."

"You are the only one who dares to say that." Yagen Toushirou sighed helplessly with a smile.

Yagen Toushirou K17: "That's because your general was too lenient with you."

"Hey, is it really okay to say that about your lord?" Yagen Toushirou frowned subconsciously and looked at Yagen Toushirou K17, sighing and reminding him, "But I suggest you think more about it this time - this concert is held because of the competition between the two Oda Nobunaga Lords."

"Competition?" Yagen Toushirou K17 obviously hadn't expected this development. An expression of disbelief appeared on his normally expressionless face. "Even if they are of different genders, their essences are the same, right? What's the point of them competing with each other!? Wait... they're not trying to see who can get more recognition from 'us', are they?"

"...Correct answer." The swordsmen performing on the stage had also become another group of four. Yagen Toushirou looked at Yagen Toushirou K17, who was tangling his hair, in surprise, "How did you think they would do such a thing? By the way, although I know that the essence of these two people is Lord Oda Nobunaga, I don't want to admit that either of them is the same."

"...It's your style." Yagen Toushirou K17 stopped what he was doing and pursed his lips meaningfully, reminding the obviously overly haggard Yagen Toushirou, "And from your appearance, I can guess that you've been tortured a lot. Besides, Lord Oda Nobunaga is the kind of person who would do all kinds of unimaginable things just because he's bored."

"...You're right." Yaken Toushirou admitted the fact sadly, and began to reminisce about Yaken Toushirou H41. "It seems that the 'I' of H41 is the most suitable guy to deal with those two over-energetic Lords of Oda Nobunaga. It is said that he made a super-strong flower growth agent for Xiaoye, and also made a strong cold medicine... He even kidnapped their Rikuo Mamoru to test the medicine!!!"

"That kind of life sounds really good - this time when we go back, let's try to catch our Izumi-no-kami to test the medicine." Yaken Toushirou K17 touched his chin and poked Yaken Toushirou with his elbow. "By the way, how did you know that life in H41 is so colorful?"

"They were selected by the government as the material for the promotional film just like you - isn't that what the government said when they selected them? One company shoots daily life, and the other shoots battles." Yaken Toushirou smiled and glanced at Yaken Toushirou K17, "The original opening words of H41's promotional film were -"

"This animation tells the colorful daily stories of the sword man in a certain Honmaru."

"Ah, so it was them - the general stopped caring after he got the qualification for the combat team's promotional video, so our Honmaru didn't know about the other team's promotional video." Yagen Toushirou K17 spread his hands helplessly, "Looking at it this way, I know why they are so versatile."

"Hahaha... Indeed, after the trailer was officially released, they also complained about a lot of things that happened during the filming process that were not broadcast on the forum." Yagen Toushirou laughed relaxedly, "But you guys are really quiet - at that time, there were still many people in the forum who were curious about your little stories about the filming, but until now you haven't revealed even a single one."

Yagen Toushirou K17: "Don't you know that we hardly ever appear on forums?"

"I know, but I thought your Kitsunesuke would say something." Yagen Toushirou shrugged helplessly, dragged out the communication screen that the government of the time had assigned to each swordsman, and opened the forum. "After all, the promotional video is a task assigned by the government. I thought that even if you don't care about the forum, you would at least arrange someone to help with the promotion at this time."

"..." Yagen Toushirou K17 looked at the dense posts posted by H41 Honmaru in the past in the forum and fell into a brief silence. "Our general is the kind of guy who will forget everything except the work of going out on the battlefield if the government does not send a special notice to inform him."

"I see." Yagen Toushirou turned off the screen and looked towards the center of the stage which was gradually filled with mist. A smug smile gradually appeared on his face. "I won't talk about the past any more. The next AWT48 performance is about to begin - I remember that you haven't brought back the first generation brother yet, right?"

"whispering sound."

"——I don't believe you don't want to watch Brother Yiqi's performance."