Chapter 77

"Thank you for your hard work. I hope we didn't disturb your rest time." When Yagen Toushirou came to the backstage with the other two Yagen Toushirou, he happened to see Yagen Toushirou H41 planning the brothers' short rest schedule. "I think you should still remember what we discussed before."

"So are we going to look for Hasebe and the others next?" Yagen Toushirou H41 turned to look at Yagen Toushirou and pointed in the direction of the rest area. However, when he saw the other two people, he changed his mind and said, "Or should we just go outside and not notify them?"

"Our Candela Kirito is here backstage. Even if the two Nobunaga-samas could disappear under his nose, he is already the most reliable one in the Oda-gumi in other aspects." Yagen Toushirou looked towards the rest area and shook his head at Yagen Toushirou H41. "Let's go outside and try to solve this problem before the next interlude program starts."

Yagen Toushirou H41, who still didn't know what Oda Nobunaga and Lord Nobunaga had done in Camp Zero, also sensed a different atmosphere from Yagen Toushirou's words - and Yagen Toushirou K17, the only one wearing a battle uniform, added a serious tone to their meeting this time.

The four left the backstage and stood in the shadows around the stage, using the frenetic rhythm of Atsumi's music on the stereo to cover up their conversation. Among them, Yaken Toshiro, Yaken Toshiro H41, and Yaken Toshiro K17 all had a lot of information related to the concert; only Yaken Toshiro C16, who theoretically should have the most information, was completely clueless about the current situation.

"Let's put aside the issue that your Hasebe is concerned about later. Let's talk about the most important one first." Yaken Toushirou glanced at Yaken Toushirou H41 and raised his finger to the three people in front of him. "This seaside concert is not just a concert for Lord Oda Nobunaga to sing and dance like crazy."

"But, according to our princess's records, Lord Oda Nobunaga's concert was indeed a gathering where Lord Oda Nobunaga sang and danced crazily with a one-handed biwa, right?" Yagen Toushirou C16 looked at Yagen Toushirou H41, who was standing face to face with him like a mirror. "Even if H41 performed in the middle, it should still be a gathering like this, right?"

"The invitation to H41 was drafted by the Lord - you C16 should also know what our Lord is worried about." Yagen Toushirou looked at the four girls treading water together in the distance, and supplemented Yagen Toushirou C16 with information about the correct answer, "There are two Lords Nobunaga in our Zero Main Maru - one male and one female."

"Lord Nobunaga was restricted from moving around after he decided to hold Lord Oda Nobunaga's seaside concert." Yagen Toushirou threw up his hands helplessly. "What's more, when you came here, you saw Lord Oda Nobunaga who matched your lord's description, so you naturally didn't notice Lord Nobunaga's existence. Besides, the relationship between the two of them can be said to be quite bad."

"...I do know what your princess is worried about." Yagen Toushirou C16 blinked and looked at the stage stereo, banishing the two evil voices from his mind. "But you said that the relationship between the two Nobunaga-samas is not good...Isn't it like Nagayoshi and Yamaubakiri?"

Yagen Toushirou H41: "The conflict shouldn't be here, right? The conflict between Nagayoshi and Yamaubakiri is mainly about 'that anecdote', but the issue that was singled out by Zero Honmaru for special attention can't be related to the anecdote, right? Moreover, even if we haven't met the male Lord Nobunaga yet-"

"I don't think you, Zero, would get the essence of the problem wrong." Yagen Toushirou K17 crossed his arms and looked at Yagen Toushirou, tapping his own cheek. "Besides, the only guy who could make 'me' 'you' as Yagen Toushirou so exhausted - besides our respective generals, the only one who could make 'me' 'you' as Yagen Toushirou so exhausted is Lord Oda Nobunaga."

"That's right. What's more, we had to think about stopping Lord Oda Nobunaga... and prevent Souzo and Hasebe from seeing them." Yagen Toushirou sighed, and looked at Yagen Toushirou·H41 and smiled helplessly, "However, it has come to this point now. It is no longer realistic to separate Lord Oda Nobunaga from them."

"Obviously, only K17 has one person, Yagen Toushirou, so Souzo and Hasebe have not yet faced the reality of two Lord Nobunaga at the same time." Yagen Toushirou H41 spread his hands and shrugged, supplementing the current situation of the three swordsmen in Honmaru except K17, "The admirals of C16 and Zero are from the same background, and they will get some relevant information from their admirals; and because of the need for co-performance, we H41 have faced the reality that Lord Oda Nobunaga is a woman first..."

"So when they learned other information later, Souzo and Hasebe became a little numb..." Yagen Toushirou H41 paused and looked at Yagen Toushirou K17 who was standing on his right. "But, what happened that made you come here?"

Yagen Toushirou K17: "I'll just say it - is that ok?"

Yaken Toushirou: "Ah, then just say it directly."

"The two Nobunaga-samas were too bored - in short, they had nothing to do." Yagen Toushirou K17 took a deep breath and quickly told C16 and H41 the truth about the smooth holding of the seaside concert. "They decided to compete to see who could get more recognition from the swordsmen who once belonged to them - in other words, who was the Oda Nobunaga-sama in our hearts."

"Yes - although the concert was successfully held because our lord wanted to see a lively event, the main reason was the strong will of Lord Oda Nobunaga himself." Yagen Toushirou looked at the three people in front of him sadly, "The most important thing was Lord Nobunaga himself, who regarded this concert as a stage for Lord Oda Nobunaga to compete with him."

"That is to say..." Yagen Toushirou C16 took a breath and looked at the concert program he brought with him in disbelief, "Once the concert is over, Lord Nobunaga will come out and ask us to choose between the two - choose the one who is most recognized by the Oda-gumi swordsmen as Lord Oda Nobunaga."

"Then judging by the time, we will indeed enter this stage very soon." Yagen Toushirou H41 touched his chin, and a strange light was reflected on the lenses of his glasses. "So, what is your attitude? I think our Souzo and Hasebe should be numb to that time. The main thing is that they may be numb to the point of just picking one and ending it... But the two Lords Nobunaga probably won't care about this - I should choose Oda Nobunaga."

"Look, that's Kill Hasebe."

"...If we think about it seriously, we will probably all choose Oda Nobunaga." Yagen Toushirou C16 pondered for a moment, thinking of his two diviners. "After all, Princess-kun has always told us about the female Oda Nobunaga. Even Souzo and Hasebe would only choose the one they are more familiar with at this time."

"Besides, our memories of the past - although we haven't lost them like Catfishtail and Bonebob, if we think about it carefully, it still feels unreal." Yagen Toushirou C16 crossed his arms and tilted his head towards the other three. "So we C16 should prefer Oda Nobunaga, whom Princess often mentioned to us, instead of Lord Nobunaga."

Yagen Toushirou K17: "Then I'll vote for Lord Nobunaga - just as a consolation vote."

"Hey, hey..." Yagen Toushirou laughed, looking at Yagen Toushirou K17 who shrugged nonchalantly in front of him, "But as for us Zero, I'm not sure about the final voting result. I wanted to give up my vote from the first day I knew they wanted to hold this competition. Except for Candakiri, no one else has ever come into contact with the two Lords Nobunaga at the same time."

"The attitudes of Souzo and Hasebe are uncertain - but at least they are not in a state of stress at the moment." Yagen Toushirou lowered his head and looked at the waves not far away, gradually falling into deep thought, "According to Kadokadaikiri's retelling, Tsurumaru should be of the same mind as Lord Nobunaga; while Fudo had already stood on Nobunaga's side when he took on the task of applying for permission to hold a concert for Oda Nobunaga..."

"Ha... I have to say, even at this point, I still envy Kasuga and Yamato-no-mori." Yagen Toushirou put one hand in his pocket, smiled helplessly, and leaned against the wall, "Those two Okita Sojis are much easier than the two Nobunaga Lords - they even had a heart-to-heart talk!!!"

"Oh? You also want to have a heart-to-heart talk with the two Nobunagas?" Yagen Toushirou K17 glanced at Yagen Toushirou and sat down on the beach. "I never thought you would be like this - but it is true that being able to talk to your former master in human form without affecting the true history... no matter which swordsman is, he will be moved by this."

"Hmm... what if the two Nobunaga-kun also want to talk to us?" Yagen Toushirou C16 stepped into the sea water and turned his head to look at the three people who remained on the shore. "It is precisely because they also want to talk to us that they came up with this competition. H41's 'I' said that the conflict between them is different from the conflict between Yamaubakiri and others about the anecdote..."

“So I thought, maybe their conflicts are too similar.”

"If you think about it from this angle, it makes sense." Yagen Toushirou put his backhand on the wall, recalling what Ran Toushirou had told him about the situation between the Okita-gumi. "Ran told me that the two Okita Sojis were like mirrors when it came to swordsmanship, compared to California and Yamato-mamo, but the atmosphere was completely different."

"The two Lords Nobunaga have been entangled in front of me for more than a day, and what can be seen with the naked eye is... the atmosphere between them can even be said to be completely consistent."