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of the troops abroad

who could blame Mitsunari

for feeling thus?

At the end of that year

Kiyomasa returned from Choson

He visited Hideyoshi's mausoleum

in Kyoto

to meet Lady Nene

whom he considered a mother

As you know, leyasu

Kiyomasa was orphaned at the age of five

and we brought him up

He signed an official document

as Toyotomi Kiyomasa

out of his love of His Highness

who was like a father

His Highness and I

both understood that very well

But, Mitsunari-

The bastard!

Made a mountain out of a molehill

and disparaged you

On my return, when I got to Pusan

I decided to make it my priority

to find Mitsunari upon landing in Japan

and cut him down in one strike

but Nagamasa-

Oh, Nagamasa stopped you?

You would have become a traitor

if you caused trouble

in the midst of the mourning period

for His Highness

You abided well

Still he will not let go his grievance

Ieyasu, you must chide him well

A samurai, by nature,

bears deep grudges

Kato Kiyomasa is

the greatest samurai of Japan

If you cause trouble

out of personal grievance

never mind Mitsunari

I will deal with you directly

Kiyomasa, do you understand?

Nothing can stop me now

I am no man if I back down

because of a rebuke by Lord Ieyasu

Kiyomasa, Kiyomasa

Forget taking up arms

You must sue

Bring me a complaint

To impeach Mitsunari?

Yes, but your complaint

shall be against Lord Konishi

the spearhead commander in Choson

with whom you disagreed

That's brilliant, Ieyasu

Don't you think, Kiyomasa?

Leave it all to Lord Tokugawa

K a to K iyomasa 3 mansion, Fushi/ni

Nagamasa! A visitor

You haven't spoken to each other

since your fight in Choson

Masanori was ordered home first

If there's any grudge it's him

Let's trade helmets

Are you serious? Do you mean that?

I want to make up

You jest. That's a masterpiece

Take the damn thing

Good! Now the Team of Seven

is back together

Any problem with that, Nagamasa?

Thank you, Masanori

Great

I've been briefed

What's the plan?

It's clear Lord Ieyasu likes us

So, rather than stir up the city

by attacking Mitsunari

we will write and submit

a joint complaint

- Etchu, you draft it

- Very well

We'll list the villainies

of him and his faction

You just turn it

into a formal complaint

Right, Kiyomasa?

Indeed. First up is Konishi, Mitsunari's boy

This is all because Mitsunari

went to the old man with a bunch of lies

That's right

His slander made us suffer

So, that's what's going on

A plan, my lord?

I'll sue them. Beat them to the punch

A meeting of the Council at this hour?

Has something happened?

We received a complaint

from Lord Konishi

Complaint? For what?

The blunders of Kiyomasa and Nagamasa

in Choson

Lord Konishi sued Kiyomasa?

That is correct

What shall be done about this?

You see, I also received a complaint

Kiyomasa has also sued Lord Konishi

The two commanders disagreed in Choson

It'll be ugly

Are you looking for the complaint?

Oh my. I went to visit Lord Maeda

on his sickbed to consult him

I left it somewhere

I will go check

I beg your patience the while

Let us first consider

Kiyomasa's complaint

Bring the complaint from

Lord Hosokawa's mansion now

Complaint?

You said it could wait till tomorrow

so those men are drunk in merriment

I don't care if it's blank

Just make them sign!

I'll do the rest

Mitsunari beat us to the punch

Naomasa

Sir

Run

Run

Mitsunari essentially won this fight

Ieyasu, surprised, kept silent

But Kiyomasa and the Team of Seven

were enraged

We'll show him!

We'll set fire to his house!

I'll impale that hammerhead!

Go follow them

Grab a spear

Rifle unit!

Kiyomasa is just blowing hot air

He'll never get to me

Sakon, can you believe-

My lord, my lord!

Battle is beginning

They are about to fight

You imbeciles

Lord Maeda does what is right

The Team of Seven cannot touch you

while he is healthy

ls leyasu still silent?

He's learning tea ceremony

I thought he disliked it

An Iga ninja is teaching him

He is inviting one lord after another

Do ninjas make tea?

I can teach you if you wish

Who came first?

Shimazu The Monk"

He will not side with Ieyasu

Ieyasu praised his valor in Choson

Did you sneak in and listen?

I bribed another ninja

who works there as a guard

If it wasn't for the Shimazus

we would have suffered

an unrecoverable defeat at Pusan

Tens of thousands of men would have died

Let me thank you

in place of His Highness

who is no longer with us

How is it?

Very fine

I will reward you for your service

Reward for service?

Indeed

The will says rewards are only

to be granted

when Lord Hideyori becomes an adult

leyasu is acting as the Taiko

This is madness

What will you do?

I will beat him

The work of Shimazu in the withdrawal

from Choson was exceptional

Might you suggest

to the Council of Elders

that Shimazu be rewarded?

I was thinking that, too

There is Toyotomi land

amidst Satsuma territory

It must be a nuisance to Shimazu

That land could be granted as reward

You and Shimazu

have a history don't you?

10 years, since the Supreme Taiko

conquered Shimazu

When they surrendered

the Monk's niece was sent to Osaka

as a hostage

But you persuaded His Highness

to let her return to Satsuma

You go all the way for what you care

That is also your weakness

ls it wrong to care?

You assume the object of your affection

will reciprocate

You may be too pure to become

a general of generals

He is thinking that far ahead

The same thing you always tell me

You go all the way, too

I'm a rescued dog

I ask for no return

Ieyasu is asking for a return

from his visitors is he not?

Yes, he's now a visiting fiend

walking the da/myo ally at Fushimi

He clearly has a wolf's heart

A wolf's heart?

A wolf's heart and a dog's nature

A saying that the human heart...

can be infinitely cruel and base

Any ideas, Sakon?

Ignore leyasu and separate the lords

HOW?

Lord Hideyori must move to Osaka within

5O days of the death of His Highness

The Council decided the date of death

shall be February 29 of next year

5O days from then is April

leyasu will have visited

all the lords by then

5O days have passed from

the actual date he died in August

Force the issue?

Why will a move to Osaka separate

Ieyasu from the lords?

The lords will move to Osaka

if Lord Hideyori moves

leyasu can't move because of the will

left by His Highness

leyasu shall oversee government

from Fushimi as deputy of Hideyori"

"Lord Maeda shall counsel Hideyori

at Osaka Castle"

January 1599

Hereafter his chief residence

shall be in Osaka

And when will he move?

On the tenth

Three days from now? To Osaka?

That's too soon. We won't be ready

So, if we were to go to war today

you would complain

that you won't be ready?

What's the matter, my lord?

For starters,

I now have Fushimi Castle

An impressive castle

But it will soon burn to ashes

You've grown heavier, my lord

White Snake

Who will join me in bed?

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