Gifuu Doudou!! 4

GIFUU DOUDOU #4

tl by molokidan

118)
1: Would you hurry it up?!
2(2b): Yes sir, coming!
3: Fugah
4: Ngah
5: munch munch
6: Please, sir, you must eat slower.
7: Otherwise the rice could get stuck in your throat.
8: Sir!

119)
1: S-sir...
2: Whoops...I thought that was a meat bun...
3: Heheheh.

Chapter 4 - Lawless, Above All Common Sense!

120)
1: Eat slower?! You think I could eat slower at a time like this?!
2: Lord Nobunaga wants the stone-work done by Spring. And if it isn't...
3(2b): Then it's my head that'll fly! Someone bring me some tea! Teaaaaaaa!
4: Sir!
5: Hm?!

121)
1: Shino! What are you doing here?!
2: I received some information.
3: About what?
4(2b): Cloud...no,
5: Higuchi Yoroku is heading to Azuchi Mountain to meet with Lord Nobunaga.
6: That fool! Did he disguise himself as a laborer?
7(2b): We have records on every single laborer up there! If he goes, he's a dead man!

122)
1: That's the thing. He went up dressed in samurai clothes...
2: What?!
3: Do you think he'll be killed?
4: He's going to introduce himself as an attendant to Uesugi Kenshin.
5(2b): Hideyoshi was an expert at keeping a poker face. Meanwhile, his brain was working feverishly. By this point in history, Takeda Shingen of Kai and Hojou Ujiyasu of Sagami had already left this mortal plane.
6: The only powerful general left who could possibly stand in the way of Nobunaga's ambition was Uesugi Kenshin!
7: Therefore, Nobunaga feared Kenshin more than anyone else, and would often send tributes to him, working hard to placate him.
8: Yoroku's actions may have seemed reckless at first glance,

123)
1: but in actuality, he was expertly piercing Nobunaga's weak point!
2: We still have time to stop him.
3: What an interesting guy he is...
4: That Higuchi Yoroku.
5(2b): Still a child of 16 years, he was already acting with courage and ingenuity. Suddenly, Hideyoshi grew curious about Yoroku.

124)
1: Look how handsome that samurai is!
2: Whose vassal is he?
3: I've never seen him before.

125)
1: What was going through his mind? Mosuke's face had changed suddenly, into the visage of a warrior.
2: What's wrong, Mosuke?
3: If you're Uesugi's vassal, then you must arrive on a horse, lest you shame your master.
4: Where did you hear that?
5: I asked someone in the pub.
6: Then I'd advise you to forget it.
7: Doing this could mean your life.
8(2b): I owe you for saving my child and wife. And...
9: And?

126)
1: Besides, Nobunaga is the greatest kabuki-mono in the land!
2(2b): If you're going to pick a fight with him, then I can't possibly miss it!
3(2b): Fuh...in that case,
4(2b): You follow me to the Sanzu River. (*tl note: The river in the afterlife that the dead must cross. Yoroku's using a metaphor and equating this to the gate of the castle.) From there, I go on alone.
5: Yes sir!

127)
1: OK, master.
2: We've reached the Sanzu River.
3: Yeah.
4(2b): It looks like a big anthill...and
5: At the top sits Nobunaga...

128)
1: I've never seen you before.
2: Unauthorized persons are not permitted beyond this point.
3: Leave!

129)
1: I am Uesugi Kenshin's attendant, Higuchi Yoroku.
2: I have come from Echigo to have an audience with Lord Nobunaga.
3: Oh...really...?
4(2b): An attendant of Uesugi Kenshin...is that so...?
5(2b): Like hell you aaaaaare!!

130)
1: Hareeeeehhh!
2: Ohhhhhh!
3: You might as well be naked.
4: Now, I've made a firm effort to be polite...
5: Ugakuh...
6: S...shut your mouth!
7: M...master!
8: Get him!

131)
1: Ahh
2: Hooo.
3: Farewell, Mosuke!
4(2b): I'll leap up to the top of this hill in an instant!

132)
1: Well done! Splendid!
2: What a courageous warrior you are!
3: Who might you be?
4: I'm the construction director for this castle,
5: Hashiba Hideyoshi!

133)
1(2b): Ohhh...that's you?!
2: I'm...
3: Save it, I already know who yo uare.
small: Wahahahah
4: Open a paaaaaath!
5: Sir Uesugi Kenshin's vassal, Higuchi Yoroku is proceeding to the top of the mountain!

134)
1(2b): Ohhhh! Wh...what is this?!

135)
1: Ohh...
2(2b): Now, go on up. Those are the wishes of our Lord. He's waiting for you!
3: Lord Nobunaga is?!
4: Yes. I told him you're quite the kabuki-mono, just like he is.
5: Kabuki-mono enjoy meeting other kabuki-mono. Hideyoshi knew all the subtleties of Nobunaga's heart, and used this wisdom to cleverly think up the perfect way to handle things.

136)
1: I am touched by your kindness.

137)
1: Yeah!
2: That's it! Go on and size yourself up against him! And if you manage to survive, then let us meet again!