Chapter 228: Focus

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"Come, rise, let us return to the warmth of the castle walls, and drink until we collapse. Let us wash away the scent of Imagawa with our vomit, and you can tell me the plans you have for the future."

With the silence that had consumed the people, his words were heard by all, and they were met with a cheer.

"A good bit of drink… Aye a good bit of drink will do me." Morojo decided, tears falling from his eyes.

"Don't cry Morojo-san, things are going to be getting even more exciting now." Takeshi assured him.

"Aye, that's why I'm crying lad… We've borne witness to the birth of a new age. What other man can say that? I no longer care whether I live or die – this was indeed a life well lived!"

"Well, if I might offer a suggestion – don't die for now. I have a use for you." Gengyo replied with an amused smile, before beginning back down the road he came, with Matsudaira by his side, and crowd of people in his wake.