Drifters

"Act 5 Bring Back Love"

--Damn it! --Search thoroughly!

They are not here.

There is nobody here either.

The place is completely empty!

What the hell is going on?!

Commander, please come and look.

What is it?!

The well...

Wh-What is this smell?!

It's shit.

It looks like the Elves threw shit into the well.

There's also something strange...

What?!

Sir. The soil underneath the toilet's subfloor was dug up and it's gone.

How the hell did that happen?! Is this Elven magic?

What is going on?!

Where did they disappear to?!

What is happening?!

I am going to kill all of them tonight.

I will take everyone's head.

Altogether, we took twenty blades and sets of armor from the dead.

We also took two horses from them, but the Elves don't know how to ride.

We'll utilize the horses according to my plan.

The armor is not our primary concern.

More importantly, only a few of them know how to wield a sword.

On the other hand, they are strangely infatuated with making bows.

I have Yoichi helping them create bows as we speak.

In a way... they look happy making bows and arrows.

They are as quick and efficient as skilled craftsmen.

More pressing than the sword issue is...

...our need for spears. The length of spears would relieve some of their fears.

Even peasants could kill samurai with a twenty-foot-long spear.

You probably don't know about this,

but Akechi Mitsuhide was killed while hunting down the routed peasant militia in Fushimi.

Huh? Seriously?!

All right! Good for Kumquat Head.

Well done, peasants of Fushimi! I exempt them from tax for a million years.

By the way, you look like you're having a great time conspiring.

A battle is only the consequence of matters built up in the past.

I believe that the true contest lies in choosing our actions well before the dawn of battle.

Nobody besides Hideyoshi could understand this essence of battle.

No wonder we didn't see any corpses of soldiers in the village.

They've been bringing them here!

Pick whichever you like, though there are still some blood stains on them.

Eh?

You, the chosen ones, may wash them yourselves.

Ugh! They are covered with blood.

--How many are they? --What are we going to do?

It'd probably be best not to tell them what we did to the corpses.

Toyohisa cut off all the soldiers' heads and buried them, but...

...as for their bodies, Nobunaga...

You paid your respects to the dead heads and made offerings, didn't you?

We shall gratefully use their bodies.

Smells horrible.

Is this a saltpeter mound?

I mixed corpses with grass, soil, feces, and urine.

It will be another two years before saltpeter can be collected.

This was the trick the Ikko sect followers used to employ.

The villagers should be prohibited from entering this hill...

...to prevent an epidemic.

What should we do with the soil from the toilets?

We have charcoal, but not sulfur. Just leave it as it is for now.

It's terrible... to do that to their corpses!

What's wrong with it? The outcome would be the same even if we buried them.

They would rot, get eaten by bugs, and eventually break down into soil.

We're just speeding up the process. It's the same thing.

We don't want to be wasteful.

I cleaned up those heads, put them back together, and buried them.

I made offerings to them as human beings.

If you want to pay respect to them, that mound is good enough.

You may think shit and urine are nasty.

But if you and I cut open our bellies, the inside would just be flesh filled with shit.

Could the soul dwell within a body filled with shit...

...instead of in a head to which we pay respect?

That wouldn't be logical, would it?

I see. The clear differences between these men and us lie...

...not in knowledge, technology, or culture...

...but in their views on life and death.

Hey, Olmi-Boobs.

Why do you always get the last part of my name mixed up?

I can't be bothered to get upset about this anymore.

"Mutter, mutter, mutter"

There is this stinky yellow stuff found near a volcano.

It is almost like a powdery form of fart... called sulfur. Are you able to get a hold of it?

Eh? Sulfur? Well, I think I can manage that, but what are you going to do with it?

Don't worry about that. Just bring me a lot of it.

Ask your something organization... Whatever you call it.

--What?! --Boobienu Organization or something!

It's called Octobrist.

Well, I'm afraid it will cost you. Do you have money?

Shut up, you damn Boobienu Organization!

After we claim five or six states, I'll pay you.

Just shut up and bring it to me, you fool!

Soil from toilets, corpses, sulfur...

What is he going to do with them?! I don't get it at all!

Wow, that's excellent!

Look! Almost a bull's-eye.

All right! I want to try it, too.

Amazing! They are learning too quickly.

We are natural-born archers,

but we'd been prohibited from making or even touching bows for a long time.

We used to practice shooting as children before the war.

I can't let them beat me.

Ha.

Wow!

Okay. Okay. We get it.

I don't know what's going on, but...

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I apologize.

We totally get it. You are number one! You are the best!

You're wasting arrows. Please stop!

We are now going to invade the village.

Don't let anyone leave alive.

Taking back the village is not the end of this mission.

From there, we'll march into the lord's castle, and...

...take his head.

Wh-What?!

These two told me the reason...

...why there are no women left in the village.

We Elves can reproduce only once a year.

During that time, all the young women were taken by the lord and his men.

I see. That's the reason.

Their intention is to drive your race... to extinction.

Take back your wives and children.

Stop living like animals.

Go take the heads of the men who reduce you to nothing more than livestock.

If right and wrong exists in this world, this is right.

Even if you are killed, you can face your forefathers in the next world and say...

"We died fighting."

"We died protecting our family."

Take back your wives.

Take back your children.

Reclaim your state!

Reclaim yourselves!

This man is a natural-born warrior.

He has the abilities required of a warlord, not a ruler.

What he has is the power to impel people to fight.

A zealous determination.

Where did the Elves disappear to?

I don't know.

I've been told we're going to the surrounding villages to search for them tomorrow.

If any village harbors them, are we supposed to destroy it, too?

Maybe...

I'm thirsty.

Bear with it. We can't get water from the well.

They threw shit into it. Damn Long Ears.

We should just slaughter all those bastards...!

What the...?! What the hell is happening?!

"Toyohisa Assults Orte's Troops"

--What the hell is going on?! --It's the east side of the village!

Dr-Drifters...

Ready? Come at me!

D-Don't let him get away. After him!

As I suspected, the Drifters are behind this.

No matter what it takes, capture him!

--Get him! --Don't let him get away!

Let's do this. It has begun.

Everyone ready?

"Battle Plan"

In battle, it's speed... that matters most.

Move as I told you.

Don't worry so much. Even if you mess up, you'll only die.

Run!

I used to lead an army composed of over 200,000 soldiers, and this is how I ended up.

This existence is intriguing...

I can't get enough of it.

After him!

What are you doing?! We're going against only one man.