Drifters

"Act 11 The Adventure of the Pistol Daimyo ~Bullet Counting Song~"

Stop! Stop!

What is going on?! Who do these carriages belong to?!

They belong to the powerful Count Saint-Germi.

Can you not tell from the banner?

Whom do you think you are telling to stop?!

What is your name?

Huh?

You dare stop lord Saint-Germi's carriage.

You'll certainly be sent to the front lines tomorrow.

Tell me your name.

P-Please continue on.

That's right. Lord Saint-Germi can no longer sit back and watch this war unfold;

therefore, her highness will join the war.

Many more carriages will be following us.

She will save Orte.

Ah... It's about time...

Open the gate. Hurry!

"Join the war"... Not a single thing was false.

However, we won't be on their side.

So, this is the capital of Orte, Verlina.

We'll have to make this place our capital.

It's pathetic to see a country like this fall from grace so miserably.

It should just be burned away quickly.

It's true. It would be a pity not to put an end to its suffering.

"Coup d'etat"?

What is "coup d'etat"?

Is it some sort of food for southern barbarians?

It's a coup.

The reins of power are seized through an assault on the state's capital.

I will guide you the entire way. I will sell you the whole country.

Isn't it a great deal?

Who is your leader?

I don't know how it happened, but it's supposed to be me.

What is your... What are your names?

If you are Drifters, I may be able to recognize your names.

I'm Shimazu Toyohisa, undersecretary to the Imperial Minister of the Center.

Toyohisa Shimazu... Hmm...

Ah, the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600.

I am Nasu Suketaka Yoichi.

How cute! You are the archer from the Genpei War.

You are famous, don't you know?

And you?

"Rumble rumble rumble"

Oda Nobunaga!

You are super famous!

Of course. That's the way it should be.

Who is that old man?

"Raspberry Sensor" "Dazed"

I don't know his name. He's just a raspberry man.

Looks like you've been sent from a time long after the periods we lived in, huh?

Do you want to know what happened to the Shimazu clan after Sekigahara?

I don't mind telling you.

You don't have to tell me that. I know what happened.

My uncle, Yoshihiro, should have been able to escape

from the enemy while we were fighting to buy time for him.

If he returned to Satsuma, I know what happened after that...

The Shimazu destroyed the Tokugawa clan.

I don't know how long it took-- tens or hundreds of years--

but without doubt, the Shimazu soldiers crashed the Tokugawa.

Wh--?!

What's with this kid?!

How could he predict such an outcome in the midst of withdrawal?!

He has got some nerve.

Well... that's just how he is. I apologize for him, Twinkie.

By the way, how about me? Me? How am I remembered?

There is no way to describe your impact succinctly.

You increased in size and flew through the air shooting mysterious beams...

Increased in size...?

...and brought hell to earth...

"For Love"

...and made green tea with bisected bodies.

Y-You are more famous for weapon innovation.

What weapons?

What happened in the future?

Why did you trust that androgynous person?

I don't get it.

Yeah, you will meet that kind every now and then.

They will betray you without any hesitation.

They are devoid of fidelity and loyalty from the beginning.

However, their betrayal is motivated by profit and self-interest,

not resentment or generational sentimentality.

That's why we can trust them as long as they are betraying someone else.

That's a strange story. They are peculiar not only outside, but also inside.

They are bizarre. They are weird, body and soul. They are weirdos.

They are deviants.

I can hear you, Japanese! Hush up!

Count Saint-Germi.

We'd like to know why you used your authority as a powerful

count to call this meeting.

Why did you wait till the situation became so dire?

I wanted to inform you...

...of the shutting down of Orte.

We Drifters created this nation with great diligence.

We have lent you this country for a half a century,

but I am sorry. I can do it no longer.

Therefore, I've decided to have you return it.

As of today, we are closing the experimental empire, Orte.

We are closing the store. We are going out of business.

We will turn over a new leaf and work hard with Toyohisa as our future leader.

Everyone, thank you for your many years of patronage.

Farewell.

Wh-What?! What are you saying, Count Saint-Germi?!

You don't get it?

I explained it to you in the simplest possible terms, did I not?!

Are you an imbecile?

Indeed, you do look like one.

Guards! Guards! Count Saint-Germi has lost his mind. Guards!

No matter how much you yell, they won't be coming.

Are you stupid? Indeed, you do look damn stupid.

Saint-Germi! This is a coup. A revolt!

Against whom--Father or the politicians?!

Who is for my plan? Speak up.

I support Count Saint-Germi.

Me, too.

I am with the count.

Wh... What?!

Hmph.

Did you really think I convened this meeting without any preparation?

Are you that stupid?!

Hey, you two over there... Fully raise your hands.

I agree with the dissolution of the empire's leadership.

Ahh, that's good.

However...

However?

...I am against any plan in which we appoint a Drifter as the head of state.

All sovereignty in the new country shall be given to the Black King.

We can solely prostrate ourselves, begging the Black King for his mercy.

Let us be his vanguard

and help him in the campaign for the eradication of humankind from this world.

Rasputin! So, you became an End, huh?!

Count Saint-Germi, we both seem to have had similar ideas.

You still look ridiculous.

You are completely wrong if you think you can get your way.

What... What on earth is going on?! This is not what I expected.

So, these are the faces of the Drifters.

I heard that you took care of Joan and Gilles de Rais.

I am Rasputin.

Frankly, the Black Lord is too busy to be bothered with you all.

For you see, he is bringing about the destruction of the world.

Therefore, I am carrying out his plan. For instance...

We let our troops into the capital.

Well, they may be a bit troublesome. I sincerely apologize for...

Now he's done it.

So, you are the leader of the Drifters, Shimazu Toyohisa.

Suddenly drawing a sword, suddenly launching an assault...

You seem to be from quite a barbaric place.

I must express my gratitude to you for taking care of our comrade, Joan...

Ouch, this is harsh. I don't know who he is, but my condolences to him.

I know it hurts when things like this happen.

At his moment of glory, right as he was about to gloat like a puppet master,

he was completely ignored while his minion was crushed before him.

That kind of thing is utterly humiliating.

Toyo doesn't read the situation.

It's not that he can't--he just won't.

He completely shuts it out.

Rather than being in his nature, perhaps this comes

from the way he was brought up.

This is his strongest weapon as well as his greatest weakness.

If he's not careful, he'll be dead before he knows it.

Toyo, sweetie, wait. Hold it. You will kill him. He'll die.

If you flinch even a little, you'll lose.

Smile. Keep smiling, you fool.

What's wrong, Mr. Would-Be Puppet Master?

Your smile is stiff.

Allow us to speak.

Thanks.

Our intention from the beginning is to fight.

I will kill anyone who stands in our way.

I've never conquered a territory without shedding blood.

Your true intention was to snatch this country bloodlessly, wasn't it?

Our being here really puts a sour look on your face, doesn't it?

Even that twinkie count's sour face is more likable than yours.

Now we can address the threat of the Ends.

We, the Drifters, have come to save the country again...

Thanks for giving us such a perfectly legitimate reason.

Hey, what's with the grimace?! Smile like you did earlier!

Smile! Smile like this!

We are going to settle this in battle.

Shoot! Damn!

Damn it! That bastard!

Come in, Rasputin. Answer me.

Verlina has already been occupied by the Drifters!

We manipulated the aristocrats and

had our troops make the long march on Verlina.

Even for our army, which is capable of a massive blitz,