Chapter Seventy-Six: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Sanada Yukimura didn't answer immediately, he was silent for a moment, and began to pace up and down the yard, walking to an open-air pond next to it.
"Before...... There is a man named Toyotomi Shinshiba......"
Sanada Yukimura's eyes looked straight into the turbulent pond, and he spoke slowly, a full moon reflected in the clear water, and the edge of the pond was filled with various rocks.
"That man was originally from a trivial local wealthy family, but when his merits were recognized, he was actually given the surname of Toyotomi by the then Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and naturally, during the Battle of Sekigahara, he also gave full play to his power on Toyotomi's side!"
Sanada Yukimura stared at the illusory full moon, even if the wind blew, the water of a lake wrinkled slightly, and the full moon was still majestic, his expression seemed to be a little trance, and he talked about it to himself.
"But the Western Army was completely defeated...... His clan was also hunted down, and finally reluctantly escaped to Mt. Kudo, Kishu, and began to live a chaotic life, borrowing wine every day to drown his sorrows, and looking for pleasure everywhere, just to let Tokugawa Ieyasu let down his vigilance against him......"
"On the other hand, in the dead of night, he thought, 'Can I, who has the surname Toyotomi, allow Tokugawa to get the world like this?' ”
"'In that case, it would be better to ...... Chop off Ieyasu's head! Let's take over the world in this way! ’”
Sanada Yukimura paused slightly when he said this, he raised his head and looked at the real moon in the sky, and for the first time, this face that was more delicate than an ordinary woman showed a look of perseverance that belonged to a man.
The Devil's Eye Blade was still standing in place, but he had already turned around, and was now quietly looking at Sanada Yukimura, who was probably the first time he had spoken in front of others.
Sensing the crazy gaze, Sanada Yukimura also turned his head to look at him, and the two of them looked at each other from a distance, separated by a few steps, and did not speak for a long time.
This was the first time he had looked at a person since he woke up, and he admired this man, and from Sanada Yukimura's eyes, he seemed to see his own shadow.
They have the same eyes, they are all eyes that burn with scorching flames, they are sparks, and one day they will burn the raging fire that stirs the sky!
"But, in fact, the man ...... It was never thought that the Western Army, which belonged to the Toyotomi forces, would be able to achieve a final victory in the Battle of Sekigahara! ”
Sanada Yukimura suddenly turned around, interrupting the somewhat strange stagnant atmosphere, he raised his foot and stepped on a strange rock in front of him, then stood on tiptoe with his hands behind his back, and began to walk slowly forward along the neatly stacked stones along the edge of the pond, saying to himself as he went.
"Then why does he know that the final result is like this, and he still has to be loyal to that point, even if he fights for the destruction of the clan, he has to serve Toyotomi Hideyoshi?"
As if asking the only listener about the Devil's Eye Knife, and as if questioning his own heart, Sanada Yukimura stopped after a few steps, stood quietly on the stone by the pond, paused, and then continued.
"Maybe it's just because I like it......"
Sanada Yukimura stood on top of the stones, the water of the pond that didn't flow very well beneath his feet, and several rockeries more than two people high in front of him, but none of them were in his eyes. Kiss
"That kind of rustic but extremely simple atmosphere that can't be removed...... Hideyoshi, who is kind and always treats everyone with a smile like a child, maybe I really like it......"
Sanada Yukimura suddenly raised his head as he spoke, he was dressed in a long coat and quietly looked at the moon in the sky that was obscured by a dark cloud but was still so bright, and the bright moonlight fell on him without any hindrance, it seemed that the world was huge at the moment, and no one could hide his brilliance.
"Yukimura ......"
The Devil's Eye Blade stood behind Sanada Yukimura, but even he felt the heartfelt sadness emanating from Yukimura's body, which was the memory and admiration of the survivors for the deceased, heavy and huge.
"But, madness! Do you know why I entrusted you with killing Ieyasu? ”
Sanada Yukimura suddenly seemed to remember something, or maybe he wanted to get rid of this heavy atmosphere, he turned his head, put his usual bright smile on his face again, and asked with a smile.
"Do you know why the last time we met in a roadside liquor shop, even though it was the first time we met, I still have to ask you for such a big thing?"
Without waiting for Oni-Eye's answer, Sanada Yukimura continued to ask, suddenly interested in how Mad would behave after knowing the truth about it.
"Actually, it's not the first time we've met! I used to ...... On the battlefield of Sekigahara...... I've been watching you! ”
Seeing that the ghost eye mad knife was silent and didn't give face at all, Sanada Yukimura simply stopped selling Guanzi and explained directly.
"That's right, lonely in blood-stained armor on the battlefield where darkness and death dominated...... The crimson eyes that glowed because of the pursuit of a new corpse, that scene was really ...... It's beautiful! ”
Sanada Yukimura looked at the taciturn ghost-eyed knife in front of him with the appearance of Kyoshiro, but the domineering man he had seen on the battlefield in Sekigahara came to mind.
The man in bright red armor stood on top of the layers of corpses, holding a few fresh heads in his hands at random, the five-foot long knife was carried by him on his shoulder, and the blood was still dripping down from the tip of the blade.
Even on such a battlefield full of blood and corpses, the man's face was still full of fearlessness, even arrogant, and wanton smiles.
Devil-Eyed Knife just stood there with his knife in his hand, but every time he grinned, it seemed like a chill was about to rush into your chest, even if he was far away.
And it is also the case, everyone who has ever faced him feels that he is not fighting against humans at all, but against death, and when his sword is swung out of his hand, death has already come.
"At that time, I thought that if you were an 'inhuman', even if you faced Tokugawa's 100,000 troops head-on one day, it wouldn't be without a chance of winning, right?"
Sanada Yukimura woke up from his memories, he glanced at the ghost-eyed mad knife on the other side, which was still expressionless, and knew that in this seemingly weak body, there was a hidden evil ghost that was enough to devour everything, and it was definitely not to be underestimated!
That kind of domineering spirit that has been carried out by tens of millions of people, except for Oda Nobunaga, the Sixth Heavenly Demon King who wanted to be martial arts in the world, he has never seen it from the second person!