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==Description==
==Description==
Naoe and Yasuke set out to the Templar meeting at the place Rufino mentioned.
Naoe and Yasuke set out to the Templar meeting at the place Rufino mentioned.
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==Dialogue==
==Dialogue==
<tabber>
|-|Naoe=
Naoe traveled to the small island of [[Okinoshiroishi]], finding it inhabited by  bandits. After clearing the area, she climbed up to the top of the tallest rock formation, but found no sight of the meeting targets.
*'''Naoe:''' ''This is the place Rufino mentioned, I'm sure of it. But this can't be right. I'll use the messages he decoded earlier to read this one for myself.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''This is the place Rufino mentioned, I'm sure of it. But this can't be right. I'll use the messages he decoded earlier to read this one for myself.''
{{IUNote|Title=True Decoded Message|Text=(Selected phrases, now correctly translated from the combined overseer's messages:)<br><br>Continued meddling of that traitor Rufino<br>Must meet and make plan<br>Eliminate him before further disrupt<br>Must meet face to face<br>Ibu Highland<br>Kashiwabara<br>Fortress<br>Scholar will be there to answer for involvement<br><br>- The Architect}}
{{IUNote|Title=True Decoded Message|Text=(Selected phrases, now correctly translated from the combined overseer's messages:)<br><br>Continued meddling of that traitor Rufino<br>Must meet and make plan<br>Eliminate him before further disrupt<br>Must meet face to face<br>Ibu Highland<br>Kashiwabara<br>Fortress<br>Scholar will be there to answer for involvement<br><br>- The Architect}}
*'''Naoe:''' ''Rufino is a liar. But why? I'll confront them all. Then I'll have my answers and their blood.''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Rufino is a liar. But why? I'll confront them all. Then I'll have my answers and their blood.''
[]
|-|Yasuke=
 
Yasuke traveled to the small island of [[Okinoshiroishi]], finding it inhabited by bandits. After clearing the area, he climbed up to the top of the tallest rock formation, but found no sight of the meeting targets.
*'''Yasuke:''' ''This is the place Rufino mentioned, I am certain. But this cannot be right. I will use the messages he decoded earlier to read this one for myself.''
{{IUNote|Title=True Decoded Message|Text=(Selected phrases, now correctly translated from the combined overseer's messages:)<br><br>Continued meddling of that traitor Rufino<br>Must meet and make plan<br>Eliminate him before further disrupt<br>Must meet face to face<br>Ibu Highland<br>Kashiwabara<br>Fortress<br>[[Ermigo|Scholar]] will be there to answer for involvement<br><br>- The [[Gaspar (Templar)|Architect]]}}
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Rufino lied to us. But no matter. Now I know where the enemy truly is. I'll confront them all. Then I'll have my answers and their blood.''
</tabber>
Naoe and Yasuke traveled to the [[Kashiwabara Fortress]] in [[Ibu Highlands]], where they overheard Rufino talking to someone.
*'''Ermigo:''' ''I understand your frustration, but you're being shortsighted.''
*'''Ermigo:''' ''I understand your frustration, but you're being shortsighted.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''You lied to me. You used me!''
*'''Rufino:''' ''You lied to me. You used me!''
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*'''Rufino:''' ''This isn't you, Ermigo. This can't be you. Leave them, I beg you. I've done all I could to hold back the tide, but I can't protect you forever!''
*'''Rufino:''' ''This isn't you, Ermigo. This can't be you. Leave them, I beg you. I've done all I could to hold back the tide, but I can't protect you forever!''
*'''Ermigo:''' ''I'm the one attempting to protect you. But you have to do as I say.''
*'''Ermigo:''' ''I'm the one attempting to protect you. But you have to do as I say.''
[]
*'''Rufino:''' ''I brought you those names in good faith, but you made me a murderer!''
*'''Rufino:''' ''I brought you those names in good faith, but you made me a murderer!''
*'''Ermigo:''' ''That is the price of peace, my friend.''
*'''Ermigo:''' ''That is the price of peace, my friend.''
[]
Naoe and Yasuke arrived to confront Rufino and his friend.
*'''Ermigo:''' ''You've ruined this.''
*'''Ermigo:''' ''You've ruined this.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Please. He's my friend.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Please. He's my friend.''
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*'''Yasuke:''' ''He is working with the Templars!''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''He is working with the Templars!''
*'''Rufino:''' ''So was I. Ermigo was a brother to me. I won't let you kill him.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''So was I. Ermigo was a brother to me. I won't let you kill him.''
[]
Rufino drew his pistol and pointed it at Yasuke. After a short while, they heard a voice coming from inside the watchtower.
*'''Gaspar:''' Deveria matá-lo eu próprio por te-los trazido todos até aqui. Mas primeiro, irei punir este traidor. ''(I should kill him myself for leading all of you people here. But first, I shall punish this traitor.)''
*'''Gaspar:''' Deveria matá-lo eu próprio por te-los trazido todos até aqui. Mas primeiro, irei punir este traidor. ''(I should kill him myself for leading all of you people here. But first, I shall punish this traitor.)''
[]
The voice was revealed to belong to Gaspar, the Templar leader and the one called the Architect.
*'''Ermigo:''' Senhor, só um momento... ''(Senhor, just a moment...)''
*'''Ermigo:''' Senhor, só um momento... ''(Senhor, just a moment...)''
[]
Gaspar ordered his men to point their arquebuses at the group.
*'''Ermigo:''' ''Wait!'' Esperem! ''(Wait!)''
*'''Ermigo:''' ''Wait!'' Esperem! ''(Wait!)''
[]
Ignoring his pleas, Gaspar ordered one of his men to fire at Rufino. However, his friend Ermigo shielded him from the attack, becoming the one fatally wounded instead.
*'''Rufino:''' ''Ermigo!''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Ermigo!''
[]
*'''Gaspar:''' [Huffs] ''Kill them all, then.''
*'''Gaspar:''' [Huffs] ''Kill them all, then.''
[]
Surrounded, Naoe threw a [[smoke bomb]] to provide some cover for the group.
*'''Rufino:''' ''I lied to you, but now my actions speak the truth. Come! Join me!''
*'''Rufino:''' ''I lied to you, but now my actions speak the truth. Come! Join me!''
[Play as Yasuke]
<tabber>
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Let us fight the true enemy. together!''
|-|Play as Naoe=
*'''Naoe:''' ''Let's fight the true enemy. Together!''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Naoe! I'm sorry I lied to you!''
*'''Naoe:''' ''Fight now! Explain later!''
|-|Play as Yasuke=
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Let us fight the true enemy. Together!''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Yasuke! I'm sorry I lied to you!''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Yasuke! I'm sorry I lied to you!''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Fight now! Explain later!''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''Fight now! Explain later!''
[]
*'''Gaspar:''' ''Now I get to put down Nobunaga's pet.''
*'''Gaspar:''' ''Now I get to put down Nobunaga's pet.''
[]
</tabber>
After a long fight, Gaspar and his men were eliminated. Rufino then went to check on his dying friend.
*'''Ermigo:''' ''I knew that you were too soft-hearted to know the truth. But I hoped that one day you'd come to see... join the cause. That we could be... true brothers once again.'' [sighs]
*'''Ermigo:''' ''I knew that you were too soft-hearted to know the truth. But I hoped that one day you'd come to see... join the cause. That we could be... true brothers once again.'' [sighs]
Ermigo passed away from his wounds.
*'''Rufino:''' ''Ermigo.''
*'''Rufino:''' ''Ermigo.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''I... I am sorry for your loss.''
*'''Yasuke:''' ''I... I am sorry for your loss.''
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Man Behind the Curtain was a virtual representation of one of Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke's genetic memories, relived through the Animus EGO.[1]

Description[edit | edit source]

Naoe and Yasuke set out to the Templar meeting at the place Rufino mentioned.

Dialogue[edit | edit source]

Naoe traveled to the small island of Okinoshiroishi, finding it inhabited by bandits. After clearing the area, she climbed up to the top of the tallest rock formation, but found no sight of the meeting targets.

  • Naoe: This is the place Rufino mentioned, I'm sure of it. But this can't be right. I'll use the messages he decoded earlier to read this one for myself.

True Decoded Message

(Selected phrases, now correctly translated from the combined overseer's messages:)

Continued meddling of that traitor Rufino
Must meet and make plan
Eliminate him before further disrupt
Must meet face to face
Ibu Highland
Kashiwabara
Fortress
Scholar will be there to answer for involvement

- The Architect
  • Naoe: Rufino is a liar. But why? I'll confront them all. Then I'll have my answers and their blood.

Yasuke traveled to the small island of Okinoshiroishi, finding it inhabited by bandits. After clearing the area, he climbed up to the top of the tallest rock formation, but found no sight of the meeting targets.

  • Yasuke: This is the place Rufino mentioned, I am certain. But this cannot be right. I will use the messages he decoded earlier to read this one for myself.

True Decoded Message

(Selected phrases, now correctly translated from the combined overseer's messages:)

Continued meddling of that traitor Rufino
Must meet and make plan
Eliminate him before further disrupt
Must meet face to face
Ibu Highland
Kashiwabara
Fortress
Scholar will be there to answer for involvement

- The Architect
  • Yasuke: Rufino lied to us. But no matter. Now I know where the enemy truly is. I'll confront them all. Then I'll have my answers and their blood.

Naoe and Yasuke traveled to the Kashiwabara Fortress in Ibu Highlands, where they overheard Rufino talking to someone.

  • Ermigo: I understand your frustration, but you're being shortsighted.
  • Rufino: You lied to me. You used me!
  • Ermigo: A necessity that broke my heart, each and every day.
  • Rufino: This isn't you, Ermigo. This can't be you. Leave them, I beg you. I've done all I could to hold back the tide, but I can't protect you forever!
  • Ermigo: I'm the one attempting to protect you. But you have to do as I say.
  • Rufino: I brought you those names in good faith, but you made me a murderer!
  • Ermigo: That is the price of peace, my friend.

Naoe and Yasuke arrived to confront Rufino and his friend.

  • Ermigo: You've ruined this.
  • Rufino: Please. He's my friend.
  • Yasuke: You lied to me. You betrayed me.
  • Naoe: You sent us away on a fool's errand.
  • Yasuke: And for what? To protect your treacherous friends?
  • Rufino: How could I trust you? A man blinded by vengeance?
  • Yasuke: This is not vengeance! It is justice!
  • Naoe: Wait. Both of you.
  • Rufino: He was my friend when I had nothing! No one!
  • Yasuke: He is working with the Templars!
  • Rufino: So was I. Ermigo was a brother to me. I won't let you kill him.

Rufino drew his pistol and pointed it at Yasuke. After a short while, they heard a voice coming from inside the watchtower.

  • Gaspar: Deveria matá-lo eu próprio por te-los trazido todos até aqui. Mas primeiro, irei punir este traidor. (I should kill him myself for leading all of you people here. But first, I shall punish this traitor.)

The voice was revealed to belong to Gaspar, the Templar leader and the one called the Architect.

  • Ermigo: Senhor, só um momento... (Senhor, just a moment...)

Gaspar ordered his men to point their arquebuses at the group.

  • Ermigo: Wait! Esperem! (Wait!)

Ignoring his pleas, Gaspar ordered one of his men to fire at Rufino. However, his friend Ermigo shielded him from the attack, becoming the one fatally wounded instead.

  • Rufino: Ermigo!
  • Gaspar: [Huffs] Kill them all, then.

Surrounded, Naoe threw a smoke bomb to provide some cover for the group.

  • Rufino: I lied to you, but now my actions speak the truth. Come! Join me!

  • Naoe: Let's fight the true enemy. Together!
  • Rufino: Naoe! I'm sorry I lied to you!
  • Naoe: Fight now! Explain later!

  • Yasuke: Let us fight the true enemy. Together!
  • Rufino: Yasuke! I'm sorry I lied to you!
  • Yasuke: Fight now! Explain later!
  • Gaspar: Now I get to put down Nobunaga's pet.

After a long fight, Gaspar and his men were eliminated. Rufino then went to check on his dying friend.

  • Ermigo: I knew that you were too soft-hearted to know the truth. But I hoped that one day you'd come to see... join the cause. That we could be... true brothers once again. [sighs]

Ermigo passed away from his wounds.

  • Rufino: Ermigo.
  • Yasuke: I... I am sorry for your loss.
  • Rufino: Even though he was one of them?
  • Yasuke: He was your true friend. A sentiment he proved with his final act. Rufino, I...
  • Rufino: Stop. I... I lied to you. I broke the trust between us. But... I have always been a fool. It's why all my friends are dead. Garrett, Umi, Ryuichi. And now... I have no one.
  • Yasuke: That is not true.
  • Naoe: Our league is made of people who believe they can make our world a better place. A hopeful fool will fit right in.
  • Yasuke: Come back with us, Rufino. Join us - as our ally.
  • Rufino: These men killed my friend, stole my hope, poisoned my desire for peace and twisted it into a means of taking power. [sighs]

Yasuke

  • Yasuke: Then come, we will hunt all who manipulate the good for their own gain.
  • Rufino: We'll show them that these strays have claws.

Letter from J. to Gaspar

Gaspar,

Brothers Duarte and Caro have failed. These islands are slipping through our fingers. It falls to you to take control of the Seta River - the Order needs it to secure passage for the members of the Black Cross we are mobilizing. Once they reach your shores, the tide will once again swing in our favor.

May the Father of Understanding guide you,
- M.

-->

Outcome[edit | edit source]

Following a confrontation with "The Architect" that led to the loss of his friend Ermigo, Rufino agreed to join the Kakushiba ikki.

References[edit | edit source]

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Chapter 1: Arrival at Honnoji
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