A Voice in Anger

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A Voice in Anger was a virtual representation of one of Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke's genetic memories, relived through the Animus EGO.

Description

Naoe and Yasuke travels to Tanjosan Myoyoji Temple in Harima to locate a monk who has details on the Shinbakufu member known as the Ox.

Dialogue

NaoeYasuke

Yasuke arrived outside the temple and found it heavily guarded. Unsure of the soldiers' allegiance, Yasuke sneaked into the complex and was able to take a closer look, identifying them as soldiers serving under The Ox.

• Yasuke: Armed soldiers. Working for the Ox.

Yasuke reached deeper into the complex and found several bodies of slain monks.

• Yasuke: The Ox and his men will answer for this.

At the end of the temple, Yasuke eliminated the guards and freed a group of monks. He spoke to one of them, who was the abbot.

• Yasuke: You are the abbot?
• Tanjosan Abbot: Yes. The Ox has ordered his men to bring us back here. I tried to escape, but they caught me.
• Yasuke: Tell me about this Ox.
• Tanjosan Abbot: Last of the Bessho. He'll be here soon to address my brothers and sisters.
• Yasuke: Then that will be my moment to strike.
• Tanjosan Abbot: No, please. You must help my people. And Nakamura Tadashige. The man who tried to protect us.
• Yasuke: I will wait for the Ox. But you must go. It is not safe here.
• Tanjosan Abbot: Yes. When you are ready. You will see him.
• Yasuke: I would like to see him for myself.

Yasuke waited on a roof in the inner complex. He leaned down and watched from afar as an entourage soldiers arrived with several captured monks. Amongst them was Nakamura Tadashige, the man mentioned by the abbot earlier. After arriving near the gate, the monks were made pushed to the ground and made to kneel.

• Nakamura Tadashige: Who ordered my arrest along with these poor monks? And forced them to return? They left Tanjosan for a reason. We all did.

At that moment, a samurai clad in red armor bearing the kamon of the Bessho clan came to the front, addressing Tadashige and his statement.

• Bessho Harumasa: I will remind them, Lord Tadashige! Of who they once were. Who they could be again.

Harumasa then turned around to address the captured monks.

• Bessho Harumasa: Monks of Tanjosan! Years ago, Hashiba Hideyoshi massacred you for helping the Bessho clan in our time of need.
  Can you smell it? Blood lingers in the air. It stains the earth.

From afar, Yasuke identified the samurai as the Ox.

• Yasuke: That is him.
• Bessho Harumasa: The land remembers what transpired here. My friends... why have you forgotten?
• Nakamura Tadashige: Your anger is wasted. Bessho Harumasa. The war is over. Your clan leaders knew it. That's why they surrendered.
• Bessho Harumasa: Lord Tadashige. There was a time we called each other brothers. And yet you kept these monks hidden from me. Where is the great lord I once knew? Where is his conviction?
• Nakamura Tadashige: My conviction cost me everything. Just like your own misguided convictions will cost these men everything.
• Bessho Harumasa: My friend, these men have nothing to lose. Nobunaga's dog already took everything from them in his meaningless conquest. In this world, the only meaning we can claim is the one we carve out with the edge of a blade.

Harumasa approached one of his ashigaru.

• Bessho Harumasa: That's why I have armed my men. I have given them the means to fight back. I have given them a voice!

Harumasa's men rallied to his scream.

• Yasuke: The Ox surrounds himself with his men and innocent alike. I need to wait for an opening to help Lord Tadashige.
• Nakamura Tadashige: Odd. You claim to have given your men a voice, but yours is the only one I hear.

Tadashige addressed the samurai beside Harumasa.

• Nakamura Tadashige: You. They call you the Tsuno, do they not? The Ox's greatest champion. His finest warrior. After the massacre here, we found a young monk and his grandmother. The stench of the corpses hid them well. The boy could not speak, so haunted by what he had seen. How will the anger of your leader and his men help this boy? Chase the nightmares from behind his eyes?
• The Tsuno: What did you ever do for that boy, my lord? How will you deliver the justice he deserves? You cannot. You would have that boy lie down amongst the corpses and accept death. But I am not that boy! I have a voice! As do all of us!

The soldiers rallied to the Tsuno's words, including Harumasa himself who gave him a pat on the shoulders. The Ox then turned to Tadashige.

• Bessho Harumasa: My friend, in the name of the hardships we endured together, I give you a choice. The same I now offer the monks of Tanjosan. Those of you who would join me, I welcome you with open arms. Miki Castle is yours once again! There, you will be reborn. But those of you who would turn your back on dignity and justice. My men will accelerate the grim path you have chosen. Choose wisely.

The Ox then left as Tadashige and the monks were taken into the temple complex.

• Yasuke: We will meet soon, Ox.
  Lord Tadashige knows the Ox. Enough to protect those monks for as long as he did. He might be able to help us.