To become a king and a magician

"No, there's no need for that. Putting the other two aside, I think Sakamoto Ryoma will come to us on his own, and even... after learning that the threat has been eliminated, he will voluntarily return to the Throne of Heroes."

"After all, he was originally a Servant summoned by the Counter Force to ensure that nothing would go wrong with this Singularity."

Sakamoto Ryoma did not have a Master in this Holy Grail War. He was summoned by the Counter Force to deal with the Holy Grail Bomb. In short, he was in a position similar to a Guardian. Now that the Holy Grail Bomb has fallen into Natsukawa Torato's hands, his goal can be said to have been achieved.

I doubt they'll do anything else.

Li Shuwen's side is also easy to deal with. What that sharpshooter wants is simply to challenge a strong opponent. When the time comes, Xia Chuanhu will accompany him in a full-force battle, and once he is satisfied, the matter will be settled.

The only problem is with Oda Nobunaga.

That Demon Lord must be furious by now, right? He only went out to the battlefield to deal with foreign enemies, but when he returned, he found that the Army Ministry had been completely wiped out, the long-prepared Azuchi bombers had been destroyed, and the Holy Grail bomb was missing.

If Natsukawa Tora were in that situation, his blood pressure would probably spike and he'd go after the culprits who did all this.

"Bang----!"

As a gunshot rang out from downstairs, Natsukawa Tora couldn't help but show a "I knew it" expression on his face. Then, amidst a series of hurried footsteps, the sliding door was suddenly kicked open from the outside!

"Crack!"

A matchlock gun was pointed at Natsukawa Tora's head.

"Clang!"

The suddenly drawn blade struck the musket directly.

Okita Souji stared coldly at the uninvited guest before him: "Archer... Oda Nobunaga."

“Saber… Get out of my way, I’m not here for you.” Oda Nobunaga said with considerable dissatisfaction, then glared at Natsukawa Torato with eyes full of anger. “You really have surprised me, Holy Sword Wielder, you destroyed my base and weapons without a word… How could you do such a thing?”

At this moment, only one emotion fills Oda Nobunaga's heart.

anger.

Extreme anger.

Originally, after defeating all the enemy troops today, she wanted to return to the Ministry of the Army to rest for a while, but she never expected that when she returned, she would see a scene of blood flowing like a river, and her Master was lying unconscious in his seat.

After waking Asama Kaname and asking her what had happened, Oda Nobunaga immediately thought of his research at the Fourth Magic Research Institute. He rushed over, only to find that the institute had already been vandalized by thieves!

“I really underestimated you, Holy Sword Wielder. In just one day you have accomplished this, destroying all my preparations—you are just as that witch said.”

"You flatter me."

Xia Chuanhu smiled shamelessly.

"Speaking of which, you didn't come here in such a menacing manner just to complain about me, did you? If that were the case, I would have shot you already."

"You still have something to say, right?"

Pushing aside Okita Souji's sword and Oda Nobunaga's matchlock gun, Natsukawa Torara slapped the table: "Sit down first, and also let your Master sister come in. I think we have a lot to talk about."

"Isn't that so?"

89. This... entrusting one's child on one's deathbed?

[Nobu, you're definitely no match for my King in any way, so if you really end up with nothing, just go and have a good talk with him. A few tears will be enough to win him over!]

This is one of the few words the witch left for Oda Nobunaga before she left.

Whether then or now, Oda Nobunaga believed it was just a joke. As the Sixth Demon King and the heroic spirit who saved Japan, how could she possibly fawn over another person?

Therefore, after sitting down with Asama, Oda Nobunaga immediately said, "Although I think it's impossible, but—return the Holy Grail to me, Holy Sword Wielder, and then I can talk to you properly. Or to put it more simply, as long as you return the Holy Grail to me, I can accept any request!"

"No."

Natsukawa Torara decisively rejected the proposal: "It's a very tempting proposal, Oda Nobunaga, but I'm sorry, but I will never return the Holy Grail to you under any circumstances. It's of no use to leave such a thing in the world."

"I will not allow this Holy Grail to achieve what you want to accomplish—the fate of this country is sealed. From the moment it joined forces with other countries to start a war against the world, defeat was inevitable."

"Bang------!"

The round wooden table was instantly smashed to pieces by Oda Nobunaga!

With fiery red eyes glaring at Natsukawa Torato, Oda Nobunaga said coldly, "Of course I know that this country is indeed at a disadvantage right now, but it is not without the possibility of reversal. As long as we have that weapon, final victory will surely be ours—"

"[On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. On September 2 of the same year, Japan signed the surrender treaty, ending World War II]—this is a fact clearly recorded in history." Natsukawa Torara interrupted Oda Nobunaga.

"History is like this. Although I don't want to admit it, the importance of ending this war to the world in modern history is self-evident. If it hadn't ended sooner and had been allowed to continue in your hands, no one could have imagined what kind of impact it would have had on history."

"This is my country! Do you want me to watch it fall and be defeated?!"

"In fact, you can't do anything, can you?"

Natsukawa Torara uttered a sentence that enraged Oda Nobunaga: "Indeed, the power of Servants is overwhelming for modern times, but you are ultimately just one person and cannot take care of everything—send a suicide squad to hold you back, and then let the main force begin the suppression operation on the homeland. Even if you do wipe out the suicide squad, the enemy country will still win strategically."

"Although there will be many difficulties in implementing this, such as misjudging your strength, or failing to eliminate the army within the time it takes to delay you... or to put it more bluntly, do you think you can withstand attacks like those on Nagasaki and Hiroshima?"

Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

Upon hearing these two place names, Oda Nobunaga's face was instantly filled with rage.

Okita Souji frowned in confusion: "Master, these two places..."

"The most destructive strategic weapon ever developed by mankind, the atomic bomb, was first used in actual combat on the 6th of this month in Hiroshima, and was then dropped on Nagasaki on the 8th. The reason why Japan surrendered on the 15th in history was largely due to the complete destruction of these two cities."

"The 15th... but now it's already past the 20th."

"Because they believed in Servants, in miracles, and the Holy Grail." Natsukawa Toraga looked at Oda Nobunaga. "After witnessing Oda Nobunaga's power, Japan decided to continue its resistance... Well, it was also related to the successive assassinations of pro-peace members. That magician named Mawazu did quite a few tricks."

Otherwise, the situation wouldn't have developed to this point.

Oda Nobunaga clenched his fists tightly: "Even so... I will not stand by and watch my country be invaded. This is to protect the nation—"

"Bullshit!"

Xia Chuanhu shouted angrily.

"Protecting the nation, yes, to you it's protecting the nation, but it's merely a debt that Japan must bear! Oda Nobunaga, don't tell me you don't know Japan's stance before this! This despicable nation has committed countless sins against the world in this era! Now it's just paying the price for it!"

"Don't fucking try to justify your actions with such high-sounding words! If you keep giving me these excuses, I'll beat you to death right now and send you back to the Throne of Heroes!"

Master/Lord Natsukawa is angry.

Okita Souji and Angelica realized this simultaneously, and his anger wasn't just superficial; it was genuine, heartfelt. Natsukawa Torara had said that he didn't dislike Japan as a country, but he simply couldn't bring himself to like Japan in this era.

"Stop here, Oda Nobunaga. The Ministry of the Army has been completely wiped out. The outcome of the war is no longer in doubt. Even if you fight to the death, it will be useless. You will only be prolonging your life."

Are you also a victim of this war?

Instead of directly responding to Natsukawa Torato's words, Oda Nobunaga changed the subject: "Your hatred, your anger... are exactly the same as those of the opponents I killed in the past."

"I guess so. Although I now have a Japanese name, my hometown is that Shenzhou in the west."

west.

Shenzhou.

China.

If that's the case, Oda Nobunaga could understand why this holy swordsman from the future was so angry at his own country in this era, at him for saying those words.

This is an overstatement and wishful thinking. Our country invaded other countries in the past, committing unforgivable crimes. Its current state is deserved, no matter how much we try to deny it or how much we try to glorify it; it is a fact.

Both modern Japan and modern Oda Nobunaga have arbitrarily placed themselves in the position of victims.

Do not......

“I know everything,” Oda Nobunaga said in a deep voice. “I know the cause of everything, the past actions of this country, after I took control of the Ministry of the Army. But... even if all of these are wrong, I will not abandon this country. This country on the verge of collapse needs my strength.”

This is only human nature.

When one's own homeland is being invaded and ravaged, no one can remain silent at such a time, let alone Oda Nobunaga.

"boom!"

Oda Nobunaga slammed his fists into the ground.

After bowing his head deeply with his military cap down, Oda Nobunaga raised his head and said, "Holy Sword Wielder, may I ask for one... no, two requests?"

"Aha?"

Natsukawa Tora frowned: "A request?"

"That witch said that you are essentially a kind-hearted person, and if you ask someone to do something for you, you will agree to it as long as it's not too outrageous."

"This is probably the last time I'll see you. I'll never come here again after that, so in this last moment, I want to ask you for two things!"

The last time we met.

Seeing the look in Oda Nobunaga's eyes, Natsukawa Torara remained silent for a moment before sighing and saying, "Speak, what is it?"

“My Master, Asama Kaname.” Oda Nobunaga looked at Asama Kaname, who was sitting behind him and still looked nervous and uneasy, “Could you take care of her before you leave here? In this imperial capital, the safest place is right here with you.”

The Ministry of the Army has been completely wiped out, and Mawazu is also dead. Now, Asama Kaname can be said to have nowhere else to go except to Oda Nobunaga's side. But it is obvious that the battlefield is not a place that Asama Kaname can go.

Natsukawa Tora nodded: "That's no problem. What about the other thing?"

"Don't get in my way."

Oda Nobunaga said coldly, as if he wanted to etch those words deeply into Natsukawa Torato's mind.

"After I leave here, and until you leave here, do not interfere with me in the slightest!"

90. More than five months!?

Oda Nobunaga arrived suddenly and left just as suddenly. After delivering those words that seemed to be a deathbed entrustment, she vanished into spirit form before everyone's eyes.

And a week passed quickly after that.

For seven days straight, the entire capital was engulfed in war. Even at night, the sound of artillery fire could be heard constantly, and the battle raged on all the time.

Oda Nobunaga also fought on the main battlefield for seven days.

Servants do not need to rest. For Servants, rest is the process of replenishing mana, not sleep. Regardless of the type of Servant, mana consumption is inevitable during battle. If a Noble Phantasm is used, the mana consumption will be even more intense.

Therefore, it is impossible to continue fighting indefinitely.

However, Oda Nobunaga had been fighting continuously for seven days. Perhaps she had rested in between, but at least according to Natsukawa Torara's perception, the total time she rested in those seven days did not exceed seven hours.

Even if this country truly needs to atone for its sins, I will not allow myself to stand idly by and watch my country be defeated. I will do everything in my power, even at the cost of my life, to lead my country to victory.

This was what Natsukawa Torara read in Oda Nobunaga's eyes at the time.