Nobody knows how to be a villain better than me.

Tomoe Gozen wore a gentle smile on her beautiful face, her eyes revealing admiration and affection.

"You are truly remarkable, Lord Yoshinaka."

"Right, isn't that amazing?" Yoshinaka Kiso laughed heartily. "Of course, but I'm just saying some amazing things. It's just for show. No matter who asks, I'll say the same thing as before."

"Lord Yoshinaka?"

“But I will tell you the truth, Tomoe. The reason I fought against the Taira clan was not for anything else, but only for…” Kiso Yoshinaka looked at Tomoe Gozen, his eyes filled with a tenderness that could melt a person, and smiled faintly, “to live with you in the future.”

"Hey, you two, that's too much! You're secretly going on a date behind my back."

Just as the two people praying at the shrine were whispering to each other, a beautiful woman in a kimono walked down the mountain path in the afterglow of the setting sun, her eyes filled with resentment and bitterness.

"What happened to our future together...?"

Between her long, golden hair, a pair of fox ears twitched in the wind.

"Our world certainly includes you, Yamabuki..."

Kiso Yoshinaka held the woman's white bowl, his eyes filled with tenderness, and reached out his free left hand to pull her into his arms.

Feeling the strong masculine scent, the beautiful girl, who had been feeling somewhat wronged, suddenly went limp and blushed, no longer resisting.

A bright, white moon rose in the night sky, its jade-like light spilling through the woods. A man, with women on either side of him, stood before the shrine, quietly enjoying the calm before the storm.

Yoshinaka Kiso, born into the Minamoto clan, rose from humble beginnings but possessed astonishing military talent.

He decisively defeated the 10-strong Taira army led by Taira no Koremori at the Battle of Kurikara Pass in Toba Mountain, Echigo Province. From then on, he won one battle after another, and even the retired emperor became his prisoner. He was virtually invincible on the four islands.

Along with his achievements, his romantic encounters are also widely talked about.

The Tale of the Heike contains the following description: "When Kiso Yoshinaka set out from Shinano, he was accompanied by two beautiful women, one named Atobe and the other named Yamabuki. Atobe was fair-skinned, had long hair, and was exceptionally beautiful. She was skilled with a powerful bow and could hit her target every time, whether on horseback or on foot. She was a hero who could take on a thousand men."

Just as the three were enjoying their moment together, an elegant married woman with purple hair and eyes, dressed in a traditional kimono, walked down from the foot of the mountain.

Besides his two confidantes, Yoshinaka Kiso also had a wife, Iko Fujiwara.

Under the moonlight, she slowly calmed her breathing, looked up at the bright moon, then lowered her head and gently reminded him.

"Lord Yoshinobu, it's almost time. The retainers below are all waiting for you."

Yoshinaka Kiso nodded slightly, released his two female confidantes, and got up to walk down the mountain, his heart heavy with sorrow.

As the saying goes, the strong are easily broken. He defeated the Taira clan and captured the Emperor, seemingly enjoying boundless glory. However, due to his overly flamboyant actions and domineering and ruthless personality, he has already provoked a united backlash from all walks of life.

Because he has enemies everywhere, he can only win and absolutely cannot lose.

One loss means certain death.

But now, the Kamakura army led by Minamoto no Noriyori and Minamoto no Yoshitsune has approached Kyoto. After years of fighting, there is no longer any force supporting him in the surrounding area.

From a military strategy perspective, tomorrow's battle will likely be very dangerous.

Chapter Sixty-Four is finished, time for a BBQ!

Will we lose?

Looking at the two stunningly beautiful profiles following closely behind him, Yoshinaka Kiso clenched his right fist, his gaze hardened again, and a surge of heroic spirit rekindled in his heart.

not necessarily!

The next day, thick, ink-like clouds hung heavily over the sky.

The neighing of warhorses echoed clearly across this blood-red wasteland.

If even heroes eventually meet their demise, is there a force that can break through a deadlock?

“There are only a few of us left…” Yoshinaka Kiso looked around at himself.

“But…” He looked at the Minamoto army, who had once been his comrades-in-arms but now wanted to wipe him out, his eyes still blazing with anger, just as they had when he attacked the Taira clan.

Tomoe rode forward and said, "...Let's go back, let's go back to Kiso together..."

Kiso Yoshinaka turned to look at Tomoe Gozen, who was covered in blood. Her pretty face was also covered with blood and her helmet, making her look cold. He turned back and said indifferently, "A man who is reluctant to part with a woman before he dies will be ridiculed. You don't want me to be looked down upon, do you?"

Charging into battle on horseback, the man with vertical pupils wielded a blade that was invincible; any weapon in his hands became a deadly weapon.

Among the generals of the Minamoto clan, a strongman from Musashi Province known as "the one who can take on sixty men" roared as he charged forward, only to be captured alive, pinned to a saddle, and beheaded.

"go!"

The shouts drowned out the clashes and fighting on the battlefield.

"Then," Tomoe Gozen shouted, cutting down the leading Minamoto general on his horse with a single stroke, "let me fight one more battle for you!!!"

With a long neigh, the warhorse carrying Tomoe Gozen charged into the enemy ranks.

She brandished her long sword, gradually losing track of how many people she had killed, or rather, no longer caring how many people she had killed.

A gleaming blade flashed, from an angle she hadn't anticipated.

She straightened up, barely dodging the attack, and used the momentum from her rise to swing her long sword, cutting down the attacker and knocking him off his horse.

With a flick of his wrist, another slash landed in front of him, and scattered red specks of light flew out, instantly turning the surrounding area into a sea of ​​fire.

Tomoe Gozen swung her riding whip high with her left hand and broke out of the enemy formation during the gap.

"kill!!!"

Behind her was Yoshinaka Kiso's soul-stirring roar.

This will be the final battle; there is no need to consider anything else.

His blade gleamed with a chilling light as he severed one man's head and then sank into another's armor.

He felt a sense of familiarity with every person fighting, as if they were brothers he had once chatted with over drinks.

"Is this all there is to it...?"

He seemed to have been stabbed in the back, and fell off his horse.

Amidst the chaos of battle, a sharp arrow, nocked on a bowstring, pierced the air and arrived.

He looked at the gray sky and slowly closed his eyes.

"The reason I fight the Taira clan is not for anything else, but for a tomorrow where I can live with Tomoe."

"I'm sorry... Ba... I... in the end, I still couldn't..."

Fortunately, you are safe now, and you have no regrets.

"Whoosh!"

At the critical moment, a sharp arrow flew from the opposite direction and accurately deflected the arrow aimed at Yi Zhong.

A fair hand pulled him up from the chaos of the army and lifted him onto his horse.

Looking at the white-haired female general beside him, Kiso Yoshinaka was furious.

"Why are you back again, you idiot!"

“You told me to run away, and I, as your wife, have already run away.”

Despite the brutal and bloody battlefield, the woman's face revealed a bright and cheerful smile, even with a hint of cunning.

“But now that I’m back, I’m Tomoe Gozen, a warrior. A retainer will not abandon his lord!”

Even Yoshinaka Kiso was momentarily speechless amidst the resounding declaration.

Just as the two were deeply surrounded, another familiar figure, leading dozens of riders, charged out and gathered in front of their lord, Kiso Yoshinaka.

The blonde girl, Yamabuki, who held the flag aloft with one arm, brandished her long sword, cutting down the approaching soldiers one after another. She casually wiped the blood from her face and, taking advantage of a moment of resentment, turned to look at the two people behind her.

"Have you forgotten about me again?"

However, before this other beauty, who was on par with Tomoe Gozen, could get to the bottom of things, the drums thundered, and two teams darted into the enemy ranks, cutting through the path ahead, attempting to join the trapped people.

"Six Paths and Five Wheels - Kurikara Celestial Phenomenon!"

"Swift...Gallop...Soar...! The Three Stages of Ignorance!"

The two leading retainers stirred up a storm of bloodshed wherever they went, as if they were in an empty land.

Just like Minamoto no Yorimitsu, the ancestor of the Minamoto clan in history, Kiso Yoshinaka, who was also from the Minamoto clan, also had four Heavenly Kings under his command.

At this moment, their lord was in danger, and they finally arrived at the scene.

Seeing a group of soldiers wielding swords surround them again, completely blocking their retreat, their chances of survival were gradually extinguished.

The man, wounded in the abdomen, did not sit idly by and await his death. He drew his sword from the side of his horse, and his expression immediately turned crazed and ferocious, like a venomous snake spitting its tongue.

"Tomo, Yamabuki, charge with me!"

"Yes, sir Yoshinobu."

The white-haired female general drew her naginata, answered solemnly, and was determined to die.

The other stunning beauty whose name was mentioned nodded in satisfaction as well, drawing her long sword, stained with layers of blood.

I do not know how long it has been……

As the pitch-black night fell, only endless silence enveloped the land.

A female warrior, dressed in military attire and wielding a long sword, walks here; she has two horns on her head.

"Yoshinaka...sir..."

She continued walking unconsciously, no longer thinking about when she would fall and never rise again, or when she would decay and turn to dust. She simply staggered step by step in this dark world, constantly searching through the corpses lying side by side, trying to find the light that would illuminate her and Yoshinaka Kiso.

If heroes are ultimately swept away by the tides of time, is there any hope that they can shine in the deep blue night sky?

Gradually, her once beautiful long hair turned blue and white, and her once lively eyes became empty.

Three steps and your hair turns white; you become a walking corpse.

"If...this world has become hell, then I will burn it all..."

Her bloodshot eyes gleamed with a terrifying light, like a monster consumed by despair.

"Found him! He's alive! Doctor! Quick, doctor!"

Just as the last glimmer of reason was about to disappear into the darkness, cheers erupted in her ears like thunder tearing through the night, awakening the white-haired female general from her slumber.

In the distance, the retainers and the beautiful Yamabuki pulled the man, who had once again performed a miracle, from the mountain of corpses, excitedly removing his armor and cleaning his wounds.

Alive, still alive...

Seeing the scene before her, the white-haired female general seemed to have exhausted all her strength. Her knees buckled, and she collapsed heavily to the ground, with crystal tears streaming uncontrollably from her eyes.

However, the taste was no longer bitter; instead, it had a sweet aftertaste.

In a daze, the sky shattered like glass, the world gradually disappeared, and the figures around me flickered and vanished like burnt-out candles.

don't want……

Tomoe Gozen panicked and immediately struggled to her feet, rushing towards the figure in the crowd, throwing herself into the collapsing world without regard for anything else.

"Lord Yoshinaka!"

Gun turret, middle hall.

"Yinzhong... Lord... Don't go... Don't leave me..."

A beautiful head with white hair and two horns lay buried in a warm and familiar embrace, weeping bitterly. Her hands gripped the warmth she held tightly, and her flowing tears had soaked the entire front of the man's clothes.

How long did she cry?

"It's been almost an hour..."

In the corner, Okita Souji and Murasaki Shikibu exchanged a glance, sighed, and shook their heads.

"Hey, why is that?! I'm also the female lead, why is my plot not even a third of hers?!"

At this moment, Suzuka Gozen, watching the two figures still entwined in affection, waved her fists in protest.

"You should be content. At least you're the main character. Okita and I are just background characters, only mentioned when we need to use us."

Miyamoto Musashi crossed his arms and complained irritably.

In that game that felt like a distant memory, one of them played the role of Yamabuki, a beauty on par with Tomoe Gozen, while the other was one of the Four Heavenly Kings under Kiso Yoshinaka.

As for Okita Souji and Murasaki Shikibu, one of them got a role as one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and the other was Fujiwara Iko, the wife of Kiso Yoshinaka.

Although it's a role-playing game, the vivid memories linger in my mind thanks to the Holy Grail, as if they've been integrated into my memory and flesh.

They seemed to be living another wondrous life in another world, under another identity.