"...Onee-sama, I'm tired. I don't want to be Torachiyo of the Nagao family anymore."
Torachiyo finally revealed her true feelings.
"I just want to be Tora Chiyo of Linquan Temple. I just want to be Axue's senior brother. It doesn't matter whether she is a man or a woman. This is the only thought in my mind right now."
Seeing Tora Chiyo's determination, Sentaoin finally fell silent.
"I understand how you feel, Torachiyo. This time it's your sister who has let you down."
"But you have to remember that you and I will always be family. No matter what, the Nagao family will always have your back."
After getting Torachiyo's approval, Xiantaoyuan left in a hurry.
For her, there are still many necessary things to be done.
Torachiyo, on the other hand, turned around and looked at the Buddha statue.
Bishamonten's appearance is still as majestic and awe-inspiring as ever. He is wearing armor from the Western Regions, holding a pagoda in one hand and a trident in the other, and stepping on the Yaksha demon, looking very majestic.
"Bishamonten, going to the battlefield means killing, right...?"
Torachiyo lowered his eyes.
"If I come back covered in blood, I'm afraid Xue won't like me anymore, right?"
After hesitating for a moment, the black-haired girl finally decided to go find Axue and tell him that she was about to return to secular life.
She had been thinking of various ways to speak along the way, but the moment she saw Axue, she was ultimately speechless.
Instead, Ah Xue smiled slightly, tilted her head and said, "Brother, are you going to return to secular life?"
"...Nothing can be hidden from you, Xue."
Torachiyo smiled wryly and nodded.
"The world has been in a state of chaos lately."
Axue sighed a few times.
"Didn't many of Brother's admirers kneel before Linquan Temple a few days ago, begging him to return to secular life and save the world?"
"At that time, I couldn't help but think... Senior Brother was probably born to save the world."
"...Axue, I'm sorry for you."
Torachiyo hugged Axue and said in a deep voice.
"It's not even the New Year yet, and my brother is leaving you. As a family member, he's really useless..."
"Brother, don't underestimate yourself."
Axue touched her senior brother's face with her hand and said with a smile.
"Brother left Axue for the sake of the common people. Brother is a hero in my heart..."
But how could eight-year-old Axue force herself to smile to such an extent?
The senior brother who has been with Ah Xue since childhood is going to return to secular life. How will Ah Xue continue her life in the future?
I have to get used to the days without my senior brother to act like a spoiled child, and the days without his attention...
"Brother, can I also return to secular life and help you...?"
Axue wanted to say this.
But it eventually circled around the throat, and when it came out again, it had changed its appearance.
"Brother, I will take good care of the peach tree you left behind."
Axue said so.
"When the flowers bloom next year, the scenery will definitely not disappoint you, Senior Brother."
"Axue, wait for me, Senior Brother. I will be able to rehabilitate the rebels within a year!"
Torachiyo said solemnly.
"No one will be able to separate us then! Brother promises you!!"
"I believe in you, brother."
Just after Torachiyo gave Axue a few instructions, the Nagao family's carriage had already arrived at the gate of Linquan Temple.
"Young Master! Time is running out! The front lines desperately need you!"
"understood."
Torachiyo gave Axue one last deep look, then turned and walked towards the Nagao family's carriage, with no human emotion on her face.
From then on, her face was filled with the majesty of a warrior who was the reincarnation of Bishamonten and whom she held high hopes for!
Ah Xue sensed his senior brother's resolute mood, and he also turned around and said goodbye loudly -
"Brother! Have a safe journey!!"
"Axue! You have to take care of yourself too!! Don't let yourself get hurt!!"
Listening to the wheels of the carriage leaving, Axue knew that Torachiyo had embarked on the path that should have been her destiny.
Chapter 23: The God of War is born!
【Kasugayama Castle. 】
[At Nagao Tamekage's funeral, all the retainers were in a very bad mood.]
Under Yang Beizhong's command to purge the court, the rebel army has reached tens of thousands. The Shimoyue rebels are now pressing towards Tochio Castle, the first frontier of the war. Their momentum is so great that even within Kasugayama Castle, cries of surrender can be heard.
[The current head of the Nagao family, Nagao Harukage, was so frightened that his legs were trembling. He hadn't slept for three days and three nights.]
[No one would have thought that the Nagao family, a family of generals known for their strong martial virtues, would end with the generation of Nagao Harukage!]
[There are no dogs in Tiger Gate! These powerful men are going to conquer the world with a lord who can barely get out of bed. Isn't this the laughing stock of all the heroes in the world?!]
[Just when everyone was lost in thought, the fourteen-year-old fourth son of the Nagao family, Nagao Torachiyo, stepped into the funeral! ]
[He was clad in silver-white Western armor, his calm demeanor displaying extraordinary composure, a stark contrast to his bewildered elder brother.]
After paying respect to her father's spirit tablet, Nagao Torachiyo loudly announced to the retainers—
"In just one year, I, Nagao Kagetora, will completely quell the rebellion!"
[Under the instructions of his sister, Sentoin, Nagao Torachiyo completed the coming-of-age ceremony at the funeral, and from then on officially changed his name to Nagao Kagetora and entered the battlefield! ]
[No one could believe that a boy who was only fourteen years old could actually say such arrogant words!]
How could Nagao Kagetora, who had never led an army in battle and had spent his entire life practicing Buddhism at Rinsen-ji Temple, have the audacity to make such a bold statement in front of all his retainers?
However, after seeing Nagao Kagetora's dark golden eyes, which looked like those of a deity, no one dared to question this reincarnated war god Bishamonten.
His confidence undoubtedly infected all his retainers, and in an instant, Kasugayama Castle erupted in thunderous applause.
[Nagao Kagetora quickly gathered his forces and rushed to the front lines with only 500 cavalrymen!]
Arriving at Tochio Castle, facing a rebel force said to number ten thousand, the Tochio commander, Honjo Sane, advised the young man to stay within the castle and wait for the larger force from Kasugayama Castle to reinforce the front.
Nagao Kagetora shook his head. He ordered Honjo Sane to lead the Tochio Castle defenders out of the city immediately and around the rebels, while he himself led 500 cavalrymen to prepare for a frontal charge!
Honjo Minoru was so frightened by this airborne god of war that he was speechless. He was about to yell at Nagao Kagetora for his recklessness, but he was intimidated by the murderous aura of the black-haired boy.
[This is clearly the murderous aura possessed by demons and gods on the battlefield! How could a young man who spent the first half of his life cultivating Buddhism possess such an aura?!]
[So, Honjo Saneno no longer cared about the safety of Tochio Castle and led all the defenders out! ]
[And Nagao Kagetora, holding a flag in one hand and a spear in the other, launched a surprise attack on the rebels, outnumbering the five hundred cavalrymen by dozens of lengths!]
The rebels led by Nakajo Fujisuke could never have imagined that Honjo Saneno, who had been showing weakness by steadily defending the city, would actually launch such a self-destructive charge!
As he hurriedly gathered his men and adjusted his formation to resist the attack, he discovered that a military flag suddenly appeared in the smoke and dust.
[That's the battle flag with the big [毘] character written on it!]
[Nagao Kagetora, alone, entered the rebel camp as if there were no one there, unleashing his unparalleled power to slash the enemy crazily!]
Meanwhile, Honjo Sane, who had circled behind, finally joined up with Shanshan's belated 500 cavalrymen. The two sides attacked the rebels from both sides, leaving their leader, Nakajo Fujitoshi, crying out for help.
【The rebels were immediately defeated! 】
[Nagao Kagetora's first battle, the Battle of Tochio Castle, a complete victory!]
After this battle, Nagao Kagetora, the war god known as the reincarnation of Bishamonten, became famous overnight, and became known throughout Echigo!
Afterwards, Nakajo-kun (41), one of the eyewitnesses to the Battle of Tochio Castle, recounted this from his hospital bed.
"It is true."
[This Yangbei leader raised his head high and assumed a forward-charging posture.]
"That Longtail Kagetora's mount is the BMW called Fangsheng Yuemao, right? Now that I think about it, it's like thunder and lightning!"
[Nakajo-kun pointed to the area in front of his neck again, his expression horrified.]
"His spear, reaching this point, nearly decapitated me!"
[Nakajo-kun shook his head again, a thoughtful expression on his face.]
"Even Nagao Tamekage wouldn't dare to lead only 500 men to defeat an army of 10,000. Yet, Nagao Kagetora dared to charge into the battle line single-handedly. He's truly fearless..."
"Hmm? You're asking why we didn't kill him then?"
"Ah, if it were an ordinary person, I'd definitely think they could be defeated, but that's Nagao Kagetora! We're talking about the reincarnation of Bishamonten!"
[Mr. Nakajo lowered his head to think, lowered his head to think, lowered his head to think.]
"'When the Bi-ji flag arrives, everything is invincible'? The sheer number of sorcery possessed by Nagao Kagetora is such that he can only be described as a military god!"
"Will a mere rebellion be effective against the God of War?"
[The appearance of Nagao Kagetora caused the rebel forces of Shimogoshi Yangbei to fall apart instantly! ]
[Yang Beizhong originally thought that since the death of Nagao Tamekage, they were invincible in the entire Echigo Province. There was no way that Nagao Harukage, the tuberculosis-stricken ghost, could cure them alone.]
[Who would have thought that a man named Nagao Kagetora, who grew up in a temple, would suddenly appear! ]
[And not only did folk rumors call him the reincarnation of Bishamonten, but even Nakajo Toushisa, who had fought him, was completely convinced by the defeat and began to praise Nagao Kagetora's mighty power to everyone he met.]
[Nagao Kagetora also successfully fulfilled the bold words he had said at the funeral, and completely quelled the war in less than a year!]
Chapter 24: The world no longer needs Torachiyo
At the celebration banquet.
Nagao Kagetora was wearing silver-white armor and holding up the wine in his cup, chatting with the retainers who came to curry his favor.
"Young Master is truly a god! Even if Lord Jing were alive, I'm afraid he wouldn't be as majestic and powerful as you, Lord Jinghu!"
A group of nobles surrounded Nagao Kagetora and began to flatter her crazily.
Tochio Castle is a frontier area far away from Kasugayama Castle, and these local tyrants and powerful people are already in an extremely precarious position.
If the rebels became more powerful, they would drink and eat meat with them.
If the rebels were defeated, they would express their gratitude and praise to their families.
In short, the nobles will always be the nobles, no matter who the king above them is, as long as it does not affect their original class.
Now that Nagao Kagetora has defeated the rebels, these powerful people have emerged one by one and started to get close to this god of war.
Nagao Kagetora did not give these nobles any extra face.
She simply drank the wine in one gulp, then bowed and said goodbye, preparing to go to the table where the soldiers were.
After nearly a year of military life, Nagao Kagetora became quite familiar with these soldiers.
Compared to engaging in intrigues with those retainers, Nagao Kagetora preferred to hang out with the soldiers.
"The God of War is here!!"
"Little Lord!!!"
As expected, as soon as Nagao Kagetora arrived, thunderous cheers broke out.
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