Turi's secret hobby - to quietly contemplate flowers - is rudely spoiled by another incursion.
Meanwhile, the fragile peace in the clan is shattered as the chump boys start pulling ninja tactics.
This is a bad sign. Probably won't be long until they set their sights on their betters.
Anteki cleansed some trash for Lord Mogami but he only got a tiny reward. No biggie, he's still way behind.
Now this, on the other hand, is another great opportunity.
The warrior monks are back in town, and the samurai who crushes their stupid skulls should get plenty of honour and booty.
As soon as those blossom-spoiling brigand dogs are dealt with, Turizasu vows to teach the sohei another lesson.
Speaking of the brigands...
Their forces were so pathetic that Turi didn't even bother sending in the yari ashigaru.
The riflemen and archers killed a lot of trash while the cavalry held the line, gave chase and cut down the survivors.
Despite the easy victory, the losses are pretty high.
Still, there are plenty of men left, so Turi should have enough to wipe out the monks.
As Turizasu faces the sohei, he employs a new tactic: the dreaded katana move!
While the cavalry charges the enemy archers and leftmost infantry, Turizasu's own archers attack the middle infantry, baiting them south.
Once there, his yari ashigaru overwhelm the fanatics from two directions. Trap sprung!
Towards the end of the battle, Turi's cavalry charges and manages to defeat the remaining sohei all by themselves.
Yet another prestigious victory for our man Turizasu!
Large piece of land baby! LARGE! This means hundreds of new soldiers at the very least.
Meanwhile, the scheming continues as Yukinaga rescues his heir with ninja tactics.
Those Date douchebags are at it again. Daimyo Eijun is not long for this world, and the other hatamoto know it as well.
Predictably, the urgency of Lord Mogami's situation immediately makes Turizasu's low-life rivals expose their ambitions. Osoroshi, the pathetic chump who married Anteki's daughter, honestly seems to think he should be the next daimyo of the clan. Talk about delusional!
Turi, of course, tells the messenger to kindly fuck off or die.
Not long after the exchange... Ninjas in the night!
Turizasu takes out two stealthed assassins, but he takes a hit in the process. Grabbing his wound, he notices a mighty ugly chump coming up the hallway. Being injured, he decides it is better to kill him before it comes to a duel, so he lets loose two arrows from his bow, expertly sending the intruder to his doom.
While Turizasu feeds the remains of Osoroshi to the dogs, weakling Genzaemon takes over the shit-tier fief from his father.
Turi contemplates killing the wretch in a duel, but Genzaemon immediately heads out in ronin rags to pull off nasty ninja knavery.
Might as well wait him out then.
The daimyo provides another campaign against the despicable Date clan, promising land and glory for the victor.
Unfortunately, Turi can't make it due to more pressing concerns at home...
"Must I be interrupted at every turn? Enough of this!"
As always, the son apes after the father.
This cibai even copied his old man's failure so expertly he fell to arrows in the very same spot.
Genzaemon's thievan in the night is not treated as seriously as an assassination attempt, so the weakling wretch is let go after having paid compensation.
Well, not bad, could always use the extra troops.
Meanwhile Anteki defeats the Date scum and claims their fortress, receiving more land and soldiers as a result.
He is still weaker than Turizasu, but he sure works hard at closing the gap.
And clearly, time is running out...
Holy incest! Genzaemon just married his own aunt, cementing the ties even further between his house and that of Anteki.
When the time comes, this little cunt will no doubt side with horned-helmet bro over Turi.
Turizasu still outranks Anteki and has almost twice the army. Still, with the support of the two other hatamoto Anteki might still challenge Turi's bid to power. And, would some nasty events transpire to reduce his forces... Why, it would be Sutibu all over again! Time to do it right.
Thanks for the good times bro! Had to be done though.
Turizasu's nephew Junkei is fortunately less of a threat than his father was. Even if all three rival hatamoto banded together, Turizasu's great army would still outnumber their forces by a respectable margin. Anteki might have been able to challenge his authority, but these losers? Not a chance in hell.
The only real problem is their ninja tactics, and in order to avoid dishonour from sabo sabo akshun or some other atrocity, like having little Johannesu kidnapped, Turi decides to remain at his estate, train his troops and boost his katana skill.
As expected, it doesn't take long for one of them to stick his ugly mug where it doesn't belong.
Turi makes short work of this insolent wretch, finishing him off with a powerful slashing attack cutting the intruder in half! As the news spread, Yukinaga is succeeded by his dumb son Denko, who believe it or not is even more of a failure. Just where does the clan find these morons?
Junkei wants to marry Turi's daughter, apparently not minding whatsoever that she is in fact his own cousin. To be fair though, Turizasu doesn't care either. One less mouth to feed, and with Junkei marrying Turi's daughter, he won't be able to ally with any other hatamoto. Why the hell not!
Staying home grinding katana-handling, recruiting ashigaru and drilling the troops has paid off. Turizasu's stats are now fully maxed. There is nothing left to do except to donate land to Buddhists. Since Turizasu would never do something disgusting like that, he decides to take his troops out for a little trip.
Of course, butchering Date scum is a reward in itself.
Hehe, what a loser! Hatamoto of no honour, how is that even possible?
These scrubs just won't stop! This time it was close, took a hit from a fricking shuriken. Still managed to put two arrows in that rotten churl, obviously. Not sure if the blue character is supposed to be a daimyo emissary targeted for assassination or little Johannesu as potential kidnap victim.
Either way, it only made Turizasu stronger:
Nephew and son-in-law, and this little rat still tries to bamboozle. Yeah son, not gonna happen.
Turi's plans to deal with this uppity fool are interrupted by breaking news...
THIS IS IT!
Hah, Junkei steps up with his shitty army, even though it is barely half the size of Turizasu's invincible host.
"Step aside faggot, this bitch is mine!"
Faced with the odds the cucks fall in line and sing Turizasu's praises, as if that would save them from the purge to come.
Left without allies, Junkei has no choice but to bend the knee and proclaim Turizasu his new Daimyo!