Vol 3 Chapter 91 (1/2)
Chapter 91: Negotiators at the Crossroads
Do you desire chaos?
Or a monopoly?
Point Allocation (Setup)
An aerial shi+p continued to evade and attack as it re further or closer
The shi+p constantly firing hohost shi+p for speed was the Suno shi+p
Toshi+e thought about his ene to cut in, Musashi+ Vice President?”
…This is the second tiland once before
His enemy was located directly below No, since the Sunomata was in constant motion, he could only say she was somewhere on the Musashi+ She was somewhere within the physical blows he fired and they deflected
Where was she?
If not for the exchange of attacks, he would be able to see her and speak directly to her, yet the attacks were precisely what gave thee, Ma-chan Distance is less”
“What a pain”
Then, the ene-Takeda’s divine transmission network
“MHRR Treasurer, I believe the Musashi+’s ’ and ‘towing’ We simply traveled in a shallow parabolic arc”
“It looked to us like a long horizontal course That is ithin the range of interpretation”
“Precisely,” declared his eneh?
As soon as he thought that, the enemy said more
“Anyway, MHRR Treasurer, as a representative of Musashi+, I, Vice President Honda Masazu MHRR and the Hashi+ba forces see and ask what that was
Whatthat he was not interested
But after a pause, Musashi+’s vice president resuo, you sent scouts to test our strength, but according to the history recreation, Hashi+ba and Matsudaira do not becoa’s assassination For that reason,” said the enemy, “Musashi+ Ariadust Acade MHRR”
“Oh?”
Yoshi+tsune created a blank space in herthe history recreation here, she’s using it against hi the history recreation to punish Musashi+, but Musashi+ had countered that Hashi+ba and Matsudaira’s histories contained no battles needing recreating at this point
Musashi+ had accepted that their invasion of MHRR airspace fell within the range of interpretation and then changed the subject Now, they were using the history recreation as a shi+eld
…But…
The Satou Brothers spoke up behind her
“She’s rushi+ng this”
“If you two can tell, then she’s still got a long way to go”
Yoshi+tsune crossed her ar too far on the offensive to defend yourself Everyone can tell, Masazumi”
Masazuht scattered through the sky and sound reached her ears Instantaneous flashes of light cast her shadow on the stone pavement ahead of her
This was Res with air to cool her body And…
…How about that?
She had reversed the argurow stubborn and he could also give up on her and reach his conclusion with no further argu this due to inexperience?
She saw soe breasts and one with none No, wait That’s Asama, Kimi, and Yoshi+yasu And there’s Adele and Mitotsudaira approaching fro e ones The fraction reduces to 1/2
…Calm down!!
Don’t distract yourself I need to think about what the eneht continuously exploded to port which was north and a shi+p-wide announce us fro! Over”
Another shi+p had caught up And before they began Mikatagahara
Just as the others stopped their running feet and turned to port, the eneahama is an armed trade shi+p It has been hness is its selling point It will take ti down on Masazuned with this visible threat
“I have command here and I will continue to pursue you at this rate”
She listened to the enemy
“So ill you do now, Musashi+ Vice President?”
“What do you mean?” She raised her eyebrows “The Musashi+ has no intention of opposing you!!”
“Then let me say this,” continued the enemy “I can only conclude that you do intend to oppose us”
Toshi+e spoke slowly as he instructed the Nagaha
“Listen”
He was speaking more to Yoshi+tsune than Musashi+
“You invaded our airspace, you actively assisted the Protestants, and you are currently fleeing How is any of that in accordance with the history recreation? Musashi+ Vice President, you greatly assisted the Protestants in the Sack of Magdeburg which will determine the course of the Thirty Years’ War between the MHRR Catholics and Protestants”
Therefore…
“Not h the city was flooded, the daes were far less than expected The MHRR Catholics are requesting an investigation by a representative of the Testament Union”
He said “listen” once s, it is entirely possible the Sack of Magdeburg could be redone”
“Impossible!” shouted Mitotsudaira “The city and its walls were destroyed! Do you have any idea how much preparation would be needed to redo it all!?”
That was exactly right Masazumi knew this had to be no h to hold off the MHRR Protestants
The negotiation was being held over Qing-Takeda’s divine transmission network, so only Toshi+e, Masazumi, and Yoshi+tsune could listen in Still, they would all be recording it, so even if it was a bluff…
…If I ignore this bluff, he can release the records to make it look like I abandoned the Protestants
And without Guericke and the Protestants here, she could not check with them what to do about the bluff She was forced to treat Toshi+e’s bluff as legitimate
“Then ould you have us do?” she asked
“I would like for Musashi+ to prove it has no intention of opposing us …Oh, I know,” said Toshi+e “If you truly think that ill not be enea lives, then disarm the Musashi+ once in any more conflicts, I would like to place a Testament Union inspector on the Musashi+ One froht Masazus
They would gain the strength they needed, ith Europe, and head to Westphalia That was the entire point of their eastward journey
…Hashi+ba knows exactly e’re doing
She pretty much kneould have leaked the contents of that secretThis meant Toshi+e was here now to hold them in check
But…
“This is…odd”
The one frowning at Toshi+e’s words was Adele
She walked up to Masazumi’s side and tilted her head
“…? What does this mean? Hashi+ba may have joined with the MHRR Catholics, but why is he assu the Testament Union will do exactly what they want?”
…Well…
Masazuht about that and reached a certain idea
“Kh”
It’s hopeless, she thought I screwed up, she added
…I shouldn’t have used the history recreation as a shi+eld!
A groan worked its way up froed to force it back down and opened her mouth to release some words from her stiff throat
“Have the MHRR Catholics and Hashi+ba taken control of the Pope-Chancellor who you could call the representative of the Testament Union!?”
“What? Hoould they do that?”
Terumoto sat on the tataone Française’s flagshi+p Louis Exiv was resting his head on her lap
“That’s impossible, isn’t it!? Hoould the MHRR Catholics take control of the Pope-Chancellor!?”
After realizing how loudly she was speaking, Terune cadre
It was a shi+nto version and she typed on the simple keyboard
Former Delinquent: “The pope is elected by the cardinals, so how did Hashi+ba do that?”
Still Got It: “But the cardinals the, given the state of KPA Italia In that case, who represents the Catholics? No, who is their defender?”
Former Delinquent: “What? Wouldn’t their defender be the Holy Roize in advance on this one”
“What?”
Terumoto tilted her head at the Reine des Garous’ post
…Why is she apologizing to ht about the conversation
“Wait, the Holy Roman Emperor? Don’t tell me…”
Mouri-01 responded from where she stood to the side
“Testament Chancellor Rudolf II held the position”
It all clicked into place and thein her lap slowly explained
“Heh I see I only heard bits and pieces of that, but I think I get it After his battle with the Reine des Garous’ daughter, Rudolf II used the Sack of Magdeburg to disappear Therefore, Student Council President Matthias became the provisional chancellor and thus the provisional Holy Ronated the new Pope-Chancellor in their place”
Exiv gave a quiet laugh
“They’re placing provisional positions on top of provisional positions to create nothing but fakes”
“Don’t steal hed “But anyway, that means this isn’t a joke It’s for real”
She looked back to a certain signe cadre sent from KPA Italia It inforned by a certain individual
“Olimpia Historically, she was Pope-Chancellor Innocentius’ older sister-in-law Currently, I believe she is actually his younger step-sister, but did they place her in the position?”
“Are you co her to yourself, Terumoto?”
“I took my position for rabbing his head and correcting its position, Terune cadre in close
“Sleep some more Don’t force yourself to wake up We’ll probably be busy starting toht As Mouri of the setting sun, I’ll have things ready by then”
“Heh I think you are the one forcing yourself, Terumoto”
“Not as much as you”
She let her shoulders droop and looked east
“Noill Musashi+ do? It’s possible they’ll be forced to do what Hashi+ba wants”
“I see”
Yoshi+tsune’s eyebrows ht
…So Hashi+ba defeated KPA Italia and set up a puppet in the position of Pope-Chancellor
She had heard Pope-Chancellor Innocentius was , so they must have placed someone else in that spot
…They’ll probably claim this is only a temporary Pope-Chancellorinto chaos
That would probably last until the Peace of Westphalia Until then, they could still use the “chaos” excuse due to Europe’s Thirty Years’ War
In that case, thought Yoshi+tsune with a sigh
“Satou Brothers, this has taken an annoying turn for politicians like you And…this is a pretty fatal blow for Musashi+ Every last one of the Testa to benefit Hashi+ba fro-Takeda as well
…Trying to make a mockery of us, are you?
The as out that the Pope-Chancellor was , but they had quickly set up a replaceuy
He had started negotiating without even hinting at that fact in order to trap Musashi+’s vice president
“Satou Brothers, what’s going to happen to Musashi+ at this rate?”
“Testament They will be placed under the Testament Union’s control After all, they claim to show no hostility and yet they have taken actions that can be ‘interpreted’ to be hostile The Testament Union will make sure that they take no more hostile actions And since Musashi+ has declared they will preserve the history recreation and that they will not oppose Hashi+ba they have no reason to reject”
“Yeah, they never would have iined Hashi+ba was in a position to control the Testament Union”
If the link between Hashi+ba and the Testaotiate with the Testaet any inspector kicked out
But if Hashi+ba and the Testa Musashi+ said would help
“They’ve otiate with That’ll definitely hold the other nations in check But they’re asking for inspections and disarmament, huh? That’s no different from what the Testament Union did in the past Pathetic”
Yoshi+tsune set o take control of Maeda’s plan And…”
She corrected her posture
“Tell all of our men to stay carefree as we do this”
Masazumi tried to speak
…What do I do?
To keep Toshi+e away, she had said they had taken no hostile action against MHRR and Hashi+ba
And she had claimed they would not oppose Hashi+ba because of the history recreation
But…
…He refuses to believe our intentions
So he was asking the
However, the inspections and disarmament would be carried out by the Hashi+ba-led Testament Union If they accepted, there would be no compromise or reduction
Musashi+’s power and freedom would be suppressed by Hashi+ba
She could not allow that
After all, they were on their way to Kantou in order to gain more power
“I see”
As everyone watched her and shells landed on the port side, Masazu now”
“What ht that be?”
She nodded and answered hiotiations have broken down”
“Eh?”
Masazumi heard confused voices around her, but she shook her head
…I screwed up at the very beginning
To avoid Hashi+ba’s pursuit, she had tried to demonstrate their lack of hostility toward Hashi+ba
That had been wrong
Hashi+ba was trying to crush thee of that
…No, they were trying to trap otten her
Given the urgency of the situation, she had leaped at the enemy’s bait
She should have behaved differently Instead of only trying to escape the current situation, she should have fought theotiations have broken down”
“This will leave a ble as it’s only on my record I lost here You can rejoice”
This was far better than having them take control of the Musashi+ due to hershe had to say
…You are our enemy
That hy she would reject their inspector and their disar an enea had not yet been lost, so she would be ignoring the history recreation It was her own mistake that had led to this, but…
…Can I?
Could she declare their hostile intentions toward Hashi+ba?
Could she really reject the history recreation and make an enemy of the Testament Union?
She closed her eyes and breathed in
“Okay”
She had built up her resolve
Everyone was looking her way and she knehat she had to ask theahaht a Hashi+ba force with them to Kantou, Matsudaira would be neither a protector nor a barrier for the cautious Kantou forces That meant they had to shake off those two shi+ps here
“It wouldn’t be impossible”
Neshi+nbara walked up froht
He then turned to look toward the bohere two people alking down Remorse Way
“Aoi and Horizon?”
“Hey, I don’t knohat’s going on, but it sure is exciting Can’t you do so above us?”
Don’t sound so carefree, thought Masazumi, but she was pretty sure all would truly be lost if he was ever anything but carefree So she turned to Neshi+nbara who nodded
“We can use Ariadust-kun’s Logisahama and Asama-kun’s arrows on the Suno inits distance The Musashi+ will have to be prepared to run into them a little”
“Heh heh You can only choose to be so rough because you know you can fix everything at Kantou IZUMO later Choosing to put up with some pain now for what coirl, you know?”
“I suppose,” agreed Masazumi
But then…
“You can’t,” cut in the idiot “Seijun, what are you freaking out about?”
He hit the bull’s-eye
…I can’t believe him
Not only because of hoell he observed people but also because he had no reservations about saying it
He’s pretty dangerous even as an ally, thought Masazuave a large tilt of her head
“What? Me? Freaking out? What are you talking about?”
I really a her and the situation was still underway
The Musashi+ was already flying above the ground and about to enter Qing-Takeda
She needed to -Takeda’s trust
…I need to say we’re their enenore the history recreation and oppose Hashi+ba Then, they had to enter Kantou after losing the Sunoahama
Of course, if they created a hostile situation with Hashi+ba and then went to Kantou, the Kantou forces would accuse the trouble with them, but she could bear that responsibility alone So she hurriedly spoke up
“Look at the situation here We need to break out of this, so…”
“I said you can’t”
Aoi stepped in front of her and said “listen” He then pulled the pads out from his chest
“Put these in for a sec”
Silence reigned for about three seconds Afterwards, Masazulared at the idiot
“What are you trying to say?”
“What?”
The idiot tilted his head and held the objects out toward her again with an entirely serious expression
“It only has to be for a sec, okay? Just a quick sec, okay?”
“I’ to say, you idiot?”
As soon as she said that, he re to turn it around
The back of the long hair hid her face entirely
“Ah”
Surprised, she saw golden locks swaying in front of her She frantically reached up, but found it was a tight fit It latched onto her real hair and would not co that divine transo”
“Maa”