I thought
you won't be back until next month
I didn't expect you to come back so soon
I won by luck
I'm eager to see you, father
You must be tired after such a long trip
No really
You're in such a hurry to come back to see me
I know what you're thinking
Father always knows his son
Although you are not my natural son
But I watched you grow up
Those things in your mind
though I may not completely understand
but I can guess to an extent
I can't hide anything from you, father
Comparing with Naoe Cuo
you are not worse than him
You even did a greater job than him
in the battle of Minqing
Not to mention Naeo Minamoto
He's twice as bad as you
Todomo Masakazu
He's more than ten times worse than you
Son, in my opinion
You're the most brilliant soldier
no one can deny that
Son, let me ask you
Ashikaga Yoshiishi has six troops under his command
which one is the strongest
I didn't dare to say before
But after the war of Xinghua
Kamiizumi Shigeji is very good
But if I had to say
Our Saegusa Troop is still the best
That's right
Our Saegusa Troop is the most powerful one
Since we are stronger than Ashikaga Yoshiishi
Why we still have to obey his order
Have you thought about that
Well
I really didn't think about it
Contenders often die unexpectedly
Only those who hide their flaws
can be the final winner
The General of a troop
is just a bubble reputation
Ashikaga Yoshiishi wants to conquer Xinghua
Why do we send troops
Because it is profitable
If not
I will never help him
And if it's really unprofitable
Ashikaga Yoshiishi will not be stupid enough
to force us to send troops
So, think about it
Is it really matters for you to be this leader
Father, do you mean
When I first arrived in Ming
I only had a small and weak army
The reason for me to have a force like now
is because I've always been pragmatic
What is pragmatic
Getting vested interests is pragmatic
And bubble reputation
Pursuing those useless names
That is bubble reputation
You are now a strong general in the army
You have the most powerful
deployment in our troop
No matter where you want to fight
I'll let you do
No one dares to stop you
Why
Because you have the strength
And you are my son
What you have now
is more practical
than the position of the commander
Father, so you mean
you are not going to let me be the leader
Being a leader or not
Will there be any difference to you
If you don't let me be the leader
I accept you decision
But I want you to tell me, father
Is that because I'm not qualifies
Or because I'm Chinese
Your position now
is high enough for you
Father
I want to hear you tell me
Why can't I be this leader forever
On the merits of war
No one in the Troop can compare to you
I understand
So it's because I'm Chinese after all
Is this really that important
I'm your son
do you still acknowledge that
If you were not my son
you won't be able to have the position you have today
You're right, father
I should be content
I wasn't mean to force you to content
I'm letting you understand
The importance of hiding talents and being pragmatic
OK
I will go back and think about it
What hiding talents and pragmatic are
that you said, father
Still no news from Master Du'er yet
How could that be
Zhanhao
The two brothers who were assigned
to protect Master Du'er
were all skilled martial artists
With their protection
Master should be fine
Perhaps
they've settled in a nearby village
Then search those villages
No matter what happened
We must find Master Du'er
I heard that you journeyed on day and night
and had a round trip to Lianjiang
Now you've come back
If we still can't call you General Saegusa
I'm afraid you may never have such a chance
Why
My adoptive father asked me to learn hiding talents
and being pragmatic
As if the position of General equals to bubble reputation
Naoe Minamoto achieved nothing while he was the General
That's called pragmatism
Someone like Todomo Masakazu
can also be a general
Fucking ridiculous
Ranpo-kun, sounds like
you are very angry
If it were you
would you feel it's fair
I would leave long ago if I were you
Leave
Of course
You have elite soldiers
and possesses the ability
There is no need for you to depend on others
What's going on
General Saegusa is about to celebrates his 60th birthday
We prepared those for you
as the birthday gift for the General
And I have to prepare gift for such this old bastard
Ranpo-kun, you can be angry
but you can't ignore the etiquette
Or we can do this way
If you don't want to go
I can deliver them for you
After all, you just came back
from a visit to the General
Birthday gifts are all here
Please check if it's OK
Hiding talents
Pragmatic
All excuses
You just don't want me to be the leader
Let's see how long you can live
Sir
As long as you want
This will be his last birthday
Yes sir
If this was the last time
What should we do
Birthday party
The birthday party is a good opportunity
At that time
They must be negligent
After three rounds of wine
We can attack from both inside and outside
Sure we can kill that old man
The timing is really good
However
Saegusa Tupi is an experienced soldier
and have so many generals and guards around
How can we succeed
If we failed to kill Saegusa Tupi
in the shortest period
I'm afraid we will
don't be afraid
I have a plan
Can kill the old thief in an instant
Appreciate further details
I have to find someone
Just for a show of marionette
Why do you have to run all the way back
I can come back from Xinghua alive this time
Are you happy or not
I think you should be happy
because you are different
I only told you about my childhood
Do you know
which play I want you to perform this time
Which one
Havoc in Heaven
Havoc in Heaven
Right
The Havoc in Heaven
you performed with Lin Zhanxiang when trying to assassin me
You want me
to kill someone
Yes
To kill a Japanese pirate
You don't seem like someone who would kill Japanese
Of course I do
I will kill anyone
Who's your target
Saegusa Tupi
A infamous pirate
You are going to kill your adoptive father
You still keep the puppet set you tried to kill me with, right
Always
You've kept them so long
It's time to use them
You're forced to stay here
in exchange for Lin Zhanxiang's freedom
I know you don't want to
I promise you
Help me this time
I'll let you go
OK
I'll go
But you have to understand
The only reason I said yes
is because
I want to kill a Japanese pirate with my own hands
Jing
don't be nervous
Sister Jingzhi
I'm not nervous
I just
And don't be afraid
Father
I prepared a marionette for you
Hope you will like it
Show me what you've prepared
Then I'll let them start
Let's start
Start
Father
Ranpo
Sit
It's your birthday
I want to stand here to accompany you
Good
Really a nice show
Jing
Are you ready
Yes
Ranpo, you
As your son
It's my duty to see you off
Father
I'll do my filial piety to you today
Kill
Go
It's all settled outside the camp
How many people were killed
Six hundred private soldier of Saegusa Tupi
All executed
Sir
Sir
How many people surrendered to us
Most have surrendered
Most of
Then what about those that refused us
I've got them all locked up
If they don't surrender, don't bother lock them
Sir
That's thousands of people
It's OK if they don't have many people
But if they initiate a mutiny
That will be a trouble
Kill them
Bury them alive
Bury
Are you scared
He's the first pirate
that I killed
He's not an ordinary pirate
He is a General
I know
Do you want to know
why I wanted to kill him
I don't
I'm tired
Send Jingzhi back to her room
Please, this way
Leave me alone now
I ask you
What is Buddha
You are Buddha
That's right
I am Buddha
Do you really think you are a Buddha
Hiding talents
I was born to show my talents
How can I hide
You asked me to be pragmatic
But I want both achievements and reputation
What should I do
Tell me, why do you think I'm inappropriate to be the leader
Do you like it
This knife is for you
You told me
that I can kill anyone
who would dare to
stand in my way
Kill anyone who wants to stop me
It is exactly what I have done
What a obedient son I am
But you
You stopped me again and again
I have to kill you
Why choose me
Because you're tough enough, you're tough enough
Of course I'm tough enough
You should have known this long ago
I killed a hundred people in that cage
You should know it at that time
I can do anything to anyone
You said before
The time you taked me as your son
I was no longer Chinese
I don't think of myself as a Chinese for a long time.
But what about you
To this day, you still treat me as a Chinese
Father always knows his son
But you don't even know what I'm thinking
Why
Because you never treated me as your son
Then what's the use of me seeing you as my father
I don't care
I'm used to it
I haven't had a father since I was a child
Just because my mother was a concubine
But nobody can look down on me
I can kill you too
Why mad at a dead person
See
I can decide your life or death
I can also decide your afterlife
I can give you a grand funeral
I can also make you dog food
Why am I mad at him again
See how I treat you
You didn't give me a chance while you were alive
But see what I've done
I let you die with your son
And after that
I still offer you choices
Did you see it
I'll drop the cup
If it didn't break
I will give you a glorious funeral
But if it broke
Then I can only drag you out to feed the dog
I mean what I said
The whole army will wear filial piety for you for three days
to give you a grand funeral
Rest in peace
my father
The day of our defeat
while we were evacuating from Xinghua
I saw Master Du'er
He was with two senior brothers in Xinghua
But
What's wrong
Master Du'er was not good at walking
Then what
Then after they left the city
I never saw them again
Besides
Those who fled with them
I didn't see them too
I heard that the Japanese pirates were chasing after them.
They closed the gate
and caught them all
I should have taken Master Du'er myself
Saegusa Ranpo went back
and held a birthday party for him
Yes
The old Saegusa really died out of no reason
Yes
Where there is a fight
there is killing
This kind of thing will continue
Where is Saegusa Ranpo now
He has back to Xinghua
waiting for General's order
Order the whole army
From now on
Saegusa Ranpo is the new General
Fully taking over
the Saegusa Troop
Ranpo-kun
You finally got what you wanted
How does it feel
The strange thing is
I'm not as happy as I thought
It's normal in the world
What's General Ashikaga's next order
Continue to march south
That's for sure
But not now
Let's spend a few days in Xinghua and talk about it
Ranpo-kun
What are you going to do next
Me
You are now the supreme commander of the Saegusa Troop
You have to get yourself a leader, right
Makes sense
I have to find myself a leader
It seems that in your mind
you already have a candidate
Listen, the sound of wave is so beautiful
What
I'm heading back to Xinghua
I have to rescue Master Doe
How
Now Xinghua City is full of Japanese pirates
Saegusa Ranpo, Ashikaga Tomiko
Kamiizumi Shigeji
Those troops
are all more powerful than us
Not to say they are all there
I know all this
But
I have decided
Zhanhao, don't be
Brother, stop talking
You don't know how important Master Du'er is
You don't understand
How important is he for fighting against the Japanese
Master knows tactics by heart
He's more important
than an army, you know
Do you know
Brother
I need thirty brothers
to go back to Xinghua with me
Rescuing Master Du'er
Thirty people
Go deep into the Japanese occupied Xinghua to save people
It's a life-and-death situation
We won't have chance to return alive
So this time
I want a dare-to-die corps
tell everyone
I will never force
I'd be grateful if anyone agrees to go with me
If not
I won't be reluctant
What's more
You guide the Monk Corps and the Militiamen
back to Shaolin Temple now
No
I won't go back
Brother
Let someone else lead the troops back
We are brothers
We shall go to Xinghua together
Congratulations general
The achievements I have today
all thank to your generous help
I'm the General now
Recently
I've been thinking about one thing
I need a leader under my command
The three of you
are all very loyal to me
I can't tell which one of you is the best
It's difficult for me to make a decision
Nagano-kun
What's your opinion
It's up to you to decide, Ranpo-kun
General
It's a great honor for me being able to
follow your lead and make achievements
As for the leader
Whoever you are going to make the leader
I won't have any objection
I was rescued from prison by you
All I have for you is grateful
I won't argue for fame
It's all up to you
You are so humble
This makes me even more embarrassed
Let the God decide our fate, OK
Let's draw by lot
Good idea
Since there is no objection
Then it's a deal
No matter who is gonna be the leader
we will still be brothers
like before
That's for sure
Yeah, sure, blood brothers
My buddy
Nagano-kun
They are both Chinese
In our army
They are so called concubine's children
How about letting them draw first
Certainly
Please, brothers
My two brothers
Please
Brother Tan
After you
Brother Le, you should come first
Please You first After you
You first You first
Tan Xian follows me for the longest time, you shall draw first
OK
I'm willing to be the sub-leader
to assist General
Thank you
I'm willing to be the sub-leader
to assist General
Nagano-kun
Congratulations to Nagano-kun
General Kamisugi
Thank you, sir
Thank you, brothers
I will do my best to make a contribution to the General
Good
Let's celebrate tonight
You go to prepare the banquet
You know wine best
Go find some kabuki
Women
They're your favorite
I'll do it right now
Nagano-kun
I know you have big ambitions
This time let you be the leader
It's not in vain for you to come to me
from the Naoe Troop
I'm really lucky today
Ranpo-kun
If I don't do it this way
I'm afraid they will be angry
You already decided
to let me be the leader
Why
Do you really not understand
Did you forget what you said to me
Balance
Yes, balance