Preparing for the Hitotsu Goko Campaign

 
Arrived bright and early at Castle Nettobuku this morning. Captain Tomo was here even earlier.

The abbess Jīya has selected a variety of targets to begin the Hitotsu Goko campaign with. An increasing number are from the Ayamari-gumi, a gumi who serve no useful purpose that I can find. They exist merely to make others' lives more difficult. They are the dregs of society, and no matter how many of them we slay, there seem to always be more ready to take their place.

But there is also reconnaissance to be performed on the Meisabokkusu mercenaries, so I can analyze their weaknesses. And we warriors need to have some discussions about strategy and tactical planning. We hope we can find time for such a meeting today. It may not be easy, because Bunmei has to leave soon to travel to his far-away home.

Annoyed Ninja Is Annoyed

 
I've gotten some good intelligence about the Meisabokkusu's whereabouts and movements, and have made a large dent in the Ayamari's numbers. (Indeed, I had at least one occasion when I checked my list of targets to see who was next and found that I'd already killed that guy earlier, because he'd gotten in my way while I was taking out a completely different Ayamari.)

But now, I have many of the Ayamari of Torānzu on my list. And when I stopped by our weapons cache in Torānzu, I found that the weapons there are unusable. The sansetsukon's middle segment is badly splintered, and the manrikigusari has a broken link.

I don't know who the baka was that returned these things to our weapons store when they were in such poor condition. I have alerted Jīya to the situation, and hopefully she'll track down the culprit.

In the meantime, I was here early. I may as well leave early. I can't get anything done in Torānzu at the moment.