Guda Guda: Honnoji Chapter 5
The Imperial Capital
One week passed in the Singularity as the group made their way to the capital. During their travels, they managed to get themselves into some crazy situations, though they managed to solve them quickly until they finally reached their destination. The moment they looked at the gates, a sudden chill went up their spine. They looked at each other and nodded. Despite their unease, they needed to go inside, and find the source of the Singularity. Unfortunately, their unease skyrocketed the moment they stepped foot inside. They looked around at the buildings, and shivered. They may look normal, but something about the buildings made them feel uneasy and suspicious. However, that wasn't the biggest thing they noticed as they continued to trek in the city.
They haven't seen a single soul. There were no crowds, no open shops, no performers, no guards. It was completely empty.
"I don't know about you guys, but the hairs on the back of my neck are standing straight up." Nobunaga said.
"Same here." Ritsuka replied. "Wow, it's been quite some time since I had that happen."
"What do you mean by that?' Okita asked.
"Well back when I was still living with Doc, the hairs on the back of my head would always be standing up. In fact, that was pretty much standard for everyone in my district to have that trait due to the amount of criminal activity going on there."
"At this point, I believe you." Tatsuko said.
"I wonder if this feeling means that we will be facing another Servant soon." Mashu chimed.
"Fou Fou!"
"Well if we do, we'll probably beat them easily again." Tatsuko chimed.
Ritsuka raised an eyebrow. "Hang on, I just realized something. Why is it that Okita was able to beat Cú, Medea and Emiya with one hit each, and how was it that we were able to beat Artoria with only minimal difficulty?"
Mashu gasped. "Senpai is right! They are extremely tough opponents. Medusa may have thrown her fight with me, but there is no way that we should have been able to win against the others so easily."
"Yeah I had that feeling too." Okita said. "Something was very wrong during those fights."
"Nobu Nobu?"
Tatsuko shook her head. "No, I don't think they ate something bad. They didn't seem to act like it anyway."
Everyone stopped in their tracks and widened their eyes. They turned to Tatsuko, who sported an incredibly shocked, yet proud expression on her face.
"Hey, I understood them!" She shouted.
Nobunaga grinned and gave the female Master a thumbs up. "Congratulations! You just understood a new language in just a couple of days!"
"This is cause for a celebration!" Mashu exclaimed. "We should find a place to sit and eat lunch for this occasion."
"That's a good idea." Okita said. "Let's go find an empty shop or something so we can be in the shade too."
The group didn't even respond to the statement and immediately went to find a suitable place to eat. Thankfully for them, they didn't have to wait long as they found a nice alley with shading for them to sit down and get something to eat.
"Wait a minute, we don't even have anything to eat!" Tatsuko shouted.
"I apologize Tatsuko, but that's not true." Mashu countered. "I have some provisions that we can have to eat."
"Really?"
"Did you forget that Mashu kept the food in her shield?" Ritsuka asked.
Tatsuko blushed slightly. "Mayyyyyybe?"
"Okay, enough talking." Nobunaga said. "What do we have to eat?"
"Please give me a moment to check." Mashu answered. The lilac haired teen held out her shield with the handguard facing down, and held it in place as loads of items fell out of the weapon. From harmless items like pots and pans, the group became pale as they watched a kitchen knife fall out of the shield and plant itself blade first in the ground. Next came some food, with a variety of different choices. The moment she was done, Mashu placed her shield on the ground and smiled. The others simply looked at the food choices they had available, until Tatsuko gasped.
"Oh hell yeah we have udon!"
Everyone but Mashu turned to look at the female Master as if she grew a second head. Tatsuko looked at Ritsuka and chuckled weakly. "Oh right, you probably never had it before."
"I never had it either." Mashu replied.
Tatsuko grinned. "Okay, how about I make some. How about you guys?"
Okita and Nobunaga nodded in agreement alongside the Mini-Nobus.
"Okay, I'll get some water boiling and I'll start."
The orange haired teen immediately got to work boiling the water and cooking the udon while everyone else made sure to keep watch in case they were attacked. Ritsuka looked at Tatsuko as he mentally took notes, to see if he could later do some udon in Chaldea.
"Alright everyone, feast on my marvelous creation!" Tatsuko said as she served all of them.
"A little bit exaggerated, don't ya think?" Nobunaga said with a jokey smile.
"Just try it, you'll see what I mean."
Mashu took a deep breath, and slurped the noodles. Her eyes widened at what she just ate. It was so good! The Shielder then slurped up more and more udon with gusto. Ritsuka, Nobunaga and Okita saw this and decided to take a bite themselves. Their eyes widened as a jolt rushed up their body, and they ate with big smiles on their faces. Tatsuko raised an eyebrow as all four of them rolled their eyes to the back of their heads as they ate.
"Uhhh, guys? What do you think of the food?"
"Itsh shoooooooooo goooooood!" All four of them shouted in unison.
Tatsuko stared at them in slight uncertainty. The way they were acting it was as if they were talking about something else entirely…..
Davinci then appeared on the comms with an amused grin. "I think you may have caused them to develop an addiction."
Tatsuko giggled. "Maybe that was part of my master plan."
"Well I wouldn't mind getting addicted if it's this delicious udon." Ritsuka said.
"Looks like someone's being a bit more cheery." Davinci said happily.
Ritsuka tilted his head. "You really think so?"
"Wow, she's right!" Tatsuko said. "You're acting like how we met before Fuyuki."
Ritsuka froze. The group stared at him with confusion, wondering what he was thinking about.
"Senpai, is something wrong?" Mashu asked.
Ritsuka took a deep breath and looked at the group. "Back when we first met in Chaldea, I was putting on an act so no one would know where I came from…."
The group stared at him for a few moments before Tatsuko sighed. "You know after everything you told us, I figured that was the case."
"Well I think he was a really good actor." Mashu said. "He had me fooled when we first met."
"He definitely has a talent for it." Tatsuko muttered. "So why DID you decide to act like that?"
Ritsuka sighed. Davinci gave him a reassuring look. "Ritsuka, I must warn you that the Servants you returned to Chaldea are here, so if you don't want to tell us, then you don't have to."
Ritsuka nodded. "I'm sorry guys, but I'd rather not say anything yet. It's…..kind of embarrassing….."
"That's perfectly understandable." Tatsuko said. "Heck, even I have things I'm scared to share….."
Everyone stared at her in surprise. An awkward silence filled the air until Nobunaga cleared her throat. "I need to use the bathroom, I'll be right back….."
The black haired Servant got up and left the group, the others turned to Davinci with a curious look.
"So you said that the others are in the room with you?" Ritsuka asked.
"Yes, we are here." Artoria asked.
Ritsuka grinned. "Even Medusa?"
"We had to coax her out of her room, but yes." Davinci answered mischievously.
Medusa sighed. "Somehow I knew you would ask about me….."
"Sorry, but this is a genuine question." Tatsuko said. "Why did you ask Mashu to step on you after your little spar?"
(OC: Hey, some people are into that, not me of course, but don't kink shame, Tatsuko.)
Medusa sighed. "I just wanted to build her confidence a little."
Mashu blushed at the statement, before raising an eyebrow. "Hold a moment. There is something I have been meaning to-"
"Hey guys, I'm back from the bathroom." Nobunaga said as she sat down. "So what did I miss?"
"I was just about to ask why our friends seemed weaker in this Singularity." Mashu answered.
"Oh, I've been meaning to tell you guys about that." Davinci replied. "You see we discovered a funny particle that infects Servant spirit cores, causing bad stuff to happen."
"Like what?" Okita asked.
"Weakened status, modified memories, damaged spirit core." Davinci answered. "But out of everything that could happen one stands out as the worst…"
"Give it to us straight Davinci, what's the worst of it?" Tatsuko asked.
"You become a disappointment."
Everyone stared at her blankly for a few moments. Ritsuka tilted his head as he stared at the Caster. "Come again?"
"It's as I said. You become disappointments."
"Well I'm already a disappointment to my parents, so that's nothing new to me." Nobunaga replied.
The group widened their eyes as they felt the ground starting to rumble. Whatever it was, it wasn't natural.
"Davinci, what's going on?" Tatsuko asked.
"I don't know, but something big is happening!" She shouted. "You guys need to check it out ASAP!"
"Okay, no time to lose!" Ritsuka shouted. "Let's go check it out guys!"
Everyone immediately got up and ran towards the source of the trembling. When the others weren't looking, Nobunaga couldn't help but grin. It was only a matter of time now…
The group scoured everywhere for where the source of the quakes came from, but with no results. It took an hour before they decided to go to the center of the capital to see what was going on, and when they finally reached their destination, they weren't even surprised at what was causing the quakes.
Walking around and minding its own business was a giant, golden Mini-Nobu.
"Okay, what do these things eat to get that big?" Tatsuko asked.
"Maybe she ate all the townspeople here." Nobunaga retorted.
"Honestly I think that might be the only explanation for that and why this place is a ghost town." Ritsuka said.
Roman appeared on the comms with a smile. "Hey guys, I got some meds for my headache and….oh you have got to be kidding me!"
"Yeah, we have a golden Mini-Nobu the size of a titan to deal with now." Tatsuko said.
Roman sighed. "Where's an Ackerman when you need them?"
"Not sure what that even means, but we definitely need to be careful with this one." Okita said.
Mashu narrowed her eyes at the Mini-Nobu and then looked at Roman. "Doctor, can you see what is going on with this Mini-Nobu?"
"Give me one second." Roman answered. A few moments after examining the data they received, the doctor widened his eyes. "Well this isn't good…."
"What's wrong?" Okita asked.
"It's being powered by a Holy Grail." Roman answered.
"Shit. Okay we need a plan." Ritsuka said.
"Then we need to think fast, because it just saw us!" Tatsuko shouted.
The golden Mini-Nobu quickly brought both its arm and leg down upon them to try and crush the group. Mashu grabbed both Masters in time and leapt towards a rooftop with Nobunaga, Okita and the two other Mini-Nobus right behind them. The moment they landed on the roof they saw the golden Mini-Nobu slowly turn its head.
"I don't know about you guys, but fighting that thing head on isn't going to work." Tatsuko said.
"There has to be something we can do." Okita countered.
"Yeah, we need to find a weak spot." Nobunaga said.
"And how are we supposed to do that?" Tatsuko asked.
Nobunaga grinned. "You guys will get closer to it while I distract it."
"You can't be serious!" Ritsuka shouted. "That thing would kill you."
"Only if I get caught." Nobunaga countered. The black haired Servant summoned her muskets and fired at the large, golden creature. "Get going, and take those two Mini-Nobus with you!"
The group had no choice but to do as she said and settled on their objective; finding the golden Mini-Nobu's weak spot.
Okita, Mashu and the two Mini-Nobus jumped to the closest rooftop. Ritsuka and Tatsuko were not far behind, having activated their magic circuits to try and keep up with them. They were slower, but it was enough for them to not accidentally fall from the rooftops. Nobunaga kept firing round after round, but it wasn't enough. The golden creature saw the others getting close and slammed its left arm to smash the roof they landed on. The group managed to get away on time, but the dust and aftershock made them fall and roll onto the next roof.
Ritsuka slowly got up in a daze. He shook himself to regain his bearings, and looked at the others to see them slowly getting up as well. "Is everyone okay?"
The group nodded as Fou stumbled a bit before returning to Mashu.
"Okay, looks like it knows what we're doing." Tatsuko said. "Any bright ideas?"
Ritsuka looked at the Golden Mini-Nobu and sighed in relief to see it was distracted. His eyes widened as he saw something on the nape of the golden Mini-Nobu's neck. It was a medium sized crack, one that could possibly destroy the creature if they were quick.
"Guys, I found the weak spot. It's on the nape of that thing's neck!"
"I'll take care of it!" Okita shouted. The Saber and the two Mini-Nobus immediately sprang into action and leapt onto the rooftops in front of them. The golden Mini-Nobu saw this and slammed its arm down where she was located. Okita managed to dodge the attack with the Mini-Nobus' help, and jumped to another roof. The golden Mini-Nobu rose its foot to strike, but Nobunaga shot multiple musket rounds into its back, forcing it to attend to her instead.
Okita saw the weak spot, and readied her blade.
"Behold the speed of my hidden sword."
Okita jumped, forcing the first Mini-Nobu threw a musket in the air.
"First step, swifter than sound."
Okita used the first musket as a platform, and jumped farther in the air. The next Mini Nobu threw another musket in the air.
"Second step, infinite suffering."
Okita landed on the second musket and sprang into the air. The Chaldean Trio stared in shock as the two Mini-Nobus panic as they had no more muskets to throw. Mashu instinctively knew what she needed to do now.
"Okita, please use this!"
Okita looked down and saw that Mashu threw her shield into the air as a makeshift platform. Okita returned her focus on the creature as her feet touched the shield.
"Third step, the absolute sword!"
Okita launched herself off the shield and reared her sword close to her body to thrust.
"Mumyō Sandanzuki!"
Okita thrusted her blade into the creature's weak spot, as if three attacks occurred simultaneously. Everyone watched in awe as the golden Mini-Nobu stopped in its tracks, and immediately started to crumble. Okita used some of the crumbling pieces to make her way down to the ground as the golden Nobu fell, and landed on her feet.
Nobunaga got off of her roof and walked towards the Saber with a calm expression as the Chaldean Trio got off theirs with smiles.
"That was incredible!" Mashu said.
"Oh it was nothing." Okita said with a smile. "Now, let's go find-"
The Saber could not finish her sentence. The team looked to their left, and saw something glow in the alley way. Roman once again appeared on the comms to look at the light.
"Looks like that's where the Grail was." Roman said. "Now, let's grab it, and…is everything okay Nobunaga?"
The black haired Servant simply grinned. "Everything is according to keikaku…"
(OC: Translator's note; Keikaku means plan.)
Before anyone could react, Nobunaga rushed past them and grabbed the Grail.
"Wait, Nobu? What are you doing?" Okita asked.
"If they make cards to thank people for helping with evil plans, I owe you one!" Nobunaga shouted.
"Evil plan? What are you talking about?" Tatsuko asked.
Nobunaga grinned. "Isn't it obvious? I'm going to use the Holy Grail to take over the world!"
"You can't be serious…." Ritsuka muttered.
Nobunaga laughed. "All will tremble before me! I will bring in a new age of fear and despair!"
(CV: Hey, James Bond called, he wants his villains back.)
"Wow, of all the evil plans you could come up with, that is about as cliche as you can get!"
Everyone turned around in absolute shock. Their eyes widened in disbelief as they saw Nobunaga standing behind them.
"Seriously, I could come up with a better plan in my sleep." She said.
"Okay, I've had enough of this." Roman said. "Davinci, can you take over again? I'm done with handling this whole thing."
"~Sure thing~!"
Roman left and Davinci appeared on the comms in his place. "So, this is proving to be an interesting situation."
"I am so confused right now." Mashu said. "How can Nobunaga be standing over there with the Grail, and also be behind us?"
"Allow me to explain." The Nobunaga behind them said. "You see after I was done with the bathroom, I was on my way to you guys, when I was attacked from behind. When I came to, I was back in the bathroom all tied up, but I managed to escape after the ground started shaking."
"So what you're saying is-"
The Nobunaga behind the Chaldeans nodded and pointed at the one holding the Grail. "In summary, that one is an imposter!"
Everyone looked at the two Nobunaga's in utter disbelief.
"Okay this is getting out of hand." Tatsuko said.
The evil Nobunaga laughed. "You're too late! I already have the Grail, so all I have to do is-"
Bang!
The doppelganger widened her eyes as the musket shot took the Grail out of her hands and fell to the ground.
"Hey, no fair!" The doppelganger cried out. "I wasn't done mono-"
Bang!
Everyone watched in shock as Nobunaga shot her doppelganger in the head with no hesitation. The evil Nobunaga fell to the ground dead. Ritsuka looked at Nobunaga with widened eyes. "I can't believe you just wasted your doppelganger like that."
Nobunaga raised an eyebrow. "What the hell does that even mean?"
"It means you killed her." Tatsuko answered.
"Why didn't you just say that?" Okita asked.
"Sorry, that was just the main term for when someone got murdered back home." Ritsuka answered.
"Okay, well now we know something I don't think we needed to know." Nobunaga said. "Now all thats left is….oh come on guys, knock it off!"
The Chaldean Trio and Okita turned to see what was going on, only for them to stare in shock as they watched the two Mini-Nobus shoot into the doppelganger's body repeatedly.
"Okay that's enough!" Ritsuka yelled. "She's already dead so you don't need to keep shooting at her."
The two Mini-Nobus stopped shooting and saluted Ritsuka. As the imposter's body vanished into golden dust, the energy returned to Nobunaga, who sighed a breath of relief.
"Okay, looks like my power is no longer split." She said. She then turned to the second Mini-Nobu. "Can you hand me the Grail please?"
The second Mini-Nobu then grabbed the grail, and brought it over to Nobunaga. The black haired Servant smiled at the Chaldean Trio as she patted the creature's head.
"Thanks for all your help." She said. "You know, Okita and I were talking earlier, and we want to do something for you guys to show our gratitude."
"What do you two have in mind?" Mashu asked.
"We want to come to Chaldea and help out!" Okita answered.
Ritsuka raised an eyebrow. "No offense, Okita. But are you really okay with working with me and Emiya?"
Okita pouted. "Jeez, I already said I'd make it up to you both, so let me come with you guys!"
"Okay, you made your point." Ritsuka said.
Tatsuko sighed as she looked at Davinci. "Okay, I think it's time to bring us back."
"I'll get the preparations done!"
The Caster tapped on the computer as the group huddled together, with the two Mini-Nobus holding on to the two Masters' hands. A moment later, the area glowed as they rayshifted back to Chaldea.
"Okay Roman, they're almost back." Davinci said. "You can come out now."
Roman opened the door and walked back into the Command Room with a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness. I wasn't sure how much more of that insanity I could handle."
"Well it certainly did look like a fever dream." Davinci replied. "Oh here they come!"
The lights of the coffins flashed briefly as the Chaldean Trio and the two newest Servants returned. The moment the coffins opened, the team stepped out, and Ritsuka and Tatsuko each let out a sigh.
"It's finally over." Ritsuka muttered.
"Thank god." Tatsuko said. "I just hope this doesn't become a recurring thing."
Roman cleared his throat. "Good job everyone. You managed to find the missing Servants and grab a Holy Grail as a bonus. Speaking of the Servants, Medea said she wanted to say a couple of things to Ritsuka."
Ritsuka raised an eyebrow. "Really? Did she say what?"
"No, she didn't say." Cú answered.
Medea cleared her throat. "That's because I didn't want him to think I was being forced into this."
"What're you implying?" Tatsuko asked.
The blue haired Caster sighed and walked up to the male Master. The moment she stopped a few feet away, Ritsuka gave a hint of confusion as he saw her face soften.
"Back in the Singularity I said some pretty harsh words towards you." She said. "Words that went too far, even for me. You didn't deserve to be a victim of such cruelty."
Ritsuka stared at her in silent surprise. "Medea? Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
Medea nodded. "I'm sorry."
Everyone aside from Medea widened their eyes in shock. They never thought they'd see the day where Medea would apologize to Ritsuka for her attitude towards him.
"Apology accepted." Ritsuka said with a smile. "I know you must be-"
Medea put a hand up. "Don't misunderstand me, this doesn't mean I want to be friends now."
Medea turned to walk away, but stopped as she reached the door.
"Is something wrong?" Ritsuka asked.
"No, nothing of the sort. I just forgot another thing I wanted to tell you." Medea turned around, and a small smile could be seen on her face. "Thank you for saving me from that swordswoman over there."
Ritsuka nodded. "You're welcome."
Medea chuckled. "You might not be as bad as I previously thought…..Fujimaru."
And with that, the Caster left the room, leaving everyone else in shock at what she just said. Kojiro quickly recovered and chuckled, earning a small look of confusion from everyone else.
"What's so funny?" Emiya asked.
Kojiro smirked. "It seems Medea is finally starting to warm up to Ritsuka."
"I think so as well." Mashu said. "She actually used Senpai's surname instead of just calling him 'boy'."
"It still doesn't solve their problems. But it's a good baby step in the right direction." Emiya said.
"Yeah, this is definitely an improvement." Tatsuko said.
"And all it took was a nonsensical adventure to even get this far." Medusa said.
"Actually I wish I could have been there." Kojiro replied. "To help out our Masters of course."
"No, you definitely lucked out, Kojiro." Tatsuko said. "Otherwise you'd probably have almost cooked alongside us."
Okita's eyes widened. "Wait, Kojiro? As in Sasaki Kojiro?"
Kojiro raised an eyebrow. "Well, I'm not the actual Kojiro, but I'm the closest thing to him."
Okita sighed in disappointment. "I was really hoping I could meet Kojiro…..I'm a big fan of him and Miyamoto Musashi…"
Kojiro chuckled. "Well, I just so happened to have read about you a week ago Ms. Okita, and for such an accomplished swordswoman such as yourself to hold us in such high esteem is truly an honor."
Okita blushed, causing Nobunaga to groan. "Okay that's enough of the touchy feely stuff, I have an important question!"
"Ask away." Tatsuko replied.
"What should we do with this Grail here?" Nobunaga asked. "Is there a room we put it in? Or….what the hell?"
Everyone raised their eyebrows in confusion as the Grail began to shake in the black haired Servant's hand.
"Nobunaga, what did you do?" Artoria asked.
"Hey don't look at me! I just took the damn thing from our Mini-Nobus!"
The Grail started to shake wildly, causing Roman to widen his eyes. "Drop it now and get over here!"
Nobunaga dropped the grail and ran alongside the Chaldean Trio, the Mini-Nobus and Okita as they reached Roman and Davinci. The entire room watched with fear and uncertainty as the Grail started to float and spin. A bright light emanated from the cup as the ground started to shake.
"Everyone hit the deck!" Roman shouted.
Everyone in the room ducked and covered themselves as the Grail shot a great pillar of light that lit up the entire room. A sudden thunderous noise filled everyone's ears as the light started to dissipate. They all opened their eyes, and checked to see if the others were okay before raising their heads up to see what happened. The moment they saw the results of that little surprise, their eyes widened in disbelief.
Filling the entire room was even MORE Mini-Nobus, from big to small, to the ones flying U.F.O's.
"Nobu Nobu!" They all shouted.
Tatsuko's eye twitched at the scene before her.
"WHAT THE FU-"
OC: And with that we have finally finished the first Guda event.
CV: First event out of the way, next thing is to go to Septem.
OC: Don't worry, I know you're excited for it but it'll come eventually. I'm still reeling from the nightmare that was the last chapter. It started out great, but then it became just a damned chore to finish with Hurricane Ian knocking out my power for a day and a half. Thankfully this chapter went pretty smoothly.
CV: No issues this time, glad we could have a regular week for a change.
OC: That is true on so many levels.
Mini-Nobu: Nobu No Nobu Nobu!
OC: Oh right, we should get to that. To our wonderful audience, we have a very special treat for you today. Normally when an Arc ends for Chronicles, we will have the main star be the guest of honor here, but that's not happening this time. Instead of just one guest, we have TWO. So without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, give a round of applause for the stars of the Guda Guda series, Oda Nobunaga and Okita Souji!
Nobu and Okita: Hey everyone!
CV: Huh, so you did manage to get them on board with this. Thought they wouldn't take the deal.
OC: It wasn't hard. When I told them that we'd like to talk to both, they were on board.
CV: I thought they'd be harder to convince, but glad it was easy. Well, we have a lot of things to go through, but first things first, how do you two feel about now being officially Chaldea's Servants?
Nobunaga: Well we JUST joined up so it's hard to make an opinion quite yet, but I can tell you that I'm already thinking this is my kind of place!
CV: I mean it's full of insane people so it checks out I guess.
Nobunaga: Exactly!
OC: You know people usually don't see that as a good thing, right?
Okita: Nobunaga is a….eccentric case to say the least.
Nobunaga: Hey, you don't need to say it like that.
Okita: Well how else was I supposed to say it?
Nobunaga: How about saying that I'm used to dealing with these sorts of things.
Okita: …..Okay you make a fair point, that does sound much more accurate.
CV: I agree with Okita though, although eccentric is certainly a nicer word than what I would use.
OC: Let's not antagonize the guests. Onto the next question, this time for Okita. Do you think it will be difficult working with Ritsuka and Emiya now that you know which island they were raised on?
Okita: No, I'll try to not judge them for that. Ritsuka has enough problems as it is, so being mean to him just because he's from Kyushu will only make things worse for him, and I'd rather that his burdens get lighter.
Nobunaga: She's got a point. I heard a lot of what happened to him, and while I'm not really that horrified by it, I will say that it won't do any good if we just make things harder for him or the others.
OC: And what about Chaldea's No-Killing Policy? What do you think of that, Nobunaga?
Nobunaga: I don't see anything wrong with it. I mean it's not something I would have made, but hey, with everything going on in the Singularities it seems to be the most practical option, and it gets rid of any unnecessary bloodshed.
CV: … Oh, sorry, I was distracted while pressing the Exterminatus button, what were you guys talking about?
Nobunaga: My opinion on Chaldea's No-Killing Policy.
CV: Ah, right, right. Anyways we should nuke the Singularities.
OC: You know the boss would kill you if you did that.
Mini-nobus: Nobu Nobu!
OC: See, they agree with me.
Okita: Hang on, you two have Mini-Nobus?
CV: Yeah, don't ask.
Nobunaga (Grins and is about to ask but Okita stops her): Well, just take good care of them.
OC: Okay, next question; Is there anyone you guys wish to get to know better?
Nobunaga: Honestly I'd like to get to know Da Vinci. She seems to be a fun person to hang around with, and she definitely seems like the kind of person who encourages a little mischief.
Okita: As for me, it's a toss up between Mr. Kojiro and Artoria. The former needs no real explanation other than him and Musashi being heroes of mine when I was a child, but for Artoria I just can't help but admire her not only for her swordsmanship, but her attitude towards the…Chaldean Trio is what Ritsuka, Mashu and Tatsuko call themselves, right?
OC: Yes.
Okita: Well she treats them very well, and she certainly seems to treat them like kids on occasion, and that's something they need right now.
CV: If only she treated her actual children like she treats them.
OC: Damn man, way to go for the throat. But hey, maybe she's just wanting to not make the same mistakes.
CV: True, and it seems she's doing a good job.
OC: That she is. Oh, look at the time, it's time to end our interview. Thanks for coming you two!
Okita and Nobunaga: Thanks for having us!
(Okita and Nobu leave)
OC: Well that went well, wouldn't you say?
CV: I'm just glad things with Nobu went calm. Knowing her, she could start shooting without warning.
OC: Well she did say that she has no reason if it's just to talk. Though speaking of shooting, a lot of you may be wondering why there were certain Servants missing in the capital and were replaced by a giant golden Mini-Nobu. Well I did ask Vlad what he thought, and he was of the opinion that we should save those Servants for later, and it gave me the idea of the golden Mini-Nobu so we could have an Attack on Titan joke.
CV: Besides, having a BEEEEEG Mini is always fun.
OC: That and it made it feel like a climactic battle, unlike the battle with the imposter Nobunaga. Now I know people will be asking why the hell was the final boss killed so anti-climatically, and I have this to say; This event is a comedy. Ending it in an anti-climatic way was the funniest option and it allowed us to be more creative. That and just having Nobunaga not giving two shits about monologuing villains was just refreshing lol.
CV: Gunning down the villain as they monologue is genius.
OC: That is unless the villain expects you to attack when they monologue and prepare a trap for you (looking at you Syndrome from the Incredibles!)
CV: He planned ahead.
OC: Honestly what made that ending for the imposter Nobu even better was the two Mini-Nobus still shooting at her corpse and Ritsuka just not even giving a damn lol.
CV: Hey, always get a second shot to make sure they're dead.
OC: Always be sure to double tap. Oh, looks like it's that time again. Thank you for reading this week's chapter of Chaldean Chronicles. Please stay tuned next week as we return to more slice of life chapters!