﻿\setgamedatatitle("Trushka  \nThe Fourth City, Heiphon")

\text("Wenjin")
(It's fine... It's fine... It'll work out... As long as I do
exactly what Tsushin-sama said...)
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My heart was pounding so loud it was distracting. I was so
focused that the sweat running down my back felt unbearably
annoying.
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Wenjin thought, this is the gamble of a lifetime.
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It's not about whether I can win. I have to win.

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If I lose, everything will return to nothing.
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\text("Shuka Soldier 1")
Wenjin-sama, everything is ready.

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\text("Shuka Soldier 2")
The troops are already in position at the first and second
barracks, as well as city hall. All that's left is to await
your orders.
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With that, the soldier activated a magic circle for
communication magic.
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With this single magic circle, orders could be sent to all
of Tsushin's soldiers in Heifon.
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to seize control of Shuka with the remaining forces.

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In the capital, Shinrenga, Tsushin was supposed to stage a
rebellion at the same time.
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All to take Shuka for themselves.
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That's why, on Tsushin's orders, Wenjin had come to Heifon.

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\text("Wenjin")
A-all right!
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There was no escape route. There never was, and there never
would be.
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Defeat was not an option.
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\text("Wenjin")
Order to all troops... Purge Honju and his subordinates!

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The sun set. If things went as usual, the war council would
be starting now.
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They kicked open the doors leading to the throne room and
stepped inside.
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At the front stood Tsushin, blade at his side. Following him
were the soldiers from the civil officials' faction.
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―There was only one target. The current king of Shuka,
Magahime.
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\text("Tsushin")
Magahime! You're going to quietly submit to us...!

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And waiting for them was Magahime, seated on the throne.

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As Tsushin pointed his blade at Magahime, he was struck by a
powerful sense of unease.
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\text("Magahime")
That's quite a way to talk. You won't win me over like that,
you know?
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―Why aren't Honju and the others here right now?

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And at Magahime's feet, a magic circle glowed softly.

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Tsushin knew. That magic circle was meant to draw out
Magahime's power...

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\text("Tsushin")
Shuka... I'm taking that throne back from you, usurper!

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Shaking off the creeping dread crawling up his spine,
Tsushin shouted.
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\text("Magahime")
............
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\text("Tsushin")
What's wrong? So shocked you can't even speak?

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Tsushin should have been the one in control.

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So why doesn't Magahime show even a hint of being shaken?

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\text("Magahime")
Yeah... I never thought someone would do something so
stupid, especially with the Demon Lord's army closing in.

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\text("Magahime")
Well, whatever... This will make for good practice.

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\text("Tsushin")
...!
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\text("Magahime")
The other soldiers are probably at the barracks. Well, I've
left that to Honju, so it's fine.

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\text("Tsushin")
What...? What did you just say...?

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\text("Magahime")
Does it really matter? Who cares about them.

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\text("Magahime")
Come on, you want the throne, right? Then try and take it
from me.
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The magic circle began to shine even brighter.
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It was a shackle. Something to suppress the power within
Magahime.
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Because it was so powerful, it was sealed away, only to be
used if Shuka ever faced a true crisis.

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And now, it was being unleashed.
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\text("Magahime")
If you think you can take anything from me―then try!
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Heifon and Shinrenga. The coup d'etat by the civil officials
in the remaining cities.
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That chaos was far more than just an internal squabble.

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At this point, Tsushin and the others had forgotten
something crucial.
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That they weren't the only ones targeting Shuka.

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\text("Monsters")
Ooooooooooooooooooo―!!
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Their war cry echoed like distant thunder.
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They hadn't even considered the possibility of those forces
joining the fray. Or maybe they just didn't want to think
about it.
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It was something they could have realized if they'd just
thought about it for a moment.
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\text("Wenjin")
Wha... ah... The Demon Lord's army!?
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The battle in Heifon had spread all the way into the city
streets.
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With things spreading that far, there was no way Wenjin
could keep hiding forever―

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And there was no way the Demon Lord's army wouldn't notice
them.
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\text("Military Officer")
Tch... All units, intercept the Demon Lord's army!
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\text("Wenjin")
G-giving orders on your own... ugh, damn it... We'll
intercept the Demon Lord's army too!
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