Chapter 1

Lightning flashed and thunder roared, as heavy rain poured down. Siba Yixin ran through the rain in a panic, his heart filled with desolation.

It was an ordinary night, and as the eldest son of the Siba family, Yixin should have been in his warm and comfortable room.

But all of this was over. The Siba family's guardian city was under siege, and he, who had been lucky enough to be training outside the city, could only set out on a journey for reinforcements in the pouring rain.

Wiping the rain from his face, Yixin clenched his teeth, his mind in a daze, moving forward numbly in the direction his body remembered, unable to stop the memories from flooding his mind.

Yixin didn't know if he truly belonged to this world.

In his previous life, he was an ordinary salaryman, in his early forties, with a regular job and a regular family. He worked hard every day to support his wife and children, to earn money for the mortgage and to provide for his family.

Who would have thought that a sudden car accident would leave him in a daze, comforting himself that the mortgage was already paid off and the insurance from his accidental death would be enough for his wife and children to live for two generations.

He didn't even have time to think about his wife remarrying or his son changing his surname. The world went black, and a new life began.

This world was a bit strange, not the world he originally knew. As a baby, he didn't feel much, but as he grew older, the sense of strangeness became increasingly strong.

To put it simply, the men in this world... were not manly enough... They cried and whined, concerned with trivial household matters, and were meek and submissive.

As he grew up, he began to gather information about this world. It was somewhat like the Warring States period in Japan, with the world in chaos, wars breaking out everywhere, and people fighting to gain control of the land.

But the difference was that the main characters on the stage were women. Yes, this was a world where women were respected and men were subordinate.

He once felt puzzled and confused. How could women be in charge in the age of cold weapons? Men were naturally much stronger than women, and in any ancient society, women could never be above men, simply because they couldn't fight!

The ancient world, where the strong preyed on the weak and physical strength ruled, was not like modern society, where technological development had narrowed the physical strength gap between men and women. How could women possibly dominate society, unless it was a matriarchal society based on gathering in prehistoric times?

After a long period of observation, he finally discovered a clue. It seemed that the male hormones in this world were different from those in his original world.

Men knew that certain indescribable male structures produced a large amount of male hormones, which promoted muscle growth.

But in this world, men simply didn't grow muscles. They were either malnourished and emaciated, or well-nourished but fat.

The women in this world, on the other hand, seemed to grow muscles naturally. A little exercise and they would look like fitness models from his previous life, with long, strong limbs and a well-proportioned figure. In such a world, of course, women were respected and men were subordinate...

Realizing this, he felt very disappointed as a man. This was a chaotic world, where there was no strength to protect oneself, and no sense of security.

Having been reborn in the Siba family, he had long been prepared. Although he had never played "Nobunaga's Ambition," he had heard of and seen the names of the Ashikaga, Oda, Uesugi, and Takeda families, which were well-known in the Warring States period.

The Siba family had a high status, being one of the powerful branches of the Ashikaga family and one of the three regents. Even in decline, they were still the guardian of Owari, a prestigious family.

But the problem was the title of guardian of Owari. Even those who didn't play games knew that Owari was not a place for ordinary people to live.

"Nobunaga's Ambition! Taiko Risshiden! The main characters of these two famous games are from Owari. Damn it. I, who just wanted to live a good life, shouldn't have been born here!"

But the Siba family was too weak. The head of the family, Siba Yoshitada, was a weak and effeminate man, who dared not complain even when made a puppet by Oda Nobuyuki, and was forced to retreat step by step until there was no more room to retreat.

The hereditary vassals had long since dwindled to just a few, and the sisters were fighting openly and secretly for the position of family head. But what could they do with that position? The land was just one village, and the people numbered less than a hundred. Siba Yixin was disillusioned with them.

After enduring for fourteen years, he finally couldn't endure it anymore. The Oda family of Kiyosu, led by Oda Nobuyuki, launched a surprise attack on the guardian's residence in Owari.

The Siba family was caught off guard. Siba Yixin, seeing the situation was wrong, led a few foot soldiers out of the city and rushed to Kiyosu Castle to seek help from Oda Nobunaga.

He had known the name Oda Nobunaga from his previous life. From the first day he met her, Yixin had decided to rely on Nobunaga, forming a bond of friendship since childhood.

After all, as the eldest son of the Siba family, even though he couldn't inherit the family business and would eventually have to marry, who wouldn't love a high-status little brother who was always ready to serve and care for them?

For example, if the shogun's family fell, and the last of the shogun's brothers flattered and fawned over you, wouldn't you feel good? Regardless of whether they had money or not, life was about feeling good.

And the little brother of the Siba family was enough to give 99% of the warriors in this female-dominated Warring States period a great feeling!

The outline of Kiyosu Castle was already faintly visible in the distance. Yixin reined in his chaotic thoughts and carefully considered how to persuade Oda Nobunaga to send troops to the rescue.

This was a chaotic world, where subordinates often overthrew their superiors, and loyalty and righteousness were rare. Without tangible benefits, who would send troops?

A once-great family was now worse than a dog, with only the title of guardian to show for it. Perhaps it was fun to flirt with a high-status little brother, but when it came to spending real money, there was no room for sentiment.

The most benevolent thing would be to take you into the house and comfort your broken heart every night. If he could survive like that, Yixin would have submitted. In a chaotic world, if his whole family died and he could survive, he wouldn't complain!

But he was afraid that one day, Oda Nobunaga and Oda Nobuyuki would become close, and then they would think of the unstable factor in their house, cut off his head, and send it to Oda Nobuyuki. Everyone would be at ease!

In this world, no one could be relied upon; one could only rely on oneself.

On the top floor of Kiyosu Castle, a tall and slender beauty in a sleeping robe was looking at the faint firelight in the distance. The smell of war in the air made her restless. It was the guardian's residence of the Siba family in Owari.

Oda Nobuyuki was really impulsive, muttering to herself, "What a pity about the interesting young master of the Siba family," and then turned to walk back to her bedroom.

She had no time to deal with trivial matters; her own internal conflicts were about to explode. Although they all bore the name Oda, this Oda was not that Oda.

After the decline of the Siba family, the guardian's deputy, the warrior family that managed the guardian's affairs, was taken over by the two Oda families of Owari.

The head of the lower Owari Kiyosu Oda family, Oda Nobuyuki, had made the head of the Siba family, Siba Yoshitada, a puppet, ruling the four counties of lower Owari. But this situation...

If a monk can touch a bald head, why can't I? The result of subordinates overthrowing their superiors was that everyone thought they could touch.

One of the three administrators under Oda Nobuyuki, Oda Nobuhide, stood out. Relying on his unmatched strength in Owari, he forced Oda Nobuyuki to lose even the ancestral Kiyosu Castle.

What goes around comes around.

As the successor to Oda Nobuhide, Oda Nobunaga was much stronger than Oda Nobuyuki. But she had no energy to deal with those trivial matters because her sister was causing trouble.

Her father, Tokugawa Gozen, had always encouraged Oda Nobuhide to make her sister, Oda Nobuyasu, the next family head. Most of the vassals were on her sister's side, thinking she was smart, while she was the fool of Owari.

Originally, Oda Nobuhide could still control the situation, but after his death, things became ugly. In the Warring States tradition, subordinates often overthrew their superiors, and how could a family be inherited without a few deaths?

Moreover, she had been a wild child since childhood and showed no signs of收敛 after her mother's death. Her teacher, Hira Handa Masahide, was so disappointed that he committed seppuku to protest.

Thus, no one paid attention to her anymore. If it weren't for her marriage to the son of the Saito family, the daimyo of Mino, who had a strong background, her sister would have rebelled long ago.

Instead of worrying about how many of the Siba family would survive, she might as well hug her husband and have a good sleep, and in her dreams, think of ways to get rid of her sister and father, and scatter their ashes.

"Your Highness, the eldest son of the Siba family is calling at the gate."

Huh? ? ? ? ?

Just as Nobunaga was about to return to her room, she heard the attendant's words and turned back in disbelief.

At a time like this, shouldn't it be delayed until the next morning? Do you understand the rules? If the lord wants to pretend to be dead, why are you so efficient? Afraid of being punished?

Understanding the coldness in Nobunaga's seductive eyes, the attendant reluctantly whispered.

"He is shouting from below the city that he wants to return the loincloth left by the lord during their last meeting..."