Chapter 4

Oda Nobutomo, who looked like a mature and elegant older sister, sat on a stool, not wearing armor but only a black kimono.

Her left hand supported her chin as she listlessly watched the soldiers in the compound, who were in high spirits. In the Sengoku period, most armies consisted of ashigaru peasant soldiers with a few elite samurai. The ashigaru were only provided with food and had to supply their own weapons.

There was no thought of pay, and they would seize any opportunity to plunder. Feeling the anger in her heart gradually subside, she had to think about how to deal with the aftermath.

Born into the Chita Oda family, the deputy governor of the four lower Chita districts, she was originally a illegitimate child of the Iwakura Oda family, the governor of the four upper Chita districts.

After the decline of the Shiba family, she not only overpowered the legitimate upper Oda but also established Shiba Yoshitatsu as a puppet, making her the most prominent figure in Owari.

Unfortunately, times were tough, and her subordinate Oda Nobuhide rose to power, suppressing the current head of the Chita Oda family, Oda Nobutomo.

Finally, Oda Nobuhide died, and she contacted Shiba Yoshitatsu, planning to kill Oda Nobunaga at a banquet hosted by Shiba Yoshitatsu to regain control of the lower Chita districts.

Who would have thought that Shiba Yoshitatsu, who had always obeyed her, would secretly tell Nobunaga out of fear.

The plot failed, and she was expelled from her ancestral Chita Castle, turning the once prestigious Chita Oda family into a laughingstock.

Since then, Oda Nobutomo's temper had become increasingly violent, and she would kill people at the slightest provocation to vent her anger, always feeling that others looked at her with disdain.

In recent days, after drinking a bit more after the autumn harvest, and receiving a reprimand from Nobunaga about tax payments, her hatred for Shiba Yoshitatsu could no longer be contained.

Impulsively, she led fifty of her family's samurai and ashigaru to attack, thinking that Shiba was just a washed-up old man, and after killing him to vent her anger, she could blame it on passing bandits.

While plotting how to cover up the incident, Oda Nobutomo never thought that the horse banner she brought, which only daimyo leading more than a thousand troops would carry, would point her enemies directly to her.

The horse banner was a symbol of her former glory, and she always carried it to show her past prestige, a ridiculous act that finally brought her to her doom.

Approaching quietly from behind to within a few dozen steps, Yoshigane brandished a bamboo spear and charged at Oda Nobutomo's horse banner.

Turning around at the sound of the attack, she saw dozens of samurai and ashigaru rushing towards her, and cold sweat immediately broke out on her forehead.

She never expected anyone to come to the rescue, and all her troops had already entered the compound, leaving only a few attendants by her side. Caught off guard, she was quickly cut down by a few sword and spear strikes.

The leading tall samurai thrust a bamboo spear straight at her. In a panic, she couldn't draw her katana in time and fell off the stool, rolling on the ground in a狼狈 manner.

Yoshigane would not let her escape so easily, and without any regard for her, he thrust his spear at her face. Nobutomo barely dodged, and the spear pierced her right shoulder.

The impact knocked her to the ground, and Yoshigane stepped on her chest, drew his katana, and swung it down. A jet of blood spurted from Nobutomo's swan-like neck, splashing a line of blood on Yoshigane's face.

Suddenly, an electronic voice sounded in Yoshigane's mind.

(First successful kill, reward: +100 slaughter points)

But the situation did not allow him to dwell on it. He cut off Oda Nobutomo's head and impaled it on his bamboo spear.

"Oda Nobutomo has been slain by me, Siba Yoshigane!"

The few ashigaru who had just rushed out of the compound saw Oda Nobutomo's head and immediately lost their fighting spirit, scattering and fleeing.

Maeda Toshiie and Siba Yoshigane led their men inside, shouting as they went. The resistance from the Siba family in the compound had already ended, and Oda Nobutomo's ashigaru were greedily stuffing anything valuable they could find into their pockets, and some were even dragging male servants to the side.

The sounds of tearing clothes and low sobs ignited more desires, turning the place into a wild beast's playground.

When the reinforcements rushed in, Nobutomo's ashigaru could not organize any resistance and fled with their loot, either climbing over the walls or taking other routes.

Only a few female samurai charged over and were killed by the surrounding men. Soon, the burning, corpse-strewn governor's residence was retaken.

"Quick, put out the fire!"

Maeda Toshiie called to the reinforcements, and Yoshigane walked indifferently inside.

Toshiie looked at his back with some concern, unsure if he could endure the tragedy of losing his family and home.

Yoshigane followed his instincts to the main hall, where the head of the family would hold meetings and entertain guests, and where most samurai would take their own lives to preserve their dignity.

As expected, it was engulfed in flames, the main beam already collapsed, and the fire could not be extinguished for the moment. He felt a bit melancholic, as his memories from his previous life and different values had never truly allowed him to fully integrate into this world.

Whether it was his first kill or the extermination of his family, he thought more about his own safety and future, not much about the others in his family.

Perhaps this world was just a VR game to him, but it was too real and too cruel.

The appearance of the system made him even more indifferent and fearless towards everything in this world. Yoshigane opened the system menu in his mind.

Slaughter System Activated. Killing one is a sin, killing ten thousand is a hero. Killing nine million, you are the hero of heroes. Please, host, strive to kill and achieve the status of the hero of heroes.

Slaughter Points: 100

Host: Siba Yoshigane

Title: Eldest Legitimate Son of the Siba Family (Charisma +1)

Strength: 5 (Saitama-sensei's training method makes your strength as strong as a woman's, tip: it's better after balding)

Agility: 4 (You are only slightly less agile than a wild boar)

Intelligence: 6 (Your experiences from your previous life give you self-awareness that most people lack)

Charisma: 8 (You can live off your looks) +1 (You are well-fed)

The system may be late, but it will never be absent.

He only glanced at it briefly when a slight sound came from his side. Yoshigane alertly drew his katana.

"Who's there! Come out!"

"S-Sir Yoshigane, we..."

Two trembling figures, supporting each other, emerged from the debris behind the main hall. Yoshigane carefully identified them by the firelight.

"Hina? Yuki?"

The two girls knelt before Yoshigane, trembling.

These were two house-born children of the Siba family. After the Siba family's decline, only a small village near the governor's residence remained, with about seven or eight households.

These were two children who had starved to death in the village a few years ago. Because they were beautiful, they were raised in the house, naturally to serve as slaves for generations.

Although it sounded cruel, without the Siba family, they would have starved to death long ago.

Yoshigane recalled that the two girls were a year or two older than him, with the older sister Hina being a year older than the younger sister Yuki.

"Are you alright?"

"We're fine, but everyone... everyone is dead."

Hina, seemingly greatly shocked, cried out loudly.

Her younger sister Yuki, with a blank expression, stared with wide, beautiful eyes, unable to say a word, even forgetting to cry, as if standing had already drained all her strength.

"At least you are still alive."

Yoshigane turned back to look at the burning main hall.

"Sir Yoshigane, what about us in the future..."

"Just keep smiling."