A week after Araki attacked the captains of the 8th Division, 9th Division, and 13th Division...
After the families of the former 8th Division and 9th Division captains submitted leave-of-division applications and captain recommendations to Yamamoto Genryusai on the terms Araki had given them, the two captains whom Araki had cut down finally received treatment from the 4th Division. With the 4th Division's help, the two quickly awakened from their comas...
After the former 8th Division and 9th Division captains awakened, they immediately learned the rough outline of events from their families and fell silent. After a brief silence, the two instantly formed an alliance!
That very night, they invited the former 13th Division captain, who had delivered the leave-of-division applications and captain recommendations to the 1st Division barracks, to hold a meeting together...
After a brief exchange, the three former captains formed an alliance without hesitation. From then on, all three severed ties with the forces behind them and established an entirely new small noble faction.
Only after everything had settled did the noble forces behind the former 8th Division and 9th Division captains belatedly realize that Araki seemed to have played them. For a time, nobles poured into the territories of the two great families, seemingly intending to demand an explanation from the two former captains.
"No matter how you look at it, isn't what you did rather indefensible?!"
"You threw away the captain positions without even discussing it with us! Do you know how difficult it will be to get those two captain positions back? Do you know how enormous a price we will have to pay?"
"Never mind the 8th Division. The 9th Division falling into our hands was practically The Miracle. If that member of the Shiba family had not transferred divisions, it would never