Lord's Hidden Rules? His Voice Travels a Thousand Miles, Inviting the Whole World to Witness! The Imagawa Woman Has Gone Mad?!

Starting today, by order of Lord Yoshimoto—we begin the March to Kyoto.

Uesugi Tetsu's indifferent, emotionless voice, accompanied by faint ripples of Spiritual Power, reached the ears of every Imagawa Clan retainer throughout Sunpu Castle.

Faced with dozens of retainers, each with different personalities and depths of scheming, the best way to focus on cultivation without being disturbed was to speak and act as little as possible, maintaining an inscrutable air of mystery.

"Everyone, come immediately to the Imagawa Residence to pay your respects."

Within Sunpu Castle, the retainers' first reaction upon hearing these words about the March to Kyoto was joy.

It was finally beginning!

But only a moment later, the retainers who felt the cold around them began to wear strange expressions.

It was the middle of winter in January.

Never mind temperatures below freezing—even minus ten degrees was common at night!

And with the bone-chilling winds blowing through the mountain forests... how were they supposed to march?!

"No... No, this can't be..."

A newer faction of retainers had rarely seen Uesugi Tetsu act in person. Nor was he the sort to wander around every day, casually showing off his power and humiliating others, so they had no concrete understanding of Tetsu's strength.

"Wonderful! Lord, you should have begun the March to Kyoto and become one of the World's People long ago!!!"

The other faction consisted of retainers who had seen Uesugi Tetsu with their own eyes before the world's revival, and some who had even worked alongside him. They did not care in the slightest about winter, autumn, or summer.

With Tetsu around, what did a little weather matter?

That fellow could handle it with a wave of his hand!

Just look at Okabe Motonobu, who was delirious with joy; Ii Naomasa, who cheered with an "Oho!";