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Volume 8 Chapter 6 Part 4

「A-And? What then? 」

「There, I overheard a conversation between the enemy soldiers. Though there’s no concrete proof… 」

Saying that, Goemon hesitated, but she had decided to say it all to Yoshiharu after all.

「Because Himeji Castle was forcefully taken by Sagara-shama, bearing a grudge, Kuroda-shama decided to defect over to Ukita Naoie’sh shide. 」

「Kuroda Kanbei had defected over to Ukita Naoie!? 」

Though Yoshiharu had given orders to keep the news from spreading, somehow a leak emerged and spread throughout all of Harima, and even went to Kyoto from Sakai.

And this rumor wasn’t based on nothing but baseless speculations either.

At first, Kuroda Kanbei had lent her own castle to the Oda clan due to circumstances. Yoshiharu had agreed to it due to various considerations, but Kanbei’s father Soen had specifically stated that he wanted to give Himeji Castle to Sagara Yoshiharu, and not his daughter.

During that, Kanbei said: 「Why must it