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Why, exactly, should I waste my time running around in search of an imaginary, wish-granting gem?

[The disgruntled voice you're hearing belongs to Mitsunari Ishida. As haranguing townsfolk has ultimately gotten him nowhere, he's finally taken a look at the apparently magic journal he woke up with. The accompanying note from "Scurvey Dog" has cleared up a couple of things, but the answers aren't quite what he wanted to hear.]

I detest pirates, I detest this absurd place, and all I "wish" for is to know one thing: where I will find the man known as Ieyasu Tokugawa.

For the sake of Lord Hideyoshi, inform me of his whereabouts at once!

[Clearly someone isn't in the mood for smalltalk. There's no "thank you for your time" after this message or anything. That's that.]

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[laughs] That Aya Sue guy is pretty popular all of a sudden! Who is he?

["Aya Sue"...? Eh, close enough.]

A wretched mongrel is what he is!

Eh? He's a dog? [kind of weird but] Did he get lost or something?

[not sure why this guy was so worked up about it but maybe Aya Sue chewed up something important]

Whatever he ate, he probably just thought it was tasty.

...He is not an actual canine, you imbecile.

[He might like him better if he was.]

Oh... Boo. That's no fun. I think it would have been better if he was a dog. That way you could teach him tricks. [he is displeased with this revelation] I haven't heard of anyone named Aya Sue, though, so maybe he's not here.

[Upon hearing that far too familiar voice, Magoichi lets out an exasperated sigh. It's just her luck that he's the only person she's recognized so far.]

You won't get an answer just by screaming at people, Mitsunari.

...Tricks. [He repeats, deadpan. This line of conversation is getting surreal.]

--And his name is Ieyasu. Remember it, should you encounter him!

Yeah like shake or roll over.

[he folds his arms behind his head]

I dunno if I wanna meet him or not. If he can't do that kind of stuff he sounds boring but Moto-chan's friend was talking about him, too, so maybe he's actually interesting.

[So Saika is here too...? Surely Ieyasu can't be far away, then.]

Do not lecture me, Magoichi Saika! I am not in the mood!

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I cannot understand your train of thought in the slightest.

[That said...]

Who is this "Moto-chan's friend"?

[he doesn't really think he has one of those]

Hmm I don't really know her but she's friends with the siker, too, or something like that. Maybe you can find her and ask?

[By that logic, Yoshitsugu must not be that far away from Mitsunari's side.]

And I am not in the mood for your disrespect, yet here we are.

How am I meant to find her if I do not know who it is I am looking for?

[Besides tracking down "The Siker" and asking them, maybe...

Gee, sounds a lot like The Saika. What a coincidence.]

Follow your gut! [he says this with all the stern sincerity a shonen hero can muster]

Or just ask who knows Aya Sue.

[Consistent logic and Mitsunari have never been well acquainted.]

My ire is well deserved! You sided with Ieyasu! I cannot look past that!

You are fanatically loyal to a man that wished to take our freedom, the one thing we value most. Yet we would have been willing to work with you, had you better timing and requested our aid out of actual respect for us, rather than because you were advised to do so.

[Because, really, Mitsunari would have never thought of going to them on his own, especially since they "betrayed" Hideyoshi. Yoshitsugu, on the other hand... But that's something to save for later. This conversation will just keep going around in circles if she doesn't change the subject.]

As far as I'm aware, Ieyasu is not here. At least, if he is, he hasn't chosen to comment in the journal since I arrived. Feel free to confirm it for yourself.

If you find the gem, you can go home. Whoever you are looking for will be there.

[Forgive this poor bastard for being from a timeline where he did his level best to make everything better and more or less succeeded and thus having no idea what he's getting into with all of you and your red route angst.]

Ahoy, Mitsunari! It seems we're all gathering now. So be it then, especially if it bolsters my crew a bit! You'll find Ieyasu and I on the Katabami.

[To be quite honest, he's been a bit worried about how Mitsunari has been doing back home without him to stop in and check on him now and then. Is he sleeping? Is he eating enough? You can't just tell a man to live his life and not make sure he's keeping up his end of the bargain, after all.]

You must be joking.

[Luffy is a person unlike any Mitsunari has encountered before.]

And is that not what I am already doing?!

Oh yeah! haha Good luck, guy! Maybe once you find her you can sail with her and Moto-chan!

"Respect" be damned, the chance to destroy a rat like Ieyasu should have been incentive enough for anyone!

[He still can't understand why so few others see it that way.]

I intend to do just that.

After all, how do I know you are not choosing to conceal his location from me?

I am not convinced a mere gemstone could possess that kind of power.

[You might be able to hear the terrible sound of Mitsunari's brain short-circuiting.

Indeed, Motochika's cheer is met with sheer disbelief.]

Motochika! Why is Ieyasu amongst your crew?!

[He won't be sleeping much with this on his mind...]

I... do not see that happening.

[Man, he doesn't want to do any of this whole pirate sailing stuff in the first place.]

We never did care much for morality. As long as he gives us everything we ask of him, we do not if he is a "rat" or even a crazed turkey. We have our rules, and we follow them no matter what the cost to ourselves.

[Even if it would effectively cause them to lose all of their potential jobs, though Magoichi doubt that unification will end all of the infighting. Or the wars outside of the country.]

At last, something sensible comes out of your mouth. If he is not here, our contract is effectively over. That means that I have no reason to keep anything about him from you. But it's true, if I was in contact with him, I would be obligated to keep him safe. The only way I can prove that I'm not lying is for you to confirm it yourself, hence why I told you to do so. But do you really think that a Saika would bluff?

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