To be honest, he treated him way better than he did his own dad. When his real father died, he made a huge scene at the funeral, even stuck the incense upside down—didn't leave a shred of dignity for his own old man.
And as he was mulling things over, he suddenly heard someone next door faintly mention "Lord of Upper General," and they were sighing over Hirata Masahide's loyalty, saying he'd chosen death to admonish his Lord, actually wrote the piece "Five Admonitions" to persuade him to return to the right path—a true role model among Samurai…
The ones speaking seemed to be a few old-school Earth Warriors; they'd had some drinks, their voices weren't at all quiet, and they didn't bother to avoid certain topics.
