My youth story, a crossover anime, turns out, is FGO!

He didn't encounter much resistance and seemingly acquired the country of Japan with ease, but only Makoto Aoki himself knew how difficult the process was.

No matter how powerful he was, Oda Nobunaga was still just one person. He couldn't handle everything personally. He could threaten the lives of these officials, but it was difficult to make them all submit.

Even with the highest profile and prestige in Japan, how could Oda Nobunaga possibly control these people and prevent them from outwardly complying while inwardly resisting?

These officials must have been well aware of this. They first pledged allegiance to save their lives, and then used various channels to feign compliance while secretly plotting against Oda Nobunaga. Moreover, Oda Nobunaga couldn't possibly control all of them; he couldn't prevent them from carrying out their duties, otherwise the operation of the country would be disrupted.

Ha, foolish heroic spirit, modern society is beyond your imagination!

The officials, bowing their heads in submission, appeared obedient on the surface, but secretly they had already devised countless plans to humanely annihilate Oda Nobunaga and the Nakano clan—after all, they didn't know that modern weapons were useless against Heroic Spirits. Aoki Makoto, disguised as Taikomochi, seemed to have revealed a lot of truths, but he didn't say anything crucial, such as that weapons with low mystery levels cannot be used against Heroic Spirits, or that Servants have a Master who carefully selects the information he tells everyone to ensure that he can maintain the upper hand.

After all, compared to protagonists who can easily create dozens or even hundreds of aliases, Makoto Aoki's progress is very slow.

Even King Arthur and Oda Nobunaga were intentionally or unintentionally concealing information.

King Arthur may seem to be giving everything to the Sawamura family, but he is also indirectly binding Eriri's life to his own. As a diplomat, how could Mr. Spencer not know that Eriri, as King Arthur's Master, is already inextricably linked to him? If King Arthur is eliminated, would the others let Eriri go? Being monitored for the rest of her life would be the best possible outcome.

King Arthur is the most cautious one. To this day, no one knows King Arthur's true identity, nor do outsiders know that Eriri is the Master. At the same time, King Arthur's choice of Eriri was not random. Even if he was moved by Eriri, there is another important reason: Eriri's identity.

She is of British and Japanese descent; her father was a diplomat, and she herself is Japanese and grew up in Japan.

Eriri's unique identity allows her to survive even if her identity is exposed in the future, amidst the tensions between the two countries.

As for the other Oda Nobunaga, he seemed arrogant and overbearing. People who thought they were smart thought Oda Nobunaga was too arrogant, but what was he really like?

Did Oda Nobunaga reveal his true weaknesses? Modern weapons are useless; whether or not he has a Master is only a matter of having enough mana, and he doesn't have to leave the stage like in the orthodox Holy Grail War.

If he revealed his Master identity... why do you think he chose the quintuplets?

Long before he signed the contract with Nakano Miku, he had the other sisters get the same Command Seals tattooed on the back of their hands. Apart from the magician and themselves, who knows which of the five Command Seals is real?

Furthermore, the Nakano Five Sisters have a habit of playing the quintuplets game, which involves pretending to be each other, making it even more difficult to find out which one is Oda Nobunaga's true master.

Even if they are found, so what? Unless all five of them are killed at once, the final result will just be that Oda Nobunaga will readily change his Master. He has no intention of being unable to live without Miku right now.

Not to mention that Oda Nobunaga has not yet told them what the Command Seals mean; they thought they were just simple contractors.

Of course, Oda Nobunaga's decision not to tell them was also a form of protection, since they were just immature high school girls who were easily tricked into revealing information.

As for Aoki Seipo's alternate identity, Taigong Wang goes without saying. He seemed to have a good temper and explained a lot, but he didn't mention a word about being an incarnation of a sage. He spoke very readily, but ran away very quickly.

Incidentally, Oda Nobunaga and Nakano Nino were able to escape from such a high-profile situation thanks to Taikomochi's magic. It seems that the magician was indeed the right solution.

"They're all old sixes." Thinking about the operation of his alternate identities, Aoki Seiya felt that letting the alternate identities operate according to the Heroic Spirit's own personality was the optimal solution. After all, if he were to control everything himself, it would be easy to detect the traces.

Don't underestimate the wisdom of modern people. They can use the information they collect to build personality models and figure out anyone. Once Makoto Aoki's influence on the alternate identities becomes too great, it will be easy to detect that the alternate identities of the Heroic Spirits share common personalities!

And then? Makoto Aoki and this world can both call GG.

"However, the advantage is in my hands now."

Makoto Aoki smiled.

Abe Nizo's back was already soaked with cold sweat. If before it was because of the fear of death, now it was simply because he was frightened by the unfathomable Oda Nobunaga.

He casually ordered someone to operate the computer and print some documents from an online cloud drive.

It was distributed to everyone based on their names.

How can it be?

Abe Nizo could hardly believe his eyes. How could anyone else know about this?!

Everyone has weaknesses and dark secrets that they can't let others know, let alone officials in high positions of power. Their behind-the-scenes dealings and quirks are even more secretive to outsiders.

Abe Nizo's hands trembled violently. He quickly crumpled the paper into a ball, held it in his palm, and glanced around warily, afraid that the people around him would see him.

Unexpectedly, the people around them were in the same position, their eyes filled with shock and vigilance, looking like they had done something wrong.

"You've seen them all, right?"

Oda Nobunaga rested his chin on his hand, his eyes sweeping over everyone with a playful glint in them. He appeared relaxed, but no one dared to ignore his words now.

"I believe you will make the right decision. Joining my side... isn't that a step further?"

Coercion and enticement.

Oda Nobunaga used it to its fullest potential.

Threatening him with his life and disgrace, they offered him another way out—after all, Oda Nobunaga, as a daimyo of the Sengoku period, had no doubt about his abilities and ambitions. With his fame, he could easily run for parliament through the proper channels now. In terms of lineage and status, no one present dared to say that they were more noble than him.

Abe suddenly realized that siding with Oda Nobunaga wasn't such a bad option after all!

On the contrary, in today's Japan where social classes are already rigid, this is actually a ladder to heaven for ambitious and capable young people.

Just like Abe Nizo, despite his young age, he may have reached this point in his life, but in reality, this is probably all he will ever be. He is only a member of the branch family, not the main family, and can never surpass the main family members, even if his abilities are slightly stronger than those of the direct line.

"I am willing to serve you, Lord Nobunaga!"

"The Fujimoto family is willing to serve as Lord Nobunaga's pawns!"

As it turns out, Abe no Nizo was not the only smart one; several others had already pledged allegiance to Oda Nobunaga before he made his decision.

It's fair to say that, except for the few families already at the top of the Japanese social hierarchy, other families and individuals have all realized this fact. Why can't they genuinely pledge allegiance to Oda Nobunaga? As long as there's profit to be made, why not?

These bastards!

Abe cursed himself for being too late and immediately pledged his loyalty: "I am willing to pledge allegiance to Lord Nobunaga!"

Oda Nobunaga maintained his smile, calmly watching his men vying to show their loyalty. He knew what they were thinking; they were just using each other, coveting the benefits he could bring, and even trying to glimpse the divine abilities of the Heroic Spirits. But so what?

As long as he could seize all of Japan as quickly and smoothly as possible, Oda Nobunaga didn't care about the petty thoughts of his subordinates. After all, he was not only a general but also a politician.

"You made the right decision."

Oda Nobunaga stood up, his blood-red cloak billowing.

"Then let us unite and conquer the world together!"

Aoki was fully aware of what had happened at the Japanese Parliament.

"Sure enough, BB is really useful."

After all, whether it's finding dirt on these people or analyzing their weaknesses, we need this groundbreaking super AI!

Furthermore, BB could monitor whether they were outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, and Oda Nobunaga could calmly eliminate other forces to ensure his takeover of power.

These officials, who had no understanding of Heroic Spirits, were only afraid of Oda Nobunaga's omniscience and omnipotence, and were unaware of BB's existence.

"Hehe, this is really interesting."

Makoto Aoki chuckled. Now that his mind was freed from constraints and he no longer thought about casualties, he had many crazy ideas he wanted to realize.

"In short, let's set a small goal first."

"To seize power and establish a human army before the emergence of human evil?"

"This is my true plan to conquer the world!"