I. Sailing Across Strange Seas
In the late autumn of the fifth year of Keicho, scarcely had the flames of battle at Sekigahara died down when Ieyasu Tokugawa turned his gaze far across the boundless ocean. Amid the rolling waves of the Seto Inland Sea, three enormous Nanban warships cut through the waters, their vermilion lacquered towers glowing blood-red beneath the setting sun. Clad in a jinbaori, Ieyasu leaned against the porthole, gazing east at the faint outline of islands emerging on the horizon — Inazuma, ruled by the Raiden Shogun, and the domain of the Sangonomiya Clan of Watatsumi Island.
“My lord, the coastal defenses of Watatsumi Island are weaker than we anticipated.” The iron armor of Tadakatsu Honda clanged with the rocking of the ship. “But according to intelligence from merchants, Sangonomiya Kokomi is currently at war with the Shogunate forces.”
Ieyasu stroked the golden ornaments on his tachi hilt, a hidden depth in the wrinkles at his eyes. “When the snipe and the clam struggle, the fisherman reaps the profit.” He turned toward the depths of the cabin, where three Portuguese gunners sat polishing their nautical telescopes. Since the arrival of the black ships, these southern barbarians had brought not only the Bible, but also deadly weapons that reshaped the very form of war.
At dawn on the twenty-seventh day of the ninth month, Watatsumi Island still lay shrouded in morning mist. Sayu, a soldier of the Resistance, dozed off in the watchtower with her spear in her arms, only to be jolted awake by an odd noise from the sea. Rubbing her eyes, she looked west and saw three moving castles tearing through the mist, the hollyhock emblems fluttering on their masts like an ominous omen.
II. Thunder Shakes the Seas
“Load chain shot!” the Portuguese artillery commander roared in broken Japanese. Tadatsuna Mukai, admiral of the Tokugawa navy, swung his war fan. Thirty-six cannons along the ships’ broadsides thundered in unison. The first volley tore off the dome of Watatsumi Island’s palace, sending glazed tiles flying like scattered scales. The shrine maidens praying before Sangonomiya Shrine panicked, only to be swallowed by the second wave of artillery fire.
The Resistance camp erupted into flames. Gorou attempted to organize archers to return fire, but shrapnel from shells exploding on the beach rained down like deadly hail. Further along the front lines, Kujou Sara, general of the Shogunate forces, reined in her startled steed and stared in disbelief at the giant spitting fire on the waves.
“Foreign troops!”
She drew her bow and loosed an arrow, only for it to fall helplessly into the surf a hundred paces away.
The Tokugawa arquebusiers had landed on the shoals. Soldiers clad in blue Nanban-style cuirasses formed three ranks, firing volleys in time with taiko drums. Resistance soldiers locked in melee with Shogunate samurai fell in droves, their blood staining the coral reefs of Nazuchi Beach.
III. Coral Weeps Blood
Sangonomiya Kokomi pushed the power of her Vision to its limit, a watery shield flickering unsteadily amid cannon fire. “Hold fast! Retreat to Mount Ryu!” Her voice sounded faint beneath the explosions. Through the thick gunsmoke, she watched the Tokugawa formation shift — these foreign soldiers did not duel honorably before battle like the Shogunate warriors; they coldly reaped lives with their arquebuses.
In the crumbling palace corridors, Kokomi and her personal guard were intercepted by a sudden unit of hatamoto samurai. The young face of Tadayoshi Matsudaira twisted viciously through the smoke. “Take the enemy commander’s head!” In the chaos, Kokomi’s catalyst was shattered by musket fire. She stumbled back against a toppling vermilion pillar.
Tadakatsu Honda’s蜻蜓切 — Tonbokiri — sliced through the haze. Kokomi dodged sideways, but could not evade a bullet fired from the shadows. A lead ball from a Nanban flintlock pierced her left shoulder, dyeing her blue-and-white shrine maiden robes deep purple. She knelt upon the broken coral crest, hearing the cries of Watatsumi’s people drifting away on the sea wind.
“What a pity.” Ieyasu Tokugawa’s voice came from above, his Nanban-style musket still curling with smoke. “The pearl of Watatsumi Island shall sink beneath the tide of a new era.”
IV. Setting Sun Like Blood
As the Tokugawa banner rose above the ruins of Sangonomiya Shrine, mop-up operations continued. Kujou Sara retreated with her remaining forces to Kannazuka Island, while Gorou led the surviving Resistance soldiers into Enkanomiya. Takechiyo, the army physician, wrote in his diary: “The waters of Watatsumi ran crimson; floating corpses clogged the waves like rafts…”
Ieyasu stood before the captured Sangonomiya sand table, listening to battle reports. The crystallized marrow seized in this campaign would equip three entire units. More importantly, they had gained a stepping stone toward the sea lanes to Liyue. Outside, Portuguese testers fired newly delivered twenty-four-pound cannons, their blasts shaking dust from the beams.
“Build batteries. Recruit ronin,” Ieyasu ordered Tadakatsu Honda. “By next spring, the Raiden Shogun’s blade shall not reach our sails.”
Twilight fell over Watatsumi Island. On newly erected watchtowers, arquebusiers still shot fishermen attempting to recover their belongings. A sorrowful folk song drifted on the wind, mourning the loss of the Divine Priestess. Far away in Edo Castle, artists began painting new scenes on Nanban folding screens: the hollyhock crest swallowing the three-patterned thunder sigil, heralding the arrival of a new age.
V. The Tide Rises Unceasingly
On the seventh day of occupation, Tokugawa soldiers captured surviving shrine maidens attempting to flee by sea at Nazuchi Beach. Under harsh torture, they revealed Watatsumi Island’s greatest secret: deep within Enkanomiya lay the remains of the ancient ocean god Orobashi. Upon hearing this, Ieyasu immediately summoned Portuguese craftsmen to plan specially designed diving bells.
Meanwhile, the surviving Resistance launched a night raid under Gorou’s command. Using their familiarity with the coral caves, they succeeded in burning half the Tokugawa supplies. Yet against overwhelming firepower, this counterattack was no more than a stone cast into the ocean — stirring small ripples before fading into silence.
On the full moon night of the fifteenth day of the tenth month, Ieyasu held a tea ceremony amid the ruins of Sangonomiya Shrine. Alvarez, the Portuguese captain, offered coffee from the New World, its bitter aroma drifting among broken walls.
“Next is Liyue,” Ieyasu murmured, tracing the Nanban globe. “Let the Harbor of Stone and Gold also bask beneath the hollyhock.”
Countless shooting stars streaked across Watatsumi’s night sky. Old fishermen said these were the weeping souls of the great serpent. Already, Tokugawa warships unfurled sails by newly cast batteries, and blacksmiths clanged through the night forging muskets. On the eastern horizon, thunderstorms gathered — the wrath of the Raiden Shogun would soon descend upon these blood-soaked seas.
Epilogue
Three months later, within the keep of Edo Castle, Ieyasu Tokugawa watched the Noh play Requiem for Watatsumi. As the scene of Sangonomiya’s fall unfolded, a messenger rushed in with an urgent report: remnants of the Resistance had contacted Liyue merchants and apparently obtained blueprints for the Guizhong Ballista. Ieyasu dismissed the performers. By flickering candlelight, he unfurled a Nanban-drawn map of the Eastern Seas.
The sound of waves echoed through time, as if returning to that day of thunderous cannon fire. Beneath the broken foundations of Sangonomiya Shrine, in an undiscovered chamber, a blood letter written by Kokomi before her death glowed faintly in the dark — inscribed upon it was the secret ritual to awaken the ancient ocean god. Beneath the waves, a new storm was brewing.
（一）异海扬帆
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庆长五年深秋，当关原的战火刚刚熄灭，德川家康的视线已越过茫茫大海。濑户内海的波涛间，三艘南蛮巨舰正破浪前行，朱漆船楼在夕阳下泛着血色的光。身披阵羽织的德川家康扶着舷窗，眺望东方海平线上渐显的岛屿轮廓——那里是雷电将军统治下的稻妻，海祇岛珊瑚宫家的领地。
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“主公，海祇岛沿岸的防御比预想中薄弱。”本多忠胜的铁甲在颠簸中铿然作响，“但根据商人带来的情报，珊瑚宫心海正在与幕府军交战。”
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家康抚着太刀柄上的金饰，眼角皱纹里藏着深意：“鹬蚌相争之时，正是渔夫得利之机。”他转身望向船舱深处，那里坐着三位葡萄牙炮手，正在擦拭他们的航海望远镜。自黑船来航后，这些南蛮人带来的不止有圣经，还有改变战争形态的利器。
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九月廿七黎明，海祇岛尚笼罩在晨雾中。反抗军士兵早柚抱着长枪在哨塔上打盹，突然被海面传来的异响惊醒。她揉着眼睛望向西方，只见三座移动的城堡正撕开雾霭，桅杆上飘扬的葵纹旗如同不祥的预兆。
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（二）雷霆震海
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“装填链弹！”葡萄牙炮长用生硬的日语嘶吼。德川水军大将向井忠纲挥下军配，战舰侧舷的三十六门火炮同时咆哮。第一轮齐射就将海祇岛宫殿的穹顶掀翻，琉璃瓦如鳞片般四散飞溅。正在珊瑚宫前祈祷的巫女们惊慌失措，被随之而来的第二轮炮火吞没。
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反抗军大营顿时陷入火海。五郎试图组织弓箭手还击，但炮弹在沙滩上炸开的碎石如同致命的暴雨。更远处的交战地带，幕府军大将九条裟罗勒住受惊的战马，难以置信地望着海面上喷吐火舌的巨舰。
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“是异国的军队！”她张弓搭箭，箭矢却无力地坠落在百步之外的海浪中。
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德川家的铁炮队已在浅滩登陆。身着蓝色南蛮胴的士兵排成三列，随着太鼓节奏轮番齐射。正在与幕府武士缠斗的反抗军士兵成片倒下，鲜血染红了名椎滩的珊瑚礁。
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（三）珊瑚泣血
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珊瑚宫心海将神之眼的力量催至极致，水形护盾在炮火中明灭不定。“坚持住！退往望泷村！”她的声音在爆炸声中显得如此微弱。透过弥漫的硝烟，她看见德川军的阵型正在变化——那些异国士兵不像幕府军那样讲究阵前单挑，而是无情地用铁炮收割生命。
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在破碎的宫殿回廊，心海与亲卫队被突然出现的旗本队截住。松平忠吉年轻的面庞在硝烟中显得格外狰狞：“取敌将首级！”混战中，心海的法杖被铁炮击碎，她踉跄退到倾颓的朱漆柱旁。
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本多忠胜的蜻蜓切划破烟幕，心海侧身闪避，却没能躲过暗处射来的弹丸。南蛮燧发枪的铅弹穿透她的左肩，将蓝白色巫女服染成深紫。她跪倒在残破的珊瑚纹章上，听见海祇岛子民的哭喊随海风飘散。
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“很遗憾。”德川家康的声音从上方传来，他手中的南蛮铳还在冒着青烟，“海祇岛的珍珠，终究要沉没在新时代的浪潮里。”
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（四）残阳如血
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当德川家的旗帜在珊瑚宫废墟上升起时，扫荡战仍在继续。九条裟罗带着残部退守鸣神岛，五郎率领的反抗军残部遁入渊下宫。随军医师竹千代在日记中写道：“海祇海水皆赤，浮尸如筏......”
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德川家康站在缴获的珊瑚宫沙盘前，听着战况汇报。此役缴获的晶化骨髓足够装备三个备队，更重要的是获得了通往璃月航路的跳板。窗外，葡萄牙人正在试验新运来的二十四磅重炮，炮声震得梁柱簌簌落尘。
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“修建炮台，招募浪人。”家康对本多忠胜下令，“明年春天，我们要让雷神的太刀碰不到我们的船帆。”
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暮色笼罩海祇岛，新筑起的橹楼上，铁炮队仍在射杀试图打捞遗物的渔民。海风中飘荡着哀伤的民谣，诉说着失去现人神巫女的悲恸。而在遥远的江户城，南蛮屏风上已开始绘制新的画卷——葵之纹章覆盖雷云的三巴纹，昭示着新时代的来临。
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（五）潮涌未息
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占领后的第七天，德川军在名椎滩发现了试图偷渡的幸存巫女。在严刑拷问中，她们吐露了海祇岛最大的秘密——渊下宫深处沉睡着远古海神奥罗巴洛斯的遗骸。这个消息让家康连夜召集葡萄牙工匠，计划打造特制的潜水钟。
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与此同时，幸存的反抗军在五郎带领下发起夜袭。他们利用对珊瑚洞窟的熟悉，成功焚毁了德川军半数粮草。但在绝对的火力优势面前，这次反击如同投入大海的石子，只激起些许涟漪便沉寂下去。
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十月十五月圆之夜，家康在珊瑚宫废墟举行茶会。葡萄牙船长阿尔瓦雷斯献上产自新大陆的咖啡，苦涩的香气在断壁残垣间飘荡。“下一步是璃月。”家康摩挲着南蛮地球仪，“让黄金之港，也沐浴在葵花之下。”
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海祇岛的夜空忽然划过无数流星，老渔民说这是大蛇之魂在悲泣。而德川军的战船已在新铸的炮台上架起船帆，铁匠铺里彻夜回响着锻造火枪的锤音。东方的海平线上，雷暴正在聚集——雷电将军的怒火，终将降临这片被鲜血浸透的海域。
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（尾声）
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三个月后的江户城天守阁，德川家康正在观赏能剧《海祇镇魂》。当演到珊瑚宫陷落的一幕时，近侍呈上急报：反抗军残部与璃月商会接触，疑似获得归终机设计图。家康挥手屏退伶人，在摇曳的烛火中展开南蛮绘制的东海海图。
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海潮声穿过时光，仿佛又回到炮火轰鸣的那天。而在破碎的珊瑚宫地基下，某处未被发现的密室里，心海临终前写下的血书正在黑暗中泛着微光——上面记载着唤醒远古海神的秘法。波涛之下，新的风暴正在酝酿。
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