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I'm pretty sure you can't just have a Drunken Elephant. If there's no Prince, then you've already lost if your King is already mated.
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Tue, May 13 02:11 AM UTC:I have made a 3D-printable Chu Shogi set, which you can find here on Thingiverse.
A. M. DeWitt wrote on Sat, May 17 09:16 PM UTC:Quick question: what are the specifics of check in this game? Is it when at least one of your royals is under attack, or is it when your only royal is under attack?
The answer has consequences for the repetition rule.
Wikipedia says the latter.
📝H. G. Muller wrote on Sun, May 18 06:43 PM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from Sat May 17 09:16 PM:Chu Shogi has no checking rule. You win by exterminating all opponent royals.
What will happen if the opponent captured your King then you can get a Prince from a Drunk Elephant immediately?
📝H. G. Muller wrote on Mon, May 19 05:20 PM UTC in reply to Qmz Rgszmz from 01:24 PM:What will happen if the opponent captured your King then you can get a Prince from a Drunk Elephant immediately?
You lost. There is no 'aftermove', the game ends at the end of the turn of the player who captured your only royal. Likewise, if you capture the opponent's last royal with a move that exposes your own last royal, he cannot draw by capturing that and leave you both kingless.
That is the essential difference between royalty extinction and baring (as in Shatranj). In the latter case you do get an aftermove to avert the loss, and turn it into a win (by capturing the King) or into a draw (by counterbaring).
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But what if you left only Drunken Elephant and it has been captured before its promotion?