My Gang of Swordsmen

Chapter 507: Chapter 175: Rescuing Sazanoko! (Part 1) [7700]

The person who recognized Chiba Sonako was a young samurai with delicate features, but the malicious look in his slanted eyes ruined the overall beauty of his appearance.

”’Chiba’s Ghost Komachi’? Oh! That’s Chiba Sonako from ’Chiba of Oke-machi,’ right?” someone echoed.

Because the Little Chiba Sword Dojo was located in Oke-machi, people commonly referred to it as ”Chiba of Oke-machi.”

”Chiba Sonako, hehe, just perfect!”

The person speaking now was standing beside the ”Hanging Corner Eye Warrior.” He had whites showing in three corners of his eyes, a flat nose, thick lips, and every word and action exuded an intense feeling of sleaziness.

It had been this guy who was speaking rudely to Sonako just now.

”I’ve long admired the great beauty’s name. Hehehe, what luck, I only intended to kidnap Nakamura Tsuki, but ended up incidentally capturing the famous Chiba Sonako. Hiss...! Never thought I’d have the chance to enjoy such a fine woman in my lifetime... ugh!”

The sleazy ”Flat-Nosed Youth” hadn’t finished speaking when his words turned into cries of pain.

The ”Hanging Corner Eye Warrior” standing beside him threw a punch that landed right on the ”Flat-Nosed Youth’s” cheek.

The ”Hanging Corner Eye Warrior” used significant force... The ”Flat-Nosed Youth” was sent flying, stopping only when he hit a table, his cheek immediately swelling up, and a stream of pinkish liquid, a mixture of saliva and blood, trickled from his mouth.

”Little Chiba Sword Dojo’s Chiba Dingji once showed kindness to Mr. Kamino.”

The ”Hanging Corner Eye Warrior” spoke with a voice so cold it seemed to spit out ice shards.

”Laying a hand on Chiba Dingji’s daughter, Chiba Sonako... how many heads do you have for Mr. Kamino to chop off?”

The ”Flat-Nosed Youth” who had been sent flying struggled to get up. He was full of resentment, but upon hearing the name ”Mr. Kamino,” his anger vanished like a deflated balloon.

The remaining emotions on his face were only shrinking and fear.

”...So what should we do now?” someone asked the ”Hanging Corner Eye Warrior” in a deep voice, ”Our target was only this Nakamura Tsuki.”

”Now that we’ve unexpectedly captured an extra person, and the one we caught is the famous Chiba Sonako... how should we handle this?”

”We can’t just let her go, right? We can’t let the outside world know ’Nakamura Chouhachirou’s daughter is missing.’

”How about... we kill Chiba Sonako?”

As he spoke, he made a neck-slitting motion with a cold expression.

”No!” The ”Hanging Corner Eye Warrior” rejected sharply without hesitation, ”Didn’t I just say that Chiba Dingji had shown kindness to Mr. Kamino? Who knows how Mr. Kamino would react to carelessly harming Chiba Dingji’s daughter!”

”...Tch!” The samurai who had just suggested killing Chiba Sonako clicked his tongue impatiently, then gestured with his mouth toward Sonako who had fainted on the table, ”Then how should we deal with this woman?”

Under the gaze of the crowd, the ”Hanging Corner Eye Warrior” thought for a moment, gritting his teeth,

”...Take her with Nakamura Tsuki and tie them up together, bring them back!”

”Let Mr. Kamino personally decide how to deal with this woman.”

The rest exchanged glances, then nodded in agreement.

There was no other safer, less error-prone way than this.

”Th-that...”

At this moment, a trembling voice sounded from behind the ”Hanging Corner Eye Warrior” and others.

The owner of this tea house... the middle-aged man, whose hair was already half white, who had been cheerfully greeting and chatting with Nakamura Tsuki a moment ago, slowly stepped out from the kitchen, shaking.

”I-I-I have already followed your instructions, and put the drug in Miss Nakamura’s tea.”

”Can you keep your promise and release my wife and children?”

”I guarantee! I absolutely won’t tell anyone about today’s events!”

The owner’s head drooped, his waist bent, his face showed a pleading look... his entire being exuded an extremely humble posture.

After the owner finished speaking in an extremely self-effacing tone... the ”Hanging Corner Eye Warrior” and the others glanced at him sideways.

Bam!

The ”Hanging Corner Eye Warrior” stomped forcefully, creating a loud noise.

Leaping swiftly, he lunged on top of the owner, spreading his arms wide to clasp the owner’s head tightly—

Crack!

The owner’s head was twisted 180 degrees.

Originally facing the back of his head turned to the front, and the face that was originally facing forward turned to the back.

The owner died instantly without even letting out a scream of pain.

”Sorry, compared to trusting you to keep your word and not tell anyone about today’s events... we find it more convenient and safer to ensure you’ll never speak again.”

”In this time of national crisis, every person in this country needs to contribute their part.”

”Your sacrifice adds strength to our ’Anti-foreigner Cause.’

With that, the ”Hanging Corner Eye Warrior” slowly released the owner’s body...

”Remember to take this man’s body with you later, bind it with stones, and throw it into Edo Bay.”

There was not a hint of remorse or guilt on his face.

...

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As soon as Aoto returned to the settlement, he saw Harada’s smug face.

”Mr. Tachibana!” Harada leaned on his spear with his right hand, left hand on his hip, chin up, chest out, looking very pleased with himself, ”We’ve successfully captured the man in a Western suit!”