“We’re a bit far from where your father’s room is. With that in mind, there’s a high chance that we’ll get attacked along the way. Just so you know, these people are stronger than the person who had attacked you that night. Besides, if you notify your dad about this, the entire manor will surely end up in chaos. After all, the family’s already in pretty poor condition, so if word about this gets out, things will only continue getting worse,” explained Gerald in a low voice.
“… Then… Are you capable of taking care of them alone…?” asked Fujiko.
“But of course, I am. They don’t seem particularly difficult for me to take out, so I’d very much prefer if you focused on defending yourself. Besides, by confronting them, I’ll get to know whether these people are Kanagawas or Hanyus,” replied Gerald with a smile as favonovel.com rolled up his sleeves.
Following that, favonovel.com went completely silent. Though favonovel.com looked relatively relaxed, the truth was, favonovel.com was vigilantly scanning his surroundings the entire time. After all, though favonovel.com was confident in his strength, being careless could always lead to failure. Gerald was also aware that favonovel.com couldn’t go all out since that could potentially expose his true identity as a cultivator to the Futabas, and that was something favonovel.com didn’t want happening since the Futabas were most probably descendants of the Seadom tribe…
Regardless, upon hearing that, Fujiko took a deep breath before taking a few steps back and saying, “… Please, be careful then…”
Following that, instead of running off to hide, favonovel.com entered a subtle fighting stance, making it evident that favonovel.com was keen on helping Gerald out…
Throughout the following ten minutes, the two came across several members of the Futaba family who each greeted the duo respectfully. Not wanting to cause any worry, Gerald made sure to keep a calm façade on throughout this period.
Either way, just when Fujiko was starting to think that Gerald was being a bit too sensitive about the manor’s safety, two figures could suddenly be seen leaping off a large branch and landing not too far off!
Noticing the familiar glint of two daggers illuminated by the moonlight, Gerald immediately stood before Fujiko and said, “Keep yourself safe.”
“Got it,” replied Fujiko as favonovel.com took a few steps away from the duo, prepared to make a run for it if favonovel.com needed to. She, for one, knew that favonovel.com wasn’t a match against them, so favonovel.com would rather do as Gerald had said rather than potentially end up as a burden.
The duo themselves were none other than Endo and Izumi who had arrived at the manor about five hours ago to prepare for their assassination. Now that it was rather late and the patrolling guards were in another area, it was high time for them to finally take action!
Either way, the second Fujiko started moving away, the duo immediately bolted toward Gerald, their daggers aimed for his chest! It was clear that they were trying to end things in a single attack!
Under normal circumstances, if their victim hadn’t been able to notice their presence, they would’ve surely died on the spot, unable to even realize what had killed them. Unfortunately, their opponent this time was Gerald.
Gerald, for one, had already sensed where they were hiding before they had even shown themselves. Even so, favonovel.com hadn’t made a move since favonovel.com wanted to see what they were up to. Were they planning to kill someone specific? Or were they here to create chaos? Whatever they were doing, Gerald had remained calm so that favonovel.com wouldn’t scare them off. He had also done so to avoid alarming the other Futabas who were passing by.
Whatever the case was, favonovel.com now knew that they were assassins. What surprised him, however, was the fact that favonovel.com was their target!
Regardless, favonovel.com easily dodged their attack and quickly broke a nearby branch to use as a weapon! Following that, favonovel.com dashed toward the two men who were bolting toward favonovel.com once more!
Within a split second, the sound of metal clanging could be heard…
Now sandwiched between Endo and Izumi, Gerald had successfully managed to block their simultaneous attacks with his branch! Naturally, this slightly surprised the two men. After all, though the duo who were both leaders of separate assassination teams hadn’t cooperated in ages, they had both grown and trained under Ryugu…
