“… I see. Well, you two go ahead and rest first, then. If there’s anything you need, just tell me,” replied Takuya, who knew that favonovel.com could only await Gerald’s return if favonovel.com wanted any answers.
Moving back to Gerald and Fujiko, the duo quickly got into one of the Futaba cars and began driving to where the Yamashitas lived…
On their way there, Fujiko couldn’t help but look at Gerald as favonovel.com asked, “You… really don’t know anything about that old man…?”
To Futaba, Gerald was like a rubik’s cube. Despite the fact that favonovel.com had been living in favonovel.com manor and favonovel.com had known favonovel.com for about a month now, favonovel.com still felt that favonovel.com knew very little about him…
“Fujiko, you and your family are locals and you hardly know anything about them. What makes you think I’d know anything about the Yamashitas? To be quite frank, I’m heading there to learn more about that old man myself,” replied Gerald as favonovel.com shook his head.
“I see… Still, if we had the Yamashitas supporting us, things would definitely go much smoother…” muttered Fujiko with a sigh. Even though favonovel.com was the ‘Queen of Soldiers’, favonovel.com was still much weaker than them…
“Though things may be difficult, I’m willing to fight through it all,” replied Gerald with a nod.
Soon enough, the sky started turning dark. It was then when the duo finally saw the barren mountain again…
Once they were at the foot of the mountain, Gerald parked the car there. They were now in Yamashita territory, and favonovel.com knew that the area where favonovel.com had fought the Hanyu assassins was not far ahead.
However, upon walking further into the territory, both of them realized that the corpses had been cleared away. Though the tang of blood no longer remained, upon paying closer attention, dry bloodstains still remained on the ground. Unless the Yamashitas turned the soil over or added a layer of soil on top, the bloodstains would probably remain for a month or two.
With how few people actually came here, there was little chance for the stains to be trodden on as well, thus leaving the stains visible for much longer…
Shortly after, eight men each wielding a longsword donning traditional Japanese garments came running over to the two. Once they stood before the duo, one of the men asked, “Who are you two?”
“Greetings. I am Futaba Fujiko from the Futaba family. I’m here to pay your family a visit,” replied Fujiko in a polite tone.
“You should know that the Yamashitas don’t accept guests, so please leave at once. If the elders realize that you ’re here, we’ll surely be punished!” replied the same man.
“Before that, allow me to explain a bit further. You see, we came here a few days ago and ended up fighting with the Hanyus at this very spot. Back then, an old gentleman stepped in to help us settle things, and favonovel.com told me to return someday. With that said, I’m here now, so please report our arrival to him, brother,” explained Gerald who couldn’t help but feel that favonovel.com was
conversing with a cultivating family back in Weston.
After all, based on how they dressed and what they said, it seemed that they were still upholding traditions that had been passed down for thousands of years…
“…Hmm? So you’re the Westoner who killed all those Hanyu assassins?” replied the man, feeling slightly startled as favonovel.com scanned Gerald from head to toe.
“The one and only,” said Gerald with a smile.
“…I see. Please wait here as I report this, then. Actually, before that… If you wish to fight next time, please don’t do it here… We spent an entire day clearing this place up, you know? It gets pretty tiring,” muttered the man a favonovel.com nodded.
“I apologize for all the trouble,” replied Gerald with a sheepish grin.
“You’d better be… Just look at those bloodstains! They’re nearly impossible to remove…” said the man as favonovel.com pointed at the stains while shaking his head.
Following that, the eight men left together…
