Volume 3 Buddha's Enemy Chapter 153: Flowing Light Hachiman· Mamiya Kuro
Before the "red flower" that flew into the air scattered, another new "red flower" flew into the air from the cylinder in Mamiya's hand.
Mamiya shot five fireworks into the sky from the cylinder in his hand before stopping.
At this moment, Hasegawa, who was about to rush into the Negishi family base, looked at the "red flowers" in the sky with astonishment that had not yet completely dissipated.
"Fireworks..." Hasegawa muttered, his face darkening.
Hasegawa's intuition told him that the fireworks just now must be a signal of some kind.
It is a signal specifically conveyed to someone.
I just don't know who set off the fireworks just now.
When they were about to charge into the Negishi family's base camp, Hasegawa drew his sword and shouted:
"Act according to the plan!"
"Yes!" The officers behind Hasegawa responded in unison with astonishing momentum.
Hasegawa and his team's plan was simple - to divide the officers into three groups.
Imai led a group straight to the third floor of the mansion.
Another of Hasegawa's trusted subordinates led a group to search the second floor of the mansion.
Hasegawa personally led the last group to sweep the first floor.
The three groups are responsible for three floors respectively.
They have only one goal - to find out the "Buddha's enemy" subordinate Mamiya Jiulang as quickly as possible!
After rushing into the mansion, the officers of the Fire Thief Kai immediately split into three teams, following their respective leaders and rushing towards their respective targets.
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"What just happened?"
Ogata looked out the window with a puzzled look on his face.
From a while ago, Ogata vaguely heard the sound of dense footsteps outside the mansion.
Before Ogata had time to focus on the sudden and dense footsteps, he suddenly heard the sound of fireworks.
——Forget it… No matter what happened, let’s go find Mamiya first.
Having made up his mind, Ogata steadied the knife at his waist.
However - he had just rushed out of the room where the horse-faced man was hiding and came to the corridor outside the room when he heard footsteps like a tide coming from the end of the corridor.
And the sound of footsteps like a tide came towards him at an extremely fast speed.
Ogata followed the sound and moved his gaze to the end of the corridor on his side, and saw warriors in black uniforms turning the corner and appearing at the end of the corridor.
Ogata was very familiar with these samurai in black uniforms.
Because - he had just broken out of their encirclement not long ago.
“Tsk!”
Ogata made a "tsk" sound that contained impatience and confusion, and quickly drew the katana from his waist.
——Why are the officers of the Fire Thief Kai here...!
Just as Ogata was wondering how the officers who had killed the fire thief were chasing him, a middle-aged man separated the officers and slowly walked to the front of them.
"It's not Mamiya Kuro..."
The middle-aged man said softly.
"It's a new face I haven't seen before... Are you the new companion of 'Buddha Enemy'?"
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Mamiya silently looked at the "red flowers" in the sky that had completely disappeared, and thought to himself:
——Okay, that's enough. The lord and Asai should have received my signal.
Mamiya threw the cylinder in his hand aside casually.
As soon as the cylinder landed on the ground, Mamiya heard very noisy footsteps coming from the door behind him.
Bang!
The paper sliding door that was originally half open was pulled all the way to the end in one breath.
A group of officers named Hizaku Thieves rushed into the room with various weapons and surrounded Mamiya.
Mamiya turned around and looked at the group of officers who surrounded him.
The group of officials surrounding him were led by an old acquaintance of Mamiya.
"Long time no see." Mamiya smiled at his old acquaintance, "Mr. Imai. I haven't seen you for a while. You seem to have lost some weight."
"Humph." Imai sneered, "It's been a long time since we last met. Liuguang Hachiman... Mamiya Jiulang!"
"Ryuko Hachiman?" The smile on Mamiya's face showed a hint of helplessness. "Come to think of it - I have to thank you, Fire Thief Kai, for giving me such a cool and suitable title. I like this title very much."
"'The sword is as fast as flowing light, and the posture is like Hachiman'." Imai whispered, "This title was given to you by Lord Hasegawa himself. If you want to thank someone, go thank Lord Hasegawa."
"Is that so... Then Imai-sama, please convey my thanks to Onihira-sama."
"Mamiya Kuro!" Imai shouted at Mamiya, "Did you set off the red fireworks just now? Was it a signal for you to communicate with the 'Buddha Enemy'?!"
"Well..." Mamiya shrugged, "Guess?"
"...It seems that my questions are useless." Imai's expression became more serious. "Then I won't bother to talk nonsense anymore! Mamiya Kuro, just surrender!"
"Okay." Mamiya raised his hands high, "I surrender."
"I know your sword-drawing technique 'Divine Light' is incredibly powerful! But you are surrounded by us now... Huh?!"
Imai subconsciously thought that Mamiya would say something cruel like "If you have the guts, come and catch me with the knife in your hand," and then start a fight with them.
So as soon as Mamiya finished speaking, Imai immediately blurted out the harsh words he had prepared long ago.
However, before he could finish the harsh words he had prepared, Imai realized that Mamiya seemed to have said something terrible just now.
Imai cast a surprised look at Mamiya who had his hands raised high.
"What did you just say...?"
"I said I surrender." Mamiya shook his raised hands, "What's wrong? Why are you still standing there? Come and tie me up."
Mamiya's strange behavior left everyone, including Imai, confused.
They looked at each other, confused as to what was going on.
"…Mamiya." Imai said in a deep voice, "You are trying to play some tricks on me, right?"
"You are skilled in the art of sword drawing."
"You pretended to surrender and lured us to capture you, and then you used your 'divine light' to kill all my men. Am I right?"
Mamiya listened to Imai's speculation in silence.
Then he sighed with helplessness on his face.
Then he lowered his raised left hand, pulled out the katana and wakizashi that were inserted in his left waist, and threw them far away on the ground.
"How is it ? This should be enough to prove that I really want to surrender, right?"
"Mamiya Kuro!" Seeing this, Imai was completely confused about what Mamiya was trying to do. "What the hell are you planning?!"
"I don't have any evil intentions." Mamiya shrugged, then smiled and said, "I just really want to be caught by you."
