Volume 5: Kyoto Summer Campaign Chapter 285 "Mucun is not an unkind and unjust person!"
"...I understand." Shimada nodded solemnly, "If I meet Master Fuma later, I will definitely be careful with my words and actions, and will never do anything that might offend Master Fuma."
"That's not necessary." Lin, who usually had a blank expression on her face, smiled. "Master Fengma is actually a very kind person."
"From his appearance, you would never know that he was once a top ninja."
"If you want to anger him, it's not that easy."
"When you meet Master Feng Mo later, you don't need to be restrained or respectful. Just be natural."
After Lin said this, the first batch of prepared sushi was served.
After seeing the waiter bringing over plates of sushi, Lin and her group shut up and stopped discussing anything related to Fuma Kotaro.
The four people, who had been starving for a long time, saw that the sushi was finally served. They no longer cared about chatting, picked up their chopsticks, and swept through every plate of sushi served in front of them like a whirlwind.
Just as the meal was about to come to an end, a sarcastic voice suddenly came from not far away:
"Hey, who is this? Look who I see! Isn't this the samurai who has long been honored as the right-hand man of Kamiyama Koshinosuke, and the good dog of the shogunate - Makimura Yahachi? Long time no see."
Lin and others looked over when they heard the sound and found a young man who was about 20 to 30 years old walking slowly towards them.
The young man was wearing waiter's clothes and must be one of the employees of this sushi restaurant.
Looking at the young man walking towards them, Mucun frowned slightly:
"...Sun Qilang, long time no see."
"Yahachi." Lin glanced at the young man whom Mucun called Sun Qilang, then looked away, "Is he your friend?"
"Yeah." Makimura nodded. "When I was still a Yakuza, I met him several times. I can't call him a friend, but just an acquaintance."
"Is that so..." After responding softly, Lin completely withdrew her attention and concentrated on eating the sushi in front of her. She no longer looked at Sun Qillang even once, as if she had completely lost interest in Sun Qillang.
"Yahachi, when you suddenly disappeared from Kyoto two years ago, I thought you were dead, so I even set off firecrackers to celebrate. But I didn't expect that you were still alive. Not only that, you've returned to Kyoto. What a waste of my firecrackers."
In response to Sun Qilang's blatant ridicule, Mucun's reaction was very calm. He just responded quietly:
"I'm really sorry. I made you waste the money on buying firecrackers."
"Hey, let me tell you..." Asai, who had been silent from the beginning, frowned slightly, "What on earth are you doing here? You're disturbing our meal, do you know that?"
"What are you doing here? I'm here to seek compensation from that bastard Yahachi!"
After saying that, Sun Qillang suddenly ripped open his clothes, revealing his chest .
Sun Qillang's chest is covered with quite intricate tattoos.
However, the tattoos on his chest seemed to have not been repainted for a long time, and the color had become much duller.
This large tattoo on his chest silently declares Sun Qillang's previous identity.
In this era, apart from the Yakuza, no one would tattoo such a large area on their body.
"Yahachi! Who do you think is responsible for me becoming a waiter at a sushi restaurant?"
Hearing Sun Qilang's words, Mucun's face instantly darkened.
He did not respond to Sun Qilang's question, but just frowned and lowered his head slightly.
"You bastard, you are so heartless and ungrateful!"
Sun Qillang's cheeks turned red with excitement at this time, and he kept talking while gritting his teeth.
"Hey! Are you three Yahachi's new friends?"
"Let me tell you what this unkind and unjust villain Yahachi has done before!"
After hearing the words "unkind and unjust villain" from Sun Qillang's mouth, Lin, who had turned away and quietly eaten the sushi in front of her, suddenly stopped what she was doing, turned her head, and looked at Sun Qillang quietly.
"This guy and his brother Junroku were appreciated by Kamiyama Koshinosuke, and were promoted to samurai by Kamiyama Koshinosuke, and became one of the forces in Kyoto."
"Not long after he transformed himself from a Yakuza into a samurai, he immediately led the government officials to capture and eliminate the various Yakuza forces in Kyoto!"
"My family was also destroyed in this eradication operation!"
"The reason why I am reduced to a sushi restaurant employee now is all thanks to that bastard Yahachi!"
"Yahachi! You are such an unjust villain! You were a Yakuza before, but after becoming a samurai, you turned against your former Yakuza comrades, you bastard!"
"How are you going to compensate us?!"
Sun Qillang's tone and volume became louder and louder as he spoke.
By the end of his speech, he was already roaring at Mucun.
Although there are only a few customers in the restaurant because it is not meal time, there are still a few tables of guests.
Sun Qillang's roar directly attracted the attention of all the customers in the store.
Pointing and talking at Sun Qilang, Mucun and others.
Some customers even hurriedly paid for their meals and quickly left the store for fear that a fight might break out.
Sun Qilang's roar also attracted the owner of the sushi restaurant.
"Sun Qilang!" The shop owner came out of the kitchen, looking furious and cursing, "What are you doing..."
The shop owner stopped scolding before he could finish his words.
It was because Sun Qilang's current appearance was so scary that the shop owner was so scared that he didn't dare to scold Sun Qilang anymore. He only dared to stand aside far away, not daring to go in or out.
Mucun had been listening quietly to Sun Qillang's roar.
Neither argue nor overreact.
Just listened quietly to Sun Qillang's roar.
After calming down his breathing which had become rapid due to his incessant roaring, Sun Qilang shouted to Lin, Asai, and Shimada:
"Hey! You three! I'm kindly reminding you now: Cut off all ties with this unkind and unjust villain as soon as possible! Otherwise..."
Bang!!
In an instant, a small but powerful fist hit Sun Qilang's face, interrupting all the words that Sun Qilang was about to say.
Accompanied by scattered broken teeth and blood, Sun Qillang's body flew backwards several steps and finally fell heavily to the ground, crushing the table behind him and everything on the table into pieces.
The atmosphere in the sushi restaurant almost froze at this moment. Makimura and others, as well as the rest of the people in the restaurant, all looked at Lin who was still in a punching posture.
The expressions on their faces were either shock, surprise, or pain.
The person with a painful expression was the manager of the sushi restaurant. After seeing Sun Qilang crush the table behind him, his expression became ferocious.
"You are not allowed to insult my men!"
Lin slowly retracted her fist, her face full of grimness.
"Yahachi is my important subordinate, not an unkind and unjust person."
Sun Qillang, who nearly fainted, shook his head vigorously twice, and his dizzy brain became a little clearer.
"You... bastard..." Sun Qillang struggled to get up and was about to scold Lin who had just punched him away, but as soon as he opened his lips, the sharp pain from his broken teeth made him sober up a little.
A strong look of fear appeared on his face, making Sun Qilang dare not say another word. He could only cast a fearful look at Lin, who was still looking at him sternly.
"I... came here with good intentions to remind you..."
Before Sun Qilang could finish his words, Lin interrupted him:
"I don't need your reminder."
"Your reminder is also of no reference value to us."
"I don't know, and I don't want to know, what Yahachi has done in the past."
"I only know that Yahachi is now my important subordinate."
"I can't pretend I didn't hear the insults you just hurled at Yahachi."
With things getting to this point, there's no way we can have our meal.
But it didn't matter - they had almost finished their sushi anyway, and everyone was at least 80% full.
"I'm sorry, manager."
Lin took out a large piece of gold from her pocket and handed it to the manager of the sushi restaurant with both hands.
"I accidentally broke something in your store. This is my meal money and compensation."
Seeing the large gold coin handed over by Lin, the store manager, who had originally had a painful look on his face, instantly smiled.
"Let's go." After shouting to the three people including Makimura behind her, Lin took the lead and walked out of the sushi restaurant.
Shimada and Asai followed closely behind.
Mucun, who was walking at the end, slowly slowed down his pace as he passed in front of Sun Qillang, and finally stopped in front of Sun Qillang.
Mucun endured Sun Qilang's resentful gaze without fear and looked at him expressionlessly.
"...Sun Qilang. You and I were never companions from the beginning."
Makimura said softly.
"You, me, and everyone in your family have only met a few times. In terms of relationship, we can only be considered acquaintances."
"The only connection between you and me is that we were both Yakuza, that's all."
"When I was a Yakuza, my only companion was Junroku."
"Since we have the chance to meet again, I will tell you something that I have never told anyone else before."
"Do you know how I felt when I, who had just become Kyoto's Yoriki, worked with my colleagues to uproot most of the Yakuza forces in Kyoto?"
Still looking directly at Sun Qillang, the corners of Mucun's mouth curled up slightly.
"I felt very happy at that time."
"After getting rid of you bastards who do nothing but bully the people, I feel more relaxed than ever before."
"'You bastards are finally dead' - that was my biggest feeling at the time."
It seemed as if Makimura's words had some magical power.
After the words fell, Sun Qillang was slightly stunned.
Then, a look of resentment quickly appeared on his face at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After saying this, Makimura ignored Sun Qilang and turned around and walked out of the sushi restaurant.
Seeing Makimura coming out, Lin, who was standing outside the sushi restaurant, announced to them:
"Well, now that we have finished our meal, let's go find Master Fuuma."
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Makimura, who had been following closely behind Lin along with Shimada and Asai, half a step behind Lin, now slightly quickened his pace and came to Lin's side.
"...My Lord, thank you very much."
"If you're thanking me for helping you punch that idiot just now, then there's no need to do that." Lin said softly, "As your lord, it's my duty to help you."
After saying that, Lin raised her hand—as if she wanted to pat Makura on the back.
But because there was such a huge difference in height between Lin and Mucun, Lin could only take a picture of Mucun's waist.
After raising her hand and patting Mucun's waist with a force that was neither light nor heavy, a faint smile appeared on Lin's face.
"Yahachi, you look . Cheer up. You don't need to take the stupid things that idiot just said to heart."
"No, I didn't take the compensation that Sun Qilang just told me to heart."
"They and I were not companions from the beginning."
"I don't feel any guilt towards these bastards. I don't feel like I owe them anything."
"Then why are you looking so depressed?" asked Asai, who was walking behind Makimura.
"I just...suddenly realized that I'm back in Kyoto."
Makimura raised his hand and looked around.
He looked at the shops on both sides of the street, and then at the passers-by passing by him, and the expression on his face gradually became complicated.
"It was not until I met Sun Qilang just now that I finally felt that I had returned to Kyoto..."
After saying that, Makimura took a deep breath.
"It's been a long time since I last saw you... Kyoto..."
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A-machi led Ogata through the streets and alleys of Kyoto.
There was now an extra bag of things in Ogata's hand - the sakura cakes they had just bought.
According to Atachi, Sakura Mochi is Fuma's favorite food, so Ogata and the others specially bought a pack as a gift for Fuma when they meet him later.
As Ah-Ming led the way, he would stop from time to time to look at the surrounding scenery - he seemed to be trying to find his way.
Ating's steps were somewhat cheerful.
Ogata, who was following behind Atsumi, glanced at Atsumi's cheerful steps and couldn't help but smiled and asked Atsumi:
"A-Ming, you seem very happy."
"Yes." Ating nodded vigorously, "To me, Master Fuma is an elder whom I like and respect very much."
"I had planned to visit him this afternoon."
"The last time I saw Master Fuuma was quite a while ago when I accompanied others to Kyoto on a mission."
"I don't know how Master Fengma is doing now..."
