CH 200

Chapter 200 – Accepting the Talks

“Oi, don’t talk nonsense, Torimoto.” (Kuzuhara)

“The man who looks good on his knees should shut up.” (Torimoto)

“Wha?!” (Kuzuhara)

“I understand that your pride is important, but you should understand that there are people who will be hurt if you try to protect that pride.” (Torimoto)

When I glanced over at Chake and the other guys, Kuzuhara looked over at them and grimaced.

He seemed to quiet down, so I continued talking.

“Not that long ago, a certain two organizations clashed.” (Torimoto)

I began to tell them about the story of Kuzuhara and Ryudou. Of course, I didn’t go into the details of what had happened between the two of them. I informed them that Ryudou and his gang had been acting as the Inochi-shirazu and committing evil deeds.

“And in the end, Ryudou was vanquished by this man here, who is good for nothing but sitting there on knees.” (Torimoto)

“Bastard, can’t you just refer to me normally?!” (Kuzuhara)

“…Then can I call you Mr. Virgin, who still has his panties in a twist over his first love?” (Torimoto)

“Oi, you’ve got guts! If you wanna fight… Hey, Chake, what the hell are you laughing about?!” (Kuzuhara)

“Pfff, sorry, Saito-san! But… panties in a twist over his first love… Hahahahaa!! That’s such a good expression to describe it! Gahaahaha!” (Chake)

“….You guys…” (Kuzuhara)

A tremendous bloodlust began to flow out from Kuzuhara.

“O-Oh, shit! S-Saito-san?! It was a joke! H-Hey, you bastards, stop!” (Chake)

Kuzuhara looked totally pissed off as he charged towards the guys. The followers just stared on in bewilderment at the scene unfolding before them.

In the midst of all this, I spoke to Sayuri.

“What do you think, Sayuri-san? As you can see, they have no desire to harm you. If you try to fight them here, there will be a lot of bloodshed. They’re strong, after all.” (Torimoto)

“……….” (Sayuri)

“Besides, this man here, Kuzuhara—he’s a skill user, you know?” (Torimoto)

“…Really?” (Sayuri)

Sayuri and the other followers were shocked. They turned to look at Kuzuhara, who was still caught up with punishing Chake and the others.

“The guns that the followers were using were destroyed earlier. That must have been the power of his skill.” (Sayuri)

After speaking with the followers who were defending the gate from the beginning, Sayuri had to acknowledge that what I said was true, and she frowned.

“If he fights with everything he has, both sides could end up facing total destruction, you know? Only a young child would go up against an enemy without any information whatsoever. Are you willing to risk your lives for something so childish?” (Torimoto)

Well, if they still decided to wield their power to hunt men, I would unfortunately have to side with Kuzuhara. He was much easier to interact with than Sayuri.

Then, Sayuri finally opened her mouth.

“…..I understand.” (Sayuri)

“…!? Founder-sama!” (Blue Bandana Woman)

One of the blue bandana women began to speak in protest, but Sayuri immediately pounded her pewter staff on the ground, silencing her with a sideways glance.

“We will agree to the talks. But this is a sacred place to us. We require an appropriate reason to invite a man into this place.” (Sayuri)

In my case, it was to save the life of one of their valued comrades. That was certainly an appropriate reason.

“So we will hold this meeting in a building a short distance away from here.” (Sayuri)

It seemed that I had finally managed to secure a compromise from Sayuri.

Her mind must have been made up when I mentioned the word ‘skill user’. They probably wanted to determine if he was a man who could be of use to them.

“Anyway, that’s how it is, Kuzuhara-san.” (Torimoto)

“You came here to talk with them, right? They gave their permission.” (Torimoto)

“Seriously!? Good stuff, Torimoto!” (Kuzuhara)

“I’ll remember this favor. You can pay me back at a later date… in cash.” (Torimoto)

“Tch… You damn money-grubber. Just like Torakado.” (Kuzuhara)

Of course. We’re the same person after all.

Kuzuhara clicked his tongue as he came over to my side and stood opposite Sayuri.

“You have my thanks for getting them to agree to talk. So? Where are we gonna do this?” (Kuzuhara)

“In a building near here, apparently. This place is forbidden for men to enter.” (Torimoto)

“In that case, why are you here? Ah… is it also for business?” (Kuzuhara)

“That’s right. They’re clients just like you, Kuzuhara-san.” (Torimoto)

There were times when they accumulated injuries while challenging dungeons, and they would contact me for medicine. Right now, they had more contact with Torimoto than they had with Torakado.

“You’ve really got a finger in every pot, huh? Well, whatever. Er, so is it fine to go by car?” (Kuzuhara)

“Torimoto-san, if you don’t mind, would you be willing to accompany us?” (Sayuri)

“…Fine.” (Torimoto)

I had already interfered to this degree, so I needed to see it to the end.

And so, Sayuri gave instructions to the followers and arranged for a car.

It was decided that I would be taking that same vehicle that I had ridden before with Sayuri, but…

“Hey, you. I heard you got into some kind of trouble again.” (Shakuhara)

Shakuhara, who was sitting behind me once again, sounded rather angry as usual.

“Again? You’re giving me a bad rep. I was just explaining to an acquaintance that there seemed to be a misunderstanding.” (Torimoto)

“It was a man, right? We should have just killed him.” (Shakuhara)

“You have the guts to say that right in front of a man.” (Torimoto)

“Hmph! As long as I had permission to do so, I’d kill you right now!” (Shakuhara)

“Ugh, Kei-chan! D-Don’t be so rude to Torimoto-san!” (Saniwa)

What was different, though, was that Saniwa was sitting next to Shakuhara in the vehicle this time.