Enemy attack?!
Nozawa was still fretting over how to avoid being fleeced by those shameless monks at Hosokawa Guanyin Temple, when suddenly the alarm bell of Takeshige Manor rang out. He was completely startled and suspicious—he'd only moved here a little over ten days ago, hadn't even begun to renovate his house, and now the enemy was here already?
Isn't this the heartland of the Oda Danjo Chonosuke's domain?
How could there suddenly be an enemy coming to attack?
While he was still in shock, wondering what on earth had happened and who the enemy might be, Ah Man and Ah Qing had already darted toward the iron cannon, short-handled axe, and copper ring stick.
They always carried weapons on them daily—shuriken and such never left their bodies. There was always this vigilant readiness to instantly fight back should any sudden danger arise, and their main weapons were never kept far away, always within easy reach, and now that paid off.
