Lastly, Minaho-neesan and Yomi show up .
Yomi's…
「 Ah, I look like I'm tied up, but it's actually like this! 」
Yomi flaps her hand while smiling .
Oh, she can untangle it quickly .
「 She will also have a gag and blindfold on-site 」
「 Okay, don't be too hard on me 」
Yomi laughed .
「 Well then, let's go 」
Minaho-neesan gave the order . Everyone started moving .
Yomi and Michi will move together with Minaho-neesan .
However, Michi will jump in to ambush the enemy on the karaoke box once there's a go sign .
Kinoshitsan, Anjou Mitama, and Kinuka will attract the attention of the enemy outside by doing a street performance . While at it, they will also suppress Irokuchou Ichiro's group, who will come in sweeping .
Edie and Tendou Otome are going to sneak in from behind .
Then, Nei, Adelheid-san, and I are going inside to check the situation .
「 The car's this way 」
Kinoshitsan brings us to the place where Shou-neechan prepared the truck .
Yeah, that's one trunk surrounded by an aluminum square wall with a “Moving company” mark in it .
「 Can Kinoshitsan drive this until we're one block away from the objective? Edie-san and Tendou-san will take the passenger seat 」
Two-ton trucks can only have three people in the seats .
Therefore, the remaining people will hide inside the cargo compartment .
It's illegal to have people inside the truck's cargo compartment, but,
We've been criminals from the start, what's the problem then?
「 Why am I in front? 」
Tendou Otome's irritated .
「 It can't be helped, you're the only one who wears clothing for the moving company . 」
Edie said .
「 I'm also wearing the same clothes so they'll see us as part-timers wearing this uniform 」
Edie's wearing the same fatigues as Tendou Otome, then she hides her face with a cap .
Yeah, they have the sporty form, and that makes them look like part-time girls who are at the end of their shift after their moving work .
「 Well, you too 」
Tendou Otome looks at Kinoshitsan .
「 But, you know, what about this Takeda Shingen driver of ours? 」
Kinoshitsan and Anjou sisters are wearing a white hooded costume, imitating Takeda Shingen .
「 Igosoo!! 」
Kinoshitsan shouted something I couldn't understand .
That's got nothing to do with Takeda Shingen at all!
「 It doesn't matter much, either way, this place is under surveillance . Once the truck moves out, they'll follow behind immediately 」
Minaho-neesan tells Tendou Otome .
「 A truck from a moving company comes out of the Kouzuki mansion at a time like this? It's too obvious 」
「 No, no, those old men won't know that! They're stupid and trash that they even do lookout properly 」
Tendou Otome said .
「 Either way, they're all talking without a care in that dark karaoke box room, sweating on their foreheads and worry endlessly saying “Yooo, what do we do?!” and they'll continue that without reaching a conclusion 」
「 Really? I wonder about that 」
Minaho-neesan smiles .
「 W-Well, they might go outside for scouting, but, they won't have time to check up on the gate of Kouzuki house to monitor us, that's how they are 」
Tendou Otome speaks flatly .
「 But, what about Irokuchou Ichirou-san? 」
Minaho-neesan smiles wryly .
「 Oh right . They might be watching . They could send some underling punk to watch 」
Tendou Sadao's group is a group of useless Yakuza and their wives, but,
Irokuchou Ichirou's side follows an organization hierarchy, and so, there should be some underlings who will follow orders .
「 Therefore, Tendou-san, you should look out from the window of the car and check if there are enemies close by 」
Minaho-neesan said while showing a wry smile .
「 I don't think Irokuchou Ichirou-san will make a move until they confirm that Yomi-chan is in this truck . But, it would be a problem if they show up before our operation begins 」
Yeah .
If we start combat with Irokuchou Ichirou before we arrived at Tendou Sadao's location, then .
We won't know what Tendou Sadao will do out of fear .
It will be a problem if they barricade themselves together with the eight girls as hostages .
If that happens and the media covered it on their news, it will become a big one .
They will force a link to Kouzuki house and spread gossips immediately .
Kansai Yakuza wants to throw scandals on Kouzuki house .
They don't care using either of the two groups as long as it creates material for the story .
「 But, I don't know all of Ichirou's subordinates at all 」
Tendou Otome replied .
「 Even so, it's better than not knowing a single one of them, right? An ordinary car can have someone monitoring from the rear seats, but we don't have that privilege with the truck . You, Kinoshitsan, and Edie will be our eyes 」
Minaho-neesan responds .
「 Okay, if that's the case 」
Tendou Otome looks at Edie .
「 I can receive the specific instructions from her, right? 」
「 Yes, if you'd please 」
「 Haa, can't do anything about it 」
Tendou Otome boards the passenger seat .
Edie also enters .
「 Well then, I'm opening the cargo 」
Kinoshitsan opens up the cargo door .
「 I'll leave the lights on! We have a spare battery, so it's okay 」
Oh, we have lights inside . That helps .
「 This cargo compartment can't close from the outside, so get in 」
Kinoshitsan will go out and close the door for us .
「 Heave-ho 」
「 Heave-ho! 」
The Anjou sisters wearing Shingen clothing stuffs a long wrapping cloth-wrapped item and a long stick in the truck .
I think those are the tools they're going to use for the street performance .
The back of the cargo compartment has boxes of binding tools .
We'll use this later to tie up Tendou Sadao's group .
「 Load this up too 」
「 Certainly! 」
Kinuksan holds onto Kinoshitsan's heavy flail .
I don't think she can drive if she has that .
「 Yo-chan, let's get in 」
「 Yeah 」
Nei, Minaho-neesan, Adelheid-san, and I get inside .
Tsukiko followed .
「 Is that okay? What about Tendou Otome? 」
I asked . Tsukiko .
「 Yes . I planted the suggestion to follow Edie-san's instructions no matter what during the operation . It's something light . It should be okay 」
「 There we go! 」
Yomi also gets in
「 Then, if you'd please 」
Minaho-neesan told Kinoshitsan after confirming that everyone's inside .
「 Okay, okay 」
Giiiiii, bashinn!!
Gacha, gacha, gacha
The doors closed .
After a while, I hear the sound of another door closing in .
Kinoshitsan's in the driver's seat now .
Baru, barurururururuu!
The engine starts .
The truck starts moving .
◇ ◇ ◇
「 This will be a battle for speed 」
The two-ton truck drives us around .
Minaho-neesan starts speaking .
「 We need to clean things up twice as fast as you can imagine 」
「 What does that mean? 」
I asked .
「 That means, we have no time to check everything . Concentrate only on suppressing the enemy and incapacitate them 」
「 Oh, that means we don't have to observe and think of how we can deal with them? 」
Nei asks .
「 Correct . You'll find yourself in deep trouble if you try to understand how the enemy thinks . After all, they're people who never think of the minor details 」
Tendou Sadao is that kind of Yakuza .
「 They come up with ideas on the spot and move unexpectedly…That means you can't take your time with them 」
Michi said .
「 That's correct . If you give them the opportunity, they will move outside of our expectations . If they take action outside our hypothesis, it will be hard to deal with them 」
I see .
「 They're people who will use a nuclear weapon to kill a rat in the kitchen . They don't think of the consequences . They will only use whatever they have on hand by reflex 」
「 That means, don't give them anything that they can reach out for 」
「 Yes . Kou, once we give the go sign, we need every one of them to fall unconscious, Michi-san, you can use Shingetsu . Immobilize them 」
「 Certainly 」
Michi nods .
「 Also, as for the eight girls 」
Minaho-neesan?
「 Force them all to faint using your Shingetsu 」
What does that mean?
「 Do you know about Stockholm syndrome? 」
Minaho-neesan looks at me .
「 It's when the victims that were kidnapped spent a long time with their abductor that they start to sympathize with them 」
That's…
「 Besides, in this case, it's their real parents that confine them . Tendou Otome shows hatred towards her father, but some of them might still have affection for their parents 」
I see .
「 Actually, we might be able to save them by having Tendou Otome-san talk to them and tell them that their parents are wrong once they see their fathers unconscious, but that's unlikely 」
The girls we rescued may come and attack us .
「 Therefore, make them faint using Shingetsu as soon as you meet them 」
MInaho-neesan tells Michi .
「 However, Tendou Otome-san won't like that method, would she? 」
Michi said .
Tendou Otome's coming to rescue her friends .
If Michi uses Shingetsu on them, she'll think that it's a vicious assault .
「 That is why we placed Michi-san on another group . Besides, Edie's with her 」
Edie can hold down Tendou Otome acting rashly .
「 To tell the truth, I couldn't predict the current state of the eight girls . If they're in despair or accumulating fury, then they might explode at any time . There's a high likelihood of children to become crazy if their parents violated them 」
Minaho-neesan said .
「 Therefore, Yomi, you can't peek into their minds . Their decayed thoughts can pull you in and break you as well 」
Tsukiko told Yomi .
「 I will look after the eight daughters 」
Tsukiko's mentally stable compared to Yomi and Luna .
「 If there are significant wounds on the girls' minds, then I will heal them . That's the job of the Takakura shrine maiden 」
She speaks calmly .
「 Therefore, I will be in charge of the girls, oh, Tendou Otome-san too 」
She looks at the driver's seat area .
「 She seems quite wounded as well 」
Tendou Otome's heart?
「 Uhm, what about me? 」
Anjou Mitama asks Minaho-neesan .
「 As for us, is it okay to punish Irokuchou Ichirou-san's group once they come to attack? 」
Can they adjust their strength so they won't kill people?
「 I will leave you two to Kinoshitsan . What did she tell you? 」
「 That's…uhm, to not forget about comedy when there are spectators 」
「 She told us to deliver comedy to the audience 」
The sisters seem confused .
「 I do not understand what it means to create comedy while fighting, but… 」
「 Yes . Our Anjou arts style taught us to remain beautiful when fighting 」
「 Our beautiful combat becomes comedic, hey, Kinuka? 」
「 Yes, Mitamoneesama . It's confusing 」
Err .
These sisters used that Skylab Hurricane Mixer on Kyouko-san, and yet .
They think that they're showing off a fair fight?
I guess they do .
「 Despite her appearance, Kinoshitsan is an expert in combat for years 」
Minaho-neesan said .
「 Yes . She seems to be older than she looks 」
Michi, that's not how you should say that .
She looks so young that you can mistake her for a schoolgirl, but,
Kinoshitsan's only in her mid-twenties, right?
「 She has plenty of experience in combat, more than several tens than yours . You should follow her and learn 」
「 Kuromori-sama is correct . Us sisters only train in the house, hardly have any combat experience 」
Minaho-neesan and Michi told the two .
「 I-I see . I understand! 」
「 Then, we'll follow Kinoshitsan's instructions! 」
The two nodded .
The two of them are wearing Takeda Shingen clothing, so it's surreal .
Burururururururu!
The truck stopped .
Bang bang . Banging comes from the driver's seat .
Before long .
Gacha, gacha, gacha .
The door on the deck opened .
「 Okay, we've arrived one block away from the destination 」
Kinoshitsan, Edie, and Tendou Otome show up .
「 Did anyone tail us? 」
Minaho-neesan asks Edie .
「 They're over there . The yellow rental car . Their license plate has “Wa” So I found it out right away 」
Edie smiles .
「 They're on call right now, must be calling their friends over? 」
Tendou Otome said . Minaho-neesan .
「 Wait 」
She shows her face outside the truck and looks around .
「 Not there, they're over there 」
Edie holds down Tendou Otome's hand that was about to point them out .
「 Minaho's not looking for the car that was following us, she's showing herself to them 」
「 Huh? 」
「 We need to grab Irokuchou Ichirou-san's group . Therefore, we need them to come over 」
Minaho-neesan takes out her phone while saying that .
She's doing some stuff while showing her face .
「 Ah, hello . It's me, Fuji Mineko 」
She's calling Tendou Sadao .
「 It went smoothly . We've taken out the Takakura shrine daughter, the second daughter…If I recall, it was Yomiko . Yes, she's sleeping right now, she will not wake up until after 12 hours 」
Hearing that, Yomi, who's hiding with me inside the truck, smiled .
「 Also, I prepared a car for your escape . It's a mover truck, but I think that you can fit everyone in the cargo compartment . Huh? What? You don't want to move your group inside a truck? It looks like some underground theater act? But can you do anything about it? If we borrow a bus, it will stand out . Besides, you guys can't drive a bus, can you? Two-ton trucks only need ordinary permits . Yes . You only need it until you escape Tokyo . If you can't endure that, then you can abandon it at around Shinyokohama and go back to Kansai through bullet train…Buy your own tickets . I'm not going to shoulder that 」
They still complain despite having a truck prepared for their escape .
Seriously, they're not even looking at their own situation .
「 Err, right . Then, twenty minutes from now . We will come alongside the karaoke box after 20 minutes . The trade will happen there, is that good enough? What? You want us to hurry? I can't . We also have Kouzuki SS watching us . You need to wait at least for twenty minutes 」
Minaho-neesan speaks on the phone .
「 Okay, well then . That's twenty minutes, I'll call you once we arrive . Well then, that was Fuji Mineko! 」
Minaho-neesan ended the call .
「 Michi-san, go outside 」
「 Okay? 」
Michi goes out of the truck .
「 Fortunately, there are hardly any pedestrians 」
Kinoshitsan chose to park the truck to where pedestrians can't see us coming down from the truck .
「 In short, it's only the people over there that can see us 」
Irokuchou Ichirou's minions from the car that followed us .
「 Michi-san, can you see the old traffic sign over there? 」
「 Y-Yes 」
Yeah, there's a slightly twisted sign over there, it's scribbled with spray paint .
「 Destroy that one, go all out 」
「 Roger 」
Michi jumps lightly and then…
She takes out the red whip from her skirt .
「 Red Bute! 」
Bashu!!
The tip of the whip breaks the speed of sound .
Furthermore, the tip of Michi's whip has metal edge .
Jakiiin!
The traffic sign metal plate is chopped off .
「 Sei!!! 」
Michi swings her whip more .
Ga! Ga! Ga!
She shaves off the pillar continuously .
「 Last! 」
Juba!
Bamun!
I-It fell . The signpost fell!
She swings her whip again .
The traffic sign plate is cut to small pieces, and the post snapped in half .
Bekobekoben .
Karakarakaran .
That was the sound of metal fragments falling on the asphalt floor .
「 And that is all 」
Michi exhaled and places back her whip under her skirt .
「 Thank you, Michi-san 」
Minaho-neesan smiled .
「 With that, the observers will not come after us until Irokuchou Ichirou-san arrives 」
Oh, I see .
「 They don't want to get hurt alone 」
That's why Michi had her demonstration .
「 That's cool 」
Tendou Otome's surprised .
「 We can do better than that! 」
「 Than that! 」
Anjou sisters are burning with a sense of rivalry .
「 Right . Let's do it, let's do it! Okay, give me my stuff!
Kinoshita said, then goes outside the truck to do a street performance with her flail .
「 Yo-chan, let's go 」
「 Yeah, Adelheid-san 」
I look at Adelheid-san .
Adelheid-san is a bit gloomy .
「 You okay, chan? 」
Nei calls her out .
「 Ah, I'm okay . Let's go 」
Adelheid-san replied .
However .
Why did this girl think of participating in this operation?
She didn't follow Torii-san's instructions but instead did it voluntarily .
Such a question shows in my mind while we're departing .
Chapter end
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