Nagato Kagutsuchi: The Dawn
Ch. 77 - Tsutomu And Kochi Yoshimitsu
Nagato and Litha manage to escape from the house guards of the Kochi Nobles and the villagers thanks to a man in his forties named Tsutomu.
"Why are you two in Kochi?" Tsutomu walked into the cave passage which was quite spacious.
Nagato did not answer Tsutomu's question because he was still upset by all the events that had just happened.
"We're just following the grandfather who was given the mission from Mr. Amaga." Litha answered Tsutomu's question while staring at the rocks around her.
Then Tsutomu explained to them that the cave they were passing through was Helai Cave because the long cave passage leads directly to the top of the mountain close to Helai City.
"You could say this is a shortcut to Helai City." Tsutomu walked ahead leading Nagato and Litha.
Nagato let out a long sigh then he paused for a moment and picked up Chibi from Litha's backpack.
"What are you doing?" Litha was surprised to see Nagato who took Chibi from her backpack.
Nagato kept silent for a moment then wrote a paper message addressed to Grandpa Hyogoro.
"Chibi, give this to Grandpa Hyo!" Nagato put the folded paper on the ground. Chibi was silent and would not accept Nagato's orders.
'This cat is looking for a cause - because of me!' Nagato was annoyed at being ignored by the Sweet Kitten.
Litha chuckles at Chibi and Nagato's behavior and the little girl tells Chibi to send Nagato's letter to Grandpa Hyogoro.
"Nagato, you need to be calmer." Litha rubbed Nagato's hair gently as Nagato was squatting looking at Chibi who ran out of the Cave of Helai.
"Why do I feel defeated by Chibi?!" Nagato muttered softly while standing up and then returned to continue the journey.
Nagato and Litha continued down the cave passage from behind Tsutomu.
Helai City was a Big City that belonged to the Kochi Nobles territory but since the appearance of the bandits who took over Helai City five months ago made the city that produced cloth and weapons into a deserted city and died because the townspeople could not supply weapons and cloth anymore.
The light of sunlight that illuminates the end of the cave is seen from a distance and there is a view of a vast forest and some residential residents from the top of the mountain.
Tsutomu invited the two of them to go to his hiding place near the mountain and the Cave of Helai.
There was a small hut that looked newly made and inside was a middle-aged man in his sixties lying on a wooden bed.
Tsutomu explains to Nagato and Litha that the sleeping man is the head of the Kochi noble family named Kochi Yoshimitsu.
"Uncle, tell me why those fucking glasses can stay in the Kochi Nobles' house?!" Nagato sat leaning against the tree as his eyes glanced at Tsutomu.
Tsutomu stared at Nagato for a few seconds then he let out a long sigh before telling Nagato about Amaga's arrival to the residence of the Kochi Nobles.
"Five years ago Mr. Yoshimitsu found Amaga badly wounded near the settlement and gave him treatment at his home." Tsutomu was silent for a few seconds with both of his hands clenched in annoyance.
"I got fired a year ago." Tsutomu is fired by Yoshimitsu who does not want to listen to his explanation despite Tsutomu's heartache while still helping Yoshimitsu when he finds the middle-aged man stranded in the river.
Litha who heard Tsutomu's story was swept away in a sad story with eyes glazed over, the little girl clasped her body to Nagato.
According to Nagato, Yoshimitsu's existence will make Amaga's plans fall apart, then Nagato looked at Yoshimitsu who was lying down and not yet awake.
Tsutomu explains to Nagato that Yoshimitsu has been paralyzed by a fall from a cliff and that a middle-aged man's miracle is still alive.
"Uncle, I have an idea .... " Nagato smiled faintly then he told everyone who was dancing inside his head.
At the same time being hilly near the settlement of the residents hundreds of bandits who turned into savage humans had died quickly due to Brother Hyogoro's sword slash.
"I've guessed Amaga has some connection with the Demon Worshiping Sect!" Grandfather Hyogoro muttered softly as he waved his bloodstained sword.
On the way to the residence of the Kochi Nobles Grandpa Hyogoro meets Chibi who comes to deliver a letter written by Nagato.
"Chibi?" Hyogoro's grandfather took the paper in Chibi's mouth and read it.
Hyogoro's grandfather was furious after reading a message Nagato had written with quick footsteps he ran towards the residence of the Kochi Nobles.
"I thought 5 years ago Amaga was a bandit leader just like the one named Amasa I killed back then!" Kakake Hyogoro processed his rough breathing and accelerated his footsteps after arriving at the Kochi Nobles residence he had been awaited by dozens of house guards and villagers who used sharp weapons to judge him.
Hyogoro's grandfather smiled wryly at the sight of a group of humans before him seeing them made recalling the past bitter.
'This fool trusts someone too much until they don't realize they've been used!' Hyogoro's grandfather looked at the hundreds of people before him.
Grandfather Hyogoro smiled sinisterly as he stepped his feet swiftly towards the house of the Kochi Nobles.
"I'm sorry .. I don't like to be stared at with the gaze of a defamatory person!" Grandpa Hyogoro twisted his body while swinging his sword to create a whirlpool that dragged hundreds of people up.
Hyogoro's grandfather enters the Kochi Nobles house and searches Cika's room after finding the girl's room he finds Amaga who is guarding Cika.
"Don't go near the killer!" amaga shouted while pointing a knife at Grandpa Hyogoro.
Hyogoro's grandfather was surprised to see Amaga's behavior even the most surprising was Cika's frightened expression when he saw her.
"Young Miss, it looks like you have to be in pain from trusting someone too much!" Hyogoro's grandfather smilingly looked at Cika and before long dozens of house guards surrounded Grandpa Hyogoro.
'Sorry Nagato, your plan failed at least I wanted to teach the girl a valuable lesson and just calm down I won't let the girl get killed by Amaga.' Hyogoro's grandfather escaped from the Kochi Nobles' house by knocking out the housekeeper who confronted him.
Hyogoro's grandfather keeps his feet in the forest and meets Chibi who has been waiting for him then he follows Chibi to Tsutomu's hideout.