Nagato Kagutsuchi: The Dawn
Ch. 81 - City of Strands
One day after the day that Nagato had managed to unmask Amaga, the three of them were watching the bandits in Helai City.
Nagato, Litha and Grandpa Hyogoro the three of them were stalking the bandits who were controlling Helai City.
Hyogoro's grandfather made a plan to eradicate the bandits who had controlled Helai City for 5 months.
Nagato and Litha were only given the task of freeing the hostages of the townspeople who were told to do forced labor.
Hyogoro's grandfather went down the hill and immediately ran towards the residence of the mayor's house controlled by the bandit group.
"Clean." Hyogoro's grandfather took a deep breath in one breath then he cut the door of the mayor's house made of wood. There were hundreds of bandits drunk and staring at Grandpa Hyogoro who had just cut the door with his sword.
Hyogoro's grandfather slashed the head of every bandit in one slash of his sword even this fight for him was very insignificant because for one day he watched every move - the bandit's grunts and all was as he expected.
"I didn't expect that the city guards were also part of this bandit!" Hyogoro's grandfather saw the man who had died from the slash of his sword wearing the clothes the city guards wore.
Hyogoro's grandfather continued to enter room after room after room when he met bandits he could easily defeat him before long he saw a man in the room sitting at the bedside having sputtered a city girl.
"The Age of Youth!" Hyogoro's grandfather stared coldly at the man as he ran slashing the man's hands making the woman who was lying low and crying surprised even the middle-aged man who looked like the subordinate closest to Amaga it didn't react.
"Aragh!" The man grimaced in pain as he felt an immense pain from his two hands that had been severed due to Grandpa Hyogoro's sword slash.
"Miss, sorry I came late must have hurt." Hyogoro's grandfather was sad because ever since the Kagutsuchi Clan and Pandu's death made the Kai Empire even more chaotic.
"Follow me!" Hyogoro's grandfather grabbed the man's hair and threw him out of the house until the mayor's house's glass broke.
"You kill this old man!" the man shouted to his members but no one came out. With a pale face the man wanted to scream but Grandpa Hyogoro strangled his neck so that the man could not make a sound.
Hyogoro's grandfather took a rough breath and ran towards the middle of the city and then dropped the body of the bandit man.
The entire townspeople who were looking from the windows of their houses were shocked and some of them came out to see the bandit leader of one of the Amaga groups had been dying but the faces of the townspeople turned pale when they saw hundreds of bandits chasing the youngster who was none other than Nagato who ran towards Grandpa Hyogoro's place.
Nagato smiled when he saw the look on Grandpa Hyogoro's face that could not believe that there were still hundreds of gun factory bandits guarding the place.
"Grandfather Hyo! This is the last one!" nagato shouted as hundreds of bandits got closer to him.
Hyogoro's grandfather stroked his chin to see Nagato who had not killed the bandit and chose to follow his words.
"Water Whirl!" Hyogoro's grandfather did a pair of horses - the front horse with a hand that held a sword that was slung on his waist he made a whirlpool that threw hundreds of bandits.
The townspeople were shocked that someone had saved them. Hundreds of bandits floated in the air with frightened faces as they saw Grandpa Hyogoro holding his sword and preparing to slash those who had fallen down.
"Flowing Like Water!" Grandpa Hyogoro stepped forward then he slashed quickly every bandit that fell down then before they fell Grandpa Hyogoro sheathed his sword slowly.
"Rain Cry." When his sword was drenched in the splashes of blood like rain water from the body of bandits made the middle streets of the city become blood red.
"Grandfather Hyo, don't want me to be like him but I always see this sadistic style when with Grandpa Hyo!" Nagato muttered softly and before long Litha came along with hundreds of men who were forced to work in the weapons factory.
Litha is shocked to see the blood soaking through the streets of the city and hides from Nagato because the little girl is still not used to all this despite trying to look ordinary.
Nagato approached Litha then she stroked Litha's fine hair.
"Litha, I want you to live an ordinary life so as not to see anything like this again." for some reason Nagato saw the little girl with him making him want to protect her but he did not want to see Litha enter into this cruel world.
Litha held Nagato's hand which stroked her hair then she stared intently at Nagato.
"I have a dream! I want to go out and see the outside world and travel around the world!" Litha stared intently at Nagato, making Nagato speech speechless.
"I want to see the flying whale my mother always told me about!" Litha smiled sweetly at Nagato.
Nagato was stupefied at Litha's words and his face flushed slightly at the smile of the little girl in front of him.
'Litha, if that time comes I will accompany your journey and protect you.' Nagato said inwardly and felt his heart so warm when he saw Litha's smile.
Time continued to pass making the bright light of sunlight change into a starry night sky above the town of Helai.
A few hours after burying the bodies of bandits with the townspeople made Nagato want to rest his body.
Nagato thought of Litha's words that made him want to have a dream but when he tried to think about it all he had in his head was Kazan's and Disaster's Highness's face which made him recall his hatred.
"Flying pope? Did I hear wrong?" Nagato muttered thinking about Litha's words then he fell asleep.
Litha in the next room was feeding Chibi with her favorite fish.
When Litha closed her eyes she remembered Nagato's angry face when he hit Amaga because the man had accused her of killing one of the guards who resembled Amaga.
Litha hugged a roll and smiled - a smile of her own before she fell asleep.
While in the middle room of the largest inn in the city of Helai is being held a party by the residents of the city because it has been free from the clutches of bandit groups.
Hyogoro's grandfather drank all his wine and ate the meat presented in front of him.
'I want to escape my regrets!' Hyogoro's grandfather drank his wine back even 5 more barrel he finished off the wine in the middle room of the inn.
Not long Grandpa Hyogoro with the city residents lying on the floor of the inn and enjoying the atmosphere of a peaceful night back in the city of Helai although it is unfortunate because the mayor has died 5 months ago since the attack was carried out by the bandit Amaga.
"Why are there 5 months of no response from the empire?" Grandpa Hyogoro muttered as he was asleep hugging the barrel of wine. In his mind there is a man in charge of all these events.