Attack Is the Best Defense

Hero: "Are we setting out again, crossing two counties to return to that little harbor?"

"Then why did we come to Omori village? Just for these two plots of land? We might as well have gone back from Cuyu City and saved a third of the journey."

Always traveling on the road, even heroes with superb martial arts and boundless energy would grow tired.

Pan Yun said, "We're not returning to the little harbor. We'll go straight to Yunotsucho, take a ship from Yunotsucho to Nanao Port, then set out for home from Nanao Port."

Pan Yun casually dropped a bombshell. "Nanao Port belongs to us now."

The heroes were dumbfounded, their faces full of confusion. "Belongs to us?"

Pan Yun nodded. "That's right. Ouchi Norihito ceded the port to us as compensation. Besides that, there are three ships. I just agreed to give Masuda Shinta one ship in exchange for them building Yunotsucho Harbor. We'll get half the operating rights to that harbor."

The heroes: ...

Only after a long while did the heroes find their voices. "A-Are we going to stay in Japan from now on?"

"I don't want to—" one hero wailed. "This godforsaken place where even birds won't shit! We don't know the language or the customs. What are we staying here for?"

"Exactly! We only came to avenge ourselves. Once the revenge is done, we should go home. What use is a port here?"

"Daoist Priestess Pan, although we respect you, you can't force us into doing maritime trade with you, can you? Smuggling and sea trade are against the law!"

"That's right. We went to sea for revenge. Once we've avenged ourselves and claimed our merit, we'll return home. Cooperating with the Japanese people to run a harbor now—wouldn't that make us Sea Pirates?"