The black night.
The animals cried out.
The sounds, like weeping and sobbing, seemed to herald the revival of all things.
At the port.
In the courtyard beneath the dark sky.
Five corpses lay on the ground in a row, covered with white cloth.
Wearing small black sunglasses and leaning on his cane, Gato looked gloomily at the corpses on the ground.
Because of Gato's expression.
The atmosphere throughout the courtyard was unusually heavy and oppressive, as though it could drip water...
All the thugs kept their heads lowered, not daring to look at Gato.
It was as though this short merchant were some kind of terrifying beast.
Beside Gato.
There were Shimura Danzō's two masked subordinates.
As well as Gato's most capable men... the swordsman Zhuo Li and the ronin Fara.
Gato stepped forward and lifted the white cloth.
He saw the subordinate who had been killed by an arrow through the throat.
Then he lifted the other white cloths and examined how the four men had died.
Very soon.
A cold smile appeared at the corner of Gato's mouth.
"Boss... an arrow through the throat. He's a formidable fellow..."
The swordsman Zhuo Li stepped forward and spoke.
"Heh heh, according to everyone, it was Shou Yunxiao's doing. He first shot two people dead with two arrows, then fired three arrows in succession and killed three more."
"Mm."
Gato nodded.
Then he said without turning his head.
"Zhuo Li, Fara, how has our Gato Group become one of the world's leading maritime companies? What do we rely on?"
Zhuo Li and Fara smiled. "Of course it's because we're ruthless enough! Even if they're children, we kill them when they need to be killed!"
"Exactly..."
Gato's expression turned vicious.
"He dared to offend our Gato Group. I'll make him regret