Gintoki had not expected things to develop this way.
They had clearly come to stop Takasugi Shinsuke from attacking the Shogun.
Yet when they saw that guy on the verge of death, they still could not stop themselves from rushing in to save him.
And now they were even going to become enemies with a Marine officer.
Gintoki knew very well how much trouble this would bring.
They were making an enemy of the World Government.
But for now, they could only grit their teeth and take things one step at a time.
What he did not know was that Major Debes on the other side had his own selfish motives.
He could have simply said that he had never intended to kill Takasugi Shinsuke, resolving the conflict between them.
The problem was, he would not earn any military merit that way.
He had said before that, as a Marine Major, he did not need to concern himself with diplomacy or policy.
But military merit was something he needed.
Still, how could there be military merit without a fight?
Just taking Gintoki and the others back would not count.
He had to defeat them first, then capture them. As for what happened afterward, that would have nothing to do with Major Debes.
"To me, you..."
Major Debes's voice turned cold.
The pressure belonging to a powerful fighter began to spread from him.
His blade-sharp gaze scraped across Gintoki's utterly indifferent face.
"Where do you get the nerve?"
"Ah!!"
Before he could finish those harsh words.
Gintoki suddenly looked as though he had discovered a new continent.
He raised that battered wooden sword and pointed it over.
His dead-fish eyes widened as they stared at the surface of Major Debes's skin.
A faint purple glow was radiating there from the effects