Pay more!
He wanted to reply with that, but the most important thing now wasn't the payment. It was... how to deal with it if the other party came knocking.
According to Duan Mu's original expectations, hiding inside the tavern should have been safe, because Big Sis Kūkaku had set up many spiritual patterns unique to the Shiba Clan for him.
They included not only spiritual patterns that blocked detection, but also many binding and attack patterns and barriers.
Of course, the spiritual patterns that blocked detection had already become useless when they released those villains.
When Duan Mu let those villains leave, he had actually planned to...
Kill every villain who knew Nishijin-ori was hidden here!!
But Diao Ao and the others staying behind had made him abandon that idea.
Even so, even if the other party learned from those villains that Nishijin-ori was hidden here, Duan Mu wasn't without confidence in dealing with them. He had those binding and attack patterns, combined with his current strength.
As long as the other party was still within the category of a 'Lieutenant Captain,' he should be able to deal with them when he had the element of surprise.
Even if he couldn't deal with them, trapping them for a while shouldn't be a problem. He could use that time to take Uzuki to the Shiba Clan.
But if the other party was a Visored, the situation would be different.
Although Nishijin-ori's description suggested that the other party didn't have a Hollow mask and merely had traces of Hollow aura mixed into their spiritual pressure, that alone meant they couldn't be treated as an ordinary 'Lieutenant Captain.' Moreover, Duan Mu also had to consider the possible consequences afterward.
Was it worth being targeted by Hair Gel Hand for the sake of