Sagaru Yamazaki trembled.
Kondo Group Prohibition Treaty: Anyone who leaked information about the group's activities to outsiders must commit seppuku!
There was quite a bit of room for interpretation in that rule. Did Sogo Doma count as an outsider?
Strictly speaking, he did!
After all, Sogo Doma had long since declared his withdrawal from the Kondo Group. Toshiro Hijikata could absolutely punish Yamazaki on those grounds.
Of course, under normal circumstances, whenever something involving Sogo Doma came up, Toshiro Hijikata would usually turn a blind eye—although that guy had only been back for a short time, his ties to the Kondo Group ran far too deep. Even Hijikata had a headache trying to define what Sogo was now.
But was this a normal circumstance?
Sagaru Yamazaki dared to swear on his hairstyle that this was absolutely not normal. Though he had no idea what Captain Sogo had gone over there to discuss, still—
Just the fact that he had discovered the improper relationship between the vice chief and Ape, Boss Kondo, made this situation anything but normal!
If the vice chief caught him with something to hold over him, Yamazaki was certain that the vice chief, eager to silence him, would take the chance to kill him!
Absolutely, absolutely cannot let the vice chief know that he had leaked everything. But the problem was, Yamazaki hadn't been brought in alone. Beside him stood Ono, someone who would do anything to stay alive.
At that thought, Yamazaki could not help glancing toward Ono.
Facing Yamazaki's unease, Genji Ono promptly gave him a reassuring look, then said:
"C-Captain Yamazaki, how could you leak news about the vice chief and Ape, Boss Kondo? Hurry up and commit seppuku, Captain Yamazaki..."
Captain Yamazaki, go in peace. The fewer people who knew the secret, the