"This is Mr. Xie Wen, a friend of Mr. Issho's, known in the outside world as the 'Sapphire Star.'"
Worried that the samurai on his side would cause trouble again, Kawamatsu hurried to introduce him first.
To his surprise, however, the men who had previously refused to accept Xie Wen had suddenly become well-behaved.
Although he had no idea what had happened, Kawamatsu breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Mr. Issho wanted to return because Mr. Xie Wen told him what was happening here."
"I see. You have our deepest gratitude!"
Denjiro had stayed by Kurozumi Orochi's side all this time, so he knew little about the situation here, but he had heard of Issho, who had rescued the samurai and drawn Kaido away.
Besides...
"Did you learn about us from Zou? After all these years, the Mink Tribe has produced quite a few outstanding youngsters."
Looking at the cats beside Xie Wen, Denjiro sighed with gratification.
He could tell that, aside from Klee Meow, who had just used Meow Susanoo, the other cats were strong as well.
It was just...
Why were they all cat minks?
"Klee is a Palico! Not some mink, meow!"
(=`н=)
Earlier, Fukurokuju had mistaken her ninjutsu for sorcery, and now she was being called a mink. The Little Plushie, who had not cared much at first, could no longer resist speaking up to correct him.
"Exactly! And our homeland isn't some Zou, either! We couldn't care less about a country ruled by those two idiot uncles, Inuarashi and Cat Viper, meow!"
(=`へ=)
Jinx Meow chimed in, taking the opportunity to mock Inuarashi and Cat Viper as well.
"Uh..."
The cats' reaction caught Denjiro somewhat off guard.
Still, he could tell that Xie Wen and his companions had probably had some disagreement or misunderstanding