Like everyone else, their eyes gleamed with that same eerie light.
Yet they moved like walking corpses. Once they drew near, Honmyo Yutaro picked up his daughter, who was only two or three years old, and placed her on... the slaughtering table!
His heart lurched!
Tetsu no Sosuke's pupils abruptly contracted, and what happened next filled him with fury.
Honmyo Yutaro picked up a butcher knife from beside him, sliced open the child's clothes, and moved to cut into her chest!
At that instant, Tetsu no Sosuke could bear it no longer.
In a flash, Tetsu no Sosuke appeared behind Honmyo Yutaro. He swung his hand, striking the back of the man's neck with a sharp smack. Honmyo Yutaro passed out without so much as a grunt.
The villagers inside the cave were immediately alerted. Their eyes shone with frenzied excitement as they charged at Tetsu no Sosuke.
Why would Tetsu no Sosuke fear these villagers?
Though he could not take their lives, knocking them unconscious was child's play.
He darted among them, his palm striking like an iron hammer. Smack after smack rang out, and within a few blows, he had knocked them all unconscious.
For a moment, the cave fell quiet.
Tetsu no Sosuke turned back and saw Honmyo Yutaro's daughter still sitting on the slaughtering table, her eyes vacant. She actually picked up another knife from beside her and moved to plunge it into her own chest.
Tetsu no Sosuke rushed to her side and knocked the blade out of her hand.
The little girl glared at Tetsu no Sosuke and lunged at him, clawing wildly, but he held her head in place with one hand. With the other, he took the waterskin from his waist and poured it over her head.
A moment later, the little