"Destroy the Lifting Platform," Tetsu no Sosuke said.
The two exchanged a glance without a word, then turned back and dismantled the crank...
That was the true nature of the "elevator."
It was actually powered by hand.
Once someone stepped onto it, the two members of the Hidden would start turning the crank nonstop. Turning it forward raised the platform; turning it backward lowered it.
Now that it was no longer needed, they simply dismantled the mechanism. With a clang, the Lifting Platform plunged to the bottom of the deep pit and smashed to pieces.
Tetsu no Sosuke could still hear Komiyazaki and Yamamoto Yasumoto cursing inside.
His brow furrowed slightly. It was not their curses that bothered him, but whether the presence of those two might introduce some unforeseen complication.
What if Kibutsuji Muzan took a liking to one of them and created another member of the Twelve Demon Moons?
That possibility was not out of the question.
"Though it was meant for Kibutsuji Muzan, this might be a bit like using a cannon to kill a mosquito, but..." Tetsu no Sosuke smiled and told the two members of the Hidden, "Before you evacuate, detonate the explosives below."
"Understood!"
Everything had long since been prepared at the mine entrance, where the Serpent Pillar and the Love Pillar stood guard. When they saw Tetsu no Sosuke emerge with Noro Kira, they immediately fetched a black cloth and covered him with it.
All Noro Kira felt was darkness descending before someone lifted him up, and by the time his feet touched solid ground again, he was already inside a cage.
"Move out!"
The setting sun hung low on the horizon, and Tetsu no Sosuke's brow furrowed slightly.
It... would be dark soon!
Traveling like this, they would inevitably struggle