Chapter 563 - Gabriel’s Secret (2/2)

Zhang Heng paid attention to the situation’s development as well. It was rare that he got the exact whereabouts of the five great katana in this world. Of course, he wanted to take this opportunity to get his hand on Juzumaru. This meant he needed to locate Kirino Tos.h.i.+aki before the s.h.i.+nsengumi—this would prove more than challenging as Tobaku had many supporters in Kyoto. Despite all that, they still failed to figure out where Kirino Tos.h.i.+aki was hiding now. And Gabriel, on the other side, was still putting up a great act, successfully driving away from his pursuers, which had been following him for days. Since Kirino Tos.h.i.+aki was in town now, no one had the time to keep following him around.

So Gabriel found Zhang Heng that afternoon and asked secretly, “Are you available tomorrow night?”

“Huh?” Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.

“I’m attending a significant banquet tomorrow night, and I need you to be there to help me with translation. Don’t worry, if it is done well, I will pay you ten koban, all at once,” Gabriel added.

The translation work asked of him was easy and comfortable so far, and it did not match the generous pay Gabriel showered on him. Zhang Heng knew that good things such as this had the nick of not lasting forever. Now, Gabriel was about to ask Zhang Heng to do what he was supposed to do after taking all those koban from him. He believed as long as he said yes to Gabriel, he would know what was hiding inside his sleeve tomorrow night.

It seemed like it was not easy money, after all.

No matter what Gabriel intended to do, it was obviously not something that could be revealed. Zhang Heng was not naive enough to think that Gabriel believed he’d keep the secret from him. Hence, it was not hard to predict what Gabriel would do to him after the whole thing was over.

Zhang Heng needed to make a quick decision if he should risk it or not. If it were purely for the reward of the ten koban, then he would turn around and leave-he had made a lot of money during this period anyway, and Akane Koyama had mentioned she wanted to exempt his rent. However, Zhang Heng rejected her offer. No matter what, he could continue being a translator for Gabriel, except he might not receive as much money as he did.

But what interested Zhang Heng was the people Gabriel worked with.

Now, he knew that it was the shogunate who’d been following Gabriel all this while. It could only mean that Gabriel was most likely siding with Tobaku. And it happened that Zhang Heng was looking for Juzumaru, and Kirino Tos.h.i.+aki might fall in the hand of Tobaku supporters.

Zhang Heng found it hard to say no to Gabriel. This was the only useful clue he had at the moment. Since he was confident in his swordsmans.h.i.+p, Zhang Heng said yes to Gabriel after a short while considering. The latter seemed relieved.

“Excellent, let’s meet at our old spot tomorrow night.”