Chapter 158 sA Strange Power / Mask, the Third” (1/2)

Chapter 157 “A Strange Power / The Broken Motorcycle” Chapter 159 「Intermission / Unaware」

Translator: Ranzan

「…what are you doing?」

「Nothing worth intro-ducing myself for.」

「I haven’t asked that anyway, it’s pretty obvious from how you talk.」

With the girl’s unique speaking while pausing, there was no doubt who it was.

「You’re wr-ong.」

She cleared her throat.

「I’m not intro-ducing myself…I have no…name.」

「I’m starting to feel deja vu talking to you like this.」

He was half shouting at her. He remembered that he had the exact same conversation the first time he met her.

「Let me just ask though, did someone teach you to look like that?」

「Of…course.」

「…heh!」

What do you mean, the girl twitched her head aside as if to say.

Taiyou spit out a laugh at her without thinking. Like a girl…way too much like a girl.

Shirokiyami, the strongest swordsman, the beautiful girl who had attacked the seven wives of Taiyou.

While Taiyou was conversing with the girl, Leticia’s men were moving forward and eventually tied up all the beaten women of Saegusa Tsukumo.

Looking back, he asked the girl more.

「I mean, what is that? That colorful mask of yours that may or may not match your code name. You should have picked white (shiro) and black (yami).」

「My name…isn’t Shirokiyami…」

「What?」

「My name…my name…」

「You said at first you don’t have one. Don’t worry, you don’t have to think one up.」

「…Mask…the Third.」(a play off Lupin the Third)

「The famous thief?!」

「Let me just tell you…this cute girl is sca-ry…」

「You’re getting it mixed up.」

「I’ll cut…you!」

「Run! The cutest girl in the world is here! Run!」

What a gratifying conversation these two were having.

He knew why this girl had come out with a mask on, and after talking to her he seemed more at ease.

It was a short moment, but so much already hadn’t gone right…nothing was different…so this casual talk with this girl had the calmness of being at home again.

He wanted it too feel even calmer, but he had to check something first.

「I see…I could care less about your name. But could you tell me the reason that you’ve come here?」

「Your wife…I have…her.」

「I knew it.」

「What is she talkin’ about?!」

Leticia stuck her head out the window.

「So ya know who this girl is?」

「Don’t you know her?」

「Sure! Shirokiyami, White-snow death goddess. The strongest swordsman, pretty famous as a human weapon for her tactics.」

「Tactics? Don’t you mean technique?」

「Yeah.」

「Huh…I guess I get it.」

Someone like Taiyou that thinks of purpose and means as different things means that he thinks of strategy and technique also as different.

A strategic human weapon. It would be too much of an exaggeration for some to say that about one person, especially about a young beautiful maiden, which Taiyou thought was strange.

He thought it was strange because he had actually fought her before.

「Well, this seems like fate. But, the wife you’re holding, is it Aoba?」

Mask the Third nodded slightly.

「That idiot! Youran Juunishima?!」

「She’s in my hands as of the last…new moon.」

「Now that’s a cool way of saying it!」

「Ya had a mysterious strength…right? What’s yer purpose? The reason ya carried her off?」

Leticia had the tone of demanding an answer. Taiyou and this girl had an unknown incident before he came to this island, and she was worried at how familiar they were.

「…」

「Answer me!」

Leticia shouted, but Taiyou raised a hand to quiet her.

「What the?」

「If it’s Youran you’re worried about, she’s okay. I can assure you.」

「…what does that mean?」

Leticia toned down, but began staring now at Taiyou.

Taiyou ignored her and asked Shira…no, Mask the Third.

「I have a thought for you.」

「Gul-p.」

「Don’t say you’re gulping.」

「I can assure her life and fi-delity.」

「Thanks.」

He already knew that she was okay, but he wanted to make sure that she wasn’t his enemy.

No, if she was there to fight him, there’s no reason she would have arrived wearing a mask. Even though it was obvious who she was, because she was concealing who she was it was proof she was not hostile to Taiyou and the others. If you thought about the reason why she didn’t fight before, it was clear.

She was the one that stole Youran and Aoba from Saegusa Tsukumo.

With this is mind, Taiyou could finally relax. He lifted his head up, and breathed out all the air in his lungs in relief.

「Well.」

Once that was over he faced Leticia and looked straight at her.

「Why ya doin’ that?」

「I want to borrow something from you.」

「Borrow somethin’?」

「Yeah, just any of the cars you have.」

「You gonna kill her?」

「Yeah, I will.」