Chapter 286: Chasing Quotas (Two-in-One)
Slashing through his fellow worker's bonds, the young miner rallied the others. Together, they snatched up the samurai's long and short swords and cut the rest of the captives loose.
By the time the Sika Deer Squad wiped out the Cloud Ninja company, the surviving samurai had scattered.
The samurai were mercenaries here for a paycheck, not to throw their lives away. Swinging their swords at miners might pass as noble Bushido, but swinging them at ninjas? Better not—it was too easy to chip a blade.
The miners bolted toward the coastline.
The young miner, however, sprinted up the hillside, heading straight toward Yako.
"Thank you for saving me!" the young miner said. "My name is Ozora!"
Ozora could tell the ninja in the Fox Mask had a favorable impression of him, so he mustered the courage to speak.
"You're not bad," Yako said. "Have you studied samurai sword techniques?"
"When I worked as a servant in a noble's mansion, I used to secretly watch the samurai train."