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Su-Won finds Yotaka almost immediately after arriving. Yotaka, disappointed to see Su-Won is not appropriately ugly to be the son of the man he abhorred so much, tells him he'd crack his skull open if he had a weapon on him. One of Su-Won's soldiers is about to kill him when Tae-Woo states Yotaka is under the Wind Tribe's protection. This spikes Kye-Sook's suspicions of the Wind Tribe, but Tae-Woo states that it's simply because it goes against his/the Wind Tribe's moral code to kill someone they've gone through the pains of saving.
Su-Won tells Yotaka he won't kill him, as he's struck a deal with Xing. Yotaka is surprised to hear this and suddenly remembers being told that Princess Yona had asked Kouren to wait before launching her attack, because she was going to speak with Su-Won personally. Su-Won procedes to instruct Yotaka to go to Xing and inform someone important of his arrival, and that Kouka won't meddle with Xing's inner quarrels. He doesn't care who comes to the conference, whether it's Kouren or someone else.
Yotaka is shocked by this, as he'd always assumed Kouka was a kingdom of evil men. Tae-Woo helps him cross the border, and Yotaka thanks him for his help. He sets out with General Nam-Sek to find Kouren, and thinks of Negur. Yotaka begins to think to himself that perhaps there were things they should have noticed earlier, and that perhaps the reason why everything they've been building towards these past 17 years came crumbling down so quickly was because they didn't fix the small but many cracks in it. Just as Yotaka is close to passing out again, Nam-Sek spots Yona&co., and Yotaka witnesses Argila, Voldo, and Mizali protecting Kouren. He wills himself to move despite his injuries and relays the message to Kouren that Su-Won has arrived, and that he is waiting for her at the border. Which sets Gobi off—he wants Kouren dead before that happens.
Kouren turns to Yona and thanks her for everything she has done for her kingdom, and when Yona asks her if she's made up her mind, Kouren says that she still feels the hatred smouldering within her, but that she doesn't want to hand her kingdom over to Gobi.
Kouren sets forth to kill Gobi, who cowardly uses a Xing woman as a shield... but she is cut in the back by one of Gobi's lackeys.
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| Laura | 24 | female | JPN-ENG translator | anime&manga fan | VN player | reviewer |
What do you think about the second to last page when Gobi shoved the girl in front of him to avoid Kouren's attack? There were a bunch of civilians around so I think the scene will have huge consequences regarding how the people regard Gobi and the Opposition. Especially since they should have noticed that Kouren froze before she could hit the girl in accident?? That completely contradicts what Gobi has been saying about Kouren and her followers (that they're mindless killing machines out for blood). Needless to say, I guess if Gobi had the opportunity, he could still have the conference with Soo-won even if the people of Xing no longer have faith in him, since Soo-won won't necessarily know that (what a twist it would be indeed!). It's hard to say what will happen though, I feel like Kusanagi always goes beyond my expectations haha.
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