Salute To The General

"Are you two okay?" inquired Hidetake with a hardened face.

Even though Bunta and Takeshi were injured, they dared not admit it.

Instead, they insisted that they were fine.

"You're both good for nothing. You just embarrassed me!" sneered Hidetake. "I need somebody to cut their head off as a warning to the others."

Those beside Hidetake immediately advised when they heard the general, "Sir, it's true that Bunta's and Takeshi's performance left much to be desired, but this isn't the time for punishments!"

After some thought, Hidetake agreed to spare the two. "Fine. However, this doesn't mean I'll forget about their failure. I'm simply offering them a chance to redeem themselves."

Bunta and Takeshi immediately thanked the general for the show of mercy and promised to make up for their failure.

"You can make all the promises you want, but they won't mean a thing until you have something to show for it," scoffed Hidetake in response.

Hidetake shifted his attention to Nathan. The look in his eyes was so intense that it seemed as if a storm was brewing inside him. "I'm giving you one last chance, Nathan. You'd better take your men with

half-smile, Nathan took off his Leviathan mask to reveal his handsome face and stern eyes. "You took the words

me tell you something. If we were to go to war here today, the news would only mention briefly how the

that, Nathan chuckled

wipe out your men and cut off your head? Maybe reporters of your country will even talk about how Hidetake Tokugawa,

passed

illness."

who dies. The one

of their nations would reveal the truth.

rules, but neither wanted to do so outside

you have

Nathan calmly. "If you leave, not only will you get to live, but you'll also spare your people from a

five thousand elite soldiers, while you only have a few hundred men. Do you believe that I can wipe you out