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Seeing that the tactic was successful, Ryunosuke then made the chariot turn towards the Imagawa army again, firing off his howitzer at the enemies who were attempting to form a battle array again. Making them draw a battle array would be like signing their death sentence. He saw the other officers of the Amakusa setting their sights on the enemies who could do their job, and so he was the only one who could lead their force to attack the remaining troops. He ordered them to use their matchlocks as much as possible except when they were engaging an enemy in melee. As the chariot turned round, he then continued to fire towards the enemy, shaking them into disarray, and then again penetrating the force while killing swaths of soldiers, shaking them into more disarray.

As the chariot moved towards the supply depot, Ryunosuke saw what was happening. The soldiers of the Imagawa seemed that they were from an orgy, their disarray and mannerisms quickly gave away that they were drunk. But in their current situation, he just could not use his howitzer to defeat them. Except...

Ryunosuke pulled the chariot to a halt and examined his surroundings. By the looks of the sky right then, a storm seemed to be brewing up. That gave him an idea on how to act.

He then made the chariot move again, towards the enemy soldiers, and while the chariot was running, he aimed his howitzer at the soldiers who seemed to form an array, but sufficiently far away from the supply depot. He fired the howitzer towards the feet of the soldiers, making the cannon balls hit the ground that they stood on. This should make an impact explosion with a sound of muffled thunder, shaking the soldiers in disarray and preventing them to make an array for a short amount of time, and possibly killing some of them. He would continue to fire the howitzer that way until he was twenty paces away from the enemy, when he would use his howitzer as a sword to break through the soldiers in disarray, picking off his slashes so that he could kill the most soldiers in every swing of the weapon, until he had broken through the enemy force, shaking them into more disarray.

It had seemed that the slamming down of the bombs was a bad idea, since those bombs explode on impact on a body. And the bombs that Ryunosuke hit with his cannon were bombs that give off a dense smoke when it hits some hard body. The smoke expanded to within the area of sight of Ryunosuke, obscuring his vision. Holding his cannon to make a shot, he meditated all around him, readying himself  to shoot at the nearest bandit in range. Little by little, Ryunosuke's vision cleared up as he took aim, until even with the dense smoke he could see the bandit he had caught in his sights, along with the bandits with him. It had seemed that the bandits were intent on circling him, or he was already trapped as the bandits circled around him. In any of those situations, he had set his aim on the bandit and those with him. With a pull of the trigger, he fired towards the group of bandits, and then, setting his eyes on the bandit on his rightmost sights, he would fire the cannon towards him knocking him away and all those with him. The process is continued until the smoke clears out and he had a better vision of the bandits to see if they survived what he had done.

((Using the mask's effect on this one.))

As Ryunosuke entered the inn, he then started to look for something that would give even an inkling that they had a contact with someone either suspicious or known as a criminal boss. While Daisuke was asking for the owner of the inn, he still continued to search, hoping that they would uncover this quickly.

((This could be GMed now, if someone wishes.))

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Type of Quest: Investigation and Crackdown
Quest Info: A group of low-lifes were taking their toll on the marketplaces of Oshu by scaring away the shoppers and extorting protection money from the shopkeepers. A man seemed to behind all this, but he was not seen by the low-lifes as they were only taking orders from the messengers of that man. The name and deeds of this man must be addressed to the public, and by all means, he should be taken, dead or alive.
Location: Oshu
People Involved: Kadoya Daisuke, Ichimura Ryunosuke, Zhuo Jina, the extortionists, the boss' henchmen, the boss' messengers, the boss himself
Plot-Important: Depending on the boss' identity, might make or break the reputation of the Amakusa with the Date, and might lead to the listing of the aforementioned characters on the Bounty List.

((All right, if it's ok for you, I'll set up the quest thread.))

Ryunosuke thought about Daisuke's reply. Of course, after the incident that happened, they would settle down for a while before resuming to those acts again. But this must be solved before they spark such outrage again. Ryunosuke was adamant about this matter that he would pursue it to the utmost, though it was not the matter of a head of a local militia far away from this marketplace. All bad acts must not go unpunished.

"I do have a huge amount of time to search for someone who could wreak havoc for years to come, don't worry," he said, smiling. "The most important thing is to catch that boss, for while he is at large more people would continuously suffer from this." He then turned at the woman, and then said, "If you had more matters to settle, you must attend to them quickly, just catch up on us as soon as you finish what you ought to do; your obligation to your daimyo comes first. As if we could track the boss really fast."

Ryunosuke was surprised that the giant still woke up from that slash, and doubly surprised that he could still speak with that slit on his neck. That giant sure had lots of fat within that neck of his. But since Daisuke had some hold in this situation, Ryunosuke just stayed silent as Daisuke questioned the giant who was struck in fear. But when he heard something about the boss of the giant, he seemed interested. Now it was time to make him spill more information.

He then got the large weapon from his cart, and moved towards the giant, not to threaten him with a slash, but to tell a true story. A story that will be more effective than physical threats.

He then held the ponderous weapon with his right hand, and then said, "Just look at this weapon, and the engravings on it. As you can see, the figures engraved on this sword are images of demons. Once upon a time, there was a demon knight who wielded a weapon like this, and he ferociously struck anything that he could reach. But his rampage ended soon when a blacksmith defeated him by circling around the confused demon, dealing his fatal blows at him that made him be included with the dust of the land. The blacksmith then took the weapon, and crafted from it a larger and more ferocious weapon, that became his friend whenever he serves justice. Surely a man could not withstand the ferocity of this weapon, now that it ended in the hands of a veritable fighter like myself?"

Seeing the bandits behind him, Ryunosuke cursed, "Damn it, how did they get inside?!" He then grasped the handle of the howitzer, as if making it a large sword due to its ridges, and charged towards the bandits at the back, hoping to slice them all off with a swing. When he was finished slicing all around him in melee, he would turn around and bombard the enemies who seek entrance in the village. There should be no entry for the wicked in this village.

Ryunosuke pondered about the fact that these goons are scaring the customers away... and they were asking for "protection" fees in exchange? He then said, "Hmmm... they scare away the customers who should have given you their payment. Might be someone who wanted to get you out of your current place while they occupy it, hm?" He then moved towards the giant, and kicked him on his side to check if he's dead. "And this man over here looks intimidating enough due to his size and tendency to wreak havoc. But he's just a weakling compared with another one I have faced. Shame that he cannot speak, if he was still alive. Maybe there are some landlords who are connected with these thugs, reaching all the way maybe to the daimyo."

He then returned the weapon to the cart he brought with him, and then said, "Maybe if we could get a hold on these thugs, we would see what's going on."

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