The Sumo Wrestler (An Ennin Mystery #33) by Stevens Ben

Author:Stevens, Ben [Stevens, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Nanbanjin
Published: 2015-02-17T05:00:00+00:00

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We had walked only a few paces, the door of the modest wooden building closed behind us, when my master said at once –

‘We must act immediately, Suzuki-san! There is not a moment to lose…’

‘Ennin-sensei?’ the city official almost gasped in reply.

‘Contact the head magistrate of this region, or the daimyo himself – and so get several highly-trained samurai dispatched to the address we have just visited, to arrest Shige and that assistant of hers.’

‘Arrest them? What on earth for?’

‘Upon the charge of multiple murders,’ returned my master grimly.

‘But…’

‘There is no time to spare. I will provide a full explanation later. All I can say at the present is – and this is essential – do not allow Shige to touch anyone on any pretext whatsoever. As for now, I must return to that building where several thousand people – including me – observed Kato murder his opponent, and yet completely failed to realize that such a crime had just taken place…’

‘I… I…’ gasped Suzuki, his face turning quite white. Indeed, such was his obvious state of shock that I feared he might be the next one to simply ‘keel over’ and die.

‘Go, now!’ urged my master, and such was his reputation that the high-ranking city official instantly obeyed.

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