Tsurugi's Dilemma

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"Yotsuyu must be deceiving Tsurugi regarding his disease." Norisuke spoke under his breath. "And he's trying to lure us down there as some kind of trap."

"Yeah, and he probably has something to do with Yoshikage's death, too. That's why I thought you might want to be a part of this fight, Gappy. Maybe there's something you could learn about yourself." Otherwise you would've just tried to deal with the guy on your own. "Have you spotted Yotsuyu out here, anywhere, Wamuu?" You knew he had the best senses out of all of you.

"No, I haven't. My apologies." The Pillar Man continued scanning the surrounding area. "There may be another aspect to his Stand. Invisibility or camouflage, perhaps?"

"Well, if he went back underground, we should go after him." Decided Gappy. "Is there a way to open the hatch, Norisuke?"

"It's not like it's made for a nuclear shelter or anything. It's just the door to a fruit storage shed." So, Norisuke didn't think getting in was going to be the difficult part.

"I'll go down there and get your stuff back, (Y/N)." Gappy started walking toward the hatch.

"No, no, no." You closed the distance you had been keeping in order to pull him back. "It's my stuff and you're the one he wants to kill. We don't even know if he went down there. At the very least, I'm not going to let you go down there alone. And remember: don't let him touch you."

"I'm here, too, guys..." Norisuke was feeling a little left out. "There's three of us. You're both second to Tsurugi, though."

Gappy leaned back on a rock and gasped when he felt someone stroking his fingertips. He jumped back. "It was from behind that rock! Someone just touched me! They touched my hand!" He brought out his Stand, ready to attack.

You and Norisuke peered around the rock. No one was there.

A hand reached out from under one of the broken beams and touched Norisuke's leg. He leaped away from it, not seeing anyone under there, either. "Let's get back! What you said was right! He's still hiding here somewhere!"

"Since he's up here, there isn't really a reason for us to go down, then. We just need to catch him." You proceeded to point at the broken wood and rubble. "Do you think you could blow some of this away, Wamuu? Let's give him less hiding spots. Is that okay with you, Norisuke?" It was his property, after all.

"Yeah, that's fine." He'd have to get it cleaned up at some point.

The Pillar Man tried his best to do a light version of his Divine Sandstorm, blowing away most of the debris.

"Wait a second." Norisuke looked elsewhere at his yard. "Something is different again."

All of you could hear a faint rustling.

"Which part is different?" Gappy moved closer to the Higashikata and followed his gaze. "I don't see anything like the flower pots from before."

"Well, both of you did get touched by him." So you made the logical conclusion that a different object was being drawn toward them.

"Chestnuts." Wamuu was first to make out what it was. "There are dozens, maybe hundreds of them."

Norisuke's eyes widened tremendously as he turned around. "They're behind us, too! Blast it! We're surrounded! This is bad! We have to get away! Run!"

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