With this suspicion in mind, I questioned the messenger further.
According to his description, the attackers had yellow skin, black eyes, and many of them were not very tall. I realized that the ones attacking Death Pass weren't from the Company—they were an entirely different group of visitors!
I didn't flee. Instead, I rushed toward the pass. Once I arrived, I grabbed a pair of binoculars and took a closer look. Immediately, I spotted several Japanese men hiding outside the pass, occasionally firing shots at the defenders. These Japanese were highly organized, staying just outside the range of the guards' arrows and even building some simple defensive structures to protect themselves from incoming arrows.
Their guns had a much longer range than the defenders' bows, meaning it was only
