C57 A Dying Charles

A dozen men were standing outside the gate, holding flashlights and guns. Cigarettes flickered in their mouths, and they looked at us suspiciously. No one spoke.

The three of us were completely dumbfounded, because these people were all Japanese. What was going on? Could it be that the people from Sakyamuni Army really did not die, and still saved us?

Without waiting for me to think it through