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The cart begins to slowly roll away. The PC(s) spills forth three grown women, a male and a small
should elect to protect the cart from either side. boy. All of the prisoners are bound, gagged, and dis-

After a bit of travel, the group is approaching the oriented from their tumble, but alive. The bandits
edge of the Takashiro district heading east. Along charge toward the PC(s). In the distance the cart
the opposite side of the road roughly 150 feet away, driver is picking up the small boy.
a group of Japanese officials are approaching. TSUNO MOTO
CART DRIVER Hold it! Leave them!

Act natural. Let me do that talking if they stop us. A familiar voice stops the charging men in their
GM NOTE: Perform an Odds & Evens roll to see if tracks. The last man in the pack has stopped run-
the guards will stop the caravan. If the officials stop ning , and removed his mask. The PC(s) see Master
them, the party should use PhB to get out of any Moto watching the cart driver run into the temple.
trouble and convince the guards they are not up to TSUNO MOTO
anything wrong. Should the officials stop them they Men! The Cart Driver has gone into the temple with
will say: a child. I’m sure it’s Reo. We have to save him.
One of you free the other prisoners, the rest come
OFFICAILS with me. Quickly!
You there. Hold it! Where are you going? Tsuno Moto leads the group into the temple. The

PART 8 “Rest Stop” mission is to rescue the child from the cart driver at
all cost.
Location: Chugoku, Fukuyama
GM NOTE: Use the map to guide characters around
After a few hours of riding the sun sits high in the temple for this section of the adventure.
the sky. The group is nearing the outskirts of the
small suburb of the metropolis Fukuyama. On the When the cart driver is vanquished Tsuno Moto
right side of the road ahead a distance away is a old will rush to the little boy, and unwrap his face and
looking temple. hands. It is Reo! Tsuno is elated, and brought to
tears.
GANG MEMBER
We should stop and rest here don’t you think? It’s
far enough away so that we won’t attract any atten-
tion.
The cart driver nods and leads the group toward
the temple. As the group is about 300 feet from the
temple entrance a loud explosion goes off startling
the horse and killing the first two guards.
GM NOTE: All PCs should roll 1D6 Odds & Evens
for Status Effect: Frightened. NPCs receive the sta-
tus effect automatically.

The horses take off in a frenzy leaving the cart
driver to struggle to regain control. Seemingly out of
nowhere, six masked men appear and begin attacking
the group. Double teaming the remaining guards, the
bandits make short work of them. They then turn
their attention toward the PC(s).

In the distance the PC(s) can see the horse cart
tip over throwing the cart driver to the ground with
it. In the impact the box on the cart is burst open and Tsuno Moto

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