The men spend about half an hour scouting out the temple and its defences. Afterwards, Manuel decides to employ a blunt approach. He lights his matchlock and strides up towards the facade. The temple is surrounded by a wall, about as high as two men standing atop one another's shoulders, but the front gatehouse has been obliterated by an explosion, letting the nanban casually walk inside. The guards, confused, don't even stop him, as he walks into the courtyard and fires, his bullet ripping into the stomach of one of the emaciated gangsters. As the gang is still stunned by the brazenness of the attack, Manuel takes the opportunity to run away, back onto the street.
After a few more confused seconds, the gang rallies, gathering weapons and charging out after Manuel, but stop as they see that the nanban has an entire group with him. The sailors form a firing line, two ranks deep. The first rank fires, before kneeling to reload, the second rank firing over their heads. Charge ruined, the gang runs back into the temple, but the sailors give chase. Afterwards, Manuel wipes his blade on a corpse, as Kyouka surveys her new property. The temple itself is mostly undamaged, with a large dojo taking up most of the space, a zen garden behind it, and a five story pagoda off to the side, rising up over the wall.
