Chapter 32: ???

"Would you please move your gun from my face?" Owen asked tiredly as the train moved swiftly on the tracks, the surroundings becoming a blur. However, Owen's request was ignored as the man, a random soldier, continued pointing his gun at Owen, causing him to sigh as he continued to sit there. He focused instead on the conversation between the group of people in front of him and Ikoma, who was teetering on the edge of unconsciousness.

Don't worry, I'll keep watch on them. Y'all just leave this end car to me," Mumei said, causing the few people there to freeze as she talked to Ayame, who seemed quite unsure what to do. After a bit, her eyes seemed to grow firm as she nodded to Mumei, causing the young girl to celebrate as she began to drag Ikoma. She then looked over to Owen and waved for him to help her, which he soon went to do. However, before leaving, he planted a heavy kick into the chest of the soldier who had pointed his gun at him. It was a kick that would have sent the man flying off the Koutetsujou if Owen had not taken hold of his leg, holding him a feet from the ground, while ignoring his and everyone else's panicked screams. 

'That should be enough,' Owen thought before he pulled the man up with little effort, noticing the fact that the man had wet himself. Did Owen care? A little, because the man wouldn't be able to clean his clothes for a couple of hours, meaning he and anyone around him would be stuck smelling urine. But it wasn't his fault; the man had been pointing the gun at him like a compass pointing north something that he would never let slide if it can be helped

"Was that necessary?" Mumei asked as Owen helped her pick up Ikoma, with his chubby friend trailing quietly behind them. They entered the car under the frightened gazes of the people, who soon cleared out at the direction of Ayame. She gave Owen a weird look before leaving herself, most likely to the front of the train.

"I can forgive a lot, but a gun in my face is a step too far," Owen said. Deep down, he knew he could still be killed by a stray bullet, something he didn't want to risk. So, he wanted to scare the soldiers so they could avoid doing something accordingly. However, Mumei seemed to not care enough to follow up. Owen took this chance to find a good area in the cart and go to sleep.

*Next morning*

Owen was chilling as he watched the show going on in front of him as he had awoken from his deep sleep 20 minutes ago and spent that time having a pleasant conversation with ikoma who was joyfully explaining how his weapon could kill the kabane and he would make me one if he could get his hands on some parts something that made owen quite interested as he made note of some of the materials he heard that ikoma said he would need.

"But yeah, Daisuke, I would like to ask you to train me," Ikoma suddenly changed the conversation's topic, his expression turning serious. However, he just as quickly received a shake of the head from Owen in response.

"My fighting style does not suit you, and it's not as systematic as our friends over there," Owen said, pointing over to Mumei, who gave him a questioning look. She was soon bombarded by Ikoma's requests and begging for her to teach him something, to which she agreed. Owen, however, was still pondering Ikoma's request.

Even though Owen's skills made him good at fighting, he knew that when it came to real knowledge and experience, he would get his ass handed to him by even some of the soldiers under Ayame.

*1 hour later*

As the soldiers burst in, pointing their weapons at Owen, the tension in the crew car intensified. Owen moved closer to the door, prepared to escape if necessary, his senses heightened, and his mind racing to assess the situation.

As the scenes from the anime played out before Owen's eyes, he observed the unfolding drama with a mix of familiarity and anticipation. Mumei's revelation as a Kabaneri and Ayame's defense of their group echoed the plotline he had watched before. However, Owen couldn't help but shake his head at Ikoma's reckless behavior, which prompted him and Mumei to intervene forcefully, preventing his self-destructive actions of yeeting himself off the train.

After the drama that took place owen went back to relaxing while watching ikoma get his shit stomped by mumei who didn't hold back with owen at one point having to splash water on ikoma's face as he got knocked out.

Sadly it was soon cut short by the fact someone came to alert them that the train will soon stop for a short funeral a resupply causing mumei to smile as she wanted to stretch her legs a ikoma to look down as train soon came to stop as everyone began to set up camp.