The Chest is the 695th chapter of the Kingdom manga.
Summary[]
Kan Ki soldiers start taking the captured Zhao soldiers into custody. They start to argue due to the lack of any available space for them and are surprised at how more of them keep arriving.
An exhausted Rin Gyoku meets up with an equally exhausted Koku'Ou and Ma Ron. He says he heard Koku'Ou dealt with Ryuu Fu and the guys trying to fight back. Koku'Ou says she couldn’t kill him but did severely wound him and believes he'll probably die on his own. Ring Gyoku says that he really thought this battle was the wrong move but says that Kan Ki is truly amazing but wishes he could’ve at least told his officers about his plan at least. Koku'Ou says that it seems like he only told Ma Ron about it, and he still tried to run because he didn't believe it'd work. Ma Ron says that was because it looked like they were going to lose and be wiped out. And that Kan Ki only told him about the plan at the last minute. He believes Kan Ki probably told Rai Do about the plan. Koku'Ou gets mad that Rai Do was told and gets mad further when she realizes Rai Do heard about it even before Ma Ron then even more when told that Ogiko was the messenger who told Rai Do. Ring Gyoku simply replies that Kan Ki really is hard to read with Koku'Ou having self-crisis of where she stands in Kan Ki's mind compared to Rai Do. Ring Gyoku notices something and asks Ma Ron why he looks so gloom. Koku'Ou says it's probably because the number of enemies is far larger than what they were expecting. With Ring Gyoku saying it seemed like it was kind of a big deal. Koku'Ou yells at Ma Ron to get it together and says his worries are like a booger compared to her worries with Maron telling her to shut up. Ignoring him, Koku'Ou declares that she wants to meet with Kan Ki soon and they realize how close they are to the Zhao HQ now that the battle is over. Maron sees the captured Zhao soldiers in the distance and thinks it's incredible they were able to pull off such an unbelievable strategy of making the Zhao surrender since there was no way for them to wipe them all out on their own.
Elsewhere, the Hi Shin Unit are still fighting to get past the point beyond Eikyuu and have not yet been informed that Ko Chou has been killed and the captured Zhao soldiers. They then notice that the Zhao start retreating and finally get the news of the current state of the battlefield.
With the message from Ba'In, he informs them that the Kan Ki Army has achieved victory over the Ko Chou Army led Zhao armies and death of the supreme commander, Ko Chou which leaves everyone present with a shocked expression, with exception of Na Ki. Shin accuses Ba’In of lying and the Hi Shin officers doubt the news of truth, but Ba’In assures them it’s true. Ba’In then tells them that they are charge of the current fighting and make sure to route the retreating Ko Haku Kou Army. Na Ki asks him about if the Kan Ki officers are alright and Ba’In says there's no need to say anything to a traitor, but he heard that Kan Ki and the rest of them are all fine and doesn’t know anything beyond that.
Back over at the sight of the former Zhao HQ, the officers arrive but are told that Kan Ki has already left. A soldier says someone found Rai Do so Kan Ki went on ahead. When they ask what the soldier means about "finding Rai Do" he asks them to come as well. On the way over Koku'Ou asks Maron if he didn't know where Rai Do was either and Ma Ron says he didn't because he was busy running away. The soldier says that during the right wing's battle it seems like Rai Do was captured and taken to Ko Chou's HQ. Ring Gyoku asks if it means he's dead. The soldier doesn't know the situation and says he was just told to bring them over. Koku'Ou doesn't believe that someone like Rai Do would die easily. After arriving they see Kan Ki and he points towards the heads displayed on the table.
They don't see Rai Do’s head, but Kan Ki tells them to look inside the box. They open it up and see the remains of Rai Do's corpse cut up in pieces in a puddle of blood. While they stand in utter disbelief of his death, members of the Saki Clan come by and inform them that just “extracted” information from one of the Zhao soldiers on Rai Do’s last moments as he was tortured for information on Kan Ki’s strategy. But he never said a single word before his death. Still in disbelief, Ma Ron says that Rai Do really did know Kan Ki's plan and if had said anything it would've been their complete loss.
As Rai Do’s soldiers cry over his death, Kan Ki gets up and walks over to the box while saying Haha. You were always ugly, but they just had to make you look even worse, huh Rai Do? While putting his hand into the chest of blood. I told you not to push it and just run if things looked dicey. Did you even hear me, asshole? You…Stupid Idiot. And holds the smirking head of Rai Do while staring at it with a look of rage. Koku'Ou, on the brink of tears, asks who did it and the Saki Clan says it was Ko Chou himself and his torturers. Unfortunately, Ko Chou is already dead, and the others committed suicide to escape retribution except for one.
Kan Ki suddenly asks how many, and the Saki member says just the "one". But the Great General isn’t talking to them and says that he was asking Ma Ron. The Saki member replies that he doesn’t mean. Again, the Great General asks Ma Ron how many it was.
Characters[]
Qin[]
Zhao[]
- Ko Chou Army
- Ko Chou mentioned
- Ryuu Fu mentioned
- Ko Haku Kou mentioned
High Points[]
- Rai Do smiled in his last moments.
- Koku'Ou and Ma Ron cry after founding out the events behind Rai Do's death.