Chapter 214

## Ikazuchi-Class Destroyer vs. Karafuto Ferry

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**Ikazuchi-Class Destroyer vs. Karafuto Ferry** (雷型駆逐艦VS樺太連絡船, *Ikazuchigatakuchikukan VS Karafuto Renraku-sen*) is the 214th chapter of the *Golden Kamuy* manga.

## Synopsis

The inhabitants of the Karafuto Ferry comes out, wondering what the explosion was and if there is another war starting up again. Heiji Koito has his men send a signal to the ferry to stop their engines immediately but Sugimoto demands that they not stop and that since the 7th Division are after Asirpa, they would dare not to sink the ship and to keep going ahead at full speed.

The captain of the ferry tells him that even though the 7th Division’s destroyer is way behind them, they are still faster than their ferry and will catch up to them in no time. Sugimoto takes a look out the window and orders them to cut across the strip of ice ahead but the captain refuses, saying that doing so would sink their ship.

Despite this, Sugimoto says to find a spot that is narrow enough for them to cross but the captain exclaims that the ice is at least 100 meters across everywhere and that at this time, the drift ice extends all the way to Wakkanai as well. Sugimoto takes a look through his binoculars and suggests to lower the ship’s speed and aim the bow at a certain strip of ice.

The crew of the destroyer notices that the ferry is changing course and that they might try to escape east at which Heiji orders to block their way forward by firing some shells at them. This works to Sugimoto’s plan as they find that the explosion has destroyed the block of ice in their way and the ferry speeds up to cross it.

Heiji realizes that Sugimoto’s Group is not afraid of being hit by their attacks since they have Asirpa with them and that they have no choice but to chase them down and block their path. However, they find a drift ice blocking them and begins to slow down, much to Sugimoto’s Group’s excitement. Their joy is cut short when the destroyer begins to fire away at the ice. Asirpa comes up with a plan and tells Shiraishi to gather up some white clothes from the residential rooms.

The destroyer sees that the ferry has stopped and are turning around back towards them, allowing the soldiers to board the ship but the captain reveals that Sugimoto’s Group just got off the ship. Kikuta does not believe him as all of their boats are still loaded to the ship and tells the soldiers to search the entire ship. Using his binoculars, Tsurumi finds a stairwell and realizes that Sugimoto’s Group must have used it to get off the ship while they were momentarily stopped and that they are currently on the drift ice. When they are unable to find Sugimoto’s Group on the drift ice, Kikuta believes that the captain must’ve been lying about them getting off and to check the ship once more.

Heiji warns Tsurumi that the drift ice moves quickly and that if they don’t leave immediately, they will be unable to move. When Tsurumi relents, Usami says that he will go down onto the ice and chase after Sugimoto’s Group but Tsurumi declines it, saying that they have a sniper in their group and that he would just be easy picking for them on the drift ice. Tsurumi orders that all of the ground troop will head onto the ferry to Wakkanai and to check the ship once again to be certain and to check the villages on the Okhotsk Sea Coast once they make land. As Tsurumi laments that he is unable to speak with Asirpa about certain topics, Sugimoto’s Group celebrates that the 7th Division is no longer chasing after them.

Shiraishi comments that he is feeling hungry at the moment and Asirpa tells Sugimoto to look for some seals sleeping on the ice. As Shiraishi sits down and looks into the water, he sees a group of creatures which Sugimoto identifies as cliones and Shiraishi wonders if they are edible and if the Ainu has a way of eating them. Asirpa denies it and that since they do not eat them, they do not even have an Ainu name for them. As Sugimoto’s Group travels across the drift ice, a white bear sniffs their scent from nearby.

## Character Appearances

* Heiji Koito
* Tokushirou Tsurumi
* Saichi Sugimoto
* Asirpa
* Yoshitake Shiraishi
* Kikuta
* Usami
* Vasily