Chapter 17

## Chapter Guide

**Welcome** (ようこそ, *Yōkoso*?) is the seventeenth chapter of *Ayashimon*.

## Summary

Maruo refuses to land the final blow to Kotton after he is weighed down by the fountain water, stating that the Urara Family has no intentions of taking down the Todoroki Alliance. Kotton accepts defeat and comes to acknowledge Maruo as the latter passes out from exhaustion. Later, Maruo wakes up to find himself riding with the Todoroki Alliance who all agree to cooperate with the Urara Family and is about to hear from Kotton the backstory behind the Enma Syndicate two years ago.

## Plot Details

Seeing the droplets of the fountain water heading towards his path, Kotton uses his speed to quickly dodge them and moves back as the fountain begins to erupt. However, Maruo grabs Kotton's leg with his injured hand and tosses him through the fountain, resulting in him succeeding in soaking Kotton and weighing him down as planned. Maruo prepares to strike Kotton but stops his punch near his face to tell him that the Urara Family are not looking to take down the Todoroki Alliance despite the biker gang wanting to defeat them and that the Urara Family does not plan on losing to anyone. After becoming amused by Maruo's statement, Kotton declares the Urara Family to be the victors of the ritual duel. As he sees Urara rushing over to check on him, Maruo tells her that he won against Kotton and passes out feeling happy that he had a fun fight. Kotton tells a worried Urara that Maruo will be fine based on his judgement and states that he could tell that he is important to her, which meant to him that she was doing well leading her gang. He then gives his acknowledgement to the unconscious Maruo.

After waking up from a dream where he interacts with his younger self reading manga, Maruo hears Ten calling out to him and finds himself riding on the back of Oboro's motorcycle, much to his excitement. He then yells out to Urara after noticing her riding behind Kotton; however, since it was her first time riding on a motorcycle, Urara tries not talking to him at the risk of biting her tongue as jokingly warned by Kotton earlier. Although he admitted defeat to Maruo, Kotton tells him that he will not get so lucky the next time they fight. Maruo then replies back saying that he was a sore loser and angers Kotton, which leads to Oboro having to calm him down. Having accepted the results of the ritual duel, Kotton tells Maruo and Urara that all 2,000 members of the Todoroki Alliance are now on their side. While ridding, Oboro recommends to Kotton to use this time to tell Maruo and Urara about the events that had transpired with the Enma Syndicate two years ago. Kotton explains that he no longer affiliated with the Enma Syndicate after Kio's death since he only served him alone and that the current Enma Syndicate have made themselves out to be a gang of thugs rather than a yakuza group now that Doppo Akari is put in charge.

Meanwhile, Doppo meets with three senior members of the Enma Syndicate to eliminate them, having viewed merit as being higher than seniority in the underworld. One of the members berates Doppo for his actions, telling him that the older members of the gang disagree with how he is running things and warns him that his lack of honor will end up causing the 10,000 members across the country to take up arms. This then results in the senior member screaming in pain from the blood spewing from his neck; having broken the frozen blood from his jugular that Doppo had frozen earlier, which included the other two members. After hearing the senior member speak of honor, Doppo replies saying that he could care less about such a thing and is only focused on taking control of Kabukicho.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Maruo Kaido
* Kotton
* Urara
* Ten
* Oboro
* Doppo Akari

## Chapter Notes

* Maruo succeeds in soaking Kotton in the Shinjuku Niagara Falls.
	+ Maruo stops short in striking Kotton to tell him about the Urara Family ambitions.
	+ Kotton admits defeat and comes to acknowledge Maruo by the time he falls unconscious.
* Kotton officially declares the Todoroki Alliance's affiliation to the Urara Family as they drive off on their motorcycle.
	+ Kotton prepares to explain to Maruo and Urara what happened to the Enma Syndicate two years ago.
* Doppo sadistically eliminates three senior Enma Syndicate members.

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