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Nakura Saburou (名倉 三郎) was Mayumi's bodyguard. He takes orders from the current head Saegusa Kouichi, and serves as his confidant.
Appearance[]
Saburou is an old gentleman well into his fifties. He is described as someone who gives off the impression — not of a bodyguard, but rather that of a butler, and even more of a grandfather than a butler.
His spine is as straight as a pin, his body thin but firm; that he is definitely in 'active duty' is clearly understood from one glance. Saburou does not carry himself in any special stance, but there is a polished politeness to him like he had experience of military service, moreover it is a long service in various areas. The fact that he is used to wearing a uniform seeps through his stance.
Personality[]
Saburou is shown to be polite and courteous to other people, and is loyal to the Saegusa Family. However, Saburou's loyalty to the Saegusa Family holds a business-like aspect. He can be described as a paid mercenary, and doesn't think of himself as a member of the Saegusa Family. Mayumi states Nakura's personalty is that of a sly old fox; or a person who would follow orders, but can take actions that doesn't break the specific direct orders that he receives. He has shown this trait when he gave hints about Shiba Tatsuya's abilities to Kouichi while keeping it a secret.
Background[]
The Nanakura is an Extra, a family who is stripped of their number from the Seventh Laboratory from which Tatsuya assumed 'Nakura' belonged to. Seventh Labortory's development focuses on anti-personnel warfare thus Herd Control magic is created that is able to move over 100 objects simultaneously, but the projectiles need to be prepared beforehand with a spell to manipulate it. Nakura finds it combat ineffective to always have the bulky medium in hand, so Nanakura developed magic sequences that could use Herd Control magic at any time at the expense of reducing the number of targets that they control and using fluid as projectiles. Since the magic that Nakura developed the ability that the Seventh Laboratory had hoped for, they were stripped of their number.[1]
Before Saegusa family hired him, his main source of income came from his work as an assassin. He is one of top-notch combat magician.
While it wasn't mentioned by Mayumi when she introduced Nakura to the Shiba siblings, both surmised that he must be from an Extra family, which is later confirmed from a flashback in Mayumi's point-of-view. It also serves to prove a few of Mayumi's speculations about Tatsuya's background.
Plot[]
Nakura on behalf of Kouichi meets with Zhou Gongjin at his restaurant where they discuss the intent of Zhou Gongjin's master wishing for a friendly relationship with Kouichi who already agreed on this arrangement and they further discuss the terms of the agreement.[2]
Nakura gives his report to Kouichi the information from Zhou Gongjin about the refugees from Great Asian Union and Kudou Makoto's request and the plan to use a berserk spell to make the Parasite Dolls that is being tested on the Nine Schools Competition this year.[3]
With the Yotsuba Clan working with the Kudou Clan to capture Zhou Gongjin, Saegusa Kouichi orders Saburou to kill Zhou to hide any relationship they have with Zhou who is being sheltered by Traditionalists. So Nakura meets with Zhou Gongjin by the Katsuragawa River to offer him a place to shelter from the Yotsuba. Zhou Gongjin realizes his intent and they battle by the riverbank. Nakura is mortally wounded after being stabbed by Genjuu in the battle against Zhou Gongjin and realizing this, Nakura intends to die along with Zhou Gongjin and uses Water Needle with his blood. [4]
Legacy[]
| “ | "As long as Nakura Saburou's blood is within you, you cannot escape from me." | ” |
—Shiba Tatsuya to Zhou Gongjin[5] | ||
- The Police attempts to contact Kouichi and his sons but there are no response then they contact Mayumi to question her on Saburou's death
- Tatsuya, Miyuki and Minami learns of Saburou's death on a web article news with Tatsuya does not believe this is a coincidence
- Mayumi confronts Kouichi on Saburou's death but Kouichi refuses to tell her anything and insists that it is none of her business
- Mayumi informs Saburou's death to Watanabe Mari who suggests to consult Juumonji Katsuto and Tatsuya to which Mayumi gets flustered on asking Tatsuya for help [6]
- Mayumi asks for Tatsuya's help but she also insists that her relationship with Saburou is he is her bodyguard and she is doing this for her self-satisfaction.[7]
- Mayumi brings Tatsuya, Miyuki and Ichijou Masaki to the police station where Nakura's belongings are held
- Tatsuya concludes that Nakura used his blood to try and kill Zhou Gongjin uses Regrowth to copy the Psion information of Nakura's blood just incase
- Mayumi also believes that Saburou's souvenirs he got from Chinatown for her are hints of the nature of his missions for her which led Tatsuya to infer that Kouichi does not have full control over his subordinate.
- Tatsuya and Masaki raids the National Defense Force Uji Second Supply Base where Zhou Gongjin is hiding where Tatsuya sees the blood lodged in Zhou Gongjin's body with Elemental Sight and as if swearing an oath in saying that he will make sure his death will not be in wasted.[8]
- Tatsuya and Masaki is able to corner Zhou thanks to Saburou's blood which normally disappears after 2 weeks but has persisted in Zhou's body due to strong desires.
- Zhou avoids being captured by using a spell that causes his body to burst in flames[5]
- Tatsuya informs Mayumi that Nakura's death has been avenge to her relief[9]
- Kouichi's collusion with Zhou by sending Saburou as his representative is revealed by Yotsuba Maya to the rest of the Ten which nearly caused the Saegusa Clan to be removed from the Ten Master Clans.[10]
- After Jiedo Heigu's attack on the Ten Master Clans Conference venue, Kouichi offers to send his son to investigate the attack but changed the offer as a first step to pay for his collusion.[11]
Abilities[]
Water Needle[]
Water Needle is based from Herd Control developed in the 7th Research Institute that manipulates water and turns them to projectiles that pierces its targets.[4]
Trivia[]
- Saburou's role to serve the head of the Saegusa Family (through business loyalty), oppositely mirrors the role how Hayama serves the head of the Yotsuba Family (through master-servant loyalty).
- The kanji of Saburou's name means the following: 三 means "three" while 郎 means "young man"`