Chapter 13

Blood and Thunder (BLOOD AND THUNDER) is the thirteenth chapter of the Trigun manga. It is also the final chapter of the second volume of the Tokuma Shoten release and the first chapter of the second volume of the Shōnen Gahōsha release.

Summary
Vash tries to bargain with a shoe cobbler and afterward, daydreams about Rem. After a small scene involving some kids, Vash meets a man known as Legato Bluesummers. Legato talks with Vash via telepathy and details that he's associated with Knives. Furthermore, Legato informs Vash that Knives is currently recovering from the injuries that were inflicted on him by Vash. He also warns him that where ever he goes, Knives will follow and kill him. Before leaving, Legato details that 12 gunmen will hunt him each carrying a single piece of one of six halved coins. It's then that the shoe cobblers wife runs into the center of the town claiming her husband was murdered and his head was decapitated. As it turns out, the paper bag that Legato left behind on the bench he sat at had started to leak blood.

That night at an undisclosed location, Legato visits a silhouetted individual who spent 20 years imprisoned. Playing with a halved coin, Legato the person repays the favor.