Recalling the memory fragments evoked by Kiryu's question just now, Qingto could not help but ask himself the question that he had silently recited several times in the past few days:
Am I...awakening the hidden personality of the "fighting maniac"?
During the period after the war, Aomori couldn't help but feel astonished every time he recalled the whole battle between him and Suehiro.
When did I become a person with this kind of personality...? ?
When I competed with others in various fighting skills before, I had never experienced this feeling of getting more and more excited as I fought, and my whole body seemed to be floating in the clouds.
Could it be that the previous battles were too "low-end", not the kind of fight to the death where the whole body was tense, so it couldn't arouse my emotions?
Then...it seems a bit like a pervert...
For the first time in his life, Qingdeng wondered if there were any hidden perverted elements in his character...
When Qingto's mind wandered to an unknown place, Kiryu's question suddenly brought Qingto's mind back to reality.
"...Tachibana-kun, are you interested in the sword-drawing technique?"
"Ah?" Qingden turned to look at Kiryu who was helping him wrap the linen, "What's wrong? Why are you asking me this suddenly?"
"It's nothing." Kiryu said with a smile, "When I went to change other people's dressings, I overheard them discussing topics related to the sword-drawing technique, so I just asked you casually."
"Oh, that's it." After listening to Kiryu's extremely reasonable explanation, Qingto no longer cared much about why Kiryu asked him this question.
"The art of drawing swords... I'm quite interested in it."
"I've always liked moves that can knock down the enemy with one move."
"The art of drawing a sword happens to be the pursuit of 'killing with one blow'."
"If you can master the art of drawing a sword, the available attack methods will be enriched in one fell swoop."
"If I have the chance, I would also like to learn the art of drawing a sword."
"However, the Natural Rishin-ryu I am currently studying does not teach the art of drawing swords."
At this time, Qingdeng changed into a half-joking tone.
"So right now, I probably won't have the chance to experience any sword-drawing techniques."
"Tachibana-kun, you like those moves that can knock down the enemy with one move..." Kiryu said with a smile, "What a coincidence, I also like those moves very much."
"When I used to learn swordsmanship from my father, I loved practicing the 'one-hit-kill' moves."
"Huh? Boss Kiryu, do you know how to use a sword?"
"Yes." Kiryu raised the corner of his mouth, "I once learned swordsmanship in Edo, and I know a little bit of swordsmanship."
"Boss Kiryu, you really have many talents... So, boss Kiryu, which school do you study under?"
"...Feiyan Canxinliu."
——Feiyan Canxinliu?
Qingto, who had never heard the name of this genre before, had no time to show his confusion when Boss Kiryu said quickly:
"Ju-kun, you probably have never heard of this genre, because it is an extremely unpopular genre with almost no one studying it and no one knowing about it."
Qingdeng nodded: "Feiyan Canxinliu... your name is quite majestic."
"The older you get, the more you feel that time flies by." Kiryu's cheeks now felt a bit lonely, "In the blink of an eye... I have been practicing this 'Feiyan Canshin-ryu' This was all seventy or eighty years ago.”
"Seventy or eighty years ago... Speaking of which, Boss Kiryu, I still don't seem to know how old you are."
"I am 92 years old this year."
"92 years old..." Qingto was stunned, "Boss Kiryu, I feel that in terms of mental outlook, some middle-aged people in their 30s and 40s can't compare to you."
"Hahahaha, thank you for the compliment. Okay, the linen has been tied, you can get dressed."
"Mr. Tachibana! Mr. Tachibana! Are you there?!"
At this time, a very loud voice came from outside the room.
"Komuro-kun?" Qingden raised his eyebrows toward the door, "I'm here, please come in."
As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, the sliding door of the room was immediately and unceremoniously opened, and the white and fat body of the small room appeared in front of Qingdeng.
"Mr. Kiryu, you are here too." Seeing that Kiryu was behind him, Komuro quickly bowed to Kiryu as well.
"Komuro-kun, why do you have a sudden visit?" Qingto asked.
Komuro laughed heartily a few times: "Hahaha, nothing happened! I just finished visiting Mr. Angoulême and was bored, so I thought I would also come and visit you, Mr. Tachibana."
After saying that, Xiao Shi walked to the opposite side of Qingdeng and sat down cross-legged.
Qingdeng, who helped them repel the incoming "anti-Yi patriots" and had a close friendship with them, was their comrade-in-arms and benefactor.
Therefore, in the past few days, Komuro and others treated Qingdeng as if they wanted to burn incense and worship.
The title of Qingteng has also changed from the original "Tangerine" and "Mr. Orange" to "Mr. Orange". When talking to Qingteng, he also uses the highest level of honorifics.
However, thanks to the respect that Komuro and others have for Qingnobo, the relationship between Qingnobo and Komuro has become much closer.
It has become one of the most common sights these days for Xiaoshi and others to come to Qingdeng to "visit".
Qingdeng sat back to make more space for the small room sitting cross-legged in front of him, and asked:
"Komuro-kun, have you just finished visiting Mr. Angoulême?"
"Oh, yes."
"How is Mr. Angouleme now? Is his mental state better?"
"How should I say..." Komuro scratched his scalp which was particularly shiny due to his Tsukiyo hair. "It's a little better, but it should still take some time to heal."
"It was supposed to be an extremely safe trip, but something like this happened..." Qingdeng said softly, "Mr. Angoulême and Miss Angoulême are also unlucky."
"Yes." Komuro sighed, "I feel sorry for Mr. Angoulême."
"Mr. Angoulême and his friends are the best-tempered of all the barbarians I know."
"Since I came to Japan, I have been doing business in a disciplined manner and have never done anything abominable."
"In the end, I was almost killed by a group of 'anti-barbarian' thugs..."
Although there is no detailed inventory, in that "snowy night battle", the number of enemies killed by Qingdeng and others was at least 60.
Counting the number of our own casualties, there were more than seventy corpses and a pile of broken limbs scattered in that small area...
Even if there were more than seventy cat and dog corpses lying there, the scene would be horrifying, let alone more than seventy human corpses lying there...
Before the battle was over, I was so nervous that I didn't feel uncomfortable when faced with such a bloody scene.
After the battle, looking at the scene of corpses everywhere, all kinds of discomfort immediately burst out...
Anthony and Elodie, the grandfather-grandsons, felt the most discomfort.
After all, the former is just a businessman who makes a living by doing business and has never seen blood, while the latter is a 12-year-old girl.
In the past few days, the grandfather and grandson basically stayed in the room, looking gloomy every day.
Elodie has a very cheerful temperament. Qingden has hardly seen her smile in the past few days.
In order to comfort Elodie, Kinoshita Mai has been staying with the child, eating and living with the child.
Qingto guessed that Kinoshita Mai must be in Elodie's room right now, still trying to cheer up Elodie as soon as possible.
After chatting about Anthony's current situation, Aomori started chatting with Kiryu, who seemed to be very free now, and Komuro.
After chatting for a while, Komuro asked how Qingden was recovering from his injury.
After receiving Qingdeng's reply that "he has recovered well from his injury and is in great condition", Komuro's eyes lit up:
"So - Mr. Tachibana, since you are in good condition now, do you recall anything about how you led us to victory that night?"
——Ah, here we go again...asking me this again...
After sighing silently in his heart, Qingdeng smiled helplessly:
"Komuro-kun, it's no use how many times you ask me."
"That night, I really just led you based on my 'feelings' and came up with strategies based on my 'feelings'."
"If you ask me to explain the process in detail, I really can't explain it."
Komuro has always been very curious: How did Qingteng know that he could block the "rejection faction" attack by arranging defenses like that in the battle six days ago?
In order to clear up the confusion, Komuro has come to ask Aonto repeatedly almost every day recently, "How on earth did you do that?"
No matter how many times Xiao Shi asked, Qingteng's answer was always the same: rely on feeling.
Qingdeng really didn't lie or fool the small room.
That night, he really set up the formation and command based on his feelings...
I suddenly had a wide field of vision that I didn't even understand until now. I suddenly saw a weird "air flow", and I suddenly felt the strength of everyone on the battlefield...
After suddenly possessing these strange abilities, one strategy after another kept popping up in Qingdeng's mind.
After seeing that the enemy's organization and order were very chaotic, and they all relied on momentum to fight, the idea suddenly came to mind: "Stabilize the front line, consume the enemy's momentum, attack directly at the 'main formation', kill Yamada, and defeat the enemy in one breath." "fighting spirit" tactics.
From beginning to end, he relied on "feeling" to win that battle... If you ask Qingdeng to use specific words to explain how he micro-managed that night, he really can't explain...
After Qingdeng answered him with "it depends on my feelings" again, Komuro showed a bit of unwillingness on his face.
Just when he wanted to ask more questions——
"Orange."
Saito's voice sounded together with a slightly rough knock on the door.
"Ah, Saito, you're back." Qingto turned to look at Saito who was coming back from the toilet.
Saito, who was also wrapped in a lot of linen at this time, glanced at Kiryu and Komuro in the room, and said sternly to Aonto:
"Tachibana, a large team of people from the Edo Administrative Office are here to pick us up."
Qingdeng was startled, then stood up quickly: "It's finally here..."
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Qingdeng quickly changed his clothes, put on his monastic seal, and then ran to the first floor of the dormitory.
As soon as he left the dormitory, Qingdeng saw a large group of people parked outside the gate of the dormitory, attracting passers-by to stop and watch.
In terms of the manpower that Fengyun can mobilize...this is really a big team worthy of the name.
Carriages, 6.
Mounted warriors, 4.
There are 40 ashigaru who can only walk.
Counting some handymen...the number of the entire team was close to a hundred.
Looking at the large team in front of him, which was much larger than he imagined, Qingdeng couldn't help but be surprised.
At this moment, a male voice that was extremely familiar to Qingdeng sounded from beside Qingdeng:
"Tachibana-kun!"
"Arima-sama?"
Follow the sound - Arima, whom I haven't seen in the past ten days, is riding a chestnut horse and quickly approaches Qingden. He is responsible for the "gun holder" who is responsible for helping Arima carry the spear, and the "carrier" who is responsible for helping Arima carry the luggage. "Zhi" and others quickly followed.
Even when riding a horse, the horse's back is still at a perfect 90 degrees to the ground.
Seeing the acquaintance arriving, Qingdeng felt a sense of intimacy in his heart and hurriedly greeted him.
"Arima-sama, it turns out that you are leading this team?"
"Yes. After receiving the order from Lord Xi, I immediately mobilized my troops and came to meet you without stopping."
After saying that, Arima dismounted and stood in front of Qingden.
"Tachibana-kun..." Arima looked at Qingden several times with an expression that was mixed with relief and joy, and then asked urgently, "You're not hurt, are you?"
"If I were seriously injured, I wouldn't be able to stand in front of you and talk to you like I am now." Qingden joked.
Arima chuckled softly for a few times, then raised his hand and patted Qingden's shoulder with moderate force: "It's okay that you're not seriously injured, it's okay that you're not seriously injured..."
Thousands of words have been poured out with this gentle tap on the shoulder.
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Edo, a certain spacious mansion, a certain room——
This is an extremely plainly furnished room.
There was almost no furniture, and there was only a huge screen for decoration in the empty room.
There is an extremely hideous picture painted on the screen: A Hundred Ghosts Walking at Night.
In the picture, there are evil spirits with hideous faces, teeth and claws.
Rakshasa, with a faint smile on his face, sat carelessly in front of this screen.
A sword with a red sheath and a red handle lay quietly on the left hand of the Rakshasa.
A middle-aged man with a huge burn mark on his left cheek sat upright behind the Rakshasa.
If there was someone here who knew enough about the "underworld" of Edo, they would be surprised to see this middle-aged man.
This person is none other than Eiichi Shimizu, the leader of the most powerful Yakuza group in Edo: the "Shimizu clan" to whom Seito owed money.
In the "underground world" of Edo, Shimizu Rongichi, who definitely has the power to make waves, is like a "good baby of his parents" at this moment, sitting respectfully behind Rakshasa, who is only in his early 20s...
Wow...
At this time, a sliding door on the east side of the tea room was suddenly opened.
"Oh... Kamino-kun." Rakshasa followed the sound and turned his head, showing a bright smile towards the opened door, "You came very quickly. Come on, sit down quickly."
Rakshasa pointed in front of him.
Standing outside the opened sliding door was Kamino, whose face was very pale.
After Kamino glanced at Rakshasa, who was sitting in the main seat in the tea room, and Shimizu Eiichi, who was sitting behind Rakshasa, he quickly followed the opened sliding door, entered the tea room, and walked to the second floor. In front of the person.
"Lord Rakshasa, Lord Qingshui."
Kamino did not sit down immediately, but bowed respectfully to the two of them at a 90-degree angle before sitting down with his knees bent at the place where Rakshasa just pointed.
"Lord Rakshasa." Kamino asked Rakshasa softly, using the honorific that had reached the full level, "I wonder why you called me here?"
"Nothing." Rakshasa stretched out the little finger of his right hand and took out his right ear, "I just want to see how you are doing now."
"I've heard that - your campaign to seize the heads of Anthony and Elodie's grandfather and grandson failed."
"Not only were no one killed, but more than 60 people including Suehiro and Yamada were killed."
As soon as Rakshasa finished speaking, Kamino's already ugly face became a little more gloomy, and his hands that were originally resting on his legs were clenched subconsciously.
"...Lord Rakshasa, I really don't have the face to see you."
Kamino closed his eyes.
"You revealed to me the whereabouts of Anthony's gang of national thieves, and also sold us a batch of matchlock guns."
"As a result, our anti-barbarian group turned what should have been a sure-fire operation into a huge defeat..."
"Hahaha, there is nothing to be sorry for." Rakshasa smiled generously, "It doesn't matter if we lose the battle. In the 70 years since its establishment, our Law and Punishment Party has lost countless battles. "
“There were even times when our entire organization came close to disappearing into history.”
"Failure is not scary. Not knowing why you failed and not knowing what to do to avoid making the same mistakes again is the scariest thing."
After that, Rakshasa changed to a more comfortable sitting position.
"Kamino, have you found any clues about how your operation failed?"
"I have questioned those who escaped in detail." Kamino replied, "We have already investigated clearly. The reason why our anti-barbarian group suffered such a disastrous defeat was all because of the appearance of one person."
"Alone?" Rakshasa raised his eyebrows slightly.
"A samurai named Tachibana Aoden."
"Tachibana Aoden...? Is it the Tachibana Aoden who returned to the town designated by Edo Kitaban?"
"Lord Rakshasa, do you know him?" Kamino looked at the Rakshasa with a strange expression in front of him in surprise.
"...I guess I know this person." The strange look on Rakshasa's face faded away and returned to the expression with a faint smile, "Kamino, tell me in detail, what is this Tachibana Qingden? What caused your operation to fail?"
Kamino nodded his head vigorously a few times, and then explained to Rakshasa in an orderly manner what he had heard about the "battle story" from the subordinates who had escaped.
Qingdeng had been on the "assassination list" of their anti-barbarian group for a long time, so many people in their anti-barbarian group recognized Qingdeng's face.
When Qingteng stood up and began to lead Komuro and others to launch a counterattack, many people recognized him on the spot as the "national traitor" whom their anti-barbarian group organized three assassinations but failed to kill him. ".
Kamino relied on the confessions of the survivors who recognized Qingdeng to know what exactly happened that night.
Kamino's narration was not too long. It only took him about half a quarter of an hour to tell Rakshasa everything he knew.
"Oh..." Rakshasa, who had been a silent listener, let out an inexplicable laugh after Kamino finished his story, "I see... the guards who commanded that Anthony defeated you. Yet……"
"...That Tachibana Aoden's command level and personal force are very good."
"First try to secure the defense line and consume your momentum."
"When your momentum gradually declines because the defense line has been unable to attack for a long time, I will personally go on the scene, launch a thunderous attack, attack the formation directly, take off the head of Yamada, and crush your morale in one breath."
"When Suehiro arrived with reinforcements, he defeated Suehiro again, leaving you completely helpless."
"You... lost this battle unjustly."
Hearing Rakshasa's praise of Qingden, who had caused such a huge loss to their group, Kamino felt extremely uncomfortable.
But he didn't dare to have an attack, so he could only suppress the frustration in his heart silently.
At this time, Rakshasa, who sat up a little straighter, suddenly asked Kamino:
"Kamino-kun, now that you have identified the person who caused your group to suffer such huge losses, what are you going to do with Tachibana Aoden in the future?"
"What's the point?!" Hearing this new question raised by Rakshasa, Kamino gritted his teeth without thinking, "Of course I can't just give up!"
Due to his extreme indignation, Kamino's voice unconsciously became a little higher.
"I must make sure that damned national traitor dies...well...!"
Shenye's roar suddenly stopped.
The words that were yet to be shouted turned into shocked exclamations.
He lowered his head mechanically and looked at his throat.
A bit of cold light stopped in front of his throat.
Rakshasa held a red-handled katana in his hand and pointed the tip of the knife at Kamino's throat.
The tip of the knife was only about half a finger away from Kamino's throat.
Rakshasa only needs to push the knife forward slightly to take Kamino's life.
"Kamino-kun."
At this moment, Rakshasa no longer had that faint smile on his face.
He half-closed his eyes and cast an indifferent look at Kamino with an expressionless expression.
"Please don't yell."
"You also know. I hate noise the most."
"You make me so noisy."
"Calm down."
Kamino, who had been so aggressive just now, suddenly became sluggish, his face turned pale, and even his originally straight waist was bent a bit.
"Yes, I'm sorry..."
Looking at Kamino who apologized to him, Rakshasa's expression returned to the one that had always been wearing a slight smile.
"Be more careful in the future." Rakshasa grabbed the scabbard on his left side with his left hand, put the tip of the knife back to the sheath, and put the knife back into the sheath, "Don't make any noise in front of me again."
After Rakshasa retracted his sword, Kamino suddenly realized that his back was wet with his cold sweat...
When did he... draw the sword?
Kamino didn't see at all when Rakshasa had just pulled out the red-handled sword that had been placed on his left side.
He didn't even hear the sound of the sword being drawn...
"I was originally worried that Kamino-kun, you might not be able to recover because of such a big defeat."
"Now it seems that I was worrying too much."
Rakshasa smiled and put the red-handled sword back to his left side.
"Since you are still full of energy, Kamino-kun, then you should work harder."
"I'm looking forward to it."
The smile on Rakshasa's face grew thicker, and his eyes narrowed in laughter.
"I look forward to seeing how far you and your anti-barbarian team can achieve your 'great cause of repelling the barbarians'."
"If you encounter anything that needs help, you can feel free to come to our Law and Punishment Party."
"We'll be happy to give you any help we can."
Kamino: "Yes..."
Just as Rakshasa said before: He summoned Shenye just to confirm the current status of Shenye after his sudden defeat.
Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no reason for Kamino to stay here for a long time.
After Rakshasa briefly chatted with Kamino for a few more words, he waved his hand to him, indicating that he could leave.
Kamino stood up respectfully and bowed to Rakshasa and Shimizuei, and then "escaped" from the room as fast as running away.
After Kamino left, Rakshasa turned his head and smiled at Shimizu Eiichi behind him: "Eiichi, Tachibana Takayuki's son... seems to have really become a tiger."
Hearing the name "Tachibana Takayuki", Eiichi Shimizu's face showed a bit of gloom: "Lord Rakshasa, to be honest - I find it incredible."
"That Ju Qingden's various behaviors before, no matter how you look at it, he is just a common man."
"But recently, he seems to have suddenly changed. He first solved the murder case in less than an hour."
"Now they have shown extraordinary commanding ability and personal force, leading a handful of 2 to 30 people to defeat enemies several times their size."
"Hahahaha, I think it's incredible too. But this kind of 'someone suddenly becomes extremely powerful' is not an impossible thing to happen."
"Three hundred years ago, Oda Nobunaga, who almost established the 'Oda Shogunate', was also known as 'Owari' before he ascended to the position of governor and showed his formidable military and diplomatic talents. What a big fool."
After saying that, Rakshasa grabbed the red-handled fighting knife, put it on his waist, and stood up slowly.
"...Eiichi, I have a small mission for you."
"Lord Rakshasa." Qingshui Eiichi quickly lowered his body, clenched his hands into fists, and propped himself on the tatami, "Please speak."
"I'll give you two days to spread the story of 'How Kitaban Shocho returned to Doshin Tachibana Aoden with less to defeat more than 200 anti-barbarian thugs' throughout the streets and alleys of Edo."
"Lord Rakshasa?" Qingshui Rong was stunned, "What are you doing?"
"If I remember correctly, that Tachibana Qingden is only 18 years old this year. If you are already famous all over the world at a young age, it is easy for some people to appear... to his age, whether it is yourself or the outside world. It’s often difficult for people to deal with trouble.”
"I want to test it. Test whether this Ju Qingden can still be neither arrogant nor impetuous after becoming famous overnight, or whether it has become vain."
"Lord Rakshasa, are you... intending to recruit Ju Qingden under your command?"
"There's no reason not to recruit such outstanding talents, right?" Rakshasa said in a joking tone, "Now, our Fa Zhu Party is in short supply... Ah, it should be said that we have always been in short supply. people."
"If that Tachibana Aoden is really a talent worth looking forward to, then it is necessary to try to recruit him."
"Asking you to spread the news... This kind of task shouldn't be difficult for you, Eiichi, right?"
Shimizu Rong's lips curled up: "It's a piece of cake. Rakshasa-sama, you will find that no matter where you go in Edo, you will hear people discussing that Tachibana Aoden by the night after tomorrow at the latest."
After finishing speaking, Qing Shuirong paused.
"By the way, Lord Rakshasa, since you intend to recruit Tachibana Aoden, do you want Kamino to stop harassing Tachibana Aoden?"
"It seems that Kamino intends to take severe revenge on Tachibana Aoden."
"No need." Rakshasa said without hesitation, "If Tachibana Aoden can't even withstand the retaliation of someone of Kamino-kun's level, then it means that his strength and luck are just like that, and it's not worth recruiting him at all. ”
"Don't worry about Kamino-kun, he can do whatever he wants to Tachibana Aoden."
"Okay." Qing Shuirong nodded, "I understand."
"Also, Eiichi. Starting from tomorrow, I will leave Edo temporarily and go to Mito Domain to stay for a while. While I am away from Edo, I would like you to help us take care of our Hoshi Party's headquarters in Edo. The operations of each stronghold have been completed.”
"Going to Mito Domain?" Shimizu Rong frowned, "Why is it so sudden?"
"Mito Domain seems to be making some big moves in the near future." Rakshasa grinned, "We have received definite information: a group of Mito Domain warriors are going to sneak into Edo and try to assassinate Ii. Straightforward."
Shimizu Eiichi's eyes suddenly widened.
Then subconsciously I wanted to scream.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately seemed to have thought of something and quickly covered his mouth to prevent himself from screaming too loudly.
After taking several deep breaths and calming down a little, Eiichi Shimizu asked in a low voice with an unbelievable expression:
"Assassinating Ii Naomi...? Are those Mito feudal lords serious?"
"It seems serious." Rakshasa put his hands behind his back, "I was quite surprised when I first learned about this information..."
"Mr. Orochi is also very concerned about this matter. He personally sent me a letter and asked me to personally go to Mito Domain to collect further relevant information."
"I don't know exactly when I have to wait until I can return to Edo."
"Anyway, while I'm away from Edo, I'll leave it to you."
Shimizu Eiichi nodded solemnly: "Please leave it to me."
After giving all instructions to Shimizu Eiichi, Rakshasa walked out of the room with his hands behind his back.
Just as he was about to pass through the sliding door——
"Ah, that's right."
Rakshasa paused and turned his attention back to Eiichi Shimizu.
"Eiichi, before I return to Edo, tell your people not to go to Tachibana Aoden's place to collect the gambling debts owed by his father."
"After I return to Edo and take some time, I can restart your 'debt collection team'."
"At that time, I plan to follow your 'debt collection team' to Tachibana Aoden's home."
The two eyes of Rakshasa smiled into two crescent moons at this moment.
"I want to see with my own eyes what the only son of Tachibana Takayuki, who gave us so much trouble, looks like."
Shimizu Eiichi: "Yes!"
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Edo, somewhere——
After bidding farewell to Rakshasa and Shimizu Eiichi, Kamino, with a gloomy face, went straight to a shabby house in a remote corner of Edo that few people passed by on weekdays.
As soon as he entered the house, several warriors immediately surrounded him.
"Suzuki, go prepare kerosene." After entering the room, Kamino immediately gave orders to the surrounding samurai without any greetings, "The more kerosene you prepare, the better."
"Fujita, please arrange for someone to monitor Tachibana Aoden's home."
"When Ju Qingden comes home, report to me immediately!"
After saying that, fierce rays of light burst out from Shenye's eyes.
"Mr. Kamino, what is this kerosene?" Suzuki, who was sent by Kamino to prepare kerosene, looked hesitant.
"...That Tachibana Aoden caused a heavy blow to the strength of our subjugation group." Kamino said lightly, "It's really unjustifiable if we don't give him a gift in return."
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2 days later——
January 30——
After Arima led a large group of troops to successfully meet Ayoto and others, they finally returned to Edo safely after spending two days.
After arriving in Edo, Anthony, Elodie and the others were picked up by people from the French Embassy as soon as possible.
The small room and the others were temporarily arranged to live in a "temporary residence" somewhere by the execution office.
As for Qingto, he was escorted by Arima personally and returned to his home after being away for more than ten days...
"Young Master, Young Master! Why are you injured like this!"
Seeing Aoto finally return home, wrapped in many linen cloths, Kyubei was so shocked that he could not speak coherently.
Not long after Arima personally escorted Qingto home, two "guests" came immediately.
The two "guests" who came to visit were none other than Inoya and Ushiyama.
After learning that Qingdeng had returned safely, the two people immediately rushed to Qingdeng's home. They came to visit Qingdeng who was only there to investigate a theft case, but ended up being inexplicably involved in a fight.
Edo, Hatchobori, Aoto's home——
night--
"Hey, Tachibana! You're not seriously injured, are you?" Inotani walked around Qingden nervously.
"Mr. Inotani, I'm fine." To show that there was nothing wrong with his body, Qingden raised his right hand and patted his left shoulder heavily several times, "As you can see, my health is very good."
At this moment, in the hall, Aoden, Arima, and Ushiyama were sitting together, and Inoya was circling Aoto.
Saito held his sword and sat in the corner of the living room, closing his eyes and concentrating.
Kubei was in the kitchen making snacks and tea for the horses, pigs, and cows.
Inoya walked around Qingden several times, and after confirming that Qingden's current mental outlook was indeed pretty good, he finally showed a relieved expression and sat back to his original position.
"Tachibana, you are really... very unlucky..." Inoya, who was thinking about how to describe Qingden's experience, faltered for a long time before he finally said, "You are very unlucky..."
"Obviously it was just a simple business trip...how did we encounter such a thing...sigh..."
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