"This..." After hearing what Sanako said, Chiba Jutaro's expression and tone became slightly out of control, "Sonako, do you really want to be single forever?"
"Brother." Sanako paused, and when she opened her red lips again, she still showed a slight smile to Chiba Jutaro, with a hint of joking in her tone, "This kind of emotional thing, You can’t force it.”
"You can't force me to fall in love with someone, or directly force me to marry someone, right?"
Chiba Jutaro was choked for a moment and could not say anything to reply to Sanako.
He can only recommend men that he thinks are excellent to Sanako, and try his best to bring them together. He can never force Sanako to marry anyone - this is a bottom line that Chiba Jutaro will never break.
Chiba Jutaro's brows were slowly frowning uncontrollably.
Although the country has long been opened and the Edo shogunate has completely liberalized exchanges with foreign countries, the current Japanese society is still generally a feudal society.
On the premise that there are no major problems with one's own conditions, pursuing celibacy in a feudal society... this kind of thinking is a bit too far ahead.
At least Chiba Jutaro would find it difficult to accept that his sister would remain unmarried, childless, and alone for the rest of her life.
There is no pension or welfare system in this era.
Chiba Jutaro couldn't help but think deeply: If Sanako really never marries... what will she do in her later years?
My parents are still alive and I am still young and can still protect and take care of Sanako, but my parents and I cannot take care of Sanako forever.
The more Chiba Jutaro thought about it, the deeper his frown deepened.
At this time, Sanako pressed the hem of her kimono with her bare hands and slowly stood up.
"Brother, I have said everything I want to say."
"In short, brother, please don't add new names to this book."
After saying that, Sanako turned around, walked out of the room with her delicate, white and red feet that were faintly visible under the hem of her clothes.
Looking at Sanako's leaving figure, Chiba Jutaro, who couldn't help but feel a little depressed because of Sanako's remarks just now, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, and then put on a self-defeating look, "Ah, I Don't worry about it." He muttered to Sanako in a tone that was a bit aggrieved and dissatisfied:
"I have absolutely no interest in things between men and women...Humph, that's what you said."
"You must never come to me mysteriously for help one day in the future and ask me some strange questions."
Having said this, Chiba Jutaro cleared his throat vigorously, then pinched his throat and tried to imitate a very girly and shy tone.
"'Brother, brother, do men prefer women who are good at cooking?'"
As soon as Chiba Jutaro finished speaking, Sanako, who was about to step out of the room, staggered and almost fell to the ground.
She quickly stood up, then turned her head and glared at her brother behind her.
Sanako, who usually always stood still, could no longer maintain a dignified posture due to the violent fluctuations in emotions.
She opened her beautiful eyes and glared at Chiba Jutaro fiercely, with the anger and shame of "an unbearable memory being exposed" appearing in the depths of her eyes.
The delicate, white face and ears were blushing with shame at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Looking at his sister whose ears were turning red, Chiba Jutaro grinned and showed a smile that said "the plan succeeded".
He, Chiba Jutaro, still doesn’t know what the character of his sisters who have grown up together and have a deep affection for each other is like?
Sanako has a strong personality. Although she always looks like a "strong woman" on weekdays, she is actually surprisingly thin-skinned. A simple word or action can often make Sanako's whole face turn red with embarrassment.
Sanako's moist red lips kept moving. She seemed to want to say something to Chiba Jutaro, but in the end she seemed to give up the idea of talking to Chiba Jutaro.
She put her eyes away, turned her face back, let out a heavy "hum", and continued to walk out of the room.
However, just as she had time to take two steps forward, Chiba Jutaro's voice sounded again.
"That... Sanako."
Sanako paused again. The blush on her face had not completely dissipated. She asked in an annoyed tone without looking back, "Is there anything else?"
Because Sanako didn't turn around to look at Chiba Jutaro this time, she didn't notice that her brother had slowly put away his "plan succeeded" smile.
"Before you leave, I just...want to make sure."
Chiba Jutaro sighed heavily, then raised his eyes and cast complicated eyes on Sanako.
"You just said you don't like anyone, including Sakamoto Ryoma...is this true?"
"Do you really not like Ryoma Sakamoto?"
Chiba Jutaro, who had been carefully observing Sanako's movements and demeanor, keenly observed that Sanako's body visibly stiffened before he finished his question.
Sanako did not let Chiba Jutaro wait for her reply for too long.
After only a moment, Sanako moved his steps lightly, turned around slowly, and faced Chiba Jutaro.
"Of course I am telling the truth."
She smiled at her brother again... a smile that reminded one of rain clouds.
Probably reminiscing... No, that doesn't seem to be the case. Sanako's eyes seemed to be staring into the distance, and there seemed to be some kind of melancholy hidden in them.
This emotion... can be roughly described as "persistence" or "unwillingness".
"No matter how I am, I am not so humble that I would continue to like someone who once said to me such outrageous words as 'women are too weak' and 'taking you will only tie my hands and feet'."
"I want to take a breath and let Sakamoto-kun see that although I am a girl, I am not weak and let him know that he is wrong... This should be the last emotion I have for Sakamoto-kun now. ”
The sound fell and Sanako stopped talking.
She put away the smile on her face that always made people feel uncomfortable, turned back to the dignified and elegant Miss Sanako, turned around quickly, and walked quickly outside the room without any further pause. And go.
The slender and delicate back slowly disappeared from Chiba Jutaro's field of vision.
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Edo, somewhere——
Led by a rather tall man with colorful tattoos on his body, Kamino returned to the empty teahouse that he had been to many times.
There was no furniture, and the only decoration was a screen with a picture of a hundred ghosts walking at night.
In front of this large screen, sat the combination of "Rakshasa and Shimizu Eiichi" that Kamino was very familiar with.
Rakshasa, with a faint smile on his lips, sat cross-legged and carefree.
His favorite sword...a sword with a bare sheath and a bare handle, lay quietly on his right hand.
As for Rakshasa's beloved sword, Shenye had heard of its name by chance: Changyang Zhengzong.
Kamino, who had once had the unsheathed Changyang Zhengzong pointed at his nose by Rakshasa, had a deep sense of how sharp a knife it was.
The leader of the "Shimizu Clan" with a huge burn mark on his left cheek: Shimizu Eiichi, is sitting behind Rakshasa on the right side.
When he glanced at Rakshasa and Shimizu Eiichi, Kamino was surprised to find that there was an extra person in the tea room today that he had never seen before.
I saw a young man about 25 years old and quite strong sitting behind and on the left side of Rakshasa.
Kamino had never seen this young man before, so he couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
"Oh, Kamino-kun. You're here." Seeing Kamino striding into the tea room, Rakshasa grinned and put down the tea cup in his hand, "Come, come and sit."
After Kamino entered the tearoom, the strong man who led Kamino exited the tearoom and gently closed the tearoom door.
"Lord Rakshasa, Lord Qingshui." Kamino sat down in front of Rakshasa respectfully, and then bowed to Rakshasa and the others.
Although he didn't know the name or identity of the strange young man sitting behind Kamino, Kamino still saluted him.
At this time, Rakshasa seemed to realize that Shenye didn't know anything about the strong young man next to him. He laughed "haha" a few times and extended his hand to gesture to the strong young man.
"Kamino-kun, before we get down to business, let me introduce who the person next to me is."
"This is Kamaitachi, one of the cadres of our Punishment Party. For some reasons, he came to Edo two days ago to help me."
After introducing the young man next to him to Kamino, Rakshasa looked at the young man...that is, at Kamaitachi.
"Kamaitachi. This is the leader of the Yi group: Kamino Tatsugoro."
cadre!
When he heard this word from Rakshasa's mouth, Kamino's pupils suddenly shrank.
After cooperating with the Fa Zhu Party for so long, Kamino also learned some basic information about the Fa Zhu Party after going back and forth.
The leader of the Fa Zun Party and all cadre-level figures will give themselves a code name. And all the code names they adopted were taken from those vicious monsters in mythology.
While using the names of those vicious monsters as their own codenames, the leaders and cadres of the Fa Zun Party would also tattoo the monster that they used as their codenames on their backs.
Kamaitachi... Even an illiterate person who cannot read a single Chinese character must have heard the name and story of this famous monster to some extent.
The Kamaita is a wind demon in the legend of Koshinetsu, Japan. It will appear in the form of a whirlwind and attack anyone it encounters with its sharp claws like a sickle. Although the victim's skin will be cut with long wounds, he will not feel any pain at all.
Although it is not a very scary monster, Kamaitachi is one of the most well-known monsters among the people because its story is widely spread.
Unexpectedly, this young man was one of the cadres of the Fa Zhu Party... This was the first time that Kamino saw a cadre of the Fa Punish Party other than Rakshasa.
Kamino quickly bowed respectfully to Kamitachi.
Facing Kamano's salute and hello, Kamamitachi just nodded his head expressionlessly, and then looked away. Not only did he not respond to Kamino's greetings, he didn't even look at Kamino.
This person is so cold... Kamino, who had a hot face against a cold butt, couldn't help but feel his heart sinking, and he was a little unhappy.
He raised his gaze and carefully observed Kamitachi's face, and found that there was a hint of impatience and irritability hidden deep in Kamitachi's eyes.
"Okay." Rakshasa, who helped Kamano and Kamaitachi introduce each other, stretched vigorously, "The introductions are done, now... let's talk about business."
"Kamino-kun, why are you looking for me suddenly?"
Yesterday afternoon, Kamino suddenly contacted him and said that he had something important to discuss with him.
Rakshasa always accepted Kamino's requests for an audience - because he quite admired this young man who was quite extreme in both his thoughts and behavior.
Seeing that Rakshasa asked him directly why he came, Kamino cleared his throat and straightened his waist.
"Lord Rakshasa, I'll get straight to the point."
"Can you please use your power to help me prepare 100... no, 150 bottles of fire oil!"
"Kerosera?" Rakshasa raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
Qingshui Eiichi looked surprised like a Rakshasa.
Kamatachi, who had never once looked at Kamino, squinted his eyes and glanced at Kamino with a meaningful look.
"Kamino-kun." Rakshasa raised his right arm to support his head, with a smile on his lips, "What do you need so much kerosene for? Winter is still far away."
"Lord Rakshasa, you must have heard about it recently, right? The little fox monk and the little cat monk cleared out the den of a certain group of smugglers and found a large amount of kerosene."
"Because of this matter, the South and North Offices of Edo and the Huo Fu Thieves are currently conducting strict investigations on smugglers and the trading of kerosene in Edo City."
"To be honest..."
Kamino's face suddenly turned gloomy, and he could be seen gritting his teeth, squeezing out one word after another from between his clenched teeth.
"The people who bought that batch of kerosene from the group of smugglers who were wiped out by Fox Monk and Cat Monk...were our anti-barbarian group."
As soon as Kamino said this, Rakshasa, Kamitachi and Shimizu Eiichi all changed their expressions slightly.
"It turns out you were the ones who bought that batch of kerosene with that group of smugglers." Rakshasa grinned.
"Thanks to those hateful little fox monks and little cat monks, all the kerosene we spent a lot of money to buy was in vain." Kamino clenched his teeth even tighter and said There was a "squeaky" sound, "Heiemon is such a loser! Thank you for entrusting him with such an important responsibility!"
Heidemon - The name of the birthmarked face that Aitoto copied from his body as the "wind sensor".
After complaining fiercely and cursing the fox monk and cat monk who failed to protect their fire oil and caused all the fire oil they bought to disappear, Kamino straightened his face again.
"Lord Rakshasa. Our anti-barbarian team is going to implement a plan that requires a lot of kerosene."
"The kerosene purchased from Heimon and the others has been reimbursed. We can only find other ways to raise new kerosene."
“Right now, Edo’s South and North Offices and the Huofu Thieves Reform are strictly monitoring the sale of kerosene. It is difficult for us to collect enough kerosene in a short period of time just by relying on our own strength. "
"Therefore, I want to ask you for help. Please try your best to help us raise 150 bottles of kerosene within 7 days. The price is negotiable!"
Rakshasa narrowed his eyes slightly, and a thoughtful and intriguing light burst out from under his eyelids.
"...Kamino-kun, it's no problem if you ask us to help you raise kerosene."
"but--"
Rakshasa changed the subject.
"I want to know first what plan you plan to implement."
"I have to decide whether to help you based on the content of your plan."
"After all, in essence...I am a businessman."
Rakshasa grinned, revealing a smile that made people feel uncomfortable.
"We will never engage in loss-making transactions that do not benefit our party."
Seeing that Rakshasa actually asked him to reveal the plan that their anti-barbarian group was preparing to implement, which required a large amount of fire oil, a shadow of hesitation flashed across Kamino's eyes.
However, the hesitation in his eyes dissipated quite quickly. After just a moment, Kamino took a deep breath and said softly:
"……I see."
…
Kamino told them their plan in a tone that was neither urgent nor slow, nor serious nor serious.
Rakshasa and the others listened quietly, leaving Kamino's voice as the only echo in this spacious tea room.
After about half a stick of incense, Kamino finished explaining their plan.
When Kamino finished his words, the expressions of Rakshasa and others showed completely different changes.
Qingshui Rongyi frowned.
Kamaitai glanced at Kamino a few more times with a surprised look on his face.
Rakshasa was startled for a moment, then looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Hahaha! Not bad, Kamino-kun, you are very brave, you actually plan to attack that place!"
"Interesting! Interesting!"
Rakshasa laughed loudly and clapped vigorously several times.
"Okay! I'm sure! Let's help you raise fire oil!"
"Eiichi."
Rakshasa turned his head and looked at Eiichi Shimizu who was sitting behind him on his right side.
After Rakshasa looked over, Qing Shuirong quickly put his hands on the ground humbly and lowered his body.
"Kamino-kun, he wants us to help them raise 150 bottles of fire oil within 7 days... Do you have a way to complete this task?"
Qing Shuirong raised the corner of his mouth and showed a confident smile:
"Lord Rakshasa, this task is too simple for us, the Qingshui Clan."
"Others are afraid of the law enforcement office and the thieves who have to pay for it, but we, the Qingshui Clan, are not afraid."
"It doesn't take 7 days, it only takes 5 days... No, it only takes 4 days! I can present 150 bottles of brand new kerosene in front of you!"
"Yes." Rakshasa nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you."
"Yes!" Qingshui Rongyi lowered his head and declared loudly.
At this time, Kamino followed Eiichi Shimizu with a grateful face and bowed his head to Rakshasa: "Lord Rakshasa, thank you for your help! I will definitely use all the purchase funds in the future..."
Before Shenye finished speaking, Rakshasa waved his hand, interrupting Shenye's words: "No more money. I won't take any of the kerosene."
"Are you going to give us all the kerosene?" Kamino was stunned.
"Anyway, lighting this kind of kerosene doesn't cost much." Rakshasa raised an arm to support his head, "But... if I give all the kerosene to you for free, then that's okay. no."
"I also have conditions here."
"Kamino-kun, after we help you raise the kerosene for free, you must faithfully implement your plan."
"I'm looking forward to your big plan."
That smile that made people feel uncomfortable appeared on Rakshasa's cheeks again.
"I was looking forward to seeing you burn that area to ashes, so I decided to help you raise kerosene."
"So... don't let me find out that you took things and didn't do anything."
Rakshasa didn't say a single threatening word in the entire story. On the contrary, the tone he used when he spoke just now was always very kind.
But such a kind words made a drop of cold sweat break out on Kamino's forehead.
"This, this is natural! Our anti-barbarian group has been preparing for this plan for a long time!"
"It is my long-cherished wish to burn that hateful area to ashes!"
"If possible, our anti-barbarian group would like to burn that area down today and kill all the people living there!"
Rakshasa smiled and nodded: "That's good."
At this time, Rakshasa recalled something and began to laugh meaningfully.
"Kamino-kun, when you attacked the Fanshu Diao Institute, you had a bad encounter with Ju Qingden. I thought you would launch a fierce revenge on Ju Qingden later, but I didn't expect that you did nothing. ...It surprised me a little.”
Tachibana Aoden... Hearing this name, Kamino's pupils immediately shrank slightly and his expression suddenly changed.
"...After the battle at Fanshu Tiaosuo, I did think about launching sharp revenge on Tachibana Aoden." Kamino said slowly in a deep voice, "But I finally resisted this idea."
"Compared to the great cause of our anti-barbarian group, a small Orange Qingden is nothing!"
"After the failed sneak attack on the Fan Shu Tiao Institute, the strength of our anti-barbarian group has been greatly weakened. We must no longer waste precious manpower and material resources on places where we can postpone the processing."
"Mobilizing all the strength to take revenge on Tachibana Aoden will only result in a small loss."
"As long as we can complete our great mission of getting rid of the barbarians, it doesn't matter whether it's Ju Qingden or anything else... I can tolerate it for the time being!"
After finishing speaking, Kamino, who was gnashing his teeth in anger, flashed his eyes - a stream of light called "madness" and "paranoia" surged crazily in his eyes.
Seeing Kamino's appearance, Rakshasa's already grinning mouth opened wider - his expression was as if he had seen some extremely beautiful scenery.
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After watching Kamino leave, three people returned to the huge tea room.
"... He actually wanted to attack that place... What a crazy guy." Qingshui Rong stared straight at the direction Kamino left.
"Hoho." Rakshasa chuckled a few times, "Eiichi, being bold and crazy is one of Kamino-kun's few advantages."
Rakshasa grabbed the tea cup in front of him and sipped the tea in the cup, a flash of thinking flashed in his eyes.
When he put the teacup back to its original position, he turned his head and looked at Kamitachi beside him.
"Kamaitachi."
"What to do?" Kamitachi glared back at Rakshasa with an unkind expression.
"Anyway, you are idle now. I will give you a task - to secretly protect Kamino-kun."
"Stealth is your specialty, and this task is just right for you."
"Haha?" Kamitachi's face suddenly darkened, "Protect that Kamino? Why?"
"Because Kamino-kun is a talent that I admire very much." Rakshasa smiled lightly, "As you know, I love talents the most. When I see valuable talents, I always want to take them under my command."
"The south and north execution offices of Edo and the Huofu Thieves Kai are vigorously searching for the anti-barbarian group. Although Kamino-kun has done a pretty good job of keeping secrets, the people from the execution office and the Fire Thieves Kai have not discovered them until now. The stronghold of the Yi group, but there is always a sparse one within a hundred meters."
"It would be a pity if such a talented person died prematurely."
"So you go and help me protect Kamino-kun in secret. As long as Kamino-kun doesn't die, you can do whatever else you want."
Kamitachi stared at Rakshasa's face with a gloomy expression.
After about two breaths, he stood up with a "hoo" and looked down at Rakshasa.
"Rakshasa, who the hell do you think you are? Why do you give orders to me? Do you think you are Lord Orochi or Lord Otakemaru?"
The atmosphere in the tea room suddenly became suffocating.
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