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　　 Yesterday’s chapter, maybe it was reported by someone, it was blocked...

　　 I have made changes, silently waiting for the lifting of the ban...

　　 Those who haven't had time to see yesterday's chapter, go and see it elsewhere.

　　 It's a pity that those very talented commentaries...

　　 [Thanks to the new leader for "bringing the hero to tears"! I originally planned to explode today, but because of the appearance of a new leader, I explode more today! Explosive 1W5! Thank you for the new leader.]

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　　 "Shintarou-sama! Shintaro-sama!"

　　Shuntaro just returned to Shiranui, when he heard calls from behind him.

　　 After hearing this call, Shintaro was stunned for an instant before realizing that someone was calling him.

　　 For the past two days, Shun Taro has been going to watch the "Gozen Test Combination".

　　In front of Goro Mashima and others, Shuntaro has always used the name he used before he became a ninja in Shiranui: Wuliu.

　　Because I have been accustomed to others calling myself "five or six" for the past two days, now he suddenly switched to "Shuntaro", which made him a little uncomfortable.

　　 Shun Taro turned his head and looked back.

　　 I saw a ninja walking towards him in stride.

　　 This ninja is more face-faced, probably a lower-level middle ninja or lower ninja.

　　 This ninja didn't have any nonsense. Before and after coming to Shuntarou, he knelt down on one knee and said respectfully:

　　 "Shintaro-sama, Balrog is looking for you."

　　 "Master Balrog? Okay, I see."

　　 It is dusk now.

　　 The sunset glow has dyed the sky a dazzling golden yellow.

　　 Shintaro was bathed in the sunlight, and rushed to the mansion where the Balrog lived.

　　 After arriving at the Balrog’s mansion and entering the Balrog’s room, Shuntarou saw the Balrog sitting cross-legged on the tatami.

　　 "Shuntaro, you are here, just sit down." The flame demon pointed in front of him.

　　Shuntaro is never a person who cares about etiquette.

　　Even if he didn't need to talk about the Balrog, he would choose the more casual "sit cross-legged" instead of the formal "sit on the knees".

　　 As soon as Shun Taro’s **** hit the tatami, the Balrog asked:

　　 "I heard that you have been going to watch the "Queen Exam" in the past two days, how about it? Is the'Queen Exam" good-looking?"

　　 "Yesterday was a bit boring." Shuntaro said, "Because I eliminated a lot of inferior people yesterday, I finally got a little more interesting."

　　 "How is Gokutaro playing?"

　　 "Sorry, Lord Balrog, you also know that the relationship between me and Gokutaro has not been very good. I didn't pay attention to how Gokutaro played."

　　 "Heh...you are also friends after all, so it's better to take care of each other."

　　 The flame demon sat up slightly.

　　 "Okay, let's talk about business."

　　 "Shantaro, I have a mission for you."

　　 After hearing the word "task", Shun Taro raised his brows slightly.

　　 "After Shintaro's follow-up, I finally found the hiding place of the betrayal."

　　 "If the time is too long, he may be allowed to change his hiding place, or we may find that we have found him."

　　 "So a quick fight is made, and I will catch that traitor back alive tonight!"

　　 A grinning smile appeared on Balrog's face.

　　 "If you dare to help the ‘dirty’ escape, you must be executed in front of all the ninjas and ‘dirty’ in the village! Kill the chicken and the monkey!"

　　 "If you can't catch him alive, just..."

　　 The flame demon raised his hand, compared a hand knife, and swiped it across his neck.

　　 "This task is left to you, Shuntaro."

　　 "I will give you Zhou Taro who is good at using hidden weapons as an assistant."

　　 "Do it at 9 o'clock in the evening!"

　　 The majestic voice of the Flame Demon fell.

　　 A color of hesitation appeared in Shintaro's eyes.

　　 The flash of the color of hesitation, like a swaying flame.

　　 Shun Taro slowly closed his eyes.

　　 After a while, when he opened his eyes again, the color of hesitation in Shintaro's eyes disappeared.

"understood."

　　 "In addition to Zhou Taro, I will send 4 Nakanin and 10 Shinin to fight for you. Is this combat power enough?"

　　 "That's enough." Shintaro nodded lightly.

　　...

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　　 The flame demon watched Shintaro leave.

　　 After confirming that Shuntarou left, the flame demon shouted outside the door:

　　 "Let the order go on!"

　　 A ninja who had been guarding the door of the Balrog quickly stepped into the room of the Balrog, and then knelt in front of the Balrog on one knee.

　　 "Go call Gokutaro and Zhoutaro to me." The flame demon gave his order in a simple and concise manner.

　　 The ninja responded with a loud voice, and then moved away from the Balrog's field of vision at a wind-like speed.

　　Gokutaro, who was in charge of participating in the "Gozen Examination", had just returned from the venue of the martial arts examination at this time.

　　 just returned to Shiranui, when he received the call of the Balrog, which made Gokutaro very upset.

　　 But unhappy and returning unhappy, although Ji Taro acted arrogantly, he never dared to have any disobedience to the Balrog.

　　 Shutarou Xianjitarou reached the front of the Balrog in one step.

　　 After everyone arrived at Jiji and Tuesday, the Balrog didn't say a word of nonsense, and straight to the point.

　　 "The two of you should also know that we caught a piece of ‘dirty’ named ‘Akang’ in the ‘dirty village’ last night.”

　　 "This Akang is a big fish. It is extremely possible that he has closely assisted the traitor who helped the ‘scum’ escape."

　　 "After torturing him for a long time, he finally confessed his crime."

　　 "Not only did he confess that he did closely assist that rebel."

　　 "It also revealed who the person from outside the village who has been cooperating with the rebels is."

　　 "Oh?" Zhou Taro raised his eyebrows, "Who is it? Which guy who doesn't know good or bad, dare to make trouble for us in Shiranui?"

　　 "That guy is said to be a well-known person in Edo."

　　 Yan Demon sneered while talking, shaking his shoulders.

　　 "It's a woman who works in Yoshihara and has the nickname "Yoshihara Concentric"—"

　　 "Melon Health Show."

　　 "Melon Health Show?!" Gitaro screamed out of voice.

　　 "Gokutaro, what's the matter?" The flame demon cast a suspicious look at Gkutaro, "Do you know this person?"

　　 "I know." Gitaro nodded vigorously, "This person is very famous in Yoshiwara. Although I haven't seen her very much, I heard that she is small, but she is very good at swordsmanship."

"I seem to have heard of this person." Shutaro nodded and agreed, "It is said that she was a young man in Edo because she frequently went out to Yoshiwara and arrested those who did not pay back the accounts in Yoshiwara or escaped in trouble. Famous people."

　　 "Oh oh..." The flame demon cast a stern look on Gokutaro, "I almost forgot, Gokutaro, your kid, has been in Yoshiwara day and night since we moved our base to Edo..."

　　 Hearing what the Balrog said, a smile appeared on Kokutaro's face with a slightly embarrassing color.

After 　　 Gitaro coughed softly a few times, the expression on his face returned to seriousness:

　　 "Master Flame Demon, are you sure that Gu Shengxiu is one of the people behind the defection of the ‘scum’s?"

　　 "In my impression, she seems to be just an ordinary person working in the Shirobei Club in Yoshihara."

　　 "That's what the gang said."

　　 The flame demon yawned greatly.

　　 "According to her, there is an extremely secret way for the traitor to descend from the mountain."

　　 "That Ren Ren is through this secret passage to send ‘dirty’ down the mountain."

　　 "And that Gushengxiu is responsible for sending the ‘dirt’ that succeeded in descending the mountain out of Edo."

　　 "Because that gang has assisted Na Rennin several times, so I have seen Na Gua Shengxiu in person."

　　 "In short-I would rather kill by mistake than let it go."

　　 A little coldness flashed in the eyes of the flame demon.

　　 "According to the information provided by the Abang, the secret passage has been found."

　　 "That traitor is also smart enough to discover such a secret route down the mountain."

　　 "That secret passage, I have been blocked by people."

　　 "Neither the betrayal or the melon show, don't let it go."

　　 "I have handed over the rebellion to Shintaro to solve it."

　　 The flame demon turned his attention to Zhou Taro.

　　 "Zhou Taro, you are responsible for assisting Shun Taro in this mission."

　　 "Try to catch the traitor alive, if you can't catch it alive, just kill the traitor."

　　 "Palrog-sama...but..." Shutaro hesitated, "What about the task of caring for and monitoring the Iga Ninjas?"

　　Since the Iga ninjas came, the Balrog sent Zhou Taro to the Iga ninjas to conduct "surveillance" in the name of "caring".

　　 And Zhou Taro is also dedicated to this very troublesome task.

　　 also took Hanosuke and others to visit some places in Shiranui-ri last night.

　　 "Let's let it go first." Balrog said immediately, "Anyway, this task won't take long."

　　 Shutaro: "Yes!"

　　 "As for Kokutaro..." The flame demon turned his attention to Kokutaro, "You are responsible for solving the melon life show."

　　 "You don't need to stay alive, just kill her directly."

　　 "Remember to be clean. Don't let people discover that this person was killed by our ninja in Shiranui."

　　 "I see." Gitaro grinned grinningly, "I am the best at this kind of murder-related task."

　　 "Master Balrog, can I use the ‘fire meter’ for this mission?"

　　 Hearing this request from Kokutaro, the Flame Demon thought for a while, then nodded gently.

　　 "Yes."

　　Gokutaro raised his eyebrows, his face was excited: "Thank you, Lord Balrog, this way, I can also relax a lot."

　　 "Fire Meter": One of the secret words in Shiranui.

It is a very useful trick: when planning to assassinate someone in a certain area with many people, first set the fire not far away or do something to create chaos, and then take advantage of the chaos to assassinate the person who wants to assassinate. .

If time and conditions permit, you can also throw the corpse of the slain person into the fire to completely destroy the corpse, creating an illusion that the person was burned to death by fire instead of being killed. .

　　Fire is the most common disaster in this era.

　　 In this era of Japan, every big city will explode hundreds or even thousands of large and small fires in a year.

　　 So even if a fire suddenly breaks out in a certain place at some time, it will not make life suspicious.

　　 "Gokutaro, for this mission, I will send you 2 middle ninjas and 8 lower ninjas, is that enough?"

　　 "Enough!" Gitaro nodded vigorously, "But...Master Balrog, I have a small request. Can Keitaro follow me to participate in this mission?"

　　 Keitaro-a close friend and partner who is inseparable from Kokutaro.

　　 When Gokutaro went to Yoshihara to play every night, Keitaro stayed with him.

　　 "You are really not worthy of Keitarou." The flame demon smiled, "Okay, let Keitarou follow you as usual for this mission."

　　Gokutaro: "Thank you Lord Flame Demon!"

"Capturing Rennin alive and obliterating the Guasheng show-the start time of these two missions is set at 9 o'clock in the evening!" the flame demon said in a deep voice, "because Guasheng is from the Yoshihara Shiro Bingbei Club, and Yoshihara is Shuntaro's again. The guy’s hometown."

　　 "If Shuntarou knew that we did these things in his hometown, he would definitely be dissatisfied."

　　 "I don't want to add trouble that could have been avoided."

　　 "So Shuntarou and I concealed the mission of'killing the melonsho show'."

　　 "You guys don't miss your mouth anymore."

　　 "Especially you, Zhou Taro."

　　 "I specifically called you here, just to give you a task: to take a good look at Shun Taro tonight."

　　 "I don't care what you use, anyway-don't let Shun Taro go to Yoshihara when Kokutaro is going to obliterate the melon show."

"Yes."

　　 "Okay, that's all I have to say." Balrog waved his hand, "You go down and prepare. I will participate in these 2 missions later."

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　　Gokutaro and Zhoutaro replied in unison with a "yes", and left the Balrog’s mansion one after another.

　　 The friendship between Gokutaro and Zhou Taro was so-so, so after the two left the Balrog’s mansion, they simply said goodbye and went to do their own things.

　　 Shutarou went to prepare for tonight's mission.

　　 And Kokutaro found Keitaro, who had been waiting outside the Flame Demon Mansion, waiting for him to come out.

　　 "Eitaro, there is good news." A smile appeared on Kokutaro's face.

　　 After putting his lips close to Eitaro's ears, Gokutaro whispered to Eitaro the mission that was about to start late tonight, concisely and concisely.

　　 After Kokutaro finished speaking, Keitaro, who was always unsmiling, rarely showed a faint smile.

　　 "Gitaro-sama, that's great. It's a long-lost assassination mission."

　　 "Yes." Gitaro twisted his neck, "I almost forget when the last time I performed the assassination mission."

　　 "Etaro, let's go."

　　 "Now go to have dinner, and then go home to sleep."

　　 The start time of the mission is six o'clock in the evening.

　　 converted to modern earth units, it is 12 o'clock in the evening.

　　 There are still more than 6 hours before the mission starts, and Jitarou intends to take advantage of the free time to take a nap and recharge his energy.

　　 Keitaro kept a half-step distance from Gokutaro, and followed him closely.

　　 As soon as Gokutaro left the house of the Balrog, he saw an acquaintance walking towards him.

　　 "Oh! Shintaro!" Gidaro greeted this person on his own initiative.

　　 The person who is walking towards Gokutaro is Shintaro who belongs to the "Four Heavenly Kings" together with Gokutaro.

　　 "Good evening, Gidaro." Shintaro nodded at Gidaro.

　　 "Why are you back?" Gitaro asked, "I remember you were not monitoring the hiding place of the betrayal?"

　　 "The task of monitoring the hiding place of the traitorous ninja is entrusted to other ninjas." Shintaro replied, "I was called back by the Balrog to rest."

　　 "Hey, you should have a good rest." Gitaro smiled, "In order to track the whereabouts of the betrayal, you must have suffered a lot during this time, right?"

　　 "It's just some trivial suffering." Shintaro shook his head, "I'm very tired now, so I will be out of company first."

　　 After that, Shintaro bowed to Gokutaro, then passed Gokutaro without looking back, and walked away.

　　 turned around, and after taking a look at Shintaro's back, Kokutaro said to Keitaro in a half-joking tone:

　　 "I really hope that all ninjas can be honest and unequivocal in doing things like Shintaro."

　　Although Shintaro is always a little speechless and makes people unable to see what he is thinking, which is extremely incompatible with Gokutaro's personality, Gitaro does not hate Shintaro who usually does things silently like an old scalper.

　　 Hearing these words from Gokutaro, Keitaro smiled slightly:

　　 "Well, yes. I really hope that other people can be as honest, serious, and diligent as Shintaro-sama."

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　　 More than an hour later—

　　Edo, Yoshihara, Miyakiya, the room of the wind chime-

　　 The wind chime who had been studying for an afternoon at the staying house, took an elegant step, and walked slowly on the way back to the room.

　　 opened the door and entered his room, the husband saw a man sitting in the corner of the room.

　　 The wife was so scared that she almost screamed.

　　 But after seeing this person's appearance, the scream that had already poured into his throat was suppressed by force.

　　 "Really, can you say hello to me next time, and then enter my room?" The husband closed the door and said angrily to this person.

　　 "I see you are not here, so I plan to wait for you in your room. I will pay attention next time."

　　 The person sitting in the corner of the Tai Fu's room is Shun Taro.

　　Taoo walked slowly in front of Shuntaro, sat down with his knees bent, and looked up and down Shuntaro several times with suspicious eyes.

　　 "What's the matter with your costume? Are you going to perform some mission tonight?"

　　 At this time, Shun Taro did not wear a normal kimono, nor did he have the bright and blind women's clothing before.

　　 but wearing their Shiranui male ninja costume, from head to toe dark.

　　 Shuntaro also carried his two sabers on his back, and the two hilts protruded from the back of Shuntaro's right shoulder.

　　 "Yes, there is a mission tonight."

　　 "As for the content of the task, let me keep it secret."

　　 "Because there are still almost 2 hours before the mission started, so I came to you to sit down."

　　 "Shun Hundred Years, we rubbed the tea in Umeya, right?" the husband asked angrily.

　　 "You got it right." Shintaro grinned, "You see Umeya tea, it's more fragrant than our Shiranui tea."

　　 "You haven't changed at all." The husband smiled slightly, "When we were young, when we were two urchins on the banks of the Rashomon River, you especially liked to come to my house to eat and drink."

　　 "Now that I think about it carefully, it's really true." Shun Taro answered, "A pair of childhood sweethearts who grew up on the banks of the Rashomon River, now one has become a famous wind chime."

　　 "The other became Shuntaro with the title of'Head of the Four Heavenly Kings' in Shiranui."

　　 "It's really good fortune to fool people."

　　 "Yes, the two of us can be regarded as decent figures now." Taifu smiled and replied.

　　 Shintaro raised his head and looked at the ceiling above his head.

After taking a deep breath, 　　 slowly said:

　　 "A Chang, although both of us are now decent figures, I plan to abandon the title of'head of the four heavenly kings' now."

　　 "Huh?" The husband frowned slowly, "What do you mean?"

　　 "I want to quit Shiranui."

　　 "Quit Shiranui?" Taifu Feng Chime's eyes widened in surprise, "Why? Don't you Shiranui can not withdraw casually? Once you quit Shiranui, you will be regarded as rebellious."

　　 "Yeah, that's why I just said "I want to quit"."

　　 Shun Taro put his arms around his chest, thinking.

　　 "I have been thinking these days-does it make sense for me to stay in Shiranui?"

　　 "I chose to stay in Shiranui in order to meet and compete with powerful masters."

　　 "But now...I haven't met anyone better than me for a long time."

　　 "In Shiranui, the only ones who can compete with me are probably the Balrog."

　　 "But the Balrog never competes with me."

　　 "And I don't want to compete with this kind of old man. Even if I win, there is no real sense of victory."

　　 "I can't meet a master who is worth all the effort, I have been doing some tasks that don't feel meaningful..."

　　 A wry smile slowly appeared on Shuntarou's face.

　　 "To be honest, I can't see the meaning of staying in Shiranui at all."

　　 "Actually, about half a month ago, I was already thinking about ways to safely exit Shiranui and not be harassed or hunted down by the ninjas in Shiranui."

　　The wind chime is listening quietly.

　　 After Shun Taro's voice fell, Feng Chime said softly:

　　 "Have you ever thought about what you are going to do after leaving Shiranui?"

　　 "Yes. I just thought about it today." Shun Taro's mouth curled up, "I met a very enthusiastic samurai at the martial arts venue today."

　　 "His name is Kondo, and he said he is now doing martial arts training."

　　 "Now I am working in a shop called "North Wind House", and I will continue to travel after I accumulate."

　　 "He woke me up."

　　 "I won't be a ninja in Shiranui, I plan to also practice martial arts and travel around the world."

　　 "Look for a powerful master, compete with them, and continue to improve my skills and skills!"

　　 "It turns out that you have already figured out what you should do after you quit Shiranui." The wind chime smiled helplessly, "But...now it is not the troubled times of the Warring States period, there are not so many masters in the wild."

　　 "Have you never heard the old saying? "In this world, an abacus is better than a knife."

　　 "I think even if you practice martial arts, you might not run into any masters."

　　 "Who said that." Shintaro shook his head, "There are still masters."

　　 "For example?"

　　 "For example..." Shuntaro pondered for a while, "Isn't that ‘Man Slashing Ease’ a well-known master?"

　　 "Ren Zhan Ishi? Do you mean'Executioner Ichitosai' Ogata Ishi?"

"Yes, Ren Zhan Yishi should be the'first swordsman' of his age." Shuntarou smiled brightly, "If I can, I really want to see him, and then have a good fight with him. what."

　　 "I heard that Ogata Isse has died in Nijo Castle in Kyoto."

　　 "Don't say such unlucky words!" Shuntaro raised his hand angrily and patted Windchime on the shoulder.

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　　About 2 hours later—

　　 9 o'clock in the evening (12 o'clock in the evening).

　　Edo, on a trail leading to Yoshihara—

　　 "The source is a big man."

"what's up?"

　　 "I start to wonder if it makes sense for us to run out to'hunting rats' every night like this."

　　 "Of course it makes sense, don't you think we have cleaned up 2 waves of mice?"

　　 "It was ‘only’ that cleared 2 waves of mice."

　　 Ogata emphasized the word "only".

　　 Genichi and Ogata walked one after another on the path to Yoshihara under the cover of darkness.

　　 It's almost 12 o'clock in the evening, and there are basically no pedestrians on the road.

　　 But Genichi and Ogata still meticulously put on the masks of Tengu and White Fox at this time.

　　 Every night, I first went to work at Yoshihara, and then sneaked out with Yuanichi in the middle of the night, staying at the gate of Yoshihara and "hunting rats".

　　 When he first started "mouse hunting," Ogata still had some freshness and a little bit of gain.

　　 But Ogata is a little bored now.

　　 So I couldn't help but ask Chao Yuanyi the question "Is there any meaning?"

　　 "Gen one, I feel we can't find a'rat' anymore." Ogata sighed lightly.

　　 There are not many "rats" who still remember his appearance.

　　 He only remembers people who have offended in recent years.

　　 Some enemies who had grieved a long time ago, he basically can't remember their looks.

　　 So from the beginning of "mouse hunting" to now, Ogata and the others have only hunted 2 waves of "mouse".

　　 Most of the time, I just waited in the cold wind, and then returned without success...

　　The inefficiency makes Ogata a little bored.

　　 "Don't say that." Yuan chuckled, "Maybe we ran into a big fish tonight."

　　 Ogata: "You said the same last night..."

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　　Edo, a remote place.

　　 "Shintaro-sama," Shutaro said respectfully as Shutaro walked towards him slowly.

　　 "I'm sorry." Shuntaro said in a calm tone that is neither salty nor indifferent, "I just sat with my friend for a while, and I was too engaged in chatting, so I came late."

　　 Shun Taro has put on the costume of their male ninja in Shiranui.

　　The parts below the eyes are covered with black cloth.

　　 The area above the eyes is also wrapped in black cloth.

　　Only a pair of eyes were exposed on the whole face.

　　 "No, Shuntaro-sama, you are not late, you came at the right time." Shutaro turned his head and looked at the low house not far away.

　　 "The traitor is in that house now."

　　 Shintaro glanced at the low-rise house without a trace of light, "Are you sure that Rennin is inside?"

　　 "Our people have been watching since the rebel entered the room, and he hasn't come out again since he entered the room this afternoon." Zhou Taro's tone was quite firm.

　　 "Hmm. Are everyone else in place?" Shuntaro asked.

　　 "It's all in place." Zhou Taro nodded.

　　 "Then start the attack." Shintaro said without hesitation, "Let's fight quickly."

　　 "Shintaro-sama." Zhoutaro said anxiously, "Can you give me the task of leading people into the house?"

　　 Shintaro glanced at Shutaro.

　　 He saw through Zhou Taro's careful thoughts in an instant—planning to perform well in this task.

　　 The amount of tasks that Shiranui can receive now has shown a trend of declining year by year.

　　 The reduction in tasks means that it is getting harder and harder for ninjas to be promoted.

　　If you want to be promoted, ninjas have to try their best to express themselves in this limited task.

　　 Shun Taro didn't need to rely on any tasks to express himself a long time ago.

　　 So I am happy to leave the troublesome part to others.

　　 "Okay." Shintaro nodded, "I will give you 2 Nakanin and 6 Shinin, you will be responsible for the attack."

　　 "I will lead the others on guard outside."

　　 "Thank you Shuntaro-sama." After Shutaro cast a grateful look at Shuntaro, he pulled out Kunai with determination.

　　 After gesturing that two Zhongren and six Shionin who were not far away were following him, Zhou Taro led these people to rush towards the low house.

　　 They used the breath holding technique and stealth technique that have been passed down from generation to generation in Shiranui, and leaned against the low house without making a sound.

　　 They were divided into three groups-one group of people leaned against the door by Zhou Taro, and the other two groups leaned against two windows.

　　 After confirming that everyone is in position, Zhou Taro waved his hand and sent a short signal to his men: Start attacking!

　　 Following Shutaro's order, the ninjas scattered at the entrances and exits crashed into the room.

　　 As soon as he rushed into this low house, Zhou Taro's brows frowned.

　　Because—he smelled a nice faint scent in the air.

　　 seems to be the scent of "powder" that women use to make themselves fragrant.

　　—This guy is really laid back...

　　 Shutaro said contemptuously in his heart.

　　—I even paid for women to come and have fun.

　　 The qualities and skills of the ninja were brought into play by Zhou Taro and the others.

　　 Before the attack, he couldn't make a sound. After he rushed into the house, he quickly controlled everything in the house.

　　 However—every room is vacant.

　　 After Zhou Taro and others rushed into the last small room of this low house, they finally saw the figure.

　　 This is a room without any furniture.

　　 A figure is sitting cross-legged in the corner of this room.

　　 "Found..." Zhou Taro smiled grimly at the figure in the room.

　　 The figure of this figure is neither strong nor thin.

　　 There are mottled marks on the wrinkles on his face, and he is not too young.

　　 is wearing an ordinary kimono, without a hakama or socks, and a pair of worn-out straw sandals on her feet.

　　 This uncle just sat cross-legged on the tatami in this room, smoking a cigarette with a cigarette.

　　 Even though Zhou Taro and others rushed in, this uncle was still as calm as ever.

　　 "I finally caught you, you traitor...Do you know how long it took us to track your whereabouts?"

　　 "Be obedient and catch it."

　　 "It's impossible for you to escape anyway, and you will be able to take it a bit better."

　　 "...Chou Taro, don't be too confident." After the uncle vomited a smoke ring, "How can I say it is just like you."

　　 "To be an enemy of Shangren, you seem to be too relaxed like this?"

　　 "Do you think I don't know your background?" Zhou Taro sneered, "Although you are the same as me, you are not outstanding in terms of fighting ability."

　　 "If it is one-on-one, you are not my opponent at all."

　　 "Not to mention... let me tell you another good news." A faint mockery appeared on Zhou Taro's face, "Shuntaro-sama is here to arrest you this time."

　　 "Shuntaro?" The uncle who had been calm since just now, his expression finally changed a little, "...huh, it's an honor... to be able to alarm the'head of the four kings' to come and arrest me."

　　 Shutaro was very satisfied with the subtle change in the expression on his face just now.

　　 After showing a more ferocious smile, Zhou Taro continued:

　　 "I'm kind enough to tell you another good news."

　　 "In addition to tracking your whereabouts, we have also found out who your accomplices are."

　　 "I remember it was called Gua Shengxiu, right? I didn't expect that a man who worked in Yoshihara would have the courage to fight Shiranui."

　　 "Now, our people have gone to Yoshihara."

　　 "Soon, your accomplice should turn into a cold corpse."

　　 Zhou Taro's remarks caused the uncle's face to shake much more intensely than before.

　　 Zhou Taro, who had been watching the changes in his uncle's expression carefully, let out a more pleasant laugh.

　　 "When you and your accomplice decide to fight against Shiranui, you should be thinking about what will happen in the future."

　　 "If you want to blame, blame yourself for being so stupid."

Uncle 　　's expression and expression returned to calmness at this time.

　　 raised the cigarette gun in his hand again, took a deep breath, spit out a big eye circle, and whispered:

　　 "I still underestimate you... I can find out so many in such a short time..."

　　 There was a little complacency on Shutaro's face.

　　 just when he was about to say something—

　　 "But—while I underestimated you, you also underestimated me."

　　 After that, the uncle turned the smoking gun in his hand and stuffed it toward a small hole in the tatami next to him with the gun head down.

　　 There was no light around, and even Zhou Taro's face was blurred.

　　 Until now, Zhou Taro discovered that there was such a small hole on the tatami beside the uncle.

　　 The smoke gun hit the edge of this small hole heavily, and sparks fell into the hole.

　　 When Shutaro saw this, his pupils contracted violently due to panic.

　　 "Get out of the house!"

　　 When he quickly realized what this uncle was going to do, Zhou Taro roared like a conditioned reflex and fled outside the house...

　　...

　　 Boom!

　　...

　　 Deafening explosions.

　　 Nearly a quarter of the roof of this low house was directly blown up.

　　 This explosion not only awakened the surrounding residents.

　　 also awakened Shuntaro who was on guard outside.

Shuntaro looked at the low house not far away with one-third of the tatami mats. After a moment of stunned, he rushed to the low house where the smoke was continuously rising at the highest speed he could reach. .

　　 As soon as he arrived at the low house, Shun Taro saw Shu Taro with a gray head and a little blood on his face.

　　 "What's the matter?" Shuntaro asked anxiously.

　　 "Cough, cough, cough... that bastard... buried explosives under the tatami... and detonated it with the flame of a bong..."

　　 The current situation of Shutaro and others is not miserable.

　　 Only half of the people who have just entered the house are well.

　　 The half of the people headed by Zhou Taro escaped the explosion range in time and only recovered their lives.

　　 The other half of the people with poor skills or slow reactions were seriously injured or directly killed.

　　 "It turned out to be like this..." Zhou Taro said bitterly, "The scent in the room...is used to cover up the smell of gunpowder."

　　 When entering the house, Zhou Taro thought that the faint scent in the air was the scent left after buying a woman to play.

　　 Shutaro also bought women for fun.

　　 So he knows that some powders used by women have strong taste and long duration.

　　 Until now, Zhou Taro realized that he was wrong-this scent was deliberately made to cover up the smell of gunpowder.

　　 "What about Rebellion?" Shuntaro then asked, "Where did he go?"

　　 "He escaped by drilling in the tunnel." Zhou Taro gritted his teeth, "but I rushed to shoot him before he got into the tunnel. My kunai hit his flanks."

　　 Immediately before escaping the house, Zhou Taro saw the uncle igniting the gunpowder, he immediately opened the tatami mat under his butt, and then got in.

　　 Hidden weapon is Zhou Taro's masterpiece.

　　 So when he saw that the uncle was about to get into the tunnel, he quickly raised his hand and threw a round of kunai, which accurately hit the uncle's flanks.

　　 After Kuwu hit the uncle's flanks, Zhou Taro could clearly hear the uncle's low pain.

　　 "Shintaro-sama, let's go chasing it!" Zhou Taro said anxiously, "This kind of broken house, there can be no tunnel! So he should dug out the tunnel temporarily, and the length should not be long!"

　　 "Plus he is now stabbed by my kunai, if we go to chase now, maybe we can catch up!"

　　...

　　...

　　Edo, Yoshihara, somewhere inconspicuous outside the gate—

"Huh... the weather now seems to be getting colder and colder." Yuan Yi said this, while tightening the tights of his upper body. "My age is really getting older, so it feels like a little bit of coolness. Some can't stand it anymore."

　　Gen, as always, wore that white yukata.

　　 Although Genichi said so, Ogata didn't see even a goose bump on Genichi's skin.

　　 Ogata has been with Genichi for a long time now, so he has become more and more accustomed to the "Versailles" speech that pops up from time to time like Genichi.

　　 "Gen one big person..." Ogata sighed, "I feel that we should have nothing to gain tonight..."

　　 Ogata and Genichi stared at the gate of Yoshihara for nearly half an hour.

　　 It should be early in the morning, and there are very few people going in and out of Yoshihara, almost none.

"It seems that our luck tonight is not very good." Yuan agreed with Ogata's earlier sentence, "There is no way, we can only wait for tomorrow night, maybe we will see the'mouse' tomorrow night. Let's go back to sleep."

　　 Ogata let out a helpless sigh with a bit of sadness.

　　—I'm freezing again tonight...

　　While murmured like this in his heart, he stood up and walked quickly back to the hotel one by one with Yuan.

　　 Because they rushed to go back to bed, Ogata and Genichi were not slow.

　　 quickly left from the gate of Yoshihara, got off the Japanese embankment, and embarked on the way back to the hotel.

　　 However, when I was about halfway away from the hotel—

　　Pala la la la...

　　 Ogata and Gen, both heard a sound like something being knocked over.

　　 "What sound?" Ogata stopped first.

　　 "Listening to the sound, it seems not far from us." After that, Yuan Yi sniffed hard, "It smells of blood..."

　　 "Yuan Da Ren, can you smell it all?"

　　 "I am very sensitive to the smell of blood."

　　 "The smell of blood..." Ogata's face sank, "Could it be that a samurai is beheading a man and trying his sword..."

　　 Late at night and early in the morning, it is a high-incidence period for those frenzied samurai to behead people and try their swords.

　　 Ogata hates this kind of madness, taking a living person to try a knife.

　　 "It's possible." Genichi's expression became more serious at this time, "Ogata-kun, let's go and see."

　　 "Yeah." Without any hesitation, Ogata held the sword on his waist, walked side by side with Gen, and ran towards the source of the abnormal noise just now.

　　...

　　...

　　 "Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

　　 In the alley, the uncle is holding his left abdomen with one hand, and holding the wall with the other, moving forward little by little at a speed like moving.

　　 raised his left hand, which had been covering the wound, and glanced at his left palm—the palm was already blood red.

　　 Looking at the blood-red left hand, the uncle couldn't help but smile wryly.

　　 Just before crawling into the tunnel he dug out with great effort, Zhou Taro threw a bitterness at him with a very quick response.

　　 Shutaro is a hidden weapon in Shiranui.

　　On the ability to throw hidden weapons, it can be regarded as the number one in all Shiranui.

　　 Uncle has the confidence to take the kunai thrown by others.

　　 But he has nothing to do with the kunai thrown by Zhou Taro.

　　 Shutaro’s kunai shot into his flanks with precision.

Uncle 　　 didn't dare to get out of this suffering.

　　 If this suffering is taken out, there will be a lot of blood coming out of the wound.

　　 He doesn't have any medicine to stop the bleeding, so he has no choice but to die faster.

　　 There was a kunai stuck in his side, which made the uncle feel painful every time he took a step forward.

　　 The continuous blood loss, coupled with the intense pain, made the uncle feel dizzy. When he walked, he felt that he was not "walking", but "floating".

　　 Just now, he even accidentally knocked down the row of bamboo poles at the entrance of the alley because he was walking unsteadily.

　　 Although every step forward was painful, the uncle walked forward firmly.

　　 walked firmly in the direction where Yoshihara was.

　　 "Axiu..." The uncle spit out a name softly.

　　 While spitting out the name of the person, a series of memories popped up from the depths of the uncle's mind.

　　 This string of memories is a sentence.

　　 (Let’s give Shiranui a head-on blow together!)

　　 This is what a girl named "Gushengxiu" said to him when she decided to work with him to help the "souls" escape from Shiranui.

　　 recalling this sentence, a faint smile appeared on the corner of the uncle's mouth.

The firm color in 　　's eyes became more intense with the smile on the corner of his mouth.

at this time-

　　 "Hey, what's the matter with you?"

　　 A young male voice suddenly sounded behind him.

　　 As soon as this male voice sounded, the uncle's pupils shrank suddenly.

　　—Have you caught up? !

　　 The loss of blood and the increased pain caused by the confusion caused the uncle's senses to fade a lot, and even the extra person behind him did not notice it.

Uncle 　　 hurriedly looked back.

　　 However, when he turned his gaze to his back, the uncle found that the soldier standing behind him was not the chaser he had imagined.

　　 are two weirdos.

　　 One wears a tengu mask and the other wears a white fox mask.

　　 According to the clothes they leaked outside the clothes, the person wearing the tengu mask should be an old man, and the person wearing the white fox mask should be a young man.

　　 The only thing the two have in common is that they both wear sabers on their waists.

　　...

　　...

　　 Ogata and Genichi galloped all the way, rushing to the place where the abnormal noise just made-an alleyway.

　　 The knocked down bamboo poles were scattered around the alleyway.

　　Ogata and Gen, as soon as they passed through the alley and walked into the depths of the alley, they saw an uncle with a stalk of kunai in his waist and abdomen.

　　 Looking at the ninja standard equipment inserted on the side of the uncle, Ogata frowned slightly.

　　 "Hey, what's the matter with you?"

　　 As soon as Ogata's voice fell, the uncle immediately turned his head hurriedly.

　　 After glanced at the faces of Ogata and Genichi, errors and doubts appeared on their faces.

　　 "Don't be afraid." Ogata whispered, "We are not malicious, have you encountered anything?"

　　 After that, Ogata raised his finger and pointed at the kunai that was stuck in the uncle's side.

Uncle 　　 opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

　　 But as soon as he opened his mouth, he vomited a mouthful of blood, let out a painful moan, and then fell on one knee.

　　 Ogata: "Hey! Are you okay?"

　　 Ogata and Gen both stepped forward and squatted beside the uncle.

　　Yuan glanced at the uncle’s injury, and said in a deep voice: "Your injury must be dealt with immediately. I will take you to the doctor."

　　 "No, no need...I...I still have very important things to do..."

　　 "Don't be silly." Ogata also said in a serious tone at this time, "You look like you, it's difficult to walk, what can you do? Stop talking, and the two of us will take you to the doctor."

Uncle 　　's face showed a strong color of struggle.

　　 After this struggling color appeared on the uncle's face for a moment, it slowly transformed into a firm color.

　　 It looked like he had made some determination.

　　 "Two samurai... I... have something to ask..."

　　 "Please go to Yoshihara now... find a girl named Gua Shengxiu..."

　　 "She works at Shiro Bingbei Club... It should be easy to find her..."

　　 "She is being targeted by a bunch of...bad guys now..."

　　 "If you don't hurry and save her...it's in trouble..."

　　 "Please..."

　　 "Guanshengxiu?!" Ogata exclaimed.

　　 As soon as he heard the name "Guan Sheng Xiu" from the uncle's mouth, Ogata's face was full of sorrow.

　　 Ogata hurriedly raised his hands, held the uncle’s shoulders, and lifted the uncle up.

　　 was about to question the uncle when Ogata suddenly heard footsteps coming from far and near behind him.

　　 Hearing these footsteps, the uncle's face changed: "Here is...!"

　　 Ogata and Genichi followed the sound and looked back.

　　 I saw only 4 people in black, dressed in black, rushing towards them.

　　 Two of them ran on the ground properly.

　　 The other two people walked over the wall and rushed towards Ogata and the others along the roof of the house next to the alley.

　　 "I saw it! That guy is there!" An excited shout sounded among the four men in black.

　　 After this excited shout fell, one of the four men in black suddenly took out a round object and threw it into the sky.

　　 This round object resembles a dyke, and when it is thrown into the sky, it makes a loud but not harsh "chi" sound.

　　 After seeing the appearance of the two men in black galloping on the roof, the expressions of Ogata and Genichi both changed.

　　 Genichi and Shiranui are old rivals.

　　 And Ogata mastered the "Intermediate" Shiranui Sneak Art.

　　 So the two of them could see from the physiques of the men in black who were galloping on the roof—they used the stealth technique of Shiranui!

　　 "Hey... Uncle..." Ogata said solemnly, "How did you get into the ninja in Shiranui?"

　　 Even if Ogata looks and thinks with his butt, he can see and think of what is going on now-these 4 ninjas in Shiranui are chasing this uncle.

　　 Seeing that Ogata was able to pinpoint the true identity of these uninvited guests, the uncle's face was shocked and shocked.

　　 Although I wanted to ask Ogata why they recognized this as a ninja in Shiranui, the uncle first suppressed the doubts and shocks in my heart, and said to Ogata:

　　 "You two... hurry up... go to Yoshihara... look for melon show... please..."

　　 "I'll hold it..."

Before 　　 hadn't finished speaking, Ogata and Genichi completely ignored him and made the same action—drawing the sword.

　　 No one said a word, but Ogata and Genichi still had a tacit understanding and drew their swords at the same time.

　　 But rushed in a different direction.

　　Gen jumped up and jumped onto the roof to meet the two ninjas who were moving on the roof.

　　 and Ogata lowered his body's center of gravity and "flyed" toward the other two ninjas running on the ground at a speed like flying close to the ground...

　　 There is no suspense in the battle.

　　 Ogata only swung out two sword lights, and with the efficiency of one sword per person, he cut down the two Shiranui ninjas on the ground.

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　　...

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　　...

　　 Ogata and Genichi killed the enemy at almost the same moment.

　　 Then the battle ended almost at the same time.

　　 When Ogata took the sword and returned it to its sheath, two corpses slipped down from the roof, and Genichi jumped off the roof while holding Yoshin, and jumped back to Ogata's side.

Uncle 　　 stared at all this dumbfounded.

　　 "Uncle." Ogata asked, who walked back to his uncle quickly, "How many ninjas in Shiranui are chasing you?"

　　 was awakened by Ogata’s question, and replied:

　　 "I don’t know...but it’s certainly not that few...There will be others...coming here..."

　　 "I think so..." Ogata just saw that the four ninjas threw things like naruto, which should be used to inform their companions.

　　 I want to ask this uncle's questions, there are so many like mountains.

　　 But now is obviously not a good time to ask questions.

　　 "Tengu-sama, you take this uncle away. Since this uncle is being chased by so many ninjas in Shiranui, then this uncle should not be a simple character."

　　 "This uncle may know something about Shiranui. I can't let him die like this."

　　 "This uncle's injury is very serious, you quickly take him to a safe place for healing."

　　Because he was in front of outsiders, in order to hide his identity, Ogata did not call out Genichi's real name, but called "Tengu-sama".

　　 "Huh?" Yuanyi raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you going with us?"

　　 "I'm going to Yoshihara." Ogata said solemnly.

　　 Ogata is still at a loss.

　　 I don’t know the relationship between this uncle and Gua Sheng.

　　 Ogata doesn't even know whether the "melons are dangerous" is true or not.

　　 But Ogata decided to take a look at Yoshihara.

　　 No matter what, Ogata couldn't just sit back and watch friends who might be in danger. Even if the possibility that the friend is in danger is only one percent.

　　 Hearing this sentence from Ogata's mouth, the uncle showed a ecstatic expression after being taken aback.

　　 When he was about to say something, the sharp pain from his waist and abdomen made the words that had flooded his mouth turned into a cold breath.

　　 "Don't move or talk."

　　 Yuan bent down and lifted the uncle up.

　　 "I will carry you to a safe place for healing."

　　 Although Genichi warned not to speak, after being lifted up by Genichi, the uncle still endured the severe pain and said to Ogata:

　　 "One step... please be careful..."

　　 "The one who went to chase melons...and also the ninja in Shiranui..."

　　 "Then...Shuntaro of'Head of the Four Heavenly Kings'...should be nearby..."

　　 "I don't know... Will Shuntaro participate in the assassination of Melon..."

　　 "Anyway... Be careful...!"

　　 After hearing the name "Shuntaro" from the uncle's mouth, Ogata's pupils shrank slightly.

　　 "...Thanks for the reminder. Tengu-sama, please take this uncle away. I'll be back later."

　　 "Well, I wish you prosperity in your martial arts."

　　 Yuanyi didn't have a trace of ink.

　　 Confirmed that Ogata decided to go to Yoshihara alone, and stopped talking nonsense.

　　 picked up the uncle on his back and ran towards the hotel where they lived at a speed that was not like an old man at all.

　　 If they are going to Yoshihara, the direction they have to go is just opposite to the direction in which Genichi and the others are currently escaping.

　　 After watching Genichi and the others leave, Ogata took a deep breath and prepared to turn around and head to Yoshihara.

　　 But before Ogata had time to turn around, he suddenly heard a sharp piercing sound behind him.

　　 Ogata's pupils shrank slightly as he listened to the piercing sound behind him.

　　 quickly turned around with his left foot as the axis. While turning around, he pulled out Da Shatian.

　　 Da Shiten followed Ogata, who turned back, and after drew a semicircle, he accurately struck a kunai that had just flown in to target Ogata's back.

As soon as he turned around and chopped down this kunai, I could easily see a black shadow flashing in front of him-a man in black holding two black-blade ninja swords jumped, leaped towards Ogata's position, and then topped Mount Tai. Shishi, aiming at Ogata's head, came to slash with a heavy blow.

　　 clang!

　　 Ogata clenched Dashaten with both hands, and simultaneously held the two Shinobi swords that the man in black had chopped up.

The powerful force from the sword made Ogata's eyes flashed with surprise.

　　 Seeing that his attack failed, the man in black took the initiative to retreat and distanced himself from Ogata.

It wasn't until the man in black took the initiative to take the distance that Ogata finally saw his appearance-dressed in dark, the parts below the eyes and the parts above the eyes, all covered with thick black cloth. People can't see his specific appearance.

　　 will launch an attack on Ogata involuntarily at this time, and that's a kind of person.

　　—Are the chasers in Shiranui coming...

　　 Ogata's expression became a little serious, and he squeezed Dashaten with both hands.

　　...

　　...

　　 In order to increase the search efficiency, Shun Taro and others divided into 4 groups, scattered around, each looking for the traitor.

　　 caught the betrayer and threw a "sing ball" to contact other people.

　　Bell is one of their communication props in Shiranui. As long as it is thrown with enough force, it can make a loud but not harsh sound.

　　 When Shintaro led the three subordinates looking for the figure of Rennin, he suddenly heard the sound of a ball.

　　 Without any hesitation, Shun Taro hurriedly led his men to the place where the sound was heard.

　　 Before entering the alley where the ball rang, Shuntarou, who had night vision and extremely good eyesight, saw the betrayal from a distance.

　　 and saw two weird men wearing tengu masks and white fox masks beside the betrayer.

　　 Not far away, lying on the ground were the corpses of 4 ninjas in Shiranui.

　　 "Tengu" picked up the betrayal and broke away from the scene at a very fast speed.

　　Only the "white fox" remained in place.

　　—So there are accomplices in Shinobu...!

　　 Although there was an unexpected situation, Shintaro remained calm.

　　 "The soldiers are divided into two groups. The three of you go down the long road to chase after the traitor and the ‘tengu’."

　　 "I will solve the ‘white fox’ and I’ll catch up later."

　　 "Yes"*3

　　 In Shiranui where the hierarchical system is strict, the orders of the superiors are absolute.

　　 Without thinking about it, they all agreed in unison, and the three of Shuntaro's subordinates separated from him and took another path to chase after the rebel. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

　　 And Shun Taro pulled out the 2 Shinobi swords on his back and rushed straight towards the "White Fox".

　　 After getting close to a suitable distance, Shun Taro threw a handle of kunai at the "white fox".

　　 This is Shuntaro’s habitual technique: Derivative Chase Slash.

　　 First throw a handle of kunai or something to injure the enemy or attract the enemy's attention, then narrow the distance with the enemy in one breath, and then knock down the opponent with one blow.

　　 Kunai thrown by Shun Taro cut through the air and flew straight to the back of "White Fox".

　　 But just as Kuwu was about to hit, "White Fox" suddenly turned around.

　　While turning back, he drew a knife and chopped off Kuunai.

And when the "white fox" cut and fell, Shuntaro, who happened to be within a good attack range, jumped, leaped towards the "white fox", then waved his hands with two knives, aimed at the "white fox" and took notes. hack.

　　 And Shun Taro's hack was once again caught by the "white fox".

-This guy…? !

　　 Shun Taro's pupils shrank in surprise.

　　 Changed to someone with average skill, now he must have moved his head.

　　 Realizing that he had met a master Shuntarou, he quickly jumped back and pulled the distance from "White Fox".

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