tokyo creator

Chapter 78
Hui Yuanchu showed a hint of surprise appropriately...even though he already knew about this.

During this week, Rei Li continuously sent in new information from the investigation, and naturally such important content was not missing from it - about the incident that caused Yukinoshita's temperament to change drastically.

Yukinoshita Saya's father, Yukinoshita Katsumi, was killed in that accident.

The suspect is Yukinoshita's disciple: Shimokawa Maki.

Here, Rei Li specially reminded Haiyuan Chu to pay attention - Shimokawa Masaki was not Yukinoshita Katsumi's dojo disciple, but a workshop disciple.

Yukinoshita Katsumi is actually not a kendo master, but a swordsman. "Yukishita" is not a swordsman family, but a blacksmithing family.

Although, the term "family" is actually a bit subtle.

In the history of the Japanese knife forging industry, there was indeed a place for the swordsmiths named "Yukishita".

The legend of the swordsmith clan "Yukishita" first began in Edo.Since then, starting from the founding ancestor Xuexiayue, six generations of ancestors and grandsons have continuously dominated the sword forging world, leaving behind many famous works.

Among them, the "Yuki Toru" forged by the third generation Yukinoshita Tsukikatsu is the most famous.This famous sword was loved and named by the shogun because of its snowflake-shaped blade pattern. It was later enshrined as a sacred sword at Owari Shrine.Later, this famous sword was stolen from the shrine by thieves, and due to the war, it disappeared.

However, since modern times, due to social changes and other reasons, the Yukinoshita family has gradually disappeared in the sense of a "swordsmith family".

In modern times, although the Xueshita family has not been cut off in terms of blood, their descendants have already changed their surname to "Yueshita", and have lost their skills and traditions. For several generations, they no longer forged knives.

But by Yukinoshita Katsumi's generation, things changed again - Yukinoshita Katsumi became a swordsmith again.

Even though he had lost all his ancestral skills, he started from scratch, relied on persistence and perseverance, and truly became an ancient swordsmith recognized by his peers. He also never concealed his desire to revive the "famous craftsman" The idea of ​​the name "Under the Snow".

For Yukinoshita Katsumi, the dojo established by Yuan Xuehui may be a place for him to relax and exercise besides forging knives, and maybe he became interested in swordsmanship because of forging knives... But in short, the dojo is not his real place. Invest your heart and soul in your career.

So for a long time, he didn't appear in the dojo very often.Most of the management and teaching work of the dojo is also handled by the dojo disciples such as Yukinoshita Saya and Daimon.

After all... Yukinoshita Katsumi is a swordsmith.

He spent most of his time studying the art of forging swords in his workshop.

During this process, the person who stayed with him the longest was his only forging disciple, Shimokawa Masaki.

The above is the background information on the murder case of Yukinoshita Katsumi.

...However, when Haiyuan first became interested and then asked about the details of the murder, Rei Li said that there was nothing more to do.

For some unknown reason, she searched the criminal headquarters' archives several times, but could not find any files on this case.Therefore, she planned to go directly to the police department's archives to look for it.

While waiting, Hui Yuanchu decided to inquire in the dojo, maybe he could get some news.

"What's the situation? Who is the murderer? Why do you want to kill?" Hui Yuanchu continued to test Xiao Shandao.

The other party did not disappoint him and replied: "As far as I know, the murderer is a disciple of Yukinoshita Normal School. But not a disciple of our dojo... but a disciple of the workshop."

"Workshop? What workshop?" Huiyuan pretended to be confused.

"The job of Yukinoshita Teachers College seems to be that of a sword forger. The disciples of the workshop are the disciples who forge swords."

"Forging swords... Yukinoshita..." Haiyuan pretended to be thoughtful at first, then his eyes lit up, "Is it related to the Yukinoshita family?"

"Hey, you're quite smart. It's that Yukinoshita. The Yukinoshita clan who forged the 'Famous Sword Yukito'. Yukinoshita Shihan seems to be a descendant of that clan." Xiaoshan was very proud, even though he was praising the origin of the gray sword. , in fact the expression on his face is "I am the smartest".

But then, he actually gave a piece of news that Hui Yuan didn't know at first: "Yukishita Normal seems to have been studying how to reproduce the ancient forging skills of the Yukitsu sword."

"So, it must be the disciple named Xiachuan who saw that the ancient method was about to succeed, took away the formula, and then silenced it." He cursed very confidently, "The trash in the Metropolitan Police Department, it's so obvious The murderer has not yet been caught in the case.”

"Why are you so sure?"

"Isn't it always like this in novels?" Xiao Shan said confidently.

Hui Yuanchu rolled his eyes.

"Oh, Haiyuan-kun, you look like you don't believe me, senior..." Xiaoshan saw his white eyes, then came over and said mysteriously, "Just wait and see, because you just came last week. So I don’t know, but there is a good show here every week today..." He immediately took out his mobile phone and looked at it, then waved it in front of Haiyuan: "Wait, there are still 10 minutes, until 21 o'clock when……"

……

Ten minutes later, Xiaoshan pushed Hui Yuanchu and motioned him to turn his head and look towards the gate of the dojo.

Soon, with the distinct sound of high heels, a woman appeared at the door.

The woman was in her 30s, wearing business attire and holding a delicate leather bag. She had a strong temperament and light makeup. Her facial features... were quite similar to Yukinoshita Saya.

She walked to the door without any intention of taking off her shoes, and her high heels hit the wooden floor with a thud.

But before she could take the second step, the door had already stopped in front of her.

"The gate, this is my dojo, are you preventing me from entering?" The woman glanced at the gate and snorted.

"Take off your shoes." The door only said two words.

"This is my home dojo——"

"If Shifan was still here, he would definitely say this to you." Damen stared at her and said.

The woman was silent for a moment, took off her shoes, then pushed open the door and walked towards the depths of the dojo.

By this time, the students practicing in the dojo had already calmed down.

Under everyone's different gazes, the woman walked straight to the small room on the other side of the dojo where Saya had been staying. Without saying hello, she opened the paper door and walked in. Then she opened the door again with a "bang" sound. Closed.

Hui Yuan initially cast his doubtful gaze on Xiaoshan.

The other party immediately explained knowingly: "Yukishita Yukinoshita... Yukinoshita Normal's sister, Sayo-chan's aunt."

Hui Yuan nodded and matched the image of the woman he saw with the information in his memory.

Yukinoshita Strings, Yukinoshita Katsumi's younger sister, an independent and strong single woman.She and her brother actually have the same goal in a certain sense, which is to save the Yukinoshita clan from the fate of being completely reduced to civilians. They are also struggling hard with the help of the family's remaining heritage. .

But the direction she chose was completely different from her brother's, and it could even be said to be in conflict in a sense.

Yukinoshita Strings is an... antique broker who specializes in searching and appraising antiquities for the rich and powerful.

In this way, after Yukinoshita Katsumi's death, her current not-so-good relationship with Yukinoshita Saya is very interesting.

Hui Yuan was thinking about how to eavesdrop on their conversation, but Xiao Shan pulled him and then stood up silently.

Then, Hui Yuanchu saw him tiptoeing towards the paper door.

After taking two steps, Xiao Shan realized that Hui Yuanchu had not followed at all, so he turned back and waved to him, and then continued to move forward gently.

...In this empty dojo, under everyone's sight, what kind of stealth are you doing!

Hui Yuanchu couldn't help but want to complain.

But when he turned around, he was shocked to see that everyone turned a blind eye to Xiao Shan's actions.

The disciples all started to "drink" again, roared "ha" and practiced practicing Su Zhen by swinging their swords.

The same goes for the gate.He was obviously walking back and forth, and his eyes passed over the hill countless times, but they all passed directly over him, as if he hadn't seen it at all.

...Hui Yuan suddenly realized.Daemon is hostile to String String and is worried about Saya. He may have discussed with Xiaoshan to let him come over and eavesdrop in case something happens.

So, he quickly stood up and followed lightly.

(End of this chapter)