crossed border

Chapter 97 Branch Route Selection
Because as long as you successfully develop the reasonable use of the fruit ability, strengthen and increase your inherent electromagnetic manipulation ability, and combine it with knowledge and arrogance, it seems to be like a devil fruit ability person who claims to be a god. To a certain extent, it cannot be considered too difficult.

For example, it is easy to monitor every corner of an entire huge island, and it is even possible to eavesdrop on the voices of all the people in it. ——This is guaranteed to be much more powerful than the hovering loops that are everywhere in Academy City.

It's just that the establishment of the project of exchanging devil fruits is still just an idea, because some problems in the past cannot be easily ignored.What's more, the one-time A-level branch plot is obviously not so easy to come up with.

And the lord of the country obviously doesn't believe that the young man's perception ability is really so mysterious. She has suffered enough now, and absolutely does not want to fall again on the eve of success.

So no matter how much Mu Xiu persuaded her, she was still very cautious and even trembling, paying attention to the movement around her anytime, anywhere, like a frightened deer, invisibly consuming a lot of unnecessary effort.

Now, the girl with long black hair seems to be very stuffy. She rolled up her sleeves and wiped the fine beads of sweat on her forehead, then bit her lower lip lightly, raised her skirt and carefully stepped on the stones in the stream. Arrived at Mu Xiu's side.Traditional kimonos make it difficult for people to move, so she has walked hard all the way.

But this is already the best result. If it is still the previous twelve singles—a full twelve layers of single clothes, I am afraid that today will be over, and she does not have the ability to walk to this position near the foot of the mountain.

Immediately afterwards, the lord of the country saw the muddy road at the foot of the mountain, and it was roughly estimated that it would take only half an hour to get there.

Immediately, an expression of undisguised surprise appeared on her face, and she immediately turned her head to look at Mu Xiu.

At this time, Imakawa Yoshimoto didn't care about noble demeanor, calmness and restraint, calmness and so on. She just stretched out her hands and took someone's arm, shaking it gently, asking for the other's opinion in a low voice, and said:
"Let's go down quickly and get out of here right away, shall we?"

"Of course, your will, my lord, is my wish—"

Mu Xiu turned his head, and nodded again and again swearing, with the appearance of a loyal minister who is kind and willing to do what the lord of the country says.

However, the lord will not be easily deceived by him. She is very clear that the young man in front of her is completely different from those dog legs who are obsequious to her.Along the way, many of the opinions I have put forward have been ruthlessly rejected by the other party, and they are not the kind of euphemistic hints that make insinuations and roundabouts, but point out problems directly.

This made her feel very annoyed and ashamed, and felt that she could no longer raise the majesty and aura of the king in front of the other party.

"only--"

Sure enough, in the next second, Mu Xiu clasped his hands and put them on his chest. He looked straight into the girl's eyes with a serious and sincere expression, and his tone was as brisk as reciting a poem, but it meant a turning point:
"It's just that before that, there is still a little delay now, because we still have some problems that need to be resolved urgently, otherwise, it may have some bad effects on the next actions... Whether it is you or me, probably I don’t want to see that result.”

"...What?" Imakawa Yoshimoto asked vigilantly, is the other party finally going to negotiate terms?
"Ahem, such an obvious question—don't you know, my lord?" Mu Xiu frowned naturally, as if he felt it was incredible. He coughed twice as if Like hinting at something.

Sure enough, this is the reason!The black, long straight girl felt that she was relieved all of a sudden. What she was most afraid of was that the other party didn't ask for anything, and she was so kind to herself for no reason.

Because that may mean that what the other party seeks and intends is a bigger, more and more excessive reward.And as the lord of a country, Tokaido's most powerful name, she was able to rule the entire Imagawa clan at the age of sixteen. Naturally, she is not a character who easily trusts others.

This is fine now, as long as the other party makes a request——Imagawa Yoshimoto's gaze gradually became colder, and the power and aura that had been quiet before seemed to be beginning to resurface.

In this way, I can also take this opportunity to regain the initiative, instead of being at a loss like now, I don't know what attitude I should use to face this rude person.

Blindly giving favors but worrying about indulging too much, letting the other party gain an inch, wanting to give both kindness and power but afraid that the other party will abandon him directly, and even simply defect to the opposite Oda Army's camp...

So——this is fine now, as long as the other party makes a request.

Although "reason" is constantly reminding her to think so.But the frowning and subconscious lip biting showed that her "sensibility" seemed unwilling to accept such a nature of things.Because Imakawa Yoshimoto is Hime Daming, who is in the most competitive class in the Warring States Period.

Compete with other daimyo for resources, play tricks, and do everything possible to improve the strength of the Imagawa clan.

Intrigue with the chaotic factions within the family, checks and balances, division and suppression, but there are still many obstacles.

Even his subordinates and retainers have different interests and demands, and they don't necessarily agree with him in everything, and they may fool her or betray her interests.

All of this made Imakawa Yoshimoto exhausted, especially after the death of Taiyuan Xuezhai, the only military adviser who could be trusted and helped her seize the succession of the family governor, she almost lost confidence in the future, and sometimes even Some dangerous thoughts arose.

It seemed that her insistence on stationing troops in a dangerous area yesterday might not have been a decision influenced by her subconscious extreme character, or there were some factors involved.It's just that she herself definitely doesn't know, and she won't admit that she actually has a tendency to self-destruct.

So, like these two days—the feeling that someone can truly rely on herself is what the girl subconsciously doesn't want to give up.

To be precise, it is she who urgently needs a real helper who can be trusted and trusted, a real retainer who can be her core team.Instead of taking her as the target of the pursuit of interests, the biggest source of benefits, those opportunistic guys.

It's a pity, how could such a person be easily found...

Imagawa Yoshimoto bit his lip, squeezed his fingers, and said lightly: "Tell me, what do you want?"

Mu Xiu gave her a strange look, always feeling that the smile of the lord of the country at this moment seemed to be forced out, but he didn't think too much, just said straightforwardly: "I need to know where the nearest Jinchuan army is. Which one, in what direction."

"Hmph, although your request is a bit too much, but it seems that you are right in these two days..." According to the sentence pattern that had been thought of long ago, the black, long and straight girl shook her head proudly, and said part of her thoughts casually. After a good speech, he reacted abruptly: "Huh? Wait—what did you just say?"

"..."

"..."

"Are you listening to me?" Mu Xiu didn't ask again, but narrowed his eyes slightly.

He really felt that there seemed to be something really wrong with the girl in front of him, something wrong with her mental state.Could it be said that the difficult situation in the past two days has made her dizzy, and subconsciously think about it?
"No, no, not... I mean, I mean—" Imagawa Yoshimoto was stunned for a few seconds before shaking his head violently like a rattle, "I mean, why do you want this information? ?”

"Isn't this obvious? We are still in the territory of Owari. Even if we escape later, we are only temporarily leaving the encirclement, my lord." The corner of the boy's mouth twitched a few times, "It's fine even if they don't find out for a while, but when they search the whole mountain or find the soldiers we killed along the way, they will definitely know that we escaped..."

"Next, we still have to flee, and we don't have as much leeway as we do on the mountain. In this way, isn't it the most natural to find the nearest Imagawa army and rush there as quickly as possible?"

"..."

The king seemed to be completely stunned, and fell into a strange graying state.

Mu Xiu raised his eyebrows, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart: "Wait, if you don't remember the distribution of the Jinchuan Army nearby, then——you should at least remember the nearest and fastest one, you can directly Is it the route back to the territory beyond Mikawa?"

"This, this... I, should..."

Imagawa Yoshimoto's eyes were wandering, and there was an embarrassing blush on her white and tender face. She turned her face away guiltily, and looked in an empty direction.

The boy's brows twitched, feeling that he had reached his limit.But he just took a deep breath, relieved the pressure in his head, then nodded clearly, and said lightly: "That's it, then I probably understand, then the next arrangement will be a little bit more complicated." Something has changed a little..."

"What, what?" Hei Changzhi said weakly with his shoulders drooping, as if he was waiting for a judge to judge.

Mu Xiu first took a look at his mission, and sure enough, it has not been shown that it has been completed, and the reward points and side plots have not been issued.

He laughed heartily, and gave the lord a thumbs up: "Well, lord, can you keep running at a speed not lower than that of a horse, at least for a quarter of an hour?"

"How is this possible!"

"...Actually, I don't think it's possible. So, do you want me to carry you behind my back or hold you directly?"

"Hmm!!" The lord's face turned red all of a sudden, she bit her lower lip and stared at Mu Xiu tearfully, with an expression that she couldn't believe what she had heard.

(End of this chapter)