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"In addition to confirming the code names of the two major cadres of the French Party, we have also recently discovered traces of French Party activities in the Ou area."

"In order to find out what the Fajudang is planning to do, my lord sent me to the Ou area to investigate and track down the Fajudang."

"This is also the main reason why I suddenly visited Edo at this time. From Osaka to Ou, you must pass through Edo and take the streets of Oshu."

Ou area - the collective name for the two areas of Oshu and Deyu in Japan. Because these two areas are located in the northeast, they are also called "Northeast area".

As for the Oshu Street, there are five avenues connecting various strategic locations centered on Edo: one of the "Five Streets", from Edo Nihonbashi to Mutsu Shirakawa in the Ou area.

"Ouyu..." Kiryu nodded lightly, "Then when do you plan to leave for Ouyu?"

"My lord asked me to arrive in Ou as soon as possible. Therefore, I plan to leave early tomorrow morning."

"Then do you want to meet the young master tonight?" Kiryu asked, "If the young master sees you coming to Edo, she will be very happy."

"That's unnecessary." Mu Cun pursed his lips and shook his head, "I'm leaving tomorrow morning. If I go to see the young master tonight, the time is too late, and I won't even have a few words with the young master."

"I'll wait until I'm completely free and have time before coming to see the young master."

"At that time...by the way, come and meet the Ju Qingdeng you mentioned in your letter before."

Speaking of this, Mucun showed a full of emotion.

"My lord and I were very surprised when we saw what was written in the letter you sent back a month ago."

"Is that Juqingdeng so powerful?"

"It actually allowed you to intentionally pass on your sword-drawing technique and your demon sword to him. No matter how hard you searched before, you couldn't find a suitable heir."

"...Tachibana-kun is indeed a talent worth looking forward to in his future." After hearing Mucun's mention of Qingdeng's name, Kiryu smiled slightly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and recalled, "Not only does he have outstanding talents His talent in swordsmanship, as well as...the personal charm and commanding ability that can become the 'center' of everyone."

"However, I'm still in the stage of 'intentional' and 'consideration' as to whether to pass on my sword-drawing technique 'Liuguang' to him."

"I want to observe for a while and think about it for a while before deciding whether to try to accept him as my closed disciple."

Speaking of this, Kiryu suddenly seemed to recall something, and his voice suddenly stopped.

Then, I saw that his expression gradually became weird.

"Kuro, what's the matter?" Mucun noticed that Kiryu's expression suddenly became weird, and frowned, "Did you get dizzy and feel unwell?"

"...No." Kiryu pursed his lips vigorously a few times, then opened his mouth and let out a long sigh, "Speaking of Tachibana-kun... I don't seem to have reported to you yet... about Tachibana-kun and Those things about the young master."

"Ju Qingdeng and the young master?" Mu Cun was taken aback, "What's wrong with them?"

"If my observations are correct... Young Master, she seems to like Ju Qingdeng very much now."

"What?" Mucun's eyes instantly widened as big as copper bells.

"Probably 1 or 2 months ago." Kiryu continued, "I noticed that the young master's attitude towards Ju Qingdeng has become very different."

"When I see Mr. Ju visiting my Qianshiwu, he will smile happily, and will actively chat with Mr. Ju."

"When working on weekdays, I often get distracted and dazed, and occasionally I will suddenly giggle a few times."

"Based on the abnormalities of these young masters I have observed recently... I speculate that there is a high probability that the young master has a special feeling for Mr. Ju."

"And just a few days ago, the young master invited Mr. Ju to join her in the strange thief activities."

"What?!" Mu Cun yelled again, "What?" His eyes, which were already wide open, became rounder and bigger, "You mean...Young Master, she invited that Ju Qing to come over. Do you want to be a phantom thief with her? Kuro, tell me about it in detail."

Kiryu nodded, and then briefly told Mucun the details of how Kinoshita Mai and Qingdeng worked together as phantom thieves to solve the "human beheading incident" a few days ago.

After Mucun listened carefully to Kiryu's narration with breathless concentration, his expression became extremely strange.

After a while, he scooped up a handful of hot water and slapped his face vigorously, and then smacked his lips a few times: "Young master, does she have someone she likes... That's right, after all, young master, she is also 15 years old this year." Yes, and it is true that you have reached the age where you will fall in love with some man. Kuro, have you written to tell the master about these things?"

"Not yet. I plan to wait a few days before writing a long letter to report these things to my lord in detail."

Mu Cun curled his lips and shook his shoulders: "Ha... I'm really curious about what kind of expression my lord will have when she finds out that the young lord has someone she likes."

"...I guess my lord will be surprised at first." The expression on Kiryu's face became weird again, "Then write me a reply letter quickly: ask me to carefully examine Tachibana-kun's character."

"If Mr. Ju is the kind of man who is not worthy of entrusting him for life, let me prevent the young master from having any further contact with Mr. Ju."

"On the contrary, let the young master and Mr. Ju go with the flow, but pay attention to protecting the young master, and don't let the young master suffer any harm."

"In the end, she will try to find some free time to come to Edo and see with her own eyes who can be admired by her precious granddaughter."

"Haha..." Mu Cun laughed dumbly, "These are indeed things that the lord would probably do... Then does that Ju Qingdeng know that the young lord likes him?"

"According to my observation, Mr. Ju doesn't seem to be aware of the young master's feelings for him yet."

"That is to say, the young master is in unrequited love right now... to be given unrequited love by the princess of our gourd house... If this news gets out, I don't know how many people will die of envy."

"Jiulang, do you personally think that Ju Qingdeng is a person worthy of being liked by the young master?"

Kiryu fell silent, with a thoughtful look on his brows.

After a moment, he nodded slightly.

"...As I said just now: Mr. Ju is a talent worth looking forward to in his future."

"Judging from his various performances so far, I don't think Mr. Ju is not unqualified to be admired by the young master."

"So now I'm taking the attitude of letting nature take its course."

"Before I get the relevant instructions from the lord, let the young lord and her come and go freely with Mr. Ju."

"Oh...it seems, Kuro, you have a really high opinion of this Ju Qingdeng."

While talking, Mucun picked up a handful of warm pool water, slapped his face hard, then grinned and laughed a few times.

"I'm getting more and more curious about this orange tree."

"If I don't have to leave Edo early tomorrow morning, otherwise I really want to hurry up and see what kind of strange man he is, who can not only win your appreciation, Jiulang, and let you intentionally accept him as a closed disciple, but also Gain the young master's admiration."

After finishing speaking, Mucun straightened his body leaning against the pool wall, and the water droplets on his body dripped down his strong muscles and melted back into the pool water.

"Okay... I've finished what I need to tell you. Jiulang, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Kiryu shook his head.

"Then let's go first." Mucun raised the thumb and index finger of his right hand, pinched the temples on both sides of his head, and rubbed them vigorously, "After soaking in the bath for so long, my head is a little dizzy."

"I'm going back to my hotel to sleep now, how about you, Kuro?"

"Of course I'm going back to my Chishiya." Kiryu said without hesitation, "Makimura, since you're leaving for Ou tomorrow morning, do you need me to see you off tomorrow morning?"

"Hahahaha, no need. We have been friends for 70 or 80 years, why do we need to do this kind of mother-in-law thing." Mucun waved his hands boldly.

"Then I would like to wish you the success of this 'Trip to Ou'." Kiryu smiled slightly, "Our Gourd House is very weak in the Ou area. careful."

"Hahahaha." Mucun looked up to the sky and laughed, "Kurang, who do you think I am?"

Mucun's tone was full of confidence and pride.

"The 'dragon' I'm carrying behind me hasn't faded yet!"

After finishing speaking, Mu Cun stood up from the pool with a "hoo".

I saw a dragon tattooed on his back that almost covered his entire back!

A red dragon!

The black lines condensed into the dragon body.

The bright red like blood turned into dragon scales.

The red dragon lies and hovers on Mucun's back, with its head raised high, looking directly at Mucun's right shoulder, with its bloody mouth wide open, its eyes shining with indomitable light staring at the sky, as if it is about to come from behind Mucun at any time. Fly out, transform into a real dragon and soar into the sky, and fight with the gods and Buddhas in the sky!

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Edo, Koishikawa Kohinata Yanagi Town, bathhouse · Chihiroya——

After immersing his body in the warm pool water, Qingdeng suddenly felt that most of the fatigue in his body was relieved, and Qingdeng couldn't help squinting his eyes half-closed due to the comfort.

But at this moment, Zhou Zhu's nagging suddenly sounded from behind Qingdeng:

"Mr. Ju, although you have made a big splash in this competition, you must not be complacent."

"Learning martial arts... No, no matter what you do, you are most taboo to be proud and complacent."

"This person, once he is proud and complacent, it is easy to lose sight of his own weight, easy to be satisfied with past glory, and lead to complacency."

"So Mr. Ju, you must continue to maintain a normal heart and continue to practice hard..."

...

Zhou Zhu's nagging, nagging, nagging made Qingdeng feel as if dozens of mosquitoes were flying around his ears.

"Master, don't worry." Qingdeng smiled helplessly at Zhou Zhu, "I'm not stupid enough to be complacent because of such a small achievement."

Tonight, except for Okita, who said "I want to come back to enjoy the large public bath alone late at night", all the men in the test guard house, namely Qingdeng, Shusuke, Kondo, Saito, and Kubei, 5 of them came to this adjacent building together very rarely. Bathhouse in the Sanwei Hall: Take a bath in Chihiro House.

Before that, there were very few people who came to take a shower together.

"Okay, father." Kondo seemed to be unable to stand Zhou Zhu's nagging at this time, and persuaded, "Tachibana-kun will continue the game tomorrow, let Tachibana-kun take a good bath and rest now , It’s not too late to talk about these great principles later.”

After finishing speaking, Kondo turned his gaze to Qingdeng.

"Mr. Ju, let's soak in the bathtub for a while today. A hot bath will help relieve physical fatigue."

"En." Qing Deng nodded.

After nodding, Qingdeng silently added in his heart:

——My body actually doesn’t have any fatigue to relieve…

In today's three games, Qingdeng swung the knife three times according to the statistics. How can he be tired?

Now is one of the most crowded time periods in the bathhouse, nearly 80% of the huge bathing pool has been occupied by the crowd, making Qingdeng, who is soaking his body in a corner of the bathing pool, feel cramped.

After three rounds of fierce elimination today, there are only a dozen players left.

The last dozen or so contestants will start the final three rounds tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow's fourth round of competition can be understood as the "quasi-semi-finals", the fifth round is the "semi-finals", and the final sixth round is the "final" to decide who is the champion of this competition!

Although his body was not very tired, Qingdeng still held the mentality of "I paid money to get in this bathhouse, so I should have more bubbles", closed his eyes, and immersed the whole part below his chin in the right temperature in the pool water.

——Of all the remaining players... the one who deserves attention, and who is most likely to have special talents, should be the new wife Kuan in the training hall.

Qingdeng originally wanted to let his mind go blank, but his thoughts drifted uncontrollably to tomorrow's game.

According to Qingdeng's own observation, among the remaining dozen or so opponents, the only one who can be considered as strong is the last "Three Heroes" he has not yet fought against: the new wife Kuan of the training hall.

The rest of the contestants except the new wife Kuan... To put it bluntly, Qingdeng could easily kill them all in one shot.

Qingdeng thought that if there were no accidents, he would have a fight with his new wife Kuan sooner or later tomorrow!

Xinjukuan's strength is much stronger than the rest of the players. Except for Qingdeng, none of the remaining players can compete with Xinwikuan.

That is to say——if Qingdeng fails to face his new wife Kuan in the fourth and fifth rounds tomorrow, then the two opponents who will participate in the sixth round of this competition, that is, the final , that is, he and his new wife are getting married!

According to Qingdeng's observation in today's game, the strength of Xinzuhiro... should be stronger than Morishita and Oisaki who were all killed by Qingdeng with a single sword.

In a nutshell—although Qingdeng is listed as the most important opponent in tomorrow's game, there is still a huge gap in the strength of the new wife Kuan compared to the current Qingdeng.

However, Qing Deng did not feel any arrogance because of this, or contempt for his new wife, Kuan Xin.

He didn't like Qingdeng's temperament, and he was not easy to be complacent. Even though his strength surpassed other players by a lot, he still wanted to play every remaining game with full seriousness and strength.

When Qingdeng's mind was still on tomorrow's game, he suddenly heard Zhou Zhu who was sitting across from him say to Kondo:

"Ah, that's right, Yong. Just now, the general manager asked me to take a detour to the dessert shop that stays open until late when I return home from the bath: Flower Sugar House to buy him two Bao Jinping Tang."

"The task of buying candy for the general manager is entrusted to you. Remember to buy sugar for the general manager after you take a bath later."

"Flower Sugar House...well, I get it."

Okita... Hearing that Kondo and the others mentioned Okita in the chat, Qingdeng couldn't help opening his eyes because he remembered something related to Okita, and then inserted into the conversation between Kondo and Shusuke.

"Kondo-kun, speaking of Okita-kun...I have a question related to Okita-kun, can I ask?"

"Question related to Okita?" Kondo blinked his eyes, raised his chin towards Qingdeng, and signaled Qingdeng with gestures: You can ask.

Seeing this, Qingdeng no longer hesitated.

"Kondo-kun, I found that since I lived in the test guard, I have never seen Okita-kun's family come to look for him."

"As for Mr. Okita, he has always lived in the test hall. I have never seen him leave the test hall temporarily and go back to live with other relatives."

"So I want to ask: Don't Okita-kun's relatives live in Edo?"

"Oh, you're asking this..." Hearing Qingdeng's question, Kondo raised his eyebrows, then pursed his lips, as if thinking about his words.

After a while, I saw him say slowly:

"Well, the chief executive does not have any relatives living in Edo, and he has no other place to go in Edo except the Examination Hall, so naturally he has been living in the Examination Hall."

Having said that, Kondo tilted his body, changed to a more comfortable sitting position, and continued:

"The chief executive has lost his parents since he was a child."

"The only remaining relatives are his two older sisters who are both married."

"My eldest sister Okita Hikaru married a samurai who changed her name to Okita Rintaro because he was married into their Okita family, and now lives in Hinojuku in the north of Edo."

"Second sister Okitakin also married far away."

"The relationship between the chief executive and his sisters is very good, but because Okita Hikari and Okita Kin don't live in Edo now, so Okita doesn't see his two sisters very often now. "

"So Okita-kun still has a sister..." Qingdeng murmured.

Okita has two older sisters—this is the first time Qingdeng knows about it.

"The two older sisters of the chief executive are all beauties." Kondo continued at this time.

"The chief's second sister, Okitakin, married far away, so she rarely has the opportunity to return to Edo."

"But the Hinojuku where the elder sister Okita Hikaru currently lives is not very far from Edo, so she occasionally goes back to Edo to visit the head office during the holidays."

"Every time Okita Hikari returns to Edo to visit the chief executive, he always attracts a large group of apprentices from our testing hall to come and peek at the chief executive's sister."

"Hohohoho..." Suddenly, Zhou Zhu beside him smiled "hohohoho" and interjected, "When I first met Ah Guang, I even thought about pairing up Yong and Ah Guang." , let us Kondo family and Okita family get closer."

"It's a pity that Ah Guang was already married at that time. Thinking about it carefully, it's really a pity."

"Are they all beauties..." After chewing the words carefully, Qingdeng said with a smile, "That's right, after all, Mr. Okita looks so cute... Ah, no, he looks so good-looking, with It's not surprising that there are two beautiful sisters."

Qingdeng originally wanted to use "cute" to describe Okita's appearance.

But I thought it might be offensive to describe a man as "cute", so I temporarily changed it to "good-looking".

However, although Qingdeng has temporarily changed his words, Kondo still heard the phrase "cute" that Qingdeng blurted out just now.

"Tachibana-kun, in front of the general manager, please don't say 'you look so cute'." Kondo smiled helplessly, "The general manager doesn't like others to say he is cute, because he thinks that as a It's quite humiliating for a man to be called 'cute'."

"It's understandable..." Qingdeng smiled wryly, "but... to be honest, Okita-kun really has a very cute face, and besides 'cute', I don't think there is any other adjective to describe it better. Describe Okita-kun's appearance."

Although it might be impolite to say so, Qingdeng always felt that Okita was born with the wrong gender.

He is obviously a man, but he has a face that is cuter than ninety-nine percent of women.

When meeting Okita for the first time, if it wasn't because he saw Okita wearing men's clothes, Qingdeng would really have mistook Okita for a cute girl from some other family.

On weekdays, when he and Okita go out together, his extremely cute face often attracts some strange people.

In ancient Japan, people called Longyang's good deeds "public ways", and public ways have been quite popular in the Warring States Period three hundred years ago and in the current Edo period.

So when I usually walk on the street with Okita, I can often bump into some wretched "people of the Tao" who come to strike up a conversation and harass Okita.

Qingdeng was once harassed by "all Dao lovers".

In terms of appearance, Qingdeng belongs to the type with delicate and delicate features—it just happens to be the face that is most loved by "all Taoist lovers"...

About 2 months ago, when Qingdeng was drinking tea in a certain tea house, a well-dressed warrior suddenly approached his table and talked to Qingdeng some affectionate words...

What "I am the second son of the Bananamoto Yuki family" and so on... All in all, they hinted to Qingdeng that "I have a crush on you".

Qingdeng, who had a completely normal sexual orientation, found out why this guy came, unceremoniously raised his left hand, pressed the handle of the knife at his waist, and frightened the perverted man away.

Even Qingdeng has been harassed by such perverted men before, let alone Okita.

There were 7 or 8 incidents of "pervert men harassing Okita" that Qingdeng had seen.

"Anyway, remember not to be in front of Okita, just praise him as 'cute'." Kondo shrugged, "You can praise him for being good-looking, delicate, etc."

Soaking in a bathtub full of hot water for a long time will cause the blood to rush straight to the head, which is why it is easy to get dizzy after soaking in the bathtub for a long time.

I saw that Zhou Zhu was in a dazed state right now.

His cheeks turned red, and his eyes half-closed.

After Kondo's reminder to Qingdeng just now fell, the dizzy Shusuke let out his signature "hohohohoho" laugh, then shook his head, speaking vaguely as if he was drunk. Intonation says:

"Well, the boss is actually just saying that he doesn't like others calling him cute."

"If you say he looks cute in front of his face, he will be very happy... Ugh!"

Before Zhou Zhu finished speaking, a pain from his buttocks made the rest of his words stuck in his throat—Kondo, who was sitting beside him, kicked Zhou Zhu secretly under the water.

"Father, you look a little dizzy, do you want me to help you out for a while?"

"Master, did you say anything just now?" Qingdeng was distracted just now, and Zhou Zhu's words just now were very vague, so Qingdeng didn't hear what Zhou Zhu said just now.

"Uh...I said my head was a little dizzy." Shusuke, who had been kicked by Kondo on the buttocks, his eyes became clearer, "I'm going out first, you guys go on clubbing."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Zhu quickly stood up from the bathtub with a "wow", and then, under Qing Deng's bewildered gaze, left the bathtub in three steps at a time.

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