I formed the strongest swordsman group

Chapter 393 The Sudden Arrival of Takayuki Tachibana's Old Friend 【5000】

Looking at Sanako who categorically denied it, the chief executive showed an aunt's smile.

"Miss Sanako, it's not good to lie."

In a gentle tone, she said the words that made Sanako's delicate body freeze again.

Sanako tightened his folded hands in front of him, and turned his head to look around uncontrollably. He once made a gesture to leave, but he cleared his throat with another thought:

"Mr. Ju is my friend and my savior."

Speaking of this, Sanako's eyes were full of awe-inspiring heroism.

"If it weren't for Mr. Ju's risking his life to rescue me, I'm afraid I would have died under the knife of the barbarian group."

"People live in the world, benevolence and righteousness come first."

"But anyone with a conscience knows the truth that 'a meal will be repaid, and a drop of water will be repaid'."

"What's more, I'm still the daughter of the Wu family."

"I'd rather die than be ungrateful and disrespectful."

"So, whether it's about emotion or reason, I can't ignore Mr. Ju!"

Zuo Nazi's words were very impassioned.

In fact, she really wasn't talking big.

Sanako's character is just like this, he is very strict with others and himself.

She uses the "Eight Virtues" in the ancient Shido, namely righteousness, courage, benevolence, propriety, sincerity, reputation, loyalty, and self-denial, to strictly demand herself.

For example: Whether it is eating or reading, no matter what the occasion, Sanako will never show an indecent posture of bending over.

This is also an important reason why Sanako's temperament is so good - she has achieved the most extreme and perfect details.

She is indeed the kind of steadfast person who would rather kill herself by biting her tongue than lose her integrity.

The general manager smiled and listened quietly to the end of Sanako's impassioned speech.

In the end, she met Sanako's eyes straightly with a rather charming expression.

"...Miss Sanako, you and Tachibana-kun have such a good relationship."

"I……"

Sanako was at a loss for words for a moment, and made a nervous voice.

Although she concealed it well, there was still a hint of panic dancing between her brows.

After a while, she stood up straight as if she had come to her senses, and said quickly with an attitude as if she wanted to prevaricate something:

"The relationship between Mr. Ju and me... is indeed not bad."

"Although my friendship with him is not long, we have experienced a lot of wind and rain with him."

"But no matter what, Mr. Ju is just a good friend to me, and a benefactor who saved my life—that's all."

At this moment, Sanako felt a gaze mixed with a smile.

She took a closer look, and saw that "aunt's smile" reappeared on the face of the chief executive.

"Okita-kun, what are you laughing at?"

"nothing."

The boss shook his head with a smile on his face.

"It's just that I sincerely feel the relationship between you and Mr. Ju, it's really close."

The general manager's smile at this time... made Sanako very concerned.

Not that it made her feel uncomfortable.

Instead, it gave her a weird feeling... as if she had been seen through by the chief executive.

Just when she opened her vermilion lips lightly, and was about to say something more, the director suddenly stepped forward and walked to the side of Zuo Nazi.

"Let's go, Miss Sanako, let's go back!"

After all, the chief raised his head and showed her trademark bright smile at Mrs. Zuo.

Looking at the sunny smiling face so close in front of him, Sanako swallowed the words that had rushed to his mouth, and then silently let out a helpless sigh in his heart.

Sanako has a little secret that she has never told anyone - she is not very good at dealing with the chief executive.

The "not good at coping" here does not mean hating the general manager.

To put it simply, the general manager treats people too sincerely.

She is so sincere that every time I want to talk to her, I feel an inexplicable pressure.

He is so sincere that every time he wants to lie to her, he cowardly wants to look away.

At this time, Sanako realized belatedly—at the moment when she was stared straight at by the chief executive, she actually felt guilty for no reason...

——Why should I feel lonely and timid in front of Okita-kun...!

Thinking up to this point, Sanako took several deep breaths in one breath, before he managed to calm down the commotion in his heart...

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The chief executive and Sanako went back to the hall of the testing hall side by side.

Before they entered the hall, they heard the discussions of Hijikata, Chiba Shigetaro and others from a distance.

"Saito, Nagakura, the two of you will be in charge of Okuda Town tomorrow, can you?"

"Um."

"Wrap it on me!"

"Harada, Shannan, you two will be in charge of Mikami Town tomorrow."

"clear."

"Okay! Hijikata-san, tomorrow, Sannan-san and I will search every corner of Mikami-cho!"

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In the living room, Hijikata, Chiba Shigetaro and others sat around a huge map of Edo, discussing with each other with solemn expressions, while scribbling on the map with a brush.

Among the attendees, in addition to the people from the Test Guard Hall and the Little Chiba Sword Hall, there was also Sanako's fourth cousin: Chiba Tamon Shiro; A shy girl sitting nervously in a corner of the living room: Mai Kinoshita.

After Qingdeng "disappeared", people or forces who had a close relationship with Qingdeng, such as the Test Guard Hall, Xiaoqianye Sword Hall, and Qianshiwu, spontaneously searched for Qingdeng by their own means.

In this era without camera surveillance and big data search, there is only one way to find missing persons--searching and visiting.

Since everyone has a common goal at present, it is only a matter of course to come together and cooperate with each other.

It is better to unite than to go its own way like a headless chicken.

If they help each other and share information, it will undoubtedly greatly improve the search efficiency.

Therefore, under the active leadership and contact of Shiweiguan and others, the "Supporting Orange Alliance" that was single-handedly pulled by Hijikata Toishan became active again.

However, their goal this time has changed from "get Qingdeng out of prison" to "find the missing Qingdeng".

During the day, head to various parts of Edo, looking for Qingdeng.

At night, they gather in the testing hall, report their achievements today, and assign tomorrow's "search tasks" in detail.

In order to maximize the effectiveness and avoid falling into the dilemma of "wasting manpower", there are careful arrangements for who searches where every day.

By the way, the senior disciples of Chiba Sword Academy, Keisuke Shannan who had a close friendship with Qingdeng, and Heisuke Fujido who was Qingdeng's subordinate also came to help.

Among the people who came to help, there is also the current owner of Xuanwukan, the second head of the Hokushin Issou-ryu clan: Chiba Michizaburo, and the current teacher of Xuanwukan: Chiba Tamon Shiro.

In all fairness, Qingdeng is not very familiar with Chiba Michizaburo and Chiba Tamon Shiro because he seldom visits Xuanwukan.

However, even so, the two brothers extended a substantial helping hand to the "Supporting Orange Alliance" out of morality.

The strong support from the Chiba family can be said to be a great help.

Since its appearance, Beichen Yidaoyu has "conquered cities and lands" in the Japanese fencing world at an astonishing speed.

In just thirty years, the unshakable "Japan's No. 1 Swordsmanship School" has grown.

Looking at the whole of Japan at present, there are overwhelmingly many disciples under the Beichen Yidao School.

Throwing a brick on the streets of Edo can hit 3 or 4 swordsmen of Hokushin Issou-style—this sentence is certainly an exaggeration, but it is also a true portrayal of the current Japanese swordsmanship world.

Both the head family Xuanwu Gym and the sub-family Xiaoqianye Sword Gym of Hokshin Issou-ryu are located in Edo. For this reason, Hokshin Issou-ryu has a detached status and influence in Edo.

I dare not say about other places, but only in Edo, the Chiba family has quite terrifying connections.

When Lao Qingdeng was released from prison earlier, Chiba Singkichi gave an order, and all the sword halls of Beichen Yidao Style in Edo immediately gathered to respond, and jointly signed a letter to the shogunate, which gave the world a little "Chiba shock".

Recently, this "shock" has been staged again.

Naturally, the more helpers there are, the better.

Therefore, Chiba Shigetaro, Chiba Michizaburo, Sanako and others have been visiting people close to the Chiba family in recent days, persuading them to help find Qingdeng.

Among them, Chiba Shigetaro and Sanako, the two brothers and sisters, contributed the most and worked hard.

Even though he didn't say anything, Chiba Shigetaro regarded Qingdeng as his half-brother-in-law a long time ago.

Especially a few days ago, after he vaguely noticed that the interaction between Qingdeng and Zuo Nazi seemed a little ambiguous, he even more favored Qingdeng.

Brother-in-law is in trouble, how can he be indifferent as a brother? !

As for Sanako...

What the general manager said just now, "I heard that you live like an ascetic every day in order to find Tachibana-kun as soon as possible"... In fact, this sentence is not wrong.

Sanako's recent life routine is basically a true portrayal of the term "forgetting sleep and food".

At least 16 hours a day, he was out running around to find Qingdeng and recruit helpers.

Fortunately, she is a female warrior who has been trained since she was a child, otherwise, an ordinary person would have been exhausted.

Whenever someone asks her why she works so hard, she always prevaricates the question by saying "Mr. Ju once saved my life, and now I'm just repaying the favor".

All in all, thanks to the efforts of Chiba Shigetaro, Chiba Michizaburo, Sanako and others, the power of the "Tachibana Alliance" has grown a lot.

Although at first glance it seems that there are a lot of people, but Edo is a megalopolis with nearly 2,000 towns and a population of one million.

Everyone's search can't be said to be serious, and it can't be said to be hardworking.

But so far, still nothing...

Not to mention finding Qingdeng, I didn't even see a figure similar to Qingdeng.

However, even so, apart from the helpers temporarily recruited by the Chiba family, no one complained of suffering or tiredness, and no one threatened to quit.

The people, headed by the chief executive, Sanako, and Mai Kinoshita, all contributed their every effort to find Qingdeng without hesitation.

The chief executive and Sanazi returned to the living room lightly, and sat back in their original positions.

It just so happens that the seats of Sanako and Kinoshita Mai happen to be next to each other.

The pleasant body fragrance came to Kinoshita Mai.

She subconsciously shifted her eyes to the side, looking at Sanako who had returned.

Senako felt Kinoshita Mai's gaze, and turned her face around a little later.

The bright and beautiful eyes of the two women clearly reflected each other's pupils.

"Short-legged cat" and "Gaoya fox" look at each other...

After a while, the two girls looked away at the same time.

Sanako looked flat.

On the contrary, Kinoshita Mai's expression was richer. While she looked away, she curled her vermilion lips with a subtle arc.

Although it is the critical juncture of "Qingdeng's disappearance", the strange relationship between Sanako and Kinoshita Mai remains unchanged.

In order to avoid embarrassment, Sanako tried her best to avoid any verbal communication or physical contact with the girl in red beside her.

She had planned to just be at peace with each other and not disturb each other.

result……

"...Miss Chiba, you look very bad, have you had a good rest recently?"

Suddenly, a female voice as thin as a mosquito groaned lightly into Zanazi's ears.

Suddenly, Sanako's eyes were filled with astonishment.

She turned her head and cast a suspicious look at Kinoshita Mai.

The red-clothed girl who suddenly expressed concern for Sanako was looking straight ahead expressionlessly.

If he didn't remember Kinoshita Mai's voice, and he was sure that he heard it right, otherwise Sanako couldn't believe that those words just now came from Kinoshita Mai who had always been at odds with her.

She originally wanted to reply "Don't worry about it", but when she was about to speak, she changed her mind.

Although I don't like Kinoshita Mai, no matter what the other party says, he is expressing concern for her. It would be too rude to answer so indifferently.

So, she immediately changed her words:

"Thank you for your concern, but my physical condition is still good, and I haven't reached the point where I need to rest immediately."

"……That's good."

As soon as Sanako's words fell, Kinoshita Mai responded immediately:

"You should pay more attention to rest."

"……The same to you."

Sanako replied in a strange way.

Kinoshita Mai: "..."

Sanako: "..."

Afterwards, the two women stopped talking and did not look at each other again.

At this moment, although the deadly silence accumulated on them, the indescribably complicated atmosphere that lingered between them seemed to have subsided a bit.

...

...

When the chief executive and Sanako returned to the living room, tonight's meeting was coming to an end.

After a while, Tufang, who frequently took over the post of "host" because of his good eloquence, let out a long breath.

"Okay, let's stop here for tonight, everyone go back and rest."

Without any fancy politeness or refusal, after hearing the earth's announcement that tonight's meeting was over, everyone got up and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, at this moment——

Boom boom boom!

Suddenly there was a knock on the door from the direction of the entrance.

"Um?"

Kondo raised an eyebrow.

"It's already this time... Who is it..."

While muttering like this, he walked quickly towards the entrance.

Because they were about to leave the test hall, Sanako and the others followed closely behind Kondo and walked towards the entrance together.

"coming!"

Kondo yelled and opened the door.

The cold air leaked into the room through the open door.

What leaked into the house at the same time was a very loud and spiritual greeting:

"Gui'an! Please forgive me for taking the liberty to visit!"

I saw a middle-aged man with a tall and straight figure and an outstanding temperament standing outside the door of the house.

While greeting loudly, he bowed slightly and bowed to Kondo and the others in a neither humble nor humble way.

"Uh... May I ask who you are?"

Kondo looked up and down the strange middle-aged man in front of him with blank eyes.

The middle-aged man straightened his waist and said with great vigor:

"Toshizo Miyagawa! I wonder if Tachibana Qingto is here?"

"Miyagawa Toshizo?"

At this time, Sanako who was standing behind Kondo let out a low exclamation.

"Huh? Sanako, do you know this man?"

Chiba Shigetaro on the side looked at the middle-aged man, and then at Sanako, with a suspicious expression on his face.

"Well... that's right."

Sanako nodded slightly.

How could she not know the name?

Just at the end of last year, she heard Qingdeng introduce this person, and together with Qingdeng, she rescued this person's son-in-law Otsuki Tsunji from the hands of the "Qingshui Clan".

If she remembers correctly, this person seems to be Tachibana Takayuki...that is, a good friend of Qingdeng's late father.

"Sanako?"

At the same moment when Chiba Shigetaro heard the name "Sanako", Miyagawa Toshizo's eyes lit up.

"Are you Chiba Sanako?\

,"He looked straight at Sanako with piercing eyes.

"Well, yes, I am Chiba Sanako."

Although she didn't know why Miyagawa Toshizo was so excited all of a sudden, Sanako still nodded her head and admitted her identity truthfully.

Before Sanako finished speaking, Miyagawa Toshizo suddenly lowered his waist and gave a 90-degree salute to Sanako.

"Miss Chiba, I've heard everything from my little girl about everything that happened years ago."

"You and Mr. Ju's kindness in "saving your son-in-law" is unforgettable!"

"In order to express my most sincere thanks to you in person, I made a special trip from Nara to Edo!"

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At this very moment—

Edo, Tsukimiya Shrine——

Aoto dragged Konosuke Kitahara, who slept like a pig, and the others, dodging across the torii gates of Tsukimiya Shrine.

As soon as he stepped into the grounds of the Moon Palace Shrine, he saw the Erzhong sisters walking towards him in three steps at a time.

"Junior! You are finally back! Huh? Who are these people? You fought with someone? Are you not injured?"

Yae asked nervously.

"Mr. Orange, it's just in time for you to come back. Master Yu Du came to you and said that he has something very important to tell you."

Sato said calmly.

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