I formed the strongest swordsman group

Chapter 43 Bushido is a piece of shit

After chatting briefly with Kinoshita Mai for a while, the two finally left this path that should leave a huge psychological shadow on Kinoshita Wu for the rest of their lives.

"I'm going this way next..." Kinoshita Mai pointed to the intersection on the left.

"Ah, then we're going our separate ways. I'm going this way next." Qingdeng pointed to the intersection on the right, "We'll see you later, shall we?"

"Hmm..." Kinoshita Mai, who never dissipated the shyness on her face and hardly looked directly at Qing Deng from the beginning to the end, nodded, "Goodbye..."

After saying goodbye to Kinoshita Wu and saying goodbye, Qingdeng held the knife at his waist and continued to inspect the jurisdiction he was in charge of.

And just when Qing Deng had separated from Kinoshita Mai——

...

Beifansuo, the office in Dongcheng——

"Master Dongcheng, did you call me?"

Nishino opened the door and quickly walked into the room.

Nishino, who has no case to deal with today, was about to go to the jurisdiction he was in charge of to make an inspection just now.

But just as he was about to leave the Beifan office, he suddenly received an order from his superior: Dongcheng, so he had to hurry to the office in Dongcheng.

After entering his boss's office, Nishino saw his boss: Dongcheng was sitting cross-legged behind the desk used for work on weekdays, looking at something in his hand with a serious face.

At first glance, one might think that Dongcheng is looking at some important documents and working seriously.

But in essence... the thing he is looking at seriously is a special picture that has always been in short supply among men...

Dongcheng was looking at this painting, and it was a wild one: the heroine is a plump young woman, and the hero is a big octopus...

While watching carefully, he freed up one hand to pick his foot, and after picking his foot, he used the hand that just finished picking his foot to blow his nose...

"Hmm...um..." While looking at the picture in his hand, Dongcheng continued to moan deeply. People who didn't know it thought he was admiring some masterpiece.

After seeing Nishino coming, Dongcheng's face was filled with a smile.

"Oh! Nishino, you're here!"

Dongcheng casually threw the picture in his hand on the table without shyness in front of Nishino.

And Nishino also had a familiar look, and asked with his usual expression:

"Master Dongcheng, come to me, what's the matter?"

"There is something important to tell you." Dongcheng yawned big, "But before we get down to business, let's chat for a while."

After finishing speaking, the corner of Dong Cheng's mouth raised.

"How is it? How does it feel to be robbed of the Muliu Town case yesterday by that Ju Qingdeng?"

Nishino froze for a moment, but soon, he returned to his usual (￣︿￣) stern expression.

"Honestly—very displeased."

"Due to being depressed last night, Xiaguan even skipped a few bowls of dinner."

"But the officer has to admit - in the handling of yesterday's case, I completely lost to Ju Qingdeng, and I lost convincingly."

"After arriving at the scene of the crime, the officer also noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with the candle."

"But the lower officials have never been able to quickly think of 'the townspeople seldom use candles' like Tachibana Qingdeng."

Having said that, Nishino sighed.

"Until I returned to the Beifan Office yesterday and learned how Ju Qingdeng solved the case from his mouth, I finally understood why I didn't respond when I saw the candles at the place where the crime happened. How to use candles."

"Because candles have always been used in Xiaguan's house."

"From childhood to adulthood, I have never used lamp oil."

"'It's natural to have candles at home'—this kind of thinking has been subtly rooted in the mind of the lower official."

"I'm ashamed to have made such a stupid mistake..."

Seeing Nishino with a bit of shame on his face, Dongcheng grinned:

"That Juqingdeng has really changed a lot."

"Yesterday, when he was reporting how he solved the case to me, Mr. Susui and others, I specifically asked him, 'Are you deliberately stealing your credit?'"

"Faced with such a tricky question, although his answer is not impeccable, it is difficult to pick out any faults."

"Not only has his ability to handle cases become much stronger, but he also seems to have become more tactful."

Nishino's mouth curled into a faint smile.

"I've heard that the orange green board was able to achieve such a transformation."

"If he is really like what he said, he realizes the great responsibility of himself and decides to reform himself... Well, that would be a good thing."

"If there is one less person who is holding back, the burden on our shoulders of "three times" can be slightly lightened."

"Hey..." Dongcheng smiled meaningfully, "If Ju Qingdeng becomes reliable... then this means that the strength of the 'Arima Group' will be greatly enhanced, don't you worry about it?" After the "Arima Group" becomes stronger, will our "Dongcheng Group"'s status in the Beifan Office decline, making it difficult to receive any good cases?"

"Heh." Nishino sneered, "Just let them come here."

"I don't think the 'Dongcheng Group' with subordinate officials in charge will be weak enough for the 'Arima Group' to overtake us so quickly."

"Ho ho ho ho..." Dongcheng laughed for a while, then stretched vigorously, "Okay, let's stop chatting here first."

"Let's talk business."

"Nishino, after a few days of discussion, the higher-ups have decided that you will take over the case of 'Mao Xiaoseng'."

"'Mao Xiaoseng'?" Nishino frowned.

"What?" Seeing Nishino's expression at this time, Dongcheng grinned, "Nishino, why do you look like you don't know who the cat monk is?"

"Ah, speaking of this little cat monk, Nishino, have you heard the rumors about this little monk that have been circulating in the market recently?"

"Many people are spreading the rumor that this cat monk is actually a female ninja who masters some kind of ninjutsu that is about to be lost."

Dong Cheng, who was smiling but not smiling, shook his shoulders.

"I don't know where this rumor came from..."

"If that little cat monk is really a female ninja... that's fine, I've grown up so much, I haven't seen what a ninja looks like yet."

Nishino ignored Dongcheng's joke.

Seeing him with a slightly dignified expression, he asked sternly:

"Master Dongcheng, why did you suddenly decide to hand over the case of 'Mao Xiaoseng' to me?"

"Why else?" Dongcheng sneered, "It's not the person who was in charge of the case before, so there has been no results."

"In order to catch this thieves, the "three times" of our two offices in the south and the north have replaced three chief executives back and forth."

"But there are no exceptions—all have returned without success. The case of 'Mao Xiaoseng' has not even been found out whether he is a man or a woman."

"Nishino, I don't need to tell you, you should also know who are those people who were stolen by the little monk Mao?"

"There are more backstages than one, and each match is tougher."

"Everybody knows they're not good birds, but there's nothing we can do about them."

"These people who were "killed" by Mao Xiaoseng have recently put pressure on our government, asking us to arrest Mao Xiaoseng as soon as possible."

"As a last resort, the upper management decided to let you, the 'No. 1 case-solving master of the Beifan Institute', be fully responsible for the case."

"Heh... it seems that the upper echelons are in a hurry to send you out."

"Huh? Nishino, why are you acting so reluctant?"

At this moment, Dongcheng saw that Nishino was hesitant to speak.

Nishino pursed his lips.

After a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice:

"...Master Dongcheng, since you have already asked this question, let me just say it bluntly: Yes, my subordinate... I don't really want to accept this case."

"The person who was stolen by that cat monk... is either the notorious Yakuza, or a rich and unkind profiteer..."

"Because they all have a strong background, we have been able to just watch these scumbags do evil."

"Although no matter what the reason, stealing is stealing, and a thief is a thief."

"However... when I learned that there was such a thug who specially targeted these scumbags that we couldn't deal with, I still felt quite happy."

"We couldn't catch the wicked people who were supposed to be in prison. Instead, we had to send precious manpower to catch and punish those wicked people... This is really..."

Having said that, Nishino closed his mouth tightly as if he didn't want to say any more.

Ever since Nishino started talking about why he didn't want to take over the case of the "cat monk", Dongcheng remained silent.

It wasn't until Nishino's voice was exhausted that Dongcheng finally grinned——

"Nishino, I can understand you very well."

"I actually like this cat monk who does something we haven't been able to do."

"But - no matter how much we don't want to accept these tasks that we don't like, what can we do?"

The corners of Dong Cheng's mouth widened further.

After sneering hard a few times, a mocking coldness emerged from the corner of his mouth.

"Who told us to be warriors who have to abide by the shitty bushido."

"Master Dongcheng?" Seeing the boss who suddenly made such remarks, Nishino was stunned.

Dongcheng seemed to be immersed in his own world.

Ignoring Nishino's shocking gaze, he quietly continued:

"Although a lot of messy people use all kinds of fancy rhetoric to explain what Bushido is."

"But the so-called Bushido, in the final analysis, is just one sentence——"

Dong Cheng's head drooped slowly.

Immediately afterwards, a deep voice that seemed to come from the Nine Layers of Abyss entered Nishino's ears.

"Forget all the concepts of right and wrong, good and evil, like a puppet without its own thoughts, and work wholeheartedly for the lord you serve."

"When your lord says coal is white, you must also say coal is white."

"My lord asked you to bring back the heads of 1,000 common people... Then you have to find a way to kill 1,000 people... No matter how wronged you are, no matter how resentful you are, even if you shed blood and tears, you have to endure it, you can't Any disobedience to the lord..."

"Ah... This thing, which is more disgusting than the thin shit I pooped in the morning, is actually the 'morality' that us warriors must abide by? Do you think it's funny?"

"hahahahahahahahahahaha--!"

Dongcheng suddenly raised his head, as if he wanted to lift the ceiling above his head, and laughed wantonly while patting his round belly.

"Master Dongcheng...?" Nishino was completely dumbfounded.

He... It was the first time he saw his boss showing such a crazy attitude.

"Ah... from this point of view... our warriors who have to abide by this kind of shit-like 'morality'... are just a bunch of human-shaped shit..."

Dongcheng slowly suppressed his smile.

"Thinking about it this way... the people in this country are really pitiful, let a bunch of human-shaped shit rule them... ho ho ho ho ho ho..."

"Master Dongcheng..." Nishino took a deep breath and mustered up his courage, "You...what's the matter?"

Seeing Dongcheng like this for the first time, Nishino couldn't help but feel doubts, fear and uneasiness in his heart.

He didn't even know what to say now.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally uttered only one sentence, "What's wrong?"

"Ah...it's all right." Dongcheng's head drooped again, and he waved his hand to Nishino, "It's just that what you said just now made me...can't help feeling it."

"Okay, sorry, I seem to have mentioned too many things that have nothing to do with the business just now, let's get back to the topic."

Nishino saw a familiar smile on Dongcheng's face.

"All in all—the superiors have decided that you will be fully responsible for the case of 'Mao Xiaoseng'."

"No matter how much you don't like it, there is no room for rejection or negotiation."

Dongcheng paused.

"Nishino, sometimes your mind is quite dull."

"Huh?" Nishino was taken aback.

"Since you don't want that cat monk to be arrested... then this case is handed over to you, isn't it good?"

Hearing Dong Cheng's words, Nishino's eyes lit up as if he had seen the sun after seeing the sun.

"...Yes!" Nishino said loudly, "I understand now! Please hand over the case of 'Mao Xiaoseng' to the lower official! The lower official will definitely hang his life!"

Dongcheng smiled and nodded, then waved to Nishino.

"Okay, I've finished what I should tell you, let's get back."

"Go to Mr. Susuki to explain the case of 'Cat Monk'."

"I also have to concentrate on processing some unfinished documents."

"Yes." Nishino turned and walked out of the room.

But just when he was about to pull the door out... His footsteps stopped.

Dong Cheng's crazy attitude just now... has been lingering in Xi Ye's mind for a long time.

Nishino turned his head involuntarily, and looked at Dongcheng with complicated eyes mainly of confusion and astonishment.

"Why?" Dongcheng smiled at Nishino who was looking at him, "Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?"

"No……"

"If not, go out quickly, you have been stuck there, how do you want me to work?"

"Yes..." Nishino gritted his teeth, looked away, and left the office in Dongcheng without hesitation.

And just as Nishino's front foot left... the smile that Dongcheng had just shown to Nishino disappeared quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye...

"Ahh..."

"To have such a big reaction to what Nishino said just now..."

"Hey... Am I getting more and more abnormal...?"

Dongcheng's originally upright body bent down.

It was as if all the bones in his back had been pulled out, and the posture of the whole body showed a kind of listlessness.

Dongcheng raised his fat hands, covered his face with his palms, and clasped his messy hair with his fingers.

Dongcheng, who obviously has a big belly, has a very fat body.

But at this moment, he looked so small and humble.

Like a helpless child.

Dongcheng murmured in a trembling voice, as if praying:

"Your Highness..."

"When will I...be able to wash the blood off my hands...?"