The system sound...it's been a long time coming.
Qingdeng couldn't remember the last time he heard system sound.
The moment Yuichi Kataoka flew out upside down, the atmosphere at the scene changed.
In an instant, Qingdeng's body was extremely quiet.
A bunch of eyes that were either shocked, stunned, or confused fell on Kataoka Yuichi who was slowly sliding down the wall.
Qingden was not familiar with the "Rabid Dog Family".
So he doesn't quite understand Kataoka Yuichi's status in "The Mad Dog Family".
However, judging from the expressions of the people around him...that is, the younger brothers of the "Mad Dog Family"... regardless of "status", at least in terms of "combat power", Kataoka Yuichi should be ranked at the top of the "Rabid Dog Family".
Otherwise, the younger members of the "Rabid Dog Family" would not be showing such shocked expressions as if they saw the arrival of aliens.
Aoto, who concluded that Kataoka Yuichi had completely lost the ability to fight again, slowly lifted his zanshin, and then slowly relaxed the muscles of his hands and fingers and both arms with subtle movements.
Qingdeng could not help but frown as the pain in his buttocks emerged from his arms.
——As expected...swinging 9 knives in 3 seconds...for me now, it's still too reluctant...
As soon as this thought fell, a faint bitter smile appeared on the corner of Qingdeng's mouth.
Three knives in one second, nine knives in three seconds... In terms of power and pretentiousness, this is a wonderful move.
However, Qingden is still unable to use this move easily and freely.
Only by going all out and tightening the muscles of the whole body can one achieve such terrifying sword speed.
Talents such as "Bear's Waist +1", "Elephant's Core +1", "Speed +4" and other talents are indispensable.
At this time, Qingden couldn't help but think: If talents such as "Bear's Waist +1" had reached the "+9" level, how terrifying would his sword speed be?
By then, let alone three dollars per second, nine dollars per second is not impossible.
After all, the world Qingden currently lives in is a "low martial arts world".
In the "low martial arts world", it is reasonable for things to happen that violate the laws of physics.
Thinking of this, Qingdeng couldn't help feeling that "the road ahead is long" and "the road ahead is very long".
Kataoka Yuichi's body is indeed strong.
They were all blown away by Qingdeng, but they didn't faint on the spot.
However, despite this, he temporarily lost the ability to stand up.
"Uh...! Uh...!"
Kataoka Yuishi groaned and put his hands on the floor, trying to get up.
However, his struggles all ended in failure.
In the end, he seemed to give up and lay on the ground, panting like a cow.
There was still silence all around a second ago, but now "ripples" slowly appeared.
Immediately afterwards, the "ripples" changed into "turbulent waves" at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Perhaps due to stress, the younger members of the "Rabid Dog Family" who gradually recovered from their shock, daze, and other emotions tightened their encirclement around Qingdeng and others.
Zuo Nazi and the General Secretary re-established their "battle posture".
Qingdeng clenched the bamboo sword in his hand and silently prepared for battle.
However, he never got carried away by the tense atmosphere around him from beginning to end.
Today's visit to the sunroom is not to fight with anyone.
If he gets into a fight with the younger members of the "Rabid Dog Family", the situation might get out of hand.
Therefore, Qingden, who did not want to further tense the atmosphere at the scene, cleared his throat and shouted loudly:
"Please calm down! I'm not here to compete! I just want to see your boss!"
With the blessing of the gift of "piercing clouds and cracking stones", Qingdeng's voice is so resonant?
Not only inside the house, but also passers-by on the street outside clearly heard Qingdeng's shouts.
However... the surrounding "Rabid Dog Family" boys were completely unmoved and did not lift the siege of Qingdeng and others. They continued to stare at Qingdeng and others as if they were faced with a formidable enemy.
In the midst of this chaos, a lazy male voice without sadness or joy suddenly sounded:
"Who wants to see me?"
Qingdeng was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously raised his gaze, following the sound, and looked towards the direction from which the sudden male voice came - the stairs on the east side.
Suddenly, on the stairs leading to the second floor, a young man in his 30s appeared.
In the Edo period, when average life expectancy was not high, 30 years old was an age that could be classified as "middle age."
But in the eyes of Qingdeng, who still retains modern ideas, he is considered a young man before the age of 40.
This man has an angular diamond-shaped face, sharp eyeliner-like corners with many fine lines, a tall nose like a Caucasian, and very short hair with neither a shave nor a long hair.
He is eye-catching, with a thick, dark beard surrounding his mouth.
Probably because he had just woken up, there was still a faint look of tiredness on his face and eyes, and he was wearing a crooked, loose and colorful undershirt.
Short hair, stubble, colorful underwear... Regardless of appearance or clothing, no matter from which point of view, this person is a standard "wonderful person".
Strangers - in layman's terms, they are people who dress, behave, speak, and have strange temperaments, that is to say, the so-called "non-mainstream people".
The popularity of "Qingqi culture" began in the Warring States Period three hundred years ago.
At this time, in order to compete for national hegemony, the Oda family, the Takeda family, the Uesugi family, the Toyotomi family, the Tokugawa family and other princes all came to the stage.
The middle and lower-level samurai and ordinary people were tortured by endless wars and suffered terribly.
It is difficult to see the painful life in the future, which arouses the rebellious psychology of the people.
In order to relieve material suffering, people began to pursue spiritual happiness.
As a result, more and more people broke the rules, put on incomprehensible strange clothes, combed their hair in inexplicable ways, put on incredible makeup, and performed performance art in public.
Kabuki, which is popular nowadays, is influenced by "Qingqi culture" to a certain extent.
Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan and established the Edo shogunate. After the warring states ended, there were no major wars in Japan and the common people could finally produce with peace of mind.
If you can live a stable and peaceful life, who would have the leisure to go outside the mainstream?
Therefore, after Japan entered the Edo period, the once-popular "Qingqi culture" stopped.
However, with the outbreak of the "Black Ship Incident", the authority and dominance of the Edo shogunate went from bad to worse. The careerists were eyeing them, the undercurrent was surging, and the people were terrified. "The barbarians from overseas are about to attack" and "the Western vassals are about to rebel."
"Waiting for unfounded rumors to become rampant.
At the same time, the foreign culture of eating steak and drinking wine was introduced into Japan with the opening of the country, which had an impact on Japan's local culture.
Under such circumstances, "Qingqi culture" emerged again.
Since time traveling, Qingden has basically never left Edo, so he doesn't know much about areas outside Edo.
As far as he knew, on the streets of Edo, it was becoming more and more common to see people whose hairstyles, clothing, and behaviors were too early for today's human beings.
"Is that you..."
Qingdeng muttered in a low voice at a volume that only he could hear clearly.
After the short-haired and colorful figure appeared, the younger members of the "Mad Dog Family" who had gathered around Qingdeng and others immediately lowered their eyebrows and looked respectful. Their reactions had silently informed Qingdeng that
Come on - this amazing person is "Mad Dog" Ugaki Goro!
"Who are you? Have we met?"
Ugaki Goro squinted his eyes and looked at Aomori.
"To be able to beat Wei Qi so badly...you are quite capable."
"Mr. Ugaki, I have admired your name for a long time."
Aoden straightened his back and bowed to Ugaki Goro without being humble or arrogant.
"I have something extremely important that I would like to discuss with you. Please..."
Before Qingdeng finished speaking, he was interrupted by a string of deep laughter.
"A very important thing? Hehe, hehe."
As if he heard some interesting joke, Ugaki Goro grinned and laughed "hum hum hum".
"What? Are you trying to sell me a new soap from Osaka? Or the latest Wufu from Kyoto?"
"We are not traveling merchants, we..."
Aoto's explanation had just begun when he was interrupted again by Ugaki Goro:
"Okay, okay!"
Ugaki Goro waved his hand impatiently.
"Whether you are traveling merchants or anyone else, I am not interested."
"I thought you had some interesting purpose in coming to see me. After doing it for a long time, it turned out that you just wanted to talk to me..."
Having said this, Ugaki Goro let out a big yawn.
"Sorry, I'm not interested in talking to you about Lao Shizi's 'extremely important matters'."
"Wherever you came from, go back."
"I'm so sleepy...I want to go back and have a comfortable sleep."
After finishing speaking, Goro Ugaki yawned, turned back, and climbed up the stairs.
Seeing this, the headless commander-in-chief of the city couldn't help shouting:
"Please wait!"
At the same time, she took a step forward towards where Ugaki Goro was.
However, as soon as Souji stepped out with one foot, the younger members of the "Rabid Dog Family" surrounded him one after another, blocking Souji's path.
Seeing that the current situation seemed to be irreversible, Zuo Nazi quietly stood aside for half a step, put his red lips close to Qingdeng's ear, and whispered:
"Tachibana-kun, do you want to stop Ugaki Goro?"
Although the words used by Zuo Nazi are very elegant, the meaning contained in them is very simple and crude - do you want to force a breakthrough and block Ugaki Goro?
Qingdeng shook his head slightly without hesitation.
With the abilities of the three of them, it would not be difficult to defeat the minions in front of them and intercept Goro Ugaki.
But the problem is - they came to the headquarters of the "Rabid Dog Family" not to beat people or kill people, but to obtain information from Ugaki Goro's mouth.
In this case, Qingdeng was unwilling to resort to violence in the sunroom.
If Goro Ugaki is so disgusted with them that he becomes even more reluctant to speak to them, then the gain outweighs the loss.
Qingden raised his head and stared at Ugaki Goro's back.
Just when Ugaki Goro's figure was about to leave Aoto's sight, he said seriously:
"Mr. Ugaki, if I say: I want to talk to you about Tachibana Takayuki - even so, will you still remain silent?"
As soon as Aoto finished speaking, there were still 2 steps left to leave Goro Ugaki on the first floor... His steps suddenly stopped, and his tall body suddenly froze in place.
Even though he couldn't see Ugaki Goro's face, Aoto could clearly feel that beneath Ugaki Goro's appearance, the waves of emotions were surging!
Suddenly, Qingden saw the other party slowly turning his head.
What followed was two rays of light shooting out, sharp eyes that seemed to penetrate his body.
I saw that Goro Ugaki's brows and eyes were no longer as lazy as before.
"...Boy, why do you know this name?"
There was a reverberation in the depth of Ugaki Goro's tone that was as sharp as a slash.
A fierce aura burst out from Ugaki Goro's body, giving people the feeling that he was about to pounce on Aoden by the collar in the next second.
"Well...who knows."
Qingden shrugged, deliberately using an appetizing and relaxed tone.
The two of them intertwined with each other's probing glances.
The line of sight was clearly invisible, but it revealed a sharp edge, like an unsheathed sword, making the air in the room "chichi".
This silent confrontation... finally ended with Ugaki Goro looking away and turning his head back to the front.
"...Follow me."
After leaving these words, Ugaki Goro took big steps again.
Creak, creak... With the sound of two stepping on the wooden floor, Goro Ugaki's figure disappeared in the stairwell connecting the 1st and 2nd floors.
The boys on the first floor looked at each other in confusion, and everyone's face was full of confusion - they didn't understand why the boss, who up to now was still thinking about going back to sleep, suddenly changed his mind?
"let's go."
Qingdeng turned around and said to Souji and Zuo Nazi behind him.
Both Zuo Nazi and the general manager were shocked by the sudden change in situation, so they nodded slowly.
Qingdeng led the two girls and stepped forward. As if forced by Qingdeng's momentum, the younger brothers of the "Mad Dog Family" parted to both sides like Moses parting the sea, leaving a straight avenue leading to the stairs.
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"Come in with me."
Goro Ugaki said to Qingto and others who were following him without looking back, and then opened the paper sliding door in front of him.
Aomori and others followed Ugaki Goro's footsteps and filed in.
"This is……?"
Qingden sniffed.
The smell of paper and ink poured straight into his nostrils.
He looked around - this was an extremely spacious bedroom, approximately hundreds of square meters when converted into modern area units.
"Mr. Ugaki, is this your bedroom?"
Qingdeng asked.
"yes."
Ugaki Goro turned his head and grinned at Qingto.
"How is it? Do you think my room is very different from what you expected?"
"……Um."
Qingden nodded honestly.
"Your room...there are so many books..."
Aoto originally thought that a fighting maniac like Goro Ugaki, who was known for his "love of fighting", would have a messy room filled with a "wild" atmosphere.
Wooden swords, bamboo swords, katana, tachi, wakizashi and other weapons were scattered all over the floor.
Maybe there will even be human skulls for decoration, just like when Oda Nobunaga unscrewed Asai Nagamasa's head and used its skull to make a wine glass.
However, in fact, after seeing Ugaki Goro's bedroom with his own eyes, Qingto was surprised to find that Ugaki Goro's bedroom was surprisingly elegant.
Although the bedding, elbow rests and other utensils cannot be said to be arranged neatly, they are not too messy either.
In Goro Ugaki's bedroom, the most numerous piece of furniture is the bookshelf.
The large bookshelf, which is more than 2 meters high, covers the three walls except the door. The bookshelf is piled full of books.
There are even quite a few books that cannot be put down, so they are piled randomly on the tatami, forming mountains.
"Mr. Ugaki, do you like reading very much?"
Qingden couldn't help but ask.
"I only like reading novels."
Ugaki Goro replied without thinking.
"I am not interested in any books other than novels."
"I'm very fascinated by Soujiro's works recently. I think Soujiro's talent can be compared to Quutei Maqin!"
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Yesterday I watched Seal Leopard, which refilled my seal energy!
But because of this and that reason, today’s update is a little shorter... Hui Changbao apologizes! (Crying Leopard Head)
But don’t worry, because it’s filled with seal energy, so the author will update it soon!
This chapter has been completed!