Chapter 153 Kinoshita Mai: 'Tachibana-kun, are you free tonight?'
【Breaking 1W】
"Aqian, now is the time when the cherry blossoms are at their peak and most beautiful."
"However, because I have been very busy recently and it is difficult to find free time, I have been unable to go to cherry blossom viewing with you."
"I've always felt quite guilty about this."
"Aqian, I'm sorry..."
After finishing speaking, Hijikata bit his lower lip lightly with his teeth, the corners of his mouth drooped slightly, and his cheeks were filled with self-blame and shame.
"Mr. Hijikata, please don't say that!" Seeing Hijikata's appearance, Aqian said quickly and distressedly, "As long as I can talk to you and be with you, I will be satisfied!"
“Whether you enjoy the cherry blossoms or not, it doesn’t matter to me at all!”
"Aqian...thank you..." Hijikata pursed his lips and smiled with an moved face, lowered his head and kissed Aqian's forehead gently, "Although I still have a lot of business and it's difficult to squeeze out time to go enjoy the tour with you.
cherry."
"But I promise you: before the cherry blossoms fall this year, I will definitely take you to see the gorgeous sea of cherry blossoms!"
"So - I decided today to bring over this cherry blossom that fell on my shoulder by chance and is quite destined to me."
Hijikata used very gentle movements to put the cherry blossom in his hand into Aqian's small palm.
"This cherry blossom, which is very close to me, is just a warm-up."
The soft smile on Hijikata's face became stronger.
"Now let's take a look at this little cherry blossom with you."
"After that, I will take you to see a thousand or ten thousand more beautiful cherry blossoms!"
"Mr. Hijikata...!" Aqian raised his head, stared lovingly at Hijikata's handsome face with eyes shining with countless little stars, and then carefully protected it with his hands as if holding something fragile.
Holding the cherry blossoms that Hijikata handed her in the palm just now.
"How is it? Is this cherry blossom beautiful?"
"Well!" Aqian, whose face was filled with emotion early on, nodded his head vigorously, "It's so beautiful... Mr. Hijikata, thank you! I am so happy tonight!"
"Well, I'm satisfied to be able to see your smiling face." Hijikata hugged Aqian tighter in his arms.
After a man and a woman hugging each other talked about love for a while, Hijikata suddenly said:
"Aqian, can you do me a favor?"
Without thinking, Aqian cast a firm gaze towards Hijikata: "Mr. Hijikata, please speak!"
"We have recently recruited two new diners in our restaurant, namely Nagakura Shinpachi and Harada Sanosuke, who shined in the previous 'Fanshu Tiaosho Incident'."
"Aqian, I hope that when you work in the tea house in the future, you can help me publicize this matter to all the guests who come to your tea house as quietly as possible."
"Is that it?" Aqian blinked in confusion.
"Well, that's it." Hijikata stroked Aqian's hair lovingly, "I'm sorry... I have to trouble you to help me."
"No!" Aqian shook his head like a rattle, "I'm very happy to be able to help you, Mr. Hijikata!"
When Aqian's head reunited with Hijikata, he had lost the ability to think due to emotion and love.
Without any hesitation or asking why Hijikata asked her to help with such a thing, she agreed to Hijikata's request.
"Aqian, thank you."
After saying "Thank you" to Aqian in a slightly disgusting tone, Hijikata relaxed his arms and slowly released Aqian from his arms.
"Okay, it's almost time. Aqian, please go back quickly."
"If you come back to the store too late like last time, your boss will scold you again."
"I want to stay with Mr. Hijikata for a while longer..." Aqian pursed her lips.
"Idiot." Hijikata laughed dumbly, stretched out his hand and pinched Aqian's face, "We will have many opportunities to be together in the future. Be good, be obedient, and go back to the store quickly."
"Hmm..." Aqian reluctantly pecked her head a few times, then held the cherry blossom Hijikata gave her, returned along the original path, and quickly left the dark alley.
As soon as Ah Qian's figure disappeared from his sight, Tu Fang immediately picked up the clothes on his chest, lowered his head and sniffed his clothes vigorously.
After confirming that there was no feminine smell on his body, he calmly arranged his clothes, turned around, and left the place in another direction.
Hijikata walked through several towns without stopping, and finally... entered an izakaya straight away.
"Welcome... Ah! Mr. Hijikata!" The female owner of this izakaya, a woman in her 30s who was standing busy behind the counter, saw Hijikata and showed the same smile as Achie just now.
Expression: Full of surprise.
"Ah Zao, long time no see." Hijikata leaned against the counter and glanced around the store, "Are there no customers in the store now?"
"Yes." Azao smiled bitterly, "Business has not been very good these days."
After briefly discussing the topic of the lack of customers in the store, Azao cleared his throat, put his hands on his hips, and glanced at Hijikata with an angry look.
"Humph, you guys finally know how to come and see me?"
"Sorry, sorry." Hijikata clasped his hands together and bowed his head to Azao with a sincere expression, apologizing, "I've been really busy lately."
"Hmph..." Azao made a shy "hum" sound through her nose, "Really... I don't know what I'm busy with all day long."
"I need my help to take care of many things in the Imperial Guard Hall," Hijikata said casually.
Azao curled her lips and said, "You are not related to the people in the Trial Guard Hall, so why do you work so hard for the Trial Guard Hall?"
"Hahaha." Hijikata looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, "Who said that I and Shiweiguan are not relatives?"
"Although Asheng and Souji and I are not related by blood, my relationship with them has long gone beyond ordinary brotherhood."
"To me, the two of them are just like an older brother and...a younger brother."
"As for Master and Uncle Yuan, they are also elders that I rely on very much."
Having said this, Hijikata changed into a half-joking tone:
"For the sake of everyone in the Trial Guard Hall, I am willing to transform into a 'ghost of hell'."
"'Ghost of Hell'... Hahaha, Mr. Hijikata, you occasionally say some very interesting things. Here, I'll treat you to a drink." Azao handed a glass of freshly warmed sake to Hijikata,
"Then - this gentleman who is willing to transform into a 'ghost of hell' for everyone in the Trial Guard Hall suddenly visited our store. Why?"
The corner of Hijikata's mouth curved in a charming way, he grabbed the glass of wine Azao gave him and drank it in one gulp, then reached into his arms and took out a delicate cherry blossom.
"Azao, this is for you."
"Huh? Why did you suddenly give me a cherry blossom?"
"This is a cherry blossom that accidentally fell on my shoulder when I went for an outing in Kanagawa yesterday."
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It was like rewinding a movie video, and the almost identical scenes that happened in the dark alley where Hijikata and Aqian met just now were repeated again...
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"I've been very busy lately and it's hard to find free time, so I haven't been able to go cherry blossom viewing with you."
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"Mr. Hijikata, please don't say that!"
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"I decided today to bring over this cherry blossom that fell on my shoulder by chance and which I am quite destined to have."
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"After that, I will take you to see a thousand or ten thousand more beautiful cherry blossoms!"
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Azao held the cherry blossom given by Hijikata and threw herself shyly into Hijikata's arms across the counter like an ignorant girl.
"It's true..." Azao, whose cheeks were red, pursed her lips and stared lovingly at the cherry blossoms in her palm, "She always teases me, an old woman..."
"Then are you willing to let me keep teasing you like this?" Hijikata used a slightly domineering posture and movement to hold Azao into his arms with one hand.
"..." Ah Zao, who was silent, pecked his head gently.
Hijifang hugged Ah Zao and after talking to Ah Zao for a long time, he suddenly said to Ah Zao as if by accident:
"Azao, I have something to ask you for help."
"We have recently recruited two new diners in our restaurant, namely Nagakura Shinpachi and Harada Sanosuke, who shined in the previous 'Fanshu Tiaosho Incident'."
"Azao, I hope you can help me publicize this matter to all the guests who come to your izakaya as quietly as possible."
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About 5 minutes later, Hijikata walked out of Azao's izakaya with great strides.
As soon as he left, the native smelled his clothes to make sure that there was no woman's fragrance on his body, and strode towards Nippon Embankment.
Nippon Tsutsumi - When hearing this place name, most Edo men will smile knowingly.
Because this place is home to the largest red light district in Edo and the number one in Japan: Yoshiwara.
Because class solidification is extremely serious and there is basically no mobility between classes, Japanese society in the Edo period has always been quite repressive.
In order to relieve the pressure on society and prevent the over-energetic samurai from causing trouble, as soon as the Edo shogunate was established, it explicitly stipulated that brothels were allowed to exist, and Yoshiwara, the largest red light district in Edo, was born.
During the Edo period, people were accustomed to calling brothels "yōjoya" and prostitutes "yūnyō".
There are many Yoshiwara women's houses. At its peak, Edo was said to have "three thousand women", but in fact the number of Yoshiwara women has always exceeded 3,000.
Hijikata walked into Yoshiwara as if he were returning to his hometown, and ran straight into a certain traveling girl's house...
After a while, Hijikata sat cross-legged in a room of the tourist girl's house.
Wow - a wandering girl who was only 20 years old at most, wearing heavy makeup and dressed up in costumes, opened the door.
"Mr. Hijikata!"
The first thing this wandering girl did after opening the door was to shout Hijikata's name and fly into Hijikata's arms.
"I miss you so much..."
"Ozuki, I miss you so much." Hijikata smiled and raised his hand, using gentle movements to tidy up the hair that had fallen from Ouzuki's temples.
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"This is a cherry blossom that accidentally fell on my shoulder when I went for an outing in Kanagawa yesterday."
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"Although I am still too busy to find time to go cherry blossom viewing with you. But I promise you: before the cherry blossoms fall this year, I will definitely take you to see the gorgeous sea of cherry blossoms!
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"This cherry blossom, which is very close to me, is just a warm-up."
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"After that, I will take you to see a thousand or ten thousand more beautiful cherry blossoms!"
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"Oryuki, I have something to ask you for help. Our restaurant has recently recruited two new diners, namely Nagakura Shinpachi and Harada Zuo, who shined in the previous 'Fanshu Tiaosho Incident'
Help."
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After staying in Yoshiwara for almost an hour, Hijikata quickly walked out of Yoshiwara while packing his clothes, and rushed to the next place without taking any rest.
The new place Hijikata rushed to was the settlement area of Hatamoto samurai.
After walking to the house of a certain Hatamoto samurai family, Hijikata scanned the surrounding area and after confirming that there were no outsiders around, he quickly and skillfully climbed over the wall of the samurai family's house...
After a while, a strange sound came from the bedroom of the youngest daughter of this samurai family...
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Just before dawn, Hijikata successfully delivered the 9 cherry blossoms he had picked off from the cherry blossom tree.
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Nagakura and Harada didn't have much luggage, so after agreeing that Kondo would join the trial as a guest, they took their luggage that could be carried with a piece of furoshiki overnight and officially moved in.
Trial Guard House.
After Nagakura and Harada moved in to the Imperial Guard Hall, the population became more prosperous and the Imperial Guard Hall suddenly became more lively.
Except for Abi, who is still struggling with the problem of "doing not want to spend money to support two people who may not necessarily help the development of their swordsmanship hall", the rest of the people in the Shiwei Hall welcome the joining of Nagakura and Harada.
manner.
Ayoto is naturally happy to see Nagakura and Harada living in the imperial examination hall.
After all, after eating and living with the two of them, Qingdeng no longer has to worry about them being late for work.
After Saito, there are two more people who will accompany Aotobo on his commute to and from get off work at the Kitaban Institute and the Imperial Guard Hall.
Early the next morning, Qingden led his greatly expanded "attendance team" and rushed to the Beifan Institute in a majestic manner.
Today is another very stable and peaceful day.
Nothing serious happened, and there was no troublesome official business.
In this tranquility, the quietly flowing time makes the morning glow in the sky slowly turn into the setting sun.
When the golden sunset light dyed the ground with a sunset color, Aonto and Toudo, who did not choose to stay in the trial guard hall, said "see you tomorrow", and then led Saito, Nagakura, and Harada San
People, prepare to embark on the road back to the imperial examination hall.
As soon as he left the gate of Beifansuo, the slightly sultry twilight hit his face, and Qingden couldn't help but lower his eyelids, using his slender eyelashes to filter out the slightly dazzling light.
After a few breaths passed and his eyes got used to the light, Qingdeng raised his eyelids.
"Huh?" As soon as his vision returned to its normal range with the opening of his eyelids, Qingto saw a familiar figure outside the gate of Beifansuo.
Looking at this familiar figure, Qingdeng couldn't help but look slightly startled, and made a surprised "hmm" sound.
This beautiful figure that is quite familiar to Qingnobo is none other than Mai Kinoshita.
Kinoshita Mai, who was wearing a bright red kimono as always and wearing red wooden geta shoes, was sitting on a stone step outside the main gate of Kitabansho.
Judging from Kinoshita Mai's current behavior, it is not difficult to tell that Kinoshita Mai is bored right now.
Because the weather was getting hotter, her white and tender feet were not covered with stockings.
I saw her holding the red button of the clog under her feet with the big toe and second toe of her right foot, lifting the clog, and shaking it...
She just hung her head, looking boredly at the wooden clogs that were shaking in the air as her toes fiddled with them.
At this time, out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Qingden coming out of the Beifan Institute.
Then, she was seen jumping up from the stone steps with a look of joy on her face, tightening her wooden clogs, and quickly walked towards Qingdeng: "Junior Jun!"
Kinoshita Mai smiled and said hello to Qingteng in a spirited tone.
But when her eyes turned to Saito, Nagakura, and Toudo who were standing behind Aoto, she returned to her shy and shy nature. She blushed and talked to Saito and the other three in a voice as soft as a mosquito.
Say "Hello".
"Miss Kinoshita, hello." Qingto smiled and responded enthusiastically to Mai Kinoshita.
Qingden and the others are still standing outside the gate of Beifansuo.
Standing in this place and chatting would easily hinder other people's entry and exit in Beibansuo, so Aoto got straight to the point and asked Kinoshita Mai doubtfully:
"Miss Kinoshita, why are you here?"
"I've been waiting for you here."
After hearing Qingden's voice, Kinoshita Mai quickly broke out of her "fear of strangers" state, smiling and folding her intertwined hands in front of her.
"Tachibana-kun, Mr. Kiryu wants to see you for something. He hopes that you can go to Qianshiya alone now."
"Boss Kiryu?" Qingden raised his eyebrows vigorously.
"Yeah." Kinoshita Mai nodded her head vigorously.
——You want me to go to Qianshiya alone right now?
Qingdeng frowned in confusion.
"Miss Kinoshita, did Boss Kiryu tell you what happened?"
"He didn't say."
"...I understand." Qingdeng nodded seriously, "I'll go now."
Since he is asked to go to Senshiya now... then it must not be an ordinary trivial matter. With this thought in mind, Qingto turned his eyes and let Saito, Nagakura and Harada behind him take the first step.
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Nagakura, the upright and honest man, and Harada, the brainless fool, nodded without thinking, "I understand."
On the other hand, Saito, a reliable man who doesn't talk much, asked, "Don't you need my escort?"
Because Mr. Kiryu had made it clear that he wanted Aoto to go to Senshiya alone, Aoto declined Saito's offer of an escort and asked Saito to go back to the sword hall directly with Nagakura, Harada and the others without worrying about him.
Since his employer had asked for it, Saito had no choice but to comply.
After watching Saito and the others leave, Qingto said sternly to Mai Kinoshita: "Miss Kinoshita, let's go."
Now is the "peak time after get off work", and the flow of people on the street has increased significantly.
Ayoto and Mai Kinoshita, who were walking side by side, carefully avoided the dense crowds and flows of people while heading towards the direction of Chishiya.
Kinoshita Wu, who was holding the red clogs under her feet, followed step by step around Qingden. She kept raising her eyes and secretly glanced at Qingden next to her.
After peeking at Qingdou for more than a dozen times, Kinoshita Mai finally seemed to have summoned up the courage, took a deep breath, and said:
"Tangerine-kun."
Qingdeng: "Huh?"
"I've heard about it." Kinoshita Mai raised her little head and smiled at Qingden, "You won the swordsmanship competition the day before yesterday! Congratulations!"
"Ah, thank you." Qingdeng smiled humbly.
"Tachibana-kun, you are great. I have heard that many masters participated in this competition. You were able to win the first prize in such a competition with so many masters." After saying this, Kinoshita Mai's beautiful eyebrows flashed.
There was a hint of regret, "What a pity... It would be great if I could also see this competition..."
Qingden raised an eyebrow: "Huh? Boss Kiryu, won't he allow you to come to the game?"
"Yes." Kinoshita Mai's red lips pursed slightly, and a look of dissatisfaction visible to the naked eye appeared on her face, "Mr. Kiryu happened to be out on business the day before yesterday and the day before yesterday, and he needed me to stay to look after the store and house, so I was not allowed to
The fake..."
"That's it..." Qingdeng smiled helplessly, "That's really a pity..."
Kinoshita Mai's red lips slightly opened, and after letting out a helpless sigh, the smile returned to her face:
"Forget it, it's all over anyway, let's not talk about it anymore."
"Did you encounter any tough opponents in this competition?" Mai Kinoshita asked Aonto further on the topic of "Swordsmanship Competition".
"Well... my opponent in the final did cause me some trouble."
Regarding the various questions asked by Kinoshita Mai, Ayono adopted the attitude of "knowing everything and saying everything."
After Aoto and Mai Kinoshita chatted about the "Swordsmanship Competition" for a while, the two of them unknowingly turned into a street with few people and a deserted atmosphere.
Kinoshita Mai turned her eyes and scanned the sparse flow of people around her, then suddenly stopped.
Qingto, who was not expecting Kinoshita Mai's sudden stop, took two steps forward according to the inertia, and quickly stopped too, "Miss Kinoshita, what's wrong? Why did you stop suddenly?"
"...Tachibana-kun, I'm sorry." Mai Kinoshita showed an apologetic smile to Ayoto, "I actually lied to you... Mr. Kiryu didn't want to find you."
"Huh?" Qingdeng couldn't help being stunned.
Kinoshita Mai promptly handed over the explanation in a helpless tone:
"I told you such a lie just to get rid of Saito-kun and the others."
"If we don't try to get rid of their words, we won't be able to talk about business with you."
After saying that, Kinoshita Mai took two steps forward and walked to Qingteng. Then she raised her delicate and delicate toes and put her red lips as close to Qingteng's ears as possible.
The audible voice whispered:
"Tangerine-kun, are you free tonight?"
"I found another target that needs Fox Monk's help."
After hearing Kinoshita Mai's concise and concise words... to be precise, after hearing the word "Fox Monk" mentioned by Kinoshita Mai, Qingden's expression condensed slightly.
He lowered his head and eyes, and cast a serious and serious look at Mai Kinoshita, who was still a lot shorter than him even if she stood on tiptoes.
"...Miss Kinoshita." Qingto lowered his voice, just like Kinoshita Mai just now, using a volume that only the two of them could hear clearly, "What other target did you find?"
"Well..." Mai Kinoshita looked around with a wary look at the few passers-by who were still passing by, "It's not convenient to say more here."
"Ju-kun, do you have time tonight? If you do, I would like to wait until tonight to talk to you in detail."
After Qingdeng pondered for less than two breaths, he nodded solemnly: "I understand. I have time after eight o'clock (2 o'clock in the morning). Can we meet again after eight o'clock?"
2 a.m. is the time Qingdeng gets up every day.
"Of course." Kinoshita Mai replied almost without hesitation, "Then at eight o'clock tonight, I will be in the dark alley behind the ramen restaurant next to the trial guard hall... which is where we went before.
That place is waiting for you.”
Qingdeng nodded in agreement.
Then, he showed a helpless smile.
"Ms. Kinoshita, you are very smart. You actually know how to use 'Boss Kiryu wants to see me for something' as an excuse to distract Saito and the others."
Only then did Qingdeng suddenly realize that the girl in front of him who loved to wear red clothes and red button clogs was far more quirky than she seemed.
When Kinoshita Mai solemnly told him, "Boss Kiryu wants to see him for something," her expression, words and deeds were all the same as usual. Qingto didn't find anything unusual in Kinoshita Mai, so Qingto just now really thought that Boss Kiryu was
Something urgent happened and I needed to see him alone immediately.
But if you think about it carefully, it's true - how could a girl who was not big enough as a kid become a great phantom thief at such a young age that has caused headaches for the Edo Office and the villains of Edo to this day?
"I'm sorry..." Mai Kinoshita had a hint of apology on her face again. She twisted the fingers of her folded hands in front of her and apologized to Qingto again. "Besides moving Mr. Kiryu out, I really can't think of anything else.
How can we be alone..."
"It's okay, it's okay." Qingdeng waved his hand, "I don't mean to blame you."
"Rather, I want to praise you for knowing how to use such a clever method to distract Saito and the others, and for taking me to a place with few people like this."
"Then let's meet again tonight."
After saying that, Qingdeng secretly sighed in his heart.
He never expected that after solving the "human beheading incident", Kaitou Cat Monk would send him a new commission so quickly!
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Since "Boss Kiryu came to see him for something" was completely invented by Mai Kinoshita out of thin air, then Aoto naturally doesn't need to go to Chishiya anymore.
After walking with Kinoshita Mai for a while, the two separated at a fork in the road and went back to their respective homes.
Passing through the familiar streets that he had walked through countless times in the past few months, Aoto soon returned to Koishikawa Kohinagayanagi Town.
After climbing up the high slope where the Trial Guard Hall is located, soon the shadow of the Trial Guard Hall came into Qingdeng's sight.
Having lived in the Kaiwei Hall lively with Okita, Kondo and the others for such a long time, Aoto had already developed a "home" feeling towards the Kaiwei Hall.
After seeing the huge shadow of the Trial Guard Hall from a distance, a strange sense of security surged into Qingdeng's heart, making Qingdeng feel that his physical fatigue was relieved.
But at this time, Qingdeng suddenly vaguely saw someone gathering outside the gate of the Trial Guard Hall.
It's already past the closing time of the Trial Guard Hall.
It's already this time, why are there so many people gathering outside the gate of the Trial Guard Hall... Qingdeng frowned slightly and quickened his pace slightly.
After getting closer to the trial defense hall, two voices of conversation reached Qingdeng's ears——
"Excuse me, is Tachibana Aoden here?"
"Huh? Who are you? What do you want from Mr. Ju?"
The last voice was Okita's.
The previous voice... sounded familiar to Qingdeng.
After simply recalling it in his mind, Qingdeng remembered whose voice it was.
Qingdeng's face quickly darkened, and he further accelerated his pace to the trial defense hall.
After a while, the scene outside the gate of the Trial Guard Hall appeared in front of Qingdeng's eyes very clearly and completely.
I saw Okita standing alone behind the gate of the Trial Guard Hall, holding the door with one hand and the other hand on his waist. Under his frown, a pair of vigilant eyes glanced back and forth at the Trial Guard Hall.
The eight young people in front of the gate.
These eight young men were all wearing plain clothes, and there were no weapons on their bodies.
At first glance, you will feel that these eight young people are just ordinary young people who can be seen everywhere on the street.
But after a closer look, you can find that these eight young people basically have ferocious tattoos on their necks, forearms, ankles and other places that cannot be covered by clothes.
In the Edo period... no, it should be said that in the country of Japan, throughout the ages, except for a few weirdos, there was only one type of people who would tattoo dragons and phoenixes on their bodies - Yakuza!
The leader of this group of Yakuzas who suddenly visited the Trial Guard Hall was a very young man.
This young man had a fairly handsome face, but a huge scar on his face that stretched from the base of his left ear to the base of his right ear destroyed the beauty of his face.
Qingto was very familiar with this Scarface - he was a member of the "Shimizu Clan" who came to him to collect his father Tachibana's gambling debt!
I recall that on the first night when Qingdeng traveled to this era, he met this scar-faced man who brought people over to collect debts from him.
"Tachibana-kun?" Okita was startled when he saw Qingden returning, and then cast a more vigilant look at the group of Yakuza in front of him who had just threatened to find Qingden.
Immediately afterwards, Okita was seen taking advantage of the gap where Scarface and others’ attention was on Qingden, and quietly slipped back into the training hall...
Scarface and the others, who were focusing their attention on Qingteng, did not notice Okita leaving, and Qingteng also did not notice that Okita was no longer standing behind the gate of the trial defense hall due to the angle of his sight.
"Oh, Mr. Tachibana." The scarred face raised the corners of his mouth, showed a kind smile to Qingden, and greeted Qingden warmly, "Mr. Tachibana, it's been a long time! You just came from Beiban Institute
Are you coming back there?"
Qingdenli didn't even bother to respond to Scarface's greeting.
"...It's really rare." Qingdeng said solemnly, "You used to come to collect debts when it was dark."
"And now it's still daylight, and you guys are here."
After finishing speaking, Qingden subconsciously glanced at the sky where there was still some afterglow of dusk.
Scarface led a large group of people outside the gate of the Trial Guard Hall...Aside from coming to him to demand the huge gambling debt owed by his father Tachibana Takayuki, Qingden really couldn't think of anything else.
What’s the reason why this bunch of evil-doing scum suddenly appeared here!
"Mr. Orange, you misunderstood." Scarface raised his hands towards Qingden, "We are not here to collect debts from you."
He wasn't here to collect debts... A look of surprise flashed across Qingden's eyes.
Just when Qingdeng was about to question Scarface, the sound of thumping, thumping, thumping footsteps suddenly came from the trial defense hall.
Qingdeng, Scarface and others looked around, and then they saw tall figures appearing one after another behind the gate of the trial hall.
After seeing the appearance of these tall figures clearly, Qingdeng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and a smile appeared on the corner of his slightly raised mouth.
Okita, who had just sneaked back into the trial guard hall, was actually going to shake people.
Today's trial defense hall was particularly crowded. Not only did Zhou Zhu not go out for business, but Hijikata was also there.
Okita brought everyone over.
Shusuke, Kondo, Hijikata, Saito, Nagakura, and Harada who just came back a step ahead of schedule.
After Okita came back with this large group of people, Scarface and the others' expressions suddenly changed slightly.
There is no other reason - except for Shusuke and Okita, the height of the rest of the people in the trial hall far exceeds the average adult male of this era.
Kondo and Nagakura are similar in height, almost 178cm.
Hijikata is exactly 10 centimeters shorter than Kondo, at 168cm.
As for Saito, he is the tallest one, just 180cm.
Although Harada's height of 160cm is far smaller than the above four people, he is still much taller than most adult men of this era.
In comparison, Okita, who is only 155cm tall, looks particularly inconspicuous when standing among Kondo and others...
And Okita currently happens to be standing between Saito and Nagakura, the two tallest people, which makes him look even smaller!
Okita also noticed that his stance was a little subtle.
After looking at Saito and Nagakura standing on the left and right, he silently stood on tiptoes, took a deep breath, raised his shoulders, and tried to make himself look taller between Nagakura and Saito.
Some……
On the other hand, Scarface and others are all of average height in this era - that is, they only fluctuate around the figure of 1.5 meters...
Compared to Kondo and the others, who are "giants", Scarface and others are just like "little humans".
Looking at Kondo and others who are getting higher and higher, except for Scarface who needs to be calmer, the others standing behind Scarface all turn pale because they feel extremely strong psychological pressure.
As Aito's master and the master of the trial defense hall, Shusuke took two steps forward without expression, stood at the front of Kondo and the others, and then took the lead in questioning Scarface and the others in a neither sad nor happy tone:
"I wonder why my subordinates suddenly visited my trial defense hall?"
Say what you have to say and never keep your words to yourself. Nagakura, a straight-forward man, followed Shusuke and said coldly: "Are you from the 'Qingshui Clan'?"
As soon as Nagakura finished speaking, the eyes of everyone around him towards Scarface and others suddenly became even more unkind.
Even Harada, who usually wore a heartless and silly smile, had a serious face at this time.
Because of his father's gambling, the Tachibana family owes a huge debt to the "Qingshui Clan" - this matter has never been a secret in the Trial Guard Hall.
"Ah, there is no need to be nervous." Scarface calmed down his expression, spread his hands, and smiled at everyone, "We are not here to cause trouble."
"I'm here to say a kind deed to Mr. Tachibana."
As Scarface spoke, he turned his gaze back to Qingdeng.
"Mr. Orange, the gambling debts owed by your father will be canceled from now on, and you will not need to pay them back."
Before Qingdeng could show his surprised expression, Scarface took the lead and reached into his arms, took out a piece of paper and handed it to Qingdeng.
"This is your father's IOU."
"This IOU will belong to you from now on."
Qingden, whose pupils shrank slightly, grabbed the neatly folded piece of paper handed over by Scarface, unfolded it and scanned it - it was indeed his father Takayuki Takayuki's gambling debt IOU.
There is nothing wrong with the numbers written on it, the signature, or the signatures and fingerprints pressed on it.
Looking at the IOU in his hand, Qingdeng's face did not show any joy, but his expression became more solemn.
"...What are you doing?" Qingdeng raised his eyes from the IOU in his hand and glared at Scarface, "Why are you canceling our family's debt for no reason?"
The imperfection of the legal system and the lack of law enforcement force made the Yakuza of this era much more brutal than the modern gangsters.
These scumbags, who would do any dirty thing for money and power, suddenly told him that "the debt no longer needs to be repaid"... What he thought was abnormal!
Qingdeng would rather believe that the sun has risen in the west than believe that the Yakuza, who have always been inhumane, will suddenly find their conscience!
"Mr. Tachibana." Scarface ignored Qingdeng's ferocious gaze and smiled calmly, "Our leader: Shimizu Eiichi, has always been the most heroic person."
"You have performed extraordinary feats recently, using your sword to deal a severe blow to the 'radical anti-barbarian faction'. The leader admires you very much."
"To show respect for you, the leader personally ordered that all gambling debts owed by your father be written off in one lump sum."
"At the same time, all repayments you have made before will be returned in full."
After saying that, Scarface glanced at one of his subordinates behind him.
After noticing the look from Scarface, this subordinate quickly handed over the bag he was carrying.
Crash la la... When Scarface took the bag from his subordinate, a crisp sound of "clop la la" came from the bag - this was the sound of coins colliding with each other.
"Mr. Ju, please count it." Scarface lowered his head and respectfully presented the bag of money to Qingdeng with both hands.
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