Chapter 156 Ouch! Miss Kinoshita, are you blushing again? [7000
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As soon as the cold system sound fell, Qingdeng felt that his ears, forehead, head and other parts of his head were wrapped in waves of warmth.
Immediately afterwards, Qingdeng felt that the hearing in his ears became particularly clear.
If I want to use vivid words to describe Qingdeng's current feelings... it would be the feeling of "swimming out from under the water, emerging from the water, and there is no more water around the ears." It feels like the whole world has changed due to the enhancement of hearing.
Be extra clear.
The Perceiver of Wind...both in name and in actual talent effects, is extremely powerful.
Qingdeng could not help but raise his eyebrows in surprise and joy at having such a powerful talent copied.
As Birthmark Face fainted, there were only three opponents left standing in front of Qingdeng.
Probably because they were stung by ideas and because the leader, Birthmark Face, had been defeated by Qingden, the remaining three people had no intention of fighting.
Their expressions suddenly changed, and they quickly turned around and ran away.
They had already drawn their weapons and handed over their hands. It was impossible for Qingdeng to just let these three people leave.
He took a big step forward, held his wakizashi with both hands, and slashed forward with all his strength, hitting the back of the man who was a beat slower than he started. The man screamed "Wow" and then
Collapsed to the ground.
While Qingden was taking advantage of the slowest runner, the other two had already run nearly five steps away.
Five steps... only opened such a small distance. Unless you are particularly good at running, you can't keep away from Qing Deng who now has the "one horse lead".
Judging from the running posture and speed of these two people... it is obvious that neither of them is the kind of person who is particularly good at running.
Qingden raised the toe of his left foot and picked up the wakizashi that just fell on the birthmark face next to his left foot. Then he grabbed the wakizashi in the air with his left hand, holding both wakizashi towards the escaping man.
The two men chased him.
In just a blink of an eye, Qingdeng, whose explosive leg power was far superior to that of ordinary people due to "taking the lead", caught up with the two men.
When he was only two steps away from the two "deserters" in one breath, Qingden threw the wakizashi held in his left hand hard towards the fastest runner in front.
Such a short distance...if none of these hits, it would be unjustifiable.
Qingden's throws are very powerful and fast - after all, Qingden has the talent to enhance the strength and flexibility of his fingers: "dexterous hands".
The wakizashi, which was spinning in the air and flying "whooshing", accurately hit the back of the fastest runner.
Although it was the handle of the wakizashi's sword that hit this guy and not the blade, this sudden surprise attack still made this guy stumble to the ground because he was not expecting it.
This guy suddenly fell to the ground, which made the other person running behind him unlucky. He kicked the person who suddenly fell to the ground, followed in this person's footsteps, tripped to the ground, and fell to the ground.
Qingdeng easily caught up with the two men who had fallen to the ground. He threw himself on them and subdued the two remaining enemies.
All the opponents he was responsible for dealing with had been dealt with - Qingto immediately turned his head without stopping, raised his gaze, and looked behind him to check the battle situation on Kinoshita Mai's side.
As soon as he looked over, Qingdeng's tense nerves instantly relaxed a lot.
The battle situation at Kinoshita Mai's side... was much better than Qingto imagined.
Although it was 1 against 4, Kinoshita Mai relied on her excellent unarmed combat skills and the advantages of the terrain to defeat the 4 enemies that blocked her and Aoto's escape one by one.
Unlike Ayoto who took the initiative to attack the enemy, Kinoshita Mai's side launched the first attack from the enemy's side.
The four samurai shouted "Wow!" as they rushed toward Kinoshita Mai.
The man who rushed at the front was a big, strong man who was not very tall, but had a particularly majestic figure.
This big man sent a powerful and heavy horizontal slash towards Mai Kinoshita.
Kinoshita Mai didn't panic or rush. She quickly pushed her hips upwards, tilted her upper body back so that the back of her head almost touched her buttocks that were reminiscent of plump peaches, and put her hands on the ground -
- She used this extremely difficult lowering movement to avoid the strong man's horizontal slash, and the sharp blade rubbed against her slender belly.
Kinoshita Mai's body was incredibly soft, as if she had no bones. She was able to do such a difficult lower back with ease.
The moment she put her hands on the ground and leaned on her waist to dodge the attack of this big man, Mai Kinoshita's slender waist suddenly exerted force, and her right leg suddenly popped open like a broken string.
Kick upwards with force.
The small toes hit the strong man's chin - no matter how strong a person is, the chin that cannot be exercised is their weakness.
Kinoshita Mai's kick was extremely powerful. There was only a "bang" sound and the sound of bones breaking, and a large amount of blood and several teeth splashed out directly from the strong man's mouth.
The tooth was directly kicked and broken... The pain was as you can imagine - the strong man passed out from the pain.
Kinoshita Mai used the momentum of kicking her legs upwards to do a neat backflip, and quickly switched from her lowered waist back to her normal standing posture.
"Deal with one..." Kinoshita Mai re-arranged her fighting posture with her right fist in front and left palm behind her, and looked at the remaining three enemies.
The remaining three enemies... all have very distinctive looks.
One is a skinny man.
One is an ugly man with curly and sparse hair and a very vulgar face.
One is bald without a single hair on his head.
These people have no idea what cooperation is...
They just "wow, wow, wow," swarmed up, and didn't know the order before and after. They didn't take advantage of the number of people at all.
In such a narrow corridor, the result of them rushing together...is to get in each other's way.
The thin man and the ugly man attacked Kinoshita Mai side by side.
As for the bald man, because he was blocked by the thin man and the ugly man, he couldn't advance or attack, so he could only follow behind the thin man and the ugly man.
The second person who wielded the sword at Kinoshita was this skinny man.
He adopted a lower stance and raised the blade towards Kinoshita Mai from the lower right to the upper left.
However - he did not keep a safe distance from the ugly man next to him. His blade did not hit Kinoshita Mai, but hit the ugly man's leg first.
The ugly man, who had been stabbed in the leg for no apparent reason, screamed and fell to the ground.
"Yes, I'm sorry...!" He accidentally hurt his companion, and the thin man quickly and subconsciously apologized to his companion.
Kinoshita Mai spotted the ugly man who fell to the ground due to accidental injuries. The thin man apologized to the ugly man. His bald head was blocked by the thin man and the ugly man. This was an excellent fighter opportunity. He stepped forward, ducked in front of the thin man, and pinched
He tightened his hands and punched the thin man three times in the chest.
Kinoshita Mai's movements are frighteningly orderly.
She didn't just throw random punches, but used all the strength of her body to punch steadily and steadily. Every punch made the sound of skin being torn apart and bones being broken.
Anyone who sees Kinoshita Mai's fight will probably find it incredible - such a 15-year-old girl who is only 1.5 meters tall and has a slender body except for her hips and hips, can actually have such powerful punches and kicks.
After the final third punch was aimed at the thin man's chest, the thin man took a few steps back. Then, unable to resolve the powerful force still lingering in his chest, he fell to the ground and fell to the ground.
The moment he fell to the ground, the thin man opened his mouth and coughed up some blood foam - although he did not pass out directly, he also entered a semi-trance state.
After knocking down the thin man with three punches, Kinoshita Mai's offensive did not stop. She used her left foot as a pivot and aimed at the belly of the ugly man who was still lying on the ground.
The man wiped the floor and flew backwards, his back hitting the corridor wall behind him heavily.
The ugly man said "Wow" and vomited everything he had eaten tonight, and an unpleasant sour smell suddenly filled the air.
After vomiting to the point where nothing could be vomited out, the ugly man groaned a few times, then tilted his head and lost consciousness.
The enemy in front of me... is the only one left with this hairless bald head!
This bald man is also a very brave person.
Even though he was alone, there was no trace of timidity on his face.
He waved the wakizashi in his palm with his right hand, cutting out streaks of sharp cold light. He formed a palm with his left hand and tried hard to catch Kinoshita Mai - the martial arts he used were also small martial arts.
Kinoshita Mai's petite body is flexible and stable, without any flaws exposed. Her flexible and delicate body, as if it has no bones, twists and turns lightly in the darkness of the corridor.
Every time the bald-headed knife or hand was about to hit or catch Kinoshita Mai, Kinoshita Mai flexibly evaded the bald-headed attack with a slight twist of her body.
This "you attack and I defend" battle did not last long.
Baldhead has more than enough power, but lacks speed.
After dodging another chop from the bald head, Mai Kinoshita looked at the bald head and retracted the knife. During the opportunity to reorganize her posture, she took a step forward. While getting closer to the bald head, she stepped forward with this knife.
feet to accumulate strength.
Power rises from the ground - this is the unchanging theorem of all martial arts in this world.
The force from the sudden step on the floor was transmitted along Mai Kinoshita's calves to her waist, and then from her waist to Kinoshita Mai's right palm, which now had its fingers together.
The power that was transmitted in less than 1 second burst out from Kinoshita Mai's right palm in one breath - her right palm was heavily imprinted on the bald head's belly, and the bald head screamed and took a few steps back.
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However, he did not fall directly to the ground like the thin man. He gritted his teeth and relied on brute force and perseverance to withstand Kinoshita Mai's fierce blow.
He didn't fall down directly - his will was commendable, but his will was of no use.
As soon as the bald head stabilized her figure, Kinoshita Mai immediately came over to her. She stood on tiptoe slightly and her body jumped up slightly. Following the momentum of the jump, Kinoshita Mai slashed at the right side of the bald head's neck with a knife.
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Bang...a dull sound of flesh colliding...
The side of his neck caught the bald head of Mai Kinoshita's hand, and his body stiffened for a moment, and then he saw him roll his eyes and fall straight backwards.
It's a coincidence - when Mai Kinoshita dealt with the bald man, Qingto happened to knock down all the enemies he was responsible for at the same time.
Aomori took out a pocket paper he carried with him from his pocket, wiped off the blood and grease on the Wakizashi blade, and slowly walked towards Kinoshita Mai who had just finished the battle.
"Are you injured?" Qingden looked at those people knocked down by Kinoshita Mai and couldn't help but secretly gasped.
Tonight was the second time that he fought side by side with Mai Kinoshita. Tonight's battle gave Qingto a new understanding of Mai Kinoshita's combat power.
Qingto felt that if he only competed purely with fists and kicks, he would probably not be Kinoshita Mai's opponent...
Relying on his attainments in unarmed combat, Qingnobo vaguely sensed that Kinoshita Mai seemed to be using a very peculiar way of exerting force, a bit like the famous "Inch Jin" in her previous life.
The method of exerting force used by Mai Kinoshita allows her to burst out extremely powerful power with such a petite body.
Qingto couldn't help but become more curious about the martial arts used by Kinoshita Mai.
Unfortunately, Kinoshita Mai had made it clear to Qingto before that it was not convenient for her to mention the martial arts she used, so Qingto could only suppress the curiosity that arose in his heart for the time being.
"No." Kinoshita Wu wiped the sweat from her forehead, then turned to Qingteng and smiled, "What about you? Are you injured?"
Aoden put his wakizashi back into its sheath, stretched out his hands - using his movements to show Kinoshita Mai that he was unharmed.
"It's okay..." Kinoshita Wu let out a sigh of relief, then lowered her gaze, frowning and looking at the group of people who had been knocked down by her and Qingden together and were lying on the floor of the corridor for seven weeks.
There were unknown people who were either out of breath or had fainted. "Who are these people..."
Qingdeng also lowered his gaze, glanced at the people on the ground, and said in a deep voice:
"... There is such a large amount of kerosene stored in this remote abandoned tea house. After discovering us two uninvited guests, they immediately attacked without any explanation and wanted to capture us... I doubt that the kerosene they stored is...
I am preparing to use it to do some... unspeakable things."
"And these people...maybe they are members of the anti-barbarian group."
"After all, the people of the anti-barbarian group just did such a crazy thing as 'burning down Edo'."
Kerosene is not jewelry, and there is no possibility of selling it at a high price or monopoly dumping it as a store of value like gold and silver.
With such a large amount of kerosene stored in Edo...it's hard not to make people have some bad suspicions...
After hearing Qingto's words, Kinoshita Mai's expression could not help but change slightly.
"in short."
Qingdeng continued to speak in a deep voice.
"This matter is beyond the scope of what the two of us can resolve."
"We must notify the enforcement office as soon as possible and let the officials from the enforcement office come to arrest all these people and bring them back to the government and interrogate them."
Kinoshita Mai, who became more and more aware that what they encountered tonight was not a simple matter, nodded her head vigorously without any hesitation.
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Before notifying the execution office, Aomori and Mai Kinoshita briefly searched the tea house to see if there were any fish that had slipped through the net or any other suspicious items.
Although this tea house has three floors, it is not particularly large.
The two of them worked together to search the entire tea house carefully. After finding nothing else, they began to prepare to notify the practice office.
Regarding how to notify the people at the execution office to come and arrest the person, Qingnobo and Mai Kinoshita quickly completed the task assignment - Qingnobu stayed in the tea house to watch the birthmark face and others, and Mai Kinoshita, who was the fastest, rushed to the execution station to arrest the executioner.
The official of the institute brought him here.
The closest shrine to this teahouse is Hokubansho.
Tonight, the people working the night shift in the northern office happened to be the two seniors who had a close relationship with Aoto: Inoya and Ushiyama.
The way Kinoshita Mai brought Inotani and the others over was very direct - she rushed directly into the Kitabansuo and shouted: There is a teahouse somewhere in the eastern suburbs of Edo that stores a large amount of kerosene! The people guarding these teahouses have been given by us.
They've been defeated, go and arrest them!
After shouting these words, Kinoshita Mai hurriedly left the Beibansuo.
Store a large amount of kerosene - in the Edo period, when talk of fire became more and more serious, this sentence had almost as much destructive power and deterrence as "Where was the bomb found?"
Inoya and Ushiyama, who could not ignore the information provided by Kinoshita Mai under any circumstances, hurriedly summoned their respective subordinates Okabiki, Ushiyama stayed behind at the Kitabansuo, and Inoya was responsible for leading people to the tea house.
There is nothing to go into detail about what happened after that - after arriving at the teahouse, Inotani and the others found the birthmark face and others who had been subdued by Aoto and Mai Kinoshita and were still awake, as well as the hundreds of files stored on the second floor.
Box of kerosene.
Before Inodani and Ushiyama arrived, Aoto, who stayed in the tea house to watch the birthmark face and others, had already left early, and hid in a certain area not far from the tea house with Mai Kinoshita who rushed back. They could clearly see everything going on in the tea house.
In a dark alley.
Looking at Inotani, who was orderly directing his subordinates to escort the birthmark-faced group out of the teahouse with a serious look on his face, Aoden's face showed a look of "relief."
The birthmark-faced group and the large amount of kerosene stored in this tea house are most likely related to his mortal enemy, the anti-barbarian group... This alone is enough for Qingteng to pay the highest attention to them.
He and Kinoshita Mai have done everything they can do tonight.
They could defeat Birthmark Face and the others, but with just the strength of the two of them, it was obviously impossible to interrogate Birthmark Face and the others and obtain information.
Professional matters still have to be handled by professionals.
Next, we can only rely on the extremely professional "torture team" in jail to extract useful information from the birthmark faces and others as soon as possible.
Now that they have done what they need to do, there is no reason for the two of them to stay here any longer.
After looking at Inoya from a distance for a few more times, Qingden turned his head and whispered to Kinoshita Mai beside him:
"let's go."
Kinoshita Mai nodded obediently: "Yes."
The two figures disappeared in the shadows of the dark alley, one behind the other.
Reflecting the thin moonlight, they moved quickly along the streets, passing by houses, and soon they left the suburbs.
But at this moment, a cherry blossom suddenly passed by Kinoshita Mai's eyes.
This cherry blossom appeared suddenly and disappeared quickly, but it successfully attracted Kinoshita Mai's sight and attention.
Kinoshita Mai looked at the cherry blossoms that were blown by the night wind and quickly disappeared into the darkness beside her with slightly dazed eyes.
Immediately afterwards, a look of thought and hesitation flashed across Kinoshita Mai's eyebrows.
After "thinking" and "hesitation" went back and forth for a long time, Kinoshita Mai finally took a deep breath: "...Tachibana-kun, before you go back...can you accompany me to a place? I will take you with you.
You go and get to know a good place.”
"Huh? A good place?" Qingden, who was walking behind Kinoshita Wu, asked in confusion, "What a good place?"
Kinoshita Mai turned her head and said to Qingteng in a slightly coquettish tone: "Well... just come with me. It won't take long."
The current time is just after 4 o'clock in the morning... time is not tight.
Anyway, time was not tight. Seeing Kinoshita Mai's mysterious look, Qingto couldn't help but feel a little curious about it. After thinking for a moment, he nodded.
Seeing Qingteng nod, Kinoshita Mai quickly turned around, leading Qingteng to change direction and move straight towards the east.
Kinoshita Mai didn't lie to Qingteng. The place she said she wanted Qingteng to accompany her was indeed not far away.
In less than 3 minutes, Kinoshita Mai stopped and said, "We're here."
Qingden raised his eyes and looked around - they were now on the bank of a certain river.
The surface of this river is about 4 meters wide. It is just an ordinary river that can be seen everywhere in Edo City, but its riverside is quite unusual. There are many cherry blossom trees in bloom on its riverside.
Although it was a dark night, Qingden could still vaguely see how beautiful the cherry blossoms on each cherry tree were.
From time to time, a wisp of night wind blows, and the petals on the trees flutter down. The fallen flowers are colorful and beautiful.
Looking at the cherry blossom tree growing by the river, Qingden had a look of surprise on his face: "Miss Kinoshita, is this where you want me to accompany you?"
Kinoshita Mai smiled and nodded vigorously: "Yes. This is a little-known cherry blossom viewing spot that I accidentally discovered a while ago. Is this your first time here, Tachibana-kun?"
Qingdeng nodded lightly: "Well, this is indeed my first time here."
After saying that, Qingdeng suddenly changed the subject:
"Miss Kinoshita, why did you bring me here suddenly?"
"Hmm..." Mai Kinoshita, who was standing in front of Qingtou, lowered her head slightly, stretched out her hand and tightened the scarf on her face, "I just... suddenly wanted to see the cherry blossoms."
"It's almost May now, and the cherry blossom season will soon be over. If we don't see more cherry blossoms soon, we won't have the chance to see them again this year."
"I used to enjoy cherry blossoms during the day, but I have never tried to enjoy them at night."
"There is no need to rush home right now, so I just had a sudden impulse to try the 'Night Viewing of Spring Cherry Blossoms' tonight."
After listening to Kinoshita Mai's explanation quietly, Qingden nodded and thought to himself, "I see."
Miss Kinoshita is quite sentimental... After feeling this silently in his heart, Qingto turned his gaze back to the cherry blossom trees on the riverside in front of him.
"...Watching cherry blossoms at night is really unique." Qingden said with a smile.
Qingdeng's emotion was not polite or complimentary.
There is indeed a special charm to watching the colorful scene of falling cherry blossoms under the cover of night.
Qingdeng's hearing has just been strengthened by "the perceiver of the wind".
Qingdeng could hear the sound of wind and the sound of flying petals that were very vague in the past, especially clearly now.
It’s not just the sound of wind or falling flowers.
The gurgling of running water, the chirping of insects in the distance...the world appeared in Qingdeng's ears in a clearer manner.
His hearing has been enhanced so much, but Qingden doesn't feel any discomfort at all due to the "increased amount of information he can acquire" - this is probably another effect brought about by the "wind perceiver", which enhances Qingden's brain's ability to sense
The information processing ability of "sound" allows Qingden to not feel uncomfortable because he hears far more sounds than ordinary people.
Since the beginning of spring this year... to be precise, since time traveling, Qingden has not seen the cherry blossoms of this era.
Qingto, who had just experienced an infiltration operation and a tough battle at the tea house, was in a state of nerves that had not yet completely relaxed.
Thinking that he could just relax his mind and body by watching the beautiful scenery, Qingden also took a good look at the beautiful scenery that he had never appreciated so far. He folded his hands and placed them on the handle of the orange water knife on his left waist, concentrating on it.
He looked at the scattered and flying cherry blossoms in front of him.
Kinoshita Mai secretly glanced at Qingden behind her.
After seeing that Qingden seemed to be admiring the cherry blossoms seriously, Kinoshita Mai pursed her red lips, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks, and a shy smile slowly appeared on her face that was covered by a scarf.
Blushing, she folded her hands and intertwined her fingers behind her back, and then carefully and slowly moved her feet, trying to stand half a step sideways to get closer to Qingdeng.
But this time——
"……Um?"
Qingdeng's expression suddenly changed.
Kinoshita Mai, who had a "ghost" in her heart, trembled suddenly, and the blush on her face instantly dissipated. She quickly took back the foot she had just stretched out, panicked, and stammered: "Hug, I'm sorry, I, I, I am
Because I didn’t quite hear what you were saying just now, so…”
"Shh..."
Qingteng, who didn't listen to what Kinoshita Mai was saying at all, made a gesture of silence and interrupted Kinoshita Mai's words.
Immediately afterwards, he ignored the doubtful look that Kinoshita Mai threw at him and focused all his attention on his ears.
Just now, when he was carefully observing the scenery, he suddenly heard a strange noise coming from behind him.
Although the sound was very slight... but with his greatly improved hearing, he could definitely hear it - behind them, there seemed to be someone's footsteps!
Now after listening carefully to the sounds around him, Qingdeng heard the strange sound that sounded like human footsteps again from the same direction.
Without any hesitation, Qingden held the knife at his waist and chased after the sound.
After rushing out of the river, entering an alley next to the river, and turning the corner of the alley, Qingdeng saw - in front of him, deeper in the alley, an unknown man wearing a brown robe
People are fleeing away from him...
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