Chapter 199 The sudden arrival of Tachibana Takayukis old friend5000
Looking at Zuo Nazi who was denying it, Souji smiled like an aunt.
"Miss Zuo Nazi, it's not good to lie."
In a gentle tone, she said the words that made Zuo Nazi's delicate body freeze again.
Zuo Nazi tightened his folded hands in front of him, turned his head and looked around as if he couldn't calm down, and once pretended to leave, but he changed his mind and cleared his throat:
"Mr. Orange is my friend and my savior."
Speaking of this, Zuo Nazi's eyes were full of awe-inspiring heroic spirit.
"Without Mr. Ju's risking his life to rescue me, I would have died long ago at the hands of the anti-barbarian group."
"When people live in this world, benevolence and righteousness come first."
"Anyone with a conscience knows the truth that 'a favor with a meal must be repaid, and a favor with a drop of water must be repaid'."
"What's more, I'm still the daughter of the Wu family."
"I would rather die than be an ungrateful and dishonest person."
"So, whether it's about emotion or reason, I can't ignore Mr. Ju!"
What Zuo Nazi said was extremely passionate.
In fact, she was indeed not lying.
Zuo Nazi's character is such that he is very strict with others and himself.
She strictly demands herself based on the "Eight Virtues" in ancient Shidao, namely righteousness, courage, benevolence, propriety, sincerity, reputation, loyalty, and self-denial. Not only must she be on par with the saint internally, but she must also be perfect externally.
For example: whether eating or reading, no matter what the occasion, Zuo Nazi will never show an indecent posture of hunching over.
This is also an important reason why Zuo Nazi's temperament is so good - she has done the most extreme and perfect things in every detail.
She is indeed the kind of steadfast person who would rather bite her tongue and commit suicide than lose her integrity.
The general manager smiled and listened quietly to the end of Zuo Nazi's Kang speech.
Finally, she looked straight into Zuo Nazi's eyes with a rather charming expression.
"...Miss Zuo Nazi, your relationship with Mr. Tachibana is so good."
"I……"
Zuo Nazi was speechless for a moment and made a slightly nervous voice.
Although she hid it well, there was still a hint of panic dancing between her brows.
After a moment, she stood upright as if she had come back to her senses, and said quickly with an attitude as if she was trying to evade something:
"The relationship between Mr. Tachibana and me...is indeed pretty good."
"Although my friendship with him is not that long, we have gone through a lot of ups and downs with him."
"But no matter what, to me, Mr. Tachibana is just a reasonably compatible friend and a benefactor who once saved my life - nothing more."
At this time, Zuo Nazi felt the sight of a smile.
She took a closer look and saw that "aunt's smile" appeared on Souji's face again.
"Okita-kun, why are you laughing?"
"nothing."
Souji shook his head slightly without changing the smile on his face.
"I just sincerely feel that you and Tachibana-kun are really close friends."
Souji's smile at this moment... made Zuo Nazi very concerned.
It wasn't that it made her feel uncomfortable.
Instead, it gave her a strange feeling...as if the Souji had seen through something.
Just as she opened her red lips slightly, trying to say something else, Souji suddenly stepped forward and walked to Zuo Nazi's side.
"Let's go, Miss Zuo Nazi, let's go back!"
After saying that, Souji raised her head and showed her trademark bright smile to Zuo Nazi.
Looking at the sunny smiling face in front of him, Zuo Nazi swallowed back the words that had come to his mouth, and then silently let out a helpless sigh in his heart.
Zuo Nazi has a little secret that she has never told anyone - she is not good at dealing with Souji.
The "not good at dealing with" here does not mean that I hate the DG.
To put it simply, the general manager is very sincere in his treatment of others.
She is so sincere that every time I want to talk to her, I feel an inexplicable pressure.
He was so sincere that every time he wanted to lie to her, he would cowardly look away.
At this time, Zuo Nazi realized belatedly that at the moment when the director was looking straight at him, he felt guilty for no reason...
——Why should I feel lonely and timid in front of Okita-kun...!
After thinking this, Zuo Nazi took several deep breaths in one breath before he managed to calm down the turmoil in his heart...
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Souji and Zuo Nazi returned to the living room of the Imperial Guard Hall side by side.
Before they entered the hall, they heard Hijikata, Chiba Jutaro and others discussing in the distance.
"Saito, Nagakura, you two will be in charge of Okuda Town tomorrow, is that okay?"
"Um."
"Wrap it around me!"
"Harada, Shannan, you two will be in charge of Mikami Town tomorrow."
"clear."
"Okay! Mr. Hijikata, Mr. Shannan and I will search every corner of Mikami Town tomorrow!"
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In the hall, Hijikata, Chiba Jutaro and others sat around a huge map of Edo, discussing with each other with solemn expressions and scribbling something 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 Sonako's fourth cousin: Chiba Tamon Shiro; and since there were almost no people around him that he knew well, he was behaving in a reserved manner.
A shy girl sitting in the corner of the living room with a nervous expression: Mai Kinoshita.
After Aoshinobu "disappeared", various people or forces who had close friendship with Aoshinobu, such as the Shiweiguan, Xiaochiba Swordsman, and Chishiya, spontaneously used their own methods to search for Aoshinobu.
In this era without camera surveillance and big data searches, there is only one way to find missing persons - a platoon visit.
Since everyone currently has a common goal, it is only natural for them to come together and cooperate with each other.
Instead of doing their own thing like headless flies, it's better to unite together.
Helping each other and sharing intelligence will undoubtedly greatly improve search efficiency.
Therefore, under the active leadership and contact of Shiweikan and others, the "Tangerine Support Alliance" single-handedly led by Hijikata Toshizo became active again.
However, their goal this time changed from "getting Qingdeng out of prison" to "finding the missing Qingdeng".
During the day, we headed to various places in Edo to look for Aoto.
In the evening, they gathered at the Trial Guard Hall to report on their achievements today and assign detailed "search tasks" for tomorrow.
In order to maximize effectiveness and avoid falling into the dilemma of "wasting manpower", there are careful arrangements for who searches where every day.
By the way, Shannan Keisuke, a master disciple of the Little Chiba Sword Hall and a close friend of Aoto, and Toudou Heisuke, who was once a subordinate of Aoto, also came to help.
Among the people who came to help were the current head of the Xuanbu Hall, the second-generation head of the Beichen Itto-ryu clan: Chiba Michizaburo, and the current generation master of the Xuanbu Hall: Chiba Tamon Shiro.
To be fair, Aoto was not very familiar with Chiba Michisaburo and Chiba Tamonshiro because he rarely visited the Genbukan.
However, even so, the two brothers still extended a substantial helping hand to the "Orange Support Alliance" out of moral reasons.
The full support of the Chiba family can be said to be of great help.
Since its release, Beichen Itto-ryu has "conquered the Japanese swordsmanship world" at an alarming speed.
In just thirty years, the unshakable "Japan's No. 1 swordsmanship school" has grown.
Looking across Japan, there are overwhelmingly many disciples of Beichen's Ittoru sect.
Throwing a brick on the streets of Edo would hit 3 or 4 Hokushin Itto-ryu swordsmen - this sentence is certainly an exaggeration, but it is also a true portrayal of the current Japanese swordsmanship community.
The Soke Genbukan and branch Kochiba Kenkan of Hokushin Ittōryu are both located in Edo. For this reason, Hokutatsu Ittōryu has a transcendent status and influence in Edo.
I dare not say anything about other places, but only in Edo, the Chiba family has quite terrifying connections.
When Aishoto was released from prison, Chiba Nobuyoshi gave an order, and all the Hokushin Itto-ryu sword halls in Edo immediately gathered to respond and jointly signed a letter to the shogunate, giving the world a little "Chiba shock".
Recently, this "shock" has been staged again.
The more helpers, the better.
Therefore, Chiba Jutaro, Chiba Michisaburo, Zonazi and others have been visiting people who are close to the Chiba family in recent days to persuade them to help find Aomori.
Among them, the two siblings, Chiba Jutaro and Zuo Nako, contributed the most and worked the hardest.
Even though he didn't even have a single horoscope, Chiba Jutaro had already regarded Qingto as his half-brother-in-law a long time ago.
Especially in the past few days, after he had vaguely noticed the interaction between Qingdeng and Zuo Nazi, which seemed to be a little ambiguous, he became even more fond of Qingdeng.
My brother-in-law is in trouble, how can he, the older brother, remain indifferent?!
As for Zuo Nazi...
What Souji just said just now, "I heard that you live like an ascetic every day in order to find Tachibana-kun as soon as possible"... Actually, this sentence is not wrong.
Zuo Nazi's recent daily routine is basically a true reflection of the term "forgetting to sleep and eat".
He spends at least 16 hours every day, running around trying to find Qingdeng and recruiting helpers.
Fortunately, she is a female warrior who has been trained since she was a child, otherwise ordinary people would have collapsed from exhaustion.
Whenever someone asked her why she was so desperate, she would always answer the question by saying, "Tachibana-kun saved my life, and now I'm just repaying the favor."
All in all, thanks to the efforts of Chiba Jutaro, Chiba Michizaburo, Sonako and others, the power of the "Protect Orange Alliance" has grown a lot.
Although at first glance it seems that the manpower is much more abundant, Edo is a megacity with nearly 2,000 towns and a population of one million.
Everyone’s search cannot be said to be without seriousness and effort.
However, so far, nothing has been found...
Not to mention finding Qingdeng, there was not even a single figure similar to Qingdeng.
However, even so, except for the helpers temporarily recruited by the Chiba family, no one complained about tiredness, and no one threatened to quit.
Everyone, headed by Souji, Zonazi, and Mai Kinoshita, devoted every effort they had to finding Aoden without hesitation.
Souji and Zuo Nazi quietly returned to the living room and sat back to their original positions.
What a coincidence - the seats of Saunako and Mai Kinoshita happened to be adjacent to each other.
The pleasant body fragrance hits Kinoshita Mai's nose.
She subconsciously moved her eyes sideways and looked at Zuo Nazi who had returned.
Zuo Nazi felt Kinoshita Mai's gaze and turned around late at night.
The bright and beautiful eyes of the two women clearly reflected each other's eyes.
"Shorty Cat" and "Elegant Fox" look at each other...
After a while, the two women looked away in unison.
Zuo Nazi looked dull.
On the other hand, Kinoshita Mai's expression was richer. While she looked away, she curled her red lips in an imperceptible arc.
Although it is now a tense moment when "Aoto is missing", the strange relationship between Zuo Nako and Mai Kinoshita that they dislike each other has not changed.
In order to avoid embarrassment, Zuo Nazi tried his best to avoid any verbal communication or physical contact with the girl in red next to him.
She originally planned to just live alone with the other party without disturbing each other.
result……
"...Ms. Chiba, you look very bad. Have you had a good rest recently?"
Suddenly, a female voice, as thin as a mosquito's moan, entered Zuo Nazi's ears lightly.
Suddenly, Zuo Nazi's eyes were filled with surprise.
She turned her head and cast a confused look at Kinoshita Mai.
I saw the girl in red who suddenly expressed concern for Zuo Nazi, looking straight ahead with an expressionless face.
If he hadn't remembered Kinoshita Mai's voice and was sure that he heard it correctly, Zuo Nazi would never have believed that the words just now came from Kinoshita Mai, who had always been at odds with her.
She originally wanted to reply, "No need to worry about it," but when she was about to speak, she changed her mind.
Although she didn't like Kinoshita Mai, the other party was showing concern for her no matter what she said. It would be too rude to answer her in such a cold way.
So, she immediately changed her words:
"Thank you for your concern, but my physical condition is not bad and I am not in a state where I need to rest immediately."
"……That's good."
As soon as Zuo Nazi finished speaking, Kinoshita Mai immediately responded:
"You should pay more attention to rest."
"……The same to you."
Zuo Nazi answered like this out of nowhere.
Kinoshita Mai: "..."
Zuo Nazi: "..."
Afterwards, the two women stopped talking or looking at each other.
At this moment, even though a deathly silence accumulated on them, the indescribably complicated atmosphere lingering between them seemed to have faded a bit.
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When the General Secretary and Zonazi returned to the hall, tonight's meeting was about to end.
After a moment, Hijikata, who frequently took over the position of "host" because of his good eloquence, let out a sigh of relief.
"Okay, that's it for tonight. Let's all go back and rest."
Without any fancy politeness or excuses, after hearing Hijikata announcing that tonight's meeting was over, everyone stood up and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, at this moment——
Winter winter winter!
Suddenly there was a knock on the door from the direction of the entrance.
"Um?"
Isamu Kondo raised his eyebrows.
"It's already this time...who is it..."
He murmured this while walking quickly towards the entrance.
Since they were about to leave the trial hall, Zuo Nazi and others followed closely behind Kondo and walked towards the entrance.
"Coming!"
Kondo shouted and opened the door.
Cold air leaked into the house through the crack of the open door.
Also leaking into the house was a rather loud and spirited greeting:
"Gui'an! Please forgive me for taking the liberty of visiting!"
I saw a middle-aged man with a tall figure and excellent temperament standing outside the door.
While greeting loudly, he bowed slightly and bowed to Kondo and others in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.
"Uh... who are you?"
Kondo looked up and down at the strange middle-aged man in front of him with blank eyes.
The middle-aged man straightened up and said brightly:
"Shunzo Miyagawa! I wonder if Tachibana Aoden is here?"
"Miyagawa Toshizo?"
At this time, Zuo Nazi, who was standing behind Kondo, let out a low exclamation.
"Hmm? Zuo Nazi, do you know this person?"
Chiba Jutaro, who was on the side, looked at the middle-aged man, then looked at Zuo Nazi, with a suspicious look on his face.
"Well... that's right."
Zuo Nazi nodded slightly.
How could she not know this name?
Just at the end of last year, she heard Qingtou introduce this person, and together with Qingtou, she rescued this person's son-in-law, Otsuki Tsuneji, from the hands of the "Shimizu Clan".
If she remembered correctly, this person seemed to be Tachibana Takayuki... who was also a good friend of Aoden's late father.
"Zuo Nazi?"
At the same moment when he heard the name "Zonako" from Chiba Jutaro's mouth, Miyagawa Shunzou's eyes lit up.
"Are you Chiba Zuo?",
He looked straight at Zuo Nazi with bright eyes.
"Well, yes, I am Chiba Zuo."
Although he didn't know why Miyagawa Toshizo was suddenly so excited, Zuo Nazi nodded lightly and admitted his identity truthfully.
Before Zuo Nazi could finish his words, Miyagawa Toshizo suddenly lowered his body and made a 90-degree salute to Zuo Nazi.
"Miss Chiba, I have heard everything from my little daughter about what happened years ago."
"The kindness you and Mr. Ju did to "save my son-in-law" will be unforgettable!"
"In order to express my most sincere gratitude to you in person, I made a special trip from Nara to Edo!"
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At this moment——
Edo, Tsukinomiya Shrine——
Aoto dragged Kitahara Konosuke and others, who were sleeping more than a pig, and jumped across the numerous torii gates of Tsukinomiya Shrine.
As soon as he stepped into the grounds of Tsukinomiya Shrine, he saw the two sisters walking towards him, taking three steps at a time and two steps at a time.
"Junior! You are finally back! Huh? Who are these people? Did you fight with them? Are you not injured?"
Yae asked nervously.
"Mr. Ju, you came back just in time. Master Yu Du came to see you and said that he had something very important to tell you."
Shazhong said calmly.
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Sorry, due to various reasons, there is no update of 8000+ today...
Leopard Leopard will definitely update 8,000+ Leopards tomorrow! (Leopard’s head cries)
