After Hasegawa murmured softly, he slowly walked towards one of the futons in the casino.
"The murderer sat on his knees on this futon at first."
Hasegawa knelt down and sat on a futon that still had dents left on it because someone had sat on it not long ago.
"When gambling, I found that the pot played a cheat. The way the pot played a cheat was to secretly replace the three dice in the pot with three other dice to manipulate the gambling situation."
"After the murderer discovered that Tu Zhen was a con man, he cut Barnacle in half with a knife, exposing this trick of Tu Zhen."
Hasegawa, who was kneeling on a futon, said as he drew his sword from below and slashed into the air in front of him, and then sheathed the sword with an extremely smooth technique.
"In my opinion, the murderer cut Barnacle in half in mid-air before Tsuzhen could pin Barnacle to the ground, and also cut off the little finger of Tsuzhen's right hand."
"The murderer exposed Hu Zhen's tricks, which is equivalent to destroying the job of this casino. Naturally, the guards here are extremely dissatisfied."
"So the four guards here surrounded the murderer sitting on this futon from four directions. They planned to teach the murderer a lesson."
"But they were all killed by the murderer."
"The murderer first killed the enemy on his left with a drawn sword."
Hasegawa used a neat technique to slash the air on his left hand with his sword.
"Then there's the horizontal slash."
Hasegawa pulled the sword out of its sheath due to the drawn sword strike and slashed in front of him.
"Then there's the diagonal chop."
Hasegawa adjusted the blade and slashed diagonally into the air on his right.
"The last thing is teasing."
Hasegawa turned his body and swung the knife downwards towards the air behind him.
"With four sharp knives, all four guards were killed."
"The reason why Hu Zhen and Zhong Pen were also killed was to prevent them from being left alive and revealing the appearance of the murderer."
Hasegawa said while sheathing the sword.
"It's just that there are gaps in the secret... The murderer must not have expected that someone here would recognize the appearance of the wound after being hit by his signature stunt."
Hasegawa turned his gaze and looked at the body of the only guard killed by the baton technique.
"Imai, we are very lucky. We found the clues about that guy so quickly."
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Hasegawa led Imai and other subordinates out of the gambling den.
As soon as he came out of the casino, Sano greeted him immediately.
However, before Sano could spit out his flattery, Hasegawa said first:
"Lord Sano, there is such a big and conspicuous gambling house in your village."
Hasegawa pursed his lips towards the gambling house he just walked out of.
"If I remember correctly, the shogunate strictly prohibited gambling."
"If my judgment is correct, this gambling house should be opened by 'Yakuza'. Right?"
"Why doesn't your domain ban it and bring all the Yakuzas who opened this gambling den to justice?"
Hasegawa's words immediately caused Sano's smile to freeze.
At the same time, cold sweat broke out from Sano's forehead.
"Uh... this... this gambling house is indeed run by our local 'Yakuza' force..."
"As for...why not ban it...the main reason is...because...our domain usually has many affairs to deal with...that...so..."
Just as Sano was hesitating and squeezing out the words bit by bit, Hasegawa suddenly laughed a few times and then patted Sano on the shoulder.
"Sano-sama, I was just joking and scaring you."
"Nowadays, the world is difficult, and it is just a very common thing for the vassal government to cooperate with the local Yakuza."
"Don't worry? I will turn a blind eye to this matter."
After hearing what Sano said, Sano felt that the big stone in his heart fell to the ground with a "thud".
He quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and bowed to Hasegawa with a smile, saying thank you.
At the same time, I was secretly upset in my heart.
I regret that I have been busy entertaining Hasegawa these days and forgot to ask the Negishi family to temporarily close the shops they opened that would cause trouble if the shogunate noticed it.
While I feel annoyed, I also feel secretly happy.
Fortunately, Hasegawa is also the kind of "smart" and "aware of current affairs" official.
"Sano-sama, I am going to have a meeting with my subordinates under that tree."
Hasegawa pointed to a big tree in the distance beside him.
"Because this is a secret meeting that no outsider can know about, can you please stay away?"
"Of course." Sano said hurriedly, "Mr. Hasegawa, please rest assured that I will never disturb your meeting!"
"Grateful."
After exchanging polite words with Sano, Hasegawa led his subordinates and turned around and walked towards the bottom of the big tree.
After turning around and turning his back towards Sano, the warm smile that originally covered Hasegawa's face quickly disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.
His whole face changed into the expression he usually wore most, which was expressionless with a hint of indifference.
After walking under the big tree with his subordinates, Imai, who was following Hasegawa, curled his lips in disdain and said:
"I didn't expect that the Tatsuno clan would be like this... reduced to joining hands with 'Yakuza' to oppress the people."
When he said this, Imai did not forget to sneak a glance at Sano's position to make sure that the words spoken by his group would not reach Sano's ears.
"This kind of cooperation with Yakuza...does the feudal lord of Tatsuno Domain know about it?" Another official who was following Hasegawa muttered.
"Maybe they know it, maybe they don't know it," Imai responded. "Some feudal lords are very pitiful and are deceived by their retainers. Under the whitewash of their retainers, they think that their clan is in peace. With the local Yakuza
'Perhaps this is the idea of the retainers of Tatsuno Domain? To collect benefits from 'Yakuza' and then deceive their lord? Not letting the lord know that they are cooperating with 'Yakuza' in the domain."
"Those samurai who deceive their lord are really against the bushido..." The officer just now muttered again.
"In today's world, there are not many people who will abide by the so-called Bushido." Imai said with a hint of ridicule in his tone this time. "The so-called Bushido? For many people, it is just a convenience for themselves.
It’s just a fig leaf for bad things..."
"Okay." Hasegawa glanced at Imai and the official, "Whether the lord of Tatsuno Domain knows about this matter or not is none of our business."
"Since we have touched it, we cannot turn a blind eye."
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