Chapter 315 The Unspoken Rules of the Warriors (Part 2) [Today has 12,000 words
"What happened to Udo? What happened to Samurai?"
Shun Liu seemed not to have heard Abe's request to leave.
Shunliu hammered the two knives on his left waist hard.
"Submitting to the powerful and not upholding justice, can you still be called a samurai? Are you worthy of bushido?"
Upon hearing Shunliu's words, Abe was slightly stunned at first.
Then, he burst out laughing.
He laughed so hard that tears flowed from his eyes, as if he had just heard a funny joke.
Shunliu and Makimura didn't know what Abe was laughing at, so they just looked at Abe blankly.
It wasn't until Abe got tired of laughing that he slowly stood up.
"Makimura Yapachi, Kunieda Junroku. You two seem to have a somewhat skewed understanding of 'samurai'."
Abe's lips curved into a mocking arc.
"The duty of our warriors... is to protect the powerful."
"Whether it is Japan's highest dignitary, Mr. Dashu, or ordinary aristocratic families from all over the country, they are all targets of our protection."
"Don't you two understand what the core concept of Bushido is?"
"The core concept of Bushido is to 'protect the powerful at all costs.'"
After Abe finished speaking, Shunliu's expression became dull.
After a long while, Shunliu gritted his teeth and regained his vitality, his face turned red.
Just when Junroku was about to yell something at Abe again, the paper sliding door of the room was opened.
"Makimura! Kunieda! What are you two doing?!"
"Lord Kamiyama..." Makimura murmured.
The person who opened the door and entered was the benefactor who saved the two of them from the quagmire of Sanjiji Street and made them become the samurai they dreamed of - Kamiyama Koshinosuke.
"Get out of here quickly!" Shenshan shouted.
"But!" Shunroku shouted, "Sakai Renshiro..."
Before Shunliu finished speaking, Shenshan took the lead and said:
"That's it for the case of Renshiro Sakai's knife test with Kuda! No one is allowed to mention this case again!"
Makimura and Shunliu were both stunned by Shenshan's words.
"...Kamiyama-sama." Shunliu clenched his fists that were hanging naturally, "Are you the same as Abe-sama...I think samurai should give priority to protecting the powerful...!"
"...Junroku." Shenshan said expressionlessly, "You have to understand...in our world of samurai, there are some things you have to turn a blind eye to, and there are some things you even have to pretend to see.
not see."
"..." Shunliu did not respond to Shenshan's words.
He just buried his head and strode away...
After Makimura looked at the sacred mountain and then at Shunliu, he quickly caught up with Shunliu's back...
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"Makimura! Makimura! Get up!"
"Makimura-senpai! Please wake up!"
Two extremely familiar calls pulled Makimura out of his dream.
The picture in front of me shattered and turned into darkness.
Makimura came out of his dream and suddenly opened his eyes.
After opening his eyes, the first thing that caught his eye were the wooden bars that sealed him inside the cage.
There were three people standing behind the wooden fence.
Two of them are Asai and Shimada, who are extremely familiar to Makimura.
The other person was more unfamiliar. After looking carefully, Makimura also recognized this person - it was Hasegawa Heizou, the commander of the Huofu Thief Kai.
The three people were standing outside the cell door, and Shimada was still holding his Odachi sword in his hand.
Before Makimura could remember to ask how they got here, Hasegawa said first:
"Get up. We're here to take you out."
After saying that, Hasegawa took out a bunch of keys from his arms and opened the door to Makimura's cell.
"I knew you would come to save me." Makimura grinned, "With my lord's character, how could she let her subordinates suffer unjust injustice."
"But the way you saved me was much gentler than I imagined."
"I thought you would definitely stand in front of me looking like you were covered in blood."
"Our original plan was actually to rob a prison," Asai said, "but because of the help of Hasegawa Heizo, we saved a lot of effort."
"Makimura-senpai, let's get out of here first." Shimada, who was holding Makimura's knife, said at this time, "As we go out, we will tell you how we rescued you."
After shaking off the dust on his hakama and taking back his sword from Shimada's hand, Makimura followed Hasegawa and others and walked boldly out of the prison.
When he walked out of the prison, Makimura happened to learn from Shimada's mouth the entire story of how his group rescued him.
"...That's it." After lightly nodding, Makimura bowed solemnly to Hasegawa and thanked him, "Mr. Hasegawa, thank you for your help."
"You're welcome." Hasegawa said in a calm tone, "It's just a trivial matter."
"Makimura." At this moment, Asai suddenly said, "Come with me. Shimada, come here too. Hasegawa-sama, I'm sorry, I have something important to discuss with my companions.
Can you please stay away for a while?"
Hasegawa did not respond aloud, only nodded slightly.
Asai led Hasegawa and Shimada towards a dark alley not far away.
As for Hasegawa, he also stood there obediently, leaving Asai and the others room to talk privately.
As soon as the three people stepped into this dark alley, they felt a black shadow descending from the top of the alley, and then landed steadily in front of the three people.
"Lord..." Makimura let out a small exclamation.
The figure that fell in front of the three people was none other than Kinoshita Rin.
In order to avoid being recognized by Hasegawa as the enemy of Buddha, Kinoshita Rin never showed up and always hid in the dark, secretly following Asai and Shimada.
After appearing behind the three Makimuras, Kinoshita Rin didn't say a word.
Instead, he walked around Makimura first, and after confirming that there were no injuries on Makimura, he let out a sigh of relief.
"Mihachi, it seems that you are not injured. There is no discomfort anywhere on your body, right?"
"Yes." Makimura nodded vigorously, "Except for the pain in the places where I was stabbed again and again, there is no discomfort anywhere on my body."
"That's good." After lightly nodding, Kinoshita Rin changed into a serious tone and expression, "Makimura, the cooperation with Kamiyama and the others ends here."
The expression on Makimura's face was very calm, as if he had expected what Kinoshita Rin would say.
"You have now become the target of the big boss of Kyoto Prefecture."
Lin continued.
"Although I don't know what happened between you and the big boss of Kyoto Prefecture, but I don't think that guy will let you go just like that."
"It would be too dangerous to continue to cooperate with Shenshan after becoming the target of Dafantou."
"I don't want my men to take this avoidable risk."
"Terminate the cooperation with Kamiyama, and then you will temporarily leave Kyoto to avoid the limelight. Asai, Shimada, and I will continue to stay in Kyoto."
Lin's tone was calm, but there was an unquestionable meaning in her tone.
"...Lord." Makimura grinned, "If we terminate our cooperation with Shenshan, how can we get Xuan Zheng out of prison?"
"You don't have to worry about this." Lin said without thinking, "As long as you use your brain, there are always more solutions than difficulties."
"Mihachi, do you have any objections to what I just said?"
After that, Lin said no more.
He just looked straight at Makimura in front of him, waiting for the response from Makimura in front of him.
Not only Lin, Asai and Shimada also focused their attention on Makimura, waiting for Makimura's response.
Makimura pursed his lips.
After raising his hand to scratch his hair, Makimura said softly with a slightly apologetic tone:
"...I'm sorry, my lord. Can you allow me to disobey you just once?"
"...Tell me the reason."
"Do you want to give me a reason?"
"If your reasons can convince me, I might allow you to disobey."
"...Lord, like Shenshan, I feel that this '45 murder case' is not as simple as it seems on the surface."
Makimura said softly.
"I have been a Kyoto police officer for five years and have seen many similar cases."
"We all call this kind of case a 'case within a case'."
"Deliberately create a ostentatious case to attract the attention of the government. After drawing the attention of the government away, you can do what you really intend to do."
"Judging from all the current signs, this 'murder case of 45 people' looks very much like a 'case within a case'..."
"Currently all the security forces in Kyoto are in the hands of that fool Toda Taduhiro."
"Master Shenshan currently has no soldiers under his command. The only person I can rely on...is me."
"If I don't find out what this group of people is planning to do, I really have no choice but to leave Kyoto."
Makimura's tone did not fluctuate, as if he was saying something ordinary and commonplace.
But both Lin and Asai and Shimada beside her could hear the rock-like firmness in Makimura's tone.
Lin folded her arms on her chest and looked at Makimura in front of her quietly.
After a while——
"...I understand." Lin sighed softly.
"Mihachi."
"I am here."
Lin walked slowly to Makimura's side, raised her hand and patted Makimura's waist hard.
"Just do what you want to do."
Makimura was stunned for a moment.
"Um!"
Then he nodded vigorously, turned around and rushed out of the alley.
Looking at the back of Makimura who left quickly, Lin said to Shimada beside her:
"Shimada."
"exist!"
"You follow Makimura."
"Huh?" Shimada looked hesitant, "My lord... I'm... clumsy. If you ask me to assist Makimura again, I might not be able to help as much as before..."
"Stop talking nonsense. Just go if you are told."
"Yes Yes!"
After Shimada hurriedly chased Makimura's back, Asai turned his head and whispered to Lin:
"My Lord, I didn't expect you to agree so readily to Makimura to investigate the case further. I thought you would have a big quarrel with Makimura."
"Didn't you see the look in Makimura's eyes just now?"
A faint smile appeared on Lin's face at this time.
"You can't persuade someone with that kind of look."
"Since I can't persuade you, it's better to just let it go."
"Haha." Asai chuckled, "Then - Lord, what are we two going to do next? Go back to the hotel and drink tea while waiting for Makimura and the others to make their triumphant return?"
"No." Lin shook her head, "When I followed you to the prison where Makimura is being held, I heard some news from some passers-by that people had to pay attention to."
"News?" Asai slowly frowned, "What news?"
"The shogunate hired a bunch of ninjas to guard Nijo Castle tonight."
"Ninja?" Asai's frown deepened.
"Now in the whole world, there are probably only ninjas who are capable of serving as the guards of Nijo Castle..."
"The ninja in Shiranui." Asai answered.
"After all, this is coming from the mouth of a passerby. It is still unclear whether it is true or false." Lin said softly, "But it is indeed necessary to investigate this kind of information carefully."
"The relationship between the shogunate and Shiranui is so good that they can be hired to guard such an important place as Nijo Castle... This is not good news for our Gourd House."
"Let's go, Asai. Let's go find out what's going on."
"yes!"
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Makimura and Shimada hurried back to Hasegawa. Makimura first bowed respectfully to Hasegawa, thanked Hasegawa again, and expressed his apology for keeping Hasegawa waiting for so long.
Hasegawa nodded slightly to express his gratitude and apology to Makimura, and then asked Makimura:
"Now that you have escaped from prison, what are your plans next? Are you going to leave Kyoto, a place of trouble, or..."
"I will not leave Kyoto." Makimura said without hesitation, "My cooperation with Mr. Kamiyama is not over yet."
Hasegawa seemed to have expected that Makimura would say this, and his reaction was dull and he only smiled slightly.
"So -" Hasegawa then asked, "What are you going to do next?"
Makimura did not immediately answer Hasegawa's question.
Instead, he turned his head and looked at Shimada beside him.
"Shimada, did you successfully spread the 'Wakasa incense' on that bald man?"
"Yes." Shimada nodded solemnly.
"That's good."
After asking Shimada this question, Makimura turned his attention back to Hasegawa.
"Next - go to a friend of mine and borrow a dog to use."
"My friend's dog has a very powerful nose, and it has been specially trained by my friend. It is very good at tracking people or objects through smell. When I used to do force work, I often asked him to borrow his dog.
Come and use it.”
After saying that, Makimura took out a small handkerchief from his arms.
After unfolding the small handkerchief, a small amount of powder with a strange fragrance lay quietly inside.
This is the pinch of Wakasa incense that Makimura quickly poured from the bag into his palm before throwing it to Shimada.
Looking at the pinch of Wakasa incense in his palm, Makimura murmured softly:
"Wakasa incense is not only rare, but also rarely used. Almost no one in Kyoto uses this incense powder. Compared with other incense powders, the biggest advantage of Wakasa incense is that it lasts very long."