"First of all - first question, who are you?" After the bald man's breath had subsided and he could speak normally, Makimura asked the bald man the first question.
The bald man spoke slowly and claimed that the organization he belonged to was called "Grave Diggers".
The name "Gravedigger" was given by their leader, Ryuuzhisuke.
He was originally a ronin and was recruited into the "Grave Diggers" by Ryunosuke a year ago.
“Is the ‘murder case of 45 people’ that has continued since last night the work of your ‘gravediggers’?”
"yes……"
"Why are you pretending to be Ogata Ittousai? Do you intend to blame Ogata Ittousai?"
"No... no, we don't mean to put the blame on Ogata Ittousai... For us, it doesn't matter who we pretend to be... Our purpose is just to pretend to be a slightly famous criminal, so as to
It’s just to better attract the attention of the government and prepare for subsequent plans..."
"Ryunosuke-sama's body shape and face shape happened to be similar to Ogata Ittousai's. Ogata Ittousai also happened to be a quite famous person, so Ryunosuke-sama disguised himself as Ogata Ittousai and started traveling in Kyoto.
Killing people everywhere..."
"The person pretending to be Ogata is your leader..." Makimura frowned slowly for some reason, "That is to say - you just plan to casually pretend to be a famous criminal to commit crimes. You are just pretending.
The person you want to meet happens to be Ogata Ittousai, right?"
"That's right..."
"No wonder your leader deliberately kills people in places where there are witnesses and never covers his face when he kills people." Hasegawa on the side said softly at this time, "It turns out that your purpose from the beginning was to get rid of the government.
People quickly noticed that it was 'Ogata Ittosai' who was killing people everywhere..."
"...I have a question." Ogata, who had been silent since just now, said, "Since your leader is disguised as 'Ogata Ittosai', how did your leader disguise himself? He is because of his relationship with
Ogata Ittousai looks very similar, or is it because he has a mask or something like that?"
"I don't know... I only know that it was Mr. Ryunosuke who was personally responsible for disguising himself as 'Ogata Ittosai'. As for how he disguised himself, I don't know..."
After listening to the bald man's explanation, Ogata sighed helplessly.
At this moment, Ogata's mood was very complicated.
This group of people did not have any grudge against him, they just wanted to pretend to be some famous criminal...
Then by coincidence, I decided to disguise myself as him...
Ogata's current mood is very complicated... quite complicated...
"Then why among the 45 people who were killed, most of them were disciples of the Six Great Sword Halls?" Makimura asked.
"Because...this is part of the plan..."
Baldhead slowly told them their plan.
It turned out that - they first sent most of their "gravediggers" to sneak into Kyoto and join the six major sword halls respectively.
According to the bald head - they currently have about a hundred companions mixed in the six major sword halls, and have become the new disciples of the six major sword halls in recent days.
While arranging for their companions to sneak into the six major sword halls, they kidnapped the wife and daughter of the owner of the Metaphysics Hall, the Inaba Hall, which is the most powerful and influential among the six major swords halls.
Last night, Ryunosuke began to disguise himself as Ogata and started killing people everywhere in Kyoto, focusing on killing the old disciples of the six major sword halls.
Because there are already many members of the "Grave Diggers" in the Six Major Sword Halls, it is not easy to keep track of the movements of the old disciples in the Six Major Sword Halls.
The reason why they focus on killing the old disciples of the Six Sword Halls is just to create a reason for the Six Sword Halls to mobilize their disciples to search for criminals all over the city.
After Ryunosuke, disguised as Ogata Ittousai, killed enough people, he used the wife and daughter of Master Inaba as a threat and asked Master Inaba to take the initiative to make a call and called on all six major swordsmen to mobilize.
They mobilized their respective disciples to assist the government in catching criminals.
Most of the 45 victims were disciples of their Six Sword Halls, so the reasons for the disciples of the Six Sword Halls to go out to hunt down criminals were not very good.
No matter whether they are members of the Six Sword Halls or outsiders, they would not find it strange that the Six Sword Halls are determined to assist the government in catching criminals.
On the contrary, there are still many people who think that the people of the Six Great Sword Halls are bloody and applaud the people of the Six Great Sword Halls.
In this way, their companions who had sneaked into the Six Great Sword Halls would have enough reason to walk around Kyoto in a swaggering manner.
In other words - their series of plots only serve one purpose: to give their companions who have sneaked into the Six Great Sword Halls ample reason to walk around Kyoto.
"……So."
As Makimura spoke, he slowly walked to the corner of the room and picked up a square object placed in the corner of the room.
"What is this?"
Makimura placed the square object in his hand in front of the bald head.
"This, this is..." Looking at the square object in Makimura's hand, the bald man hesitated.
Looking at the bald man who was hesitating and unable to utter half a word, a sneer appeared on Makimura's face.
"If you don't tell me, I will tell you. This is a bomb, right?"
After Makimura finished speaking, the bald face was immediately filled with shock, and he cast a stunned look at Makimura.
"You, how did you know this was a bomb..." the bald head stammered.
"Explosive bomb...? What is explosive bomb?" Ating asked confused.
Not only was Amachi confused after hearing the word "blast bomb" from Makimura's mouth, but Hasegawa and Shimada were also confused now.
Only Ogata looked calm.
"Do you know about artillery shells?" Makimura asked.
"Of course I know." Amachi said without hesitation.
"Then you can understand the explosive bomb in my hand as a shell that does not require artillery to shoot it out."
"Light this match first."
Makimura raised his hand and picked up a short match rope on the side of the explosive bomb in his hand.
"When the match-rope burns out, the bomb will explode like a shell fired from a cannon."
Hearing Makimura's words, the three people, Atachi, Shimada, and Hasegawa, all turned pale.
Atachi even subconsciously took two steps back.
"Don't worry." Makimura continued, "I have checked and the bomb in my hand is not assembled and will not explode."
Ogata, who had a calm face from beginning to end, looked at the explosive bomb in Makimura's hand and thought to himself:
——It is indeed a bomb...
This explosive bomb...or rather a bomb, was found by Ogata and Makimura in a room that smelled of gunpowder when they were searching the three-story building where Baldhead and others were hiding.
In the room filled with the smell of gunpowder, there were piles of gunpowder, various gadgets that Ogata couldn't name, and a dozen or so explosive bombs that Makimura said were all semi-finished products.
After seeing the appearance of these explosive bombs, Ogata immediately recognized them - these things looked very similar to the bombs he was familiar with on modern earth.
I just don't know how powerful these bombs are.
"Tell me quickly what's going on with these explosive bombs." Makimura's tone was as cold as if he could spit out ice shards from his mouth, "Otherwise, I'll let you drink some more water."
After hearing the words "drink some water", the bald body shook violently several times.
"I said! I said everything! You are right! This thing in your hand is a bomb! And that three-story building is the base where our 'gravediggers' assemble the bomb!"
"Judging from the amount of gunpowder I just found in that building, you 'gravediggers' must have made a lot of explosive bombs..." Makimura's face became increasingly ugly, "You made so many explosive bombs..."
What are you going to do with the extra bombs?"
"I...we..."
The look of hesitation once again appeared on the bald face.
This time, the look of hesitation stayed on the bald face for an especially long time.
But the fear of "water torture" still defeated the bald man's loyalty to Ryunosuke.
After gritting his teeth, the bald head said word by word:
"We...will detonate these bombs in Kyoto tonight!"
Although after confirming that the thing in Makimura's hand was a bomb, Ogata had already vaguely realized what the 'gravedigger' planned to do.
But after actually learning what they planned to do from the bald man's mouth, Ogata was still so shocked that his pupils shrank slightly.
Ogata was not the only one who was equally frightened.
Makimura, Shimada, Omachi, Hasegawa and others were all dumbfounded after hearing what the bald man said just now.
The bald head then continued:
"We're not just going to detonate the bombs we've assembled in Kyoto."
"Although we have many explosive bombs, they are not enough to blow up the entire Kyoto."
"Our goal is to completely destroy Kyoto."
"And to destroy Kyoto, the best way is to attack with fire."
"So after we detonate the bombs, we will set fires everywhere in Kyoto, completely engulfing Kyoto in a sea of flames."
"The task of setting fires all over Kyoto will be left to our companions who have sneaked into the Six Great Sword Halls."
"The reason why we expended so much effort is that our companions who have sneaked into the Six Great Sword Halls can now walk around Kyoto smoothly in the name of 'catching the murderer'."
"The reason is that after we detonate the bombs, they can set fires everywhere in Kyoto very conveniently."
"After the arson is completed, we can blame the Six Sword Halls and let the world know that it was the disciples of the Six Sword Halls who set the fire."
"After Kyoto is destroyed, Kyoto will suffer heavy losses, the shogunate will be humiliated, and the masters and disciples of the six major sword halls will live worse than death... This is the ultimate goal of our 'gravediggers'..."
After quietly listening to the bald head telling them all about their "gravedigger" plan, everyone, including Ogata and Makimura, felt a chill in their hearts...
All the clues they knew so far were connected.
The fog that originally surrounded their minds suddenly dispersed.
The reason why "Gravedigger" disguised himself as Ogata and went around killing people.
"Gravedigger" focuses on the reasons for killing the disciples of the Six Great Sword Halls.
What were the strange words that Shimahara's Dieyin heard from some new disciples of the Metaphysics Hall when she was receiving guests?
The "Gravedigger" threatened the wife and daughter of the master of the Inaba Hall, and asked the Master of the Inaba Hall, who has the most say among the masters of the six sword halls, to issue a call to mobilize the disciples of the six major sword halls to hunt him all over the city.
criminal reasons.
The reason why Gravedigger assembled so many explosive bombs.
…
All these questions have been answered at this time.
Although this answer made everyone present feel chills...
"Do you 'gravediggers' have any deep hatred against the shogunate and the Six Great Sword Halls?" Hasegawa was the first to ask urgently.
This series of schemes drawn up by the "Grave Digger" can be described as extremely vicious.
Let most of their companions sneak into the six major sword halls first.
Then through a series of exquisite arrangements, the disciples of the six major sword halls can walk around Kyoto with confidence and confidence.
Once the explosive bombs are detonated, the "Gravedigger" companions who have sneaked into the six major sword halls will start setting fires everywhere.
In the eyes of others, this is what it looks like: disciples from the Six Great Sword Halls are setting fires everywhere in Kyoto!
Once the common people in Kyoto see this scene, the six major sword halls will undoubtedly suffer a devastating blow. It is not an exaggeration to say that it will be "killing people and killing people."
"The disciples set fire in Kyoto, causing heavy losses to Kyoto" - once this stain is on them, it is impossible for the owners of the six major sword halls to open any more sword halls in Kyoto no matter what.
Even whether you can raise your head in front of others in the future will be a question...
If the "gravedigger"'s plan succeeds, it will really be like what the bald head just said: Kyoto will be destroyed, the shogunate will be humiliated, and the masters and disciples of the six major sword halls will live worse than death.
…
When I think that there are many "gravediggers" among the disciples of the Six Great Sword Halls who are currently running around the streets of Kyoto, and these people will start setting fires all over Kyoto in a short time, it will be a long time.
Tanichuan felt goosebumps rising up all over his body...
"I don't know the specifics..." Bald Head said softly, "But as far as I know...Ryuunosuke-sama does have a grudge against the Six Great Sword Halls...There are some reasons why he made such a plan.
It’s just to take revenge on the Six Great Sword Halls…”
"As for any deep grudge against the shogunate..."
A sinister smile appeared on the bald face.
"Let me tell you the truth. Most of the members of our 'Grave Diggers', especially those who are responsible for sneaking into the six major sword halls and setting fires everywhere later, all have a deep hatred for the shogunate."
"It is precisely because we hate the shogunate that we join the service of Ryunosuke-sama, who also hates the shogunate."
"It wasn't until I joined Ryunosuke-sama that I realized that there were so many people like me who hated the shogunate."
Makimura grabbed the bald head by the collar, lifted the bald head up from the ground, then roared at the bald head, and asked the bald head three questions in one breath:
"How many bombs have you assembled in total? When and where do you plan to detonate them tonight?"