Chapter 379 Grab the credit of Ogata and others? [Breakout 1W! 】
Edo, Yoshiwara, Rashomon Riverbank.
"Wu Liu, have you ever practiced martial arts such as swordsmanship or ten operations?"
Ogata is still patrolling around the banks of the Rashomon River.
And Wuliu was still following Ogata, chatting with Ogata while accompanying him on a tour around the Rashomon River bank.
"Huh?" Wuliu raised his eyebrows, "Why do you ask?"
"Your palms are covered with calluses."
As Ogata spoke, he opened his left palm, which was also covered with calluses, towards Wuliu.
"People who develop calluses in these places on their palms have either practiced swordsmanship or martial arts like Ten Surgery."
"Hahaha." After letting out a few laughs, Wuliu also slowly opened his palms, "As expected of a samurai, he is very sensitive to people's palms and other places."
"Yes, I have indeed practiced swordsmanship."
"When I was young, I didn't have any masters, so I just practiced blindly."
"After I grow up, for some reasons, I can finally learn formal swordsmanship from some people who are quite accomplished in swordsmanship. I don't have to practice blindly on my own anymore."
Ogata glanced at Wuliu's palms and said slowly:
"Look at the look of the calluses on your palms... you must have practiced very hard when you were practicing swordsmanship."
"Hahahaha." Wu Liu laughed again, "Mashima-kun, aren't the calluses on your hands also big and hard? You must also be a person who swings the sword very frequently, right?"
Hearing Wuliu's words, Ogata smiled bitterly and lowered his head, looking at the palms of his hands.
There are big and hard calluses on the palms, especially at the tiger's mouth - this is something that everyone who practices swordsmanship, ten surgeries and other martial arts will definitely encounter.
The calluses on Ogata's palms were so thick that it looked like a new, fresh layer of skin had grown.
And these hard calluses have also caused some trouble for Ogata recently - when hugging or doing other things with A-Machi, these hard calluses will always hurt A-Machi, causing A-Machi to dislike him.
Every time Amachi dislikes the calluses on Ogata's hands, Ogata will feel a little aggrieved.
Because Omachi also has calluses on his hands.
Although he is not good at close combat, Atachi is capable of some swordsmanship, and his swordsmanship is more than enough to deal with ordinary people and those who are not skilled in martial arts.
Because he also practiced swordsmanship, A-Machi also had calluses on his hands.
One time when A-Machi touched Ogata's back, because she was quite excited at that time, the hard calluses on her palm almost drew a bloody mark on Ogata's back...
"I seem to have been chatting with you for a long time..." Wuliu raised his head, glanced at the moon above his head, and confirmed the moon's position.
Because it is not a sunny day tonight, there are a lot of clouds in the sky, and you can barely see a ball of light among the clouds - this ball of light is the moon.
"Then - let's stop talking about this first." Wuliu adjusted his women's clothes.
"Are you leaving?"
"Well, I also need to set aside some time to visit my friends."
After tidying up the women's clothing on his body, Wuliu smiled at Ogata.
"Mashima-kun, I'm very happy to meet you and chat with you for a while tonight. Let's chat more slowly in the future when we have time and opportunity."
"Yes." Ogata also showed a faint smile, "Let's have a good chat later if we have a chance."
Wu Liu waved his hand at Ogata, turned around and walked towards the darkness not far away. In a short time, Wu Liu's figure was swallowed up by the darkness that could not be illuminated by candlelight.
After Wuliu left, Ogata stretched, then looked up at the moon in the sky, estimated the current time, and thought to himself:
——How are Makimura and Asai doing now...Are they still at the Four Seasons House?
"Hey! Hey!"
--Um?
An unfamiliar shout just sounded from Ogata's side, and Ogata immediately followed it.
This person who "feeds" one mouth at a time is a club servant who wears the club's haori like Ogata.
This servant was holding up the pants legs on both sides of his hakama and running towards Ogata quickly.
The reason why he called Ogata "Hey" was probably because he didn't know Ogata's name. After all, Ogata was just a newcomer.
After Ogata came to the Shirobei Club, he did not have any close contact with other people in the club.
In the entire club, the only one who can be considered to have a good relationship with Ogata is Gua Sheng.
"What's the matter?" After the servant came to Ogata, Ogata took the lead and asked the servant.
"There is... important... ha... news... ha..." The servant smoothed out his chaotic breathing as he ran all the way while informing Ogata of the "important news" he just said.
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"Kiku-chan?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.
"That's right." The servant wiped the sweat that fell from his forehead and then said to Ogata, "A villain named Kiku Komon entered our Yoshiwara tonight."
"The official officers who were transformed into thieves are now searching everywhere in Yoshiwara."
"Ju Xiaoseng is short in stature, has a bald head, and carries a wakizashi with him."
"Shirobei-sama asked us to keep an eye out for people who echo these characteristics."
"Kikoku no Monk is good at small magic tricks, so Master Shirobei specifically asked us not to rush forward if we find someone who seems to be Kiku Kosuke, but to inform the surrounding fire thieves first about the official status."
The so-called "important news" that this soldier just said was "the villain Ju Xiaoseng is suspected of entering Yoshiwara".
Because the Rashomon River Bank is located at the westernmost edge of Yoshihara, Ogata and others who happened to be standing guard on the Rashomon River Bank tonight and were on patrol were among the last to receive the news.
After hearing the term "fire pays off thieves" from this servant's mouth, Ogata raised his eyebrows.
"I understand." Ogata nodded, "I will pay attention."
"Then - because I have to continue sending messages to others, I'll take my leave first." After bowing to Ogata, Yakuto lifted up his trousers on both sides again, and then quickly walked away from Ogata's sight.
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"Have you changed the way you punish thieves with fire..." Ogata muttered softly after the servant left.
Ogata is quite familiar with this term.
He has now encountered the armed security forces of the shogunate twice.
The first time was at the beginning of this year, in Tatsuno Domain.
The second time was this summer, in Kyoto.
When he thought that he might have to encounter the Hufu Thief Kaifeng for the third time in Edo this fall, Ogata couldn't help but smile helplessly and thought to himself:
——Is it possible that I have a destiny with Huo Fu Thief?
The Fire Thief Kai appears in front of Ogata so often that it has given Ogata the feeling that the Fire Thief Kai is everywhere.
However, Ogata was actually not too surprised by the fact that the fire bandits would appear in Yoshiwara.
After all, the headquarters of the Huofu Thieves Kai is in Edo, so they would have popped up somewhere in Edo.
Since there was no order from above to stop patrolling the banks of the Rashomon River, Ogata could only continue to wander around the banks of the Rashomon River.
Many wandering girls have already found customers and brought them into their homes, so there are far fewer wandering girls standing on both sides of the street.
Ogata had just walked around the bank of the Rashomon River countless times while chatting with Wuliu.
As the number of patrol circles continues to increase, fewer and fewer wandering girls come to harass Ogata.
The wandering girls around all saw that Ogata really didn't want to have fun here, so they all regarded Ogata as a stone that no one can get into, and they didn't want to waste time on Ogata anymore.
"ha……"
Ogata, who was not in a hurry to continue patrolling, continued to stand where he was, breathing hot air into his somewhat cold hands.
"Speaking of which...it's already October..." Ogata tightened his kimono tightly.
In the past few days, I can feel a very obvious chill at night.
The coolness that penetrates into the skin announces the arrival of autumn to everyone.
——In a few days, it will be time to buy some winter clothes...
Ogata raised his hand and patted the money bag placed in his arms.
When leaving Owari and heading to Edo, Ogata divided the money he had in half, giving half to Atachi and keeping the other half.
——Then I will ask Gua Sheng which stores in Edo sell good quality winter clothes...
"Quick! Stop him!"
"Don't let him get away!"
"Hurry up! Hurry up!"
Before Ogata could finish the conversation he had just had in his mind, Ogata's thoughts were interrupted by a raucous voice not far away.
The sound was very chaotic, mixed with countless other people's voices.
But among the sounds, Ogata heard a voice that was quite familiar to him.
"Miss Guasho...?" Ogata muttered, holding the sword on his waist, and then quickly ran towards the origin of the chaotic sound.
This chaotic sound, including the sound of melons, came from the east side of the Rashomon River bank.
Ogata, who happened to be in the middle of the Rashomon River, quickly arrived at the place where the sound originated.
"What is going on...?" As soon as he arrived at the scene, a look of astonishment immediately appeared on Ogata's face.
The situation at the scene can be described as "chaotic".
More than 10 officers from the club, including Gua Sheng, were shouting and chasing a short middle-aged man.
Ogata also noticed that some of the more than 10 club officials seemed to be injured.
The short middle-aged man that Gua Sheng and others were chasing was very fast. Gua Sheng and others could only avoid being thrown away and could not close the distance with the short middle-aged man.
Although pedestrians didn't know what was going on with the wandering women on the street, after seeing such a huge battle, they still subconsciously put their bodies close to the street to avoid being implicated.
Ogata didn't quite know what happened.
But he knew that the short middle-aged man must have committed something, otherwise he would not have been chased by so many people, including Gua Sheng.
"Working at the Shirobei Club is busier than expected..." After muttering softly in a helpless tone, Ogata took a deep breath.
Then he raised his left hand to steady Da Shi Tian and Da Zi Zi on his left waist, lowered his body's center of gravity, poured strength into his legs, and then blew towards the short middle-aged man like a gust of wind.
Ogata's current strength is 14 points and his agility is 12 points.
Compared with the time when he first came to the Edo period and all values were only 5 points, Ogata's physical power has increased by an unknown amount now.
In terms of explosive power and speed, Ogata can now say this to most people: I am not targeting anyone, I am saying that everyone present is rubbish.
Ogata first passed Gua Sheng and others who were following closely behind the short middle-aged man one by one.
Guasheng and others only felt as if a ball of wind was blowing by their sides.
After seeing clearly that this "wind" was Ogata, they all widened their eyes in astonishment.
The short middle-aged man heard running sounds from behind him that gradually became louder and kept approaching him.
Turning his head and looking back, he saw Ogata, who was gradually closing the distance between them.
After seeing Ogata running towards him at an incredible high speed, the short middle-aged man showed the same expression as Gua Sheng and others just now.
After gritting his teeth, the short middle-aged man speeded up again - although not much.
The distance between him and Ogata was still getting closer little by little.
When the distance between the two was only about 3 steps, Ogata relied on his arm length advantage to reach forward and grab the kimono on the back of the short middle-aged man.
As soon as his palm grasped his kimono, a disgusting feeling immediately filled Ogata's entire palm.
This short middle-aged man's kimono hadn't been washed for an unknown amount of time, and it was covered with all kinds of dirt and grease.
This disgusting touch scared Xu almost to the point of giving up.
But Ogata still suppressed his nausea and tightened his grip on this guy's kimono.
Just when Ogata was about to pull this guy over, the sound of his clothes being torn suddenly sounded.
This middle-aged man staged a "golden cicada escapes from its shell".
Because his kimono was torn and old, it could tear with just a little force.
After being grabbed by Ogata's clothes, the middle-aged man used his left hand to pull out the wakizashi from his left waist, then struggled to tear his kimono apart, leaving the torn kimono to Ogata.
With only the loincloth left on his body and the wakizashi on his left hand, he continued to run away.
The crotch cloth on his lower body was also the same as his kimono, so dirty that the original color could not be seen.
——Let’s play this game...
After the middle-aged man performed "Golden Cicada's Escape", Ogata quickly threw away the disgusting clothes in his hand.
What this middle-aged man did was nothing more than a desperate struggle in Ogata's eyes.
If he can catch up with him once, he can catch up with him a second time.
The middle-aged man's "escape from the golden cicada" only slightly delayed his arrest.
Just when Ogata was about to cheer up and close the distance with the middle-aged man again, a small black shadow suddenly cut across Ogata's field of vision horizontally.
It was a stone as big as a baby's fist.
The stone flew across Ogata's field of vision and hit the side of the middle-aged man running in front of Ogata accurately.
The middle-aged man let out a shrill scream and then fell to the ground.
--what happened?
Ogata quickly turned his head and looked in the direction where the stone flew just now.
This stone just flew out of a dark alley that was not illuminated by light.
However - when Ogata cast his gaze at the alleyway, he saw nothing but darkness that was not illuminated by light.
It was normal for Ogata to see nothing.
Because after throwing the stone, the person who threw the stone immediately left the place.
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at the same time--
A shadow somewhere not far away.
"Although you can catch that guy by yourself, I still want to do you a little favor so that you can save some energy."
After saying this joking murmur, the young man in a women's kimono patted the dust on his hands and strode toward the bank of the Rashomon River.
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The middle-aged man fell to the ground, and Ogata took advantage of this great opportunity to rush to the middle-aged man.
Just as Ogata was about to lean over and help the middle-aged man up, he saw a cold light coming towards his face.
Ogata is all too familiar with this kind of cold light.
This is the unique light reflected by the blade when it is illuminated by light.
In response to the oncoming cold light, Ogata leaned back like a conditioned reflex.
As if he had made precise calculations, when Ogata leaned back, his body just missed the cold light, and the distance he used to dodge was neither more nor less.
After escaping the cold light, Ogata quickly took two steps back to distance himself from the middle-aged man.
The cold light that hit the front door of Chaoxu just now was caused by the middle-aged man.
After Ogata retreated, the middle-aged man tightened his grip on the wakizashi in his hand and shouted towards Ogata to kill him.
The middle-aged man also realized that Ogata's running speed was faster than him, so if Ogata was not killed, he would not be able to run at all.
Therefore, there was an icy coldness in this middle-aged man's eyes.
And the wakizashi in his hand was filled with fierce killing intent, and the blade went straight to Ogata's vitals.
Facing the wakizashi in front of him with fierce murderous intent, Ogata had no expression on his face.
Ogata has seen countless swords with strong killing intent.
He unhurriedly pulled out Da Shi Tian, and then deflected the middle-aged man's slash.
Ogata had never seen the martial arts used by this middle-aged man before.
According to Ogata's visual inspection, this seems to be a martial art that combines wakizashi and bare hands. This middle-aged man tried to trip Ogata several times.
This type of martial arts for middle-aged people is almost completely defeated by Ogata.
Because this type of martial arts must close the distance between you and the enemy, it can only exert its power by being close to the enemy.
The height of the middle-aged man is only about 1.4 meters, and the blade length of the weapon is only about 35 centimeters.
Ogata is 1.7 meters tall and uses a katana with a blade length of 75 centimeters.
The huge disparity in attack range made the middle-aged man try to get close but failed.
After once again blocking the sword swung by the middle-aged man, Ogata quickly changed his stance to the upper stance.
Sakakibara's sword flow·water fall!
Da Shitian's blade fell towards the middle-aged man like a leaping waterfall.
clang!
The middle-aged man raised the wakizashi in his hand, barely blocking Ogata's downward slash.
After the Wakizashi's blade collided with Ogata's sword, the middle-aged man and the Wakizashi in his hand both whined.
Ogata's Daishiten rose in the opposite direction due to the force of the shock.
But the blade didn't rise very far, and Ouri used his own brute strength to stop the counter-shock force.
Then——
call!
The blade struck the middle-aged man from top to bottom again.
Ogata once again used Sakakibara's Waterfall.
The middle-aged man, who had no time to get out of the way, could only raise his knife to block again.
This time, the middle-aged man's wakizashi failed to protect him again.
After the two swords collided in mid-air again, Ogata's Daishiten directly cut the middle-aged man's Wakizashi blade in half.
Da Shitian's blade swept towards the middle-aged man's neck with unabated force.
However, when the blade was about to hit the middle-aged man's neck, Ogata stopped the knife in time, then turned the knife and struck the middle-aged man's neck with the back of the knife, knocking the middle-aged man unconscious.
Ogata still doesn't know what this middle-aged man committed and why he is being chased by Gua Sheng and others.
Therefore, Ogata did not kill the middle-aged man, but knocked him unconscious first.
[Ding! Use Sakakibara's Ichidou Style·Shui Fall to defeat the enemy]
[Acquire 90 personal experience points and 80 swordsmanship "Sakakibara Itto-ryu" experience points]
[Current personal level of Sakakibara Ittō-ryu: 1. After knocking the middle-aged man unconscious, Guao and others who had been chasing the middle-aged man finally came to Ogata's side.
"Mashima-kun!"
The panting Gua Sheng was about to say something, but Xu Fang, who was putting away the knife, said first:
"Miss Guasheng, you take your time to deal with this guy first, I'll be back soon."
After saying that, Ogata quickly ran towards the place where the stone flew out just now.
After arriving at the entrance of the alley and looking in, the scene inside was as Ogata expected - it was empty.
——Who threw that stone just now...
As soon as these words fell in Ogata's heart, a figure wearing a women's kimono that he had just met tonight suddenly appeared in Ogata's mind for some reason...
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After slowly returning to Gua Sheng's side, the middle-aged man was already tied up by Gua Sheng and others.
"Mashima-kun, what's wrong?" Gua Sheng asked, "Is there anything in that alley?"
"You should have seen the middle-aged man fall to the ground inexplicably just now, right?" Ogata said, "I was relatively close to the middle-aged man at the time, so I saw that the reason why this guy suddenly fell to the ground just now was
Because I was hit by a stone."
"And this stone flew out of that alley."
"It's a pity that I just took a look in the alley, and there was no one in the alley, so I don't know who threw the stone."
After hearing what Ogata said, Gua Sheng was amazed.
"Maybe it's some master who happened to be passing by here." Gua Sheng said, "Don't those storytellers always like to tell stories like this? The master who just happened to pass by a certain place did some good deeds."
"The stone just now might have been thrown by an expert who happened to be passing by here."
"...Maybe." After shrugging with a wry smile, Ogata nuzzled his lips towards the middle-aged man who had been tied up, "What crime did this guy commit? His skills are pretty good. I don't think he is a simple thief.
ah."
Hearing this, Guasheng smiled bitterly.
"This person is incredible. This person is Ju Xiaoseng."
After Gua Sheng finished speaking, Ogata's eyes widened a little unconsciously.
"Is this guy Ju Xiaoseng?" Ogata turned his attention to the Ju Xiaoseng at his feet again.
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Gua Shengyan explained to Ogata in a concise and concise manner how she had just encountered the Ju Xiaoseng and how she later pursued the Ju Xiaoseng.
On the way Kiku no Monk escaped to the Shirobei Club, he encountered many club guards patrolling the streets and standing sentry.
Most of the servants in the Shirobei Club are actually ordinary people. At most, they have slightly more physical strength and strength than ordinary people.
Ordinary people are naturally no match for Ju Xiaoseng, who is highly accomplished in small arts.
Ju Xiaoseng encountered a total of 9 club members along the way.
These nine servants were all very brave. After meeting Ju Xiaoseng on a narrow road, they all bravely went to stop Ju Xiaoseng. Although in the end, these nine people were all beheaded by Ju Xiaoseng and failed to stop Ju Xiaoseng.
Four of the nine club members suffered slightly more serious injuries and have been taken for treatment.
The other five people were slightly injured. After being slashed by Ju Xiaoseng, they still endured their injuries and chased Ju Xiaoseng together with Guasheng and others.
After introducing the details of chasing Ju Xiaoseng to Ogata, Guasheng turned his head and looked at an older servant not far away and asked:
"Pingjiu, your arm injury is okay, right?"
"It's okay, it's okay." The servant, whom Gua Sheng called Ping Jiu, smiled, "It's just a minor injury. Just go back and get some medicine."
Although Pingjiu said so, the injury on his arm didn't look minor at all. He was stabbed in his left upper arm, and his entire left arm was covered with blood.
"You guys are so awesome." Ogata praised sincerely, "You are already injured, but you still insist on chasing Kiku-chan."
"Of course." Pingjiu grinned, "Our duty is to protect Yoshihara."
"Never mind the bad things this bastard did outside of Yoshiwara."
"Just the fact that this bastard attacked our Yoshiwara wandering girl is enough for us to catch him at all costs."
"It's not like he was seriously injured and couldn't move. As long as he can still move, of course he will continue to pursue this bastard."
As soon as Pingjiu finished speaking, several others who had also been injured by Ju Xiaoseng just now, but still insisted on pursuing Ju Xiaoseng, laughed and echoed.
"It's a pity that we didn't help much in the end..." A younger soldier who was also injured and insisted on chasing Kiku-chan laughed bitterly, "In the end, we were able to catch Kiku-chan, all thanks to Majima
Jun."
"It's nothing." Ogata shook his head, "The reason why I was able to successfully capture Kiku-chan is all thanks to everyone."
"It was the combined efforts of everyone that caught Ju Xiaoseng."
"If it weren't for everyone's persistent pursuit of Ju Xiaoseng, preventing Ju Xiaoseng from escaping and wearing down a lot of Ju Xiaoseng's physical strength, I wouldn't have been able to capture Ju Xiaoseng so easily."
"So I was just lucky enough to be the one who gave Ju Xiaoseng the fatal blow."
Hearing Ogata's words, the faces of the servant who just lamented that he had not made any contribution, as well as the other servants, became brighter.
"Okay, don't worry about chatting anymore." Guasheng clapped his hands, "Let's take this young monk Ju to the club quickly!"
"Hey hey hey!" Pingjiu let out several happy laughs, "I can't help but want to see what the expressions of the gang of police officers who were reformed by Huo Fu Thieves will be like when they see us catching Ju Xiaoseng.
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"We caught a thief of this level, but we don't know what reward the shogunate will give us in the future."
After Pingjiu finished speaking, the others, including Gua Sheng, laughed.
"Reward?" Ogata asked doubtfully.
"Mashima-kun, don't you know?" Gua Sheng said, "For organizations like ours that are related to maintaining public security, if they catch any important criminals, they can receive different levels of rewards based on the level of the prisoner caught."
"Our Shirobei Club has not caught any serious criminals for several years."
Speaking of this, Gua Sheng straightened her chest, which looked like two small steamed buns stuffed with it, and her face was full of joy.
"So it is a great joy that we can catch Ju Xiaoseng this time!"
"Not only can you get rewards from the shogunate, but you can also feel proud."
"Let those who usually look down upon our Shirobei Club have a good look at our strength!"
"Although our strength is indeed a bit different compared to other security organizations, when it comes to defending our responsibilities, we will not lose to anyone!"
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Ogata and his party dragged Ju Xiaoseng back to the front door of the club in a majestic and high-spirited manner.
Now it happens to be Keemon's turn to guard the gate of the club.
After seeing Ogata and others striding towards them with a bald head, Keemon's eyes immediately widened:
"Miss Guasheng, who is that person?"
"It's Ju Xiaoseng!" Gua Sheng said loudly, "We successfully caught Ju Xiaoseng!"
"Really? Really?" Qingwei Gatekeeper's eyes, which were originally round, became even wider.
"It's true." Gua Sheng nodded, "Master Shirobei, is he in the club now?"
"I don't know! You guys wait here, I'll go see if Master Shirobei is in the club!"
After saying that, Keiemon turned around and rushed back into the club.
While Ogata and others were waiting for Shirobei to come over, a burst of chaotic footsteps suddenly sounded from their side.
"Oops." Gua Sheng smiled slightly, "The officials who were reformed by thieves and thieves are finally here."
The owner of this chaotic footsteps was Natori and others who came after hearing the news.
Just now, Natori and the others received news that Kiku no Monk had been captured by the officers of the Shirobei Club.
When he first heard this rumor, Natori regarded it as a silly rumor.
But when he learned from a subordinate who came to deliver a message that the officers of the Shirobei Club were bringing a bald man to the club, Natori realized that this might not be a rumor.
After leading his subordinates in a hurry to the front door of the club, Natori saw a bald head tied up in stripes.
Looking at this bald head, Natori's face instantly turned ugly.
They burned the thieves and tracked Ju Xiaoseng for half a month.
Ju Xiaoseng's face has long been firmly etched in their minds.
So when he saw this bald man tied up with five flowers, Natori immediately recognized that this person was Ju Xiaoseng.
Looking at the group of "men in black" wearing black uniforms who were running towards them quickly, Ogata showed a faint bitter smile and muttered in a low voice at a volume that only he could hear clearly:
"It's such a familiar uniform..."
After quickly running up to Ogata and others, Natori, who looked quite ugly, first looked at Kiku-chan, and then at Ogata and others.
After a long time, Natori finally squeezed out a sentence:
"...I didn't expect you to be able to arrest Ju Xiaoseng and bring him to justice."
"It took us a lot of effort." Gua Sheng straightened his chest again, with a proud look on his face.
Not only Gua Sheng, but also the surrounding club staff looked proud.
They have all heard more or less that this gang of thieves and reformed officials had previously called them "outsiders" and themselves "experts" in the club.
But now the people they call "outsiders" have successfully arrested the thief, while the "experts" have done nothing but wander around Yoshiwara.
This made Gua Sheng and others, who had been sulking because of being punished by the thieves, very happy and proud.
"...Smoke." Natori said to a subordinate behind him.
"yes."
After receiving Natori's order, the man took out a tube-shaped object from his arms, and after playing with it up and down, a conspicuous orange smoke emerged from the tube-shaped object, and then rose into the sky.
"What is this?" Guasheng frowned.
"This is the tool we use to convey orders to our companions." Natori said, "It means 'emergency call'. Once you see this orange mist, you must rush to the location of the orange mist immediately."
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Natori's subordinates scattered in other parts of Yoshiwara moved quickly.
Not long after the orange mist was released, the rest of Natori's subordinates arrived at Natori's side.
As soon as Natori's 24 subordinates returned to Natori, the door of the clubhouse was suddenly opened.
The person who opened the door of the club was Keiemon.
Keemon, Kawajiro and others filed out of the club.
"Miss Guasho." Keeimon looked regretful, "Shirohei-sama, he just went out on business, and he happens to not be in the club now."
"That's it... forget it, it'll be the same when Shirohei-sama comes back. Keiemon, put this Kiku-chan into our prison!"
"Okay!" Just when Qingemon patted his chest and was about to walk towards Kiku-chan...
"Thanks for your hard work, everyone!"
Natori suddenly shouted loudly.
"I didn't expect that the servants of the Shirobei Club could be of such a level."
"This is really beyond my expectation."
"I underestimated you before, and I apologize to you."
Although Natori's apology was a bit sudden, after hearing Natori's apology, Guasheng and others were stunned for a while, and the joy on their faces became even more intense.
However - Natori's next words caused the smiles on the faces of Gua Sheng and others to freeze.
"Thank you for your cooperation tonight. Leave the rest to us."
Anyone who is not stupid can understand the implication of Natori's words.
"...What do you mean by this?" Gua Sheng slowly put away his frozen smile.
"Kiku-chan is the criminal that our fire bandits are now responsible for." Natori continued to say expressionlessly, "Since Kiku-chan is the criminal that our fire bandits are now responsible for, isn't it natural that he should be left to us to deal with?
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"Don't worry, in order to thank you for your help, we, Huo Fu Thieves, will give you a thank you gift after reform..."
"Who wants your thank you gift?" Gua Sheng shouted, "You guys, do you want to take credit?"
The surrounding club staff all cast angry glances at Natori and others.
Ogata's eyes narrowed slightly at this time.
"It's really ugly to take credit or something." Natori said calmly, "Didn't I just say it all? Ju Xiaoseng is the criminal whom we, the thieves, are responsible for, so it is reasonable for us to be responsible for dealing with him?
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"Do you think I am a three-year-old child?" Gua Sheng's face was full of anger at this time, "This criminal was caught by our Shirobei Association, so naturally he will be dealt with by our Shirobei Association!"
"We injured so many people in order to catch this Ju Xiaoseng. Since you want to take away the criminal we worked so hard to catch, are you embarrassed?"
Natori was unmoved by Gua Sheng's sharp accusation, and his face remained expressionless.
"Forget it." Natori said, "I'll explain it to you slowly later. Hey, bring Monk Ju back to our residence."
"yes!"
Following Natori's order, the four subordinates behind him walked quickly towards the still unconscious Kiku-chan.
The servants of the surrounding clubhouses were all confused when they saw that the thieves were trying to steal their work.
Their backbone is Shirobei.
Shirobei happened to be away from Yoshihara right now, and they didn't know what to do at this time.
Even Gua Sheng looked shocked and anxious because he didn't expect Huo Fu Thief Kai to snatch their functions.
"Go away!"
Guasheng happened to be standing next to Ju Xiaoseng now.
Seeing that the four Huofu thieves had changed their positions, Guasheng quickly took a step forward and stopped in front of the four officials.
However, as soon as Gua Sheng stopped in front of the four officials, one of the four officials suddenly raised his hand and pushed Gua Sheng away.
Gua Sheng did not expect that these people would dare to use violence against them. In addition, the distance between the two was too short, leaving little time for Gua Sheng to react, so Gua Sheng was directly pushed to the ground.
"It hurts...!" Guasheng let out a low cry of pain.
Because he didn't have time to adjust his landing position, Gua Sheng's cheek accidentally hit the ground, and his left cheek was immediately scratched with several blood stains by the rough ground.
"Miss Guasheng!"
"Miss Guasheng! Be careful!"
"Hey! Why are you still beating people?"
The servants who were closer to the melons quickly lifted the melons from the ground.
"I'm sorry. My subordinate's actions seemed a bit rude." Although Natori was apologizing, there was no apology in his tone. "I hope you can cooperate with us. Hurry up and arrest Kiku-chan!"
"yes!"
The four officials who were already standing beside Ju Xiaoseng almost nodded and then raised their hands to grab Ju Xiaoseng.
However... just as one of the four officials was about to grab Ju Xiaoseng, a big hand suddenly stretched out from his side, and then clamped his hand like a pair of iron pliers.
"Huh?" The official whose hand was clamped turned to look at the person standing beside him, clamping his hand.
The person holding his hand was a young man with ordinary features, like a simple farmer.
"Please apologize to Miss Guasheng, and then leave here." The young man said in a calm tone, and suddenly exerted force on his palm, pulling aside the fire thief who was under his control.
The official, who felt that his hand was about to be cut off, cried out in pain.
"Mashima-kun?" Gua Sheng, who was helped up from the ground by his colleagues, covered his injured face while casting a stunned look at the young man.