Sunset over the West Mountains.

In Kyoto City, in a hot spring resort hotel with beautiful scenery, Ji Haotian stood on the terrace of his room, looking at the distant lake and mountain scenery and the sunset twilight, with a calm face.

After a while, Helian Wan'er pushed open the door of the terrace and handed a windbreaker to Ji Haotian: "It's windy outside, be careful of the cold." ”

"Thank you. ”

Ji Hao smiled, took the windbreaker, and put it on his shoulder.

"Now that Yamazaki Gotsuka is dead, and the whereabouts of the cicada wing knife are already clear, the next step, are you going to go to the Kyoto shogunate to grab the sword?"

Helian Wan'er looked at Ji Haotian's handsome side face and asked softly.

"We don't have that much time to wait, or rather, the people of Dongying are not stupid enough to wait for us to come to the door. ”

Ji Haotian adjusted the placket of his clothes and responded lightly.

"That's right, Yamazaki Gotsuka has already admitted that he lured us to the Iron Castle Circle because he was instructed by Toriyamazu, presumably, the people of Dongying Martial Arts have long been aware of our traces. ”

Helian Wan'er thought for a moment, and a trace of worry appeared between her eyebrows: "For Dongying, we are two foreigners after all, and in recent days, many of Dongying's masters have been defeated in your hands, including Iga and Koga, which dominate Dongying's martial arts, if they share the same hatred and are ready to deal with you, then ......"

Helian Wan'er said this, and she didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Especially the magic circle that was destroyed by Ji Haotian, it was a monument that Dongying had inherited for thousands of years, and it was destroyed like this, how could it end well.

"Don't worry, this matter will not develop in the way you imagined, otherwise Kyoto City at this moment would have already been filled with people from the Dongying martial arts world. ”

Ji Haotian looked relaxed, and did not take Helian Wan'er's worries into account at all.

"Do you think that the silence of Dongying Martial Arts is a fear of your powerful force?"

Helian Wan'er didn't know where Ji Haotian's confidence came from, so she asked.

"No, the silence of Dongying Martial Arts is only because you and I are from Huaxia. ”

Ji Haotian retracted his gaze from a distance and explained: "The reason why we went to Dongying this time was originally caused by Yamazaki Gotsuka's theft of the Cicada Wing Knife, and in this matter, Dongying itself is the party that is at fault, so they naturally can't criticize this matter from a moral point of view, so they will always use this martial arts power to be our enemy." ”

"Since it's as you said, why didn't Dongying Martial Arts join forces to seek revenge on us?"

Helian Wan'er was even more puzzled.

"They may not be afraid of a single individual like you and me, but Huaxia in the east is definitely a behemoth that is enough to make them talk, if Dongying gathers the power of the entire martial arts to attack you and me, how can Huaxia sit idly by. ”

Ji Haotian smiled lightly, with a touch of strong confidence in his eyes.

The thousand-year-old inheritance, based on the top of the world, is enough for each of her people to walk with their heads held high and appear anywhere.

......

At the same time, Tsuyoshi Akamatsu and Tsuru Toriyama, who received an urgent order from the Army Headquarters, also rushed from Kyoto Prefecture to the imperial capital to accept the summons of Kawashima Wu.

Inside the Supreme National Defense Council Hall of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Akamatsu Tsuyoshi and Toriyamatsu stood side by side, bowing their heads slightly, quietly waiting for Kawashima Uru's arrival.

Although these two people, in the martial arts world of Kyoto Prefecture, are already leaders in the world.

But in the face of big figures like Kawashima U, who held the military power of the whole country, I don't know how many times more humble, so they all fought with the spirit of twelve.

"The general has arrived!"

After a while, a shout came from outside the door, and as the door opened, Kawashima Wu, who was dressed in military uniform, accompanied by four guards, stepped into the conference hall and sat on the first chair.

"Tsuyoshi Akamatsu, the head of the Kyoto Shogunate!"

"Kyoto Prefecture Koga Ninja Toriyamatsu!"

"See the General!"

Akamatsu Gang and Toriyamatsu knelt down in unison and bowed their bodies.

"Get up!"

Kawashima Wu sat precariously, and after the two of them got up, he squinted slightly: "Recently, that Huatian Chinese man has been making trouble everywhere in Kyoto Prefecture, killing many martial arts masters one after another, is it within the jurisdiction of the two of you?"

"My lord, this did happen in Kyoto Prefecture, which I rule. ”

Akamatsu just saw Kawashima Wu asking, and nodded in a humble tone: "As the samurai commander of Kyoto Prefecture, he is responsible for maintaining the peace of martial arts, but he let this thief harm one side, and he deserves death!"

"General, I don't think we should be held accountable for this!"

Toriyamatsu didn't wait for Akamatsu to finish speaking, then raised his head and explained: "First of all, the first person to start a duel with Huatian was one of the three elders of the Hyakchi family of the Iga School, Hyakchi Juno! After the death of Hyakchi Juno, Akamatsu-kun and I gathered a large number of elite forces in order to maintain the dignity of the country and martial arts, and prepared to kill that madman to set the record straight, but I didn't expect that the madman was so good at cultivation that he actually killed all the elites we sent, and even destroyed the ancient magic circle of Mt. Ibuki!"

"So according to what you said, not only do you two not need to pay any responsibility in this matter, but you have become heroes, right?"

After listening to Toriyamazu's defense, Kawashima Wu squinted slightly, and his gaze became much sharper.

"General, this time in order to deal with that Huaxia man, Akamatsu-kun and I have already sent all the elites under our command, but we still ended up in a defeat, so naturally we don't dare to call ourselves heroes, but ask ourselves, we have done our best to have a clear conscience......!

Toriyamatsu is neither humble nor arrogant, and the answer is like a stream.

"Well, what a clear conscience!"

After listening to Toriyamazu's response, Kawashima Wu slammed the table and cut off Toriyamazu's words: "Bastard! Now that we have lost several martial arts masters in Dongying one after another, we have not even resisted a single Huaxia person, and we have long become a laughing stock in the world! And you are still here to use your careful thoughts, ready to put this black cauldron on the head of the Iga ninja! Let me ask you, if there is no matter of the Cicada Wing Knife, how can that Huaxia person have a reason to come to my Dongying to be overbearing?"

"This ......"

Toriyamatsu heard Kawashima Wu mention the cicada wing knife, and like Akamatsu Tsuyoshi beside him, he was also in good spirits, and stammered in a tone: "General, general, you know all these things......"

"General Ben is in charge of the national defense of the entire Dongying, do you really think that these small actions can be hidden from me? It is precisely because of the misdeeds of your pair of bastards that Huaxia has been given an opportunity to take advantage of it, and our military does not even have a reason to intervene!

Kawashima Uru looked at the two and roared angrily.

"Your Excellency!"

Seeing Kawashima Wu's angry appearance, Toriyamazu immediately knelt on the ground, and said in fear: "The villain admits that the cicada wing knife is indeed the one I instructed Yamazaki Gotsuka to bring back to China, but it is not because I covet treasures, but that there is a huge secret hidden on the cicada wing knife!"