Chapter 565: Assassination

The head of the palace is called Toshihide Aso, a man in his sixties, he has been working in the palace since he was in his twenties, and because he has more contact with the members of the imperial family, the royal mystery has long been gone, and for decades, he has seen and heard too many scandals of the imperial family, so the respect for the emperor's family is much less than that of ordinary people, so the abolition of the original emperor did not cause him much confusion and sadness.

He is also a believer in the "Cosmic Divine Cult", although during the "M Infectious Disease" pandemic, because the palace was closed early, he was not affected by the M infectious disease, but many of his family members and relatives outside the palace were infected with the M infectious disease, thanks to the "Cosmic Divine Cult" that his relatives escaped death, so he still has a lot of respect for the "Holy Maiden".

A few days ago, he also heard rumors that the "holy woman" was about to inherit the throne of the emperor, and he did not deny this, because no matter who became the emperor, he had nothing to do with him, he was just a waiter, and if the "holy woman" succeeded to the throne, he would be happy to see it, after all, the "holy woman" could be regarded as the benefactor of his family.

However, he thinks so, and some people don't, especially among some of the people who have received favors from the former royal family who manage the affairs of the palace.

In the past few days, he has heard a lot of people in the palace, and as far as he knows, among these people, there are many people who sympathize with the former imperial family staff, and there are also many people who are hostile to the succession of the "holy woman", and even some people are full of violent tendencies in their words, and the representative figure is Nomura Wada, the chief of internal affairs of the palace. He was primarily responsible for the security of the former royal family. He once received great favor from the royal family.

Nomura Wada, 36 years old, served in the Marine Corps of the Wakuni Maritime Self-Defense Force with the rank of major before becoming the head of internal affairs. He was an extreme right-wing militarist who had a blind admiration and loyalty to Emperor Hara, and after learning that Emperor Hara had been forced out of the palace, he committed suicide by seppuku. Escaped death because he was discovered earlier.

Today, Toshihide Aso received a notice from the cabinet that Her Royal Highness the "Holy Maiden" and her entourage were coming to the palace to inspect it, and he immediately thought of this Nomura Wada and became wary of him. He was afraid that Nomura Wada would do something extreme during the inspection of the "Holy Maiden", which would cause damage to the fish pond. Let them also be unlucky.

So he didn't inform Nomura Wada about greeting the "Holy Maiden", but he accidentally found the guy in the greeting procession. Seeing his face sinking like water, Aso couldn't help but sweat on his forehead. Worried.

At this time, he couldn't think much about it, and the convoy of the "Holy Maiden" had already driven into the gate of the dormitory.

Several off-road vehicles stopped around the welcoming crowd, and many armed men in black suits dismounted from the vehicles, faintly surrounding everyone in the circle they formed. They all wore the emblem of the "Cult of the Universe" on their chests.

Aso speculated that they were supposed to be the Armed Guards of the Cosmic God Cult, the world's first armed group that was not at all controlled by the state and was still legal.

Then two domestically produced commercial vehicles stopped in front of everyone, and Toshihide Aso bowed slightly, staring at the two vehicles carrying the most mysterious people in the Wa Kingdom with sincere fear.

Don't look at him as the head of the Emperor's Palace, contact with the former Emperor is as casual as drinking cold water, but he has never met His Excellency the "Holy Maiden". When he joined the Church, he was only faced with the image of a "saint" who took the oath.

Four heroic female bodyguards got off the first commercial vehicle, and they quickly ran to the second commercial vehicle to make a vigilant gesture.

The electric door of the van opens. Mai Okochi stepped out of the car, but instead of walking towards the crowd that greeted her, she smiled and politely turned around to support a middle-aged woman who stepped out of the car.

The image of the "Holy Maiden" has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the Japanese people, after all, her portraits are all over the streets and alleys and the living rooms of their homes, so no one doubts that the young girl who served the middle-aged woman like a little daughter-in-law is not the "Holy Maiden". They can be sure that she is the "Holy Mai" Mai Okochi.

Thus. The actions of Her Royal Highness the "Holy Woman" surprised Aso Toshihide very much, and then he paid attention to Zhang Rongrong, who stepped out of the business car with a smile on her face. Add a little caution.

Not only Aso Toshihide, but also those palace administrators who came to greet him were shocked and opened their mouths wide and their eyes widened, they didn't understand what the situation was, such a high-ranking "holy woman" would make such a move to this woman? Is it difficult for this middle-aged woman to have a status above Her Royal Highness the "holy woman"?

Mai Okochi took Zhang Rongrong's arm and walked towards the welcoming crowd, and a man with elegant manners greeted them and bowed to them at a distance of two paces.

"Your Highness the Holy Maiden, I am the head of the palace, Toshihide Aso, welcome His Highness to inspect the palace, please ask for any instructions from Your Highness. After Aso Toshihide got up, he said cautiously, and did not forget to signal to Zhang Rongrong beside Mai to show respect and humility.

"Mr. Aso is polite, my mother wants to visit the palace, you can show us around. Explain it to us. ”

Mai Okochi was in a very good mood, and she was even very polite to the head of the palace.

Mai Junxiu heard the words of the "holy woman", and then it suddenly dawned on her that this woman was the mother of the "holy woman".

Toshihide Aso immediately agreed, leading the two to the palace administrators who came to greet them, and introduced them one by one. Zhang Rongrong's two bodyguards, Chen Zhu and Chen Mei, wanted to stop them, but they were scolded back by Zhang Rongrong, so they had to signal Mai's two bodyguards in Okochi to follow closely by the two of them, keeping a high level of vigilance.

Their vigilance was not in vain, and when Toshihide Aso introduced Nomura Wada to His Royal Highness the "Holy Maiden", they noticed that something was wrong with the man with a wicked smile on his face. At the moment when a black-gray dagger in the sleeve of Nomura Wada's suit had just slipped out, Chen Zhu had already pounced.

For the person who threatens the safety of his master, Chen Zhu did not have the slightest politeness, after grabbing Nomura Wada's arm, his fingers were forced, and there was a sound of broken bones, Nomura Wada's eyes rolled up and fainted instantly, and a dagger made of hard jujube made of Mt. Fuji fell to the ground with a "clanging bell".

Aso Toshihide and the palace attendants who came to greet him were all shocked, and immediately scattered to dodge, and Aso Toshihide was even more frightened and secretly screamed "It's over".

At the same time that Nomura Wada fell to the ground, the black-clothed bodyguards led by Chen Qing had already swarmed up, and in less than a moment, there was no longer a single palace attendant standing. (To be continued) I580