Wind Demon Kotaro's eyes became fierce, and at this moment, he was really moved to kill......

Makuichi Yamazaki walked into the assessment room of Maebashi Castle.

Unlike before, when only a few henchmen knew about this matter, the people who are now sitting in the strength of Pingding are basically the high-level leaders of the Shibata family.

The atmosphere in the assessment room was very gloomy and even a little murderous.

Almost everyone had a tense face, except Shibata Katsuie, who saw this old man take out a cigarette gun casually, pour tobacco leaves, light a fire with a candle, and then take two puffs and spit out the smoke ring.

[The little one has seen Shibata Danmasa, and all the adults. 】

[Well, Yamazaki-sama, you're here. 】

[Lord Danzheng, my father-in-law ......]

Shibata Katsuie waved his hand and motioned to Makuichi Yamazaki not to ask for the time being.

He gestured to a cloth bag on the coffee table in front of him.

[In the morning we found this thing again at the city gate, you can take a look.] 】

【Okay.】 】

Makuichi Yamazaki stepped forward and picked up the burlap bag.

At this time, he realized that there were still blood stains on the cloth bag!

I don't know if it's the wrong place, but when Yamazaki Makuichi opened the cloth bag, a thing like a brown earth-colored worm rolled out of it, and it came to the table.

【……】

From Yamazaki Makuichi's dry throat, an incomprehensible exhalation sound.

It is a finger that is severed from the root.

The dried blood could still be seen in the blood vessels and even had a yellowish bone color, and the finger was obviously cut off not long ago.

Makuichi Yamazaki's vision suddenly distorted.

[Yamazaki, Yamazaki-sama, are you okay!? 】

As if he had expected such a reaction from Yamazaki Makuichi, Shibata Katsuie hurriedly put down his smoking gun, reached out to help Makuichi Yamazaki, who was almost fainting, and placed him on a tatami mat.

After all, he is a child, although he has been on the battlefield, he still lacks immunity to bloody things.

Shibata Katsuie shook his head, unlike himself who went to the battlefield at the age of twelve and successfully killed people, the current future life is too lacking in training.

When Akechi Kogoro sat on the tatami mat, he was replaced by a wave of vomiting.

[Long and near, do you see who brought it? 】

Shibata Katsuya casually threw his finger back into the cloth bag and asked.

[Nope.] It is taped to the mailbox. 】

[Hmph! What a guy who didn't plant. Thought I'd be scared? 】

Didn't plant? Is this still called no seeding?

I really don't know how thick the nerves of Shibata Katsuya who said this are.

Makuichi Yamazaki looked up at the ceiling.

Indeed, it has been almost two days since then, and his lord still has no whereabouts at all, he is playing for real.

[Hey, Yamazaki-sama.] Don't be intimidated by this boring performance. 】

[There is a possibility that all the fingers will be cut off, so where is it called no seed!? 】

Makuichi Yamazaki unconsciously stood up and shouted in a tone that was about to pounce.

[Calm down, your father-in-law is a big man, no matter how cruel the kidnappers are, they can't do such a thing. 】

[Why can you still say such things!] 】

[Lord Yamazaki, pay attention to your tone, don't be so rude to my father-in-law! 】

Sakuma Morimasa interrupted Makuichi Yamazaki.

Shibata Katsuya waved his hand.

[Yamazaki-sama, you don't have to worry about being too early, your fingers look very rough and calloused, not like a wise adult.] 】

【……】

Makuichi Yamazaki settled down a little.

But I don't know why, Shibata Katsuya popped out another sentence:

[However, considering that your father-in-law is also a person who likes to dance and play with swords, this may not be enough.] 】

【……】

Yamazaki Makuichi suddenly had the urge to curse.

You big guys, can you finish the story in one go?!

[Shibata-sama, why can you still say such a thing! 】

Shibata Katsuie's fist is completely invisible. What is even more surprising is that Makuichi Yamazaki can barely feel any pain. I only felt that my body became light, and my body fell on the tatami mat with a bang.

The labor pain that gradually came from his chest, and then he finally realized that it was a punch in the heart.

[As a retainer, your job shouldn't be here, right? 】

The eyes of the enraged black bear looked directly at Makuichi Yamazaki.

Really, this kid thinks he's talking to someone!

[Do you understand?] Now your lord still has no whereabouts...... It's not that if you know that something has happened to your father-in-law, you can take action right away. Some things can be handled not only by gathering people and looking for them all over the street. Listen up...... If your lord makes a mistake, the general will definitely not let me go, so I'm more anxious than you. 】

[But ......]

Shibata Katsuie pressed Yamazaki Makuichi's shaking head hard:

[Go back and think of something else, Yamazaki-sama, we have something else to discuss...... By the way, a girl from that dojo came to the city and said that she was looking for you, and I had already arranged for him to be in your father-in-law's room. 】

[Girls? Ha? 】

When Makuichi Yamazaki speculated about how much peach blossom luck his lord had and walked into the study, Ayano sat on the tatami mat, facing the wall without moving.

Almost instantly, Makuichi Yamazaki was attracted to her - even though he was in a very anxious mood right now, he still noticed that she was so cute.

[This adult, my name is Tachiki Ayano, I have met Akechi-sama before, and I have been taken care of by him many times. 】

[Hello, I'm the lord's attendant, Makuichi Yamazaki. 】……

After the introductions, neither side spoke.

Yamazaki Maku's case guessed, could it be that she heard her when she shouted just now?

He thought as he looked at Ayano's back. It's just too rash. The girl could not tell her about the severed finger being sent, and her weak appearance seemed to be unbearable, so think of another way.

(That is, you, no one would think that Ayano is weak!) ）

Makuichi Yamazaki kept thinking about Shibata Katsuie's words over and over again. Nothing can be thought of. As Shibata Katsuie said, the other party did not ask for ransom or make any demands, and there was no willingness to negotiate at all.

Could it be that they just want to provoke Shibata Katsuya? But it doesn't make sense, kidnapped the general's son-in-law, this is too much? ……

[Bastard! 】

The abduction of Wise Kogoro shocked the entire Shibata family's leadership, and the Shibata Katsuya was able to hide it, but now it seems that the matter is getting bigger, and it is not a way to hide it anymore.

Shibata Katsuie, who is in his sixties and has not been in good health recently, is furious, and the spearhead is Kanamori Nagajin, the [Mayor of Maebashi] and his subordinate [Public Security Agency].

He made a loud noise, almost pointing at the nose of [Mayor Jinsen], and said:

[I used to know that you were not good at handling things, and you always couldn't handle the security problems in Qianqiao City...... But I never thought that after you have been in the practice for so long, the law and order has not only not improved at all, but has deteriorated even more...... If a living person as big as Lord Wise was robbed in my realm, under the Lang Lang Qiankun, if this matter was ...... Don't say it's him, I'm afraid that even if ordinary people hear it, my old face won't be able to keep it, so that everyone can see our jokes...... Ahem, it can be said that the impact of this incident is unprecedented, and the people in your institute are all idle eaters! 】

The scolded Kanemori is close to him, and he also has a belly full of fire, although he is a civil official, but he is also a temperamental person, but this kind of thing is unreasonable to say, Wise Kogoro is missing, and it is indeed missing within the jurisdiction of his general administration, he is duty-bound as the [mayor], he pursed his lips, and said in a low voice:

[I'm very sorry, my lord, and all the adults here, I admit that in this matter, as a commissioner, I have an unshirkable responsibility, and I promise in front of all the adults that I will crack this case as soon as possible, and strive to bring the wise adults back intact!] 】

A samurai who had recently served as the elder of the Shibata family, Hikojiro Hara said:

[Lord, many things must be looked at comprehensively, I'm afraid it's not that simple. 】

[Hikojiro, tell me what you think.] 】

Hara Hikojiro's real name is Hara Nagayori, and he has been following Shibata Katsuya for many years, so he can be regarded as a wise general with some strategy.

[Lord, the arrival of Lord Wise can be said to be very secretive, so secret that even we, as the receptionist, only knew about it the day before his arrival. 】

[Well, I'm also here to hold a tea party, so that he can suddenly appear and surprise all the guests. 】

[In other words, there are very few people who know that the wise adults are on our side.] 】

[You mean, it's our insiders?] 】

Shibata Katsuie glanced at him, and then glanced at the retainers.

[Lord, we don't dare to do such a thing. 】

[Yes, I can be said to be friends with Akechi-sama, and we were good friends in Echigo, so how could I kidnap him. 】

[Yes, Lord Wise is the beloved son-in-law of Lord General, and if we do such a thing, no one will spare us. 】……

[Okay! Come on! 】

Shibata Katsuya waved his hand and stopped everyone's words impatiently.

Look at your cowardice, I haven't said anything yet, you're just pretending to be stupid here!

However, in his heart, Shibata Katsuya has realized that it is wise to kidnap, this is indeed a job that requires guts, I am afraid that it will not be an internal crime, and the people under his own hands do not have the guts.

So who would dare to be so bold...... Not! Could it be them!!

[Haha, if you don't guess wrong, the lord already has a suspicion in his heart! ] (To be continued.) )