The regret, love and joy in Yusaku Uehara's eyes gave Natsumi a warmth of being understood and cared for. Turning her little face shyly, a hint of ruddy crept up the girl's face.

Yusaku Uehara smiled, and the smile was extremely relaxed......

The biological clock is clearly a product of the action of the soul, and the young body does not snooze. As soon as the day dawned, Yusaku Uehara woke up from his sleep.

Habitually touching the pillow, the cold metal sensation made him sober.

Under the pillow is a combat knife designed by the teacher and specially made by the arsenal for naval cadets.

The early morning sunlight filtered through the gauzy curtains, casting a hazy phantasm over the objects in the room, as illusory and blurry as a dream between sleeping and not sleeping, making Yusaku Uehara unable to think for a moment.

Stretching out his hand, touching the octagonal pillar at the head of the blue wooden bed, smelling the damp smell peculiar to the north-facing houses, and listening to the morning chirping of sparrows in the cherry trees outside the window, his memories instantly spread out.

Everything in reality is so real, it's an ordinary early morning.

"Everyone, get up! Teacher and Mr. Saigo are here! Let's gather urgently! Say something important to announce! The senior's voice rang out in the hallway.

Everyone immediately got up and completed the assembly on the playground with extremely rapid movements.

Yusaku Uehara in the team saw Saigo Takamori and Hayashi Yiqing walking side by side, and behind them, there were samurai such as Toshiaki Kirino and Kunikan Shinohara.

Today, Saigo Takamori has changed his simple kimono from the past, wearing a sky-blue French-style shogun's uniform, a boat-shaped hat, a sword at his waist, and his beloved hound at his feet. And Lin Yiqing, who was beside him, was also wearing a sky-blue French military uniform, but he was wearing a large-brimmed military hat on his head. The samurai behind them were still wearing kimonos, more like Saigo Takamori and Hayashi Yat-sei's retinue in comparison.

After the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese examined the merits of the armies of each country and decided to adopt the German army and the British navy, and the weapons and equipment were available in Britain, the United States and Germany, and only the military uniforms were French (which is a bit humorous). Saigo Takamori is not a person who is nostalgic for his official position, although he resigned and went into hiding, but he cherished the honor of being an army general and cherished this military uniform very much. There are two other things that he also cherishes, one is a sword, and the other is a hound. The military uniform and sword are symbols of the warrior, and the two hunting dogs that often follow him, because of their loyalty, have always been favored by Saigo Takamori and follow him.

Seeing that today's Saigo Takamori and Lin Yiqing were dressed differently from the past, many of the students showed nervousness and awe on their faces.

The current Lin Yiqing, although he is still nominally a combat skills instructor, in fact, can already be said to be the chief instructor of the Naval Academy.

Saigo Takamori looked at the cadets of the military academy who were neat and well-equipped, and his eyes flashed with satisfaction.

Although before Lin Yiqing's arrival, the Navy Academy had been established for a period of time and had a certain foundation, but since Lin Yiqing's arrival, it is by no means possible for ordinary people to achieve such great achievements in such a short period of time.

There is no shortage of Western instructors in the military academy, and they all despised Lin Yiqing at first, but now, they have nothing to say.

"I heard that many of you have already followed Lin Jun to participate in the hunt for thieves, and I was originally worried that you would not be able to do it, but today it seems that I am too worried." Saigo Takamori's eyes looked at the students one by one, and said in a kind voice.

"From you, I see hope for the future of Japan."

Hearing the words of praise from General Saigo Takamori, whom they had always respected so much, the students were thrilled for a while.

"I have summoned you here today because I have an important matter to announce to you." Saigo Takamori said, "Lin Jun, as your instructor, is about to perform an important task that I have given him, and this task needs to be completed by one of you, are you all willing?" ”

"Yes!" The students shouted in unison in reply, and some of them had excitement in their eyes.

"This task is very arduous, the people who help Lin Jun are not only in danger of their lives at all times, but they will also have to be like the ancient ninjas, incognito, and endure unimaginable hardships, are you willing to be such a person?" Saigo Takamori asked again.

"Yes!" The cadets shouted loudly again.

Hearing that the students answered twice without hesitation, and no one hesitated, Lin Yiqing couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

After he and Saigo Takamori told him about his plan, Saigo Takamori praised his palms, and immediately said that he would choose a "dead man" for him to help him complete the task. Saigo's prestige and personal charm are evident from this. It is no wonder that when the military school was first established, 30,000 children of the scholar clan were enrolled in the school soon after!

"Then, please help Lin Jun complete the mission and bring light to the future of Japan and Satsuma!" Saigo Takamori said, turned to Lin Yiqing and said, "Just ask Lin Jun to choose the person who is the assistant!" ”

"Yes!" Lin Yiqing bowed slightly to Xixiang Longsheng, and then walked forward.

Seeing Lin Yiqing step forward, many of the students were watching his every move, and some of them were holding their breath.

Lin Yiqing walked to the front of the students' team, his eyes swept over the students who were standing upright, in fact, he already had a draft in his heart about who to choose, but on this occasion, he still had to make a lot of momentum.

Every time Lin Yiqing's gaze fell on a student, the student would feel a moment of nervousness, but his eyes would be full of expectation, and when Lin Yiqing's gaze left, they would feel a wave of loss.

Lin Yiqing paced for a while, stopped, and said in a deep voice: "Minamino Eisuke! ”

"Yes!" A tall naval cadet shouted loudly and hurried out of the ranks.

Eisuke Minamino is a tall and muscular figure who is one of the best in martial arts and shooting.

"Hidehiko Sato!"

"Yes!"

"Junichi Takagi!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Lin Yiqing selected all the best in the student team, many students' eyes flashed with envy.

Because every time you go out on a mission with Lin Yiqing, you will get a special harvest in the mission.

Yusaku Uehara looked at his teammates who came out of the ranks, and his eyes were full of envy, but he didn't expect much from himself.

Because of his short stature, his fighting skills have not been very satisfactory, and his shooting results are also very average, if it were not for his outstanding engineering and artillery skills, he would probably have been forced to drop out of school.

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