“…… Go! Imai ordered in a deep voice to the two subordinates beside him, "Tie up Kyuro Mamiya to me!" ”

"Yes!"

The two officials standing on the left and right sides of Imai immediately stepped forward, stood on the left and right sides of the palace, twisted the hands of the palace behind him, and then tied the hands of the palace firmly with a thick hemp rope, and then escorted the palace to the front of Imai.

"Kuro Mamiya." Imai cast a vicious gaze at Asamanomiya, "I don't know what the hell you're up to. ”

"But since you have fallen into our hands, we will not let you go!"

"We will torture you slowly until you spit out all the information related to the 'Buddha enemy'!"

"That's ......"

After quietly listening to Imai's terrifying words, Mamiya's face did not change, as if he didn't take the words Imai just said to heart at all.

"Then I'm really scared."

Finally, I didn't forget to say this to Imai in a tone with a hint of sarcasm.

"Escort Kyuro Mamiya down!" Imai seemed to be annoyed by Mamiya's faint taunt just now, and ordered his subordinates in an irritable tone, "Also, bring the two knives that Mamiya just threw to the ground!" ”

"Yes!"

"That's right." Mamiya, who was about to be escorted out of the room by the officials, turned his head and looked at Imai, "I don't know how you came here?" How did you know that I was at the Negishi family's home base now? And - how did you know I was in Tatsuno Domain? ”

Hearing this question from the Imiya, a bit of smugness appeared on Imai's face.

"Mamiya, you're cautious, but you've missed a step - Hasegawa-sama and I both know what the wound that was cut by your unique skill, 'Divine Light', looks like."

As soon as Imai's words fell, Mamiya whispered "oh".

"I see...... Looks like I really miscalculated...... I shouldn't have used the 'Divine Light' when I killed the casino guards yesterday. ”

"That's right. Kyuro Mamiya, that's your only and biggest mistake. ”

"We recognized that one of the guards of the casino was killed by your 'divine light', so naturally we know that in addition to the 'Buddha enemy', you are also here as a subordinate of the 'Buddha enemy'."

"Now that we know you're here, it's easy to do."

"We know what you look like, just go around wanting a bespectacled samurai."

"This morning, I learned from an old woman in Matsucho that a samurai with glasses was on his way to Yukoku with a samurai dressed in light green feathers."

"That's why we were able to kill that Yukou and open the siege in such a timely manner."

"As for why we would know that you are now in the Negishi family's home base, it will be even simpler."

"We don't know what the 'Buddha Enemy' and you came to the Tatsuno Domain for, though."

"But you slaughtered the casino opened by the Negishi family yesterday - this is quite worth digging into for us."

"Hasegawa-sama boldly guessed that the reason why the 'Buddha enemy' and you came to this Tatsuno Domain is most likely related to the Negishi family."

"So as early as last night, we asked for the location of the Negishi family's base camp from the head of the Tatsuno Domain, and then sent someone to guard the outside of this mansion early."

"They have only one mission - to report to us as soon as they see the 'Buddha enemy' or you are in the base camp close to the Negishi family."

"Just now, when you and your companion in light onion feathers charged at this mansion, the secret sentry we had placed here immediately rushed back to Matsucho to report to us."

"After receiving this report from the secret sentry, we rushed over."

"Now that we think about it, we have to say thank you to these 'Yakuza' of the Negishi family."

"If it weren't for the fact that they dragged you in and bought us enough time to arrive, we might have let you slip away again!"

"So that's ......" After quietly listening to Imai's explanation, Mamiya let out a sigh of relief, and then sighed softly, "You guys counted me dead......

……

……

Before Imai led his subordinates to the 3rd floor-

"It's not Kyuro Mamiya......"

The middle-aged man standing at the front of the officials muttered softly, and then asked:

"It's a new face I've never seen before...... Are you the new companion of the 'Buddha Enemy'? ”

"'Buddha enemy'?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "The 'enemy of the Buddha' you refer to, if it was Oda Nobunaga in the Warring States period, then of course I am not." ”

"How could I be a companion of the 'Sixth Heaven Demon King' who has been dead for two hundred years."

"You don't seem to know who the 'Buddha enemy' is......" the middle-aged man looked Ogata up and down several times, "take a closer look...... I think I've seen you somewhere...... Who are you? Get your name in! ”

As soon as the middle-aged man's words fell, a young man standing behind the middle-aged man shouted.

"Tachibana, what's the matter?"

"Hasegawa-sama! I remembered who this man was! ”

The young man, whom the middle-aged man called "Tachibana", pulled out a large wad of paper from his bosom and rummaged through it.

"Hasegawa-sama! That's him! This is the man's wanted warrant! ”

Tachibana said as he pulled out one of the sheets of paper and handed it to Hasegawa.

"He is the 'executioner Ichisai' Ogata Yoshisei who assassinated the lord of the Hirose domain last autumn and slaughtered all the hundreds of guards of the lord of the Hirose domain!"

The middle-aged man took the wanted notice handed by Tachibana, looked at the wanted notice in his hand, and then looked at Ogata in front of him.

“…… It turns out that you are the 'executioner's sword'. ”

The middle-aged man said as he returned the wanted warrant in his hand to Tachibana behind him.

"No wonder I always feel like I've seen you somewhere."

"I've taken a look at your wanted warrant."

"But because you're not the thief in charge of our Huofu Thieves, I didn't pay attention to you."

From beginning to end, Ogata scanned the officials in front of him with a wary gaze.

“…… That young man just called you 'Hasegawa-sama.'" ”

Ogata asked the middle-aged man.

"Are you the chief of the fire payment thief change-Hasegawa Heizo?"

"That's right." Without thinking, the middle-aged man replied, "I'm Hasegawa Heizou." If you find it troublesome to call my name, you can just call me 'Onihei'. ”

"I don't know why the fire thieves, who are specifically responsible for catching thieves and arsonists, are here?" Ogata asked Hasegawa again, this time with a joking tone in his tone, "You're here to catch arsonists and thieves, so what do you care about me as a murderer?" ”