"The plan failed?" Shibata Katsuie, who had listened to the conversation between Qin Heqing and Akechi Mitsuhide, came over and asked.

"Well, it failed." Qin Heqing confirmed.

He didn't expect that the person he had seen at the beginning, who looked soft and weak, and was not domineering at all, would turn back at such a critical time and play the so-called Jedi counterattack.

Sure enough, people's hearts and things are still too complicated.

"Are you waiting?" Katsuya Shibata asked.

The question is whether to attack Inabayama Castle right now!

After all, in order to make the plan go smoothly before, Shibata Katsuya deliberately suppressed the marching speed on their side, in order to reduce casualties and give Tokimi a chance to turn the tables.

"Forget it for today. After all, it's already very late, and it is estimated that there will be no good results in the end of the war, so it is better to take a good rest now to prepare for the next counterattack on Inabayama Castle. Qin Heqing shook his head and said.

"Alright then, I'll go set up the defenses." Shibata Katsuya thought about it and agreed with Qin Heqing's judgment, so he summoned the generals who led the army and arranged the possible battle situation and the arrangement of the army.

Leaving Qin and Qing to continue to use the Bronze Mirror of Resentment to contact Imagawa Yoshimoto on the Owari side, and report the situation here.

Until a while has passed.

"I'll go out." Qin Heqing put away the bronze mirror and said.

"Hmm."

Then his body moved, flew into the sky, and flew towards Inabayama Castle not far away.

……

"Your Excellency, at this time, entering the city in this way, the etiquette is somewhat unreasonable, right?" The next moment, in Inabashan City, a former ghost dressed in a white onmyoji hunting suit and a black hat appeared in front of Qin Heqing, looked at him and said lightly.

"I also want to come in through the main gate openly, but with our current relationship, is it possible?" Qin Heqing asked with a smile.

"Others may not be able to, but if you are Qin Jun, I think Lord Tuqi will still be happy to accept your visit." The former ghost replied with a calm face.

"Really? That's a good feeling. Take me to her. Qin Heqing raised his eyebrows, and said with a rather surprised look on his face.

"Yes, please come with me." The former ghost glanced at him when he heard this, his eyes narrowed, and he said flatly.

Then he took the initiative to turn around and walked over with the temple where Qin and Qing Dynasty Tuqimei were located.

In just a moment, Qin Heqing once again saw Tuqi Mei, which was obviously different from the past in terms of face, temperament, and feeling.

"I haven't seen you in a while, you've changed a lot." Qin Heqing looked up and down in front of him, except for the surprised expression on his face when he first saw him, and then he was calm throughout the whole process, as if facing a stranger-like Tuqimei, and said meaningfully.

"Time makes people old, the times create heroes, although we have not been separated for a long time, but I have experienced a lot of things, coupled with the current situation, even if I still want to maintain the innocence of the past, the surrounding situation does not allow me to be naïve." Tokimi said calmly. Then after a pause, he looked at Qin Heqing and asked, "It's Qin Jun, you, who entered the city at this time, I don't think you just came to see me." ”

"Not really." Qin Heqing shook his head in affirmation.

"For the sake of the wise Mitsuhide who I took in?" Tokimi asked.

"There's a reason for that." Qin Heqing nodded in acknowledgement.

"Someone." Tokimi nodded, didn't say anything, and shouted directly outside.

"Your Excellency." A soldier entered the temple and answered.

"Go, bring me the two people who are being held in the guest room." Tokimi commanded.

"Yes." The soldier received the order and turned and exited the main hall.

"Do you really decide to resist to the end, and not accept our proposal, and lead Mino to take refuge?" Qin Heqing didn't express his opinion, but looked at Tuqimei's strange pupils that had changed color, as if she was wearing a peculiar pupil decorated with contact lenses.

"You know, if you lose the battle, you will die."

"I know, but I'd like to give it a try, as my last consolation to me for being human." Tokimi's expression remained unchanged, and she replied in a light tone.

"The Last Consolation of Human Identity...... Sure enough, you made a pact with that demon knife, did the half-guards help you? Qin Heqing's eyes narrowed, and he became more and more sure of his and Yue'er's speculation in his heart.

"Yes. There's no one else but her who can help me get there. Tokimi nodded in affirmation.

"Is it worth it?" Qin Heqing said curiously.

"I don't regret it." Tokimi replied with some inconsistencies.

And there was silence again in the backfield, whether it was Qin Heqing or Tokimi, or the half-guards and former ghosts of Takenaka who stayed at the scene, they were all silent and did not say a word, not knowing what they were thinking.

Until the noisy footsteps rang out again.

"My lord, someone brought it." The soldier reported in the first house.

"Qin and Qingjun, why are you here." Wise Guangxiu looked at Qin Heqing who was sitting in the room and said in surprise.

"Is Qin Jun here to pick us up?" Suzume tilted her head and asked with some speculation.

"It depends on whether Princess Toki is willing to let you go back." Qin Heqing looked at the bell girl and smiled.

"What would you do if I said I wouldn't have to?" Tokimi's eyes flashed, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, and she asked in a meaningful tone.

"For the safety of the two of them, then I can only meet with Princess Tuqi and the half-guards." Qin He said calmly.

This is not only a confidence in her own strength, but also a belief that Tokimi should not be so unwise and will choose to stage a full martial arts with herself at this time, because of this kind of thing.

Even if her temperament at this time has begun to be more or less affected by the power of the demon sword, and has become different from before, and it is the same as if she is not human.

"Qin Jun is so confident, we can't keep you?" Tokimi's expression remained unchanged, but her eyes narrowed slightly.

"Then I have a question for the princess, in the eyes of the princess, is there anyone else around me?" Qin Heqing asked with a smile.

Suddenly, Tu Qimei frowned, and observed Qin Heqing's left and right with a serious expression.

Because she understood that Qin Heqing dared to ask such a question, then obviously, there should be other inhuman things around him.

For example, if the former ghost is not reminded, if the Takenaka Hanbei does not remind him, who can tell that his existence is not human?

"Half-guard, former ghost, what do you see?" After a moment, Mimi Toki, who still hadn't noticed much of the anomaly, turned her head to Takenaka Hanbei and the former ghost and asked.

Takenaka Hanbei didn't speak, but just looked at his Shikigami front ghost, waiting for his answer.

"Although I have tried my best to hide it, but in Xia Bucai, there is just a pair of spiritual eyes that can see through everything in the world and can peep into the changes of Sen Luo, so there are people around Qin Jun, and there is not one, but two women, one big and one small, I am right." The former ghost looked at the location where Yue'er and Ayukawa were hiding with a smile and described softly.

I have to say that with him, there is really no way to hide some things.