The base camp of the Sea Aid was destroyed many days ago due to the battle with the "Yokai", and now it is still covered with rubble. Moreover, the Satsuma Domain, the main benefactor of the Sea Aid Force, does not seem to have any intention of rebuilding this combat team, and even renovate the base camp here has not been moved. The battle against youkai gives this base camp its glory, but the notoriety of being just as "easy to attract youkai" makes it less accessible. The streets within a radius of 100 meters, centered on the base camp of the Maritime Aid Corps, have long been empty. Even so, there are rumors that every night in the middle of the night, terrible noises can still be heard from the depths of the ruins. It seems to be the howl of a monster, and it is like the screaming of a human being.

Such rumors make the area around the base camp of the Sea Aid even more inaccessible, and it seems that the slightest closer to this ruin will be contaminated with the same aura, and thus be visited by youkai.

However, on the day when Xiao Yan and Fusang reached a tacit understanding, several carriages were parked at the broken gate of the base camp. The horses seemed to be a little frightened and restless by the breath, and even the coachmen who controlled the horses looked a little panicked. However, around the carriage, there were also some samurai with swords, and the faces of these samurai were gloomy, and the look at them made one shudder.

Because of the presence of these samurai, the carriages could not leave the place in the end, even if there was an occasional chilling sound from the center of the ruins.

Xiao Yan was standing in an empty room under the Naval Aid at this time, calmly looking at the lonely figure in the room. Behind the Young Awakened, Okubo Ritsu and Saigo Takamori seem to have seen a similar situation. A nonchalant face. It's the big cooking on the other side. Obviously a little uncomfortable with this situation.

The figure was suspended from the air by a rope. On his body, there are a lot of red patterns and words, which look like seals. On top of these patterns, white flagella are growing scattered. In addition, under the feet of this figure hanging in the air, those water stains have an uncomfortable smell, not a stinky smell, to make people feel their hearts beat faster. It was as if some strange drill bit was coming in from the outside.

Seeing Xiao Yan, the figure suddenly opened its big mouth, as if it was laughing, and it seemed to be angry. There were gurgling sounds coming out of his mouth, and a large amount of blood foam mixed with white flagella dripped from the corners of his mouth, then quickly dried up on the surface of his body, eventually solidifying there. It looked like there were suddenly extra organs on the surface of his body.

This gurgling sound could not be understood, and Xiao Yan was not prepared to understand this, and after the figure's bluffing and intimidation, the young awakened person asked in a low voice, "Mutsu Oku Zongguang." Remember when and where we first met? ”

The figure was suddenly. After a while, he made a "rustling" sound, though his vocal cords seemed to be damaged to the point where the sound still couldn't convey any meaning.

Xiao Yan directly mentioned Mutsu Somitsu and replied: "When I was in Omiya, I never saw your arrival. But two days later, in the middle of that winehouse, you arrived there in time. Don't you think it's weird? You can't get there in time for such an important event as the assassination of Ryoma Sakamoto, but in that wine house, you can arrive as soon as possible with the sea aid team. ”

After a pause, Xiao Yan continued: "The second time I saw you, I happened to come out of the slaughtered base camp of the Ground Aid Team with Ryoma Sakamoto, do you remember what you asked at that time?" You asked two questions, the first one is is Ryoma Sakamoto okay? The second question is, is Ishikawa okay? ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yan had slowly approached Mutsu Munemitsu's side, looked at the other party's face that had begun to rot, and said, "Sakamoto Ryoma and I were the first to arrive at the land reinforcement team, and we were also the first to know that the target of those guys was Shintaro Nakaoka. However, you don't know about the matter of Lu Dao, and you haven't even entered the base camp of the land support team, so you don't know what happened there at all, why do you ask Lu directly, is Ishikawa okay? ”

After saying this, Xiao Yan turned his head to look at Saigo Takamori and Okubo Ritsu, and said, "I was waiting for him to show his bigger feet, in fact, he did." When he was in the Scoop Pavilion, he led the team out of the battle for no reason and came back to get muskets. The problem was that the first time I met him at the wine house, the sea aid team he led had muskets in their hands. Isn't that ridiculous? I carry a musket on my daily duty, and when I really want to fight with the new team, I don't even bring a musket, and I have to come back halfway to get it. ”

After being quiet for a moment, Xiao Yan seemed to wait for the two big men to finish thinking, and then said: "An action that has been planned for a long time, to avenge Sakamoto Ryoma, there was such a big omission, is this just an accident?" ”

There is no need to answer this kind of question, and what role Mutsu Somitsu played, has become clear in Xiao Yan's analysis. Obviously, this staff officer of the Naval Aid is not so loyal to the Naval Aid, and of course, he should not be expected to have any loyalty to the local giants.

Saigo Takamori looked at Mutsu Munemitsu's appearance and said in a low voice, "Xiao Jun, let him be like this, we have more important things to do." ”

Xiao Yan shook his head slightly and said, "This is not enough, I am still waiting for an intermediate link, only when these intermediate links are made up, can all this be complete." ”

No matter what Saigo Takamori said, Xiao Yan had already looked at Mutsu Somitsu and said, "I've been thinking about who you're loyal to, yourself?" Royal house? Or the shogunate? What role are you playing? It wasn't until after the Scoop Pavilion incident that I heard that you killed Saitoichi, so I specially asked Scarletur Maran to help me investigate Saitoichi's matter, and the results of the investigation were very wonderful. ”

Xiao Yan used the word "wonderful" to describe the result, but these words seemed meaningless to Mutsu Somitsu, who kept roaring, trying to break free from the rope and pounce on Xiao Yan to kill him, but it always backfired. Just as Mutsu Munemitsu didn't care about Xiao Yan's reaction, Xiao Yan didn't care about the performance of the former staff officer of the Marine Aid Team, and he continued: "I'll tell you a timeline, before Ryoma Sakamoto was assassinated in Omiya, a little earlier, Ito Koshitaro of the Imperial Spirit Guard had contact with Nakaoka, the captain of the Land Aid Team. Then, the Spirit Guard set up an ambush and captured Saito, and kept him at the base camp of the Spirit Guard. When Ryoma Sakamoto was assassinated, both Ryoma Sakamoto himself and the new writing team who arrived at that time actually knew who the murderer was, but both sides were deliberately concealing the matter. Then, on the third day of Ryoma Sakamoto's assassination, when I saw Mr. Mutsu Munemitsu at that restaurant, Saito escaped from the base camp of the Imperial Spirit Guard. The day after that, the Shinshogumi killed Kotaro Ito in Yakikoji, and the process was tacitly acquiesced. ”

Xiao Yan turned his head to look at Saigo Takamori and them, and said calmly: "Whether it is the shogunate, you, or the imperial family, it is not easy to reach such a tacit understanding, unless someone mediates. And this person is the one who can be accepted by all three parties and is considered to be 'their own person'. In other words, this is a three-sided agent, no matter which side it is, they all think that this person will bring greater good to themselves and will definitely not betray themselves. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yan suddenly fell silent, as if he was listening to something, but there seemed to be no other sound in this basement except for the hissing of Mutsu Somitsu. Even Saigo Takamori and them became a little embarrassed by Xiao Yan's reasoning.

After a while, when even Scarlet Village Zhenlan seemed to sense something abnormal, Xiao Yan began to deduce further: "However, no one knows that this three-faced spy is actually a four-sided agent, and he is also loyal to another master, and at the same time, he is also responsible for communicating with the wild warriors for the fourth master. Who is this person? Now it goes without saying. When he was in Ikedaya, although Mutsu Munemitsu deliberately changed his tone, he was still heard by Ryoma Sakamoto. On the other hand, in order to avoid the identity of Mutsu Munemitsu from being revealed, the Shinshoku team dispatched to kill the wild samurai. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yan looked at Saigo Takamori and said, "After that, Sakamoto Ryoma and Saito, who knew the secrets of Michinoku Somitsu, were wiped out, and the goal of Mutsu Somitsu to do these things actually has nothing to do with the dispute between you. What this staff officer, who has been devoured by his own demons, really wants to do is to constantly create all kinds of small chaos, so as to buy him more time to find the dragon vein. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yan looked up at the dark space in the basement and asked with a smile, "Am I right to say that, Isamu Kondo?" ”

A ripple slowly spread through the darkness, and after a few seconds, a middle-aged man with a heavy bandage on his shoulders walked out, and beside him, several members of the new group dressed in light blue featherweaves. The members all looked a little haggard, but they were fairly clean and did not show that they had experienced a fierce battle.

In response to Xiao Yan's question, the middle-aged man wrapped in a heavy bandage nodded and said, "Yes, we are waiting for Mutsu Somitsu to find the dragon vein. ”

Xiao Yan nodded slightly, signaling Scarlet Village Zhenlan not to be so nervous, and then asked: "Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons need dragon veins, I believe this, why do you need dragon veins?" ”

Isamu Kondo looked at Xiao Yan, was quiet for a moment, and said, "We have the responsibility of guarding the dragon vein. ”

Saigo Takamori and Okubo Ritsu were completely unheard of by the dragon vein, and what they heard today was enough to surprise them, but what they heard now surprised them even more. (To be continued......)