Inside the house.

Sound... Syllable...

The dim light flickered on and off.

Tiny mosquitoes flutter around the old electric lights.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka was sitting in front of Na Mizuki, who placed the Hinawa knife on the ground at his side, and looked around with a blank expression.

This is Mizuki's home.

Without any clues, Tomioka chose to stay here.

Then.

Click.

The sound of metal objects colliding with tiles can be heard from the location of the roof.

- There is something.

The ears twitched slightly.

After hearing a subtle creaking sound overhead.

Tomioka raised his deep blue eyes and looked in the direction of the roof.

As far as the eye could see, there was a piece missing, and the tiles on it seemed to be being moved.

Click—The tiles are lifted.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka just raised his head and looked at the tiles that had been lifted.

The rainbow on the roof with the tiles lifted also happened to look down.

The two looked at each other for a moment, almost equally emotionless.

——？

The next moment.

Meantime.

Click!

The roof tiles were slammed shut.

The Nichiren knife beside Tomioka was instantly unsheathed.

But at the moment of unsheathing, he hesitated.

The dark blue eyes seemed to reveal a puzzled look.

- Humans?

The hesitation did not last long, he only paused for a moment, and immediately rushed out of the house into the street.

Turn your head to look in the direction of the roof.

Either way, this may be the only chance to get a lead.

He can't be let go.

After seeing the man run quickly on the roof with his hands behind his back.

Tomioka tapped his toes lightly, and the muscles in his legs tensed.

Swish!

Almost instantly, he leaped into the air, and after passing a take-off, he easily crossed the Rainbow on the roof and came to him.

The legs are slightly bent, and the unloading force falls to the ground and falls to the roof.

Laugh at!

"Stop." Tomioka stood in front of Rainbow Uspiao, and he stuck the Hinawa knife vertically between the tiles of the roof.

As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at the man in front of him.

Yu Pulp Rainbow's face was expressionless.

The same goes for Yoshiyoshi Tomioka.

After really taking a close look at Yu Pulp Rainbow.

Tomioka was stunned for a moment.

Looking at the headdress on the forehead of the person in front of him, the face that he could barely see clearly in the dark night, remembered his movements when he ran just now.

In his mind, the familiar insolent figure gradually overlapped with the person in front of him.

“… Universe? He whispered in confusion.

And while Tomioka was stunned.

Yu Ji Tianhong had already pulled out a few small pills from the sleeve of his arm.

Throw it towards the roof in front of you.

The moment the balls touched the roof and bounced, Tomioka also reacted.

He kicked the ground with the ball of his forefoot and quickly backed away.

Smack.

The balls rolled down the tiles.

Sparks bloom around the rolling balls.

Then.

Rumble!!!

Huge smoke and dust, mixed with the sound of explosions, suddenly burst on the roof, setting off a slight wave of wind that spread in all directions.

Tomioka covered his mouth and nose with Haori, squinting his eyes to look ahead of what was already a cloud of smoke.

When the smoke clears.

In the field of vision, on the roof in front of him, there was no one left.

He stopped in place, the blade of the Nihon Wheel Blade in his hand hung down, and Furui Wubo's face showed a rare look of doubt.

Tilt your head.

- This guy... Is it the marrow?

Familiar headdresses, familiar faces, familiar escape moves...

But...

If it's that guy who is the marrow, he won't be caught up by himself at all...

After all, he ran fast.

And will definitely laugh and leave quite chicly.

Just when Yoshiyuki Tomioka was thinking like this.

His gaze suddenly stopped at the place where Yu Miao Tianhong disappeared.

There, there's a tattered piece of paper.

Puzzled, Tomioka walked over and picked up the paper from the tile, his gaze scanning over its contents.

on paper.

The three words "Mizukina" are very conspicuous.

and a string of specific information written below.

and-

He looked into the corner of the torn paper.

"Posted by... The Budokan is exempt from all the rumors..."

Seeing this, Tomioka suddenly realized.

——This is a bounty launched by an apprentice who has received the "Waiver of All Permissions" before the Martial Arts Hall, left the Martial Arts Pavilion, and opened up his own school.

Fold the bounty and put it in your clothes.

Tomioka jumped off the roof and did not pursue the man again, but returned to Mizuki's home.

He looked down at the sleeping creature in front of him, unaffected by the loud noise.

I met a ghost first, and now I'm being targeted again...

Just as Tomioka was about to sit down again.

"Karma!!"

His crow came in through the door and landed on the stomach of the sleeping Mizukina.

"Poof!" Minaki, who had been hit hard in the abdomen, sat up sharply, rolled her eyes, and then lay back down.

This time it was no longer a deep sleep, but a coma.

“… Kanzaburo! Tomioka's mouth opened slightly, he glanced at Minzuki with some surprise, and quickly picked up his crow from the ground.

His crow's name was Kanzaburo, and he was an old crow.

Often confused.

Kanzaburo shook his dazed head, then looked at Tomioka Yoshiyu, and said to Kaga:

"Brave! Your Excellency is summoning! ”

"All the pillars, if the task at hand is not urgent, it will be taken over by multiple low-level swordsmen first!"

"Pillar, assemble at headquarters!"

"Karma!!"

Hearing this, Tomioka was slightly stunned.

Is something wrong...?

……

Meanwhile.

The fleeing Rainbow is here.

Da-da-da-da!

He quickly alternated his legs and ran quickly from roof to roof.

But his eyes are always on the direction behind him.

He's been on the run for a long distance, and it's almost another town.

The mission failed.

It was discovered in the first step.

- Who is that man... There was no prior information about him.

In my head, my father's deep voice sounded slowly.

"Ninjas, there should be no feelings, the value of existence is to carry out tasks."

"If the mission fails..."

Smack.

The pace of the rainbow's progress suddenly stopped.

He stood still, his head bowed, his expressionless face gloomy, not knowing what he was thinking.

Half a day.

Rainbow slowly opened her mouth.

Behind the molars, there is a blue potion.

It was a ninja drug that killed itself.

It was at the moment when he bit the post-molars of the drug.

A cold and strange tone came from the street beside him:

"Ahh What a pity. ”

"Isn't Your Excellency Uza in your own station..."

"Before you go back..."

Swish!

The icy aura approached instantly, and Yu Ji Tianhong's body stiffened suddenly.

“… You've got a nice headgear. ”

……

……

Following.

Castle town.

After the arrival of the three C-class soldiers who were near the town, they took over the mission that Tomioka had suspended at the current stage.

- Protect Mizukina.

Since the tasks that need to be performed by the pillars are judged, it is quite a dangerous task.

Therefore, after these tasks are taken over, they will be ordered to maintain the status quo of the mission progress.

Avoid further investigation and lead to situations that cannot be dealt with by a low-level swordsman.

Of course, there will be additional manpower when necessary.

(End of chapter)