……

Until the moon has climbed into the middle of the sky.

Jikuni Iwa Katsu left the Forging Knife Village.

In the courtyard, only an empty wooden box remained.

Wait until Jiguo Iwatsu leaves.

"That's... What? Hiding in the room, Xiao Tie, who was cowering, cautiously poked his head out and looked in the direction of the courtyard.

……

Long.

Inside the brightly lit castle town.

The street lamps on the side of the road are lit up and give off a warm light in all directions, and the streets are flanked by Western-style stone buildings.

Bang, bang.

"It's around here..."

Jikuni Iwakatsu carried a doll wrapped in serpentine feathers on his shoulders, and he casually looked left and right, walking down the street.

The puppet's joints collided slightly with the undulations of his walking movements, making a clicking sound.

I don't care about the surprised and uncertain gaze of passers-by.

Smell.

The tip of the nose twitched slightly.

He directly entrusted the Shi Tou family to the Ghost Slayer Team, not completely trusting them.

Jikuni Iwatsu firmly believes that since there were people like himself in the ghost slayer team hundreds of years ago who only cared about the pursuit of strength and abandoned everything else, then it must exist now.

So, he made a new flute and left it for them.

The flute contained his blood.

"Toot ——! Toot ——! ”

The Ford car with the lights on blew its whistle from the street and ran by, immediately attracting the attention of Jikuni Iwakatsu.

It's very close to Tokyo, so it's naturally more developed than the mountains.

He remembers, after the last battle with Gonhachiro.

The arm, which had been cut in half by the red knife, took a long time to be fully repaired.

And the arm that he fell, as if the blood had been intercepted by someone else, was being stored somewhere.

As a ghost, especially Jiguo Iwatsu, who is the first of the first strings, has the ability to sense the location of this blood.

Jiguo Iwatsu searched and walked along the street for a while.

Smack.

Suddenly, he stopped.

Turning his head, he looked to the other side, at the end of the dark alley.

- That's a wall.

But in his perception.

It was a house.

……

Meanwhile.

In the pearl family.

Second floor.

“… What? ”

Yushiro, who was walking steadily with a plate and a teapot on it, suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the gate.

His brow furrowed, and his eyes became solemn.

After a moment of hesitation,

Yushiro let go of his hands, and the plate in his hand fell to the ground suddenly, and the hot tea spilled all over the ground.

Smack!

"Lord Zhushi!!" He hurriedly shouted, strode away, and ran towards the stairs:

"Oh no!!"

When running to the top of the stairs.

Squeak——!

The water-stained foot slipped suddenly, making a screeching sound, and suddenly the center of gravity was unstable and he fell to the ground.

Bang!!

"Ahem!!" Yushiro's expression was anxious, and he didn't have time to get up, so he hurriedly rolled down the stairs.

Then.

Bang!

He landed heavily on the last step of the stairs.

"A ghost has broken through my blindfold...", shaking his head, baring his teeth, he subconsciously held on to the handle of the stairs, trying to stand up.

But.

A great shadow had enveloped him.

Yushiro's body suddenly stagnated, cold sweat flowed from his forehead, and his neck slowly lifted stiffly, looking in front of him.

The cold wind of the night blew on his face, and the door of the house had been opened at some point.

And standing in front of Yushiro.

It was Jiguo Iwatsu who was expressionless and carrying a puppet.

Goo...

Yushiro's pupils shrank, his eyes fluttered wide, and his hand holding the handrail of the staircase became harder and harder, and he swallowed nervously.

It's the one... One of the windings.

Gotta hurry...

- Miss Zhu Shi...

- Run!

Creak...

The sound of the wooden door being pushed open rang out from the other side.

The voice of the puzzled Zhu Shi came:

"Yushiro, what's wrong?" Her voice was soft, and her upper body leaned out of the door:

"I heard a lot of movement..."

The saucer she was holding in her hand was down, and it contained a cloudy white sediment—something she had extracted and cultivated from Tanjuro's blood.

In a flash.

Yushiro, Jiguo Iwakatsu, Zhushi.

The three of them glanced at each other.

……

……

Butterfly House.

Night.

Creak...

Tanjuro pinched the shuriken that had sunk into the wooden wall and retrieved them one by one.

The blade of the shuriken is slightly purple - it is extracted with the ingredients of wisteria flowers, which has a paralyzing effect on ghosts.

In addition, the entire shinobi hand is made of the material used to make the Nichiren knife [orangutan scarlet iron], which can barely replace the role of the Nichiren knife.

"As compensation for cutting off my gorgeous hair."

"Answer me a few questions, how."

Yu Ji Tian Yuanhuan's fingers gently brushed his hair, and the jewel headdress reflected the moonlight, and he was leaning against the wall at the moment, looking at Tanjuro on the side:

"You..."

"It's a ninja."

Tanjuro crouched on the ground, glanced at him, and then continued to put the shuriken into the card slot of Shinobi's hand:

"It used to be."

He wasn't lying.

Looked at.

- I see.

- Everything is explained.

Uji's gaze stayed on Tanjuro's expressionless face.

From the first time I saw this guy, he looked so weak.

Probably, it's the same as myself.

I want to break the concept of being instilled since childhood, but I am very confused inside, and finally fall into a feeling of decadence.

He understands it perfectly.

After meeting the ghost, the idea of atonement for sins arises and the feeling of regaining one's strength.

- He also understood.

Uchiji Tengen thought about meeting a few times, and Tanjuro's face was getting better and better.

In his opinion, this is the sign that Tanjuro has stepped out of the past.

Moreover.

I haven't seen much of this guy's expression other than this stiff face.

- The cruel training of the ninja has already numbed him?

In his mind, Yu Marrow Tianyuan couldn't help but think of his younger brother.

How he wished that his younger brother would understand his thoughts and break the shackles with him and stop being that twisted person.

It's a pity that his younger brother has completely become a killer without self.

With that in mind.

Uchiji couldn't help but feel a wave of sympathy for Tanjuro.

Side.

“？”

Tanjuro was loading a shuriken, and he sensed the eyes of Cosmo Tianyuan beside him, and turned his head with some confusion.

Then.

Yu Marrow Tianyuan's frown was even harder, his face was gloomy, and he asked the question he had always wanted to ask.

"Which family are you a ninja?"

He originally thought that the Uchiji family was already a family of numb and cruel last ninjas.

Ninjas, the existence that distorts people's way of living and destroys common sense in the world, should have disappeared a long time ago.

In the past, Yu Marrow Tianyuan had also thought about whether he should personally take action and completely exterminate the Yu Marrow family.

Thinking about it, he also cited a few surviving ninja tribes that he guessed:

"Koga Ryu? Mochizuki family? ”

At this time, Tanjuro stuck all the shuriken into the card slot, and he stood up and walked past Umiji Tengen.

Said an answer that the other person never thought of.

"Reed celebrities."

With that, he walked away quickly.

Hear the words.

Yes?

"-Reed Celebrity?"

Umi Tengen watched Tanjuro walk past him in a daze, and he repeated the other party's words, the low expression on his face gradually puzzled.

Until he watched Tanjuro slowly walk out of the end of his field of vision.

He blinked his eyes, scratched his head in bewilderment, and his eyes were full of thought:

“… Where is the genre of reed celebrities? ”

He was trained as the last ninja since he was a child, and he wrote down all the rest of the ninja genres early.

But—he'd never heard of any celebrities.

Just when his heart was full of doubts, he was ready to catch up and ask in detail.

Smack.

A yellow-haired figure, straightening his waist, swept past Yu Marrow Tianyuan and walked from the first floor of the butterfly house to the courtyard.

It's my wife Shanyi.

He still had a large snot bubble hanging from the tip of his nose, and the corners of his eyes were red, and he looked like he had just cried.

But—

Yu Marrow Tianyuan opened his mouth slightly, and looked at my wife Shanyi who walked steadily into the courtyard in surprise, pulled out a wooden knife and began training.

From start to finish.

My wife is good, and they are all with their eyes together.

Swish!

Even at this moment, when wielding a wooden knife to train the sword type, it looks like he is asleep.

“… What a weirdo. ”

After sighing like this, Uchiki Tengen hurriedly chased in the direction that Tanjuro had left.

……

……

Following.

in the courtyard.

The Shi Tou brothers and several children of the Zaomen family have already mixed together, fighting each other and training.

The improvement in strength of both sides is very obvious.

In a short period of time, Arichiro was already able to easily defeat four or five C-rank swordsmen at once.

If you train harder...

Perhaps, at this moment, there is already the strength of the pillar.

Under the eaves.

Tanjuro was sitting when he received a reply from Sanyashiki.

Although he knew that the fallen queen was hiding in Flower Street.

But where exactly is in Flower Street, Tanjuro is not clear.

On-site surveys are required.

Squeak –

He spread out the envelope and swept his gaze over its contents.

Then.

"Karma!" Gonhachiro shouted, attracting the attention of the others in the courtyard, and he shouted:

"Your Excellency's order!"

"Shitou no ichiro! Ichiro Tokito! ”

The two who were called by their names wiped the sweat from their heads and looked at the crows standing on the roof suspiciously.

"The judgment of the pillars! The two of them already have the strength to pass the final selection! ”

"Thank you two for choosing to join the Ghost Slayer!"

"Please go to the second floor of the butterfly house to pick up the team uniform!"

"Karma! Above! ”

Hear the words.

Bang –

"What?!" Father opened the window on the second floor, looked up at the roof, he pointed to himself with some frustration, puzzled:

"What about me?"

"Karma!" Ganghachiro looked down at the only Lang, but he just sighed and didn't answer much.

Seeing that the crow didn't pay attention to what he meant, the only Lang's expression became even more depressed:

"Eh——?"

Tanjuro, who was sitting on the first floor, withdrew his gaze and continued to look at the envelope in front of him.

As a matter of fact.

It's just that the only lang didn't practice swordsmanship during this time - he spent all day with his wife.

Naturally, the pillars didn't have time to observe how strong he was.

To make an exception and be promoted to a team member, it is necessary for the majority of the columns to vote for it.

Just as Tanjuro's gaze swept to the words in the letter, "Walk with the nearest selection column".

Trample.

The sturdy figure stood in front of Tanjuro, and his tall body blocked out the sunlight at once, so that the words on the letter were suddenly shrouded in shadows.

Tanjuro looked up slightly.

"Hmph."

Yu Marrow Tianyuan smiled proudly, he tilted his head, the gem shone in the sun, and looked at Tanjuro with great confidence, the corners of his mouth hooked:

"How, new mission?"

He lowered his head:

"Gorgeous, I don't have a task right now."

"Huh?"

He smiled confidently, and his words hinted at Tanjuro.

- Sanyashiki, who also issued a mission to the pillars in the butterfly house to go to Flower Street, and has the right to refuse.

However, they have no reason to refuse.

……

Soon.

Yoshiyoshi Tomioka, Tanjuro, and Tengen Umi stood at the door of the butterfly house.

Tomioka Yoshiyoshi's face still has a red mark on the bandage, which is very conspicuous.

A few days ago, after crushing his hands and scattering ashes, he felt much more comfortable inside.

There was a feeling that [I finally passed the final selection].

When standing with the other pillars, I feel a lot less uncomfortable.

Then.

Yu Marrow Tianyuan only felt his forehead jump suddenly.

- Why did you go on a mission with Tomioka?

"Hey, you two."

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he carried two cutlass with gold on his back, looking at the two people beside him.

Creak...

A tic-tac-toe protruded from the corner of his forehead, and he stretched out his fingers sharply, pointing at the expressionless Tomioka Yoshiyu, and the frowning Tanjuro, and shouted:

"Can you not keep a straight face and look like you're crying!"

Syllable!

He slapped his hand on Tomioka's face, and then rubbed the other man's face, trying to correct his expression to a smile:

"Come on! Laugh! ”

Hear the words.

Tomioka turned his head sideways and gently broke free of Ummy's hand.

Then.

Creak...

He smiled at Yu Ji with a smile that was uglier than crying.

？

Yu Marrow Tianyuan blinked his eyes, he let go of his hand, immediately took two steps back decisively, and said mercilessly:

"It's so ugly, it's a little disgusting, don't laugh in the future."

！！！

Tomioka opened his mouth slightly, revealing a surprised expression.

was scolded so directly, except for Xiao Bane and Immortal River, this is the first time.

He was depressed and devastated.

Two people on their sides.

Tanjuro is waving with his family.

……

……

By the time a few people arrived at Yoshiwara Flower Street, it was already evening.

Yoshiwara Flower Street.

Although the sky is dark, the entire town is lit up, and the bustling lights gradually turn on as time passes.

The flower street, which is close to night, has begun to bloom with its own brilliance.

The pedestrians who stopped in front of the store were overwhelmed.

Tread, tread.

The trio's outfits changed into loose bathrobes.

But it does not affect the battle.

Tanjuro pinched his left arm, his hand still on it, and Wedgemaru was only covered by a wide bathrobe.

"Winding ghost... Do you hide in the flower street that only wakes up at night? ”

Yu Marrow Tianyuan's hair was scattered, and the makeup on his face was all removed, revealing that extremely handsome face, he was looking left and right, and said to himself:

"That's just right."

He had also suspected Flower Street before, but after some investigation, he couldn't find anything.

Just when he wanted his wife to sneak into Hanajie for an in-depth investigation, Tanjuro appeared.

Just when Uchidon Tengen was thinking about how to find out the information.

He noted.

Tanjuro beside him was looking straight in a certain direction.

"Michal." Tanjuro stood still in the crowded street, and he whispered:

"Use the world to perceive that direction."

(End of chapter)