Meanwhile.

At home in Grief Island.

"Ahh I'm sorry for you..."

Sadness Mingyu stood at the door, turning his head to say behind him with tears streaming down his face.

underneath.

Cha Cha Maru stared at the ankle of Sorrow Mingyu, hiding in the grass of the courtyard, listening to the conversation of several people.

"Don't worry, Teacher Beimingyu." Shadai nodded confidently, she raised the corners of her mouth and patted her chest:

"During the time you are on your mission, Senjuro and I will definitely be optimistic about this place!"

Hear the words.

"Eh, should I be with me too?" Chijuro's somewhat weak voice came from the side.

"Haha, it's okay!" Ignoring Chijuro's weak resistance, Sayo agreed.

She smiled and put her arms around Senjuro's neck, and her whole person was much more cheerful than before.

“… It's true... Thank you. ”

After Beimingyu nodded, he turned around step by step, carrying his own sun wheel hammer, and walked out of the door worriedly.

Looked at.

After waiting for a while.

Cha Cha Maru, who was lying in the grass, had a light in his eyes!

- The opportunity to escape is now!

Before, Beimingyu was very strict with it, resulting in no gap to slip out at all.

Meow!

Chachamaru stood up from the grass and shrugged his shoulders at the surprised look in Shadai's surprised eyes.

The resolute cat's head is aimed at the wall.

All fours!

Swish!

"Wait! Little Flower Cat! Shadai was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and shouted at the wall.

"Meow." Chachamaru climbed up the wall lightly, its golden pupils looking back at Sayo, and then shaking the bag behind it.

Lowered his head and sniffed carefully in mid-air.

Slightly sideways, along the top of the wall, ran out in a certain direction.

- The location of the butterfly house, and the smell of Tanjuro, it has been memorized.

Seeing Cha Cha Pill, he left without looking back.

“… Yes. Shadai stretched out his hand, his eyes froze, and his body gradually stiffened in place: "Ran away..."

Her gaze gradually became blank, the corners of her eyes slowly reddened, and she whispered:

“… How so... The promise I just made...

Chijurou stood beside her and patted her on the back comfortingly.

……

……

Butterfly House.

"Welcome back, Shinobu-sama!"

The hermits said to the dusty butterflies, and took the luggage from their hands with a smile.

"Lord Chanel, just give me something...", Yin smiled, and made a gesture to take the thing.

Then.

"Hmm." Chanel smiled and nodded.

Smack.

In the hidden arms, there was suddenly an extra bald head.

——？

He kept a smile on his face, hesitantly looking at Chanel with a polite smile as she handed a man to himself.

He lowered his head and glanced at the bald man with a numb face and tears in his eyes.

“… Mankind? ”

He remembered that this time Shinobi-sama went out to purchase medicines.

Hidden in deep thought.

……

Under the eaves.

Xingjulang, who was talking about something, saw the way Butterfly Shinobu pushed open the door, and his eyes lit up:

"Oh!"

The red flame-like ends of the hair poked out of the shadows of the eaves, swaying slightly in the sunlight:

"Miss Shinobu has returned!"

"In that case, then I should too—"

Purgatory Kyojuro stood up, his eyes staring ahead, his eyes moving slightly, his eyes moving slightly.

Smiling, he looked expectantly at Tanjuro beside him, and blinked his eyes vigorously.

"Hmm!" His eyes were full of [Let me join the mission!] ] meaning.

Tanjuro didn't answer Kyojuro for the first time, he looked at the letter again.

In the letter,

The last sentence was written by Yoshiyoshi Tomioka.

[According to the description of the team members, the ghost near the castle town is likely to be the second of the winding]

[There are no free columns around my station, please arrive as soon as possible]

[Urgent]

After reading the last word.

Tanjuro slowly put down the letter in his hand and looked into the courtyard.

In the courtyard.

The three of Butterfly, who had unloaded their luggage, talked for a while, and finally Butterfly Shinobu decided to let Aoi Kanzaki, who was not very experienced, interrogate the disciples.

Thereupon.

Under the tree.

The girl was a little cowardly, but still insisted, and her voice sounded:

"Say it all obediently, and you'll be fine."

"Hear me." Kanzaki Aoi squatted in front of the bald cultist, and she said with a determined gaze, "I'll start asking." ”

"How many followers are there in the Eternal Bliss Sect now?"

Aoi Kanzaki held a piece of paper in his hand:

"What's the name of your godfather?"

"What is the purpose of the sudden mass enrollment of believers?"

The skinhead sat slumped against the roots, his limbs still bound, his eyes downcast, his shriveled lips squirming, still silent.

This kind of soft interrogation has no effect.

On the roof terrace.

"Eternal Bliss Sect..."Tanjuro slowly withdrew his eyes, his brows furrowed slightly.

The wolf's ears are very good, and he can hear the whisper clearly from half the courtyard.

After eavesdropping for a moment, Tanjuro learns about the harvest of Butterfly Shinobi's outing.

——Grasped the clue of the current string, Tong Mo.

Thinking, he looked down at the letter in his hand.

On one side is the clue, and on the other side is the location of the discovery.

A moment later.

Tanjuro looked up.

At the same time, Xing Shoulang, who had been waiting patiently, finally couldn't hold it back, and he shouted bluntly:

"Mr. Kamato!"

Xing Shoulang's eyes were blazing, and his thick black eyebrows were raised:

"Let's go on a mission together!"

He has been honing his swordsmanship since last time, and his father has started teaching him again.

He was eager to validate the results of his efforts.

Hear the words.

"It's likely to be winding this time."

Tanjuro looked at Kyojuro's clenched fists and raised, and he reminded loudly: "The number of pillars is not enough. ”

"—that's better!" Kyojurou replied with a laugh.

He has been the eldest son since he was a child, and he has always been taught by his mother.

He is supposed to protect the people around him.

……

……

Soon.

"I'll go see how Aoi is."

Butterfly Shinobu smiled, she walked through the courtyard, and subconsciously glanced at where Tanjuro and Kyojuro were originally sitting.

The figures of the two had disappeared, but there was an extra note on the floor.

With doubts, Butterfly Shinobu walked over lightly.

Picking it up, her eyes swept over, and she unconsciously whispered:

“… Don't go it alone? ”

Butterfly was stunned for a moment.

Then.

In front of the courtyard.

Swish!

"Woo woo wow wow wow!!"

Kanzaki Aoi's frightened screams suddenly came, and Butterfly Shinobu hurriedly looked up.

"Why is there a wild boar in the yard!?"

"Wow!" Kanzaki Aoi looked at the bushes in front of her in horror and retreated in fright.

Front.

Inosuke slammed out of the bushes, and he stood in front of Kanzaki Aoi angrily, white steam spewing from the pig's nose.

He raised his hand suddenly, and pointed at Kanzaki Aoi as hard as he hated that iron could not become steel:

"You idiot!!"

The wild boar's head bulged with a few "wells", and his muscles tensed.

Fang Cai, Inosuke, who had been squatting in the bushes, listened to Aoi Kanzaki's interrogation from beginning to end.

Someone who had never seen such an ink blot immediately made him angry and anxious.

"Eh——?!" Kanzaki Aoi was frightened, and when she heard the wild boar speak, her face turned even paler.

Her pale lips trembled up and down, she covered her mouth slightly in disbelief, and her eyes gradually became dull:

“… Boar, speak..."

muttered to himself.

Then.

Syllable!

Inosuke put his two fingers together and slammed them on the bald man's face, but his eyes were fixed on Aoi Kanzaki:

"Look!"

Syllable! Syllable!

He poked his fingers back and forth hard, clenched his other fist angrily, and angrily reprimanded Kanzaki Aoi:

"If you want someone to answer, you should do this!!"

said.

Syllable!

Inosuke grabbed the skinhead by the collar, his muscles bulging, and he jerked the other man off the ground with one hand.

The boar's head suddenly approached, and the pig's nose was pressed against the frightened face of the bald man:

"Bastard! Tell me everything you know! ”

His tone suddenly lowered: "Otherwise, I will kill you!" ”

"Ahem... Ho! The skinhead hung in the air, his face pale, and he looked at Inosuke in horror as he picked up his own.

His legs trembled, and he couldn't speak.

Seeing this, Kanzaki Aoi hurriedly stretched out his hand and wanted to step forward in a panic to push Inosuke away.

Swish!

Inosuke stretched out his hand sharply and stopped Kanzaki Aoi.

Creak...

He took the bald man's hand and gradually exerted force, faintly turning into a choke around the other's neck.

Syllable! Syllable!

The bald cultist's eyes rolled, his eyes were terrified, his hand unconsciously slapped Inosuke, and he struggled to quickly squeeze out the voice from the bottom of his throat:

“… Child... Tong Mo! ”

“… The name of the godfather... Tong Mo! ”

Hear the words.

Bang!

As soon as Inosuke let go, the bald cultist, who had collapsed from lack of oxygen, suddenly fell to the ground and collapsed weakly.

Leaning on the roots of the tree, he tried to hold his neck with his tied hands, and breathed heavily.

He looked at Inosuke in fear.

This guy can really kill himself.

Front.

"Hmph, whatever." Inosuke crossed his arms and looked at Aoi Kanzaki, who leaned over to care for the disciples, and the pig's nose was cocked:

"Got it, idiot."

At the same time, Inosuke thought proudly in his heart:

- If you meet that long-haired and smelly guy again, you won't be left behind!

- Hahaha!

"You!" Kanzaki Aoi checked the situation of the disciples and looked at Inosuke in surprise.

After calming down, Kanzaki Aoi also discovered that Inosuke was just a man wearing a boar's head.

It's just—

Her eyes were puzzled.

How could there be such an unqualified person in the butterfly house.

When Kanzaki Aoi looked at Inosuke again.

The other party was already humming, naked, and walked away.

“… Strange guys. ”

However, thanks to Inosuke's big trouble.

Kanzaki Aoi asked the questions later, and the skinheads answered them one by one in great detail.

……

Soon.

Kanzaki Aoi's paper was already full of dense information about the Eternal Bliss Sect.

“… Next, it's Shinobi's sister's question. ”

Kanzaki Aoi sat in front of the skinhead, she flipped through the paper in her hand, her eyes swept over the words on it, and read aloud:

"Is your ancestor's hair white oak, and the top of his head is like blood spilled?"

"Always smile carefree and speak calmly and softly."

“… The weapon is, a sharp copper fan. ”

The skinhead nodded weakly.

Then.

A voice much sharper than Aoi Kanzaki came from behind him:

"What's the number in that guy's eyes."

I don't know when, Butterfly Shinobu was already standing behind Aoi Kanzaki, listening to all the interrogations with a gloomy face.

Hearing this, the skinhead struggled to raise his heavy eyelids and trembled his lips slightly:

“… One. ”

Hoarseness:

“… First quarter. ”

Butterfly Shinobu looked up slowly.

The hand hidden under the wide sleeve of the butterfly feather was already shaking with force.

……

……

A day later.

Evening.

The sun gradually sets to the west.

Castle town.

Trample!

The dark shadow swept across the area of faint sunlight, and he slammed on the ground, running as fast as he could.

Behind.

The figure of the two halves of the feather weave ran fast.

Click.

The blue blade was horizontal at his side.

【Three-of-a-type】

【Flowing Dance】

Swish!

Ukiyo-e-like waves roll up from the blade and rush forward.

"Whew!" The corners of Tomioka's mouth overflowed with white steam, and he dragged the sword light, using swordsmanship and breathing to speed up.

From the moment he found this ghost during the day, he began to pursue it without stopping.

But - the other party's speed is too fast, and he can't catch up.

Why run.

Yoshiyoshi Tomioka was confused.

In the deep pool-like eyes, the appearance of the evil ghost in front of him was reflected.

An open-chested shirt, a battle-friendly hakama, Buddhist beads on the ankles, and striped tattoos all over the body.

- Same as the ghost in the photo.

Ahead.

“… Damn it! Running through gritted teeth, he looked sideways at Tomioka Yoshiyu, who was chasing after him.

Lord Wu Miao ordered that he should not be allowed to participate in the battle.

Yes, he thinks that the reason why he couldn't swing his fist the night before was because Lord Wu Miao was stopping him.

This made the Uzuza who was originally a battle maniac feel extremely irritable.

The guy behind him is very strong, and the wolf can sense that the fighting spirit on the other party's body has overflowed!

But! Can't fight!

All kinds of boredom.

He turned his head and shouted behind him:

"I'm not afraid of you! I didn't run away! ”

For him, who longed to fight with dignity, running away was a shame, something that only the weak would do.

Hear the words.

Tomioka was stunned for a moment.

In the ventilation room, he asked calmly:

"Then why did you run away?"

"Huh?!" Yi Woza suddenly stared at him angrily: "I didn't! ”

As he spoke, he jumped on several rooftops, and in an instant he threw away some distance.

Tomioka fell silent as he watched as he never stopped.

Suddenly.

Bang!

In front of the Nest, a flash of red flame light jumped up to the roof and turned into a straight line!

Coming quickly!

【Breath of Fire: Wood Type】

Swish!

"Yanhu!!" Purgatory Kyojurou stabbed from the front of the Nest Seat, and the blade in his hand was raised high in advance to slash!

Another one!

The eyes of the Zodiac widened, and the fighting spirit on Xingjuro's body was like a flame.

Still can't fight!

"I'm annoyed!" He slammed his foot on the ground, twisted his body, and immediately dodged the attack, and sprinted out in the direction of the two at a right angle!

Whoosh——!

No longer hesitating to fight, the Zodiac cut off his thoughts and sprinted out with all his might at a speed beyond the reach of humans!

Then.

Smack.

Directly in front of the sprint road.

Tanjuro lowered the blade of the wedge and slowly stood on the ridge of the roof, his dark red eyes looking straight at the rushing Tsukiwoza.

Bang!

He slammed on the roof, and the smoke and dust rose and the rubble flew up.

(End of chapter)