Nagakura, who was standing next to Harada, grinned and echoed:

"Me too, I can't wait any longer."

Nagakura made it very clear during today's lunch that the reason why he joined Qingneng was because he was interested in the high salary offered by Qingneng and wanted to save enough as soon as possible for him to continue to travel around and hone his skills.

Physical and mental travel expenses and living expenses.

Therefore, for Nagakura, who is currently practicing as a warrior, he most favors tasks that can make his swordsmanship shine and hone his skills well.

Tonight's mission, which involved a tit-for-tat confrontation with the radical expulsion faction, suited Nagakura's taste.

Saito has the same aloof look as always: "Ah, even if the world is going to be destroyed, why don't you do this to me?"

Saito, who is Aoto's bodyguard, was allowed to accompany Aoto in tonight's operation.

Compared with Nagakura, Saito, and Harada, Todo's current reaction is more normal - his face is pale and his lips are constantly pursed, and it can be seen that he is quite nervous now.

"Nagakura, Harada, please be patient." Qingto said helplessly, "It is still unknown whether we will encounter the anti-barbarian group tonight."

"Harada, put down your spear. There are many people here, so don't swing it around."

"Ah, yes, I almost forgot. This is for you."

After saying that, Qingdeng took out three ten-hand hands from his lower back.

"Nagakura, Harada, Todo, each of you has one of these three jutou. Take it, don't lose it."

"Oh!" Harada looked curious and took the juju handed from Aishou, "Is this the juju that every Okabiki will have? It's a pity that I don't know how to use juju..."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know how to use the Juju." Qingden said calmly, "After all, the main function of the Juju is just to prove your identity."

"If your ten hands are damaged or lost, remember to report it to me as soon as possible."

Each Okabiki can receive a ten-handed sword issued by the government as a symbol of status.

As long as you wear this juju used for official duties on your waist, others will know that you are a certain Okahiki of the same mind.

After Harada looked at his new weapon with great interest, he suddenly discovered that their Juju were slightly different from Aito's Juju.

The ten hands that Qingden was wearing on his right waist had a red tassel tied at the bottom of the handle.

The ten hands of Harada and Nagakura were all bare without any decoration.

"Mr. Tachibana, why don't we have red tassels tied at the bottom of the handle of our juju?" Harada asked.

"In order to easily distinguish Tongxin and Okabiki, only the bottom of Tongxin's ten-handle will have red tassels tied on it," Qingto replied, "Don't think it's fun and tie red tassels on the bottom of your own ten-handle. If you do this, there will be consequences.

The suspicion of 'pretending to be a co-worker' is a serious matter."

"Oh, that's it..." Harada nodded, and then, along with Nagakura and Toudo beside him, they imitated Aoto's method of wearing the juju, and put their respective juju on their right waists in the same way.

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After distributing the Ten Hands to his new subordinates and making them calm down, Qingden turned his eyes and scanned the surroundings.

The two seniors, Inoya and Ushiyama, are not far away from him now.

At this time, both of them were speaking seriously to the Okahiki under their command.

Arima is nowhere to be found. I wonder where Arima has gone now.

Officials from the "Three Chapters" of the Southern and Northern Divisions gathered together to jointly carry out a certain mission... Such a grand occasion could not be seen for a long time.

In Ayoto's impression, the last time Minami and Kitabansho worked together on a certain task... his father Takayuki Takayuki was still alive.

At this moment, in this large room where all the "Three Chapters" combat forces of the Southern and Northern Divisions were gathered, there was an unpleasant smell of sweat and a solemn atmosphere filling the air.

Not everyone has the fighting spirit to "swear to fight a bloody battle with the rebel group and look forward to death".

The anti-barbarian group is well-known as a huge terrorist organization that dares to gather more than 200 people to attack and kill foreign businessmen.

There are many people, they are organized, and they dare to fight and kill.

In terms of risk level, the "anti-barbarian patriots" who pursue the kind of fake power that we usually deal with and only dare to do despicable things such as robbing businesses and raping women of the people cannot be compared with the anti-barbarian group...

Extraordinary terrorists or rabble-rousers who only dare to rob homes and homes - one can imagine which one puts more psychological pressure on people.

In a confrontation with the anti-barbarian group... it is really possible that there will be serious casualties.

Qingdeng could clearly see that many people... including some Tongxin, now looked frightened and worried.

He guessed: Many people should be praying secretly now... praying that Edo will be calm tonight, at least that he can spend the night safely.

"Tachibana-kun!"

At this time, Qingdeng suddenly heard a horse calling him.

"Sir Arima." Qingden turned his head and greeted Arima who suddenly appeared and walked quickly towards him.

I saw that Arima was now fully armed and equipped with powerful equipment - wearing a formation hat on his head, a chain mail on his upper body and a breastplate, and a wild hakama around his lower body.

Only officers with the highest level of power can wear breastplates. Aintō and others can only wear chainmails with Okabiki.

Japan's most significant political culture: the hierarchy is extremely strict and is integrated into every aspect of the country's citizens' daily life.

Arima quickly walked up to Qingto: "Tachibana-kun, how are you preparing?"

Qingto smiled and raised his hand, patting the chainmail that was hidden inside the kimono: "Everything that should be worn, everything that should be worn, has been put on."

"Yeah. That's good." Arima nodded, then looked at Saito and others standing behind Qingto.

He probably wanted to check the current status of Qingdeng's new subordinates.

Nagakura, Saito, and Harada all seemed to be in pretty good condition, either smiling or looking calm, so Arima only glanced at them and looked away.

Arima's gaze only stopped at Toudo, who was still pale and nervous.

"...Young man, relax." Arima patted Toudo on the shoulder and sighed softly, "Don't be so nervous."

"It is still unknown whether we will run into someone from the anti-barbarian group tonight and start a fight with them."

Todo nodded his head with a slightly stiff movement and forced out a slightly ugly smile: "Thank you...I'm much better now than before..."

This afternoon, Aoto led his new subordinates to meet Arima, Inodani and the others.

Seeing that Qingteng finally had his own team, Arima, Inodani and the others were surprised, but they were also sincerely happy for their junior. They lamented that Qingtou was able to take charge of his own work, and that there was more and more people who were of the same mind as him.

It looks like some.

Arima patted Toudo on the shoulder a few more times, and then told Aonto, "Be prepared, Lord Mori, they are coming soon," and then left to check the current situation of Inodani and Ushiyama not far away.

While watching Arima leave, Ayoto smiled bitterly and whispered to Nagakura and the others:

"I don't know whether I should say you are too lucky or too unlucky... On the first day you became Okabiki, you encountered such a large-scale operation that you may not encounter once in a whole year..."

Having said this, Qingdeng paused for a moment, then cleared his throat and changed into a more solemn tone.

"But it doesn't matter. Since you have chosen to join me and be my guide, sooner or later you will encounter a day when you need to go to war with some vicious gangster or criminal group."

"Anyway - you all should cheer up tonight."

"If Okabiki can make great achievements, he can also get a lot of rewards. Whether you can get rewards and how much rewards you can get all depends on your ability."

Harada whistled, then stretched his arms, legs and waist with exaggerated movements: "Haha, Mr. Tachibana, after hearing what you say, I feel more motivated!"

Time passed again.

Finally - the door of the room not far away was suddenly opened.

Susui and Minami Bansho's town minister Atsukawa appeared at the opened door, surrounded by their respective attendants.

Seeing that the two ministers had arrived, everyone in the room quickly stopped chatting and discussing, and lined up in a row.

The unified station of the south station should be on the west side of the room, and the unified station of the northern station should be on the east side of the room.

Hakui and Atsukawa stood in front of the crowd, and after greeting a few words with serious faces, they launched a brief "mobilization speech."

What he said was nothing more than those cliche words, "I'll leave it to you tonight," "I wish you all good luck in martial arts," Abba, Abba, Abba...

After the "mobilization speech" was over, Susui and Atsukawa began to see everyone off according to the agreed convention.

They called on the attendants to bring bonito flakes and other food as well as several jugs of wine, and then personally handed these foods to the people and forces of Nan and Beifansuo.

Seeing Arima and the others enjoying their meal, Harada swallowed hard.

"Mr. Tachibana," Harada asked quietly, "What foods can't we eat?"

Qingdeng nodded: "Only Yuli can eat these farewell foods."

"...This farewell is too strange." Harada swallowed again, "You should at least give me a bowl of wine..."

Qingteng actually didn't quite understand the strange farewell rules of the observance school. Only those with good intentions could enjoy the food and drinks. He also felt that he should at least give them a farewell drink for those with the same heart and Okahiki.

This should be the weird culture spawned by an overly strict social hierarchy.

While waiting quietly for Arima and others to finish the farewell meal that had been delivered by the emperor, Aomori couldn't help but sigh.

Thinking back to the night when he traveled to this era more than 2 months ago, when he was preparing to attack that "humane and righteous people", Qingdeng was still a completely polished commander, with not a single subordinate under his command.

And now, he also has his own team. Although his team is still very small, no matter how you put it, getting rid of the title of "Based Commander" is always a matter worth celebrating.

You and Li all ate very quickly, and they ate all the farewell food in one go.

After Bosui waved his hand and glanced at Atsukawa beside him, they both said in unison: "I wish you a triumphant victory!"
To be continued...