At the moment when Banshi was about to push open the iron door and leave, all the negative emotions on his face mixed into a look of self-abasement.

"Wait! Don't go! I'll move! I'll move! I'll move them all!"

Kasaka's eyes, which were staring straight at Banshi's back, instantly fell to the ground, and then, his shoulders were seen shaking continuously, like a defeated rooster.

"You...the cases you mentioned...I...Kimura Suma and I...were all indirectly involved..."

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After learning that Kasaka had confessed, Qingto immediately rushed to the interrogation room where Kasaka was being held, accompanied by Tenshouin.

As soon as Fang arrived at his destination, he saw Huosaka being dragged out of the cage and slumped on the ground as if he had lost his soul.

In order to prevent Kasaka from recognizing him, Qingden kept his voice very low while covering his face with cloth.

"Hosaka Genzo, tell me."

Qingdeng didn't waste any time, he went straight to the point and got to the point.

"How did you and Kimura Suma indirectly participate in the 'Akabane family's extermination' and other cases?"

Huosaka's mood was visibly unstable, and he spoke incoherently:

"More than four months ago...that is, when Tachibana Aotomo officially took office as the new captain of the third division...Kimura suddenly came to me. He said that he had cooperated with a group that hated Tachibana Aotomo...he

We need to join forces with that group to deal with Tachibana Aoden..."

"Then...Kimura asked me if I wanted to join in, and work together to prevent Tachibana Aoden from being so proud..."

"I disliked Tachibana Aoden very much at the time...so I nodded and agreed without much thought..."

"Just, that's it...the group that claims to hate Tachibana Aoden very much...formed an 'alliance' with me and Kimura with the sole purpose of 'bringing Tachibana Aoden into disrepute'..."

"However, not long after the 'alliance' was formed, that group disappeared... They only occasionally sent people to contact Kimura and me, and they rarely mentioned the persecution of Tachibana Aoto..."

"One by one, until a while ago... on the day Tachibana Ao was imprisoned, they suddenly came to Kimura and me and asked Kimura and I to provide an indoor map of Kodenma Town Prison House."

"It is certainly not difficult for Kimura and I, as the reformed captains of the Huosuke Thieves, to obtain the indoor map of Kodenma Town Prison Yashiki."

"But I find it strange: What do they want with this kind of thing?"

"I didn't want to agree to them... but Kimura accepted the other party's request on his own initiative. He obtained the indoor map of Kodenma Town Prison House from the archives of the fire thieves and handed it to the other party."

"Then... that very night... there was a fire in the prison house in Kodenma Town..."

"Two days later, the gang came to Kimura and I again... This time, they asked us to provide the indoor map of Beibansuo."

"Anyone with a sound mind should be able to realize that these guys are definitely not kind...!"

"On the same day that Kimura and I asked for the indoor map of Kodenma Town Prison House, the Kodenma Town Prison House caught fire... How can such a coincidence happen in the world!"

"Now, regardless of whether we want the map of Beifansuo... God knows what they want to do next!"

"I really hate Tachibana Aoden, but I never thought about killing people and setting fires because of it! I admit that I am a bad man! But my character is far from bad enough to like to kill innocent people!"

"However... I never expected that Kimura would take matters into his own hands again! He handed over the indoor map of Beibansuo to the other party without any explanation."

"And then... on the night when Kimura presented the picture, Noboru Tachibana's saber that was kept in the Kitabansuo was stolen..."

"After that, those guys never came to see me or Kimura again..."

Although Huosaka's words were quite fragmented and it was difficult to listen to them, Aomori was able to understand the general ins and outs.

"I see... To put it simply: there is a mysterious group that seems to have a deep hatred for Tachibana Aoden and is leading all of this behind the scenes."

Huosaka nodded as if pounding garlic.

"Yes! That's right! That's it!"

Sure enough... I guessed it right, there is indeed an unknown force secretly chasing me. Qingdeng thought to himself.

"Do you know where the people of that mysterious group live?"

Kasaka shook his head vigorously.

"I have no idea……"

I think so... Qingdeng thought so and continued to ask:

"You just said that the mysterious group occasionally sends people to contact you and Kimura. In this case, you should have a common meeting place or a common middleman, right?"

"Indeed, there are indeed common meeting places..."

Speaking of this, Huosaka's voice stopped.

As if he was ashamed to speak, a look of embarrassment appeared on his cheeks at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Since there is a common meeting place, let me know!"

After being oppressed by Qingden's sharp eyes, Kasaka finally spoke again hesitantly:

"My, our usual meeting place... is Yoshiwara's Chikaya..."

"Yoshihara?" Qingden's brows suddenly jumped.

Tianzhangyuan, who had been silent since he accompanied Qingdeng into the interrogation room, suddenly opened his lips:

"...You guys are pretty good at choosing a location."

While saying this, Tianzhangyuan curled his lips and revealed a funny smile full of teasing.

The embarrassment on his face was extremely intense. Huosaka lowered his head silently and stared directly at the ground in front of his knees, not daring to see anyone.

Yoshiwara - Even a rural villager living in the mountains must know its name as "the No. 1 gold-selling cave in Edo" and "the No. 1 flower street in Japan"!

"Yoshiwara...?" Aonto asked, "Next...are you going to this place..."

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Today's chapter is a bit short... Hui Changbao apologizes! (Leopard's head cries.jpg).
Chapter completed!