"Don't worry about me."

"Just practice what you do."

Now that Saito has said so, Qingto no longer pays much attention to him.

Withdraw your attention from Saito and start today's "morning exercise" wholeheartedly.

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The next day——

The seventh year of Anzheng (1860), January 17th——

Saito, who has been officially employed as Aoto's personal bodyguard since yesterday, naturally goes to "work" with Aoto.

But after all, he was not an official serving in the execution office and could not enter and exit the execution station freely. Therefore, after accompanying Qingden to the Beifan Institute, he stood alone under a certain brick wall opposite the Beifan Institute.

Waiting quietly outside Beifansuo.

Ayoto did not encounter Inodani or Ushiyama on the way to Arima's office this time.

He came to Arima alone. After reporting to Arima, Qingteng heard Arima say to him seriously:

"Ju-kun, you came quite early today."

"But this is fine."

"You have a new mission, Tachibana-kun."

"You go home right away and get ready."

"Something happened to Fujisawa Juku on Tokaido."

"You have to go on a business trip to Fujisawa-san's place."

"Fujisawa-san...?" Qingto's eyebrows twitched slightly.

——Isn't this... the place where Kinoshita Mai is going to meet her friend...

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