At first glance, he looks like just an ordinary old man.

It wasn't until this moment that Qingto intuitively felt: No matter how powerful Kiryu's boss is, he is still an old man...

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Boss Kiryu has been watching Qingto's changes in his eyes and emotions.

"Tachibana-kun, why do you have such an expression of disbelief?"

He smiled slightly and continued:

"Look at my wrinkles, and then look at my gray hair."

"I'm already at this age. You can't expect an old man like me to torment his body like a young man."

"Sigh... Although 'birth, old age, sickness and death' are the fate of human beings, my body has really aged quite thoroughly..."

"It only lasted two times, and I was so tired that I was out of breath."

"This...can't be done..."

When he said the words "It can't be done...", Boss Kiryu's eyes flashed with...unspeakable complex emotions.

This look in his eyes was fleeting.

Soon, he put on his smile again:

"Ju-kun, your growth rate always surprises me."

"I didn't expect that even if I enter the 'selfless realm' now, I won't be able to capture you."

"Even if I use 'Streaming Light', it can only be a draw."

"It won't take long before you can surpass me in all aspects."

As soon as Boss Kiryu finished speaking, Aomori immediately said:

"Boss Kiryu, you can't say that."

"You haven't used the 'Secret Truth' yet, have you?"

"In this case, it is still unclear who will win."

"Honestly, I can't guarantee that I will definitely be able to take over the 'mysterious meaning' you displayed in the 'selfless realm'."

The "mystery" in Qingdeng's mouth is exactly Liu Guang's final move - the moment!

Boss Kiryu smiled and said nothing about Aonto's assertion, neither agreeing nor rejecting it.

"Speaking of 'Secret Truth'... How about it, Tachibana-kun? Have you mastered 'Settlement' now?"

As soon as this question came out, Qingdeng's facial expression was immediately dominated by strong embarrassment and embarrassment.

"Unfortunately... not yet. After accelerating to the highest speed, it is extremely difficult for my body to stop steadily at the precise moment."

"That's it... That's really a pity. If you can't practice 'Snap', it will be very difficult to win against some powerful enemies in the future..."

Qingdeng raised his eyebrows and thought to himself:

——Huh? Is it my imagination?

He always felt that Boss Kiryu seemed to have something in his words just now.

Although he was confused, Qingdeng did not take it to heart.

"Ah, that's right. Boss Kiryu, suddenly came all the way to Kyoto. What do you want? Are you here to visit A ​​Wu?"

It would have been better if Qingdeng didn't ask, but once he asked - the atmosphere suddenly changed...

He saw with his own eyes that Boss Kiryu's body suddenly stiffened.

Immediately afterwards, he vaguely saw streams of translucent things called "resentments" floating out from the other party's body.

"…discovered."

"Hmm? What was discovered?"

"Your 'grand ideal' was discovered by my lord."

"……What?"

"Your grand ideal of 'marrying three real wives' was discovered by my lord."

Boss Kiryu said in more detail.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

The silence between the two was deafening.

About 10 seconds later, Boss Kiryu said again:

"Because I hid it for you, I was scolded by my lord... I was really miserable that day."

Qingdeng lowered his head consciously.

He looked like a child who had done something wrong and was waiting to be punished. His face was covered with cold sweat, and he sometimes looked away and sometimes scratched his hair.

His head was spinning rapidly, and he was racking his brains to think of the right words.

In the end, the only words he could think of were -

"Um...how do I put it...I'm very sorry!"

Fold your body like a folding chair to achieve the effect of "strengthening your apology" - this is a traditional Japanese skill.

Qingdeng never thought that he would one day use this move...

Boss Kiryu put down the hand that was squeezing his waist and sat up straight with an expressionless expression.

"Honestly...if it weren't for the fact that I'm too tired to lift the knife now, otherwise I...forget it, let's not talk about it."

The cold sweat is flowing more and more...

The hot sweat I shed when I fought with Boss Kiryu just now is not as much as the cold sweat oozing out now...

He finally understood why he felt a looming murderous aura when he saw Boss Kiryu at the gate of the camp just now.

"My lord asked me to bring you a message - come to Osaka to see her within a month."

"Although it's nonsense, I still want to warn you: the reason why the Lord asked to see you must be to talk to you in depth about your 'grand ideal'."

"So...be mentally prepared."

"The only thing I can do to help you now is to tell you: My lord doesn't mind if my future husband has many side wives."

"It's just that... the behavior of 'creating a bunch of main wives' and 'falling in love with three girls including the young master at the same time' made her quite... confused."

Kiryu hesitated for a while, then hesitantly said "confused".

He probably didn't want to use too strong words to avoid scaring Qingdeng.

After Qingdeng heard this, he put his hand on his forehead.

Shock, astonishment, fear...all kinds of emotions were beautifully mixed on his face.

"Should we go to Osaka to meet her... That's fine, it's just what I want! I just want to see her too!"

Aoshito's words made Boss Kiryu look surprised.

"Oh? Mr. Ju, you want to see the lord? Why?"

Qingdeng smiled bitterly:

"Boss Kiryu, to be honest, my Qinjin clan is short of money right now. It's very short of money..."

He briefly and comprehensively explained the current difficulties faced by Qinjin Fan.

Building new cities, cultivating new fields, repairing water conservancy, building factories... none of these projects can be carried out.

In the final analysis, there is only one reason: no money!

As long as you have money, everything is easy.

The Shinseng Chamber of Commerce really cannot allocate large sums of funds to support the construction of the Qinjin clan while supplying the Shinsengumi.

If you only rely on "saving money" to raise funds, you really don't know how to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse.

Besides money, what Qingdeng lacks most now is time!

Under the order of Tokugawa Iemo, the shogunate is currently actively preparing for war, preparing to take advantage of this rare window of "Choshu becoming a traitor" to launch a large-scale western expedition to eliminate this restless hidden danger in one fell swoop.

Changzhou, knowing that a disaster was coming, was also working hard to prepare for the war.

The war in Gyeonggi Province is over...but a larger-scale war is brewing!

After 250 years since the Sekigahara War, a decisive battle of astonishing scale will break out again in East and West Japan!

At a time when the situation is changing, there is no international time for Qingdeng to develop slowly.
To be continued...