"When your momentum gradually declines because the defense line has been unable to be attacked for a long time, I personally went on the scene, launched a thunderous attack, attacked our formation, took off the head of Yamada, and defeated your morale in one breath."

"When Suehiro arrived with reinforcements, he defeated Suehiro again, leaving you completely helpless."

"You...didn't lose this battle unjustly."

Hearing Rakshasa's praise of Qingden, who had caused such great losses to their Yi group, Kamino felt extremely uncomfortable.

But he didn't dare to have an attack, so he could only suppress the frustration in his heart silently.

At this time, Rakshasa, who sat up a little straighter, suddenly asked Kamino:

"Kamino-kun, now that you have determined who caused your anti-barbarian group to suffer such huge losses, what are you going to do with Tachibana Aoden in the future?"

"What's the point?!" Hearing this new question raised by Rakshasa, Kamino gritted his teeth without thinking, "Of course I can't just give up!"

Due to his extreme indignation, Kamino's voice unconsciously became a little higher.

"I must let that damned national traitor die...well...!"

Shenye's roar suddenly stopped.

The words that were yet to be shouted turned into shocked exclamations.

He lowered his head mechanically and looked at his throat.

A bit of cold light stopped in front of his throat.

The Rakshasa held a red-handled sword in his hand and pointed the tip of the knife at Kamino's throat.

The tip of the knife was only about half a finger away from Kamino's throat.

Rakshasa only needs to push the knife forward slightly to take Kamino's life.

"Kamino-kun."

At this moment, Rakshasa's face no longer had that faint smile.

He half-closed his eyes and cast an indifferent look at Kamino with an expressionless expression.

"Please don't yell."

"You also know that I hate making noise the most."

"It makes me very upset if you make such a noise."

"Calm down."

Kamino, who had been so aggressive just now, suddenly became sluggish, his face turned pale, and even his originally straight waist was bent a bit.

"Yes, I'm sorry..."

Looking at Kamino who apologized to him, Rakshasa's expression returned to the one that had always been wearing a slight smile.

"Be more careful in the future." Rakshasa grabbed the scabbard on his left side with his left hand, put the tip of the knife back to the sheath, and put the knife back into the sheath, "Don't make any noise in front of me again."

After Rakshasa retracted his sword, Kamino suddenly realized that his back was wet with his cold sweat...

When... did he draw the sword?

Kamino didn't see at all when Rakshasa had just pulled out the red-handled sword that had been placed on his left side.

He didn't even hear the sound of the sword being drawn...

"I was originally worried that Kamino-kun, you might not be able to recover because of such a big defeat."

"Now it seems that I was worrying too much."

Rakshasa smiled and put the red-handled sword back to his left side.

"Since you are still full of energy, Kamino-kun, then you should work harder."

"I'm looking forward to it."

The smile on Rakshasa's face grew thicker, and his eyes narrowed in laughter.

"I'm looking forward to seeing how far you and your anti-barbarian team can take your 'great cause of repelling the barbarians'."

"If you encounter anything that needs help, you can feel free to come to our Legal Punishment Party."

"We will be happy to provide you with any help we can."

Kamino: "Yes..."

Just as Rakshasa said before: He summoned Jin Ye over just to confirm the current status of Jin Ye after his sudden defeat.

Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no reason for Kamino to stay here any longer.

After Rakshasa briefly chatted with Kamino for a few more words, he waved his hand to him, indicating that he could leave.

Kamino stood up respectfully and bowed to Rakshasa and Qingshuiei, and then "escaped" from the room as fast as running away.

After Kamino left, Rakshasa turned his head and smiled at Shimizu Eiichi behind him: "Eiichi, Tachibana Takayuki's son... seems to have really become a tiger."

Hearing the name "Tachibana Takayuki", Eiichi Shimizu's face showed a bit of gloom: "Lord Rakshasa, to be honest - I find it incredible."

"That Ju Qingden's various behaviors before, no matter how you look at it, he is just a common man."

"But recently, he seems to have suddenly changed. He first solved the murder case in less than an hour."

"Now they have shown extraordinary commanding ability and personal force, leading a handful of 2 to 30 people to defeat enemies several times their size."

"Hahahaha, I think it's incredible too. But this kind of 'someone suddenly becomes extremely powerful' is not an impossible thing to happen."

"Three hundred years ago, Oda Nobunaga, who almost established the 'Oda Shogunate', was also known as 'Owari' before he ascended to the position of governor and showed his formidable military and diplomatic talents.

What a big fool."

After saying that, Rakshasa grabbed the red-handled sword, put it on his waist, and stood up slowly.

"...Eiichi, I have a small mission for you."

"Lord Rakshasa." Qingshui Eiichi quickly lowered his body, clenched his hands into fists, and propped himself on the tatami, "Please speak."

"I'll give you two days to spread the story of 'How Kitaban Sadacho returned to Doshin Tachibana Aoden with less to defeat more than 200 anti-barbarian thugs' throughout the streets and alleys of Edo."

"Lord Rakshasa?" Qingshui Rong was stunned, "What are you doing?"

"If I remember correctly, that Tachibana Qingden is only 18 years old this year. If you are already famous all over the world at a young age, it is easy for some... people at his age to appear, whether it is yourself or the outside world.

It’s often difficult for people to deal with trouble.”

"I want to test it. Test whether this Ju Qingden can still be neither arrogant nor impetuous after becoming famous overnight, or whether it has become vain."

"Lord Rakshasa, do you... intend to recruit Ju Qingden under your command?"

"There's no reason not to recruit such outstanding talents, right?" Rakshasa said in a joking tone, "Now, our Law and Punishment Party is in short supply... Ah, it should be said that we have always been in short supply.

people."

"If that Tachibana Aoden is really a talent worth looking forward to, then it is necessary to try to recruit him."

"Asking you to spread the news... This kind of task shouldn't be difficult for you, Eiichi, right?"

The corners of Shimizu Rong's lips curled up: "It's a piece of cake. Rakshasa-sama, you will find that no matter where you go in Edo, you will hear people discussing that Tachibana Aoden by the night after tomorrow at the latest."

After finishing speaking, Qing Shuirong paused.

"By the way, Lord Rakshasa, since you intend to recruit Tachibana Aoden, do you want Kamino to stop harassing Tachibana Aoden?"

"It seems that Kamino intends to take severe revenge on Tachibana Aoden."

"No need." Rakshasa said without hesitation, "If Tachibana Aoden can't even withstand the retaliation of someone of Kamino-kun's level, then it means that his strength and luck are just like that, and it's not worth recruiting him at all.

Already."

"Don't worry about Kamino-kun, he can do whatever he wants to Tachibana Aoden."

"Okay." Qing Shuirong nodded, "I understand."

"Also, Eiichi. Starting tomorrow, I will leave Edo temporarily and go to the Mito Domain to stay for a while. While I am away from Edo, I would like you to help take care of our Hoshi Party's headquarters in Edo.

The operations of each stronghold have begun."

"Going to Mito Domain?" Shimizu Ei frowned, "Why is it so sudden?"

"Mito Domain seems to be making some big moves in the near future." Rakshasa grinned, "We have received definite information: a group of Mito Domain warriors are going to sneak into Edo and try to assassinate Ii.

Straightforward."

Shimizu Eiichi's eyes suddenly widened.

Then I subconsciously wanted to scream.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately seemed to have thought of something and quickly covered his mouth to prevent himself from screaming too loudly.

After taking several deep breaths and calming down a little, Eiichi Shimizu asked in a low voice with an unbelievable expression:

"Assassination of Ii Naomi...? Are those Mito feudal lords serious?"

"It seems serious." Rakshasa put his hands behind his back, "I was quite surprised when I first learned about this information..."

"Mr. Orochi is also very concerned about this matter. He personally sent me a letter and asked me to personally go to Mito Domain to collect further relevant information."

"I don't know exactly when I have to wait until I can return to Edo."
To be continued...