Kamiyama's first mission after returning to Kyoto was to find the master and disciple, Kazuyo and Wazhi.

This task was sent to Kamiyama by Matsudaira Sadanobu.

The only piece of information the shogunate had about this pair of masters and apprentices was that they had Kyoto accents and were most likely natives of Kyoto.

Since he is most likely a native of Kyoto, it would be most appropriate to leave it to Kamiyama, who is the head of the Kyoto town, to handle the matter.

Kamiyama was also very conscientious. After returning to Kyoto, he diligently launched a comprehensive search in Kyoto to find the master and apprentice named Kazuyo and Kazuo.

After half a month of searching, the result was - nothing was found.

There are no doctors named Kazuo and Kazuo in Kyoto.

Since there are no two doctors, the only two possibilities are:

The master and apprentice did not live in Kyoto at all, or they used pseudonyms. Kazuyo and Kazuo were not their real names at all.

These two people might not even be masters and disciples.

Apart from the names of Kazuyo and Kazuo, and their Kyoto accents, the shogunate had no other clues about the master and apprentice pair.

The name - the only clue was cut off, and Kamiyama had no choice but to report the result to Sadanobu Matsudaira who was far away in Edo.

Matsudaira Sadanobu seemed to have expected such a thing to happen, and did not criticize Kamiyama in any way. He only replied with a letter saying "Thank you for your hard work" and informed Kamiyama that there was no need to search for these two people in Kyoto.

Well, for these two people, he will find another way after Matsudaira Sadanobu.

After the search for the pair of masters and apprentices was completed, Kamiyama's life finally returned to the normal track, and he lived a life of managing various matters in Kyoto, large and small.

After briefly chatting with Hasegawa for a while, the two of them slowly ended their greetings and got down to business, as if they had agreed in advance.

"Hasegawa."

Kamiyama sat cross-legged in front of Hasegawa casually, while Hasegawa's subordinates, headed by Imai, knelt respectfully beside the two of them.

"You should have visited the crime scene, right? What was the result?"

"The results are quite fruitful." Hasegawa said solemnly, "Although it has been some time since the case occurred, we still found a lot of interesting things at the scene."

After saying that, Hasegawa took out a neatly folded handkerchief from his arms and handed it to the sacred mountain.

"This is?"

"It's something I found at the crime scene." Hasegawa said solemnly, "Open it and take a look for yourself."

Kamiyama followed Hasegawa's instructions and slowly opened the handkerchief.

After fully unfolding the handkerchief, some black powder came into view.

Move the black powder under your nose and smell it gently. An unpleasant smell immediately penetrates the nostrils of the mountain.

"This is...gunpowder...!" Shenshan said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Hasegawa nodded, "At the crime scene, we found a lot of gunpowder powder. The fire outside Luoyang was probably caused by the explosion of gunpowder."

The reason why Hasegawa led his men all the way from Edo to Kyoto was because a strange thing happened in Kyoto in mid-May.

A loud noise suddenly came from an empty room outside Luo.

Following the loud noise, flames emerged from the empty room and swept around in an instant.

Fortunately - it was a windless day, and it had just rained, so the weather was humid. With the joint efforts of Kyoto's fire department, the fire was successfully controlled before the disaster expanded.

Because buildings in this era were basically made of wood and paper, once a fire got out of control, it would basically be a natural disaster.

The Tenmei fire that burned down more than 80% of the buildings in Kyoto two years ago is the best example.

Because the occurrence of this small fire in Kyoto is really strange.

The loud noise before the fire made Shenshan very concerned, and made Shenshan suspect that the fire might be man-made.

Therefore, Kamiyama asked the Edo shogunate for help and asked the shogunate to dispatch experts in arson cases - official officials of the Huofu Thieves Kai to come to Kyoto to investigate the case.

Hasegawa, who happened to have nothing to do at that time, readily accepted the order and led his subordinates headed by Imai to Kyoto to investigate the case.

This is the reason why Hasegawa and his men appeared in Kyoto.

Early this morning, after leaving Granny Ku's hotel and saying goodbye to Ogata, Hasegawa rushed directly to the crime scene outside Luowai to collect clues.

With a sullen face, he handed the gunpowder powder Hasegawa found from the crime scene back to Hasegawa. Suddenly, anxious footsteps and anxious shouts came from outside the room:

"Kamiyama-sama! Another murder has occurred! Just now, another person was killed in the Gion District! The victim was a disciple of the Metaphysics Hall—Inano Saburo! A sword was hit in the neck and he was killed with one blow!"

"Are there any more victims?" Shenshan's face darkened, "...I understand, please step back first."

After the messenger withdrew, Hasegawa frowned and asked at the sacred mountain:

"Kamiyama, why did you say 'there's another victim' just now?"

"...Since last night, a murderer has appeared in Kyoto." Shenshan sighed, "Since last night, he has killed 34 people in a row."

After hearing the number "34", Hasegawa felt a thump in his heart.

34 people were killed - this is no small case.

Shenshan then continued:

"Fortunately - when this murderer was killing people, many people present saw his face."

"Kyoto Shojidai-sama, he is very nervous right now." Kamiyama said with a light mocking tone, "When the Gion Festival is being held, there is such a vicious criminal who may destroy the Gion Festival, but he is very likely to be punished by the shogun.

It’s a scolding from an adult.”

"Kyoto Shojidai-sama is now asking people to compare each wanted poster based on the appearance reported by these witnesses to find out whether there is any wanted criminal who matches the appearance reported by the witnesses."

"I don't know when the results will be available..."

Before Shenshan finished speaking, an anxious announcement sounded outside the room again:

"Lord Shenshan! The comparison results of the wanted order... are out!"

The messenger was panting and speaking intermittently because he was running so fast.

"Oh?" Shenshan narrowed his eyes, "Have you found any wanted criminal whose face matches the face of the murderer seen by the witnesses?"

"Yes!" the messenger said urgently, "it's the executioner Ittosai - Ogata Issei!"

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"When I showed Ogata Ittousai's wanted notice to the witnesses, they all said, 'That's the man'!"
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