Mizuno's home is integrated with his Senxuekan. His home is located in the backyard of Senxuekan.

Just as Mizuno was staying in his room, using the ice cubes he had just bought to apply ice to his swollen left face, and thinking hard about how to restore the credibility he had lost today, there was suddenly a sound outside the room.

The announcement from one of his disciples:

"Master! Inaba Shigemune of the Metaphysics Museum invites you to come to their Metaphysics Museum. He said that he has important things to discuss with you, Master!"

"Inaba? Okay, I'll go right away."

The Metaphysics Hall is recognized as the first of the six major sword halls.

The master of the Metaphysics Hall is also recognized as the strongest among the six masters.

Mizuno doesn't like Inaba very much.

Unexpectedly, Inaba's metaphysics hall is the first of the six swords halls. Inaba's strength and popularity are also above him, so Mizuno dare not refuse Inaba's invitation.

While walking along the corridor to the outside of the sword hall, Mizuno saw many disciples who happened to be walking in the corridor of the sword hall.

Mizuno's Sengakukan will be open to disciples even at night, and will remain open until Mizuno is about to fall asleep.

Although it is already night, and the grand "Shanboko Parade" will officially begin in a while, there are still many disciples who are addicted to swords practicing swordsmanship in the sword hall.

Mizuno smiled at the disciples who were saluting him one by one.

Looking at these disciples, Mizuno felt that his mood was much better.

Since about the last two months, there have been a lot more people coming to my door and saying they want to learn swordsmanship.

In just two months, the number of disciples under Mizuno's command has nearly doubled.

As a result, Mizuno's income has continued to rise.

As far as Mizuno knows - this is not the case for his Senxuekan, but also for the other five major swordsmanship schools. Starting from 2 months ago, the number of people studying under him has suddenly increased a lot.

The reason why Mizuno opened his swordsmanship hall today and showed his bell-maki style to passers-by is because he felt that he must have been lucky in the past two months.

So I want to take advantage of this momentum to further expand the number of disciples.

But who knew - today I would be in bad luck.

Sitting on a sedan chair, we arrived at the Metaphysics Hall.

Two disciples from the Metaphysics Hall stood guard in front of the hall. When they saw Mizuno, they immediately led him into the hall.

Following the guidance of these two disciples of the Metaphysics Hall, Mizuno immediately froze on the spot after entering the dojo of the Metaphysics Hall.

"Why are you all here?" Mizuno said.

"Same as you." Tsuchiya Okinari, the owner of the Seigakukan, shrugged, "I received an invitation from Inaba-sama, so I came."

Except for Mizuno and Inaba, the owners of the other four major sword halls were all present at this time.

Just when Mizuno was wondering why Inaba called all the masters of the six major sword halls, Inaba, who was sitting at the top, pointed to the side:

"Mizuno, sit down. Everyone is finally here now."

After Mizuno sat down on Inaba's right side, Inaba cleared his throat and then said seriously:

"Everyone, I'll get right to the point."

"Some of you may know about this, or you may not know about it yet."

"The government has found out who the murderer has been committing crimes since last night."

"It is Ogata Ittousai."

"Ogata Ittosai?!" As soon as Inaba finished speaking, Mizuno screamed.

"That's right." Inaba nodded, "I heard about it from some friends who are officials - almost all the witnesses said after seeing Ogata Ittosai's wanted notice: This is the person."

A large amount of cold sweat began to break out from Mizuno's forehead.

Looking at Mizuno's embarrassed appearance, the other museum owners all looked gloating about his misfortune.

They all knew it - about a few months ago, Mizuno learned from the mouth of Ogata Ittousai from the mouth of the big boss Abe Riri that after Ogata Ittosai was captured by Hasegawa Heizang in Tatsuno Domain, he paid a lot of money to get it from Abe.

Riri Tana bought a certificate of thanks for "acting bravely and standing up to defeat Ogata Ittosai".

This behavior of "buying a certificate of appreciation from an acquaintance in the government to strengthen one's own reputation" is not a new behavior.

It's just that after buying a certificate of appreciation, the person who was belittled and slandered suddenly appeared in front of me - this kind of scene is very new.

"Isn't Ogata Ittosai arrested long ago...?" Mizuno's face was full of disbelief.

"It's possible that the person who was arrested before was not Ogata Ittousai, but someone who looked very much like Ogata Ittousai." The owner of the Seigakukan, Tsuchiya Shinari, said in a mocking tone.

"Okay." Inaba said solemnly, "Whether the murderer is really Ogata Ittosai or not is irrelevant at all."

"The reason why I called everyone here is because I have a proposal to share with you."

"As of now, as far as I know - 45 people have been killed by Ogata Ittosai."

"And among these 45 people, 37 are disciples of our six major sword halls."

After hearing Inaba's words, everyone's faces became slightly more serious.

Even the look of panic on Mizuno's face slowly disappeared at this time.

His Qianxuekan had the fewest number of victims among the six major swordsmanship halls, with only 4 people killed.

As far as Mizuno knew - the worst one was the Qing Gakukan. A full 12 disciples of the Qing Gakukan were killed.

His disciple was killed, and Mizuno felt very anxious, but he had no other choice but to hope that the government would catch the murderer quickly.

After learning that the murderer turned out to be Ogata Ittosai, Mizuno wished that the government could immediately arrest the murderer.

"I believe you have received similar rumors to some extent." Inaba continued in a deep voice, "Some citizens have already criticized the swords of our six major sword halls as useless. A total of 37 disciples were killed, and no one can compete with them.

Thief."

"...That's right. There is indeed such a rumor." Tsuchiya Shinari, the leader of Qinggakukan, nodded solemnly, "Many citizens are already secretly laughing at our swordsmanship as useless."

As soon as Tsuchiya finished speaking, the surrounding atmosphere instantly became heavier...

They all know what it means if their sword hall's reputation is damaged.

This means that no one may come to their door again, and their income will drop off a cliff.

At the thought that their income might be reduced, both Mizuno and other museum owners shuddered.

"So - we can't sit still and wait for death!"

Inaba's voice gradually became louder.

"In order to restore the reputation of our Six Great Sword Halls, I propose: mobilize all the disciples under our command, and cooperate with the officials of Kyoto Prefecture to play tricks on Ogata Ittousai."

"Even if Ogata Ittosai cannot be captured in the end, we can show the citizens that we will never tolerate the cruelty of our disciples! It will also be of great benefit to our reputation and reputation."

"There is also the Yamaboko Parade tonight, and Kyoto Prefecture must allocate some manpower to manage the streets of the Yamaboko Parade, so the manpower must be stretched thin, and they will definitely welcome us to help them search for Ogata Ittousai."

After hearing what Inaba said, Mizuno and others were all stunned.

"...This is a good suggestion." The master of the Qiang Academy, Okuhira Shojukiyo, was the first to nod, "It's just that Ogata Ittousai is a great swordsman who can defeat a hundred with one, and our disciple

Against Ogata Ittousai, I might not be Ogata Ittousai's opponent..."

"We are just assisting the government in searching for Ogata Ittosai." Inaba said, "Ask the disciples to immediately inform the nearby officials when they encounter someone who is suspected of being Ogata Ittosai, and let them go."

Inaba turned his head and glanced at the museum leaders in front of him.

"Does anyone else have any questions?"

Everyone looked at each other and no one spoke.

"Then let's vote. Those who agree to mobilize the disciples under our command to assist the officers in searching for Ogata Ittosai throughout the city raise their hands."

After saying that, Inaba was the first to raise his hand.

Mizuno, who most hoped that the thief, who might be Ogata Ittousai, could be caught quickly, followed closely behind.
Chapter completed!