Kyoto, Administrative Office, Dabantou Abe Riri's office.

Abeleli is very depressed now.

Because Makimura escaped.

When he learned from his confidant that Makimura had escaped from prison, Abe felt angry and aggrieved.

Angry at Makimura's escape.

He felt aggrieved because he had no way to save Makimura from escaping.

Makimura swaggered out of prison with the help of Hasegawa Heizo.

Hasegawa took Makimura away from prison on the pretext that he needed the prisoner Makimura to help him investigate the case.

Hasegawa's reason for taking Makimura away from prison is impeccable.

Abe was completely blameless for Hasegawa's approach of almost forcibly taking Makimura away from prison.

As a special security force, the Huo Fu Thieves have the privilege of temporarily transferring prisoners related to the case under investigation from prison.

Abe had no reason to protest or stop Hasegawa from taking Makimura away.

Thinking of this, Abe felt quite aggrieved.

In order to adjust his emotions, Abe walked slowly to the window and looked at the scenery outside the window.

The window of Abe's office just faced Nijo Castle in the distance.

As long as you stand in front of the window and look outside, you can see the magnificent Nijo Imperial Palace.

Looking at the Nijo Imperial Palace in the distance, a bit of jealousy flashed in Abe's eyes.

Abe Riri, who is just a major figure in Kyoto, is not qualified to participate in the banquet held in Nijo Castle tonight.

Abeleli raised his hand and touched the hair on his temples.

Abe's temples were already pale.

Touching the white hair on his temples, Abe couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

He is not young anymore.

So he knew that for the rest of his life he might not be able to go any further and reach a level where he could participate in a banquet of this level like tonight.

Putting down the hands stroking the white hair on his temples, Abe let out another long sigh.

"Lord Abe!"

Just then, there was a shout outside the door.

This is the voice of Abe's confidant.

After hearing the cry from his confidant, Abe immediately responded:

"Come in."

The sliding paper door was opened, and his confidant quickly walked behind Abe, who was facing the window.

"Lord Abe, someone found Makimura Yahachi on Sanoji Street."

After hearing the name "Makimura Yahachi", Abe immediately opened his eyes wide, turned around, faced his confidant and said loudly:

"Did you find Makimura Yahachi on Sanoji Street?"

"yes!"

The confidant used the simplest possible sentences to explain to Abe the unexplained explosion that occurred on Sanjiji Street and the nearby officials who went to check and found out about Makimura Yahachi.

"...Are you sure that person is Makimura Yahachi?"

"There are very few people with the height of Makimura Yahachi. I can be sure that the person who just appeared on Sanjiji Street is Makimura Yahachi." The confidant responded.

After his confidant finished speaking, Abe was silent for a while.

Then, a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"Go!" Abe shouted, "pass my order - go after Makimura Yahachi!"

Abeleli is very happy now.

Just now, he was troubled by the fact that he had no way to take out the escaped Makimura Yahachi, but now Makimura Yahachi himself has handed over the clue.

Hasegawa can indeed use "case handling needs" as an excuse to remove Makimura Yahachi from prison.

But this does not mean that criminals released from prison can be allowed to walk freely on the streets.

Now that Makimura Mihachi appears on the street, Abe has enough reason to chase Makimura back.

Not only that, after recapturing Makimura, Abe could also use the excuse of "taking away the criminal but failing to take good care of the criminal" and give the chief who dared to go against him and took Makimura away from prison under his nose.

Tanichuan gave a harsh impeachment.

Upon hearing Abe's order, a slight hesitation appeared on the faces of his confidants.

"Lord Abe, the explosion on Sanjiji Street..."

Abe, who knew what his confidant was planning to say, said first:

"We will investigate slowly after the explosion on Sanjiji Street! Chase Makimura Yahachi back first!"

There was a bit of reproach in Abe's words.

After noticing the accusation in Abe's tone, his confidant hurriedly said in a panic:

"Yes, yes! I will go and do it immediately!"

"etc!"

When the confidant was about to leave the room, Abe called out to the confidant.

"I want to take action myself!"

After saying that, Abe took down the knife placed on the knife holder beside him, then, holding the knife in his hand, he led his confidants and walked quickly out of the room.

Abeleli is very happy now.

He had already begun to imagine the scene of recapturing Makimura Yahachi.

The reason why he ordered the arrest of Makimura Yahachi tonight was to complete a perfect plan of "killing three birds with one stone".

1: After capturing Makimura Yapachi, I can really disgust this guy who has always had a bad relationship with him since becoming Kyoto Yuriki.

Two: Makimura Yahachi can be used as a witness to impeach Koshinosuke Kamiyama for "appointing someone who is not even an official to intervene in major cases."

Three: After successfully impeaching Kamiyama, who has always been at odds with Toda, he can be praised by Toda Tadahiro.

When he just learned that Makimura escaped with the help of Hasegawa, Abe thought that his perfect plan had gone bankrupt.

And now, the reality before Abe tells Abe: his plan can still be implemented!

And this plan evolved into a perfect plan that "killed four birds with one stone".

If Makimura Yahachi can be recaptured this time, Hasegawa Heizo, who dared to oppose him tonight, can be impeached for "dereliction of duty and failure to properly monitor criminals transferred from prison, causing the criminals to escape."

This perfect plan of "killing four birds with one stone" is really hard to find even with a lantern.

And it is not difficult to complete this perfect plan - just recapture Makimura Yahachi.

When he thought of this, joy appeared on Abe's face uncontrollably.

Under the impact of this strong joy and excitement, Abe decided to take action personally and lead the team to recover Makimura Mihachi...

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Kyoto, Nijo Castle, Ninomaru Garden.

If you want to say who has the highest status in this banquet tonight except the Daimyo Tokugawa Munemu of the Owari Domain, then no matter you ask anyone present, he will definitely answer:

Toda Tadahiro was appointed as the deputy director of Kyoto, and Hota Mashun was appointed as the deputy director of Osaka Castle.

Osaka Castle - the representative of the shogunate in Osaka Castle, responsible for the city defense of Osaka Castle, and in charge of the shogunate servants on duty in Osaka. At the same time, it monitors the Kansai daimyo, and holds the power of military command and litigation in the event of an emergency in Kansai.

In terms of position level, it is equivalent to that of Kyoto.

"Hotita-sama! Please!" Toda, who was sitting next to Hota, once again enthusiastically toasted Hota.

After Toda raised his glass to toast him again, Hota immediately put a smile on his face and responded to Toda's toast.

Toda, who was toasting Hotta, had a smile on his face, but the smile on his face was mixed with a bit of... provocation.

Hota, who noticed the provocation on Toda's face, instantly felt angry.

Hota understood what Toda's smile that was a bit provocative meant - Toda was showing off to him that he had won Tokugawa Munumu's favor again.

After putting down the wine glass, a slightly unnoticeable expression of displeasure appeared on Hota's face.

Hotta and Toda were not on good terms.

Toda Takashi was appointed as the agent of Kyoto, but he kept neglecting his duties - Hota hated this deeply.

Hotta wanted to report Toda more than once.
To be continued...