"Makimura-senpai, don't worry." Shimada responded, "The bald head is currently locked in the next room."

"Just now, the bald head woke up. I just asked the bald head on your behalf where they placed the bombs."

"Where did they place the bombs?" Makimura asked urgently.

"... Yamaboko." Shimada said solemnly, "They planted explosive bombs in Yamaboko."

"They mixed their dead soldiers into the drag hands responsible for pulling the Yamaboko. They planned to detonate the explosive bomb installed in the Yamaboko in the middle of the Yamaboko parade."

"...I see." Makimura's face suddenly darkened, "Is it Yamaboko... They really know how to choose their positions..."

The individual Yamabokos have always been assembled by ordinary people, not the government.

So if you plan to install a Yamaboko secretly in a Yamaboko, it won’t be easy.

And the detonation of the explosive bomb installed in the Yamaboko will also be extremely lethal.

The scene of the Yamaboko parade was a sea of ​​people.

Detonating a bomb in the middle of a street with people on both sides... That scene... just thinking about it is terrifying...

"If you plan to go to the Yamaboko parade, it may be a little late now." Konraku on the side suddenly said, "The Yamaboko parade has started now."

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Kyoto, Shijo Street.

Shijo-dori, the starting point of the Yamaboko patrol, was already blocked by water at this time.

In order to watch the Yamaboko Parade, which only happens once a year, nearly half of the people in Kyoto gathered here.

Those who arrived early have already grabbed a good spot.

Those who come late can only feel sad secretly outside Shitiao Street.

Some who are strong and brave even climb to the roof in order to watch the Yamaboko parade.

In order to maintain law and order, ordinary people in Kyoto even had to spontaneously form a "temporary security team."

The members of this "temporary security team" turned their backs to the middle of the street, facing the private houses and shops on both sides of the street.

He stretched the long wooden sticks in his hands and connected them one by one to build two temporary human walls, and circled the people who were crowded together outside the human walls, leaving a space in the middle of the street.

So that Yamaboko can pass through here safely.

Grandma Cake was one of the people who came early to grab a spot.

Grandma Cake is very lucky.

She just happened to grab the seat closest to Nagatoho.

The Nagatohobo is the most classic Yamaboko. Due to various historical reasons, the Nagatohobo must be the vanguard during the Yamaboko parade.

Nagatoboko is not only the most classic Yamaboko, but also the most special Yamaboko.

A "child" must be placed on each Yamaboko.

The so-called "child" is the messenger of the gods.

The purpose of the child at the Gion Festival is to purify the procession path so that Yamaboko can lead to the divine world.

The other children on the Yamaboko are all dolls, but the child on the Nagatoboko must be a real person, and it must be a boy of about 10 years old.

Granny Cake silently nibbled on the cake in her hand while waiting for the Yamaboko parade to begin.

At this moment, Grandma Cao suddenly heard the person next to her shout:

"Look! The child on the long sword is about to be tied to the rope!"

Hearing the shout from the person beside her, Grandma Kuai quickly looked towards the long sword in the middle of the street.

On the long sword, a child dressed in white makeup and dressed in a long sword was seen holding a long sword, cutting off the rope in front of him with a most solemn movement.

As the rope on the long sword broke, people on both sides of the street immediately let out cheers like a landslide and tsunami.

"The child on the long sword who is responsible for cutting the head will cut off the rope" - this is a very solemn ceremony.

This ceremony means that the barrier has been opened and each Yamaboko can march towards the divine world.

In other words——It means that the Yamaboko parade has begun.

As the rope on the Nagatohobo broke, the dozens of dragmen under the Nagatohoho who were responsible for pulling the Nagatohoho immediately exerted all their strength and pulled the Nagatohoho slowly forward.

No one noticed—some of the dragmen responsible for pulling each Yamaboko showed strange sneers.

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Kyoto, the home of Konraku.

"Konraku-sama." Makimura put his Odachi behind his back and said loudly to Konraku, "Thank you for your help. I'll leave first."

"Are you going to stop that group of lunatics from destroying the Yamaboko parade? With all due respect - it may be too late." Konraku said in a cold tone, "And - although I don't know why, I

We have just received the news: now all the officials in Kyoto seem to be looking for you."

"All the officials in Kyoto are looking for me? Ha! That's just right! If all the officials in Kyoto are looking for me, it will save me a lot of trouble."

Makimura grinned and said sternly to Konraku.

"Konraku-sama, I ask you to take care of Hasegawa-sama. Oh, and the bald man, I also ask you to take care of him temporarily. Shimada, let's go."

"Wait..." At this moment, Hasegawa's voice suddenly sounded, "I'll go too..."

Hasegawa, who had been lying on the bed next to him since just now, woke up at some point and struggled to get up from the bed.

"If you want to come with us, hurry up." Makimura didn't say any nonsense to Hasegawa like "You stay here to rest."

Because Makimura knew that with Hasegawa's character, even if he was told not to come, Hasegawa would definitely come.

Hasegawa did not keep Makimura and Shimada waiting for long. As soon as he got up from the bed, he quickly put the sword back into his waist and put on his straw sandals.

Just as the three of them were about to rush out of Konraku's mansion, Konraku suddenly and quietly said to Makimura:

"Makimura-kun."

"What's the matter?" Makimura asked, "Lord Konraku, if you have anything important to say to me, please do so as soon as possible. I'm in a hurry."

"Makimura-kun, you are no longer a member of Kyoto, but you are just a white man. You do not need to shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting Kyoto's public security."

Konraku pierced Makimura with a sharp gaze that seemed to pierce through Makimura's entire body.

"Since you have no responsibility to do anything for Kyoto, why are you working so hard?"

Makimura did not answer Konraku's question.

He only glanced at Konraku with eyes that made it difficult to understand his emotions, and then silently led Shimada and Hasegawa outside.

Konle looked straight in the direction where Makimura's back disappeared.

Then, an intriguing smile appeared on Konle's face.

"Red Dragon... I wish you good luck in martial arts..."

As soon as he rushed out of Konraku's mansion, Shimada said urgently to Makimura:

"Makimura-senpai! How should we stop the 'gravediggers' from destroying the Yamaboko patrol site?"

"With just the three of us, no matter what we do, we can't stop it." Makimura said in a calm tone, "So - we need to find helpers."

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Heitaro, who was in pain all over his body, just opened his eyes and saw the old man who had defeated them all by himself, as well as a man and a woman.

Heitaro didn't recognize the man, but Heitaro did recognize the woman.

"Atachi!"

After seeing the woman's appearance clearly, Heitaro subconsciously called out the woman's name.

"Good evening, Heitaro." Amachi said with a cold face, "Are you here to arrest me, like Ryutaro and the others?"

"Ryutarou?" Heitaro's pupils shrank slightly after seeing Atachi mention the name Ryutaro, "Have you seen Ryutaro?"

"Of course. I killed Ryutaro and the others."

"What?" Heitaro's eyes widened in shock, "Killed? Just by you?!"

"Don't underestimate the kunoichi. You guys are really haunting... I just finished dealing with Ryutaro, but you came again..."

"Ha..." Although his whole body was in pain and it was quite difficult to even speak, Heitaro still managed to cheer up and sneered, "What? Do you finally know how to be afraid?"

"Don't be afraid. When you decided to defect to Shiranui, you should have thought of such a day, right?"

Heitaro's tone was full of naked mockery.

Listening to Heitaro's taunt, Ogata frowned.

Ogata just opened his mouth and planned to say something to Heitaro. At the side, Atachi raised his hand to signal Ogata to stop talking.
To be continued...