"Hasegawa-sama." Makimura frowned slightly, "Why did you suddenly mention Ittosai?"

While saying this, Makimura became slightly wary.

"...It's nothing." Hasegawa coughed softly a few times, "Anyway...I'll tell you more about this later..."

"Makimura, let's end the greetings here." Hasegawa adjusted his already upright posture to sit a little more upright, "I just heard what my subordinates said - you came to Humble House to talk to me.

Let’s talk about Division 6.”

"Did you kill my sixth division?"

As soon as Hasegawa finished speaking, Makimura quickly raised his hands, and then said with a wry smile:

"I didn't do it. It was my friend who did it."

"I have a very close friend who is currently working at the Shirobei Club."

"That sixth division of yours entered Yoshiwara tonight, saying it wanted to capture a villain named Ju Xiaoseng."

"However, Kiku-chan was not captured by your subordinates. Instead, he was captured by the officers of the Shirobei Club."

"Then the leader of your sixth division was unreasonable and wanted to take away Kiku-chan and the credit of the Shirobei Club. He also took the lead in using violence against the officials of the Shirobei Club."

"My friend couldn't bear it anymore, so he decided to use a simple but very effective method to calm down your subordinates."

"My friend knows that I know you, so he asked me to talk to you."

"That's the general story of what happened."

Makimura's eloquence was not very good, but he explained all the key points of the matter accurately.

As soon as Makimura finished speaking, Hasegawa frowned.

"You mean...my subordinates stole credit from the Shirobei Club? Makimura, can you tell me what happened in more detail?"

After Ogata asked Makimura to help him negotiate with Hasegawa, Ogata told Makimura the details of the conflict between Shirobei Club and Huosuke Thief Kai tonight.

After hearing Hasegawa's request to tell the details of what happened, Makimura cleared his throat and then began to explain what happened in more detail.

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at the same time--

Ogata, who was waiting for the negotiation between Makimura and Hasegawa to end, was bored, so he opened his personal system interface and checked the experience points he had just gained after defeating the gang of officials in the Huofu Rogue Kai.

[Current personal level Sakakibara Ittōryu level: 1 Remaining skill points: 1 point]

In the battle with the more than 20 fire-fighting thieves, because Ogata only used the Sakakibara Itto-ryu to fight against the enemy, only the Sakakibara One-sword style gained experience points.

The battle just now increased Ogata's personal level experience value by 1,750 points, and Sakakibara's Itto-style experience value increased by 1,600 points.

His personal level was directly raised by one level as a result, to level 33, and he gained 1 skill point.

For this 1 skill point, Ogata plans to temporarily save it.

Currently, Ogata has three skills that have been upgraded to the "Master Level": Sakakihara's Ichitou style's bird stab, and Muga's two-sword style's flow and blade counterattack.

Now that the two major offensive sword skills and one defensive skill have reached the "master level", Ogata's dodge ability seems a bit weak.

Ogata plans to save up 4 skill points and then upgrade the first step from "advanced" to "master level".

After checking the experience points he had just gained, Ogata closed his personal system interface.

As soon as he closed the personal system interface, Ogata's stomach made a soft "gurgling" sound.

"...I'm a little hungry."

Ogata raised his hand and touched his belly.

Perhaps it was because tonight he was catching thieves again, and he was also beating up the officials who were angry with the thieves, so Ogata's physical strength was somewhat exhausted.

At this moment, Ogata could clearly feel the fire of hunger burning in his belly.

Makimura didn't know how long the negotiation with Hasegawa would last, so Ogata planned to find something to eat nearby.

After leaving the alley where he was currently, and turning around an intersection, Oufon came to a fairly popular street.

According to Ogata's estimate, the current time is probably around 21:30 in the evening.

On modern Earth, nightlife has just begun at this point in time.

But in the Edo period, this time was already late at night.

However, even though it is late at night, Edo still retains its vitality.

It would be better to say that night is when Edo shows its other vitality.

At night, many people who have worked hard all day will call their friends and take them to have a drink together.

Some fierce people even go to the next one after drinking at one restaurant, and go to many izakayas along the way, drinking until dawn the next day.

One very important reason why Edo is still so vibrant at night is that many Edo people in this era were "Nikko tribe".

During the Edo period, three types of currency were in circulation: gold, silver, and copper.

To use a vivid analogy in the Chinese language of modern earth, there are three completely different types of currencies, the Japanese yen, the US dollar, and the euro, circulating in the market at the same time. All three currencies can be used to buy things.

The exchange rates of gold, silver, and copper, the three currencies popular in the market, fluctuate frequently.

In other words, the 10 cents you have on hand can still buy 2 pieces of sushi today, but after a while, you may only be able to buy 1 piece of sushi.

Because the currency value fluctuates greatly, there is no means of preserving value, and the character of the Edo people makes many Edo people choose to enjoy themselves immediately and not save money at all in order to prevent the money in their hands from depreciating in value in the future.

In addition, it is very popular in this era to work on the same day and get paid on the same day, so many young people with no family pressure spend everything tonight after receiving today's salary.

Hence the saying "Edo people don't spend overnight money" was born.

In other words - the reason why Edo's nights are so prosperous is thanks to the existence of these "Nikko tribe".

After turning onto this relatively popular street, Obelo saw two drunken samurai in front of him.

The two samurai's faces were as red as a layer of blood, as if half of the bones in their bodies had been removed, and they were "moving" forward bit by bit like two puddles of mud.

While "moving", the two warriors continued to speak nonsense.

"It is said that... Hiccup... the Lucia Kingdom... Hiccup... is going to send troops to capture the Ezo enemy..."

"Lucia country...? Which country is that?"

When other passers-by passed by these two warriors, they seemed to be avoiding some "giant filth" and stood far away from the two warriors, with their heads lowered, not daring to look at these two warriors.

A glance at a famous warrior.

The reason for doing this is also very simple - I am worried that these two drunk and mentally confused people will draw a knife to kill them for some inexplicable reason.

A drunken samurai drew his sword to kill someone for inexplicable reasons - this was a very common thing in this era.

So unknowingly, everyone has developed a consensus to stay away from those drunk samurai and not even look at them.

One of the philosophies that Ogata has always adhered to is to minimize unnecessary disputes and troubles - even though he just had a fight with more than 20 officials who were reformed by Huo Fu Thieves...

After staying away from the two drunk samurai like other passers-by, Ogata looked for small shops and stalls selling food.

After a while, Ogata found a wagashi shop that was still open.

After buying a few daifuku at random, Ogata carried these daifuku and turned back the way he came.

When turning back, Ogata saw a clothing store located on the street on the right.

It's a women's clothing store.

Because the door of this women's clothing store was open, Ogata could see the clothes sold in this clothing store at a glance.

Although Edo is a bit cool at night at this time of year, the heat filled in the air during the day, especially at noon, can still make Edo people clearly realize that summer is not yet complete.

Leave.

Because of this, the clothes sold in this clothing store are still summer clothes, and they have not yet changed into autumn clothes or winter clothes.

A middle-aged lady stood at the entrance of this clothing store, shouting and beckoning passers-by to come and visit her store.

After seeing Ogata passing by her shop and taking a few glances at her shop, the middle-aged lady immediately shouted to Ogata enthusiastically:

"Sir Samurai, do you want to come to my store and have a look? I have a new batch of special clothes here!"

"Sorry. I have temporary needs in this regard." Ogata smiled and refused in a polite tone.

If this clothing store sells autumn and winter clothes, Ogata would be very happy to go in and take a look.

After all, winter is approaching, and it's time to buy winter clothes for himself and A-Machi.

After seeing that this clothing store was still selling summer clothes, Oufang lost interest in going in and taking a look.

After politely declining the proprietress of this clothing store, Oufon continued to carry the few daifuku he had just bought, and continued to walk straight back to the unobtrusive alley where he had just been.

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Edo, fire bandits changed their headquarters——

"…Then the people from Division 6 pushed my friend roughly, and once again used force against the official of the Shirobei Club."
To be continued...