"My friend couldn't bear it anymore and finally decided to let your subordinates quiet down for a while."

"But my friend still maintained considerable restraint and only used the back of the knife, and he was merciful. Otherwise, even if he used the back of the knife, some people would definitely be seriously injured."

After finishing speaking, Makimura picked up the tea cup next to him and drank the tea in large gulps to moisten his throat that was dry from talking too much.

When describing the specific events, Makimura told the truth.

The members of the Sixth Division of the Huo Fu Thieves Kai who were determined to steal the credit were the first to use violence. They pushed a certain official who was a member of the Huo Fu Thieves Kai - Gua Sheng, causing her face to be injured.

Then he used force on Makimura's friend, Ogata, and pushed Ogata.

The official officer who was changed by the fire thieves used violence against the people of the Shirobei Club twice in a row, and the Shirobei Club began to fight back.

Of course - Makimura still performed some "artistic processing".

For example: Gua Sheng’s injuries were exaggerated.

In Makimura's words, Guaou, who was pushed down by the fire bandits, covered his injured face while getting up with tears in his eyes - in short, it made the people at the Shirobei club very pitiful and weak.

And Makimura's "artistic processing" has had an effect.

After learning that his subordinates actually made a female servant of the Shirobei Club cry, Hasegawa's already deeply frowned frown deepened.

After Makimura finished speaking and drank tea to quench his thirst, Hasegawa said in a deep voice:

"Makimura, is everything you said true?"

"It's absolutely true." Makimura put down the tea cup in his hand and nodded vigorously. "There were many passers-by watching at the time. You can find many witnesses to support my words."

After Hasegawa was silent for a while, he quickly stood up and came to the door.

After opening the door in one breath, Hasegawa shouted outside the room:

"Yamazaki!"

As soon as Hasegawa finished speaking, Yamazaki, who had been waiting not far away, quickly ran to Hasegawa and knelt down on one knee, waiting for Hasegawa's instructions.

"Is Natori still recovering from his injuries?"

"Natori-kun, he just woke up."

"That's just right. You can bring your name and come over to me this time."

"yes!"

After accepting the order from Hasegawa without any hesitation, Yamazaki quickly narrowed the scope of Hasegawa's field of vision with neat steps that were inconsistent with his age, and finally disappeared.

Not long after, Yamazaki's figure appeared in Hasegawa's field of vision again and quickly grew in size.

Natori followed closely behind Yamazaki.

Natori, who was knocked unconscious by Ogata's blow, just woke up.

Because Ogata was merciful, Natori didn't have any other discomfort except for some redness and swelling at the place where he was hit.

As soon as he woke up, he learned from Yamazaki that Hasegawa was calling him over.

When he learned that Hasegawa was summoning him, an ominous premonition arose in Matori's mind.

After seeing Hasegawa and his calm face, Natori's ominous premonition became even stronger.

"Natori, come in with me. Yamazaki, get out first."

"Yes!" After bowing to Hasegawa, Yamazaki retreated to a position some distance away from the room.

As for Natori, he followed Hasegawa into the room cautiously.

Entering the room, Natori saw a strange, burly man.

"Natori."

Hasegawa sat cross-legged in front of Natori.

"Tonight you wanted to rob Ju Xiaoseng who was captured by the officers of the Shirobei Club, and then you took the lead in using violence against the officers of the Shirobei Club. Am I right?"

Upon hearing Hasegawa's question, Natori immediately answered quickly like a conditioned reflex:

"I don't."

As soon as Natori finished speaking, Hasegawa immediately said:

"Natori, if you insist that you did not steal the credit, I will personally investigate the incident that happened in Yoshiwara tonight."

After hearing Hasegawa's words, Natori's expression changed slightly.

"If I find out that you really did not steal the credit, then I will help you come forward and hold the servants of the Shirobei Club accountable for beating my subordinates."

"But if I find out that you did steal credit and you lied to me...you should know what the consequences will be, right?"

The candlelight emitted by the candle behind Hasegawa hit Hasegawa's body, making Hasegawa's shadow grow longer.

The shadow stretched by the candlelight was like a mountain pressing on Natori who stood in front of Hasegawa.

It is clear that Hasegawa is sitting and Natori is standing, but the atmosphere surrounding the two of them makes people feel that Hasegawa is standing and Natori is sitting, and it is Hasegawa who is looking down on Natori.

Under the pressure of Hasegawa's momentum, drops of cold sweat began to appear on Natori's forehead.

"Natori, I'll give you another chance."

"Answer me, did you take any credit tonight? Did you take the lead in using force against the official of the Shirobei Club?"

A strong look of struggle began to appear on Natori's face.

The hands hanging down naturally were clasped tightly.

After an unknown amount of time passed, Natori knelt down on the tatami in a doge-seat posture with a mournful face.

"Hasegawa-sama! I'm so sorry! I, I, I'm obsessed!"

"It's been a long time since our Sixth Division has caught a serious criminal."

"In order not to lose to the first team, second team, and fifth team who have repeatedly accomplished extraordinary feats, my subordinates and I worked hard to track Ju Xiaoseng!"

"My subordinates and I spent so much energy and time trying to catch Ju Xiaoseng, but in the end we were caught by the officers of the Shirobei Club."

"I felt very unwilling, so, so..."

"So you decided to rob the young monk Kiku who was captured so hard by the officers at the Shirobei Club?" Hasegawa answered the rest of Natori's unfinished words for Natori, "Natori, I don't need to tell you, you should also know about rape, right?"

Stealing the credit of other organizations and departments is absolutely not allowed."

"I'm really, really sorry! I was obsessed!"

While apologizing to Hasegawa at the loudest volume possible, Natori's mind was filled with confusion.

Tonight is actually not the first time that he has taken credit from other departments and organizations.

Natori has actually done this many times before, taking credit from other departments and organizations.

But the few times he did it before, Hasegawa didn't notice it.

One of the very important reasons is that the parts that Natori robbed were only small departments.

It is completely incomparable to the Huofu Thief Kai that he belongs to.

Because he shoulders the important task of catching vicious thieves and arsonists, Huofu Thief Kai has a high status.

There are countless privileges just by name.

Because the status of Huofu Thief Kai and these small departments are very different, and there is no overlap between them, even if the people in these small departments want to complain, it is extremely difficult for their complaints to reach Hasegawa's ears.

The reason why Natori took credit for robbing the Shirobei Club tonight was actually just to repeat the same old trick.

The Shirobei Club, which is only responsible for the management of Yoshiwara, is a small department and organization with little say.

Natori thought that he would be able to take credit from the Shirobei Club tonight as smoothly as before.

Unexpectedly, accidents happened one after another...

First, all members of his sixth division were killed by a little-known servant of the Shirobei Club.

And now Hasegawa discovered his behavior of stealing credit...

It had only been a little more than half an hour since his sixth division was wiped out. Even if Hasegawa learned that the sixth division was wiped out and went to Yoshihara himself to investigate what happened, he would never be able to do so in such a short period of time.

It was found out that the cause of the incident was that he was taking credit.

In other words - someone must have tipped off Hasegawa, so that Hasegawa could learn the truth of the matter in such a short period of time.

Just when Natori was thinking about who had the ability to "reach directly to heaven", he suddenly remembered that there was a strange strong man sitting in this room.

While pressing her forehead tightly against the tatami and apologizing loudly to Hasegawa, Natori used the corner of her eye to look at the strong man sitting not far away who was leisurely drinking tea.

——Is this the person who reported it to Lord Hasegawa... Who is this person? Is he an official from the Shirobei Club?

Just when Natori was guessing the identity of this strong man, Hasegawa's words reached Natori's ears again.

"...Natori, go down and get ready. Later, you will go to Yoshiwara with me to apologize to the people at the Shirobei Club."

"As for your punishment...I will give it to you later."

"Yes..." Natori was like a defeated rooster, his body seemed to have shrunk in size.

"Makimura." Hasegawa cast his eyes on Makimura next to him, "Where is your friend now? Is he in Yoshiwara now?"
To be continued...