"That's what that gangster said."

Balrog yawned greatly.

"According to what she said, the traitorous ninja has an extremely secret passage down the mountain."

"That traitorous ninja sent 'Ku' down the mountain through this secret passage."

"And that Gua Shengxiu is responsible for sending the 'Ku' that successfully made it down the mountain out of Edo."

"Because that gangster had assisted the traitorous ninja several times, so he had seen Nagua Shengxiu with his own eyes."

"In short, it is better to kill by mistake than let go."

A bit of coldness flashed in the eyes of the demon.

"According to the information provided by Gang, the secret passage has been found."

"That traitorous ninja is smart enough to be able to discover such a secret route down the mountain."

"I've already had people block that secret passage."

"Whether it's that traitorous ninja or this Gua Shengxiu, we can't let them go."

"I have handed over to Shuntaro to deal with that traitorous ninja."

Enma turned his attention to Shutaro.

"Shutaro, you are responsible for assisting Shutaro in this mission."

"Try to capture the rebellious ninja alive. If you can't capture him alive, just kill the rebellious ninja directly."

"Enma-sama...but..." Shuutaro hesitated, "What about the mission of caring for and monitoring the Iga ninjas?"

After the Iga ninjas arrived, Enma sent Shuutaro to the Iga ninjas, using the name of "care" as a "surveillance".

And Zhou Taro also performed his duties diligently for this troublesome task.

Last night, I took Hannosuke and others to visit some places in Shiranui.

"Let's let it go first." Balrog said immediately, "Anyway, this task won't take long."

Zhou Taro: "Yes!"

"As for Ji Tairou..." Enma turned his attention to Ji Tairou, "You are responsible for solving that Guashengxiu."

"There is no need to leave her alive, just kill her."

"Remember to do it cleanly. Don't let anyone find out that this person was killed by our Shiranui ninjas."

"I know." Ji Tairou smiled ferociously, "I'm the best at tasks related to killing people."

"Lord Balrog, can you allow me to use the 'Fire Strategy' for this mission?"

Upon hearing Jitaro's request, Enma pondered for a while, then nodded gently.

"Can."

Ji Tairou raised his eyebrows with excitement on his face: "Thank you, Enma-sama. This way, I can feel much more relaxed."

"Fire plan": One of Shiranui's code words.

This is a very useful trick: when you plan to assassinate someone in a crowded place, first set a fire or cause something not far away, create chaos, and then take advantage of the chaos to assassinate the person you want to assassinate.

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If time and conditions permit, you can also throw the body of the person you killed into the fire to completely destroy the body and create an illusion that the person was burned to death rather than killed by someone.

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Fire is the most common disaster in this era.

In this era of Japan, every major city will break out hundreds or even thousands of fires, large and small, every year.

Therefore, even if a fire breaks out suddenly in a certain place at a certain time, it will not arouse any suspicion.

"Gokutaro, for this mission, I will send you 2 chuunin and 8 genin. Is that enough?"

"That's enough!" Jitaro nodded vigorously, "But... Lord Enma, I have a small request. Can Eitaro also follow me to participate in this mission?"

Eitaro and Gitaro are inseparable friends and partners.

When Gokutaro went to Yoshiwara for fun every night, Eitaro stayed with him.

"You treat Eitaro well." Enma smiled, "Okay, let Eitaro follow you on this mission as before."

Ji Tairou: "Thank you Enma-sama!"

"The start time of the two tasks of capturing the traitorous ninja alive and wiping out Kuao Xiu is set at nine o'clock in the evening!" Enma said solemnly, "Because Guao is from Yoshiwara Shirobei Club, and Yoshihara is Shuntaro's guy.

hometown.”

"If Shuntaro knew that we had done these things in his hometown, he would definitely be dissatisfied."

"I don't want to cause trouble that could have been avoided."

"That's why I hid the mission of 'erasing Guashu' from Shuntaro."

"Don't let anything slip from now on."

"Especially you, Taro Shu."

"I specially called you here to give you a mission: keep an eye on Shuntaro tonight."

"I don't care what means you use, but don't let Shuntaro go to Yoshiwara when Gokutaro goes to obliterate Kuaoxiu."

"yes."

"Okay, that's all I have to say." Balrog waved his hand, "You go down and make preparations. I will take part in these two missions later."

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Gokutaro and Shuutarou said "yes" in unison, and left Enma's mansion one after another.

The friendship between Gokutaro and Shuutaro was average, so after leaving Enma's mansion, the two simply said goodbye and went about their own business.

Shuutaro went to prepare for tonight's mission.

Gokutaro, on the other hand, found Eitaro who had been waiting outside Enma's mansion, waiting for him to come out.

"Eitaro, there is good news." Keitaro's face was full of smiles.

After bringing his lips close to Eitaro's ear, Gokutaro informed Eitaro in a concise and concise whisper about the mission that was about to begin late tonight.

After Gokutaro finished speaking, Eitaro, who was usually stoic, showed a rare faint smile.

"Lord Gokutaro, that's great. It's an assassination mission I haven't seen for a long time."

"Yeah." Ji Tairou twisted his neck, "I almost forgot the last time I carried out an assassination mission."

"Eitaro, let's go."

"Now let's go have dinner first, and then go home and take a nap."

The start time of the mission is 6pm.

Converted to modern Earth units, that's 12 p.m.

There are still more than 6 hours left before the mission starts, and Gokutaro plans to take a nap while he still has some free time to recharge his batteries.

Eitaro kept half a step away from Gokutaro and followed closely behind Gokutaro.

As soon as Kitaro left Enma's mansion, he saw an acquaintance walking towards him.

"Hey! Shintaro!" Jitaro took the initiative to greet this person.

The man who was walking towards Gokutaro was none other than Shintaro, who was one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" together with Gokutaro.

"Good evening, Gokutaro." Shintaro nodded to Gokutaro.

"Why are you back?" Ji Tairou asked, "I remember that you were monitoring the hiding place of the traitorous ninja, right?"

"The task of monitoring the hiding place of the traitorous ninja has been handed over to other ninjas." Shintaro responded, "I was called back to rest by Enma."

"Hehe, it's time for you to take a good rest." Ji Tairou smiled, "In order to track the whereabouts of that traitorous ninja, you must have suffered a lot during this time, right?"

"They're just small pains that are not worth mentioning." Shintaro shook his head, "I'm very tired now, so I'll excuse you now."

After that, Shintaro bowed to Gokutaro, then passed by Gokutaro and walked away without looking back.

After turning around and taking a look at Shintaro's back, Gokutaro said to Eitaro in a half-joking tone:

"I really hope that all ninjas can be as honest and honest as Shintaro, and do things seriously and unequivocally."

Although Shintaro is usually very taciturn, making it difficult for people to see what he is thinking, which is extremely inconsistent with Gokutaro's character, Gokutaro does not hate Shintaro who usually works silently like an old scalper.

After hearing these words from Ji Taro, Eitaro smiled slightly:

"Well, yes. I really hope that other people can be as honest, serious and diligent as Mr. Shintaro."

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To be continued...