Fortunately, the area of ​​Sawa Town is not that big.

There are nearly 2,000 towns throughout Edo. Although there are many towns, most of them are only two or three streets, or even the size of one street.

Thinking about it this way, it shouldn't take much time to find the specific location of Yamatoya.

With this thought in mind, Qingdeng lightly pressed the bamboo hat on his head and stepped forward.

The figure melted into the darkness at the dew intersection.

He stepped lightly on the ditch board with silent steps.

[Gutter board: a wooden board laid on the ditch]

At this time, facing Qing Deng directly in front of him, a few white marks drawn out of thin air were suddenly faintly visible.

"It's snowing..."

As Qingdeng continued to walk forward, he raised the edge of his hat and looked up at the "white elf" floating down carelessly.

"It's really not the right time for this snow to fall..."

While murmuring like this, Qingden frowned slightly and his face darkened slightly.

Once the snow accumulates on the ground, it will be difficult to keep your steps quiet.

The "squeaking" sound of treading on the snow is especially ear-splitting so late at night.

Moreover, being in a land dyed white by snow is not conducive to hiding one's body shape.

——I need to speed up a little bit...

Qingdeng wears a bamboo hat.

A wide bucket hat with a very low brim is now an excellent snow hat.

However, there were still two or three naughty snowflakes, blown by the cold night wind like a knife, falling from the slant into the back of Qingden's neck.

As if to tell the story of the brevity of life, the snowflakes disappeared immediately after touching Qingdeng's skin.

The cold touch made Qingdeng's already energetic consciousness become more active.

In fact, from last night to now, Qingdeng's eyes have never closed.

The reason is all thanks to the new talent he got from my grandson Chutaro last night: "God Brain + 9".

Just as Qingdeng had expected, "Shen Brain + 9" not only extended his concentration time a lot, but also made him less likely to fall asleep. The rest time his brain needs... In simple terms, it makes him less likely to fall asleep.

, that is, sleep time is further reduced.

After being copied to the "Sleeping God", Qingden's available time per day has increased significantly for a long time.

Going to work, practicing martial arts, studying, strengthening relationships with girls like Souji, bragging and drinking with good buddies like Kondo... There are so many things Ayoto has to do and be able to do every day.

Therefore, he will never think that he has too much time.

He wished he could become a superman who never had to sleep.

Therefore, Qingden was very satisfied with his new talent.

However, the lifestyle habit of "going to bed on time at 10 o'clock every night" has already penetrated deeply into his subconscious mind.

It should take him quite some time to fully adapt to this sudden change in his physiological routine.

call!

A particularly strong cold wind suddenly hit Qingdeng from the front.

He saw the exit of the exposed intersection at his feet, already in front of him.

Affected by the "narrow tube effect", the wind has become much stronger.

Upon seeing this, Qingdeng quickly abandoned the distracting thoughts in his mind and focused all his attention on the business at hand.

He's very lucky.

In just a moment, he found a wooden rental hotel with a "Yamatoya" plaque hanging in a corner of Sawacho 2-chome.

Inns in the Edo period were divided into four levels:

1. Honjin: This is a residential facility that only daimyo, public servants and high officials of the shogunate can stay in. Nowadays, Qingnobo, who is now the captain of the third division of the fire bandits, can stay at this level with proof of identity if he is on a business trip.

's hotel.

Second, the wakihonjin: a residential facility that provides services to the relatively low-level feudal lords and their entourage.

3. Hatago: The most common inn that caters to general samurai and common people. It usually provides meals. It is divided into "Imori Hatago" which has rice-mori girls and "Hirago" which does not provide this service.

Iimori-na: As the name suggests, she is a woman who serves and sells rice to guests in a hotel. In fact, she provides sleazy services to male travelers. But not all Iimori-na are prostitutes.]

4. Wooden rental accommodation: The cheapest accommodation facility, which does not provide meals and bedding. The accommodation price is generally only one-fifth of Hatago.

From the appearance, Yamatoya is a very common wooden lodge.

Dilapidated ceilings, old walls, the height of a second floor, and a medium-sized area.

It's now past 10 o'clock in the evening.

At a time when entertainment activities are scarce, except for a few special places such as Yoshiwara, most of Edo at this time has been immersed in the embrace of night.

Inside and outside Yamato's house, it was dark and quiet, with no light visible.

——Okay...let's sneak in and take a look...

Just as Qingdeng was thinking this, out of the corner of his right eye he suddenly spotted a lonely figure walking straight towards him.

This person's pace is very fast.

Within a moment, he moved from the street corner a hundred meters away to not far from Qingdeng.

According to common sense, it is impossible for passersby to appear on the streets of Edo at this time...

Qingden, who was keenly aware of the abnormality, subconsciously lowered his waist and hid in the darkness.

At almost the same moment when he relied on his "cat's eye" night vision ability to check the face of the visitor——

——Huh? He is...?!

Qingdeng's eyes suddenly widened in surprise.

This "uninvited guest"... Qingdeng recognized him.

It was the cadre of the "Shimizu Clan" who imprisoned Otsuki Tsuneji because his lover was poached by Otsuki Tsuneji: Konosuke Kitahara!

As New Year's Day approached last year, in order to repay the debt owed to Miyabe Shunzou (Otsuki Minoru's biological father), he responded to Otsuki Minoru's pleading and took Sona with him to Kitahara Konosuke's casino to rescue him from him.

I went back to Otsuki often times.

Just when Aonto was surprised, he saw Konosuke Kitahara pause his steps - he stopped outside the door of Yamatoya store, and then crossed the threshold of Yamatoya without any hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, a window in Yamato's house suddenly lit up with a red candlelight...

"..."

When Qingdeng saw this, he showed a thoughtful expression, without sadness or joy.

"ha……"

The closed lips were slightly open, and hot turbid air flowed out from between the teeth.

"The whole incident is getting more and more confusing..."

After murmuring like this, Aomori took off the hat on his head that was in the way of sneaking in, and walked towards Yamato House without any hesitation.

He quietly circled the Yamato House and quickly found the best entrance to sneak into.

He jumped lightly, grabbed the rafters under the eaves, and then turned his body upwards like origami, standing on the eaves of the first floor of the Yamato House, and then disappeared into the invisible night...

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The Yamatoya, which has only 2 floors in total, is not that big, and because it is only a wooden rental hotel, the internal structure is quite simple...it can even be described as rough, so Ayoto quickly followed it and was covered with dust.

The dirty ceiling covered with spider webs sneaked up to the room that was suddenly lit by candlelight.

Before he even got close, Qingdeng could hear very noisy quarrels coming from the room.

Since there was no gap or gap through which he could peek below, Qingdeng had to listen to the sound to identify the location and rely entirely on his ears to gather information.

Qingden closed his eyes.

"Gathering God", "Perceiver of Wind", and "God Brain +9" are activated!

All kinds of subtle sounds that are difficult for normal people to perceive were continuously transmitted to Qingdeng's ears like thunder.

Qingden uses the sound of breathing to identify the number of people in the room and the location of each person.

——1, 2, 3... 23 people... That’s a lot of people...

At the same time, Qingdeng listened carefully to their conversation.

"Higashiyama-kun and Nanase-kun haven't returned from Yoshiwara yet?"
To be continued...