"In the not-too-distant future, we will take the Shinsengumi away from Tachibana Aomori... No, correction - take back the Shinsengumi that should belong to us!"

Qinghe Hachiro's tone was full of extremely strong confidence.

"At this stage, we continue to maintain the established plan unchanged!"

He turned to look at Ishizaka and Ikeda.

"Actively seek external support from the imperial court and the Choshu clan."

His eyes moved to Sugiura.

"On the other hand, we will continue to spread the idea of ​​respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians within the Shinsengumi, and recruit as many ordinary soldiers as possible under our command to strengthen our power and disintegrate Tachibana Aoshinobu's rule from within..."

Suddenly... really suddenly, Qinghe Hachiro's words stopped abruptly.

He frowned suddenly and stared at the ceiling above his head.

Such unusual behavior naturally arouses confusion among others.

Ikeda asked softly while following Qinghe Hachiro's line of sight:

"Lord Qinghe, what's wrong with you..."

choke!

Before Ikeda could finish his words, he was interrupted by the loud sound of drawing a sword!

I saw Qinghe Hachiro leaping up with lightning speed.

At the same moment as his legs lifted off the ground, a shining silver snake flew away from his left waist.

He held the knife with one hand, and the blade drew a thrilling and terrifying arc in mid-air, hitting the ceiling above his head.

With a bang, with just one blow, Qinghe Hachilang shattered the ceiling and opened a large hole more than one meter wide.

This is an unoccupied, old house.

In other words, the ceiling of the house has long been filled with thick dust and cobwebs.

As soon as Qinghe Hachiro smashed the ceiling with his front legs, a huge amount of dust and broken cobwebs fell down with his back legs, covering the entire house.

The waves of dust surged...as if it was snowing. Looking up, I saw a vast expanse of white and mist.

The sudden "dust wave attack" caught Ikeda and others off guard and suffered a great deal.

"Ahem! Ahem! Ahem!"

"Ah! There's dust in my eyes!"

"Hatch! Hatch! Hatch!" (sneeze)

"Lord Qinghe! What's wrong with you?"

Qinghe Hachilang remained silent and ignored their inquiries.

He squinted his eyes and used his long eyelashes to filter out the dust.

Under the eyelashes, there is a sharp gaze like an arrow.

Under his keen gaze, a...corrected, two-petal mouse fell down.

This poor mouse was chopped into two pieces, with the incision intact - it can be seen that it was directly hit by Qinghe Hachiro's slash, which led to this tragic end.

The two pieces of rat fell exactly at the feet of Qinghe Hachiro.

Qinghe Hachiro lowered his head and glanced at the mouse corpse at his feet, then raised his head again and scanned the top of the ceiling carefully.

After confirming that there was nothing unusual on the ceiling, he let out a long breath and relaxed.

"It turns out to be a mouse..."

As he spoke, he put the tip of the knife back into the sheath and neatly put the knife back into the sheath.

Ishizaka stepped forward and asked eagerly:

"Lord Qinghe, what's wrong? What happened?"

Qinghe Hachiro replied calmly:

"It's nothing, I just vaguely heard a strange noise coming from above my head, so I just checked...it seems like I'm being suspicious."

After that, he casually kicked the rat corpse at his feet away into the distance.

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At the same time——

A dark alley not far from the old house where Qinghe Hachiro and others are staying——

A graceful figure jumped up lightly with the posture of plucking onions on dry land, grabbed the rafters under the eaves, and then like origami, turned its body upwards and stood firmly on the roof.

I saw that this beautiful figure was dressed in black from head to toe.

Black stockings, slightly tighter special black trousers, also slightly tighter special black clothes, black headscarf and face towel...all over the body, only a pair of eyes are exposed.

If there were an official from the Edo Administrative Office here, he would definitely be surprised when he saw this person's outfit.

This look...is exactly the classic appearance of Kaitou Neko-monk!

"...You're quite alert."

Kinoshita Mai pulled down the black scarf on her face and turned to look in the direction she just left... that is, the direction where Qinghe Hachiro and others were.

"Hmph...! Qinghe Hachiro, I finally discovered your trick...!"

The muttering was filled with displeasure and resentment.

Kinoshita Mai curled her red lips and pulled up her scarf again.

The next moment, she jumped up and merged into the boundless night...

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Edo, Hitotsubashi Residence——

"Chunyue, why are you visiting me late at night?"

Ichihashi Qingxi cast a look of neither sadness nor joy at Matsudaira Harugaku in front of him.

Songping Chunyue smiled slightly:

"Master Hitotsubashi, I just want to talk to you... Tachibana Aoden."

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