At this time, Harada Zuosuke suddenly discovered that Aoto beside him entered a "weird" state.

After learning that the Volunteer Army was seven civilians, he stood there as if he was struck by lightning, without saying a word for a long time.

Seeing this, Zuosuke Harada mistakenly thought that Aoto was too disappointed, so he grabbed his hair, racked his brains, squeezed out what he had learned throughout his life, and comforted Aoto clumsyly:

"That... Mr. Juicy, please cheer up and don't be disappointed."

"Even if there are no volunteers, I have full confidence to defend Edo Castle and fight back the rebels!"

He is just talking about it.

Unexpectedly, Qingdeng suddenly spoke and interrupted his conversation:

"…Sounosuke, you've made a mistake."

Harada Zuosuke was stunned:

"Ah? What did I get wrong?"

“It is precisely because they are civilians that they have unlimited potential.”

Qingdeng said as he clenched his fists again, his eyes shining brightly, and a sudden look emerged between his cheeks:

"Yes... I'm so stupid... Why did I forget... How could I lack troops...!"

After talking to himself, his eyes fell back to the messenger.

"This group of volunteers is now at Hibiya Omen, right?"

"Yes... Huh? Lord Nino?"

After receiving the exact reply, Qingdeng did not waste even half a second, and turned around and left with an extremely fast pace.

In just a moment, his figure appeared in the distance.

Harada Zuosuke blinked, becoming more and more puzzled:

"Mr. Juicy, you are..."

"Sounosuke, I'll leave the front line to you! Don't let me down!"

After leaving this sentence simply, Qingdeng's back completely disappeared, leaving only his voice still in the air.

Harada Zuosuke and the memorial soldiers stayed there.

They blinked hard at the same time, then turned their heads and looked at each other - both of them found a strong confusion on each other's faces.

...

...

Hibiya Mimen is not far from Akasaka Mimen.

After a while, Aoden, who was walking in a fast meteor, successfully arrived at Hibiya Omen.

As soon as he arrived at the destination, he saw 7 young men waiting outside the Imperial Gate.

All seven people were wearing shabby clothes and had dish-like faces, and they were obviously civilians.

Three of them wore swords on their waists, and four of them carried bamboo guns on their shoulders... Apart from that, there was no other equipment.

Seeing someone coming, the seven people turned their heads and looked at Qingdeng, showing confusion.

Someone seems to recognize Qingdeng.

After carefully observing Qingdeng's appearance, the man immediately widened his eyes and said in a trembling voice:

"Yes, it's Lord Nino!"

As soon as these seven people were shocked and turned into shock.

Immediately afterwards, they knelt on the ground without any distinction, lowered their waists, and did not even dare to show off their anger.

Qingdeng raised his hand:

"All up!"

He waited for the seven people to get up—they stood up tremblingly while they were thanking—and observed them carefully.

"As you see, I am the president of the army and the new general of the selected group, Shizuki Akito."

"I have heard of your affairs."

"It is said that you want to come and help as the 'volunteer army'?"

The seven people nodded in a hurry.

Qingdeng asked again:

"I'll ask you, what are your names?"

When these seven people heard this, they did not dare to neglect them and reported their names one after another.

Qingdeng silently remembers their names and then continues to ask:

"I ask you, why do you want to go to the battlefield and want to make achievements?"

Maybe I was nervous. These 7 people looked at me, and I looked at you, and I didn’t say a word for a long time.

About 10 seconds later, the person standing in front - this person just called himself "Azan".

His body was not strong. Judging from the position of the thick cocoons on his palms, Qingdeng guessed that he was an umbrella maker.

Then he saw him take a deep breath, plucking his courage, and stammeringly said:

"If you can achieve success, then that's the best."

"No, no, but we don't have such ambition!"

"We just want to follow morality! We want to help you! Repel the rebels!"

With this man's head on, the rest of the people also became brave and spoke one after another:

"That's right! We are not greedy for fame and fortune!"

"We have backbone too!"

"My Lord Nino! My name is Nantaro! I have learned swordsmanship for several years! Although my skills are not high, I can go to the battlefield!"

"Ichihashi Keihi is so bad! Lord Renwang, we are all on your side!"

Qing Deng looked at the seven people expressionlessly, listening quietly to their generous speeches.

However, if you look closely, you will find that although the amplitude is very slight, the corners of his mouth are indeed slightly raised.

Suddenly, he, who had just smiled, frowned suddenly:

"You are very brave!"

"I'm obviously a white person, but I'm yelling to go to the battlefield!"

"How can civilians like you make achievements on the battlefield!"

As soon as this statement was made, all the seven people who had just spoken with gracious words shut up, lowered their heads, and looked ashamed.

Although Qingdeng said it very bluntly and unpleasantly, he did not say it wrong.

In fact, even themselves do not think they can show off their talents on the battlefield.

The only thing they deserve is their passionateness - what is the use of having passionate blood?

Just when they were scolded by Qing Deng, this one who couldn't raise their heads-

"But, I appreciate your courage."

With the sudden resounding words, Qingdeng's facial expression became softer again.

"What's wrong with civilians?"

"There are many civilians in the new selection group."

"In terms of their ability to fight, they are not worse than warriors!"

"There are even people among them who have made great achievements in one fell swoop!"

"I'm very happy that I was lucky enough to meet 7 warriors today!"

"I welcome you very much!"

"I pay my most sincere respect to you!"

"I'll ask you, are you ready to fight side by side with me, Juiceng?"

First, I was scolded, but now I received sincere praise... The exciting experience like a roller coaster made these 7 people stunned.

After a moment, the person in charge, Azhan, swallowed hard, and then changed into a firm tone:

"Mr. Nie, we are ready! Please let us go!"

Qingdeng looked at Azan and smiled - this time his smile was no longer a light smile, but a happy smile from the heart.

"very good!"

"I, Ju Qingdeng, hereby announce that every civilian who comes to help can receive 3 taels of military salary!"
To be continued...