The bright moon hangs high.

The garden of General Fujita's house, exactly twelve o'clock in the evening.

Oh, you ask how Genichiro knows the time?

When the Eagles were looking for clothes for him, they passed by a watch shop and took a pocket watch on them.

"Click——"

The Hidden Eagles were hiding in the shadows and had looked at their watches several times in the past five minutes. They seemed to like the action of opening and closing the watch cover very much.

Genichiro, on the other hand, was rarely in the mood to appreciate the golden color here.

"I didn't expect that such a tall and delicate building would be made of stone. I don't know how it was supported."

Genichiro looked at the small white building where General Fujita lived, and sighed sincerely, "Not only is it surrounded by mountains and rivers, but it also diverts water to form a lake. The life of Japanese generals today is really luxurious. In the past, only daimyo from big countries could enjoy it like this. However,

It's still far behind the stunning and natural landscape of Weiming."

At this time, a cry of "Ahhh" came from the rattan frame above the head, and then two furry monkeys landed on the ground. It was the watching monkey and the hearing monkey.

They were previously sent by Genichiro to "detect" the white building.

As for the noisiest talking monkey, it has become a pattern on Genichiro's yukata, and it looks cute.

Seeing the two monkeys returning, Genichiro quickly asked: "How is it? Did you find anything strange?"

"Ahh——"

The watching ape shook his head, and the hearing ape also said he heard nothing unusual.

"So Fujita and his family are alive?"

The two monkeys nodded.

"There's nothing unusual about it?"

Genichiro held the handle of the Nichirin sword at his waist and slowly rubbed the lines on it, "Could it be that Murata and the Demon Slayers made a mistake?"

"There should be no problem, Genichiro-sama."

The black-clad hawks reluctantly stuffed their pocket watches into their raincoats, "When I asked the policeman about the location of this place before, he said that this afternoon, there were indeed many mutilated corpses lying on the Maeda River not far from here.

The bodies were found in the river. The bodies were all dressed in black and carrying knives. However, the Maeda River is not under the jurisdiction of Kojimachi District, so he does not know the specific details."

Genichiro understood that the so-called multiple corpses were his teammates who were supposed to join Murata.

The body was in pieces, something only ghosts who needed to eat humans would do.

But originally, according to the agreement with Murata, they were to meet at General Fujita's house and then investigate the disappearance of the navy through negotiation.

So no matter how you look at it, the Fujita family is the intersection of all doubts.

But with the perceptive capabilities of the seeing ape and the hearing ape, nothing suspicious was discovered?

So where is that suspicious ghost hiding?

"What did the newspapers say about the missing navy? What is the relationship between this general and the missing navy?"

"Most local newspapers have the same story, saying that the nine missing sailors are all from the same hometown, and they may have agreed to be deserters. The so-called disappearance is completely false, and there is no mention of General Fujita."

The black-clad hawks took out several newspapers from their coir raincoats, and the titles were all different.

Genichiro's eyes lit up when he saw this. He was indeed a ninja protecting his grandfather. He was really well prepared.

Genichiro took the newspaper. Although he didn't understand all the words, he could roughly understand the meaning.

These newspapers did not report much on the disappearance itself. Most of them were news reviews. They just used the desertion incident as an excuse and insisted that "young people in Satsuma are not as good as they used to be." Then they turned their guns around.

The two feudal lords of Changsa who controlled the parliament seemed to want to separate the credit for the downfall from Changsa.

Among them, only the Asahi Shimbun, a tabloid based in Osaka, seems to have conducted a specific investigation.

They discovered that these deserters had all had contact with General Fujita before they disappeared.

Moreover, General Fujita, like these missing persons, is also a Satsuma native.

But the investigation ends here.

The "Asahi Shimbun" was just a small newspaper at this time. After all, people were talking very little, and it was about a naval hero. No one took this kind of report seriously, and it would even attract abuse.

"It turns out that Fujita is from Satsuma."

Genichiro put his hand on his chin, remembering what happened during the Warring States Period, "The Satsuma people have always been tough in their folk customs, and they are no less generous than the Wei Mingzhong. Even the powerful inner government is afraid of them. Such things as deserters

, it really doesn’t seem like they can do it. In addition, the members of the Demon Slayer Corps died today, so this possibility is unlikely. The so-called deserters should have already died. But this Fujita is actually a marine

hero?"

"Ah, the fat man said that it seems that Japan fought a war with a powerful country called Russia two or three years ago."

The hawks said unconvincingly, after all, to him, everything in the new world was a bit unbelievable.

"I heard that the country called Russia was as big as thousands of Japan, but it was Japan that won the war in the end. Among them, Fujita commanded the Japanese warships he was in and sank three large Russian ships, so he was regarded as

The emperor personally commended him and he became a war hero. Now a few years later, he is already a popular candidate to be the next navy minister."

"No wonder these newspapers don't dare to investigate. The emperor is standing behind him."

After Genichiro sighed, he looked at the hawks with strange eyes, "You have only been in this world for a few hours, why do you know so much about things here?"

"Just think of it as a ninja's instinct."

The hawks leaned down and said, "In order to identify all threats and better protect you, Genichiro-sama, the more detailed we know, the better we can deal with them. The water in this world is very deep."

"Okay, now that you say that...wait, you said water-"

Genichiro suddenly remembered what the Eagles had just said, "You said before that those corpses were found in the river, right?"

"yes."

"Then the Fujita family's artificial lake should be connected to that river."

Genichiro continued, and then looked at the sparkling lake behind the small building under the moonlight, "Ghosts cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, but those demon slayers were killed during the day, and the corpses

But drifting along the river. In other words, as long as the river water is turbid enough-"

The hawks continued: "Then ghosts can move even during the day!"

The two looked at each other with surprise in their eyes as they discovered clues.

"Then go to the pavilion on the other side of the lake and have a look. Be careful."

Genichiro directly drew out the Nichirin Sword, and then said to the Eye-watching Monkey King and the Hearing Monkey King: "You hide first."

The two monkeys yelled reluctantly for a while, but when they saw Genichiro's determined expression, they jumped towards him and turned into two unhappy apes on their yukata.

Soon, Genichiro and the hawks walked to the pavilion in the center of the lake.

"The smell of alcohol here is very strong. Someone must have been drinking here earlier today."

The hawks looked around carefully, "Maybe it's that guy named Fujita."

"He's not the only one." Genichiro suddenly said.

"Sir Genichiro?" The hawks were confused.

"It's already confirmed."

When Genichiro looked at a total of eighteen paper figures flying out of the water, his face suddenly became serious, especially when one of the paper figures was quite bright, "Not long ago, a person died here.

ah……"

"careful!"

However, before Genichiro finished speaking, the hawks suddenly held his arms around his waist, and then he climbed up to the top of the pavilion like a big, flexible bird.

Almost at the same time, a huge muffled sound sounded underwater, and the surging waves seemed to be conscious, covering the center of the entire pavilion, and even the stone tables and benches above were pushed aside. It can be seen from this that

Powerful.

Genichiro was frightened for a while. If the hawks had not acted in time, he would have been knocked into the water.

"Is this the power of ghosts?"

He could already think of those Demon Slayer members, why they were wiped out so easily.

This kind of attack from underwater is too sudden and too hidden.

"Nichirin Sword..."

A gloomy voice sounded, "Are you this group of ghost hunters again?"

The hawks took out the flying scythe and slowly rotated it in their hands, with a hint of reminder in their tone, "Sir Genichiro."

"Okay, I see it."

As Genichiro looked with solemn eyes, a monster covered with shells rose from the water. Under the water-weed-like hair were two fierce yellow eyes, which seemed to be a little brighter than the moon.

"Oh, he's just a kid. He can't even change the color of a knife, so why did you find him?"

"Really, even though I can't eat anymore, your garbage from the Demon Slayer Squad is still here to die!"

"This is forcing me to be the bottom line!"
To be continued...