I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"I don't care what method you use, in short, don't let Shuntaro go to Yoshiwara when Jitaro is going to kill Gua Shengxiu."

"Yes."

"Okay, that's all I have to say." Balrog waved his hand, "Go down and get ready. I will participate in these two missions later."

Kyutaro and Shutaro agreed "Yes" in unison, and left the Balrog's mansion one after the other.

The friendship between Kyutaro and Shutaro is mediocre, so after the two left the mansion of the Balrog, they simply said goodbye and went to do their own things.

Zhou Taro went to prepare for tonight's mission.

And Ji Taro found Keitaro who had been waiting outside the Yanmo mansion, waiting for him to come out.

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

After bringing his lips close to Keitaro's ear, Jitaro told Keitaro concisely and in a low voice the task that was about to start late at night.

After Kyutaro finished speaking, Keitaro, who is usually unsmiling, rarely showed a faint smile.

"Master Kyutaro, that's very kind. It's a long-lost assassination mission."

"Yeah." Ji Taro twisted his neck, "I almost forgot when was the last assassination mission."

"Ketaro, let's go."

"Now go have dinner first, then go home and sleep."

The start time of the task is [-]:[-] pm.

Converted to the unit of modern earth, it is 12 o'clock in the evening.

There are still more than 6 hours before the start of the mission, and Ji Taro intends to take a nap while he still has free time to recharge his batteries.

Hui Taro kept a half-step distance from Ji Taro, and followed closely behind Ji Taro.

As soon as Kyutaro left the Balrog's mansion, he saw an acquaintance walking towards him.

"Yo! Shintaro!" Ji Taro greeted this person on his own initiative.

The person who is walking towards Ji Taro is Shintaro, who belongs to the "Four Heavenly Kings" with Ji Taro.

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

"Why are you back?" Jitaro asked, "I remember you were monitoring that traitor's hiding place?"

"The task of monitoring the hiding place of the traitorous ninja is handed over to other ninjas." Shintaro replied, "I was called back to rest by the Balrog."

"Hey, you should take a good rest." Ji Taro smiled, "In order to track down the whereabouts of that traitor, you must have suffered a lot during this time, right?"

"It's just some trivial troubles not worth mentioning." Shintaro shook his head, "I'm very tired now, so excuse me."

After all, Shintaro bowed to Ji Taro, then passed by Ji Taro without looking back, and walked away.

Turning around, after seeing Shintaro's back, Ji Taro said to Keitaro in a half-joking tone:

"I wish all ninjas could do things as honestly and unambiguously as Shintaro."

Although Shintaro usually has a reticent appearance, which makes people unable to see what he is thinking, which is extremely inconsistent with Jitaro's personality, but Jitaro does not hate Shintaro who usually works silently like an old scalper.

After hearing Ji Taro's words, Keitaro smiled slightly:

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

more than 1 hour later

Edo, Yoshihara, Miumeya, Furin Taifu's room

Taifu Fengchi, who had been studying in the remaining room all afternoon, walked slowly on the way back to the room with graceful steps.

After opening the door and entering his room, the husband saw a person sitting in a corner of the room.

The husband was so frightened that he almost screamed out.

But after seeing the appearance of this person clearly, the Taifu suppressed the scream that had already welled up in his throat.

"Really, can you say hello to me next time before entering my room?" Tai Fu said to this man angrily while closing the door.

"I saw that you were not here, so I planned to wait for you in your room. I will pay attention next time."

The person sitting in the corner of Taifu's room was none other than Shuntaro.

The Taifu walked slowly to Shuntaro, sat down on his knees, and looked up and down Shuntaro several times with suspicious eyes.

"What's the matter with your attire? Are you going to perform some mission tonight?"

At this time, Shuntaro was not wearing an ordinary kimono, nor did he have the bright and blinding women's clothing before.

Instead, they wore their Shiranui male ninja uniforms, which were pitch black from head to toe.

Shuntaro also carried his two sabers on his back, and the handles of the two swords protruded from behind Shuntaro's right shoulder.

"Yeah, I have a mission tonight."

"As for the content of the mission, allow me to keep it a secret."

"Because there are still about 2 hours before the start of the mission, so I came to sit with you."

"Shun Bainian rubbed us to see the tea in Meiwu, right?" Tai Fu asked angrily.

"You're right." Shuntaro grinned, "You see that the tea in Umeya is much more fragrant than the tea in our Shiranui."

"You haven't changed at all." Tai Fu smiled slightly, "When we were young, when we were both two urchins on the banks of the Rashomon River, you especially liked to come to my house to eat and drink."

"Now that I think about it carefully, things are really different." Shuntaro continued, "A pair of childhood sweethearts who grew up together on the banks of the Rashomon River, and now one of them has become a famous Fuchi Taifu."

"The other one became Shuntaro who has the title of the head of the Four Heavenly Kings in Shiranui."

"It's really a trick of good fortune."

"That's right, the two of us are now considered to be dignified figures." Tai Fu replied with a smile.

Shuntaro looked up at the ceiling above his head.

After taking a deep breath, he said slowly:

"A Chang, although we are both famous figures now, I plan to give up the title of the head of the Four Heavenly Kings now."

"Huh?" Tai Fu frowned slowly, "What do you mean?"

"I want to quit Shiranui."

"Exit Shiranui?" Taifu Fengling's eyes widened in surprise, "Why? You can't quit Shiranui at will? Once you quit, it will be regarded as treason."

"Yeah, that's why I just said that I want to quit."

Shuntaro crossed his arms across his chest in a thoughtful pose.

"I've been thinking recently, is there any point in staying in Shiranui?"

"I chose to stay in Shiranui in order to be able to meet powerful masters and compete with them."

"But now I haven't met anyone stronger than me for a long time."

"In the entire Shiranui, the only one who can fight me is the Balrog."

"But the Balrog never competes with me."

"And I don't want to compete with this kind of old people. Even if I win, I don't have the real feeling of victory."

"I can't meet a master who is worth going all out, and I have been doing some tasks that don't feel meaningful"

A wry smile slowly appeared on Shuntaro's face.

"To be honest, I can't see the point of my staying in Shiranui at all."

"To be honest, about half a month ago, I was already thinking about whether there is any way to safely exit Shiranui, so that I won't be harassed and hunted down by the ninjas in Shiranui."

Mrs. Wind Chime listened quietly.

After Shuntaro's voice fell, Taifu Fuling said softly:

"Have you ever thought about what to do after leaving Shiranui?"

"Yes. I just thought about it today." The corner of Shuntaro's mouth curled up, "I met a very enthusiastic samurai at the martial arts test venue today."

"His name is Kondo, and he said he is doing martial arts training now."

"I'm currently working in a shop called Beifeng House, and I'm accumulating travel expenses for my next trip."

"He woke me up."

"In the future, I won't be a ninja in Shiranui. I plan to practice martial arts and travel around."

"Look for a powerful master, compete with him, and continue to improve my skills and skills!"

"It turns out that you have already thought about what to do after you quit Shiranui." Taifu Fengling showed a helpless smile, "But now it's not the Warring States era, and there are not so many masters in the wild."

"Haven't you heard the old saying? In this world, an abacus is better than a knife."

"I think that even if you practice martial arts, you may not be able to meet any masters."

"Who said that?" Shuntaro shook his head, "There are still masters."

"Like?"

"For example," Shuntaro pondered for a while, "Isn't that Zhan Yishi a well-known master?"

"Renzai Yishi? Are you referring to the executioner Ittosai Ogata Yishi?"

"That's right, Renzhan Yishi should be the No.1 swordsman in his age group." Shuntaro smiled brightly, "If possible, I really want to meet him and have a good fight with him. "

"I heard that Ogata Itsue has died in Nijo Castle in Kyoto."

"Don't say such unlucky words!" Shuntaro raised his hand angrily and patted Taifu Fengling on the shoulder.

about 2 hours later

It was nine o'clock in the evening.

Edo, on a trail leading to Yoshiwara

"Master Yuan."

"what's up?"

"I'm starting to wonder if there's any point in running out every night to hunt rats like this."

"Of course it makes sense, don't you think we've already cleaned up two waves of rats?"

"It only cleared 2 waves of rats."

Ogata emphasized the word "only".

Under the cover of darkness, Genichi and Ogata walked one after the other on the path to Yoshiwara.

It is almost 12 o'clock in the evening now, and there are basically no pedestrians on the road.

But Genichi and Ogata still put on the tengu and white fox masks to hide their identities meticulously at this time.

Every night, I went to work at Yoshihara's place first, and then sneaked out with Genichi in the middle of the night, squatting at the gate of Yoshihara's gate and "hunting rats".

At the beginning of "mouse hunting", Ogata still felt a little fresh, and there was still a little gain.

But Ogata is getting bored now.

So I couldn't help asking Yuanyi the question "Is there any point?"

"Master Gen, I feel like we have lost the mouse." Ogata sighed softly.

There are not many "rats" that Genichi remembers its appearance.

He only remembered the people he had offended in recent years.

He basically doesn't remember the appearance of some enemies who had grudges a long time ago.

So from the beginning of "mouse hunting" to now, Ogata and the others have only hunted 2 waves of "mouse".

Most of the time, they just wait in the cold wind and return without success

The low efficiency made Ogata a little annoyed.

"Don't say that." Yuan Yi chuckled, "Maybe we will meet a big fish tonight."

Ogata: "You said the same thing last night"

Edo, a remote place.

"Master Shuntaro." Zhou Taro said respectfully to Shuntaro who was slowly walking towards him.