Maureen looked at Takashi Yoshida, tilted her head in confusion, and didn't want to delve into it further, she shrugged and continued to gnaw on the candied haws in her hand.Yoshida Takashi's appearance was too sudden, and she didn't know whether it was because she was worrying too much or what, but she always had a premonition that something would happen in the coming days.

Just as she was trying to get rid of this strange premonition in her mind, there was an earth-shattering roar from behind her, and she knew that the culprit was definitely that naturally loud voice—Comrade Squalo.I saw Squalo bluntly slapping off the rice grains stuck to his head, while standing behind Maureen in an arrogant posture of "I'm a swordsman, who am I afraid of", trying to lift his leg to kick up, but was caught The latter dodged swiftly.

"Voi!!! Dead woman, are you looking for death?! Do you know the outcome of kicking me down here?"

Maureen glanced at him lightly, her expression was full of helplessness, and she said, "When have I kicked you off? You didn't stand firm, did you? I just pulled the corner of your clothes. There's a bug..." Maureen flicked her arms back and forth, Squalo in front of her seemed to want to say something, but finally opened and closed his mouth, took a few steps back maliciously, and smiled.

All of a sudden, Maureen felt the back of her head being hit hard by something strange, and she fell directly to the ground. In order to maintain her balance, she staggered a few times, and Squalo didn't seem to expect her He took a few steps forward and was about to step back when Maureen's head hit his chest.

In a panic, Squalo bent his arms and supported Maureen's body with his palms to prevent her from falling firmly on the lower body.But before he realized what was going on, Maureen blinked blankly, slapped Squalo on the cheek, tried to prop up her body, and was hit hard by something on the back of the head .The smash made her feel dizzy for a while, and she fell down again.

"Voi! Damn woman, have you been beaten stupidly? I didn't hit you, why did you hit me?" Squalo looked like he was going to fight Maureen, holding the knife in one hand, and rubbing his slightly red face with the other. cheek.

Maureen blinked in embarrassment, but said nothing.This is the first time her breasts have been attacked, how would she know what kind of reaction she should have?Just slapping him is a very normal subconscious reaction, right?

"Ah, I accidentally kicked in the wrong place." Sakata Gintoki fucked his dead fish eyes that have never changed for thousands of years, one finger kept turning around in his nostril, and the other hand stretched out very naturally. Looking at the takoyaki box in Gui Xiaotaro's hand, he poked out one without hesitation and stuffed it into his mouth, silently watching the ball flying towards Maureen.

Shinsuke Takasugi on the side was holding a plate of takoyaki and eating it with relish. It could be seen that his eyes were always fixed on a certain place, and he slowly turned his head to look at it after eating several. Some kind of Sakata Gintoki and Katsura Kotaro.

"No matter how many times you eat... Takoyaki is delicious." Higashikawa Masano stood beside Kato Hidekazu, with a mouth full of takoyaki, with a little sauce sticking to the corner of his mouth, he could only hear his vague words Said: "But Brother Kato... Where did my ball go? It was still in my hand just now."

Hidesuke Kato smiled slightly, raised his chin, and signaled the children beside him to look at Maureen, who was walking towards them with a fierce face in the distance, and Squalo beside her, who was laughing unabashedly.Dongchuan Masano finally couldn't help swallowing his saliva. The danger perception cells in his body had been activated, and he was constantly reminding himself that the danger was approaching him little by little. ——Of course, all of this is because Maureen's expression is too scary.

"Isn't it just being hit by a ball? Why do you have such an expression?" Sakata Gintoki looked at Maureen who was approaching them a little bit blankly, raised his hand and scratched his head, and continued: "The girl is angry. The reason is really hard to understand."

"That's not it, Yinshi." Gui Xiaotaro sighed helplessly, raised his hand to rest his forehead, and then asked, "Where is Uncle Xiaoshi? I saw him with Maureen and you just now, why is he gone now?"

"That's right." Maureen suddenly stopped and said, "Uncle Xiaoshi seemed to feel something just now, and then he didn't see his shadow anymore. Although he is not important, we only need to know where Teacher Songyang is. enough."

And in the teahouse that the group of children didn't know, Yoshida Takashi was sitting leisurely at the window drinking tea.Opposite him sat a delicate and handsome man dressed in luxurious clothes. The man looked soft and weak, without any frightening aura. If he had to say it, he was actually somewhat similar to Yoshida Shoyang.The difference from Yoshida Shoyo is that Yoshida Shoyo has always had a gentle smile, but this man's smile is particularly lazy. This kind of smile is actually very unbearable, but that face has earned him a lot At the end of the day, Yoshida Takashi seemed to be used to such a smile, and he didn't really punch him in the face.

This person's name is Koga Saburo, and he is the third younger brother of the current head of the Koga family. He is lazy and casual, and has always been defined as a representative of "difficult to become a master" in the family.He has always pursued a life in peace with the world, never asked anything about the Koga family, even if he heard something, he would never express his opinion, as if he was an abrupt existence.He likes to do things according to his own interests. If something doesn't interest him, he won't do it no matter how important it is; Interested, then even if the Emperor Laozi came to stop him, he would have to go back home.Koga Saburo is absolutely no more incompetent than his two elder brothers.Yoshida Takashi always felt that if Koga Saburo was an ambitious man, then the current boss of the Koga family would definitely not be Koga Taro.

"I haven't seen you for two years. Edo Castle has changed too much." Yoshida Takashi took a sip of tea, his eyes were a little melancholy.As if he was telling a helpless fact, every word was full of sentimentality.

"Yes." Saburo Koga nodded, took a sip of his wine, and said, "Although nothing has changed in my eyes, Edo is still Edo, it's just that some people who like to make trouble came here."

"How to say?"

"Recently, I often find some interesting things." Koga Saburo suddenly played with his fingers, and said lightly: "If you tell me that you didn't find out that I threw that dart, I really won't admit it. I know you as a friend, Takashi."

Yoshida Takashi smiled softly and said, "What's so hard to find? Let's not talk about the handwriting for now, just talk about this inexplicable way of doing things. You are the only one I can think of. What do you want to tell me? Or I can change it. Let me ask you this way... Did something happen to the Koga family that interests you?"

"You really like to ask key questions." Taking another sip of wine, shrugged, eyes fell on the children who were playing in the distance, sighed, and continued: "There are indeed some things that I am interested in. Let's just talk about that child, her name is Maureen, right? I know this girl..." He paused, as if recalling something, and then said: "Oh, it's Changji's daughter, of course I'm not right This girl is interested. What I am interested in is the knife in her hand... the stone on it."

"You know that stone?"

"Forget it, I have collected a lot of these stones." Koga Saburo nodded, and continued: "I have heard some rumors about these stones, and these stones obviously shouldn't exist in Edo A few days ago, that is, a few days before I sent you an 'invitation card', I met a mourner in red."

Yoshida Takashi's pupils dilated slightly, and said, "You mean you saw her?! You can still sit in front of me and drink like this?"

"What's so strange about this? The saying that almost all people died wherever the mourners in red go is just an exaggerated rumor. In other words, she is still a pretty cute girl." Saburo Koga said Here, I finally couldn't help smiling, and continued: "The stone in Maureen's hand seems to be exactly the same as the stone in other people's hands, but the ability it expresses is completely different. The stone mourning people in red, Giving her the ability to predict death, Hongyi can see the life span of everyone, and can predict death... all because of the stone beside her."

"So, you're studying those stones? Then why did you lure us here? Meet old friends?"

"Of course it's not that simple. I want to remind the two of you—as old friends, the possibility that these stones bring to Edo is not just supernatural abilities. I always feel that behind these stones may be There are still many things that we cannot predict. You'd better not get too involved in this, and if you want to get involved, you must be prepared to bear all the consequences."

Yoshida Takashi was silent for a long time, and then saw Koga Saburo take out a stone from his pocket, subconsciously grabbed it in his hand and looked at it for a while, then poked it again, looked up at the man in front of him inexplicably, and asked : "What is this? I have already held it in my hand. Why does it feel like there is no change at all?"

Koga Saburo gave him a disgusted look, and said helplessly: "Don't underestimate them as stones, they are also very temperamental things. This is like the same principle as the blood type of the human body. A stone will only fit a certain person, not a stone. It is said that whoever gets the stone will surely get supernatural abilities.”

"You mean..." Yoshida Takashi thought for a while, as if trying to find a word that fits this statement, "Fitness?"

"That's right. The compatibility of different bodies with different stones...that's what I'm most interested in."

After drinking the last sip of wine, Koga Saburo left behind these words, and quietly left.Yoshida Takashi sat on the seat alone, picked up the wine Koga Saburo was drinking, and was fascinated by it.Then he turned around suddenly and stared fixedly at a man in a blue cloth shirt who was sitting behind him at the moment. After watching for a while, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he laughed out loud.Then, he slapped the man on the back, grabbed the knife in his hand, and went downstairs.

The latter was holding a small wine glass, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.Although it has been a long time since I saw him, Yoshida Takashi is still the same as the man he knew back then, without any change.

Still like it so much... mind your own business.

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