Chapter 48: Fake Dagger, Fishing Law Enforcement

48.

The expeditionary force never returned.

Ichigo looked at the time-space converter worriedly, thinking that if the expeditionary force didn't return before lunch, he would apply to the Judge to go out and search for the missing Three Blades.

"Hey, Ichigo-dono, are you worried about the sword of the expedition?" The fox lying on the shoulder of Minghu jumped to Ichigo Ichifuki's feet and rubbed his calves affectionately with its fluffy tail. "Don't worry, Kipumaru-dono and the others are all highly trained swordsmen."

"Minghu is also worried about you." The fox landed lightly on Minghu's shoulder, "Please take care of your rest, Master Yiqi."

Ichiki Ichijin stared at Minghu for a while, then he smiled again and said in a gentle tone, "Don't worry, I just came to take a look."

"Today's valet..." Ichigo Ichijin suddenly thought of something and naturally changed the topic to the Shinsengumi, "Did you choose your younger brothers?"

The fox and the minnow looked at each other and said nothing.

I don't know when it started, but Ichigo Ichizuru began to show his disgust towards the Judges, and he intentionally or unintentionally isolated Toushirou and his friends from any contact with the Judges.

But on the surface, Ichigo Ichifumi is still that gentle, loyal and reliable katana. The Judge is completely unaware of his hatred for him, and Toushirou and others have no idea why he hates the Judge.

"Today's attendant is Shinano." The fox spoke carefully, "Ichiki-dono, although the lord is a new judge who has only been in office for a short time, he has always done a good job..."

"I understand." Ichigo Ichijin interrupted Fox and said goodbye to him politely, "Uncle, I still have some nephews to do, so I'm leaving now."

Minghu stood there, quietly watching Ichigo Ichizuru's leaving back.

"Minghu..." Fox stepped on Minghu's shoulder anxiously, "Are you okay?"

"...Nothing." Minghu retracted his gaze and lowered his eyes, "Let's go."

A second before Ichiban-Ichiko left, the space-time converter shook and emitted a golden light.

The light faded, and the three blades that had never returned to the main palace appeared in the same place.

"Oh, are the expedition troops back?" The fox swung its tail. "Welcome back. This is..." The fox tilted its head curiously. "Is this Awataguchi's short sword?"

Hibamaru looked very embarrassed, the whole blade looked like a rusted robot, his movements were stiff, and his words were stuttering: "This... this is... the... Genji sword of the Awataguchi family..."

Minghu/fox:?

You hid at the back, grabbing your knee-high pants, and sighed. This time's NPC is not good, why do they want you to take over again?

"I'm a new blade that's still under testing, and not fully implemented yet." You poked your head out from behind and gave Minghu a timid yet cute smile, "Are you... my uncle?"

Minghu, Minghu didn't know what this feeling was called, but he felt his heart was sunk.

The fox didn't care so much, and directly abandoned its original owner and snuggled into your arms affectionately: "Oh, I'm the fox of Minghu, so you're the new blade of the Awataguchi family? No wonder I feel so close to you."

The fox's fluffy tail brushes across your neck, and it rubs your cheek affectionately: "It is my job to entertain guests. Do you like foxes?"

I like it in winter, but not in summer.

You unnoticeably grab the fox from its neck and hold it in your arms, using your skilled dog-stroking technique to make the fox close its eyes in comfort.

In the middle of the night, Higemaru was shocked to find that he was an outer blade and wanted to escape back to Honmaru overnight, but Higekiri persuaded him to go back with just a few words.

Just in time, you went to another fishing ground on the seashore to fish for king fish. After hearing the conversation between the Genji brothers, you decided on the spot to send the poor lost old Blade back to his Honmaru the next day - in fact, you remembered the previous episode in which you had turned evil, and also remembered the forgotten main mission.

The other blades in Honmaru know that you are going to visit other Honmaru, and they all strongly oppose your appearance in the form of Little Fat Banana.

You are annoyed and reluctantly agree to let the other blades dress you up.

So a bunch of blades want to dress you up, and the clothes they take out are more dazzling than the last, such as "the twelve-piece dress used by ancient princesses", "the gold-threaded hunting clothes that only the nobles would wear", and "the highest-level pure white professional uniform for judges"...

You don’t even know when these NPCs bought it!

Finally, you managed to escape from the encirclement of the blades and adopted Higekiri's suggestion - to continue pretending to be the new blade that had not been implemented.

"Well, I also want to see my brother's Honmaru." Higekiri propped up his chin and looked at Hibikimaru with a smile, "That... Miromaru won't expose me and the head of the family, right?"

"It's Hibamaru, brother!" After retorting out of habit, Hibamaru looked at you, then at Higekiri, fidgeting and moving around in his seat, and finally uttered, "It's not good to... to lie, isn't it?"

"This is not called a trick blade, brother." Higekiri changed his posture, his eyes crooked, "This is called that... an incognito visit? As a judge and a guard sword, you can't know more, right?"

No, if we really want to investigate a Honmaru, it should be called fishing enforcement.

“Eh…Is…Is that so?”

Brother... Brother is caring about him! But it's not good to deceive the blade, right? Ichiki-dono has already been deceived, is he going to deceive a blade in Honmaru? But brother is caring about him, so he let his Shintoist do this...

The already timid Hibikimaru was toyed with by his beloved Oni-chan again: "I...I will cooperate...right?"

The blades that would go with you were quickly decided: Higekiri and the two Kotetsu. The other blades wanted to go with you, but you coldly rejected them.

You're kidding. You're not going to fight the BOSS today. You're just going to visit a certain spot. Why do you need to bring so many blades with you?

Glancing at Higekiri, you continued to tell Naruko the excuse you had prepared long ago: "Hinamaru-ni... wanted to see if I was doing well in the test of Honmaru. I saw that my brother was so happy, so I acted like a spoiled child..."

You pinched your thigh, making yourself look more like a short sword that was ashamed of its brother not being able to return to Honmaru in time because of its coquettishness: "I'm sorry... it's all... it's all my fault..."

I feel your acting skills have improved. Next time you act with Yan Er, you will definitely be able to beat him!

The kneecap you grabbed has become completely stiff.

Is this... is this real crying? Or is this acting? Is this necessary to test whether he is living well in Honmaru? Is this fake crying? Or is this real crying? Is he trying to comfort her as an "Onii-chan"?

Seeing that his poor brother was about to be burned by his confused thoughts, Higekiri sighed, picked you up from the ground, and pressed your face against his chest to prevent you from laughing out loud.

"Well, that's it." Higekiri continued calmly, "...I just want to see my brother and... that, once in a while."

I don't know what's so special about this one-period one-vibration that makes the master of the house take it so seriously. Well, since the master of the house cares so much, he has no choice but to cooperate.

After all, the title "Ren" is the most favored by the head of the family, and he is also very interested in it.

But judging from the past stories told by the old swordsmen in Honmaru, this Ichigo Ichibo is most likely... well, it will be taken back, right? I wonder if my younger brother will be taken back with him... I think he should be able to, right? From the looks of the master, he seems to like his younger brother quite a lot.

As for the issue of having an owner... Higekiri thinks that this is not a problem for you. It is not a problem for them either, since there are many second-hand blades in Honmaru anyway.

Without your knowledge, Higekiri has already thought of many ways for you to kidnap the main blade and bring it back to his own Honmaru.

"Brother, it's Ichigo Ichifumi." Higemaru reminded Higekiri in a low voice, "It's not Ichigo Ichie..."

"Yeah, I get it, Elbow Maru."

"Yes... it's Kneemaru..."

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"The current lord is the second judge of Honmaru." The fox lies in your arms and introduces the situation of Honmaru to you. "Because he has just taken office, there are not many blades in Honmaru. The successor, Kitsunesuke, has not taken office yet. Most of the blades in Honmaru were obtained by the lord through the dungeon activities some time ago."

"Although there are few blades in Honmaru, the lord is very kind to everyone." The fox proudly puffed out his fluffy chest, "Please rest assured, Your Highnesses, the lord is a very qualified judge of the gods."

"Hasn't the first judge of this Honmaru been in office for long?" Hosu Kakutetsu couldn't help but say, "Fake... Tsk, they said I didn't exist in this Honmaru."

"No... that's not the case..." The fox didn't know how to explain, and its tail slowly stopped wagging. "Ming Fox arrived relatively late, and I don't know much about the first Judge..."

"I just heard..." the fox said hesitantly, "The first judge died in an accident. Most of the swords forged by the first judge chose to be buried with the emperor. Her wedding sword jumped into the sword-breaking pond on the day she learned the news..."

"In the Honmaru, there is only one sword, the Mikazuki Munechika, which was brought out by the first Judge of the Gods. The current lord is the younger brother of the first Judge of the Gods, but his spiritual power is much weaker than that of the first Judge of the Gods."

Wow, I’m following in my sister’s footsteps.

When the first Shinsengumi died, most of the skilled swords were buried with him, which was equivalent to the second Shinsengumi taking over an empty shell Honmaru with a lot of resources... Well, buying a game account also means buying a resource account.

"Hahaha, if you want to know what happened in Honmaru in the past, why don't you just ask me, your grandfather?" Mikazuki Munechika, who appeared in the corridor out of nowhere, winked at you, "Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea, little friend?"

But from an angle where Minghu couldn't see, he mouthed "Sama: Judge of the Gods".

We've seen Mikazuki Munechika with long hair so many times, but his normal short hair looks... different and special? You sighed, worthy of being the poster boy for current affairs, what a great face.

How did you model this? That's awesome.

Higekire shielded you behind him without leaving any trace: "Oh, is this an invitation to a tea party?" He raised his eyebrows and showed a little fangs, "This is not good, we don't like bitter drinks."

"Hikekiri-dono? It's been a long time since we last met."

Seeing that you didn't agree, "Mikazuki Munechika" didn't get angry, but just smiled calmly: "If you want to find Ichiki-den, you can go to the forging room."

"Then, Grandpa will not bother you any more."

I always feel that the expression on Mikazuki Munechika's face before he left you was a little strange... Was he sure that you would go find him again? You pondered, feeling that Mikazuki Munechika's blade, whether wild or domesticated, was capable of doing great things.

But before he left - was that really not a wink?

You thought painfully.

Current affairs, you guys are just flattering the master!

Where is the morality of men? Where is the moral bottom line? Where is the contact information?