Since they couldn't return to the villa for the time being, Su Ruojin told Su Ziyang to go back to the villa first, evacuate all their people back to the large ship, and remember to take one of the Yamato people from the villa with him.
She, Xiao Yanchu, and Huanzhi followed the two men in black forward.
Seeing that the road looked somewhat familiar, Su Ruojin guessed that it was the road to the Imperial Palace.
Sure enough, the group arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Palace shortly afterward.
After dismounting, the maid Tachibana Chiyo was already waiting at the door. Upon seeing them arrive, she welcomed them into the courtyard.
"Everyone, the Emperor has gone to sleep. Please come with me to Yinghua Courtyard to rest. Rest assured, the Emperor has made arrangements, and no one will discover that you are here for the time being."
Upon arriving at Sakurain, everything had already been arranged. Tachibana Chiyo led the group into the room and then withdrew.
It was already late in the Yin hour (3-5 AM). After a night of commotion, everyone was quite tired, but no one could fall asleep.
"Ah Jin, how did you find out about Matsushima Kaoru?" Xiao Yanchu finally had time to ask this question.
He was very puzzled. With his martial arts skills, he hadn't noticed anyone there. Ah Jin's martial arts skills weren't as good as his, so how did she find out?
"Yanchu, do you remember that someone stole the antidote for the tick-soul-scarring sand from my pharmacy?" Su Ruojin asked.
Xiao Yanchu nodded. "I remember, even An Yi and the others didn't see anyone enter the pharmacy. We don't know who stole the antidote."
“With An Yi and the others’ martial arts skills, if someone were to enter normally, they wouldn’t know, unless that person is abnormal,” Su Ruojin said.
Huanzhi's eyes widened. "Your Highness, how could someone be abnormal? Could it be...?"
Huanzhi immediately thought of the figure she had heard from elders since childhood—a figure dressed in white or red, floating around—and felt goosebumps rise all over her body.
Seeing Huanzhi's expression, Su Ruojin could already guess what was going on in her little head, and found it somewhat amusing.
"Alright, put away your weird ideas. Even if you're not normal, you're still a human being."
Upon hearing the princess say that the other party was human, Huanzhi realized that she had been thinking too much and chuckled a couple of times, feeling a little embarrassed.
Su Ruojin continued, "I always felt like I had overlooked something, but I finally remembered it later."
In Sakura...Yamato, there is a technique called ninjutsu. Ninjutsu is divided into different schools based on individual strengths, such as those specializing in medicine, martial arts, stealth, assassination, and so on.
If I remember correctly, one of their schools was called the Wind Demon School. They were skilled at using feathers to conceal themselves and were adept at assassination and espionage.
Huanzhi felt like she was listening to a foreign language; could there really be someone in this world who could hide themselves with feathers?
"Your Highness, how did they do it?"
Su Ruojin shook her head. "This is a secret of their faction. No one outside the faction can know about it."
In her previous life, she had only seen these ancient schools of thought in books. With the advancement of technology, the emergence of firearms and more advanced communication tools, they gradually disappeared into the long river of history.
The secrets of these schools of thought have also been lost to history and are no longer known to anyone.
"So, Ah Jin, you suspect that the person who broke into the pharmacy to steal the antidote was a ninja from the Wind Demon Sect?" Xiao Yanchu understood.
"That should be it."
Previously, the secret guards and imperial guards went out to inquire, but none of the information they brought back was related to ninjutsu. It seems that in this era of Yamato, ninjutsu was not widespread and must have been a skill that only a very few people could master.
It's even uncertain whether it's called ninjutsu, whether it has its own schools of thought, or whether it's called by those names.
However, Su Ruojin believed that the essence remained the same despite all the changes. Since Yamato was already so similar to other parts of the Cherry Blossom Country in her previous life, it was quite possible that there was something similar to ninjutsu.
If that's the case, then everything before makes sense.
"Your Highness, is Matsushima Kaoru also a member of this Fuma Faction?" Huanzhi realized.
According to the princess, the Fuma Faction is good at hiding their identities, assassination, and espionage, which perfectly matches everything Matsushima Kaoru does.
"No, she's not from the Fuma faction. However, this Matsushima Kaoru is indeed a ninja, and if I'm not mistaken, she should be from the Touba faction."
This group of people are also skilled at concealing their identities, but they don't use feathers.
I don't know the specific method used, but it should be related to medicine.
Besides being adept at concealing their presence, they are also skilled in medicine, martial arts, and survival in various harsh environments.
The only reason I was able to spot Kaoru Matsushima was because she had a faint medicinal scent on her.
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