Chapter 144
"Good afternoon, Mr. Beimingyu. Are you preparing to go to the back mountain to practice?"
"Ah, Tiger-chan, don't bother Mr. Beimingyu with the kittens. Woo~ Taro, you, you two shouldn't fight..."
"Ha, I got you. Five tigers, retreat. Don't cry. Your tigers didn't bite Taro. They were just playing."
Inside the courtyard of the Beiming Island residence, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who was watering the vegetable patch, stood with his hands on his hips as he watched a tall young monk being surrounded by a group of children as soon as someone emerged from his house. He couldn't help but sigh, "What a lively scene!"
Mitsutada Candledaikiri, who was walking from the kitchen, happened to hear what Tsuru said. He stood beside him with a relaxed smile on his handsome face. "Of course, the tanto is a very spirited species no matter where they go."
"But, to be honest, you guys came over suddenly last night and really scared me." Tsurumaru Kunihiro nudged the other person with his shoulder, "If you guys came over, it means Higekiri has gone back."
Last night, suddenly some of my comrades from the main camp of the expedition team came over, and we had a good chat with each other. We played and joked together the whole night.
Later, Qingxi needed to go to bed early, so he took the others to the empty house next door to rest.
In order to get here, the group traveled for a whole day and everyone was tired.
Chokudaikiri Mitsutada hummed, then he showed a helpless expression, "After Higekiri-dono returned, he explained the situation of you, Yaken, and the suddenly summoned Kogara and Horikawa, and then there was the shocking collective "retirement" plan.
You and Yaken disappeared, and then suddenly there was a Shinsengumi here who provided you with spiritual power. Through this connection, Manyo Sakura in Honmaru actually got more or less the Shinsengumi's spiritual power, and then it benefited us.
For this reason, even after Honmaru was increasingly marginalized by the Government of Time, we were able to maintain our human form when no new Shinsengumi took office.
It's just that everyone has the same story about this matter, and no explanation was given to Kitsunesuke or the government officials who came to investigate after reporting your disappearance.
In this modern timeline, the Time Travel Army rarely comes here. If we were to send a team here, it would definitely attract Kitsune's attention, so we are only sending this expeditionary force."
"What about the time?" asked Tsurumaru Kuninaga.
Even a long-distance expedition has a time limit.
"One week." Candlestick Mitsutada said with a smile. "Now that your location has been confirmed, there's no need to worry too much about Honmaru.
After that, the expedition should proceed normally.
At the same time, there should be another team coming here to disturb us."
"Mikazuki, do Kokarasuma and the others have any other plans?" asked Tsurumaru Kuninaga.
Generally speaking, when the Government of Time continues to be unable to find any trace of himself and Yagen Toushirou, and the people in Honmaru cooperate with them and become increasingly ineffective, the Government of Time should recall Kitsunosuke.
In this way, without surveillance, and if the main castle is moved to a more remote location, they can easily leave there and come here.
Mitsutada Chokudai looked up, his expression becoming odd. He coughed lightly and relayed the thoughts of the Honmaru bosses. "What they're saying is, if we're leaving, we should move the entire Honmaru with us... After all, that's where we've all lived for decades. Plus, our Honmaru is the only one in the rift between time and space. While we might leave behind some clues, if we take the entire rift with us, we won't leave any trace at all... Most importantly, if we move together, the Honmaru's connection to the Time Government will only be one-way. That way, we can still be there for new swords, events, or visits to Man'ya."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga was stunned: "...Is it such a big deal?"
Good guy, he was about to say good guy directly.
This made him feel like the Time Government was Wi-Fi, and all the people on his side were just using it to get some free internet...
but……
He patted the tall black-haired young man's shoulder, and when the other looked over, he gave him a thumbs-up and said, "That's a great idea."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga's eyes sparkled: "It's so exciting to think about Heihu going to Wanwu in the future."
Mitsutada Candeo shrugged, "So, to make it easier for Tenmanya in the future, Mikazuki and the others are trying to figure out how to solve those problems."
"There's still a little bit left." Tsurumaru Kuninaga approached Candlestick Kiritada, "How much is left in Honmaru Koban? I'll definitely take the master to Man'ya to have a look sometime in the future."
Candlestick Mitsutada tilted his head and saw someone. He waved at the person and said, "Xiaozhen, come here."
Later, Candlestick Mitsutada came out, and the blue-haired boy who was voted by the Shinsengumi came over and jumped up. "Well, Mi-chan, what can I do for you? The master gave me a bag of rainbow candies, super delicious, do you want some?"
Having already witnessed the wonders of the world of gourmet food that morning, Mitsutada Candlestick reached out and took a candy from the cloth bag held by the overly lively boy and put it into his mouth. Then, after seeing that Beiming Island Gyoumei had finally emerged from the group of children surrounding him, he gently pushed Taiko Bell Zhenzong towards Tsurumaru Kuninaga and said, "You can ask Xiao Zhen about your question just now. He should know the answer."
After he finished speaking, he quickly walked towards Beimingyu Xingming, "Mr. Beimingyu..."
Looking at the back of Honmaru's male mother No. 1 leaving, Tsurumaru Kuninaga and Taiko Zhong Zhenzong looked at each other. Suddenly, the white-haired young man picked up the person and said with a smile: "Come on, Xiao Zhen, let's go and talk about our own things."
.
Gyoumei of Beiming Island thought that until he lived with Youta, Xiang, Airi and Qingxi again, there would no longer be any particular noise around him.
Especially after Ah Xi chose to work in the clinic, while he was killing ghosts everywhere without a fixed residence.
However, he didn't expect that after he became a pillar, Axi would come back with a knife spirit for various reasons and live with him.
Later, he felt that having a crane at home had made him feel that this house, which was a little too big for him to live in alone, was no longer big enough. Then there was Jiro, another knife spirit, five cats... Until now, when he came home early in the morning, he suddenly found that there were six more knife spirits in the house...
Among them, there were four daggers in the shape of children, which completely caught him off guard and also gave him the feeling of entering the elderly care mode of raising children early...
Those daggers have different personalities, but they all have one thing in common - they are polite.
They are people who make others feel that they are good children after interacting with them.
After responding to them, taking off the five little tigers from the Five Tigers that were mixed in with the cats and returning them to him and receiving their soft and harmless thanks, he prepared to go out to the back mountain to practice.
But he had only taken a few steps when he was stopped again.
He stopped, turned sideways, and waited for the other party to speak next.
Chokudaikiri Mitsutada handed him a lunch box and said, "This is Mitsutada's cuisine that I made using ingredients from my master. If you don't mind, you can eat it when you're hungry during training."
Whenever Ah Xi was at home, there would always be extra afternoon snacks. Beimingyu Xingming took it. Although today's snacks were not made by Ah Xi, he was still very grateful.
After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Ashi is still in the kitchen?"
There is still some time before dinner, and at this time, people usually either rest in their rooms, do other things, or go out for a walk on the street. Now he is still in the kitchen, and he is a little worried.
"Ah, yes," replied Mitsutada Chokudai. "At noon, the host suddenly mentioned a Chinese imperial dish called Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. It's said that even Buddha would break his vows when the aroma is so strong."
Mitsutada Chokudai was just chatting casually, but when he got to Gyomei on the island of Sadamajima, he felt a little complicated.
Ah Xi...did she want to make this dish just to make herself eat meat?
With such complicated feelings, Meijima Gyomei walked out of the door of Meijima's house with the lunch box prepared for him by Chodaikiri Mitsutada.
The head of the house went out for something, leaving a group of people who had nothing to do looking at each other.
"Hey, hey! Shall we go out for a walk now?" Aizen Kunitoshi asked. "Didn't the master give us money this morning and let us buy our daily necessities for the next few days?"
"Then... let's go buy some." Akita Toushirou's blue eyes sparkled. "I haven't been to the Meiji market yet."
"Well, as for daily necessities, let's not buy anything too personal," Wuhu said, cradling a little tiger in his arms. "We'll be back soon, so we can't take these things with us. Leave them for the swordsmen who come later. It'll also save the owner some money on repeated purchases..."
Looking at the three tanto who were already talking head to head, Mitsutada Chokudaigiri waved to Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who had just finished chatting with Xiaozhen. After the two men, one tall and one short, approached, he said, "Aizen and the others will want to go out and buy some daily necessities for their stay here. Tsurumaru, you are familiar with this place, so you can accompany them there."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga nodded in agreement at this, "Kobo, you should come with us. Quilts and mattresses are not something I, a grown-up, can bring back with a few children."
Mitsutada Chokudaigi thought the same, so he decided on the personnel who would go out to purchase goods in the afternoon.
The team was led by Tsurumaru Kuninaga, with Chokudaikiri Mitsutada as the main force and the four-stroke short sword from the expedition helping out.
As for home, with Minghu by my side, and now it is broad daylight, I can still feel at ease.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
