GBP Chapter 204 The Sword Master Who Doesn't Do His Job?
Chapter 204 The Sword Master Who Doesn't Do His Job?
Chapter 204 The Sword Master Who Doesn't Do His Job?
dong dong dong.
Taiyi, who was discussing cultivation techniques with Lian in the acupoint space, suddenly heard someone knocking on the door of the room where his physical body was located.
The moment I opened my eyes, I saw Douma's smiling face.
"What, didn't you always just show up in front of me before?"
Taiichi looked at Doma and said with a half-smile.
Faced with the teasing, Tongmo raised his eyebrows, showing complete indifference.
"I don't want to be killed by you. Now anything related to you has become extremely terrifying."
As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the Mortal Blade placed next to Taiichi's leg.
A few days ago, when Taiichi's soul returned to the acupoint space, Doma suddenly appeared and, without any consciousness, Taiichi drew his sword and slashed at him with lightning speed.
If Taiichi hadn't reacted quickly, Doma would have had his head chopped off.
Taiyi's explanation was that his body didn't like living beings with too much Yin energy to get close, because it would make his body feel uncomfortable.
Since they took the initiative to contact me, they must have something to say.
After Doma launched into a long rant, he finally understood Doma's thoughts.
It turns out that after the Choshu Domain was defeated, the shogunate took the opportunity to launch a war to conquer the Choshu Domain.
Although no war broke out, the Choshu Domain suffered significant reductions in its stipends and was subjected to various sanctions.
After all this, the once-powerful image of the shogunate seems to have become clear again.
With a powerful backer, subordinates naturally become more arrogant.
The Shinsengumi were the most obvious examples.
In Kyoto today, the Shinsengumi is practically untouchable, and even their upper management, the Kyoto Guardian, Matsudaira Yasutaka, is finding it hard to control them.
The shogunate's victory was one thing, but on the other hand, it was rumored that the Shinsengumi had received strong reinforcements.
How strong is it? Edo Sword Mastery.
Any knowledgeable samurai would turn pale upon hearing this name.
With the guarantee of military force, the Shinsengumi expanded its membership, returning to the size of over 200 members they had when they first arrived in Kyoto.
With more people, naturally more problems arise. And because they felt they had someone to protect them, and because most of the samurai who came later were ronin, many cases of extortion and kidnapping of women occurred.
The common people of Kyoto could only watch this unfold, but dared not speak out against it.
"How dare they extort a priest from our Church of Blissful All Things!"
"Although I don't care whether they live or die, my quality of life would decline without these people!"
"Domo said indignantly."
After finishing Taiyi for a while, he also learned a lot of new words, such as the word "quality of life," which he really liked.
The word "feel" seems to be naturally associated with his love of lying down.
That is, lying down with quality.
The cushions were replaced with down cushions, the clothes with silk, and the furniture was all made of the finest imported wood. All sorts of novel Western gadgets were placed inside the house.
What was the point of the endless stream of money before? Now it seems that money is a really interesting thing.
But now the Shinsengumi are actually extorting them, which is tantamount to cutting off their source of income.
"You don't need to worry about this. They won't be able to keep jumping for much longer."
"Furthermore, rumors circulate in the city that a powerful ally from Edo has come here, not to help the Shinsengumi."
Taiichi said calmly.
"Then what are they doing here?"
"Doma asked, puzzled."
"What for? Of course you're looking for me."
A slight upturn of his lips revealed a disdainful sneer.
He doesn't always stay in his room to cultivate now; sometimes he goes out to experience the world.
Just recently, Taiyi suddenly sensed that the fake pills of true energy he had scattered were approaching his location.
Upon closer inspection, they were all familiar faces.
The samurai of the Yamada family, including Genji, Kiyomaru, and others.
But Taiyi has no desire to see them now, because their past relationship wasn't much better.
At that time, he planted the false pills of true qi in them as parasites. Later, he achieved great success in Qianyang, and although his primordial spirit was still undergoing transformation, Taiyi really didn't care about the little bit of Qianyang qi in them.
Taiichi initially thought these people came to Kyoto to protect the shogunate's influence there, but upon further observation, he discovered something fishy.
"It seems like they're looking for something..."
At that moment, Tai realized that these people probably didn't have such pure intentions in coming here.
If he hadn't asked Doma to find out that Sakiri and the others were living a comfortable life in Edo, he wouldn't have bothered with the Yamada family's affairs. Otherwise, if he had heard anything detrimental to Sakiri, he would have immediately gone back to fight.
"Go ahead and look, it would be a miracle if you could find it."
Taiyi thought to himself with a smile.
I can feel very clearly the fake elixir of true qi that I planted myself.
No matter how many times these people turn Kyoto upside down, he will not let them see him.
As for the future, even if they meet, once the other party sees his strength, they will have no choice but to kneel down immediately.
So getting involved with these people again is pretty pointless.
Besides, he's still in the shadows because some things haven't been settled yet, so he can't show his face.
Thinking of this, he walked over to Douma and patted him on the shoulder:
"Come on, let me test the effectiveness of your Dream Qi Refining Technique."
"The Shinsengumi isn't exactly peaceful either; there are still many things that are giving them headaches."
Doma looked at Taichi with suspicion, his face clearly saying, "You're trying to fool me again."
Seeing that smug expression, Taiyi closed his eyes, pouted, and could only continue:
"I happened to conceal my presence and overheard some of their information."
"Differences in ideas often breed greater conflicts."
"Stop asking. Don't you just want your head to be empty? Why do you need to know so much?"
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Newly selected village office.
Inside the large house, Kondo Isami and others, along with Ito Kashitaro who joined later, were seated around.
Almost everyone had a furrowed brow, their faces filled with confusion and bewilderment.
Only Yukimura Chizuru, sitting in the corner, remained calm on the surface, but secretly chuckled to herself.
"Why didn't the members of the Sword Guard pay their respects to Lord Matsudaira and Lord Yoshinobu after arriving in Kyoto?"
"Oh, that's not all. They recruited a lot of people without screening them, and instead of maintaining order, they went to look for that vanished demon."
"With the Satsuma swordsmen causing trouble, these adults didn't care at all. If Okita's strength hadn't improved again, I might have lost my life that day!"
Harada Sanosuke and the others, each offering a comment, complained about the Yamada samurai who had come from Edo.
Even though some of these people were the teachers of someone present, their attitude of disregarding the stability of the government and the capital made them feel as if they had been given a new perspective.
The problem is, it wasn't like this in Edo, was it? Why did they stop caring when it came to Kyoto?
Listening to their complaints, a hint of pink suddenly flashed in Yukimura Chizuru's eyes.
"Heh, go ahead and complain. When you realize you can't rely on these people, you'll start looking for another kind of power."