"Oh, it's Tainosuke, what's wrong? Why are you here suddenly?"

Yamazaki Hao skillfully put a smile on his face:

"Boss, so you are here! I am looking for you!"

"Looking for me? What happened?"

"It's nothing serious! I just want to tell you that our salt is about to run out! If we don't buy salt tomorrow, we won't be able to open!"

The boss patted his head.

"Ah, that's right, I forgot to buy salt again today! Huizunosuke, please remember to remind me to buy salt tomorrow!"

"Okay, okay, no problem!"

Yamazaki Hao deliberately slowed down his tone and said more useless nonsense in order to delay time.

Pretending to talk to people or doing other things while observing the surrounding environment - this is one of the compulsory contents of the "Ninja Class" opened by A Wu.

While discussing with the boss, Yamazaki Hao calmly squinted his eyes and secretly observed the group of guests who suddenly came here to hold a banquet.

Thanks to his ultra-low presence, no one noticed that this very inconspicuous hand was quietly casting a hunter-like gaze at them.

Without exception, these people are all warriors with swords at their waists.

They range in age, from middle-aged people in their forties to young men in their early twenties.

After Yamazaki Hao glanced at it for a few times, his heart sank.

Although he is not good at martial arts, no matter what, he is an outstanding ninja who has been strictly trained. He learned a lot of close combat moves from A Wu. Before joining the Shinsengumi, he also practiced a little jujitsu, so he is quite good at it.

Compared to ordinary people, he can be called a warrior.

Therefore, even though he was only observing with the naked eye, he could easily identify many martial arts masters among these people who deserved vigilance.

Not to mention anything else, just their steady and powerful way of walking, strong and strong arms, and sharp eagle eyes were enough for Yamazaki Hao to make a conclusion: they are by no means just ordinary people!

——Are they samurai who went out to practice together? Or...

Just when Yamazaki Hao was secretly guessing the identities of these people, his pupils suddenly shrank - just because he found a particularly familiar face among this group of warriors.

The face flashed a few times in the crowd, then disappeared among the swarming heads, and finally disappeared on the stairwell.

Out of too much surprise, Yamazaki Hao almost screamed.

Just as the scream was about to come out, he came back to his senses and closed his mouth tightly, finally swallowing the scream back into his stomach.

Before joining the Zunba movement, Katsura Kogoro was already a well-known hero.

At that time, there was no one in the entire Edo martial arts circle who did not know Katsura Kogoro.

Therefore, Katsura Kogoro's appearance is not a rare secret.

When Katsura Kogoro became a vicious criminal designated by the shogunate, wanted notices depicting his detailed appearance were spread all over the world.

Katsura Kogoro has a good appearance, a dignified appearance, and a beautiful tree.

At first glance, I thought he was a scholar from the Changpingzaka Academy.

[Note: Shoheizaka Institute of Learning: a higher education institution directly under the Edo shogunate. The highest institution of Confucian education in the Edo period.]

For this reason, Katsura Kogoro's appearance is easy to impress and easy to draw. A skilled painter can outline Katsura Kogoro's features with just a few strokes, unlike Yamazaki Hao.

Memorizing the faces of major wanted criminals such as Hisasaka Genzui, Kosaka Masanobu, and Katsura Kogoro is a basic skill for the members of the Shinsengumi Division 9.

Yamazaki Hao had seen the portraits of these people on wanted posters thousands of times.

Therefore, even though he only glanced at it briefly, he was still extremely convinced that this person was Katsura Kogoro!

Katsura Kogoro appears in Ikedaya - what is the meaning behind this matter? You can figure out the answer with a little thought.

Suddenly, Yamazaki Hao felt a chill down his spine - a sudden burst of cold sweat wet the clothes on his back.

At the same time, the heart in his chest beat hard - thump, thump, thump - this was both a nervous sound and an excited sound!

After saying to the boss, "I'll go back and get busy first," he turned around and walked towards the kitchen.

However, when he was about to return to the kitchen, he suddenly turned a corner and headed straight for the back door of the shop.

While walking slowly, the acuity of his facial features is heightened to the highest level! He does not let go of any movement around him.

For a distance of a hundred meters, he seemed to have walked more than a hundred kilometers.

Just as he reached out and prepared to open the back door, a crisp voice suddenly sounded from behind him:

"Huh? You are...oh! It's Hui Nosuke!"

Yamazaki Hao was stunned for a moment.

After another moment, he had returned to his original state and his expression was as usual.

"Miss Ajian, why are you here?"

As he asked, he turned around and looked at the girl behind him - A Jane, one of Ikedaya's hand-servants.

A Jian held a basin of freshly washed rice in her hand and smiled sweetly:

"I still want to ask you, what are you doing here sneakily?"

Yamazaki Hao spread his hands:

"It's nothing, I just heard a wild cat barking outside the back door, so I wanted to chase it away."

"Wild cats? Ah, it seems that there is such a thing. I don't know why in the past few days, I always hear the sounds of wild cats coming from outside. These wild cats are so annoying! They always want to steal things to eat."

After complaining, Ah Jian pretended to be upset:

"Okay, don't worry about the wild cat! Although I really want to borrow the cat's claws now, the cat's claws are no match for human hands. If you can help me, come over and help! We can't keep the guests waiting for a long time.

!I don’t want to be scolded by my boss.”

With that said, A Jian held the rice in her arms and hurried to the kitchen with small steps.

Yamazaki Hao smiled helplessly - a look of regret flashed between his brows.

"Okay, okay, I'm here to help now."

He stepped forward to follow A Jian - before doing so, he quietly reached out and opened the latch of the back door.

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