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"Burn this ledger. Don't leave behind even a trace of evidence."

Ah Huang nodded repeatedly and was about to pick up the account book from the ground when suddenly a spear pierced through the wall and went straight for Ah Huang's body.

Who knew that Ah Huang also had some skills? When he realized someone was attacking him, he did a somersault and flew up from the ground, dodging the deadly spear.

"Who dares to trespass on the imperial investigation office!"

Ah Huang's eyes widened in anger as he looked in the direction from which the spear had come. He saw a person wearing a mask with long, flowing hair floating outside the house.

Kidomaru looked over as well and immediately recognized that the person was wearing a Fatui mask.

Strange, weren't the Fools wiped out by Kanpaku long ago?

Even the "Lady" executive officer who had recently smuggled herself to Inazuma was arrested by the regent himself and sent to Inazuma Castle for imprisonment shortly after landing.

When will another one come?

"Fools? What do you think you're doing barging into my residence, the residence of the Imperial Envoy? Are you here to avenge your two useless predecessors?"

A useless senior?

Lu Sheng was taken aback. Could he be talking about the stragglers and the lady?

Have they already sent it?

He then went along with the other party's words, feigning anger as he questioned, "What did you bunch of mongrels do to them?"

Kidomaru chuckled slightly and said, "Hehe~ It's nothing much, just cutting off hands and feet and putting them in jars, feeding them only pig feed every day. What? Do you want to experience it for yourself? I can send you in right away."

Oh? Such a good thing?

Lu Sheng was overjoyed, but then quickly realized what he meant.

Who else besides General Raiden could capture stragglers?

But if General Thunder himself had taken to the battlefield, the scattered soldiers would have been scattered here and there, and it would be impossible for them to still be alive.

Therefore, Suzuka Gozen herself, or the strength of her subordinates, must be quite terrifying.

There just happens to be one of the three generals, Kidomaru, here. Let's test his strength.

He immediately launched a verbal attack in an attempt to provoke the other party: "You're Kidomaru? You're not what I expected. I thought you looked like a monster, but you're just a sissy little dog."

Kidomaru's face instantly darkened, a contemptuous smile curling at the corner of his lips. He reached out to Ah Huang and shouted, "Give me my sword."

Ah Huang reacted quickly, immediately running to the wall and taking a blood-red katana from the sword rack, handing it to its master.

"There are three types of people I hate the most in my life: first, those who only say half of what they mean; second, idiots; and third, those who say I look like a woman!"

The next second, Kidomaru instantly appeared in front of Rikuo and slashed with his sword.

The red blade, imbued with a bloody, murderous aura, hurtled straight at Lu Sheng's face.

A head of bronze and arms of iron!

clang!

A crisp sound echoed within the residence of the Kansei Magistrate.

In an instant, the katana in Kidomaru's hand shattered into countless fragments, scattering in all directions.

"It's too brittle to use such a knife!"

Despite Rikuo's mockery, Kidomaru's lips curled into a smile, and he shouted, "Falling Cherry Blossoms - Dancing Flowers!"

Immediately, as if sensing a summons, all the fragments of blades around him turned their sharp edges toward Lu Sheng and stabbed forward rapidly.

Well?

Lu Sheng had a premonition about this, because the way the knife shattered was too strange. It didn't break into several pieces or have multiple notches, but rather it shattered neatly into fragments the size of a fingernail, which made people suspicious.

He immediately drew his sword and created a wall of wind to block the flying fragments. He then used a forward slash to close in on Kidomaru, intending to take him down while he was unarmed.

"Falling Cherry Blossoms - Return!"

Kidomaru pointed at the fragments, and all the fragments quickly returned to his side and condensed into a katana, blocking Rikuo's slash.

"Hehe~ You are a capable member of the Fool Clan. Why don't you stay in Inazuma and serve the Kanpaku? Before long, Inazuma will become the most powerful nation on this continent."

As the weapons clashed, Kidomaru suddenly said something that seemed to be an attempt to win over the other party.

Now that Inazuma is in dire need of people, it is a great opportunity to recruit talents from the Fools.

"Really? Okay, I agree. I've long since stopped wanting to risk my life for the Winter Solstice Kingdom."

Rikuo suddenly stopped his attack and sincerely expressed his desire to join Inazuma.

Kidomaru also stopped and asked curiously, "It seems you've suffered a lot of grievances in the Fools. I've heard that you Fools are divided into factions, each acting independently, with no spirit of unity whatsoever. Sometimes you even fight each other. It's better not to stay in such an organization. Unlike us Inazuma, we are all loyal to the Regent, absolutely loyal!"

"Haha, if you had said so earlier, we wouldn't have needed to fight. I've had enough of that wretched place, the Fools. A wise bird chooses a good tree to perch on. Since Inazuma is willing to accept me, I will serve Lord Kanpaku to the best of my ability! I will be loyal to Lord Kanpaku!"

"Actually, I didn't come alone to Inazuma this time. I have several accomplices, but I can give you their locations and information. In addition, I also know quite a bit of internal information about the Fools and the Winter Solstice Kingdom..."

Rikuo approached Kidomaru with a smile, and when they were only five steps apart, he suddenly turned on him and launched a sneak attack.

A powerful fireball followed by a palm strike, then a whirlwind attack, then Shukaku's spear, and finally a whirlwind slash.

"Master! Master! Woof! Woof!"

Seeing this, Ah Huang became so anxious that he revealed his true form: a Shiba Inu that had come to life.

Seeing its master in distress, it bravely pounced on Lu Sheng.

"Where did this stray dog ​​come from? Get lost!"

Lu Sheng didn't even bother to look at it, and casually kicked it on the head.

"Awwww~"

Ah Huang let out a sob, and his body flew out of the magistrate's residence like a kite with a broken string.

"Ah Huang... Hmm!"

At this moment, Kidomaru, who was lying on the ground, had his body pierced by a spear, and blood was flowing all over the ground. His back was also cut by the Gale Severing Slash, which had almost split half of his body in two. His spine was also severed, and he had no feeling in his body below the abdomen.

"Despicable scoundrel! How could you resort to such a treacherous sneak attack!"

Rikuo snorted coldly and mocked, "You believe the words of the Fools? If Inazuma were all people like you, would you still hope that Inazuma would become the world's number one? Keep dreaming."

"Heh~ If it weren't for the fact that Inazuma is so short of talent, how could I have been fooled by your clumsy performance? Even if there's only a one percent chance of success, I'm willing to give it a try! As long as it benefits Inazuma, anything is worth trying."

"How could a liar like you possibly understand our unwavering loyalty to the Regent, or our resolve to sacrifice everything for Inazuma?!"

Lu Sheng: "Tolerating pirates massacring citizens and plundering merchant ships is also for the country?"

Kidomaru's eyes narrowed sharply, but instead of answering the question, he burst into maniacal laughter.

"Hahahaha! You, an outsider, dare to lecture me? You don't actually think you've won, do you? Too bad, I quite liked this appearance, and now you've ruined it all!"

Suddenly, a strange change occurred. The blood beneath Kidomaru began to boil, and his body shrank and shrank at an extremely fast speed until only a human skin remained.

From the blood-stained ground, a demon silently appeared, with horns on its head, a blue face and fangs, and its muscles were dry and lean, looking like a skinned bullfrog.

"call--"

Kidomaru exhaled a breath of stale air from his mouth full of fangs, and shouted with relief, "Ah~ It's been so long since I've used this power! Hehehehe!"

"Didn't you want to see what a monster looks like? Now do you see it clearly? Remember this well! This is the first and last time you'll ever see a monster in your life!"

Kidomaru raised the blood-red katana in his hand, and countless fragments scattered and rearranged into a straight line, instantly increasing the length of the blade by more than ten times.

Blood energy surged skyward, and the blade was covered by a ball of evil fire, burning fiercely.

"Falling Cherry Blossom - Asura Slash!!!"

boom!

The massive sword, dozens of meters long, fell, cleaving everything in its path in two with its sharp, blood-red blade, splitting the enormous magistrate's residence in two.

However, the knife did not fall on Lu Sheng's head.

As soon as he saw that the other person was about to lose their temper, he immediately ran away.

He knew full well that his purpose in coming here was not to kill, but to retrieve the ledger. Killing Kidomaru would mean standing against the entire Inazuma nation, and the situation was still unclear, so it was not worth doing so.

"Damn it, there really are monsters in Inazuma!"

It turns out that the three chief ministers didn't just give themselves monster names to scare people.

They really are all monsters.

Moreover, their strength is considerable.

No wonder the stragglers and the woman were both captured; this explains it all.

However, it's rather abstract that Inazuma lets a group of yokai rule the country, and each one is more loyal and patriotic than the last.

Therefore, Suzuka Gozen herself is very likely a yokai.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for her subordinates to be so loyal to her.

Interesting, Inatsuma is getting more and more interesting.

"Hmph! Coward!"

After discovering that his opponent had made a hasty retreat, Kidomaru let out a disdainful laugh.

He suddenly froze, then realized what he had done and rushed into the house he had split in two, searching everywhere.

"Where are the ledgers? Where are the ledgers?! Where did the ledgers go?!"

"Owner..."

At this moment, Ah Huang, whose mouth had been kicked crooked, limped over.

"That person must have taken the ledgers!"

"Impossible!" Kidomaru roared uncontrollably, "What would a mere member of the Fatui tribe want my ledger?! Besides, how would he know what's recorded in that ledger!"

Ah Huang earnestly analyzed for his master: "Master, calm down. Have you forgotten? There is another person who knows the secret of this ledger."

"You mean, the one who left after the ship docked that day... that guy named Tie Niu? He's the same one from the Fools group?"

Ah Huang nodded: "Very likely! The others on that ship must also be involved. I suggest we immediately torture them severely to force them to reveal the whereabouts of this Iron Bull, and quickly retrieve the ledger!"

"Yes! You're right! You truly are my good servant!"

In desperation, Kidomaru disregarded his image and flew directly to the dungeon to find out where Tetsuya was.