I formed the strongest swordsman group

Candlelight flickers.

The brush filled with ink is dragged on the rice paper, leaving a series of subtle "swishing" sounds.

Qingdeng, who was focused on writing, forgot about the time. It was not until the crisp footsteps of "ta-ta-ta-ta-ta" from far to near came from the direction of the corridor that he slowly came back to his senses.

Before the people outside the door could say anything, Qingdeng asked first:

"A Wu, why are you here?"

The footsteps stopped.

"Qingdeng, aren't you asleep yet?"

Qingdeng took out his pocket watch and opened the cover - the time was now three-thirty in the morning.

"Wait until you finish dealing with the pile of things on hand before you go to sleep."

"Then...can I come in?"

"Well, come in."

Wow - a sound.

As the paper sliding door opened, Qingden was sitting cross-legged on the ground, so from his perspective, the first thing that caught his eye was a pair of timid little feet.

These cute little feet timidly tapped the tatami a few times, then wiped the ground and walked towards Qingden calmly.

Kinoshita Mai was seen wearing pure white pajamas. The three thousand green silk hair that she usually pulled up into a Shimada bun was spread out, and her long hair reached her waist.

The thin clothes cling tightly to the delicate body, outlining the charming curves, and some unspeakable parts are looming.

In other words, when he first met Kinoshita Mai, Qingto might have felt his heart sway after seeing this alluring scene.

But now... Qingdeng glanced at her and then looked away, continuing to write furiously.

He has long been accustomed to Kinoshita's feet, bears, and peaches.

He has been trained for a long time, and he will no longer be distracted by such a beautiful scenery.

As soon as Kinoshita Mai sat down next to Qingto, she puffed up her cheeks and scolded angrily:

"Qingdeng, do you know what time it is now?"

Qingden smiled slightly and shrugged.

"A Wu, it's not like you don't know—my body is very strong."

While he was talking, he kept writing.

He continued to write while talking.

For Qingdeng, who has the talent of "fighting left and right", multitasking is just a piece of cake.

"Don't say it's because I went to bed late. Even if I don't touch the pillow for several days, I'm still 100 times more energetic."

"Even if you are extremely sleepy, you can regain your energy by just squinting for a while."

With the blessing of system capabilities that have been upgraded many times, Qingdeng really has the capital to stay up late and make his body explode.

Talents such as "Yuan Yang +4" and "Locked Blood +7" make his blood and stamina extremely strong.

The talent "God Brain +9" allows his mind to work efficiently for a long time.

If you feel sleepy, it's the talent "Sleep God"'s turn to appear. He only needs to sleep for two or three hours to be resurrected with full health.

In fact, after he was promoted to a full-time manager and a royal servant, Qingteng had many experiences of "not sleeping for several days" due to his busy schedule.

After a little bit of experimentation, he gradually figured out the limits of his body - even if he didn't rest for three days and three nights, he would not feel tired, but from the fourth day on, his body would gradually feel obvious fatigue. , will become powerless from the 6th day onwards.

In other words, if Qing Teng is determined to explode his liver, he can ensure his body function and work efficiency within 3 days. After 3 days, his physical and mental condition will decline significantly, and after 5 days, his body will begin to be overwhelmed.

Although Qingnog argued hard, it was obvious that Kinoshita Mai did not buy this argument.

"Qingdeng, what you said is wrong."

Kinoshita Mai crossed her arms and warned earnestly like an elder who has experienced many vicissitudes of life and is rich in life wisdom:

"Your body is indeed very strong, but no matter how strong a person is, he will age one day, right?"

"If you don't pay more attention when you are young, you may end up with various difficult problems in your body when you get older."

"I know an old man. He relied on his strong body when he was young and did not pay attention to maintenance. Therefore, when he got older, his waist, shoulders and other parts of his body had pains from time to time!"

Qingden smiled bitterly.

He was touched that Mai Kinoshita cared about him very much - but he really didn't want to listen to people nagging in the middle of the night!

Therefore, after making a haha, he changed the topic in an extremely abrupt manner:

"A Wu, let's put my matters aside for now - what's your situation now? You came to see me in the middle of the night, can't you sleep?"

"Well... that's right."

"What's wrong? The banquet tonight was too lively and we had so much fun. Are you too excited to sleep?"

"I'm not a child! I'm just...just..."

Kinoshita Mai's voice gradually became lower.

She slowly raised her legs, hugged her legs with her arms, and put her head between her knees, with a faint look of loneliness on her pretty face.

"I just...miss grandma, Mr. Kiryu and Duoduo a little bit..."

Although the real flames of war have not yet ignited, there is no doubt that Kyoto is now dominated by various factions such as the "Public and Military Combination Faction" and the "Respect the King and Repulse the Barbarians" Faction, the Fazhu Party and the Shogunate, the Great Salt Party and the Shogunate, the Fazhu Party and the Great Salt Party, etc. The forefront of the confrontation!

It must be a big inconvenience to bring a cat to the battlefield... and a fat orange cat that is much larger than him.

Therefore, Kinoshita Mai did not bring her beloved pet to Kyoto.

Duoduo... This big orange cat must be lying lazily on the floor of Qianshiya, watching the house with Boss Kiryu.

At the same time as Kinoshita Mai finished speaking, Qingto stopped the brush in his hand.

He blinked, then turned his head, looking straight at Kinoshita Mai with a serious expression:

"Awu, I am not blaming you, but... we have not left Edo for more than a month, and we feel homesick after such a short period of time... This is really wrong."

Upon hearing this, Kinoshita Mai immediately defended herself:

"Qingdeng, I'm not being pretentious."

"I am 18 years old this year... This is the first time in 18 years that I have been away from my family..."

"Although I am an orphan who doesn't even know what my biological parents look like, my memories of my childhood are too vague, so I have been adopted by my grandma as long as I can remember."

"Even when I was forced to go to Edo to receive training under my grandmother's orders, Boss Kiryu was always by my side."

"It's the first time I've ever experienced this unaccompanied situation..."

After saying that, Kinoshita Mai's head rested between her knees again.

Looking at the beauty curled up like a small animal, Qingdeng's expression gradually relaxed, and his facial lines softened.

"...A Wu, you can't say that."

"Although you can't see your old relatives for the time being, you now have me, Xiao Si, and... more new relatives."

Qingden wanted to say "And Sanako", but considering the subtle relationship between "noble fox" and "dwarf cat", he forcefully swallowed the words that were already flowing to his mouth.

"Speaking of which...I haven't praised you yet."

As he spoke, he put down the brush, stretched out his hand, and gently rubbed Kinoshita Mai's little head with a soothing movement.

"Thanks to your sneak reconnaissance in the battle against the Kusunoki Group the night before, we achieved a complete victory at a much lower cost than expected!"

No matter which angle you look at it, the "Kusunoki Group's subjugation operation" the night before was indeed an impeccable and hearty victory!

Take advantage of the darkness to make a surprise attack; attack with the entire army, including all the elites; be prepared to attack but unprepared... The right time, place and people will be yours!

The lightning-fast attack never gave the opponent a chance to recover and reorganize their defense.

Therefore, as soon as the war started, the whole Kusumu group was defeated, the situation was settled, and the raid turned into a one-sided battle of defeat and annihilation.

After the battle, Qingdeng sent Shannan Keisuke to count the injured and dead.

After getting the exact number of casualties, Aomori... no, not just Aomori, I should say - no matter who it is, after witnessing such a glorious result, they will be surprised: not a single person in the Shinsengumi army died. ! Only 7 unlucky ones were slightly injured!

There is no doubt that Mai Kinoshita has contributed a lot to achieving such a brilliant record.

If she hadn't sneaked into the Kusunoki-gumi's main camp before the war started and figured out the internal structure of the mansion and the location of important figures such as Ayase Taichi in advance, Aoto and others' attacks would have been frustrated frequently - just knowing the way was enough. It takes a lot of time.

In fact, the reason why Aoto entrusted the important task of "reconnaissance to the Kusunoki-gumi main formation" to Kinoshita Mai at that time was, on the one hand, to ensure the victory of the battle, and on the other hand, to allow the Shinsengumi generals to adapt to Kinoshita Mai's tactics as quickly as possible. The identity of "Female Ninja".

Not only is she proficient in body movements, fists and kicks, but her other identity is the phantom thief Nekomono who frightened countless corrupt officials and profiteers in Edo. Therefore, she has extremely rich stealth experience... If she does not turn Kinoshita Mai into a female Training in the direction of ninjas would be such a waste of resources!

These specialties of Mai Kinoshita make it impossible for her to fight the enemy head-on with weapons like Souji and Sanako.

The battlefield that belongs to her should be a hidden front that is inconspicuous but not as dangerous as the frontal battlefield!

Since Kinoshita Mai joined the Shinsengumi, Aoto has positioned her as a "skilled female ninja" and "a top agent who can come and go with ease even in a dragon's den and a tiger's den."

Otherwise, he would not have entrusted the Ninth Division to her - in Aomori's plan, the Ninth Division would be the future espionage agency of the Shinsengumi.

For an army, how important intelligence and special talents dedicated to intelligence collection are, needless to say - "Know your enemy and yourself, and you will never slack off in a hundred battles" and other old proverbs quickly explain the importance of these two. Rotten.

Although the status of ninjas is not high in traditional Japanese concepts, no one can deny that if you can get an outstanding ninja who is good at gathering intelligence, it will be like getting an army of millions!

Qingto knows that Kinoshita Mai is powerful, but... others don't know her details.

Kinoshita Mai? Oh, that's the girl with childish face and big breasts, who is very beautiful, likes to wear red clothes, and is good at using fists and kicks - this is how everyone, including Souji and Sanako, knows Kinoshita Mai.

Therefore, in order to change everyone's "stereotype" of her, it is necessary to give Mai Kinoshita a stage to show off her abilities - and at the same time give her a good opportunity to develop her self-confidence.

At present, Qingdeng's goal has been achieved.

Fearlessly breaking into the enemy's nest alone, she brought everyone the most urgently needed information in a very short period of time... Her impeccable performance made everyone look up to her with admiration.

Even Sanako, who was always at odds with her, looked at her differently than usual.

Kinoshita Mai, who had her head rubbed by Aoden, looked away shyly.

"Such exaggerated praise will not make me happy..."

"No, I'm not exaggerating."

Qingden had a serious expression on his face.

"The current Shinsengumi does not lack counselors and strong generals."

"The paper has the erudite Shannan who is both courageous and knowledgeable."

"In terms of martial arts, there are Koji, Nagakura and Saito who can ride a thousand horses."

"However, what is missing is the talent with special skills."

"For example, a doctor with wonderful rejuvenation skills, a skilled craftsman, a businessman with extraordinary powers, and a resourceful ninja."

Speaking of this, Qingdeng sighed involuntarily.

A doctor who can save lives and heal the wounded.

Craftsmen who can make advanced weapons such as guns and cannons

A businessman who can earn abundant funds.

The above three...especially the last category, are the three types of talents Qingdeng wants most now.

We can only collect these talents slowly like we collect Pokemon... After thinking this secretly in his heart, Aomori continued to say to Mai Kinoshita:

"You are not only indispensable to me, but also to the Shinsengumi."

Although Kinoshita Mai said "I won't be happy", her body was very honest.

Her whole face softened, and she giggled like "hehehe" - this was what Qingto liked most about Kinoshita Mai.

I can't help but praise that even this kind of crude and boring love words can make her happy for a long time, and then she will show a very cute expression.

However, suddenly, as if she remembered something, her expression froze.

Immediately afterwards, the joyful color on his cheeks dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye:

"Although we eradicated the Kusunoki group... we only eliminated a small harm to the people of Kyoto."

"There are more pests that are more hateful than the Kusunoki group, and they are still at large...!"

Having said this, she raised her eyes and cast an angry look at Qingden.

"Qingdeng, did you see how angry the expressions of the dignitaries at tonight's banquet were when they heard that you were willing to let them go?"

As soon as Kinoshita Wu finished speaking, Qingden's eyes flashed slightly.

"...Well, of course I saw it."

The girl's gnashing of teeth continued.

"These fat-bellied guys may have done so many evil things...!"

Strong resentment rushed towards Qingdeng with words in his hand.

Aoto smiled helplessly - Kinoshita Mai's fierce reaction was very much her own style.

After all, looking back on the past, he had learned her sense of justice many times.

In order to punish the villains of Edo, and at the same time to build a technical school dedicated to serving the poor, he did not hesitate to travel around as a Kaitou.

In order to wipe out the evil-doing Pazhu Party, he resolutely signed up to join the New Sengumi.

This is Mai Kinoshita, a girl with a sense of justice, a girl who considers others more than herself.

If all the nobles wearing gold and purple at tonight's banquet are dragged to target shooting, innocent people will definitely die in vain.

But if you kill one and let go, some fish will definitely slip through the net!

Never have expectations about the moral bottom line of the privileged class in the feudal era.

They might not go out to rob with bright swords like the Kusunoki group did.

But their methods of stealing money and killing people are much more efficient than the Kusunoki group, and at the same time, they are much more cruel!

The so-called "eating people without spitting out the bones" describes these privileged classes!

"... Ah Wu, when it comes to hating 'greed' and 'cruelty', I will never lose to you."

Qingdeng turned the surging emotions in his heart into sounds by "calling".

"If it's possible... of course I want to slam the table and order all these guys to be dragged down, tried one by one, released if not guilty, convicted of guilty, and all the scum will be taken to Sanjokawahara and beheaded."

"But... I don't have such power at the moment."

"The guests who can attend tonight's banquet are all local snakes with deep roots in Kyoto."

"Don't touch them without being fully prepared."

"If we rashly break up with them, it will only be a temporary convenience, and the 'disadvantages' will far outweigh the 'benefits'."

"When conditions do not allow it, what we have to do is to stabilize them or even use them."

"When the time is right, then slowly liquidate them!"

"Anyway, take your time."

That big, generous slap rubbed Kinoshita Mai's little head again.

"When the day comes when we have the ability to showdown with them, we will definitely let them know the truth: sooner or later, they will have to pay back if they mess around!"

Looking at Qingden's firm and confident smile, Kinoshita Mai blinked her beautiful eyes a few times, and the gloom on her pretty face gradually dissipated.

"Well... then I sincerely look forward to that day coming soon!"

The two looked at each other and smiled in unison.

"Okay, Ah Wu, if you have nothing else to do, please go back to your room and sleep as soon as possible. It's almost time for me to continue to deal with the pile of things I have on hand."

Upon hearing this, Kinoshita Wu subconsciously turned her head to the side and looked at Qingteng's desk.

"Speaking of which... Qingdeng, I just saw you writing and writing. What on earth are you writing?"

"Oh, well..."

Qingden drawled his voice, adding intriguing colors to his tone.

"I am preparing now so that I can challenge and showdown with anyone as I please in the future."

After saying that, he turned sideways and made a "please take a look" gesture towards the desk in front of him.

When Kinoshita Mai saw this, she was not polite, walked to the case on her knees, bowed her head and started reading.

"Infantry... drill code...?"

Kinoshita Mai frowned slightly, then continued to look down.

"Standing in military posture, walking in unison, mandarin duck formation... Qingdeng, what are these?"

Qingdeng smiled meaningfully:

"Based on my past experience, coupled with the current actual situation, the two are mixed to create a training method that can quickly transform the Shinsengumi!"

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