I teach kendo in Tokyo

Over the next week or so, Kiryu Dojo was busier than usual.

Chiyoko didn't know why, but she was persuaded by senior Takamizawa and agreed to let her work in the dojo to pay the rent.

Early that morning, while the tenants were not getting up, Kazuma caught Chiyoko and asked her why she agreed to Takamizawa to work. As a result, Chiyoko asked her, "What, bro, are you unhappy? Sure enough, it's because of Takamizawa's studies." Isn’t sister pretty enough?”

Kazuma admitted that there was indeed a reason for this, but he would never say it out loud, so he replied: "Chiyoko, didn't you always have an eye for money before?"

"Don't talk like me like Grandet!" Chiyoko slapped Kazuma's shoulder hard, "I don't know what you think, brother. Originally, our house only had the dining room and our respective bedrooms. And the bathroom toilet needs me to clean.

"Amao knows how to clean his own house, dojo, and yard. It's good now. The second floor needs to be swept. The bathroom and toilet on the second floor are also in use. I can't clean them!

"So what's the problem if I want a free helper? I won't have to clean the kendo props by myself in the future. Is there any problem?"

Kazuma thought about it and it seemed like there was no problem.

Just when Kazuma was about to end the conversation, Chiyoko suddenly pulled him and glanced at the corridor leading to the second floor. After making sure that the "tenants" wouldn't hear it, he whispered: "You should think of that." A senior fellow who is very smart but actually a fool also invited us to come to our dojo. The price is 20,000 yuan a month! It can be paid for Gao Jianze's rent!"

Kazuma was relieved, Chiyoko was not poured into ecstasy by Takamizawa, she was still the same Chiyoko.

"I'll try my best. If you think about it carefully, Gao Mize is now our manager. Senior Huacheng should have taken the bait after seducing him."

"Yes, that's good!"

The brother and sister were plotting. Amao sleepily opened the door of his room next to the entrance and came out. When he saw the Kiryu brother and sister's heads stuck together, he immediately turned around to go back to the room.

"Amao, wait a minute!" Chiyoko called to him, "I found an old kettle in the warehouse and will bring it to you later. You can take it with you when you start working today. Don't get heatstroke. It's starting to get hot."

"Oh. Thank you." Amao nodded and wanted to go back to the room. After thinking about it, he gave up and turned back to Kazuma, "Master, what are you doing?"

"Plot how to extract money from the tenants." Kazuma replied.

Amao frowned: "You can't do anything illegal..."

"No, no, I want to be a policeman. Of course, I have to make money within the framework permitted by the law."

"However, the law is only the lower limit of morality. I don't think you can use the standard of not violating the law to ask yourself..." Amao said plausibly, completely unlike the person who just transferred from a delinquent to a new job a year ago and could only speak his tongue. dull boy.

However, his words were interrupted by movement on the stairs.

Takamizawa yawned and went downstairs. When he saw the Kiryu brothers and sisters and the "eldest brother" of the Kiryu Dojo standing at the door, he quickly changed his tone to the assistant servant: "Good morning, Kiryu..."

"Just call Kiryu-san, don't worry about it so much, senpai." Kazuma waved.

Senior Takamizawa bowed to Kazuma, and then said to Chiyoko: "Miss Kiryu, I will start working right now."

Chiyoko: "I... can't get used to it, so just keep calling me Chiyoko."

"Then it's better for me to be respectful than to obey." Gao Mizawa breathed a sigh of relief, "To be honest, I feel a little uncomfortable when I think that I am a servant living in my employer's house now..."

Kazuma: "Don't worry about this at all, senpai, just do all the work Chiyoko gives you. Normally, you are still Takamizawa-senpai."

"It's really a big help to be able to do this." Senior Sister Gao Mize said.

It seems that Takamizawa-senpai still has the arrogance of a Tohoku University student, and Kazuma completely understands this. After all, Tohoku University is the top university in Japan, and in Japan, if you go to a prestigious university, you will have one foot in the upper class society. She would definitely feel uncomfortable if Gao Mize acted exactly like a servant.

However, there is one thing to say, that is, Takamizawa-senpai's appearance does not reach the benchmark value of Kiryu Dojo. If it does, Kazuma will definitely use his employer's authority to put her in a maid outfit and let her call her Dog Shukin Sama (Master). ).

The day at the Kiryu Dojo started like this with small talk. The women rushed to the kitchen, and Kazuma took Amao to the dojo for morning exercises.

After entering the dojo, Kazuma first opened the door to the yard, letting the morning wind carry the petals of the old cherry trees into the dojo, clearing away the turbid air that had accumulated all night.

Kazuma looked at the old cherry tree in the morning light and suddenly sighed.

It was around this time last year that Kazuma was facing a desperate situation. Not long after, it was the first time in his life that he "killed". Although he was not the one to do it in the end, he was indeed determined to kill at that time.

Kazuma looked back at the Bizen Nagafune Monji Masamune placed in front of Hiroko Yakushiji's poster.

Speaking of which, Hiroko Yakushimaru's poster has been hanging up for half a year, so it's time to change it...

Kazuma remembers that Bizen Nagafune has an authentic writing and is quite fond of the new and hates the old.

While he was thinking this, he vaguely heard the sound of the sword, but when he turned to look at the sword, the sound of the sword disappeared again, as if it was just Kazuma's hallucination.

Kazuma suddenly started to laugh at himself again. Even if it was the first anniversary of the breakup of the solo group, he seemed to have nothing to do except sigh... Or maybe he could go to the door of Tsuda-gumi's office "former location" and burn some paper money to Tsuda Masaaki?

It feels a bit excessive, but Kazuma likes this kind of graveyard dancing.

Just when Kazuma was planning to do this, Amao stood next to Kazuma and directly recited a haiku by Matsuo Basho.

Kazuma stared at his apprentice dumbfounded.

"What's wrong?" Amao looked at Kazuma in surprise.

"You..." Kazuma didn't know what to say for a moment.

Amao: "Master just saw the cherry blossoms. Was he thinking about haiku? I don't have the ability to write haiku myself, so I have to memorize one."

Kazuma is thinking nonsense, I am thinking about dancing on the grave of the first mortal enemy who came into this world.

But he had already adjusted his expression: "Yes, Amao. There are four great pleasures in life: watching the night cherry blossoms in spring, watching the stars in summer, watching the full moon in autumn, and watching the first snow in winter. Although this is not a night cherry blossom viewing, cherry blossom viewing will naturally inspire you. It’s poetic.”

Amao said: "Then... how about arranging a night cherry blossom viewing party tonight? I happen to have no part-time job tonight, so I can be responsible for the venue purchase."

Kazuma thought about it and thought it was a good idea.

"Master, you can also invite friends from school to come over and exchange feelings. I heard from Senior Huacheng that socializing in college is very helpful for entering society later." Amao continued.

Kazuma nodded: "Yes, when you work in the future, the relationship with the alumni association is very important. However, Amao, senior Huacheng is a bit too...too cowardly in some aspects, you can't learn from him."

"Do you mean in terms of love?" Amao asked directly.

"Not just in love, cowardly people will be cowardly in all aspects."

Amao: "Don't worry, Master, I will stride forward and move forward courageously like Master."

Kazuma nodded and changed the topic: "It seems possible to invite the seniors from the school to come and enjoy the cherry blossoms. Not only can we invite the seniors, but we can also invite the Anno gang."

In fact, Kazuma has always wanted to go to Anno's company to check out the situation. After all, in this era there are no convenient gadgets like mobile phones and the Internet, and phone bills are so expensive that it is not convenient to make calls. To discuss things, we still have to meet in person.

He wanted to see what the story of the swordsman who replaced Wang Li's space army was about, and whether he could copy the BGM of Emperor's Blade Tan. If the story was particularly punk, he should copy "Afro Samurai" or "Chowder" The BGM of "Samurai" is better.

To put it bluntly, Kazuma is very interested in being able to participate in the creation of a milestone in Japanese animation. In addition, he has already agreed to compose music, so Kazuma’s idea is to do one last copy before bidding farewell to his life as a civil servant. Have fun copying it.

After completing a great work, closing the pen in a grand manner is especially like an artist's feeling. It is so powerful that it may lead to a new BUFF.

He Ma made up his mind and said to Amao: "Let's do it tonight. Although I don't know how many people can be invited, it doesn't matter. Even if one person doesn't come, we still have enough people here to make it lively." .”

The Kiryu Dojo now has a more prosperous population than when Kazuma first crossed over. The dojo's "members" alone can hold a lively cherry blossom viewing party.

As soon as Kazuma finished speaking, he saw the little broken bread from Jinshan Group jumping to the gate of Kiryu Dojo.

Kazuma frowned, signaled to Amao that he didn't need to worry about it, and then walked towards the courtyard wall.

Nishikiyama Heita got out of the car and stood by the courtyard wall, obviously not planning to go inside to talk.

So Kazuma came to him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Last week, weren't you involved in a case of hiding a body in a refrigerator?"

Kazuma nodded: "Yes, you are very well-informed. Did Detective Shiratori say that?"

"I have many sources of information. Now I want to tell you, this matter... is a bit strange."

"Why are you talking to me? I was just the first person to discover the first body. The police didn't look for me again in the past two weeks..."

The case that Kazuma was involved in has now evolved into a serial murder case. Along with the body that Kazuma found, three people were already dead. The police arrested several people, but as soon as they arrested them, new victims appeared. Resulting in the acquittal of those arrested.

Nowadays, the current news section of the newspaper is full of discussions about this case, and even the entertainment section also has many related reports, because the deceased was the lead singer of an underground band.

As a person with some connections and a future criminal police officer, Kazuma has naturally been paying attention to the progress of the case, but he only read the reports in the newspapers and did not delve too deeply into it.

Now that Nishikiyama Heita came specifically to find him, it means that Nishikiyama Heita may think that the subsequent development of this matter will be related to Kazuma.

This actually made Kazuma very curious.

Kazuma suddenly remembered the "BOSS-level enemy" he finally killed in Osaka. The entry should be a mountain ghost, which is a kind of mountain monster in Japan, somewhat similar to the trolls in Western fantasy.

Kazuma wondered if Nishikiyama Heita had some special information, so he came to ask me to slay demons?

Nishikiyama Heita glanced at Kazuma, lit his cigarette leisurely, took a puff and said: "The Metropolitan Police Department has set up a search headquarters, but so far nothing has been found, not even a trace. Detective Shiratori When I told it to me, this is how it was described: It was almost like the girls walked into the refrigerator themselves.”

Kazuma recalled the first corpse he found: "No, the first corpse had traces of binding and strangulation..."

"Yes, but according to the forensic examination, all three victims so far were frozen to death." Nishikiyama Heita took another puff of cigarette, and then asked Kazuma, "Isn't it like the unfolding of a detective novel?"

"It's too much of a detective novel, so you're here to hire a half-assed kendo dojo master to investigate this case?" Kazuma asked back.

"I thought you might be interested."

"I'm interested, but I'm only interested in detective novels. I don't want to take the initiative to get involved. I'm living a peaceful college life here happily, and I don't want to add any more excitement." Kazuma said.

But when he said this, he suddenly felt a strong sense of guilt, and a voice in his heart said to him: No, that's not right, this is not what you really think.

Kazuma immediately understood what was going on.

After all, Kiryu and Marco are the owners of the Horatius entries, the guardians of the common people and the innocent, and behind him are the lights of Rome.

The entry is a highly condensed embodiment of the soul. The moment he brought this entry, Kazuma was destined to be unable to just sit idly by and ignore such a thing.

He cannot allow shameless villains to do evil.

He Ma was speechless.

Nishikiyama Heita laughed: "You are exactly what I thought, great hero."

"Tell me, Jinshan," Kazuma looked at Ji Dao outside the wall, "What benefits can you get from me handling this matter?"

"I need you to help me deal with a small problem. Recently, a new type of hallucinogen has become popular in my territory. We have been squatting for a long time and still can't find the person selling it."

Kazuma sneered: "You want me to help you complete the black and white scheme? There is no way. I hate the wife the most."

"No, no, no, our group does not sell anesthetics, because Taro Kazama, the boss of the direct organization at the top of our group, believes that the future of the Yakuza lies in laundering money. In the future, the real estate industry will generate as much revenue as anesthetics, and the customs industry, gambling Legal industries such as the industry and even the entertainment industry will also become the highlight in the future, with low risks and high returns."

When Kazuma heard this, he felt that Taro Kazama was a bit powerful. He actually saw the skyrocketing land prices in Tokyo in the next ten years.

When land prices in Tokyo were at their most exaggerated, there was a famous saying: If you sell Tokyo, you can buy the entire United States.

In this sense, the yield rate of real estate speculation is indeed similar to that of selling money.

The key is legal.

Nishikiyama Heita continued: "So our group and the Kazama group above have given up the anesthetic business. Because of this, neither the Koreans nor the Fushou Gang regard us as targets. The other groups have all The vice chief and these two newcomers are fighting to the death, and we have been pointed at our spines and scolded by the other members of the Kanto Alliance all day long."

Kazuma just shrugged.

Jinshan added: "However, we are now sure that this new anesthetic is not Korean, nor is it sold by the Fushou Gang. It even... doesn't look like the anesthetics we are familiar with."

Kazuma noticed a word "familiar". It seems that the Nishikiyama group is no longer selling it because of Taro Kazama's strategy. It was sold before.

Kazuma silently marked Jinshan down. If you sell it, you will die. When I become a policeman, I will pay for your sins. Jinshan, be obedient and become my merit.

Kazuma decided to continue the conversation: "It doesn't look like an anesthetic? How do you say it?"

"From the outside, it's almost impossible to tell that he is a drug addict. He looks like a social animal who has been working overtime for half a year. Apart from being mentally depressed, he has basically no other characteristics.

"Of course, if you don't eat or sleep well because you're mentally depressed, your body will definitely get worse, but it's still much better than being a real drug addict."

Kazuma: "No matter what, you should be damned if you sell this thing. If I have the chance, I will uproot them."

Nishikiyama Heita pouted: "That's great. I hope you can keep this momentum going. In short, we don't want the Koreans or the Fushou Gang to think that we are still selling. We have to get rid of this and sell that on our territory as soon as possible. organization, at least kick them out.”

Kazuma nodded noncommittally, and then asked: "I understand your request. Now come and tell me about this serial murder case."

"Almost all of the victims had used the new hallucinogens I just mentioned."

Kazuma frowned: "Residue components were found in the body? So what is that?"

"No, no residual ingredients were found, but there were testimonies that they had used it. In addition, all the witnesses also said that their music level had greatly improved in a short period of time.

"'It's as if I suddenly got the favor of the God of Music.'" Nishikiyama Heita said, taking another puff of cigarette and blowing out a slowly rising smoke ring.

He Ma was speechless: "It sounds like those witnesses also drank too much."

"I don't know. Anyway, that's all the information I got from Akira Shiratori. I traded the anesthetic for the information with him."

Kazuma continued to ask: "Is there any other information?"

Nishikiyama Heita took out a brown paper envelope from his coat and stuffed it into Kazuma: "It's all in here. What I just told you is the content that was not written in it."

"What kind of hallucinogens have you used? This is not mentioned in it?" Kazuma asked in surprise.

"Yes, because the Metropolitan Police Department believes that this kind of drug does not exist. After all, they did not detect any residue on the corpse, and the autopsy showed that the deceased was just malnourished and overworked before death." Nishikiyama Heita paused, "So , you understand why Akira Shiratori began to expect the 'outsider' to have some effect."

Kazuma understood instantly.

Detective Shiratori is also hoping that Kiryu and Ma can solve this incident.

After all, Kiryu Kazuma had already solved such a difficult incident in Osaka.

Kazuma silently tucked the thick kraft paper envelope under his arm, then glanced at Nishikiyama Heita and said, "I'm going to bloom cherry blossoms tonight... forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"The future police chief shouldn't invite a Yakuza to his cherry blossom viewing party." Nishikiyama Heita joked, "I'm just waiting for the day when you arrest me to receive the reward. Before that , I will try my best to climb as high as possible. By the way, when the time comes, I will try my best to resist, and I will not be defeated so easily this time."

Kazuma glanced at Nishikiyama Heita and said nothing.

Nishikiyama Heita threw the half-smoked cigarette on the ground, stamped it out, turned around and got into the van.

Ruozhong in the driver's seat immediately started the car and left quickly.

Kazuma watched the van disappear at the end of the road, turned around and headed towards the dojo with the manila envelope under his arm.

I don't know if it's a psychological factor, but the brown paper envelope feels heavy, as if there are weights inside.

Entering the dojo, Kazuma saw Amao hiding by the door of the dojo, holding Murasame and Bizen Nagafune Ichimon Masamune in his hands, looking like he was ready to rush out and give Kazuma a sword at any time.

"Uh, sorry, Master, I took off the knife without authorization..."

"Don't worry about it, just put it back. You did the right thing. Nishikiyama Heita is not a good person, so be careful." Kazuma responded.

Amao bowed to Kazuma and immediately trotted to put the sword.

Kazuma looked at the "Law Knight" entry on Amao's head and suddenly felt guilty.

I almost forgot my creed, ignored the evil that was happening, and settled in a corner.

Although this country is Japan, civilians are civilians and innocent people are innocent. Real heroes save people regardless of nationality.

Moreover, Kazuma continued to think that this time the cases basically occurred along the Kanda River. Even if it was to protect the cute little senior Miu Amanaka, Kazuma should go and get to the bottom of it.

After making up his mind, Kazuma's expression became determined, like a general about to embark on the battlefield.

At this time, Amao, who came back from releasing his sword, asked: "Master, are you still going to hold the cherry blossom viewing party tonight?"

Kazuma glanced at Amao and said: "Yes, of course. I still need time to take a good look at the contents of this envelope. The detectives must have searched the Kanda River area upside down now. Compared with the anxious ones, When I go wandering around the Kanda River, what I have to do is think more and look for things that the police have missed.”

Holding a cherry blossom viewing party will obviously help to activate the mind - Kazuma thought this way. When he was studying in his previous life, when he encountered a difficult problem and couldn't solve it, he liked to do other things, and then the inspiration to solve the problem suddenly came to him. It's coming.

It's a pity that this trick cannot be used during the college entrance examination. After all, the examination time is limited.

**

Not far from Kiryu Dojo, in the "operation base" rented by Hanabusa Takashi.

Hanabusa Takashi patted his partner on the shoulder: "Don't rush to develop the film just now. No, only we know that this film exists. I feel that this is a big event worth following for a long time, and we can grab a super exclusive !”

"Are you sure?" His partner, photographer Daisuke Wakamiya, frowned, "I can't even imagine what this Yakuza gave Kiryu."

"I can't think of it either. But if you look at the hottest news right now, Kiryu and Marco are the 'key men' who solved the Osaka incident. Isn't it surprising that the Metropolitan Police Department asked him to come out?" Hanabusa Takashi looked very interested. expression.

"There are many strange things about the Osaka incident, but no matter how we interview, all parties are tight-lipped. There must be some secret hidden in it. Maybe there is some connection between the Osaka incident and this incident..."

Wakamiya Daisuke looked at Hanabusa Takashi who started to circle around the house in excitement, and reminded: "Well, we are entertainment reporters and paparazzi."

"Who said that entertainment reporters can't report current affairs news? I'm not afraid to tell you that my ambition was to be an investigative reporter. For this reason, I even went to a super awesome university. As a result, my first boss in my life turned me into an investigative reporter. Career ruined."

The so-called investigative reporters are those reporters who dig deep into social news, directly attack social issues, and only do in-depth research.

These reporters can be said to be the face of the journalism industry, and many of them are truly worthy of the title of uncrowned king.

However, the reputation of investigative reporters has gradually become less good since the 1990s, and many investigative reporters have been exposed as fabricating news.

But now in 1981, investigative reporters are still the uncrowned kings of awesomeness.

As Hanabusa Takashi spoke angrily, it was as if the soul of the investigative reporter that had been extinguished a long time ago was ignited again.

Daisuke Wakamiya was speechless and said to his old partner: "As expected, men will remain young until they die."

Hanabusa Takashi turned to look at the photographer: "Why not? Will you join the gang?"

Wakamiya Daisuke: "Of course I'm in. I'm actually a little tired of looking for female celebrities to have their exposure angles all day long."

"Then let's talk to an awesome hot spot." Hanabusa Takashi raised his hand in a high-five gesture.

Daisuke Wakamiya put down the camera and slapped his old partner's palm hard.

**

Also in the early morning, Xing Jishang quietly shook off the people sent by Qi Chengzai to monitor him, came to Ueno Park, found a chair and sat down, put on headphones, and listened to music while admiring the cherry blossoms.

Soon, an old man sat down next to Xing Jishang with a newspaper, lowered his head and started reading the newspaper.

Ueno Park is crowded during the cherry blossom season, so it’s common for two strangers to share a bench.

Xing Jishang took off one of his earphones and did not look at the old man, but his ears were already perked up and he would not let go of any of the old man's words.

"Ueno Station, locker 601, 4513."

said the old man.

This is the locker number and unlocking password for the public lockers at Ueno Station. Use this password to open the mechanical combination lock on the locker door.

At this time, Japan already had such facilities, which began to appear in libraries and other places in China almost twenty years later.

But while China began to use more advanced public lockers, Japan was still using these antiques.

Xing Jishang got the counter number and password, and immediately stood up and left, as if he suddenly remembered something important to do.

The old man never raised his eyes to look at him.

About thirty minutes later, Xing Jishang opened the door of locker No. 601 at Ueno Subway Station.

There is a book inside.

Xing Jishang took out the book and opened it to see the library card tucked inside the book. The library card had his name, address and photo.

Then Xing Jishang looked at the two pages of the book sandwiched with the library card.

There are many things like reading notes on the two pages of the book, and some words and sentences are also drawn. It seems that a person who is very careful in reading has read this book.

However, Xing Jishang immediately found a few words circled in pencil among a pile of reading notes, with a small serial number written in pencil next to each word.

It seems to be a series of unrelated words, but Xing Jishang knows that this is the "activation key".

The KGB began to study things like superpowers and psychic powers as early as the 1950s, and this is the result of their research.

Find the owner of this library card, read the words circled in pencil in the book in his ear according to the serial number marked by pencil, and the "cognitive paradigm" set in the subconscious will be activated.

At that time, this ordinary Japanese will become a hidden fighter of the KGB.

Xing Jishang is very interested in the principle of this thing, but until now the KGB has not revealed any relevant information to him.

The United States should also be conducting corresponding research.

After all, in the last war, both the Allies and the Axis Powers produced so-called "super soldiers who transcended common sense."

For example, a British guy who fought the entire war with a Scotch sword and once single-handedly wiped out the elite German army.

Therefore, the five major countries that have experienced the war all want to reproduce and mass-produce such super soldiers.

Xing Jishang felt that the Soviet Union might have achieved decisive results, so they dared to openly invade Afghanistan, a place known as the graveyard of the empire.

Maybe in the near future, super Soviet soldiers will cross the Berlin Wall and sweep across Europe.

Xing Jishang stuffed the book into the pocket of his coat and decided to first see what this super soldier looked like when he was lurking, so that after activating him, he might be able to get a glimpse of the secrets held by the Soviets through comparison.

Xing Jishang strode toward the subway platform.

Suddenly, he thought that when talking about Kiryu Kazuma, he felt a bit like a super soldier.

Could it be that super soldiers can be trained through traditional martial arts?

No, could it be said that traditional martial arts are something that ancient people developed over thousands of years after discovering the possibility of cultivating super warriors?

While Xing Jishang was thinking about this problem, he followed the flow of people and got into the subway train during the morning rush hour.