novelraw Chapter 516 [Chapter Guizhang Saito Line] 1
Chapter 516 [Chapter Guizhang Saito Line] 1
In the sixth year of Meiji, in Edo Castle, which had been renamed Tokyo, a series of nighttime murders occurred.
All the victims were suddenly attacked and died while walking on the road at night.It can be seen that the murderer moved very fast, and many victims were fatal with one blow.
Despite this, the facial expressions of the victims were not as usual as people who experienced a rapid death would be caught off guard or simply failed to react—they all looked terrified, and several people even cried out of panic. The facial features are distorted, appearing ferocious and terrifying.
Moreover, almost all their blood was sucked dry after they died.
In about a month since the incident, the number of victims has reached more than a dozen.
For a while, the people in Tokyo were in a state of panic, and there were even rumors created by people with ulterior motives, saying that it was because some villains deceived the emperor and forcibly broke the system of shoguns who had lasted for hundreds of years, destroying the balance bestowed by the mandate of heaven. Too much killing is caused in war.This is a punishment from heaven, and so on.
Therefore, this serial killing incident was quickly paid attention to by the big figures with higher status, and ordered the Metropolitan Police Department to solve the case within a time limit.
Of course, the Metropolitan Police Department did not dare to neglect, and sent a team of about a dozen people to be responsible for the investigation, and also increased the number and frequency of night patrols.
However, the situation is rapidly deteriorating.When the two patrolmen patrolling at night were unfortunately killed two weeks later, even the inside of the Metropolitan Police Department became a little unstable.
"I don't dare to go out at night if I don't have good skills," everyone commented.
Finally, the Nishino Police Department in charge of the case called someone with a headache.
Goro Fujita, a young police officer who just joined the Metropolitan Police Department last year, is usually very silent but reliable, and is also very skilled in swordsmanship training.
Fujita is not very tall, but his facial features are quite beautiful. His short blue-black hair often covers one side of his face. He is completely speechless and rarely speaks; however, the silent aura neutralizes him. This kind of intimacy brought by handsomeness, on the contrary, makes people feel that they will involuntarily have a certain sense of awe towards him.
Before entering the office of the Nishino Police Department, the Nakatsu Police Department, who was wandering around in the surprisingly messy large office of the Metropolitan Police Department, stopped Fujita Goro.
"Hey Fujita!"
Although he is a member of the police department, Nakatsu is different from Nishino. He has no airs. He smiles all day long and likes to invite a lot of people to drink after get off work.He has a red wine nose. After calling Fujita Goro, he scratched his red nose as if he was a little embarrassed, and asked, "Well... how was your blind date last time?"
The expression on Fujita Goro's face remained motionless.He lowered his gaze slightly, and bowed towards Zhongjin Police Department.
"I'm very sorry. It's been formally declined. I'm sorry if you mentioned it. But I've…"
Nakatsu scratched his hair again.
"Hehehe, it doesn't really matter...well, it's my wife who urged me to ask you...women just like to worry about this...they don't understand other important things..."
Fujita Goro paused, as if he wanted to say something, but finally held back.
Nakatsu continued in a casual tone: "Hahaha, but you are going to be 29 this year, right? At this age, you should find a woman to start a family."
Fujita Goro's eyes flickered.He replied in a simple tone: "I thank you for your concern. But I have—"
Nakatsu interrupted him again.
"I know, I know, it's a woman I met at...uh, somewhere else, right? But since you've been separated for so long, and there's been no news for so many years, then you should...uh, look forward ,Yes or no?"
Fujita Goro remained silent.
Nakatsu: "..."
Nakatsu couldn't speak anymore.
Really!This Fujita can stop the conversation in a few minutes. Is this a special skill? !Even when drinking, this kid always silently sips the wine in the glass slowly, as if no matter how much he drinks, he will not lose that iron-like calmness... Obviously he is not very gregarious, but unexpectedly People want to get closer to him, because he always feels that he is very reliable, and if you trust him, he will not live up to this trust...
It is because of this that the woman in the family thinks that this boy is a rare and good marriage partner these days, so she must let him sell those girls from her neighbors or friends who are waiting to marry to this boy...Obviously they said it at the beginning "There is a person who was lost in the war, and we agreed to go back to find her in the future" or something like that...
Nakatsu scratched his hair again, feeling a little embarrassed.
It just so happened that the Nishino Police Department roared in their extremely small office: "Hey Fujita! What are you doing dallying outside! Come in! People are killed every day on the streets outside! This is a very special case." An ordinary event!!"
Nakatsu patted his red nose again awkwardly, grinned at Goro Fujita, squeezed his eyes and signaled him to go in quickly to accept [Police Department の Fury Flame], and then slipped away by himself.
……
At nightfall, the patrolman Yamashita tremblingly carried a lantern and walked on the deserted road in Tokyo.
Beside him is Fujita Goro, the night watch partner specially assigned to him by the Nishino Police Department today.
Although I have also heard rumors that Fujita Goro is superior in swordsmanship, but that murderer is undoubtedly ten times more terrifying.Yamashita was still so afraid that his knees were shaking when he walked.
sough--
Shan Xia yelled loudly, Feng Deng was almost thrown out of his hand.
Goro Fujita beside him stopped in time, turned his head and glanced at him with a strange expression on his face, and said lightly: "Don't panic, it's just the wind at night."
Yamashita held the lantern firmly again, feeling the cold sweat on his back soaking the innermost shirt.
For some reason, Fujita Goro's indifferent aura gave him a hint that he could feel a little more at ease.He always had an illusion, as if Fujita Goro turned his head and looked at him for a moment while pressing the hilt on the right waist, as if he had transformed into a sharp and sharp sword in an instant. Blade had already licked the blood of countless enemies, but still flashed a frightening cold light; the patrolman at the foot of the mountain shrank his neck, held the lantern firmly and continued to walk forward.
sough--
Another ominous sound of wind passed over their heads.
The patrolman at the foot of the mountain stopped abruptly subconsciously!
However, this time, Fujita Goro did not turn around and comfort him with an indifferent tone, saying "it's just the wind at night".
He clenched the hilt of the sword at his waist with his left hand, and bowed his body slightly—obviously, he had already made a posture before drawing the sword.
What else does Yamashita not understand?His face turned pale in an instant.
Fujita Goro ordered him in a cold voice: "Take the lantern and hide under the eaves over there. I'll check the situation around here."
Run down the mountain.
Almost as soon as he ran under the eaves beside him, he felt the sound of the swift wind blowing over his head again with a "Shu--".
No, that's not wind.It's... a ghost! !
The mountain shouted loudly.Because the moment before he screamed, the ghost turned his head——
Then, standing at the foot of the mountain under the eaves, by the feeble light of the wind lamp, I could clearly see a few drops of dark liquid dripping from the top of my head—no, it was thrown off by the ghost above and landed on the ground. On the road in front of him!
Fujita Goro had already held down the hilt of his sword and rushed forward.
He didn't run very far when he felt the speed of the person passing over the eaves slow down.
Although he was slightly surprised, he still lowered his voice and shouted sharply: "Who is it?! What are you doing hiding your head and showing your tail?! Come out!!"
Hearing his shout, the figure stopped.
Then, it stopped on the low roof seven or eight meters away from him.
Fujita Goro has very good eyesight.As soon as the figure stopped, he noticed that the figure was also holding a Taidao in his hand.Now the opponent was standing there, his right hand drooping naturally according to the standing posture - so there seemed to be some dark marks on the blade of the Taidao held in his hand, dripping down.
……Blood! !
Fujita Goro's heart tightened, he slowed down, and approached the opponent's standing step by step.
Since the other party stopped, it meant that the other party had no intention of escaping from him.Maybe it was because he wanted to fight him that the opponent stopped.
In this way, the other party must have super confidence in his own skills.And in this kind of night where murderers are rampant, even if he is not a murderer, if he dares to go out alone at night, holding a Taidao with blood dripping from the blade, the other party must not be a kind person.
Fujita Goro's cautious attitude before confronting the enemy reappeared.He turned sideways and walked forward slowly step by step, his left hand clenched the handle of the knife at his waist, ready to strike at the moment when the opponent launched a surprise attack, which he was good at.
Just when he was only about two or three meters away from that person, that person suddenly laughed loudly.
"A master of Juhe Slash? Really?"
The clear voice like that of a teenager is particularly obvious in the dark night.
Fujita Goro was slightly shocked.
...The person who so boldly roams the streets late at night where murderous maniacs are rampant, is...a boy? !
However, before he could think about it, he saw the other party slowly turning his head.
The opponent stood against the light, and the shadow cast by the moon in the sky behind him almost covered his whole body.His whole face was obscured.However, since Fujita Goro was standing against the moonlight at this moment, he noticed that the moment the other party saw his face clearly, his body tensed up slightly, and then he relaxed again, letting out a low laugh.
"You are not my opponent yet. Please go back tonight. Nothing else will happen." The other party said in an unusually gentle tone.
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February 2:
What to do if you have a stiff neck. . .Now I can only turn my whole body to the left like a zombie [.
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