After an unknown amount of time, the crying gradually subsided, and Mizuno Kengo found his daughter asleep.
He picked her up and walked towards the dojo.
Akiyama Keisuke followed closely behind, his eyes never leaving her for a second.
As for the severed-armed policeman, the corpse, and the others outside, they had long been forgotten.
Back in the bedroom, Mizuno Kengo had just placed his daughter on the bed when Mizuno Taeko woke up.
She sat up abruptly, looking around in terror.
"We're here!"
"Don't be afraid, Taeko! You're home!"
With her father and brother's comforting words, Mizuno Taeko gradually calmed down.
Holding his daughter's hand, Mizuno Kengo asked, "Taeko, what happened? Where have you been all this time?"
A flicker of fear and dread appeared in Mizuno Taeko's eyes, but it quickly faded, and she slowly recounted her experiences.
Mizuno Kengo and Akiyama Keisuke were both furious upon hearing her story.
"Beasts! Worse than pigs and dogs!"
"Those people deserve to die!"
"Ha, so the murderer wasn't a ghost, but a person using the ghost's name to commit the crime!"
"Call the police! We're going to call the police right now!"
Mizuno Kengo was also furious, but slightly calmer than Akiyama Keisuke: "Those people could build such a massive den of iniquity in the city; calling the police wouldn't solve anything!"
Mizuno Taeko was calmer than the two of them: "Dad, senior brother, don't worry, that den of iniquity has been destroyed, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to escape."
"Destroyed?"
The two paused, then quickly asked for details.
Mizuno Taeko pursed her lips, a strange light appearing in her eyes.
"I don't really know the specifics.
Today, I deliberately delayed my studies and was put in solitary confinement. Just when I was in despair, someone suddenly appeared in my cell.
He asked if my name was Mizuno Taeko, asked about the den of iniquity, and then left, saying he would come back to rescue me later.
At first, I even doubted that it was just my hallucination."
An hour later, he really did return. When I walked out of the cell, I found the den of iniquity a river of blood, all the guards beheaded.
He gathered all the victims together, said, "You are free," and then disappeared. "
I wonder who he is. I really want to thank him in person sometime," Akiyama Keisuke sighed.
Mizuno Kengo noticed a detail: "Myoko, you just said he called out your name. Could it be someone you've met before?"
Mizuno Myoko shook her head and explained, "He has very distinctive golden vertical pupils. If I've seen him before, I'll definitely remember!"
"Golden vertical pupils?" Mizuno Kengo and Akiyama Keisuke exclaimed in unison.
Mizuno Myoko asked curiously, "Dad, senior brother, have you ever seen someone with golden vertical pupils?"
Akiyama Keisuke didn't have time to answer and quickly asked, "Is the person you're talking about a tall, imposing, and masculine young man with a yellow gourd hanging from his waist?" Mizuno Myoko
recalled for a moment: "He did indeed have a gourd hanging from his waist." "
It really is Junior Brother Aomura Kazuhiko!" Akiyama Keisuke murmured.
"Junior Brother Aomura Kazuhiko?" Mizuno Taeko's eyes widened slightly.
For her, this sentence was a bit too much information.
"A while ago, a student came to the dojo…" Mizuno Kengo briefly explained Aomura Kazuhiko's situation, feeling quite emotional.
Before yesterday, his only impression of Aomura Kazuhiko was that he was "a student with good talent," and that was only because of Keisuke's recommendation. He
never expected that in just two days, his fate, the fate of Aomura Kazuhiko's dojo, and even the fate of the entire city would be completely changed because of Aomura Kazuhiko.
Now that he thought about it, it was truly their good fortune that Aomura Kazuhiko joined their dojo.
"So this is the gift Junior Brother Aomura Kazuhiko mentioned." Akiyama Keisuke sighed.
"A gift?"
Both the Mizuno father and daughter looked on with curiosity. Akiyama
Keisuke explained, "Before Junior Brother Aomura Kazuhiko left, he said he had prepared a small gift for me. I didn't think much of it at the time, but now it seems that he must be referring to Taeko!"
Mizuno Kengo said, "A small gift? This is a life-saving grace!" "It's a pity that Aomura Kazuhiko has already left. I don't know if we'll ever have a chance to repay him."
Akiyama Keisuke sighed, "Tomorrow, the entire Azabu will be shaken because of Junior Brother Aomura Kazuhiko!"
Hundreds of missing girls, the Fujita family and countless nobles, the deaths of hundreds of people, the evil den of demons—each of these is a terrifying bomb, and now they're all exploding at once, turning the entire Azabu upside down.
So that's why Junior Brother Aomura Kazuhiko left overnight.
Compared to that, Fujita Nariyuki's matter is insignificant!
Mizuno Kengo snorted coldly: "Of course, this matter will definitely not end like this!"
He can run such a large dojo, so he's certainly not an ordinary person.
Although he can't compare to the Fujita family, he's still a genuine local power.
More importantly, the victims of this incident aren't just their family.
When they unite, even the Fujita family won't be able to withstand their wrath.
...
Let's turn to another story.
After bidding farewell to Akiyama Keisuke, Aoki arrived at Kanroji Mitsuri's house after two "space teleportations."
He had searched the entire area in search of the demon, so he naturally knew where Kanroji Mitsuri lived.
Standing in front of the door, he raised his hand to knock.
Creak!
The door suddenly opened, and a girl with cherry blossom braids appeared in his sight.
"Miss Kanroji," Aoki smiled.
"Mr. Aomura Rie!"
Kanroji Mitsuri's face lit up with surprise, then, remembering something, she quickly covered her mouth, glanced outside with her large eyes, grabbed Aoki's arm, pulled him into the courtyard, and slammed the gate shut.
The courtyard was quiet, with six people staring intently at the two.
A middle-aged couple and four children—presumably Kanroji Mitsuri's parents and younger siblings.
Aoki greeted them politely, "Uncle, Aunt, hello. My name is Aomura Rie, and I'm Miss Kanroji's friend."
"Oh, you're Aomura Rie!"
The refined-looking middle-aged man sized up Aoki, smiling and nodding, "Not bad, not bad."
The gentle middle-aged woman took her children's hands, her face beaming, "You two chat, we'll go back to our room first."
In the blink of an eye, only Aoki and Kanroji Mitsuri remained in the courtyard.
Kanroji Mitsuri's face flushed. "Mr. Aomura Rie, the people at your dojo asked me to tell you not to return yet."
"I already know."
Aoki nodded slightly and said, "Miss Kanroji, I've come to say goodbye."
"Goodbye?" Kanroji Mitsuri was taken aback, looking somewhat flustered.
Aoki said, "I'm leaving here."
"Where are you going, Mr. Aomura Rie?" Kanroji Mitsuri asked blankly.
"No specific destination, I'll be traveling around." Aoki said.
His first stop was certain, but his destination after that would depend on the circumstances.
After a moment's hesitation, Aoki took out a pair of black stockings he had prepared.
"This is for you."
Kanroji Mitsuri covered her mouth, her disappointment turning into surprise. "Mr. Aomura Rie, is this for me?"
"A farewell gift." Aoki smiled frankly.
He didn't have any other intentions; he simply thought the green stockings were too ugly.
Kanroji Mitsuri's face flushed again: "But, I didn't prepare a gift for Mr. Aomura Rie."
"No need, just be gentler next time we meet." Aomura Rie waved his hand with a smile.
"Gentler?" Kanroji Mitsuri looked puzzled.
"Goodbye, Miss Kanroji."
Aomura Rie didn't explain, waved, and with a light leap, jumped onto the wall of the Kanroji house, then disappeared into the night sky.
Kanroji Mitsuri watched the direction he disappeared in, and after a while, turned and walked into the house.
The refined man who was reading looked up: "Where's Aomura Rie, Mitsuri?"
Kanroji Mitsuri, clutching the stockings in her hands, looked excied: "Mr. Aomura Rie came to say goodbye, he's already left."
Watching her skipping away, the refined man looked bewildered.
Why is she so happy about parting?
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