() "Dang Dang Dang..." The next morning, when Ito Cheng and Kallen were bored, a crisp knock on the door suddenly sounded in the room, attracting their attention.

"Come in." Ito Cheng turned to look at the door and said loudly.

"Hey." Then there was a soft sound. He was still wearing a brown seri-style culottes on his lower body, a brown lining on his upper body, and a dark green kimono on his coat. He was dressed in traditional Japanese style and held a stick in his hand. Kirihara Taizo of Ogihara pushed the door open and walked into the room.

"Sir, the time has come, we should leave." Kirihara Taizo did not go deep, but stood at the door and said respectfully.

"Really... let's go." Hearing this, Ito Cheng first looked up at the electronic clock hanging on the wall of the room. After realizing that it was indeed the appointed time, he stood up and said.

"Sir, please come with me." Kirihara Taizo said when he saw Ito Cheng getting up.

Then he turned around and walked out of the room, leading Ito Cheng and Karen, who followed them out of the room, to walk slowly towards the top-secret secret room inside Kirihara Heavy Industries.

Kirihara Taizo, Ito Cheng and Kallen walked slowly and leisurely for five or six minutes. Finally, under the leadership of Kirihara Taizo, they arrived at a room with dim lighting. The lighting was only provided by a small ball of burning charcoal. in the room.

"Kirihara, what do you mean? Why did you bring two strangers in for the private party that was agreed upon?" As soon as Kirihara Taizo, Ito Cheng, and Kallen entered the room, a mean voice came from the room where they were sitting around the fire. Next to the carbon, the old vulture, whose face was flushed by the firelight and whose body was dry and slender, as if he had been hungry for many years, said this.

"Jingbu Tatsuki, I don't need you to tell me how to do things." Although he looked like a grandson in front of Ito Cheng, he was still the head of the Kirihara family of the six Kyoto families in front of outsiders. Kirihara Taizo said very forcefully.

"Xingbu Chenchenji, I hope you will understand when the time comes, otherwise you will lose your life and you will not be willing to accept others." Kirihara Taizo walked to the empty seat left by a few people and sat down, his eyes twinkling. .

"Taizo. Why did you call us here this time?" After Kirihara Taizo sat down, another old man who could tell he had a good relationship with Kirihara Taizo just by listening to his tone asked.

"Yes, why exactly? You must know that Cornelia has been keeping a close eye on that woman recently. If it's not too important, I don't want to stay here any longer." As soon as the old man finished speaking, a man with slightly black hair , the man who looked like he was in his forties or fifties said.

Upon hearing the inquiry, Kirihara Taizo was silent for a few seconds. Then he slowly spoke amidst the "crackling" sound of charcoal breaking, "Before I explain the reason why I summoned everyone here, let me introduce someone to you..."

Hearing Kirihara Taizo's words, Ito Cheng, who knew it was his turn to play, immediately walked out of the dark corner. He walked forward slowly and stood next to Kirihara Taizo who stood up from the ground.

"The person next to me is Lord Ito Nari, the monarch whom I, Kirihara Taizo, have chosen to be loyal to for the rest of my life." Kirihara Taizo, standing next to Ito Nari, said to the five people in the room with a solemn face.

"What did you say, Kirihara!?" "Taizo, are you crazy!?" "Are you kidding..." As soon as Kirihara Taizo finished speaking, several chaotic voices full of disbelief immediately echoed in the room. .

The only person in the room who didn't speak was the royal representative wearing a gorgeous kimono and kneeling behind a pair of bamboo curtains, Emperor Kagura! At this time, she was looking behind the bamboo curtain with her big bright eyes with a curious look on her face. Itō Cheng's image is blurry.

"Quiet." At this time, Kiritou Taizo, who was afraid that other people's noise would upset Ito Nari, leaned heavily on the ground with the crutch in his hand, and shouted when it made a muffled "dong" sound.

"Taizo, what are you acting in today? Do you still want to learn the oath of the monarch and his subjects from the Warring States Period?" After everyone quieted down due to Kirihara Taizo's outburst, the man who was related to Kirihara Taizo The nice old man said.

"Hidenobu, what I just said was not a joke, but I have indeed sworn allegiance to your lord." Kirihara Taizo turned to look at his old friend and said warmly.

"And the main purpose of why I'm here today is to ask for your opinion, whether you are willing to swear allegiance to your lord like me." Then Kirihara Taizo looked at the other people sitting in the room again and said in a deep voice.

"Taizo Kirihara, you are crazy but we are not crazy. I will not be as loyal as that young boy next to me." Tatsuki Tatsuki looked at Ito Shige who was standing next to Kirihara with a sneer and said.

After hearing what Tatsuki said, Kallen who was standing by the side immediately moved forward, preparing to knock the old man to the ground who dared to resist. But just when she passed by Ito Cheng, Ito Cheng stopped her with his hand.

"What do you mean?" Ito Cheng asked softly as he looked at the other heads of the family, except for Tatsuki, with a smile on his face.

On the side, Kirihara Taizo, although he was controlled by Ito Cheng's hypnosis, but his consciousness was still his own, quietly winked at his old friend, Kohoin Hidenobu of the Kohoin family.

When Kohoin Hidenobu saw Kirihara Taizo's eyes, he immediately swallowed back the words he originally wanted to speak, and looked at Ito Cheng, Kirihara Taizo, and others around him with a hesitant look.

"That's what I mean too." The younger-looking black-haired man said in a deep voice.

"If I am loyal to you, what benefits can I get, and what benefits can our family get?" Compared with the straightforwardness of the punishment department Tatsuki and the black-haired man, this man has a normal build, straight hair, and twinkling eyes. The old man with a cunning light asked in a deep voice.

Obviously, he regards loyalty as a kind of transaction, and is prepared to exchange his loyalty for greater interests.

"I'm not interested in playing any trading game with you. There are only two results I want. Be loyal to me, or not. Please tell me your choice." Ito Cheng glanced at the old man who proposed the deal with a sneer on his face and said forcefully.

"Hmph." The old man looked angry when he heard this, but as the controller of a large family, he quickly adjusted his emotions. He snorted coldly and frowned on Ito Cheng and Kirihara Taizo. stand up.

"I agree to be loyal to you." After a few seconds, the old man looked at Ito Cheng with twinkling eyes and said.

Hearing the old man's choice, Ito Cheng glanced at him with interest.

"Yoshino, why did you get mad with Kirihara Taizo?!" Tatsuki, who also heard the old man's answer, suddenly turned his head to look at the old man and said in a deep voice with a frown on his face.

The old man named Yoshino glanced at Xingbu Tatsuki and did not answer his question. He walked directly to where he stood opposite Xingbu Tatsuki and the black-haired man.

"I also agree to be loyal to you." Kohoin Hidenobu first looked at Kirihara Taizo, then turned to look at Yoshino who was standing aside. After bowing his head in silence for a few seconds, he looked up again and said in a deep voice to Ito Shige.

When he heard Gongfangyuan Xiuxin's choice, the expression of the black-haired old man changed, and his eyes flickered. Apparently, he felt a little regretful about his previous impulsive choice.

"You're the only one left, Miss Kagura." Finally, Ito said as he cast his eyes on Kagura behind the bamboo curtain.

"I am a weakling, what choice do I have?" Kaguraye, who was kneeling behind the bamboo curtain, sighed softly, then stood up from the futon where she was kneeling, stretched out her hand to open the bamboo curtain in front of her, and walked lightly with her lotus steps. He moved down the steps, looked at Ito Cheng and said, "Everything depends on Mr. Ito Cheng's orders."

"Interesting little girl." Ito Cheng looked up and down with interest. She was dressed in a costume similar to that of a witch, but the fabric decoration was more gorgeous. On her head was a gold chain with a ruby ​​inlaid in the middle of her forehead. She was not afraid. Kagura said as she looked at him.

"Now that the choice has been made, it's time for me to take action." Then Ito Cheng retracted his gaze from Kagura and turned to look at Xingbu Tatsuki and the black-haired old man with a sneer.

"I choose to be loyal!" As soon as he finished speaking, the black-haired old man who was standing next to Tatsuki of the Criminal Department immediately said with a panic look on his face.

"Sorry, it's late!" Seeing the black-haired old man's behavior, Ito Cheng said with disdain.

Then without any nonsense, he directly activated his spiritual power to cover the body of Xingbu Tatsuki and the black-haired old man, and activated his hypnotic ability to hypnotize the two of them.

In an instant, I saw the two people, Tatsuki of the Criminal Division and the black-haired old man, paused. Their eyes were dull and they were looking ahead with dull expressions.

"Immediately send all the lists and information of the resistance forces in your hands, as well as the original cherry stone ore and military supplies in your hands to Kirihara Heavy Industries." Ito Shige faced the hypnotic Tatsuki and the black-haired policemen. The old man ordered.

"Yes." The two responded mechanically.

On the side, Kohoin Hidenobu and Yoshino changed their expressions when they saw the performance of Tatsuki and the black-haired old man. They glanced at Ito Shige who was standing there performing hypnosis with a look of luck, feeling full of the feeling of surviving the disaster.

"Wow, that's amazing." Kagura, who also saw Tatsuki and the black-haired man, clasped her hands in front of her with her fingers spread out, and said with an interesting look on her face.

"It seems that the shock effect is good." Ito Cheng chuckled in his heart as he saw the changes in the expressions of Hidenobu and Yoshino. Then he spoke again and ordered Tatsuki and the black-haired old man who were in a hypnotic state, "Go."

After receiving the order, the two people immediately turned around and left the small room to contact their subordinates to execute the order issued by Ito Cheng.

"You two, your request is the same as the two of them, go." Then, Ito Cheng turned around and looked at Kohoin Hidenobu and Yoshino, who still had happy expressions on their faces, and ordered.

Kohoin Hidenobu and Yoshino's expressions changed when they heard this, and they immediately showed an ugly expression as if they were dead loved ones. However, seeing Ito Shige's previous methods, the two people who did not dare to resist at all left the cabin obediently. , to carry out Ito Cheng's order.

"Remember not to hide anything, otherwise you will end up worse than those two people!" Just when Hidenobu and Yoshino were about to leave the small room, Ito Cheng's indifferent voice sounded again. (To be continued.)