"Naosuke, that's enough!" An old man's figure walked out from the shadow of the cell.

However, although he is said to be an old man, his actual age should only be around fifty or sixty. However, the other person's face is now haggard and his spirit is listless, which makes him look much older.

Mei Ji quietly pulled the little girl next to her and indicated with her eyes that this was the grandfather she just said she wanted to rescue together.

Now the situation was full of twists and turns. The newly appeared military attache led elite jailers to surround them. Fortunately, the enemy's target seemed to be the old prisoner, so Vivian and her group decided to wait and see what happened without saying a word.

On the other side, after the old man shouted angrily and interrupted the young military attaché named "Naosuke", he lowered his voice and whispered:

"I asked why Tangtang Sin Prison Mountain, as the place where Dazu guards the Qiandao prisoners, is a top priority. How could it be so easily entered and exited by a few foreigners? It turns out... you are the one who is causing trouble behind this!

"

After the old man snorted, his sharp gaze was directed at the young military attaché opposite.

"Naosuke, are you doing this worthy of Lord Luo Sui who values ​​you so much and even promoted you to the position of deputy!?"

After the old man said this, the little wolf cub narrowed his eyes.

The "foreigners" in the other party's mouth must be referring to Vivian and the others, so it seems...it seems that there is more than just Zhao Jie behind this prison break and rescue?

It's true to say that Sin Prison Mountain is on Yueyuan Island. It's nothing. It's equivalent to the foundation of the imperial city. If it were a prison on other remote islands, it would be acceptable. But judging from the current prison escape, the defense force here is

A little too stretched.

"Keisuke-sama, if this can make you change your mind and make you stop trying to get into trouble, then even if I, Kondo Naosuke, am dismissed from my post and held accountable, even if I am thrown into prison, as long as I can get you out, all of this will be worth it.

It’s all worth it!”

"I believe that you will be able to find out the truth after you go out. After all, you are the veteran of the determination and implementation. When the time comes, both Lord Luo Sui and the palace minister will understand what I am doing tonight!"

The young military attache was not afraid of the old man's eyes and responded with unswerving persistence. Unfortunately, he still received angry scoldings.

"Nonsense! It's just nonsense! You, you, you...you are ruining your own future! You are rushing to give your own leverage to the enemy! You...hey..."

"Lord Keisuke! You even said the word "enemy"!" Instead of being angry at the old man's scolding, the young military attache was very excited.

"..."

"Naosuke, you don't understand that without the final judgment of the Palace Secretary, even if I risk my life, I will definitely fight to the death with those people, but, but..."

"Doesn't it happen that Mr. Palace Secretary makes mistakes?"

After a short moment of silence, the old man shook his head.

"Master Palace Secretary is the representative of the Water God. The God...does not make mistakes. Even if there is a mistake, it is a mistake that we mortals think is wrong, just like the original incident of Da Zu's rebellion."

"Master Gong Si never looks at the present, but..."

"future."

After saying this, the old man's expression became a little lower. He seemed to have lost the strength to argue anymore, dragged his body, turned around and returned to the dark corner of the cell.

"So, whether the little girl was forcibly taken away from the house on the pretext of being a candidate for a witch, or whether I was accused of hiding and resisting the election and became a prisoner, the Palace Secretary must be aware of all of this.

It’s clear.”

"The reason why you are still silent must be... it must be... setting up a bigger plot, and what we mortals have to do is obey and cooperate."

"...That's all."

Others may not be able to see the old man who returned to the darkness due to the light problem, but the little wolf cub can clearly see that the old man huddled in the corner of the cell, his facial expressions and finger movements at this moment are completely different from his words.

The tone was so calm and accepting.

The little wolf cub saw the distortion and pain on the old man's face, and also saw the countless scratches on the cold floor of the cell that were made by the old man's fingernails.

Angry.

The young military attache was completely angry.

His hands shook the prison bars so that they buzzed, and he even yelled at the old man hiding inside, in this midnight prison environment.

"The future? For me, my sister is my future!! If someone wants to use my sister's life in exchange for

The so-called bright future, Lord Keisuke, let me tell you, I! No! Accept! Accept!"

"The so-called "future" is obtained by sacrificing the "now"... I am not Lord Palace Secretary, I am not a god. As a mortal, I cannot see the beauty of the "future", I can only see the pain of the "present"!

"

"Lord Keisuke, you don't dare to go against God's ideas... Then, let me do it!"

Facing the young military attache's hoarse voice, there was no echo from the cell, as if he no longer wanted to talk.

When the young military attache gradually returned calmly, his eyes finally fell on Vivian and his party, who had been listening and witnessing everything just now.

"Foreigners, you have all heard the conversation just now. The rescue of Lord Keisuke is an action that I have carefully planned and secretly planned for a long time. But because the matter is so important, I have been waiting for an opportunity."

"It's now, I won't hide anything from you anymore. From the time when those enemies who had plans for Thousand Islands attacked Lord Jingfu who was responsible for the survey, I had predicted that the other two practices would definitely be affected.

It was also part of their plan, and later on... it turned out to be true."

"There has been a huge change in the society, and Risa-sama has been dismissed from your post. As for you, I investigated the files and confirmed that you were also implicated and falsely accused and imprisoned. At this time, I received a tip from my subordinates that there was a Guili businessman.

, is out there searching for information about you, and has repeatedly tried to contact the people who worship Da Zu."

Speaking of this, the young military attache snorted with a straight face.

"His intentions are too obvious. Normally, I would have directly arrested and interrogated the Guili businessman, but right now... I feel that this is the opportunity I have been waiting for, so I went with the flow and secretly

The Guili businessman who helped you was operating within the Dazu practice, which is why you escaped from prison today."

"Originally, my plan was to use you as a cover to attract the enemy's attention, and I took the opportunity to take Lord Keisuke away from prison and replace him with a replacement, but now...

"

Boom!

The young military attaché sulked and hammered the wall next to him.

It can be seen that this Naosuke Kondo is a man. He openly revealed all the plans without any concealment. He was actually behind the scenes and wanted to take advantage of Vivian and others.

However, the little wolf cub did not become hostile because of this. After all, there is no pie in the sky. Others will not help you for no reason and just take advantage of each other. Moreover, if the other party is willing to tell the truth, there must be a future.

The purpose of talking and drinking is.

Then...as expected.

"Although my plan failed, I won't say it, so I will take you back. And I can feel that your strength is far greater than mine. Even if I want to, I don't have the ability."

The young military attache said as he glanced around. On the wrists of Vivian and Meiji, there was nothing, and the demon-sealing handcuffs were missing.

Next, Kondo Naosuke changed his tone.

"However, two ladies, even I know that you have a close relationship with Risa-sama. Then you will definitely escape from prison and escape. Not only will you be targeted by our Qiandao official people, but those traitors in the dark will definitely not do this.

Forget it, I'll let you go. What's more, I also heard your previous conversation. Miss, you said you... still want to compete for the miko?"

The young military attaché looked at Vivian.

The little girl nodded affirmatively.

"So... I understand. It seems that you must have a reason to do this, so I won't dissuade you. But I need to tell you that the current Qiandao witch election is very different from the ancient traditional ceremony.

."

"Under Da Zuo's inaction or even deliberate connivance, more and more shady scenes have emerged. Women from wealthy families rely on buying witch candidates to gain high exposure among the people of Thousand Islands.

And they continue to use this hype to defraud a large amount of people's wealth."

"And there are still some people who are beautiful women from poor families, or the wives and daughters of political opponents. It's ridiculous to say that some people want to buy qualifications, but some people..."

"These innocent people were forcibly designated as candidates for witchcraft by Dazu. They were all arrested and participated in the so-called internal training. If they dare not to resist, it would be disobedience and disrupting the election. Lord Jingfu's daughter... is also my sister,

This is how Kaori was taken away."

When the young military attaché said this, Vivian couldn't help it anymore and spoke angrily:

"Then why didn't you report it to the Palace Secretary? Could the Palace Secretary just sit back and ignore this chaos? Besides you, don't you have other people who can distinguish right from wrong?"

"I...my boss is also the first general second only to the head of the family in Da Zu's service. Master Luo Sui had noticed the chaos in time when it had just begun to appear, and personally went to see the palace about it.

Sir Si, but...refuse to see you."

The young military attaché said the last two words bitterly.

"Refuse to meet?"

"Yes, it's the same as the rebellion that Da Zu pursued, so..."

"The attitude of Lord Palace Secretary made many people like me, including Lord Luo Sui and Lord Jingfu, completely despair and stop intervening in the chaos, while those traitors became more and more rampant, and finally evolved into

Now..."

The young military attaché's voice became softer and softer, and his head lowered.

But soon, he clenched his fists again and aimed his fiery and pleading eyes at the little girl opposite who also had an indignant look on his face.

"Miss, I have heard a little bit about your deeds from your businessman friend who is outside. There is even a writer who described the encounter of your Astorogis at sea.

, written into a novel.”

"I immediately used some means to get the novel's herbs. Although there must be some exaggeration in it, after all, you can even repel and surrender the legendary Yamata no Orochi, so I...
To be continued...