He felt like a burly man being roasted on a stove, and all the blood in his body was rushing to the top of his head.

Just as the burly man was thinking about how to save his face——

"...Say it."

Qingdeng asked slowly with a toneless voice.

"How can you be willing to give up and stop pestering us?"

Aoto's sudden speech inadvertently gave the tough man a step forward - he could easily get over the dilemma of being frightened away by Tokugawa Iemo's look.

The sturdy man quickly cleared his throat vigorously, and then climbed down the steps and climbed down the slope.

"Let's give it up? What nonsense are you talking about?"

The sturdy man stepped firmly on his feet, took a long, deep breath with a hiss, and let his breath sink in his Dantian - the next moment, a hurricane-like sound burst out from his throat.

"The warrior's soul has been tainted, how can you tell me to let it go!!"

The thunderous roar of the sturdy man immediately attracted more onlookers.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? What happened?"

"It seems that the woman kicked the rogue's knife, and the rogue is asking for an explanation."

"It's a 'sheath'..."

"Are the ronin causing trouble again... Enough is enough. Can't these ronin be a little more peaceful... They keep causing trouble every once in a while."

"Huh? I recognize this group of rogues. They often hang around here. They are habitual criminals who use "sheaths" to extort people's money..."

"Shhh! Shhh! Keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear you... Let's go, let's go. It's better for this kind of muddy water to flow less."

…

More and more onlookers gathered, surrounding the two waves of people fighting in three circles inside and three outside.

The burly man glanced at the increasingly surging crowd around him, and a hint of guilt flashed in his eyes.

He quickly withdrew his gaze and pretended to be calm and said sternly to Qingden.

"However, I am not an evil spirit with no human feelings at all."

"That bitch behind you didn't mean to kick my saber. I can give you a break."

"But-necessary punishment must still be given."

The sturdy man opened his big palm-like hands toward Qingdeng.

"I'll give you two choices now."

"Either give me 10 taels of gold. As long as you give me 10 taels of gold, I will pretend that nothing happened."

"Either... I'll chop off the feet of that stinky woman behind you! Whichever foot of hers kicked my knife, I'll amputate the roots of her feet!"

The strong speech of the burly man, coupled with his fierce expression on his face... the intimidating effect is quite impressive.

Many onlookers around him turned pale with fright and involuntarily tightened their shoulders and necks.

The sturdy man was quite satisfied with his performance just now.

Whether it was the tone he used when making threats or the vicious expressions he made to enhance the "level of terror", he found it impeccable.

The feedback he received from the surrounding onlookers also proved that he did not feel too good about himself.

However, the person he should scare the most... Qingdeng and his party, without exception - all looked at him with expressionless faces.

Be it Aoto, the two sisters, Tokugawa Iemo, or Tenzouin, all of them looked calm and composed at this time.

And... I don't know if it was his personal illusion - he always felt that the look Qing Deng was looking at him... was a bit like he was looking at a funny comedian.

His conjecture was quickly confirmed——

"……Oh."

Qingden smiled.

A sneer made with a "hum" sound through the nose.

Then, Qingdeng turned his head back, looked at Tianzhang Courtyard, and asked:

"What do you think? What do you plan to do?"

"Hmm..." Tianzhangyuan tilted his head, thinking, "Maomao, what do you think?"

Tenzōin turned his gaze and questions to Tokugawa Iemo next to him.

Tokugawa Iemo thought for a while, raised his head, looked at Qingto and the two sisters, and said word by word:

"...Please do it as quickly as possible. Just injure them, don't kill anyone."

Tianzhangyuan nodded gently, then turned his gaze back to Qingdeng and smiled sweetly:

"Since even Maomao said so... Then please save me, heroes, and be sure to save my feet~~"

After saying that, Tianzhangyuan playfully moved his right foot, which was covered in plain white stockings, behind the heel of his left foot.

Qingdeng laughed dumbly.

"I'll do my best."

"Hey!" The burly man frowned. For some reason, he had been having an ominous premonition since just now, "You are all mumbling there... ugh!"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a knee as big as a bowl, rapidly zooming in within his field of vision.
Chapter completed!