Chapter 610 - 192: Mr. Tachibana! Come Learn Iaido With Me! [9000]_4

Chapter 610: Chapter 192: Mr. Tachibana! Come Learn Iaido With Me! [9000]_4

"Ranked below the three major cadres are the mid-level cadres led by ’Rakshasa’ and ’Sea Master.’

"Further down are the lowest level cadres like ’Scythe Weasel’ and ’Yanyanluo.’

"Currently, only a few individuals like ’Yoshitsune’ and ’Scythe Weasel’ are known by their specific appearances."

"The rest are known only by name, with their age and gender completely unknown."

"Take their leader ’Orochi’ as an example. We still haven’t figured out the gender of ’Orochi.’

"The intelligence we’ve gathered is all over the place."

"There are claims that ’Orochi’ is a Great Sword Hero whose swordsmanship has reached an unparalleled level."

"Others say ’Orochi’ is a Sharpshooter capable of ambidextrous shooting, using two revolvers simultaneously with perfect accuracy."

"Some describe ’Orochi’ as a strategist who can destroy ships just by talking and laughing."

"And some rather specific descriptions claim ’Orochi’ is a short, chubby person who is physically weak and doesn’t even know how to hold a sword."

"Clearly—this is a deliberate tactic by the Law Punishment Faction to release a myriad of seemingly plausible but misleading information to disrupt our intelligence gathering."

"The activities of the Law Punishment Faction began increasing around 10 years ago."

"They are funding or initiating disturbances throughout society."

"For instance: deceiving farmers into launching reckless, suicidal Ikkei."

"Heavily funding Yakuza nationwide, either integrating them into Law Punishment’s subordinate organizations, or directly inciting them to conduct various violent activities, disrupting the order in Castle Towns and rural areas."

"Quietly releasing dreadful prisoners, letting these regained freedom, inhuman criminals continue to perpetrate calamities."

"And so on and so forth..."

"To sum up in a word—normal things that humans should do, the Law Punishment Faction never does. They have done every atrocious deed imaginable."

"We are still unaware why the Law Punishment Faction is tirelessly conducting all these harmful acts that bring no benefit."

"As I just mentioned, the Law Punishment Faction is extremely adept at keeping intelligence confidential."

"Even having conducted so many insane deeds, the existence of the Law Punishment Faction has not been discovered by anyone, including the Edo Shogunate."

"They are firmly hidden behind the scenes."

"Bringing chaos and turmoil to the world from the shadows."

"It wasn’t until 6 years ago that our Gourd House accidentally discovered the existence of the Law Punishment Faction and their series of indignities."

"Lord is a person of great kindness and strong sense of justice."

Mr. Kiryu displayed a laugh as if recalling something amusing.

"Towards those who don’t act humanely, and the organizations, Lord holds an attitude of ’must exterminate them completely.’

"Although Lord often uses the excuse ’I simply don’t want these people to disrupt the current stable business environment,’ we all know this is just a cover for what Lord truly thinks."

"The reason why Lord is so dedicated to dealing with those evil people and wicked organizations lies purely in the goodness of her heart."

"Therefore, after accidentally discovering the existence of the Law Punishment Faction 6 years ago, Lord launched a tireless, long-lasting struggle against them, without asking for any return."

"It was due to this reason that I came to Edo to establish this Thousand Affairs House."

"All along, the Law Punishment Faction has been more active in the Western Country and Capital Region."

"But in recent years, we received definite intelligence: there seems to be an increasing trend of Law Punishment Faction activities in the Eastern Country."

"Hence, Lord sent me to Edo to secretly track Law Punishment’s movements."

"Above is my true identity."

Having finished speaking, Mr. Kiryu fell silent, giving Aoto ample time to digest the information.

From the time Mr. Kiryu started speaking until he closed his mouth now... less than 20 minutes had passed.

Yet, within this short duration, the volume of information Aoto received overwhelmed his brain to the point of being "half-frozen."

After quite a while, Aoto slowly recovered from the shock of the massive amount of information.

"... So was Awu actually sent to assist you in investigating the Law Punishment Faction?" Aoto asked.

"No." Mr. Kiryu shook his head without hesitation, "The Young Master was simply sent by Lord for training under me."

"Like you, the Young Master only learned about the existence of ’Law Punishment Faction’ now, knowing that her grandmother had secretly been fighting against this organization."

Aoto’s eyes widened in surprise, quickly turning to look at Mukiwa beside him—Mukiwa, like him, was displaying a lasting expression of shock.

"Awu, you didn’t know about the Law Punishment Faction, or that your grandmother had been secretly dealing with this Law Punishment Faction?"

Mukiwa laughed awkwardly a few times: "I had no idea... I didn’t even know Mr. Kiryu’s real name was ’Mamiya Kurō...’"

"I only know Mr. Kiryu has been Grandmother’s loyal subordinate for over seventy years, highly skilled in swordsmanship, and reliable."

"Since Grandmother adopted me, except for Grandmother and a few others who frequently call Mr. Kiryu ’Kurō’ using ’this is a nickname’ as an excuse, everyone else calls him ’Kiryu’, ’Mr. Kiryu...’"

"Even though ’Mamiya Kurō’ is not widely known, it still attracts some attention." Mr. Kiryu added with a smile, "Having this name makes many tasks inconvenient, so before the Young Master was born, I started frequently using this alias."