Tomie Tsuji

"Master, won't you have dinner with us again today?" Ranto Shiro asked doubtfully as he glanced at the seat that originally belonged to the God Judge.

Hasebe, who was pressing and cutting, also followed his gaze, and replied with his lips pursed: "Master...maybe I'm not feeling well."

He just came to Honmaru not long ago, the attitude of the Lord was very enthusiastic at first, but now it has become a little cold... Even if he knew that it was not aimed at him, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

I really want to be a servant of the Lord.

"Hey, the Lord hasn't dined with us for a long time..." Tsurumaru sat at the dining table, resting his chin on his hand, pointing his fingers on the tabletop in boredom.

"Yes." Candlestick Qie Guangzhong came out with the dishes and just heard this sentence, and replied casually.Obviously it is not the turn of candlestick cut Guangzhong today, but he seems to be the chef by default. Every time it is the turn to cook, everyone sits still and looks at him—he doesn’t anyway. Rejection, unconsciously acquiesced.

"It started some time ago, right? Hasebe also came at that time..." Luan said worriedly, and suddenly realized that what he said was ambiguous, and quickly looked at Yaki Hasebe and added: "Ah, I'm not blaming you, it should have nothing to do with you."

Hasebe nodded to indicate that he didn't care.

"It's not good for your health if you squat in the castle tower all the time and don't go out. You have to go out to bask in the sun, right?" The first episode of Yixing may be because he has been a brother for a long time, and he is also worried at this time.

"...But isn't the main pill in the cracks? Even if you go out, you won't be able to bask in the sun? That's all fake." Qingguang couldn't help complaining.

Yiqi smiled with a good temper and said, "If you don't move around or talk to people, it seems that people will suffer from depression, right?"

Everyone fell silent suddenly.

After all, it is about the body of the God Judge, and everyone really has no way not to care about it.The judges were obviously fine before, and they still joked with them, so why did they suddenly become silent now?Could it be another letter from my family in this world?Or did you encounter any difficulties at work? ——The latter is unlikely. The only job of the god judges now is to manage their honmaru. If they really encounter any problems, they will usually discuss them with them instead of choosing to think on their own.

"Let the valet go to see the situation of the lord?" Ranto Shiro suggested, "Who is the valet on duty now?"

No one answered.

Everyone looked at each other and said, "I haven't received the notice from the Lord", and finally Yakuken Toshiro opened his mouth to restore order: "On the day Hasebe and Ran left for the expedition, they brought back Fusangshen's new sword that hadn't awakened yet. I was on duty that week, and who else will be the valet after that?"

Still no one answered.

He replied with some hesitation: "If the rotation is in order, it should be my turn, but I didn't receive the summons from the Lord, and I thought that the Lord had selected other candidates."

However, no one else admitted that he was a valet.

In view of the fact that all the Token Fusangsin of Honmaru have gathered here, the answer is very clear - after the medicine research, the god judge did not choose a close servant, and even 'abolished' the rule of a close servant.

It is no wonder that if the god judge asked to eat in the castle tower, the daily food should be brought in by the servants, but he asked Guangzhong to send it outside the gate of the castle tower alone.It turned out to be because...there were no more valets.

Inexplicably, there seemed to be a gap between everyone and the judge.

God judges... are they no longer needed?Why alienate them all of a sudden?

When they didn't realize it...what happened to cause such a change in the god judge?

"It's good to be independent, my lord." After a long while, someone broke the silent and depressing atmosphere, and smiled awkwardly: "The lord said before that he wanted to lie in bed for the rest of his life and eat in bed. Eat... Ah, are you secretly achieving this 'goal' now?"

Even though the others understood his intention to ease the atmosphere, they really couldn't cooperate with the smile. They just barely raised the corners of their mouths and stopped trying to fake a smile. Instead, they sighed and responded, "Independence..."

If only it were really independent.

No matter how sad they are, they can only suppress the uneasiness in their hearts.

"But even if there is no attendant, there must be someone to check on the situation of the lord, right? Otherwise, if something happens... there is no one to take care of him." Yaki Hasebe said with a look of worry.

Doesn’t the news that arrives now always say that the body of a certain young man was found at home, and it was confirmed that he had been dead for several months?Although they can know that the god judge is still alive through the daily food delivery, but they can't confirm the mental state.

The dead house in anime manga and light novels is always full of vigor even if they are squatting at home, but in reality... I also know what it would be like to be bored and not talk to others all the time, how could they not be happy for themselves? Are you worried about the Lord?

Now that you are aware of this problem, you must immediately go to someone to check on the situation of the Lord. It would be great if you can persuade him.

It is true to say so, but who should you choose?Would the Lord be willing for them to visit so abruptly?

"But the Lord didn't summon us..." Yaken Toshiro hesitated.

"Sneak in and don't let him find out?" said Tsurumaru, who was active at the forefront of trouble.

All of a sudden, all eyes were on him.

This remark is really a bit outrageous, even the privacy of the judge needs to be protected.

... Even so, this proposal is really exciting.

They are really too worried about the current situation of the god judge.

"This is not appropriate." Yiqi frowned and dismissed this bad idea without hesitation, and cast a condemning glance at Tsurumaru.

Tsurumaru spread his hands innocently, seeing everyone looking at him with 'Batman disagrees' eyes, before he became the target of public criticism, he had the desire to survive and said: "I just gave a suggestion, do you want to choose to adopt it? You vote? I submit to the majority."

But this is a dishonorable thing after all, even if you really want to make a move, you dare not say it outright, so the so-called 'voting' will naturally be ignored.

Izumi Mori Kanesada was the first person who couldn't bear to see this atmosphere. He slapped the table and said loudly, "Then why don't you just tell him if you are worried about the current situation of the god judge? Now one or two are guessing here. , and suspicious, if you ask directly, the interrogator will definitely tell us."

It's true, if they care about it, they will be confused.

In the end, this discussion was still in vain. The representative sent by the swordsmen was the last savior of mankind (crossed out) Yakuken Toshiro, the last servant of Honmaru - went to the castle tower to visit the god judge who hadn't seen for a long time .

It was just an ordinary visit, but after the meeting, a small matter became a little different and more serious.Rao Yaoyan also felt a little nervous.

Standing outside the gate of the castle tower, he shrugged at the hem of his clothes and straightened his hair. After doing these behaviors that were completely inconsistent with his usual image, he suddenly realized and smiled wryly. , raised his hand and knocked on the gate of the castle tower.

In the past, although the god judges did not allow them to enter and leave their bedrooms at will - after all, this is considered a private space, it is an exception if the servants come in and out to protect him, normal people don't like their bedrooms to become as noisy as a vegetable market - but the gate of the castle tower is always open.

The god judges usually invite them to play in the castle tower. After all, such a big room can still make people feel deserted, but because the tower is located in a remote place, more god judges go to the main house where everyone lives together to chat with them .

The previous master welcomed them to visit at any time, but now even the gate is closed.Even Candlestick Qie Guangzhong, who was in charge of delivering meals to the Lord every day, could only knock on the door, saw a pale hand stretched out from behind the door, and slammed the door heavily after receiving the meal.

Candlestick Qie Guangzhong was not without doubts about this, but at first he always thought that the god judge was busy with work, which caused the god judge to be in a bad mood, and because of his busy work, he had no time to receive him.When the god judge is short of money, there will always be a period of time when the god judge is alone in the castle tower and does not go out. Everyone knows that the god judge is making money for Honmaru, and consciously will not bother.It's just that it's never been as isolated as this time... In the past, I would still go out for a walk more or less.But anyway, after delivering the meal, he had to go back to the dining room of the main house to eat with other sword men, so he didn't intend to stay.

Therefore, he didn't think too much, and didn't find anything wrong with the judge.

Yao Yan waited at the door for a long time before he heard the scuffling footsteps of the God-inspector kicking his slippers gradually approaching.

It's all over now, hasn't the judge finished dressing yet?He frowned.It seems that these days are indeed very slack - you must know that the God Judge was not like this before.

Yao Yan doesn't think there's anything wrong with this, after all, a god-judgment is considered a freelance job, as long as the god-judgment is happy and can guarantee his health, he can do whatever he wants.But after all, I haven't seen the judge for a while, and even if I am autistic, my good living habits have been changed, which is not a good sign.

There is also scientific evidence to prove that maintaining a healthy daily routine can make people's spirits more positive.

The judge didn't speak, but gently opened the door, stretched out a hand from the crack of the door, and spread it upwards, obviously meaning to take the food and leave.

Yao Yan didn't hand over the lunch box to the god judge immediately, but asked calmly: "General, do you want to have dinner together today?"

The judge didn't answer, his palms were still facing upwards.

Yao Yan was also a little at a loss for the situation where the God-inspector suddenly became difficult to squat at home. He could only wait patiently. He withdrew his hand, seeing that the door was about to be closed, Yao Yan hurriedly stopped him.

"General." Yao Yan stretched out his hand to stop the examiner from closing the door, and stuck his hand in the crack of the door so that the door could not be completely closed.Normal people would panic and let go of someone else's hand when they saw that they were closing the door, or at least hesitated, but the God Judge still wanted to close the door as if he didn't care.

His hand was caught between the door and the door frame, and the surrounding skin turned red in an instant. The strength of the god-judgment is not strong, but it is definitely not small-after all, ten fingers connect to the heart, even the god-judger The weak chicken otaku's strength is enough to make Yao Yan feel heartbreaking pain, even without looking, he knows that the place caught by the door must be bruised and purple.

This is definitely not the usual behavior of a god judge. He is usually silly, and occasionally becomes very serious, but overall he is a kind and normal person... and he loves knives so much, and he cares more about them. A child with a dagger in appearance is determined not to commit such a cruel behavior.

Yao Yan was just an ordinary worry at first, but now his thinking has completely changed - something must have happened to the God-inspector, and his only hope is...that everything will not develop into the worst situation.

It would be great if they could notice the abnormality of the God Judge earlier, so that they wouldn't be in this situation?he thought ruefully.

Yao Yan was in pain, but he still squeezed the door frame tightly, opened the door hard before the bones were pinched off, stretched the gap enough for him to pass through, and squeezed in forcefully.

Both he and the god judge tried their best, but the god judge's strength is obviously not as good as that of a child who has experienced many battles in drug research. When the door was opened suddenly, he sat down on his butt On the ground, looking at Yaoken who suddenly became taller in his field of vision, he was stunned for a moment.

Yao Yan also pursed his lips for a while when he saw the God-inspector, not knowing what to say - after all, they just had that kind of interaction just now.

He carefully looked at the judge who hadn't seen him for a long time. Every day, Guangzhong was worried that he would not enjoy his meal if he ate alone and the variety was too small. The appraiser should have eaten all of it, so why did he lose so much weight?Is it because of depression or indigestion?

The arms and legs of the god judge are more than a circle thinner than the original healthy body, and even the shape of the bones is exceptionally clear, and his skin has become very pale. Right now, it is a thick blue that may not necessarily appear after staying up late for a long time. Hei, even if the interrogator hasn't said a word yet, anyone who sees him can know what kind of life he has been living recently.

It must have been... uncomfortable.

Even the light in his eyes, which symbolizes vitality, has dimmed, giving people the feeling that he might go west at any time.

Yaoyan looked at it, and felt quite uncomfortable.Why didn't the general tell him?

In the end, it was the judge who broke the embarrassing deadlock. He seemed to have completely forgotten his ruthless behavior just now, pretending to be innocent and asked a polite question naturally: "It's Yaoyan, why are you today?" Food delivery? Didn’t they all belong to Guangzhong in the past?”

The appraiser probably hasn't talked to others for a long time, and even his voice has become a little hoarse, and his poor pitch control has also led to some weird pitches.

Since the God-inspector didn't mention it, Yao Yan would rather that the God-inspector didn't notice his hand just now - thinking like this would make him feel much better. He smiled stiffly, and handed the lunch box in his hand to the God-inspector The respondent replied: "Candlestick cut... I am going to make more peony cakes today. If I don't have time, let me come. Do you want to eat it, general?"

He hid his injured hand that was hanging down in a weird way behind his back, but anyone with a discerning eye could see something was wrong, but the examiner didn't pay attention at all.

"Peony cake..." The judge had a strange expression, holding back a smile, obviously recalling the farce that happened in Honmaru before: "Fortunately, Qieguo went on an expedition, otherwise he would be persecuted by Tsurumaru again. "

Yaken was silent for a while, but still interrupted the interrogator: "Yamabagiri's words came back a few weeks ago." He added: "And now Tsurumaru likes to persecute Mr. Hasebe the most. "

The judge froze for a moment: "A few weeks ago...? Ah, has it been so long?" He seemed to want to show some expression, but his facial muscles had become stiff and hard to move, and finally he only showed a face He simply gave up the creepy and terrifying expression, returned to a deadpan expression and sighed with embarrassment: "That's it."

Although Honmaru's business is still handled by him, most of the time he just copied the original model. He never studied the characteristics and strengths of each vibration knife as seriously as before, and reasonably synthesized everyone's mood. Factors to arrange work (strike out) out of battle and inside out.

This has led to the fact that the busy blades have been busy recently, and the idle blades have been idle. In the end, the resting blades can't stand it anymore and will take the initiative to help.

"Go back quickly, it's time to rest." The judge obviously didn't have the mood to be polite anymore, he didn't even want to hide it, and urged him directly.

How could Yaoyan feel at ease after seeing such a mind-testing person?He was still standing here stubbornly, looking directly into the eyes of the examiner and asked with concern: "What is the general doing recently? It has been a long time since I left the castle tower. Everyone misses you very much and is also worried about you. Come and see you together."

The judge didn't know what he was thinking of. He had a grim face for a moment, and muttered to himself: "Come and see me? No, this is not possible." The next second he returned to normal—if this can be called normal The words - "I'm fine, don't worry, go back quickly." He said hurriedly, and even pushed directly with his hands.

Yao Yan was really pushed back and staggered back, just when he reacted and was about to rush into the castle tower, he saw the door being slammed down in front of him, and Yao Yan even heard the sound of the lock being locked.

Before Yao Yan went back to the dining room, he quietly went around to the room to treat his wound a little bit so as not to be so scary-here is really painful and sweating.Fortunately, he is the type who is used to wearing gloves all the time, so he won't be noticed when he goes back.

When he arrived at the dining room, all the blades looked at him curiously, expecting his answer——Yakuken has been away for so long since he left, so he must have talked to the god judge.

"The general's condition is very bad." Yao Yan was the first to express his conclusion: "I asked the general if he would come out to have dinner with us, but the general's reaction..." He pondered for a while before hesitating He chose a fairly appropriate vocabulary and said: "Somewhat extreme."

"Extreme?" Luan asked in confusion.

"Has the Lord... made it clear that he doesn't want to go out?" Yiqi Yizhen asked.

Yao Yan nodded: "Yes... Even the willingness to talk is not strong, and I was anxious to drive me away when I first went."

Although it sounds a little funny to say this, it is a very serious issue when it actually happens around you.

"Has it reached this level..." Even Tsurumaru frowned, feeling that the matter was more serious than imagined: "Should I report it to the Government of Time and arrange for a psychiatrist in this world to come and take a look?"

"Ah, speaking of which, where is Foxnosuke?" Ranya suddenly remembered and asked.Without Fox's help, they, as swords, have no direct channel to contact the government of time.

Tsurumaru backed away with a guilty conscience, and Yamabuki Kunihiro said expressionlessly, "He must have been driven back by Tsurumaru long ago."

"..."

"Then what should we do?" Hasebe stood up worriedly, walking back and forth.

"What else can I do? Take care of the master?" Luan replied helplessly, "How about we take turns to deliver food in the future? It seems that it is impossible for the master to come out to eat."

"I think it should be solved from the root cause? First find out the key to the problem that made the Lord become like this." Yiqi Yizheng suggested.

This is true, if the root cause is not found out, maybe the God Judge will continue to be autistic.

At this time, the men with swords are as worried as old mothers who worry about their children—and before this happened, the way they got along with the appraiser was not like this, it was more like a trustworthy Partners and buddies.

It's a pity that there is no way for the swords of different Honmaru to communicate with each other. If they also have a chat software like the God Judge Forum, the person from this Honmaru must have posted a message called 'Children (crossed out) the God Judge suddenly changed. It doesn't matter who is at fault, the point is how to persuade him to come out" post.

But even if there is no such sword forum, just this Honmaru sword is enough to form a small discussion meeting.

Theme: The big battle to persuade the god judge out of the castle tower

Candlestick Qie Guangzhong came out with peony cakes, and joined the conversation without hindrance: "Although we want to find the key, the Lord doesn't even let us in, and he doesn't want to communicate with us. How can we find it? Even I can’t even get it out of words. Although it may hurt Blade’s heart to say this, but... maybe he no longer trusts us unreservedly like before.”

One episode, one shock: "...(a stab in the heart)"

Luan comforted himself with some embarrassment: "Thinking about it, the master just doesn't want to talk, but it's not like he didn't talk, does he? Yao Yan talked to him at least a few words."

Yao Yan broke his expectations mercilessly, and narrated the facts: "In fact, they asked me to go back the whole time, and they pushed me out the door directly."

All Blades: Shocked!

The men with swords who didn't see that scene with their own eyes can hardly imagine that their own god-inspectors would actually do this.

Tsurumaru is eager to try again at this time, and his desire to make trouble has never been dissipated, and he quietly suggested: "It's impossible to use routines, so can't we only use the former method? "

"The former method?" Yamato Morita repeated.

"Go to the master's room and see what he is hiding...!" Tsurumaru said.

The proposal that shouldn't be approved has become very attractive after the experience of Yaoken's going to the castle tower. Even the very decisive rebuttal of the previous refutation hesitated at this time and did not make a sound. Instead, choose silence - and as we all know, silence equals acquiescence.

"But..." Yaki Hasebe hesitated.

"Just look at it, and don't move." Tsurumaru urged.It's not entirely because he wants to make trouble now that he said these words now, and now the only way to find out the reason for the drastic change in the God Judge's temperament is this.

Pranks and other behaviors are only interesting if someone appreciates them and makes them laugh. If everyone has a dull face, it is not appropriate to play tricks on people at this time, and it will not please them anywhere. This is not what he wants to see—he In essence, it is actually the type yearning for vitality and vitality.

I really hope that Honmaru will return to its original state soon... and the judge will also get well soon.

Hasebe finally shook his head: "This is not appropriate, let's think of another way."

Tsurumaru shrugged innocently, still sitting on the seat without moving, and the several knife men who finished eating also left one after another, leaving only a few who deliberately ate slowly, or stayed behind after eating. Not moving here.

He didn't leave after eating, and didn't chat, and the blade who was there knew what intentions he had.

After everyone had finished eating, there were still four swordsmen staying in the restaurant, and it took a while before someone said, "So... when?"

There was no beginning or end of a sentence, but everyone understood its meaning, and quietly waited for someone to speak first.

"Come on Luan Wu!" Luan raised the corners of her mouth and said with a smile.

"The god judge is in the castle tower all day, so there is no way to choose to sneak in when he is not around...then we can only start from work and rest time?" Qing Guang said.

Ikichi Ichishin—yes, Ichiki Ikshin who opposed it at the beginning actually stayed. Fortunately, there were no other Awataguchi brothers present except Ran, otherwise his dignity as an elder brother would be greatly compromised——Nodded , the voice is still warm and clear: "From the fact that the Lord's meal time can be consistent with ours, the overall schedule should not be too different from ours. At most, he wakes up later and goes to bed later."

"Didn't Yaoyan say that the dark circles under the eyes of the lord have become very thick? That should be the result of staying up late every day for a long time. I think the lord probably didn't go to bed until early in the morning. Our breakfast is actually the lord's supper. And the meal at noon is actually breakfast...?" Tsurumaru also began to think seriously.

"Then the time is almost determined to be from six to twelve in the morning?" Qing Guang asked, omitting the word 'infiltrate' to make their topic appear more normal.

Yizheng pursed his lips in the first issue, and proposed another angle: "There are too many uncertainties in blindly guessing the master's schedule like this. Thinking about it from another angle, we don't have to take advantage of the master's sleep. Time to go...?"

"Wouldn't it be easy to be discovered if you don't go while the lord is asleep?" Luan raised an objection.

Qingguang understood the meaning of Yiqi Yizheng, and explained: "Is it time to go while the food is being delivered? The Lord will leave his room anyway, and go to the gate of the castle tower to pick up the food that Guangzhong sent. For a period of time, the Lord will not be in his room, if we take advantage of this time to sneak in, it will be absolutely safe - if the person delivering the food can delay a little longer, it will be even safer."

Luan suddenly realized.

"Since this is the case, how about setting the time at six o'clock in the morning?" Tsurumaru concluded: "The sky is not completely bright at six o'clock in the morning, so it can cover up the blade's actions a little bit, and according to our speculation, six o'clock should be the same time." When the lord is the most sleepy, if the brain can't turn around, even if you notice something is wrong, you will automatically ignore it."

Passed unanimously.

This is the reason why they are now appearing outside the gate of the castle tower.

In the end, a few people decided to let Yiqi Yizheng be the takeaway (crossed out) food delivery person. After all, if the other blades did not support their plan, they probably would not cooperate with them to delay the time.

Although everyone has a secret curiosity and wants to see the root cause of the Lord becoming what he is now, it is impossible for everyone to go, and it is not voluntary to come to such a conclusion in the end——

"If I were in the past, even if there were any accidents, I would be able to adapt quickly..." Yiqi said implicitly.

"It's the worst situation that requires a quick response, and your maneuver...can't respond to it, right?" California Qingguang rolled his eyes unceremoniously: "Of course I'm going? Apart from being chaotic here, Is it because I have the highest mobility?"

Tsurumaru also puffed up his bun face: "You can't just look at maneuvering, I'm the one who is best at responding and escaping, right? I'm super experienced."

After all, as we all know, Taidao's maneuvering... is really not very good, and he can only be proud of it in front of the big sword.

At this time, Luan didn't want to help his brother anymore, but to Qingguang Qingguang: "If the mobility is high and the running is fast, there will be no trouble at all. Otherwise, it can be arranged according to detection or concealment. ?”

Anyway, as a dagger, he is very strong in these three aspects.

The two shocks were silent.

Anyway, no matter what the competition is, Ranto Shiro and California Kiyomitsu will win-there is no need to compete in attack and defense, just go to the master's room to see, how can there be a fight-they simply pointed the finger other side.

The eyes of the two became very sharp, they looked straight at each other, sweat dripped from their foreheads unconsciously, and traced along the beautiful arc of their jaws—those who didn't know thought they were arguing about something important , treat each other as life and death enemies.

"The water-colored hair looks a little bright, you will be the first to notice it?" Tsurumaru took the lead in attacking.

"White is not hidden, is it? Fifty steps laugh at a hundred steps." Yiqi Yizhen retorted immediately.

"The wall of the master's bedroom is white." Tsurumaru didn't back down at all.