Female Swordsman Training Dojo

It must be cut! It needs to be cut now!

"Your Majesty is right!"

Seeing her irritable father, Misuru-hime put her hands in her pockets and smiled, "Father, this may not necessarily be a bad thing."

Emperor Taisho was in no mood for playing the game of harmonious relations between ruler and subject with his daughter, and waved his hand impatiently: "Just say it directly, Misuru."

Misuru blinked and held up the "leaflet" that she had just retrieved: "It's very simple. It's about strongly supporting the samurai in their purge of the Fujiwara clan, making them feel that it was because of your strong support that they were able to eliminate this great enemy. In this way, at least you've achieved your goal of winning over the samurai."

"And ultimately, if you're planning to build a new 'Northern Warriors,' you at least need to unite the warriors. Instead of each dojo being hostile and competitive like they are now, right? You know, even different dojos from the same school don't get along very well. And what could be better to unite them than a common enemy?"

"In addition, this will also help to select the most charismatic and leadership-oriented samurai, so that when it comes time to establish an official institution, it will be easier to assign them positions."

Fujiwara no Mitsuyori looked at Misuru-hime, opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Misuru-hime spoke first: "Moreover, in this way, the Fujiwara clan won't be branded as willingly bowing to lowly samurai, and thus avoid being ostracized by the other noble families. At the same time, you can also..."

Chapter 346

"Let's take this opportunity to observe how many people truly support protecting Fujiwara Sanbei."

This strategy aimed to deepen the trust between the samurai and the emperor, promote unity among the samurai, establish the samurai's authority in the world, select talented individuals among the samurai, protect the reputation of the Fujiwara clan, and identify and eliminate dangerous elements within the Fujiwara clan—a strategy that achieved six goals at once.

Emperor Taisho calmed down after hearing this, and glared at Princess Misuru with annoyance: "Who did you choose as the leader of the samurai?"

Misuru smiled slightly: "Naturally, it's Taira no Harunobu. I have no interest in old men."

Chapter 322: I'll fight the Fujiwara clan?

"Uh, I'm going to fight the Fujiwara clan? Really?"

Inside the Hiharu Dormitory of the Aozora-kan, Harunobu stared in astonishment at Ran Shiranui sitting opposite him, even ignoring the red fox mask that had appeared on her waist.

Because of a certain chuunibyou (delusional) girl, Harunobu had already gathered information about the Fujiwara clan, which can be summarized in one sentence: it was an alliance of the nobility.

The true Fujiwara clan's main branch disappeared long ago, vanishing to some unknown dynasty or location. The so-called Fujiwara clan of today is actually a force reorganized from various families that once belonged to the Fujiwara clan, such as the Kujo and Takatsukasa clans. For example, Fujiwara Kaguya should actually be called Kujo Kaguya, and Fujiwara Sanbei, who deserved to be blamed, should have been named Uonana Sanbei.

This refers to the former Fujiwara clan's Kujo school and Uonaga school. Other similar schools include the Fujiwara clan's Ichijo school and Onomiya school…

One can imagine what a behemoth the Fujiwara clan was.

Shiranui Ran rolled her eyes: "It's not like you're not planning to cause trouble for Fujiwara Sanbei, or are you finally tired of poor little Amu?"

Amu Hosho, who was massaging Haruno's shoulders, calmly continued her actions without any worry.

Harunobu rolled his eyes as well: "You've already told me that the mastermind is actually the Tongxin Society, so why should I bother with the scapegoat? I'd rather use that time to find Yakumo Kurenai."

"Heh." Shiranui Ran let out a cold laugh. After what Fujiwara Sanbei had done, would that good-natured Taira Harunobu really ignore it? And why would he ignore it?! This thing, more disgusting than a kappa's excrement, has offended me! Why are you so eager to support Hosho Amu before she's even been hit, but when it comes to me…

Miss Fox thought sourly, but before she could finish, she heard Ping Qingxin's voice rang out again: "But never mind, who told him to provoke Lord Fire Demon? You show me the way, I'll go kill him right now."

Shiranui Ran snorted: "Do I need you to help me get revenge? And I'm only doing this because I'm giving you a benefit, okay? This is to help you gain prestige and establish your leadership position among the samurai."

Harunobu, who had just straightened up, slumped back onto the sofa, saying with little interest, "I have no interest in being the leader of the Northern Samurai. Besides, I'm really busy looking for Yakumo Kurenai. She's the one I want to kill right now."

Ran Shiranui didn't tell Harunobu about her relationship with Kurenai Yakumo, nor did she mention that Kurenai Yakumo had been framed. She simply didn't want to affect Harunobu's attitude towards Kurenai Yakumo, and at the same time, she didn't want to know if this matter would affect Harunobu's attitude towards Kurenai Yakumo.

Complex emotions.

Harunobu could guess that Shiranui Ran was related to Yakumo Kurenai, but Shiranui Ran's previous attitude of wanting to kill Yakumo Kurenai was also very obvious, so he naturally couldn't imagine how complicated Shiranui Ran's feelings were now.

"In short, this is a double order from the Emperor and the Princess. Samurai, do you dare to disobey me who has the Emperor's decree?" Shiranui Ran crossed her arms, raised her head towards Harunobu, and revealed Yunrun's chin beneath the mask.

Yes, fox spirits do indeed have pointed chins.

"Yes, yes," Harunobu replied perfunctorily. "Actually, everything else is fine, but could you please not make me a prince? Princess Misuru certainly wouldn't want a husband as promiscuous as me."

"It's alright, it's just a title anyway." Shiranui Ran crossed her arms and looked at Harunobu with a smile. "Besides, the title of Prince will also help the development of your Aozorakan, just like those new products you are preparing - royal special supply."

"Ha—ha—" Harunobu rolled his eyes so hard they almost reached the sky, and he stopped pretending. "Let me be frank, I can't abandon my wives, so unless Misuru-hime agrees..."

"Forget about that. Even if the princess is willing, His Majesty the Emperor would never agree." Shiranui Ran interrupted Harunobu's outrageous remarks. "But if you ask me, if you want to successfully protect your wives under the one-man-one-woman reform, then you should become the leader of the samurai. You know, the privileged class."

“Okay…” Harunobu patted Hojo Amu’s hand, and the latter stopped massaging him, walked around the sofa and sat back in Harunobu’s lap. “I will try to contact the other people, but I can’t guarantee whether they will listen to me.”

“They will.” Shiranui Ran smiled as if she had just stolen a chicken. “You just need to tell them that you can contact Her Highness directly and then inform His Majesty the Emperor of their request.”

"How am I supposed to convince them that Misuruhime will believe me? I can't just tell them it's part of the plan... Okay, I get it." Harunobu realized this in a speechless manner.

He, Taira no Harunobu, a samurai with a reputation for womanizing but who had never set foot in the Imperial Palace, suddenly claims that a princess trusts him implicitly and even communicates with him privately. Even if he says nothing else, rumors will likely spread like wildfire. Coincidentally, this princess was originally planning to use him as a shield for her marriage, so this is a prelude to her eventual success.

This also conveniently gave Harunobu a small favor—by creating such a scandal beforehand, it seemed that the princess didn't care about Harunobu's philandering, or rather, it seemed that Harunobu had completely conquered the princess.

In this way, when he marries the princess, he can take the opportunity to ask to maintain the status quo without appearing ungrateful or excessive—after all, the princess already knows that he has many wives.

She did it voluntarily.

"What a cunning woman. Is she really only eighteen?"

Harunobu shook his head in admiration, earning him a glare from Shiranui Ran.

In short, the two sides have reached a cooperation agreement. Moreover, even without Shiranui Ran's arrangement, Harunobu would have joined the samurai alliance anyway.

During this period, the phone at Aozorakan has been ringing off the hook.

Due to two consecutive days of major chaos, and the fact that a certain unnamed enthusiastic person had previously delivered a popular science booklet to their door, the Tianlan Trial has been temporarily suspended.

In any case, all the dojos are currently checking whether there are any problems with their own demon swords, and they have no time or courage to send them out to compete with others.

Nobody wants to become the next Ashikaga Anno.

However, the Aozorakan doesn't have this problem; they only have the Miko-brand cursed swords. Although their performance seems somewhat inferior, they don't contain any remnant souls and have absolutely no problem with demonic possession. I've heard that the Seijikan and Genryūkan have both discovered seven or eight cursed swords belonging to Fujiwara no Sanbei, including one used by Genkuro himself, who is said to have abandoned it now.

Therefore, the samurai's anger towards Fujiwara Sanbei and the Fujiwara clan had long been ignited, but their appeals were rejected by the government several times and the case was never even filed.

Before Shiranui Ran arrived, Harunobu and the other samurai had similar thoughts, roughly saying, "Sigh, Fujiko is suppressing us." But now he knows that Fujiko is playing a role in this, and he's just waiting for the righteous Lord Taira no Harunobu to make a move.

In short, it was his turn to perform.

Harunobu picked up the receiver and dialed the number for the Justice Museum.

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Author's Note: Please vote! By the way, Qixi Festival is coming soon, should I add an extra chapter then...?

Chapter 323: A Trivial Matter

"Blue, since we're going to have to fight the Fujiwara clan anyway, shouldn't we..."

Chapter 347

"Could we take care of Kaguya's matter while we're at it?"

Harunobu put down the microphone and looked at Shiranui Ran.

The latter was surrounded by three little devils: Tsuchimikado Haru, Fujiwara Kaguya, and Tachibana Yuzu. Upon hearing this, all four of them turned their heads, each with a different expression.

Needless to say, Tachibana Yuzu was precocious despite her small size, with a look of smug anticipation for the drama. Tsuchimikado Haru, on the other hand, looked at Fujiwara Kaguya with a mixture of surprise and envy. Fujiwara Kaguya herself, however, slightly raised her head and gave a dismissive snort: "Who needs your help! I..."

“Well, it seems Princess Kaguya doesn’t care. Let’s just leave it at that.” The fox-like lady, whose expression was obscured by the mask, interrupted Fujiwara Kaguya’s tsundere attitude. “After all, it would be a bit difficult to control if it deviated from the script.”

Fujiwara Kaguya froze on the spot, kicking the floor twice in frustration with her round-toed leather shoes, her face turning bright red. Her discomfiture drew laughter from everyone, and even Hosho Amu, sitting in Harunobu's lap, took the opportunity to cast a teasing glance at her.

However, after laughing, Harunobu said, "Anyway, I'm just idling around, and this is more in line with the reason why I'm taking action."

Shiranui Ran scoffed, "What? You talk as if Princess Kaguya has anything to do with you. She's the Kaguya princess, destined to marry a foreign prince. She'll be going back to heaven sooner or later, you know."

The Taisho era was essentially a period of Japan's complete westward evolution. For Japan at that time, it wouldn't be surprising to compare Britain to "the heavens." This was largely thanks to Fukuzawa Yukichi.

Fujiwara Kaguya's trouble, or rather her mission, was to arrange a marriage between herself and the British royal family as a princess of the Japanese imperial family's maternal line. Her marriage partner was Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York, son of the current King George V—incidentally, this Duke would become the future George VI, although there was a previous King Edward VIII before him.

However, neither before nor after meeting Prince Albert did she have any romantic feelings for him, and she was unwilling to accept this arranged marriage.

So while in England, she deliberately acted like a man, learning shooting, horseback riding, and mechanical skills, which earned her a reputation in British social circles as a "wild Far Eastern pony," ultimately forcing her father, who is now the Japanese ambassador to the UK, to send her back.

Without her father's control, she became increasingly unrestrained. Unfortunately, as she went further and further, especially after offending the ruthless Taira no Harunobu, the Fujiwara clan prepared to subject her to forced education—and then, she ended up at the Aozora-kan, enjoying herself.

The above information was provided by Koneko and Shiranui Ran, and partly by Fujiwara Kaguya herself, such as how she deliberately pretended to be like a man. But those in the know understand, some things can't be faked...

However, the fact remained that the Fujiwara clan still wanted to make Fujiwara Kaguya a British princess, though Harunobu thought they were simply dreaming. How could the British, who hadn't even fought World War I yet, possibly accept a prince marrying a Japanese woman, an Asian woman?

They can't tell the difference between Indians and Japanese.

So this is purely a case of certain members of the Fujiwara clan becoming addicted to being in-laws for hundreds of years, thinking they could still seize power by relying on women's genitals. Who else can you seduce outside of Japan? Can you even compete with the Habsburgs in terms of sex appeal? Even the original Fujiwara clan couldn't compare, let alone this disassembled version.

"Whatever you want. We're going to kill a bunch of people anyway, so it doesn't matter if we kill a few more or a few less." After teasing Fujiwara Kaguya, Shiranui Ran gave Harunobu a positive answer, clearly having been prepared.

However, she quickly added a warning: "But if you do that, you'll be in big trouble."

“This task is bound to be difficult. Even if it's just to make the performance convincing enough, the Fujiwara clan will probably go all out to fight us.” Harunobu had a general idea when he accepted the task, including a plan to help Fujiwara Kaguya out as well.

Shiranui Ran became interested: "So, what's your plan?"

Harunobu gently stroked Hojo Amu's slender waist, casually saying, "I don't understand the government's official procedures. Just do it your way. My only responsibility is to give the Fujiwara clan a price they have no choice but to pay..."

“You wouldn’t be…” Shiranui Ran had a bad feeling.

"Have Genkuro and Uesugi Yoshinobu lure Fujiwara Mitsuyori away, and then I'll trouble you to dismantle or temporarily disable the barrier around the Fujiwara family mansion so I can go in and kill all the damned ones—a perfect plan."

Shiranui Ran sighed, rubbing her forehead with one hand: "I knew it..."

She shouldn't have expected Taira no Harunobu to solve the problem in a normal way, or to help Fujiwara Kaguya with her troubles. It was purely his way of settling personal scores and personally killing Fujiwara Sanbei!

Ultimately, the two cursed swords that led to Inoichi and Ashikaga Anno attacking his wife were jointly developed by Fujiwara Sanbei and Tenmoku Ren of the Doshinkai. In other words, Fujiwara Sanbei was at least an accomplice.

Seeing that Shiranui Ai looked like she was about to refuse, Harunobu quickly said, "I'll try my best not to make a big fuss."

"Then don't use questions, you bastard!" Shiranui Ran really wanted to stab this shameless guy, but after grinding her teeth in anger for a while, Miss Fox still gave in.

"Alright, let me know before you start. The barrier there is not easy to deal with—you only have fifteen minutes at most."

Harunobu nodded repeatedly: "No problem! I'll definitely call you before I start... By the way, should we tell Fujiwara Mitsuyori about this?"

"Of course we should. He can teleport back to his hometown anytime." Shiranui Ran sighed again. "I'll handle this matter, and you handle the samurai side. Don't let them get the benefits and then act innocent."

"Of course, anyone who dares to talk nonsense, I'll kill... cough cough." Harunobu patted Hojo Amu and innocently looked away.

Shiranui Ran took two deep breaths and decided to call it a day to avoid this guy coming up with some even more outrageous plans later.

However, just as Shiranui Ran got up to leave, Harunobu suddenly spoke up again: "By the way, didn't we say we were going to send a group of Shiranui ninjas over as plainclothes officers to help me train Koneko and the others? How much longer?"

Originally thinking there was something good, Shiranui Ran glared at Harunobu with disappointment and said irritably, "They're still screening people. Your reputation is too bad. They're all worried that you'll become the captive of a big pervert after you come here."

Actually, the ninjas were afraid to compete with their leader for a man.

"Hurry up, my kitten is getting a little anxious. Honestly, at times like this, I think it wouldn't be bad to be like Nana... I didn't ask you, you lazybones."

Hanazawa Nana, who was lying on another sofa pretending to be asleep, gurgled and closed her eyes again after hearing Harunobu call her.

Shiranui Ran gritted her teeth: "Are you treating us Shiranui ninjas as free instructors?"

"Actually, I asked a shrine maiden to help me divine Yakumo Kurenai's location before," Harunobu said slowly. "The scene was quite impressive."

Shiranui Ran's forehead creased with two crosses, and she gritted her teeth, squinting her eyes as she stared intently at Harunobu's head, which was mostly obscured by Hosho Amu.

Grinding its teeth and sucking blood, it seeks to devour its prey.

Harunobu raised his hands in surrender: "Don't get agitated, here's what happened..."

Harunobu quickly recounted the events that had transpired at the time, as well as what the shrine maiden had witnessed. Shiranui Ran, having stopped staring, solemnly took down all the information.

It was really time to leave, but before she did, Miss Fox gave a soft snort: "Those guys will be reporting for duty the day after tomorrow. Make sure you have the right people on hand—and don't lay a hand on them!"

At least not before making a move against her.

"Yes, yes." Harunobu rubbed his hands together, respectfully seeing Lord Fire Demon off. As for Shiranui Ran's warning? It doesn't matter, he's already...

Chapter 348

Even if I wanted to make a move, I wouldn't have the time.

Harunobu carried Hojo Amu, who had started swaying her waist, back to the room.

In an instant, Hanazawa Nana, who had just been slacking off, was followed by Inoue Shibaya, who was drinking tea next to her.

To avoid hearing strange noises, Haru also pulled away the reluctant Yuzu—after all, little Yuzu was still too young!

In the end, only Fujiwara Kaguya was left standing there, looking left and right, muttering to herself, "Didn't you say you'd help me solve my problems?"

The kitten walked in through the door and patted Fujiwara Kaguya on the shoulder: "Kaguya, if you don't fight for some things yourself, don't expect others to leave them for you."

After saying that, the kitten strode away, skillfully pried open Hosho Amu's door, and slipped inside.

Outside the door, hearing the soft, seductive voice leaking from the crack in the door, Fujiwara Kaguya's face turned bright red, and she took several steps forward but then stopped herself.