"The profession of ninja requires you to maintain a suspicious attitude towards others all year round, but - if there was a time when your identity was officially confirmed, it should be after the duel with Chiyo Mochizuki."
"From that moment on, I can feel that you are deliberately hiding something, and considering the current situation, there is only one thing that needs to be concealed."
"In other words... you are the enemy's ninja."
"I was just a little suspicious at first... When I let you into the thatched hut, I just wanted to see what you were planning to do. I was relieved at first, but I didn't expect you to be serious."
Qianzi Muramasa raised his eyebrows.
"Then, is it possible that Your Excellency Fujimaru Ritsuka..."
Kato Danzo finally looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka.
"As far as I'm concerned, I probably confirmed this guess when that guy Shuten Douji wanted to kidnap Azai. After all, in this place, I have to be suspicious of guilt in order to stay vigilant."
Fujimaru Ritsuka scratched his head and smiled.
"Duanzo was a little too uncool at the time, and seemed to be hesitating about something all the time, so I made my own judgment."
Kato Danzo is a little...desperate.
"Master Zuomura and Master Musashi discovered my identity from the very beginning..."
"Then comes Mr. Kotaro..."
"Mr. Muramasa and Mr. Fujimaru Ritsuka have also become suspicious..."
"Then - then if that's the case, why are you?"
Kato Danzo didn't understand.
It's not that she couldn't understand this as a machine doll. Even if Kato Danzo was a human, she still wouldn't be able to understand it.
He clearly discovered Kato Danzo's identity, but did not kill her - such a thing is not consistent with common sense no matter how you think about it...
"Why don't you kill me?"
"With the strength of a few... not to mention others, even His Excellency Kotaro... if you want to kill me, you can definitely do it..."
Kotaro's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.
What does "even if it's Mr. Kotaro"...
but......
He raised his head and glanced around him.
Senko Muramasa, Miyamoto Musashi, Samura Anno... all seem to be better than me.
"I won't kill you."
Miyamoto Musashi said first.
"It's normal for everyone to have their own opinions. Besides, it's not like I haven't been killed by Danzo before, and you have indeed become our strength. Even if it is just to complete the task, you have indeed spelled your name.
"
"You are quite reliable."
"At first, I did consider whether to kill you, but then I felt that killing you would probably alert the enemy."
Zuo Cun put the crane hei back into its sheath for the time being and said this.
"And...just like what Musashi said, no matter what, you have indeed become our strength and helped us accomplish a lot of things. I have not...killed anyone without any notice."
My people’s habits.”
After Samura, there is Kotaro.
"Even if you want to assassinate my lord, I will protect my lord."
"I have the ability and I am confident that I can do it."
"If this were not the case, I would never allow hostile servants to sneak into our team. Of course... something of this magnitude..."
"In the troubled times of the past, it was commonplace, Your Excellency Duan Zang."
There seemed to be some other emotion in his words.
"You hesitated too much on the way. Ritsuka said this. Even if you don't take the initiative to reveal your flaws, it's still enough to make people suspicious - well, at least that's what I think. Ritsuka's thoughts should be consistent with
I’m pretty much the same.”
"So - we have a tacit understanding."
Miyamoto Musashi smiled and looked at Kato Danzo.
"We are waiting for your own answer."
"......Why?"
Duan Zang asked with some difficulty.
"Because you are beautiful! And so cute!"
Musashi just blurted out, and then quickly realized something.
"Ah, no... I was joking, just to lighten the mood."
"Mainly because - I don't think you are an evil girl. Well, although you are definitely older than me, I guess you are much older."
"But - I really think so. Therefore, the reason why you are willing to say it directly now proves that the situation has indeed reached a certain level."
"Even if it's impossible to talk about it for too long under the circumstances, and even so -"
"Yeah, well."
"I'm still very happy, Mr. Kato Danzo."
It's not just Miyamoto Musashi.
Others - even people like Zuo Cun and Muramasa who looked a little cold and ruthless, all showed kind smiles towards Duan Zang.
This is the same even if the two sides really become enemies in the next second.
"......I."
"I cannot be reduced to a... ninja who cannot complete the mission."
"I am... the one who originally planned to kill you all. Lord Saber Empireo——that's what you ordered me to do."
Duan Zang spoke after a moment of silence.
"He told me that when he confronts the heroic swordsman, he will help Lord Miyamoto Musashi, but he will kill you all whenever he gets the chance."
"...But, at that time."
"Your Excellency Xiu, when I was about to be kidnapped by Zhonghe Hell, I accidentally - pain appeared."
"I feel my heart aches."
Fuma Kotaro looked at Kato Danzo in silence, and there seemed to be some kind of light in his eyes.
"I don't know what to do."
"It's been like this ever since..."
Muramasa blinked.
"Do you think that the reason why the little guys were almost kidnapped was because you tampered with the barrier?"
He asked a little strangely, and then showed a helpless expression.
"Are you stupid? I am a servant. How can the barrier that has been opened be broken by a mere physical ninja?"
"You simply think too much. Those two ghosts were able to enter the barrier just because I was too weak and they were too strong. It has nothing to do with you."
"And it's also the fault of the half-baked position construction ability. I'm a blacksmith! If I could do it all over again, I really want to do it all over again."
"Ah...you, don't you blame me?"
Danzo looked at Muramasa in astonishment.
"It's because of Duan Zang that the siblings were in danger of being almost captured..."
"Even if I have to blame, I shouldn't blame you."
Muramasa directly interrupted Danzo's words and snorted coldly.
"Aren't the people who deserve the most condemnation the female Musashi and Fujimaru Ritsuka!"