Chapter 56

Compared to the Iron Fortress, the Horse City of the Shufang group had significant differences internally as well.

The Iron Fortress still had at least some sense of life, but the Horse City of the Shufang group was filled only with a mechanical feel, giving people an unusually cold sensation.

Under Unmei's lead, Fangli entered this Horse City, walking through the dimly lit carriages, gradually moving forward.

"——"

An unusually quiet atmosphere permeated the surroundings.

On the way, Fangli encountered many Shufang group samurai, but neither side exchanged any greetings.

Even Unmei did not greet any of the samurai during this process, as if they were merely nodding acquaintances. She led Fangli forward under the watchful eyes of the samurai.

Naturally, there was no conversation between Fangli and Unmei either.

After all, just last night, the two had a minor disagreement, making the atmosphere somewhat stiff.

In such a situation, Fangli did not want to make things worse and let the atmosphere continue.

Before long, the two finally arrived at a door.

"…We're here." Unmei stopped, not turning her head, and said in a low voice, "Nii-sama is inside. Go in by yourself."

Fangli did not respond, just nodded, stepped forward, and placed his hand on the doorknob.

At this moment, Unmei hesitated for a moment and then spoke involuntarily.

"Don't say anything that will make people dislike you." Unmei said gloomily, "I don't know why, but Nii-sama seems to care about you a lot. I don't know what Nii-sama is thinking, but Nii-sama is not as kind as Shobu-sama. If you do something wrong, he will punish you."

Hearing this, Fangli stopped his action.

Turning slowly, Fangli looked at Unmei's somewhat immature face and said with a smile, "So, you do know that your Nii-sama is not a kind person."

"…You are indeed very annoying." Unmei turned away, as if she did not want to see Fangli's face anymore, and said, "Anyway, don't do anything that will make people dislike you."

Leaving these words, Unmei left directly.

Watching Unmei leave, Fangli did not say anything more, just chuckled.

"Indeed, how can the heroine not be lovable?"

Especially a heroine who is verbally harsh but actually kind, which is even more lovable.

Without realizing that his thoughts would definitely make Unmei furious, Fangli pushed open the door and walked in.

...

Compared to the previous carriages, the lighting in this carriage was even dimmer.

In this carriage, Amabuki Mima stood with his back to the door, holding a long sword and gently wiping it with a cloth, seemingly maintaining his weapon.

Only after hearing the sound behind him did Amabuki Mima stop, turn around, and look at Fangli.

Perhaps due to the insufficient lighting, Amabuki Mima's face no longer looked as friendly as before, but rather had a chilling and terrifying quality.

However, Amabuki Mima still had a smile on his face.

"You've come, Fangli-kun." Amabuki Mima nodded at Fangli and said, "I'm sorry to have called you here at this time."

"Let's get straight to the point." Fangli directly cut to the chase. "What does the son of the general want from me?"

"…Although there is indeed something, I didn't expect to have to mention it right away. Since that's the case, I'll ask directly." Amabuki Mima sighed slightly and then smiled. "Fangli-kun, you seem to have a very special talent. Could you talk to me about it?"

"Very special talent?" Fangli's heart stirred, but on the surface, he looked puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Seeing Fangli speak with his eyes wide open, Amabuki Mima did not react, just said intentionally or unintentionally, "According to Unmei, you seem to be able to pierce the heart membrane of a Kabane with an ordinary dagger, and you seem to have done some incredible things, such as killing the Kabane virus inside a person. I am somewhat curious about this."

However, Amabuki Mima's expression told Fangli that he was not just curious.

At least, if he was just curious, he would not be staring at Fangli with a gaze like he had spotted some prey.

"I am very curious, can you really kill anything?" Amabuki Mima smiled slightly and said, "For example, the steel walls of the station that people now rely on for survival, can you kill them too?"

Fangli's eyes suddenly focused.

At this moment, Fangli finally recalled a question that was obvious yet easily overlooked.

That is, why was Unmei in the Kinkan Station.

Regardless of whether it was in the original story or now, Unmei seemed to naturally enter the Kinkan Station on the day the story began, thus starting the plot.

But actually, if you think about it carefully, as a member of the Shufang group, Unmei had no reason to leave alone and go to the Kinkan Station.

If so, could Unmei's trip to the Kinkan Station be considered a necessary event?

For example, at the behest of Amabuki Mima.

What was Amabuki Mima's purpose?

Others might not know, but Fangli knew that Amabuki Mima had only one goal.

—Revenge!

Revenge against the general who betrayed him and the conservative faction's high-ranking officials!

However, if Amabuki Mima, who had severed ties with the general and was now at odds with him, wanted to enter the Kinkan Shiro and take revenge on the shogunate, it would be impossible.

If so, Amabuki Mima needed someone to help him.

Help him do what?

Open the door!

Open the door of the Kinkan Shiro!

In the original story, Amabuki Mima used the Iron Fortress to smoothly enter the Kinkan Shiro.

However, if the Kinkan Station had not fallen, the Iron Fortress would naturally not have sailed towards the Kinkan Shiro.

In other words, without the Iron Fortress, Amabuki Mima would not have entered the Kinkan Shiro.

So, could it be that for this purpose, Amabuki Mima had long planned to use Shobu's relationship with the shogunate's elders to smoothly infiltrate the Kinkan Shiro, and thus had Unmei enter the Kinkan Station in advance to prepare?

More boldly, could the fall of the Kinkan Station and the Kabane invasion brought by the Fusou City be a script that Amabuki Mima had orchestrated?

Thinking about this, Fangli's gaze towards Amabuki Mima gradually changed.

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