A person in Japan, a sword that soars to immortality.

Chapter 103 No one can stop me from saving the person I choose.

"I'm sorry, Taiichi, I can't tell you where Aya is."

Matsudaira Aoki's expression instantly fell after Taiichi asked a question, despite his initial smile.

But then he took a deep breath and answered Taiyi with a serious expression.

"Lord Aoki, aren't you at all worried about your daughter's safety?"

Taiyi's brows furrowed, his tone carrying a scrutinizing tone.

The young man standing nearby, seeing Taiyi's rudeness, immediately stood up, his face full of anger.

"Go back."

Matsudaira Aoki raised his hand to stop the page.

He slowly raised his head, his sharp eyes, along with the scar that ran from his forehead across his eyelids to his cheek, adding a touch of ruthlessness to his already imposing aura.

"Taiyi, my daughter, I love her dearly."

"As my retainer, you should abide by the rules of a samurai. Don't delve into things you shouldn't ask."

After Aoki finished speaking, he was about to get up and leave, but Taiichi's words made him stay in place.

Tell me, I'll do it, and bring Ah-Xia back.

"you......"

Seeing that Taichi remained unmoved, still staring at him as if waiting for an answer, Matsudaira Aoki couldn't help but recall how the two had met.

Undeterred by criticism, he tested his sword against seven different opponents, vowing to capture the most heinous criminals. He also exuded an overbearing aura, boasting to Tokugawa Ienari that he would test his sword against the world.

Every time, no one believed it, but every time, Taiyi did it.

If possible, it would be most appropriate to entrust A-Xia's task to Tai-Yi.

but......

"Anyone can do this task, except you."

"why?"

Raising an eyebrow, Tai immediately understood the implication in the other person's words: it seemed that someone didn't want him to get involved in this matter.

"Lord Aoki, let me guess what kind of mission this is." Tai's eyelids drooped, his left hand loosely gripping the sword hilt, while his right hand slowly rose and tapped his temple.

"A-Xia is a ninja, which means this mission is a secret."

"You yourself said it was a mission, so in this country, the only person who can help you complete a mission is a general."

"Does the general's reluctance to involve me mean that if I get my hands on this thing, I might become uncontrollable?"

"So to say......"

Taiyi suddenly raised his head, his eyes narrowed into slits, and he tilted his head, revealing a wicked smile, as he said in a low voice:

"Is he looking for... an elixir that can grant immortality...?"

hum!

Matsudaira Aoki, whose expression had been normal, began to feel his heart beat faster and faster as Taichi continued speaking, and his expression started to become somewhat flustered.

But when the other party uttered the words "miracle medicine" slowly and deliberately, he felt his head buzz, his scalp tingle, his muscles tense up, and his already smooth skin broke out in goosebumps again.

"Taiyi, you...you..."

Matsudaira Aoki raised his hand, pointing tremblingly at Taiichi, but couldn't say anything.

"Thank you, sir. I now know the answer and should take my leave."

Taiichi turned around, about to leave, but then remembered something, so he turned his head to the side, glancing at Matsudaira Aoki out of the corner of his eye, a slight smile playing on his lips:

"A-Xia is your daughter, but I feel she's also a friend..."

"Even my woman."

"I am determined to save her, and no one can stop me. Please forgive my rudeness, but you cannot hide it from me, and neither can the general. As for those on the island..."

At this point, Taiyi suddenly paused, and the surrounding air seemed to freeze at the same time.

"If anything really happens to A-Xia, even if they are gods, I will tear them to pieces!"

After saying this, Taiyi lightly touched the ground with his foot and gracefully disappeared into the darkness.

Tapping.

Matsudaira Aoki quickly got up, went to the door, and shouted into the night sky:

"Taiyi, don't talk nonsense! You don't even know the location, how could you possibly find Axia?"

"No need for you to trouble yourself. I have plenty of ways to get someone to reveal a secret..."

There was no sign of Tai, but his reply floated through the air.

A moment later, a colossal creature soared through the air.

Under the moonlight, wherever it passed, it was like a black curtain, completely enveloping everything in its path, and this huge black shadow was flying in the direction of the Edo Castle Honmaru Palace.

......

The same bright moon is also shining on a huge island isolated in the sea further south of Ryukyu.

Through the sea of ​​clouds, we arrived at the island's beach, where waves were rolling up broken planks, constantly washing them ashore and then sweeping them back into the sea.

Further in, there is a forest shrouded in thick fog.

Besides the cooing of birds and the chirping of insects, several enormous figures, towering over the trees and moving constantly through the forest, indicated that the island was fraught with deadly danger.

Boom... Boom...

The giant figure passed by, shaking the earth and causing the trees to rustle.

Under a tree, Rantarō, his clothes torn, his hair disheveled, and his cheeks sunken, stared wide-eyed, his forehead covered in sweat.

Even as tree branches kept hitting him and he was trembling all over, he still covered his mouth with one hand, curled his legs together, and held the fruit in his arms tightly with the other hand, not daring to make a sound.

boom......

"Whoosh, hiss, whoosh, hiss..."

As the figure receded into the distance, Rantaro quickly released his grip and began to breathe heavily.

He stood up and, by the moonlight, found a large tree with a mark on it. He then began to wander around the deep forest along the tree.

Even though his body was scratched by tree branches, he dared not linger. He just kept looking around at the sky to see if there was anything flying around.

After walking for nearly half an hour, he finally arrived at a place where vines were scattered around the entrance of a cave.

He carefully observed his surroundings and, after confirming that nothing was following him, he tiptoed inside.

After navigating two turns in the darkness through the cave, they saw a cluster of firelight ahead, and a female ninja with a pale face, her eyes tightly closed, and a headdress shaped like a small goldfish.

"Miss A-Xia, Miss A-Xia."

Rantaro came to Aya's side, slowly squatted down, and gently patted the other's shoulder with his palm while calling out in a low voice.

"Hiss... It's Lord Rantaro."

"Hehe, who else could it be but me, Miss A-Xia? Look what this is."

In the firelight, Rantarō, with his filthy face covered in graffiti, grinned at Aya with a mouthful of white teeth.

His behavior successfully made the other person laugh.

Then, as if presenting a treasure, Rantaro pulled out two peach-like fruits from his chest and handed them to Aya, who was leaning against the wall.

"Lord Rantaro." Aya closed her eyes, shook her head, and placed her hand on the edge of Rantaro's palm, pushing the peach back to him: "You can have these."

"As you know, the more I eat, the faster these things grow."

Rantaro's eyes stung with tears, and he lowered his head in guilt. At the same time, he noticed the blooming, delicate flowers on Aya's neck, shoulders, arms, abdomen, thighs, and calves.