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Under these circumstances, given the distance to [Xianjin Station] and the fact that the two sides had previously had a poor relationship, Amatori Mima could only come up with the idea of ​​assassination. As long as the new head of the Yomogawa family was killed, the current situation could be destroyed!

Chapter 31 Assassination and Discovery (Please add to your favorites and support me!)

Ten days later, after finishing his mission to investigate the situation at the port and taking the opportunity to clear out the small group of Kabane gathered nearby, Li Mo returned to the castle tower of [Xianjin Post Station]. As soon as he stepped into the castle tower, he found his wife, Yomokawa Ayame, waiting for him.

As Li Mo stepped onto the stairs leading to his bedroom, the stunningly beautiful Yomokawa Ayame, accompanied by two maids, came to greet him. They knelt before him, bowing respectfully. Their deferential manner was striking, naturally filling Li Mo with a sense of pride. This was a common custom among Japanese women in Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress.

"Sweet flag, I've said it so many times, this is our own home, there's no need to make it so formal!"

Seeing Yomokawa Ayame's respectful demeanor, Li Mo spoke with some admiration. He had witnessed Yomokawa Ayame's transformation over the past ten days, from resistance to attachment, and she had become exceptionally gentle and considerate.

After all, unlike the original Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress storyline, where her father died protecting her at the [Kenjin Station], Ayame Yomokawa is now simply relying on a [Shunjo] and shouldering the responsibilities of the new head of the Yomokawa family. Naturally, she is growing up rapidly while carrying the lives and expectations of everyone on the train. Now, Ayame Yomokawa is married and has become Li Mo's wife. Her father, Kenji Yomokawa, is still alive and well, and he has instructed her to quickly give birth to an heir. Naturally, she is acting like a good wife.

After performing the full curtsy, Yoshikawa Ayame quietly rose and was embraced by Li Mo, who smiled gently and said, "I know you don't like such formalities, but I can't be ignorant of etiquette... Hmm, would you like to have a meal or take a bath first?"

Just as Li Mo was about to speak, he suddenly raised an eyebrow and his gaze fell on the maid next to Shifangchuan Changpu, and other thoughts arose in his mind.

"Hmm, Ayame, didn't Sakura come with you?"

Looking at the beautiful blonde woman dressed as a maid, who appeared docile but had a head of golden hair, Li Mo sensed the malice hidden within her and had already estimated the general situation. On the surface, he showed some curiosity, but in reality, he silently protected the Four Directions River Iris.

Even though the fire extinguishing was disguised, Li Mo sensed a trace of malice from her and immediately knew that she was a subordinate of Tennori Mima!

“Sakura has been sick these past few days, this is her temporary maid…”

As Li Mo looked the new maid up and down, who seemed to be a few years older than Shifangchuan Changpu, the latter seemed a little nervous, lowering her head and not daring to meet Li Mo's gaze. Shifangchuan Changpu, though somewhat puzzled, still explained in a low voice.

"Changpu, I have some official business to attend to today. Please have someone bring my meal to my study first!"

In just a few seconds, Li Mo made his decision and waved his hand.

"Okay, I'll personally deliver it to my husband later..."

Upon hearing Li Mo's words, Sifangchuan Changpu was puzzled as to why her husband was being so diligent in his duties today. However, her good upbringing prevented her from asking any further questions. She obediently prepared to follow his instructions, but Li Mo directly interrupted her.

"You are the city lord's wife, you can let the servants do these errands!"

Li Mo directly interrupted Yomokawa Ayame, waving his hand and speaking casually. He then pointed to the blonde maid beside Yomokawa Ayame and said, "You will do! Now, go and bring dinner to my study. Be quick..."

Yoshikawa Ayame paused for a moment, gazing thoughtfully at the voluptuous figure of the new maid who had hurriedly departed upon receiving orders. She lowered her head and couldn't help but smile bitterly, but said nothing more. Naturally, she had some misunderstandings about Li Mo's intentions, but from a Japanese perspective, she had no excuse to criticize Li Mo from any angle, and she couldn't even stop him from doing so.

However, Yomokawa Ayame has truly misunderstood Li Mo. While he does think that Mie Huo is a pretty woman, he is not that impatient. He is more concerned with protecting Yomokawa Ayame and preventing her from being involved in the assassination attempt!

……

Xianjin Post Station, Li Mo's private study in the castle tower

This used to be the tea room of the previous head of the Yomogawa family, but Li Mo obviously had no interest in drinking tea. Besides, Japan in the Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress world doesn't produce tea at all right now, so naturally he wouldn't consider drinking tea.

Therefore, after Li Mo took over as the new head of the Shihōkawa family, this tea room was directly converted into a private study. Neither Shihōkawa Kensho nor Shihōkawa Ayame and others questioned this matter. It is a common practice for a new emperor to bring in a new court. As the newly appointed head of the Shihōkawa family, Li Mo had led the new army to recover the lost port territory. His prestige and power were by no means those of an empty shell of a family head. Naturally, no one would have the slightest thought of neglecting him.

Regarding the power transition within the Sifangchuan family, Li Mo tacitly acknowledged that the retired Sifangchuan Jianjiang would retain a certain degree of influence. However, he insisted on firmly holding onto military, financial, and personnel power. Furthermore, given the continued threat of the Kabane outside Xianjin Station, his position within Xianjin Station would be unshakeable once he was able to lead the new army to eliminate the Kabane. No one would dare disregard his orders.

When the heavy wooden door was knocked on and opened with Li Mo's permission, the tall, blonde maid disguised as a fire extinguisher entered the room carrying a beautifully decorated lacquerware food box. She placed it on the ground and then turned around to close the door.

"Lord City Lord, dinner has arrived. Would you like to eat now?"

Seeing Li Mo sitting behind the desk, the blonde maid, kneeling on the tatami mat in a gesture of respect, asked in a low voice.

"Don't rush to eat..."

Li Mo stood up from behind his desk and walked straight to the maid. He gently hooked his index finger around her delicate chin, glancing at her prominently white skin, and then said in a playful tone.

"S-Sir..."

Faced with Li Mo's intimate gesture, the blonde maid Mi Huo's heart jumped. Her voluptuous body tensed up, and her breathing became erratic, but she still tried her best to suppress her shyness and delay the time.

What's your name?

Li Mo teased the man who seemed somewhat panicked about extinguishing the fire, but whose malice was becoming increasingly apparent.

"Put out the fire... Die!!!"

Seeing Li Mo's teasing manner, Mie Huo felt she could no longer endure it. When Li Mo's actions became increasingly outrageous, almost reaching inside her clothes, she suddenly burst out.

Sizzle!

With a soft, faint sound, the study, illuminated by the whale oil candle, was suddenly filled with the chilling light of a sharp weapon. A razor-sharp short blade emerged from the sleeve of the fire extinguisher and stabbed towards Li Mo's throat.

A disdainful sneer appeared on Li Mo's lips. He merely extended two fingers, firmly grasping the deadly blow at his fingertips. Before Mie Huo could even retreat and escape after his assassination attempt was exposed, Li Mo stepped forward and grabbed Mie Huo's slender neck, throwing him to the ground. Strangely, the impact only produced a slightly muffled sound, yet it caused Mie Huo to vomit blood.

Of course, Li Mo treated this blonde beauty with special care. His hidden attack, which had shifted from force to gentleness, had already caused internal injuries to her organs. If it weren't for Kabaneri's special constitution, she probably would have already ordered a coffin!

"Interesting, the Kabane's rapid recovery ability? But this kind of erosion from the Kabane virus... I'm afraid that every time you use the Kabane virus, you'll become more and more like a Kabane..."

Li Mo reached out and ripped open half of Mi Huo's clothes with a ripping motion. Ignoring the other's desperate struggle and embarrassed expression, he looked at the area below the left collarbone and above the Northern Hemisphere, focusing on the gleaming [Kabane Core]. He immediately understood the Kabaneri situation. Then, looking at Mi Huo, who had stopped struggling and had a bewildered expression, he said with certainty, "Hmm, if I'm not mistaken, you probably poisoned the food and drink in the food box, didn't you? You really wanted to kill me!"

Extinguishing remained silent, but the look of fear and panic in her eyes indicated that Li Mo had guessed everything. However, she didn't even have the strength to get up. Even though the Kabaneri's constitution was highly resilient, it was still beyond its capabilities to recover from the damage to its internal organs and the paralysis of its nerves in just a few seconds.

At least, she herself didn't have the ability to recover to her original state in a few seconds. As Li Mo said, the power the Kabane virus gave her was very strong. Dealing with ordinary Kabane or ordinary samurai was no problem. However, dealing with Li Mo, a martial arts master whose physical strength was already close to the extraordinary level, would be tantamount to courting death. It wasn't that Li Mo didn't want to take her life; he could have killed her with a single blow to the head or core.

While she was terrified at the prospect of putting out the fire, her beautiful eyes lit up when she saw Li Mo looking down at her and the window behind him, and she gritted her teeth and shouted:

"Even though I failed, don't think you've definitely won! Nameless!!!"

……

Bang bang ——————!

As the firefighter suddenly called out that familiar name, Li Mo didn't hesitate to drop the firefighter and turn around on the spot. Two lead bullets from the steam gun flew past him, piercing through several doors and windows before getting stuck in the wall.

Without a doubt, for flesh and blood, the power of such lead bullets exceeds that of ordinary military pistols. Without body armor, one would likely be shot down. Even with body armor, if steel-core bullets are used or the quality of the body armor is poor, a normal person would be either killed or maimed by a single shot. Even soldiers and police officers with good physical fitness would likely suffer serious consequences.

Anyway, Li Mo himself had no interest in using himself to test the power of the steam gun's lead bullets. He had only stepped back a few steps when he saw the target of the attack, which made Li Mo feel a strange emotion rise in his heart!

"Looks like I'm really lucky!"

Seeing a short-haired beauty hanging upside down on the eaves of the castle tower with the help of ropes, pointing to the muzzles of her two steam-powered pistols, from which wisps of white steam still floated, Li Mo, recognizing her, raised an eyebrow. A strange feeling, whether self-mockery or joy, welled up in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh.

The reason is very simple: the short-haired beauty who appeared is none other than the first female protagonist of the original Kabaneri anime, and also a special beauty with a Kabaneri identity like Mieha—Mumei!

(Image from Baidu Baike. The name "Extinguishing Fire" does sound a bit odd, but the person in the picture is indeed very beautiful!)

(This photo is also from Baidu Baike, featuring an anonymous user!)

Chapter 32 Extinguishing the Fire and the Nameless One (New book, please add to your favorites and support!)

nameless!

When Li Mo watched "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress," he was naturally drawn to the female lead. Compared to the second female lead, Yomogawa Ayame, the nameless woman who appeared as a female warrior was clearly more attractive to the audience.

At the very least, in the early stages of the Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress manga and anime, Yomogawa Ayame's performance was not as dazzling as Mumei's. It was only after Yomogawa Ayame experienced the destruction of Kenkin Station and the death of her father, and grew rapidly under the pressure of the life and death of a trainload of people, that this young lady from Kenkin Station, like a diamond being gradually polished, revealed an equally dazzling brilliance.

However, Li Mo was certain that with the world of Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress that he had intervened in, Yomokawa Ayame would not grow up through hardships like in the original story. With her father still silently guiding her, and now that she had become Li Mo's wife, all Yomokawa Ayame needed to do was be a good wife. Li Mo thought this was very suitable; with Yomokawa Ayame obediently becoming his wife, he wouldn't have to worry about so many troublesome things.

Just like in the original Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress anime, the fates of the green-haired protagonist Ikoma, the samurai Kuchiki, and others have been changed. Ikoma has become the chief designer of steam guns at the steam factory, and Kuchiki has quietly become a mid-level officer in the new army. The fates of the other characters who appeared in the Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress anime are all different, but they are all developing in a positive direction.

However, what Li Mo knew even more was that the female protagonist, Wuming, still regarded Tianniao Meima as her brother. It would be extremely difficult for her to poach him. Yet now, the other party had come to him of his own accord!

………………

Bang bang —————— Sizzle!

While several thoughts flashed through Li Mo's mind, Wuming continued firing without hesitation. The steam-powered pistol in her hand was specially modified by the Hunting Clan. Apart from the high cost and the limitations of retaining the steam gun, its lethality was considerable.

At least in the original Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress storyline, the steam guns wielded by the Nameless and the Hunters were among the few that could effectively kill Kabane. In other fortresses, including Kongo Station, the steam guns they possessed were extremely difficult to penetrate the core of a Kabane. Occasionally, they would need to concentrate their fire on a single Kabane to completely destroy its body before they could be considered to have killed it. However, Kabane usually appeared in groups, and most of the time it was the humans who suffered the consequences.

Before Ikoma invented the jet bullet, the steam guns in Japan followed the firearms design philosophy after World War II, which was to ensure effective damage to humans rather than excessive power. In Li Mo's personal opinion, the steam gun had inherent limitations. To kill a target more than 100 meters away with a high-pressure lead bullet, the steam gun had to be enlarged every 100 meters. Beyond 200 meters, it would need to be transported by truck. Obviously, this was impossible in this steam world. Thus, the power of the steam gun was clearly limited. Only a few steam guns that spared no expense could directly penetrate the core of a Kabane.

Li Mo had no intention of personally experiencing the power of the steam gun in Wuming's hands. He slightly shifted his body to avoid the two lead bullets. Moreover, when he looked at Wuming hanging outside, a strange smile appeared on Li Mo's lips. He then made a dodging motion and tried to hide outside the study, as if he was preparing to retreat into the castle tower. This action immediately made Wuming, who was waiting for the steam gun to finish pressurizing, anxious and unable to resist rushing towards the study.

After all, Li Mo, as the current head of the [Xianjin Post Station], can summon a large number of guards with a single shout. Even if Wuming thinks he is quite strong, he would still be defeated by hundreds or thousands of enemies!

"Nameless! Don't engage him in close combat..."

When she discovered that the nameless person had rushed into the study of the castle tower, she was so weak and powerless that she managed to sound an alarm, warning her companion who had come with her not to engage in close combat, as it was crucial intelligence that she had paid a heavy price for.

"Unfortunately, it's too late!"

Before Li Mo could finish speaking, he had already disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared the next moment, he was already at the study window, and he immediately pulled Wuming inside.

In a sense, Wuming was a step too slow. If she had appeared outside the castle tower two minutes earlier, she would have witnessed Mihuo being subdued by Li Mo in one move, or even vomiting blood on the tatami mat and unable to get up. In that case, she certainly wouldn't have rushed into the study. The most likely scenario would have been that she would have immediately left the castle tower and thought of other ways to assassinate Li Mo.

Do you think Wuming will just accept his fate?

This situation was naturally impossible. Still worshipping his so-called sworn brother, Tianniao Meima, Wuming found himself thrown into the study. His first instinct was to point his steam gun at Li Mo and fire, but Li Mo dodged the shot even at such close range. He even flicked a lead bullet away with his hand.

Seeing this scene, both Nameless and Firefighting, who was struggling to look up, were stunned and somewhat incredulous: in the world of Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, apart from the Kabane virus, there really was no supernatural power. Even if a samurai successfully dodged the lead bullets from the steam gun, it was because they were far away and saw the direction the steam gun was aiming at. A scene like this, where they directly confronted the steam gun at close range and knocked the lead bullets away, was something that neither Nameless nor Firefighting had ever seen.

Li Mo's response to Wuming's threatening actions was simple and direct. He swiftly reached out and flicked Wuming's two steam guns, disarming him with a flick of his wrist. Then, as he placed his hand on Wuming's neck, the slight stinging sensation caused Wuming to suddenly realize that he had no control over his body and collapsed to the ground.

In less than five minutes, Li Mo had taken down both Extinguisher and Nameless. Then, looking at the two beautiful women, one tall and one short, he gleefully disarmed them, letting out a triumphant sound of victory.

"Hmph! Now you should behave yourselves!"

……

"Husband, who are they?"

A dozen minutes later, Yomokawa Ayame, who had been summoned to Li Mo's room, stared in astonishment at the two beauties tightly bound by ropes in her and Li Mo's room. One of them was large and the other small, which made it easy for people to have impure thoughts. Fortunately, Yomokawa Ayame was not just a pretty face. After her first instinctive reaction, she immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly asked what had happened.

Well, as the new head of the Shifangchuan family, it's perfectly normal for Li Mo to have a few beautiful women. For example, Shifangchuan Changpu had tacitly agreed to this before. But what's going on with the two beautiful women who are full of resentment and are bound?

"Changpu is nothing more than two assassins!"

Seeing Yomokawa Ayame's concerned expression, Li Mo was in a rather good mood. Looking at the two beauties, Fire and Nameless, who had been freed from the Kabane virus and returned to normal, he revealed his scheming smile: "Perfect, I've removed all their tricks. I'll give them a good beating tonight..."

Admittedly, both Yoshikawa Ayame and Miehuo were aware of the meaning behind Li Mo's tone and posture. However, Yoshikawa Ayame didn't see anything wrong with it. As a female assassin, if she were captured, her fate would likely be very tragic. Miehuo, on the other hand, wanted to struggle, but having returned to being an ordinary person, she was completely helpless.

In any case, they didn't possess any extraordinary powers from the Kabaneri world. The only way to regain their human forms was through the Kabane virus, transforming them into Kabaneri. They were simply stronger than women their age after undergoing considerable training. Even if they could face one or two strong men one-on-one, with ropes binding them and their joints locked, breaking free would be a pipe dream. Yet, despite their attempts to struggle, they only managed to do some futile work without any real effect.

Li Mo felt no sympathy for the desperate struggle of the firefighters and the somewhat frightened posture of the nameless one. If he hadn't obtained the cheat code of the Li Mo from other worlds, he probably would have died at their hands. Now that he had captured these two female assassins who were enemies, whatever he did was perfectly reasonable. Didn't you see that even Yomokawa Ayame didn't say anything, which clearly meant she had tacitly accepted this fact?

Soon, some subtle sounds came from Li Mo's bedroom: the angry curses of Mi Huo that turned into sobs, the suppressed shy screams of Wuming, and the alluring low moans of Sifangchuan Changpu that she tried hard not to make...

(Ahem, to avoid the iron claws of the mythical beast censorship, I'll write the rest in the bonus chapter after the book is released!)