Elevator Dimension Line

"Really? Madam Ya really mentioned me?" Hu Yi asked in surprise.

Tantai Ye smiled and nodded.

Hu Yi said happily, "I was just saying I'd go see Madam Ya in a few days!"

“Do you know where she is? You should go find her,” Yang Yan said.

“Iga, if it’s not there, then it’s in Kyoto or Edo. Madam Ya said she was going to those places, so she should be able to find it,” Hu Yi said matter-of-factly.

Tantai Ye smiled and said, "We are in Kyoto now. If you really want to find her, you can come to Kyoto and go directly to the Imperial Palace to find her."

"The Emperor's Palace!" Hu Yi exclaimed in surprise, his eyes widening. Yang Yan, standing beside him, also looked surprised.

The Emperor's Palace is not a place anyone can live in.

“You live in the Emperor’s palace, you are truly royalty!” Hu Yi shouted.

“Yes… but you can look for her now, but it might not be possible after a while. We might have to go to Edo to take a look,” Tantai Ye said.

"Going to Edo! Really? Can you take me with you?" Hu Yi asked excitedly.

"Hu Yi!" Yang Yan called out, and said seriously, "Don't disturb the master unnecessarily. The master may have something important to do there."

Tantai Ye waved her hand.

"There's nothing important to do, we're just going to take a look. If Miss Hu Yi really wants to go, she can come with us."

"Really!" Hu Yi exclaimed happily.

Tantai Ye smiled and nodded.

Yang Yan looked at Hu Yi speechlessly and said, "Don't delay the adults here. What were you rushing to do just now? Go and do what you were doing!"

"It's nothing, I'll go check on the waterwheel. It's about to rain, and I promised to help repair it..."

"Then go ahead, don't delay any longer," Yang Yan interrupted.

"Okay! I'll go then."

Hu Yi waved to Tantai Ye and then ran out of the village.

Just then, a muffled clap of thunder sounded from the sky.

"Let's go back! It looks like it's going to rain," Tantai Ye said, looking up at the sky.

The two then turned around and walked back.

……

At this time, in Kyoto.

On a rainy night, Jingoro and Chikuma Koshiro walked side by side in a small alley.

"Still no clues. The other party is very efficient and didn't leave any useful clues. We can't keep searching like this!" said Rain Night Goro, frowning.

"Judging from the wounds, the person who attacked us should also be a ninja. I just don't know why they targeted us," said Chikuma Koshiro.

"Perhaps it's not aimed at us!" Jingoro whispered.

"It's not targeting us?" Chikuma Koshiro asked, puzzled.

“Didn’t we check? There were no signs of disturbance in the room, which proves that the other party wasn’t after the information, or didn’t know Kii’s identity. Perhaps the other party was targeting Kii, not us from Iga,” Jingoro said.

As they talked, they arrived at a small courtyard, then pushed open the door and went inside.

There were three rooms facing each other. In the middle of the main room, on the eaves, Yinghuo and Zhu Juan sat.

"Have you found any leads?" Zhu Juan asked after seeing the two return.

Both of them shook their heads at the same time.

"That guy Kii left no clues before he died, and he was a ninja, what a disgrace. Now we don't even know who the murderer is." Jin Goro said angrily as he walked up to the veranda.

“Mu Jing is usually very careful. His identity here is just a peddler, so he shouldn’t have exposed his identity…” Zhu Juan analyzed in a low voice.

"Do you think I don't know all this?" Jin Goro said irritably. "You've been hanging out with that Tantai Ye ever since you arrived. Your purpose in coming here is just to see him. You don't even know what we're supposed to do here."

"You..." Zhu Juan stood up abruptly, furious. "You know nothing at all. I'm doing this for the future of Iga. This matter has been approved by the leader."

"Zhu Juan, you've taken a fancy to that Tantai Ye, haven't you!" Zhen Wulang said disdainfully.

"It's none of your business how I conduct myself," Zhu Juan said angrily.

"Lord Jingoro, Zhu Juan, please stop arguing. Shouldn't we be finding out the cause of Mokui's death now?" Hotaru said anxiously.

"Stop arguing, you two!" Chikuma Koshiro also advised.

Zhu Juan glared angrily at Zhen Wulang, paused slightly, and then walked out of the courtyard.

"Where are you going, Zhu Juan?" Firefly called out.

“I’ll ask someone for help; I’ll never find the answer if I stay here,” Zhu Juan said without turning her head.

Hotaru glanced at Jingoro, who turned his head away, seemingly ignoring everyone. Chikuma Koshiro, however, nodded to her.

"Wait for me!"

Firefly hurriedly got up and chased after her.

……

Swastika Valley.

Large raindrops fell from the sky, splashing into small puddles on the ground.

The whole world looked hazy at this moment, and the village under the rain curtain seemed to be shrouded in a 'smoke curtain'.

Tantai Ye stood under the eaves, watching the strings of rain flowing down the tiles.

"One autumn rain brings a chill!"

Hearing the exclamation, Yang Yan asked curiously, "What does this mean? It sounds like an ancient saying."

"Hehe, it's just the literal meaning, a folk proverb. Every time autumn rain falls, the weather gets a little colder," said Tantai Ye.

Yang Yan nodded without saying anything.

After a moment of silence, Yang Yan couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "That day at the hot spring... what secret technique did you use to freeze me in place? And what was the method you used to travel back?"

Tantai Ye chuckled, "I thought you wouldn't ask me, but I didn't expect you couldn't resist!"

"I have never seen such ninjutsu before. Even the most powerful ninjutsu can only cause illusions, but it can't freeze a person in place," Yang Yan said.

"That's not ninjutsu!"

"No? Then what is it?"

Tantai Ye turned to Yang Yan and said, "If I say I am a god, and those are just my supernatural powers, would you believe me?"

Yang Yan paused for a moment, then blinked and smiled, saying, "If you are truly a god, then what in this world could possibly trouble you? Why did you come to us and ask us to submit to you?"

“Even gods need followers! You see, which god is alone? Doesn’t he have thousands upon thousands of believers under him?” Tantai Ye laughed.

“So you want us to become your followers and do things for you,” Yang Yan said.

"It's not just you. In the future, I will unify all ninjas, samurai, and other armed forces. Then I will unify this country and then the whole world. I'm telling you this today to give you a chance to follow me. If you miss this opportunity, you might be crushed into dust by my power in the future, and then there will be no chance to regret it."

Yang Yan fell silent. Although she didn't want to believe it, her woman's intuition told her that the other person wasn't lying, and that this kind of thing would definitely happen in the future.