"...That's right." After giving a wry smile, Shunliu turned his head and said seriously to Makimura, "Haha, I almost forgot to tell you. I found a new job to do, and it's the work of repairing the earth residence.

Work will start tomorrow morning."

"Well, good. I finally have a new job." Makimura laughed at himself, "If we don't get some new job, we will not be able to eat."

…

…

the next morning--

Under a certain Otsuchi residence on the west side of Kyoto.

The common people who were hired by the government to assist in the repair of this earthen residence began their respective tasks under the damaged earthen residence at dawn.

"Hey, look..."

"Those two people are too strong..."

"So strong..."

…

It took two adults to barely lift a huge basket filled with rocks. Makimura and Shunroku could easily carry the two baskets alone.

Makimura and Shunroku each carried two large baskets of stones as they walked swiftly, instantly attracting the attention of everyone present.

Makimura and Shunroku seemed to have long been accustomed to the surprised looks of everyone, and ignored the comments of everyone, concentrating on completing their respective tasks.

Da da da da da da…

At this moment, a series of dense footsteps suddenly came.

A group of people dressed as government officials quickly walked into the construction site where no one was allowed to enter.

Because this group of people were dressed as government officials, the people responsible for guarding the construction site did not dare to stop them and allowed these officials to enter and exit the construction site.

The leader of this group of officials seems to be a Yuli.

As soon as this person stepped into the venue, he immediately shouted loudly:

"Who are Makimura Yapachi and Kunieda Junroku!"

Hearing that Yuriki called their names, Makimura and Yahachi's faces flashed with surprise.

Shunliu picked up the towel hanging on his shoulder and wiped the sweat from his face, then strode towards the group of officials without fear:

"I am Junroku Kunieda. What do you want me to do?"

After Shunliu came up to greet him, Makimura also hurriedly followed.

"I am Makimura Yahachi."

"Are you two Makimura Yapachi and Kunieda Junroku? Come with us!"

"What are you doing?" Shunliu frowned, "We brothers have never done anything illegal or disciplinary."

"I know. So we are not here to arrest you two. We are here to invite you to the ashram!"

"Principal office?" Makimura exclaimed.

"Hurry up and follow us obediently." A meaningful smile appeared on Yu Li's face, "If my guess is correct, you two may become famous."

…

…

Although full of doubts in their hearts, Makimura and Shunliu chose to follow the group of officials to the execution center obediently.

After arriving at the monastery, the two were taken directly to a room that seemed to be specially used to receive guests.

Just as Makimura and Junroku were wondering why they were taken to an ashram that people like them were not qualified to come to, the sliding paper door of the room was slowly opened.

A middle-aged man with some gray hair on his temples slowly walked into the room along the opened paper sliding door, and then sat down in front of Makimura and Shunroku.

"...You two, this is our first meeting."

The middle-aged man seemed to notice that both Makimura and Shunliu were a little nervous now, so he comforted them softly.

"Just relax."

The middle-aged man's voice was neither urgent nor slow.

"This is Kamiyama Koshinosuke. You should know who I am, so I won't introduce myself any more."

After hearing this short and ridiculous self-introduction from this middle-aged man, both Makimura and Junroku looked horrified.

Naturally, the two of them had heard of the name of Kyoto Town’s official name, Koshiyama Koshinosuke.

When Mucun and Shunliu were still immersed in horror, Shenshan continued softly:

"The two of you are Makimura Yapachi and Kunieda Junroku."

"...Are you the one who invited us to the ashram?" Makimura said solemnly, "Why did you bring the two of us to the ashram?"

Kamiyama seemed to have not heard Makimura's voice and continued to talk to himself:

"Makimura Yahachi and Kunieda Junroku—a pair of Yakuza from Three Prince Street who do not join any one family."

"Because he accomplished the feat of not relying on any one family, but relying only on his own strength and intelligence to successfully establish a foothold in the chaotic place of Sanjiji Street, he became a slightly famous existence in the world of Kyoto Yakuza."

"Another very important reason why you are famous among other 'comrades' is that you two have been behaving very strangely."

"As a Yakuza, I never do anything harmful to nature."

"The way to make a living is to find work everywhere."

"Whether it's building a home or transporting wood, I will never refuse anything that requires hard work."

"A pair of extremely strange people - this is what the other Yakuzas living in Three Princes Street say about you two."

When Makimura and Junroku heard this, their faces turned dark.

"Why do you know so much about the two of us?" Shunliu said in a deep voice.

"I know far more things than you." A meaningful smile appeared on Shenshan's face, "I also know that half a year ago, a mysterious person suddenly provided me with information in secret.

A lot of criminal evidence about the 'Takagi Family'."

"In addition to the criminal evidence, this mysterious man also told me the locations of the Takagi family's strongholds, how many weapons they have, and how many subordinates they have."

"These two people are very smart. They know that in the entire Kyoto Prefecture, I am the only one who is least likely to have an affair with Yakuza, so they found a channel and directly handed over various intelligence and criminal evidence of the 'Takagi Family' to me.

."

The expressions on both Makimura's and Shunroku's faces changed.

"Thanks to the help provided by this mysterious man, I, who happened to want to clean up the Yakuza forces in Kyoto at that time, was able to successfully wipe out the 'Takagi Family'."

Speaking of this, Shenshan's eyes narrowed.

"This mysterious person...is the two of you, am I right?"

"...It seems that you really put a lot of effort into investigating the two of us." The vigilance contained in Makimura's gaze towards the sacred mountain was extremely high.

"Master Shenshan, you called us here just to thank us for helping your government bring down the 'Takagi Family', right?" Shunliu asked in a joking tone, "If so, then

No need."

"That's not true." Shenshan chuckled a few times, "If it's convenient, you can tell me - do you have any plans to bring down another Yakuza family in Kyoto recently?"

"Why should we tell you such a thing?" Shunliu asked without hesitation.

"If you are worried that I will join forces with the Yakuza gang and betray you two, then there is no need to worry."

Shenshan chuckled.

"I know so many things about you. If I had the intention to betray you, I would have sold you all long ago."

"And the name of my sacred mountain, 'Famous Prayer', isn't it enough to earn your trust in me?"

After hearing what Shenshan said, Makimura and Shunliu both fell silent.

After a moment of silence, Shunliu was the first to break the silence:

"...That's right." Shunliu's tone was a bit sarcastic, "If you had the intention to betray us and put us to death, you could have sold us all long ago. And the sacred mountain is deeply respected by all people.

It is unlikely that you, your Excellency, will join forces with Yakuza."

"The Nagai family." Makimura said softly, "The Nagai family is our current target."

"Has enough criminal evidence been collected about the Nagai family?"

"Not yet." Shunliu responded this time, "But it will be soon."

"Why do you want to deal with these big families?" Shenshan then asked, "You are not affiliated with any Yakuza force. Even if you overthrow these big families, it will not do any good to you two, right?"

"The two of us didn't risk our lives and go all out to deal with these behemoths just for the so-called 'benefits.'" Makimura's tone gradually showed a firm tone, "We hate these guys who prey on the common people, so we

To defeat them - it's that simple."

"...Hahaha." After staring at Makimura and Shunliu with meaningful eyes for a while, Shenshan suddenly laughed, "You two are really interesting!"

"Let me ask you another question - you are all just civilians and you shouldn't have a surname. How did you get your surname?"
To be continued...