If you don't hurry to escape, you might not make it out in time.
More and more townsmen were awakened by this series of sudden fires, then fled the fire scene in fear.
Because everyone was busy escaping, hardly anyone noticed that—around each fire site—there were just a few suspicious figures lurking.
Without exception, these lurking figures were samurai with swords at their waists.
They all lifted their heads in delight, gazing at the growing flames and firelight with a look as if admiring their masterpiece...
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Aoto was currently in a castle town named "Key-cho".
Among the more than a thousand castle towns in Edo, this Key-cho was the most ordinary and unremarkable.
It neither had any famous stores or special industries nor did it house any notable figures worth mentioning.
But tonight—more accurately, just now—this usually inconspicuous castle town suddenly became "eye-catching".
Because it was on fire.
The fire came suddenly and swiftly.
