The number of samurai inside this tea house far exceeded what Aoto initially expected, making him increasingly suspicious about what intrigue this tea house might be hiding.
Fortunately, although the number of samurai guarding this tea house was large, their patrols were quite amateurish. They were either daydreaming or dozing off, allowing Aoto and Mukiwa to take them down one by one and make a steady advance to the stairway connecting the third floor and the second floor.
At that moment, the area around the stairway was conveniently devoid of any figures. They descended the stairs to the second floor of the tea house, then crossed a corridor and turned a corner, arriving at a spacious room resembling a hall.
Before the tea house fell into disuse, this hall should have been specifically used for guests to go upstairs to drink tea and rest.
