That night, in the 9th Division office building.
"Why is Boss Duan Mu here?"
"I don't know. When I came back from lunch today, I saw the captain's office window open. I thought someone had forgotten to close it, so I came over to take a look... and happened to see him handling division affairs inside. He was unbelievably fast, too."
"Fast? That's an understatement. Someone came to ask whether an application had been processed, so I went in. After I asked him about it, he immediately told me where the required documents were. As for the division affairs he... um, this lord handled, I examined them all carefully. No matter how you look at them, they were handled perfectly."
"Uh, didn't you ask him what he was doing here?"
"He was so busy he didn't even have time to raise his head. How could I have bothered him with questions?"
"Yeah, same with us. We went in, took the documents, and came right back out."
"All the work that had piled up over the past few days was finished in one afternoon. The residents in the district are especially satisfied with all the decisions and changes."
"Speaking of which, who exactly is Boss Duan Mu?"
"You don't know? Boss Duan Mu runs a Yorozuya on Commercial Street, handling all kinds of requests from residents. He also treats people at the Comprehensive First Aid Station. I heard his skill in Kido isn't even inferior to the Fourth Division's Lieutenant Captain."
"His strength is terrifying, too. My younger brother is in the Seventh Division. According to him, he personally saw Boss Duan Mu defeat Captain Komamura Sajin—and it looked like he had done it effortlessly."
"Then why is he in our 9th Division? And why is he handling division affairs in