The rats hiding underground had all vanished.
When it came to fighting, these people who lurked in the shadows might not have been good at it. At most, they had a bloodthirsty streak and dared to charge in with knives when trouble arose.
But when it came to escaping...
No one understood how to run better than rats.
Even if Warsaw City's authorities mobilized every samurai and ninja in the city to hunt down the underground rats, some would inevitably slip through the net—unless...
"Either someone set a trap and captured them batch by batch, so we can't find them for the time being."
"Or the rats gathered somewhere extremely well-hidden, somewhere even you can't find."
Lin Qing analyzed the two possibilities.
The group exchanged glances. The rats disappearing was, ultimately, a minor matter. It would not affect Lin Qing's negotiation plans.
After all, rats mostly lived at the bottom of society. At most, they were ordinary people with a few "special skills."
Even when they stirred up trouble, they stood on Lin Qing's side.
Whether it was Lin Qing's Hermit Purple or Kakashi and the others' ninjutsu tracking, if they truly wanted to find them, they definitely could. It was just that the banquet would begin in less than two hours.
Rasa suggested, "Let's investigate the rats after the banquet."
Lin Qing nodded slightly.
Over the next hour or so, the group naturally did not remain idle.
Elder Chiyo and Rasa took out booklets and, while the banquet had yet to begin, introduced Lin Qing to Tokugawa Daimyo of the Land of Wind and the other officials.
They had heard that Tokugawa Daimyo had chickened out, but precisely how he had done so, and which factions might be worth winning over, all required careful discussion.
Meanwhile, Kakashi, who was