Chapter 234: Chapter 108: Acquiring Divine-level Talent: [Ghost Heart]

The next day—

Edo, Thousand Affairs House—

The current time is around just past 7 a.m.

The newly opened store’s owner, Mr. Kiryu, is seated behind the counter, paging through the ledger to verify the store’s recent income.

As he is intently reading the ledger, suddenly, he hears the sound of the shop door being pulled open.

"Welcome... Hmm? Mr. Chokata?"

"Good morning, Mr. Kiryu!" At the door, Mr. Chokata, holding a bag of freshly bought gold flat sugar, closes the door he just opened with a cheerful smile characteristic of him as he greets Mr. Kiryu.

Mr. Kiryu closes the ledger in his hand and smiles, "Good morning, Mr. Chokata."

Mr. Chokata looks around, "Hmm? Where is Miss Kinoshita?"

"The young master is still sleeping. She usually wakes up at 8 a.m."

After a simple conversation, Mr. Kiryu gets straight to the point inquiring about Mr. Chokata’s early visit, "Mr. Chokata, what brings you here so early in the morning, all alone?"

"Nothing major." Mr. Chokata chuckles, "I just came to talk business with you, Mr. Kiryu."

"Oh? Talk business?" A deeper smile forms on Mr. Kiryu’s face, "I’m all ears."

"Well, it’s like this—Mr. Tachibana has an increased workload now, so he wants to hire 2 to 3 undercover informants to work for him," Mr. Chokata explains vividly, "Since you, Mr. Kiryu, run an employment agency, we want to entrust you to recommend suitable people."

"Mr. Tachibana is currently very busy and might only be able to visit you in a few days."

"So he’s asked me to first come and greet you, and ask you to find suitable candidates over the next few days."

"That way, when he visits, he can directly take people back."

"Oh, I see." Mr. Kiryu lightly nods, "So Mr. Tachibana wants to hire some undercover informants... No problem."

Saying this, Mr. Kiryu picks up a pen and paper from beside the counter.

"Did Mr. Tachibana tell you what kind of subordinates he wants and what salary he can offer?"

Mr. Chokata nods, "Mr. Tachibana’s requirements are quite simple. Since the main job of an undercover informant involves various hard and tiring tasks, as long as a person is trustworthy and hardworking, that’s good enough, having some martial arts skills would be a bonus. Beyond this, there are no other requirements."

"Mr. Tachibana is willing to offer a salary of 2 gold per month per person."

"2 gold per month..." Mr. Kiryu chuckles, "That’s quite a generous salary."

After carefully noting down Aoto’s requirements along with the salary he can offer, Mr. Kiryu puts the pen down.

"Mr. Chokata, thank you for coming to my store specifically."

"Please help convey to Mr. Tachibana when you get back—I will swiftly find suitable candidates for him in the coming days."

"Ah, by the way."

Mr. Kiryu stands up and walks to a nearby cupboard, taking out a box of steamed buns.

"Since you’ve come, Mr. Chokata... why not take this box of Wagashi back with you too."

"This box of Wagashi was sent to me by an old friend who I’ve known for about 70 years, who now runs a Wagashi shop."

"He sent too much, and the young master and I can’t finish it, so help me get rid of some."

"Wagashi?" Mr. Chokata’s eyes brighten, staring straight at the box of Wagashi in Mr. Kiryu’s hand, "This box of Wagashi looks quite expensive, are you really giving it to us?" 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Mr. Kiryu bursts into laughter, "If left longer, they will spoil."

"Instead of letting them go bad, better to let others enjoy them."

"Take them back and share them with the other members of Shiwei Hall."

Mr. Kiryu pushes the box of Wagashi into Mr. Chokata’s arms.

Being fond of sweets, Mr. Chokata has little resistance to Wagashi, which is primarily sweet.

Seeing Mr. Kiryu directly pushing the box into his arms, Mr. Chokata silently thought, "Since Mr. Kiryu is so enthusiastic, I shouldn’t refuse too much," and then "reluctantly" held the box tightly in his arms.

After chatting briefly with Mr. Kiryu, Mr. Chokata, drooling furiously and tightly hugging the box of Wagashi, happily strides out of the Thousand Affairs House.

"Undercover informant, huh..."

Watching Mr. Chokata leave, Mr. Kiryu mutters.

"I just happen to have some good candidates recently..."

He pulls out a large ledger with a dark green cover from under the counter.

It’s quite common for job seekers not to find any desirable jobs at an employment agency.

So many job seekers leave their names and contact details, entrusting the agency to notify them as soon as there are jobs matching their criteria.

The information of these "job seekers" in Thousand Affairs House is recorded by Mr. Kiryu in this large dark green-covered ledger.

Flipping to the last page with writing in the ledger, there are only three names written—

Nagakura Shinpachi.

Harada Sazō.

Fujimura Heisuke.

As Mr. Kiryu examines these three names closely, suddenly—he hears Mukiwa’s footsteps behind him.

"Good morning, Mr. Kiryu..." Mukiwa, wearing tousled clothes and hair, bare cute little feet, sleepily walks towards Mr. Kiryu, rubbing her sleepy eyes.

"Good morning, young master." Mr. Kiryu turns to smile at Mukiwa, "You woke up quite early today."

"Breakfast is ready, go wash up, and then come eat."

"Okay..." Mukiwa nods.