Chapter 551 - 288: Biographies of Monsters, The Nine-tailed Fox of Naxu Mountain_1
[The ’East Garden’ has far fewer patrolling samurais than the ’Inner Garden’. On your way here, you saw only a few standing guard.]
[However, this isn’t surprising. The ’East Garden’ is under the control of the great general. Who would dare intrude upon the ’East Garden’, thus risking their lives?]
[From what you know, when the great general first united ’Sakura fall’, and moved into the imperial palace, several would-be-assassins from the old daimyo continually infiltrated the palace. However, none of them managed to escape the ’East Garden’ alive.]
[Ninja assassins continuously rushed forth, their corpses and spilled blood fertilizing the imperial garden. To this day, the general remains undefeated, and assassinations haven’t happened for a long time...]
[Without attracting any attention, you successfully arrived at the ’Pavilion of Modern View’.]
[The building in front of you, named ’pavilion’, is, in fact, a palace. Its design is similar to the other buildings within the ’East Garden’, devoid of ornate decorations, which makes it look exceedingly simple.]
[Two samurais stand guard before the front door of the’ Pavilion of Modern View’. You quietly sneak past them and infiltrate the palace through a window on the side.]
[After entering the ’Pavilion of Modern View’, you see rows upon rows of bookshelves, and the rich smell of ink wells up in your nostrils.]
[Looking around, you see numerous bookshelves neatly lined with elegant Sakurawood book boxes. Each box contains several books, lined with cardboard and bound by silk ribbons.]
[Every different type of book is wrapped with corresponding colored silk for decoration.]
[Haphazardly, you pull out one of these lush book boxes, and flip it open...]