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Chapter 82 – Spring Bullet Tour? (4)

We arrived at our next destination, Hiroshima.

From Aioi, we returned to Himeji, then took an-overnight train to Hiroshima. We arrived in the middle of the night, but since accommodations had already been arranged, we met up with Torasaburou there, exchanged a quick greeting, and went straight to bed.

Hiroshima is next to Choshu (Yamaguchi Prefecture) and is the leading city in the Chugoku region, so it’s one of the bases of the Ootori zaibatsu—its stronghold, even. There’s a bank under its umbrella here, and many branch offices of affiliated companies.

On the flip side, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, the Ootori are less hated by the Choshu faction and more just excluded altogether, so we barely have any footing there.

That’s why Hiroshima City, which developed significantly after the Meiji period, can be said to be practically home ground or a power base for