The New Girl

Drugs aren't the only things lethal for you

"Minomo, come pour me some sake," one of the men said holding up his cup. Minomo silently got up, seated herself beside the man, and poured him sake into his cup.

"Now, gentlemen, as you know there are matters to discuss," the man began drinking a bit of his cup. "The end is near...and our sources are almost ready."

"Yes," another man agreed, "However, we are still lacking some background funding."

"Funding as in...?"

"We don't have enough money to afford the remaining...war pieces," another man filled in, then his gaze averted to Minomo who was keeping her head down. "But should we really be discussing this matter while someone from the outside is-"

"Oh, it's not a problem. The courtesans from Yoshiwara do not spread information of any kind. What happens in the room stays in the room. Right, Minomo?"

"That's true," Minomo replied in a calm tone. "Spreading customer's information is against our rules. So please, feel free to discuss any topic you wish, masters."

The man from before frowned, but he didn't protest anymore. "As I was saying before, we can't afford any more weapons. We need more money and we must get it fast."

"Oh, I already have a plan," a man from the corner said, "The black market from above is thriving very well. Soon, I am going to release a new, super addicting drug which is going to make the market go viral."

"May we know the name of the drug?" one man asked.

"Well, it's..." the man trailed off putting on a serious face. "Nyan Neko Nyan!" he declared with a large grin and his hands in a cat pose. Everyone else in the room turned pale.

"I've got some samples!" he exclaimed as he took out a small packet from the bag beside him. Minomo gazed at the packet and saw the small, pink, kitten-shaped pellets inside.

"You see, all it takes is one pellet of this," the man began. "And then, you will forget everything about this world and find yourself in absolute ecstasy of your choice. But the effect won't last long. Once the effect is gone, you will be left with drowsiness and delusions...after that, you will find yourself wanting more."

"Have you tested it? Do you grantee that it will really work?" a man questioned.

"Well...not really..." the man said putting back the packet into his bag.

"Then how can we really know that it will work?!" whispers spread across the room. "We don't have time for jokes! We must have a solid plan!"

"W-W-Wait!" the man from before shouted, silencing the others. "We can test it now..." his voice went shallow as he turned his gaze upon Minomo keeping her head down. The other men noticed the man and nodded silently in agreement.

The man drank all the remaining sake from his cup and turned his head to Minomo. "Minomo, pour some here," he ordered. Minomo nodded and got up as usual. As she sat down, the man grabbed her wrist at once and caused the bottle she was holding to fall down the floor and break into pieces.

"Master, what are you doing?" Minomo asked, and to everyone's surprise, rather calmly.

"We just want to test the new drug right now..." the man trailed off, locking his gaze with Minomo's, "...on you."

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The Yorozuya, Tsukuyo and Hinowa and the Shinsegumi arrived at the same dorm Minomo was serving the rebels. They had run all the way there and everyone was panting.

"Oi, oi, I get that the Shinsegumi need a disguise to go unnoticed but..." Gintoki trailed off. "What's with those blasted disguises?!?!"

Sougo was dressed as a courtesan with a wig that reached his chest. He inserted rounded objects to fake his boobs and a fan to hide his masculine face. Toshi was in a mayonnaise bottle suit, exposing only his face at the neck. Kondo was...well, Kondo was naked.