But he didn't get anywhere. Nothing he said was made public.Kenshin: I see... whether in the Bakumatsu or the Meji era, Shishio is the dark shadow of ...he new age. His very existence can never be brought to light.Chou: That's why Houji refused the government's offer. "Forget Shishio and work for us. We'll gurantee your safety for life." Under the spell of Lord Shishio's charisma, Houji brought together an army and even purchased a battleship from an underground arms merchant. The government. Can you do that Naomi? It would save us so much time," I asked.Naomi just nodded her head, her mouth was full of waffles and I smiled at her. Pointing at the milk I said, "Better take a drink or you may get sick."We finished eating, and I loaded the dishwasher. We all took showers together and then tossed our dirty laundry into the washer and trooped out to the vehicles. I dismantled the hot wire and Naomi ran to the doghouse while we drove to the barns and dealt with the cattle and horses.. As we finished up Ian invited us to his room later that evening, after they had gone for their evening walk. We were sitting out on the patio when they are back and said for us to drop by in a few minutes. About ten minutes later we decided to go down and just before we left the phone rang and I answered to find that our neighbour was calling to say that there had been an accident and that our hedge around the front garden had been damaged. I told Ellen to go down to Ian's and I would finish. Mel had gotten the directions and guided us to this rural mansion. It took over an hour to get there.Once there, an older man, Jack he insisted we call him, showed us to our rooms. It was like a resort for how many rooms were available.“Everyone’s in the basement,” he told us.“Would it be okay if you go down without him?” Mel asked Sarah. “Joe and I have some things we want to discuss regarding the musical.”“Uhm ... okay,” Sarah reluctantly agreed.As soon as she and the butler who didn’t look.