I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Not long after Ogata entered Yugao——

Tatsuno Clan, somewhere in Matsumachi——

Somewhere in Matsucho, there is a two-story mansion that looks a bit inconspicuous due to its remote location.

Although this mansion is inconspicuous, it has a rather small courtyard.

On the top floor of the mansion, Hasegawa and several subordinates headed by Imai are sitting around a stove.

The stove was emitting flames, while Hasegawa, Imai and others put their hands on top of the flames to warm up.

After inspecting the gambling hall in Karamoto Village last night, Hasegawa moved the temporary residence they changed from Huofu Thieves to Matsumachi.

A remote and sufficiently large mansion in Matsucho was requisitioned from the mansion of the Tatsuno Clan—that is, the mansion where Hasegawa and the others are currently staying.

Last night, they found clues about the "Buddha's enemy" they had dreamed of in the gambling house in Gangben Village.

After discovering this rare clue, Hasegawa and the others made up their minds—the clue must never be broken.

The guy who killed everyone in the casino did it yesterday, so it is very likely that he hasn't gone far yet.

As early as last night, Hasegawa ordered the mobilization of all the officials of Huofu Bandit Reform under his command, and at the same time recruited some of the strength and unity of the Tatsuno clan to search Karamoto Village and its surrounding areas.

Relying on his intuition, Hasegawa instinctively sensed that the guy who slaughtered the casino is most likely to flee to Matsucho, which is next to Karamoto Village.

It was also because of this that Hasegawa chose to temporarily move the temporary residence they changed from Huofu Thief into Matsumachi.

Although Hasegawa and others started to mobilize manpower to search since last night, however—the search work has been fruitless until now.

But Hasegawa was still waiting patiently.

Strong patience - this is one of Hasegawa's proudest traits.

And they are baking their hands now, not just to pass the time there, but to keep their hands warm all the time, so that they can draw their swords in the best condition at any time.

Just when Hasegawa and the others were silently roasting the fire, the sound of anxious footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

After the sound of footsteps thumping, the sliding door was opened by a young official who had been changed by a thief.

The next moment after opening the paper sliding door, the young official said loudly:

"My lord! We have found information related to the whereabouts of the 'spectacled warrior'!"

As soon as the young official's words fell, Hasegawa immediately clenched his hands that were warming above the flames.

And turned his head and shouted to Imai next to him:

"Imai!"

"clear!"

Imai and Hasegawa have worked together for many years, and they have already cultivated a deep understanding with each other.

No more nonsense from Hasegawa. Sometimes it only takes Hasegawa to shout, and Imai can understand what Hasegawa wants him to do.

Imai immediately got up and took a map placed in the corner of the room.

As for the brazier that was still blazing out, it was extinguished by the rest of Hasegawa's subordinates, and then placed in the corner of the room, so as to make enough room for the room to lay out the map.

The place where the stove used to stand is now paved with the map that Imai brought over just now.

This map is exactly the map of Matsumachi.

After arriving in the Tatsuno clan, in order to facilitate their search, Hasegawa obtained all the maps of the Tatsuno clan from the old Sano Zongxian of the Tatsuno clan.

Including urban maps, rural maps, field maps.

"Orange!"

Hasegawa shouted at the young official who came to report the news just now.

"come over!"

"Yes!"

This young official is none other than Tachibana Heitaro who has just joined Huofu Thief Kai not long ago.

This young man is not only highly valued by Imai, but also favored by Hasegawa. He is one of the newcomers that Hasegawa has cultivated.

Tachibana quickly walked to Hasegawa's side and knelt down,

Look over this map of Matsucho.

"Just now, a famous Tatsuno Clan's co-heart heard from a woman in Matsumachi that there was a spectacled warrior and another young warrior wearing light green feathers traveling together."

"The two went to the local 'Yakuza' - a tour opened by the Negishi family."

Tachibana raised his finger and clicked a corner on the map.

"The location of this profile is here."

"According to what the woman said - the spectacled warrior and his companions separated before and after they came to this palace."

"The young samurai who accompanied the spectacled samurai entered Yougao."

"Where the spectacled samurai went after he separated from his companions, the woman did not know."

Hasegawa and the others quietly listened to Tachibana's report.

After Tachibana's report fell, Imai took the lead in saying in a deep voice:

"That guy...is he still with his companions...but why did he separate from his companions?"

"...Anyway." As soon as Imai's words fell, Hasegawa said, "This is very precious and rare important information."

"Though the woman doesn't know where the guy went after he separated from his companion."

"But—it is enough for us to know that the guy's companion is in Youkou now."

Hasegawa cast his sharp eyes towards the location of the brothel that Tachibana pointed out on the map just now.

"Imai! Gather your men now! Let's go! Grab that guy's companion!"

"As long as he catches his companion, maybe he can get a lot of useful information from his companion."

"Yes!"

...

...

Tatsuno Fan, in the Yukaku where Ogata is located——

Looking at Jia who was apologizing to him, Ogata waved his hands quickly.

"No, there's nothing wrong with you! I'm just wondering."

"In my imagination, I always thought that in this kind of place, the girls and the guests would chat for a while and warm up each other's feelings before starting to do that kind of thing..."

Hearing Ogata's words, Ah Jia froze for a moment.

Then laughed a few times.

"Guest officer! Is this your first time here?"

"...Yeah." Ogata nodded silently.

At the same time, I added a sentence in my heart: At the same time, it was the first time I entered this kind of store...

"Guest officer, if it's your first time here, it's normal to have such misunderstandings!"

"If it's Youkou from other places, maybe it's like this. The girls chat with the guests for a while and get to know each other before they start doing that kind of thing."

"But that's not the case here."

"We are not allowed to spend too much time chatting with our guests here."

"Because we usually have too many guests to receive."

"If every guest spends a lot of time chatting, it's not worth it."

"So 'don't chat with the guest officer, just do that kind of thing' has become our practice here."

"Guest officials, hurry up and finish, we can also receive more guests."