I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Sorry... I lost my temper..."

Asai skillfully cleaned up the tea spilled on the tatami.

Lin also sat up straight again, and while wiping the remaining tea from the corner of her mouth, she apologized to Ogata and A-Ming in front of her.

"I have never been able to eat hot things since I was a child..."

After repeatedly returning to the expressionless, unsmiling indifference of the past, Lin continued:

"Although I have decided to fight to the death with Shiranui, there is still too little information about Shiranui at hand."

"The ruling center of the shogunate is in Kanto."

"But Shiranui's original base is located in the Omi area."

"The Omi area is some distance away from Kanto."

"Since Shiranui has cooperated with the shogunate now, it is very likely that Shiranui has changed the location of their base at the request of the shogunate."

Having said that, Lin turned her gaze to A-Machi.

"Miss A-machi, may I ask if there is a change in the location of the base in Shiranui?"

"This... I don't know..." A-Ming smiled awkwardly, "After I received the task of 'Going to Butterfly Island' at the end of last year, I never went back to Shiranui."

"On the way back to Shiranui, I learned that I was demoted to 'dirty', so I hurriedly defected to Shiranui."

"It wasn't until the night 4 days ago that I learned from the pursuers that Shiranui and the shogunate cooperated..."

Seeing that she couldn't get any valuable information from A-Ming, Lin didn't show any dejection on her face.

After only nodding his head, he sighed softly:

"It would be great if there was someone who could know the details of Shiranui's current situation..."

Hearing Lin's words, Ogata and Fumo raised their brows.

After Ogata and Fumo looked at each other, Ogata turned his head and said to Lin:

"Maybe there are people who know the details of Shiranui's current situation...there really are people here.

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Kyoto, the home of Fuma, the firewood room.

Heitaro, whose left leg was broken by Fuma's iron chain technique last night, is now firmly tied to the wooden post with hemp rope again.

At this moment, Heitaro's eyes were full of despair.

In his heart now, there was no thought of running away at all.

The stone that can be used to cut the rope is gone, let alone.

Even if he cut the rope again, with a broken leg, it was impossible for him to escape again.

In the middle of the night last night, Feng Mo took the bone medicine and wiped the wound on his leg casually.

Although it is true that a simple treatment was given to him, this treatment can only be regarded as simple...

Until now, Heitaro can still feel the pain in his left leg... He can't even stand still, let alone run away.

Just when Heitaro was thinking desperately about what he would face in the future, the door of the firewood room suddenly opened with a "squeak".

Heitaro raised his head and looked towards the door of the firewood room.

I saw a large group of people pouring in through the opened firewood door.

A rather petite girl walking in front looked Heitaro up and down a few times and said:

"Is this person the Jonin from Shiranui that you captured, Fuma-sama?"

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When she learned that Fuma had captured a ninja from Shiranui that night 4 days ago, and that she was also a Jōnin, Lin immediately asked Fuma to take her to see the ninja.

Under the guidance of Fuma, Ogata, Atachi, and Lin and his party entered the woodshed in the yard, and saw the half-dead Heitaro.

When Lin asked if this person was the Jonin from Shiranui who was captured by him, Fuma nodded:

"That's right, it's him."

"Is this person really a jonin?" Lin confirmed.

"He is indeed a Jonin." This time, Chang said, "I have seen him in Shiranui. He is indeed a Jonin, and his name is Heitaro."

"Hey..." Heitaro spoke weakly because of the poor food these days and various injuries on his body, "Who are you all? Why do you want me?"

Ogata crouched in front of Heitaro.

"Heitaro, let me ask you—after you Shiranui cooperated with the shogunate, did you change the location of your Shiranui's base?"

Hearing Ogata's question, Heitaro sneered and turned his head.

Neither went to see Ogata, nor answered this question of Ogata.

"It seems that your mouth is quite hard." Lin said softly.

After giving Heitaro a meaningful look, Lin asked Fuma:

"Master Feng Mo, can you lend me this guy for a while?"

"Yes, yes. But what are you going to do with him after you borrow him?"

"It's nothing, I just plan to interrogate him properly."

"I have experts in interrogation here."

Hearing Lin's words, Ogata recalled the scene where Mucun interrogated the bald man that night four days ago.

After suddenly remembering the bald head, Ogata turned his head and asked Mucun beside him:

"By the way, what about the bald head?"

"Oh, that bald head. It has already been handed over to the government." Mucun shrugged, and continued in a half-joking tone, "It is said that he is in the process of arresting the remaining members of the 'Grave Digger' for the officials of the Kyoto Prefecture. , made a great contribution.”

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After hearing words such as "borrow" and "interrogation" from Lin's mouth, fear immediately climbed onto Heitaro's face.

When Asai and Shimada untied Heitaro and were about to take Heitaro away, Heitaro struggled violently under the influence of a strong desire to survive.

In order to make Heitaro calm down, Asai had to beat Heitaro unconscious with a wave.

I can't count how many times Heitaro has been knocked unconscious in the past few days...

After letting Shimada carry Heitaro on his back, Lin took Makimura and others, as well as Xuanren, and walked away, expressing that she would visit again after asking something from Heitaro.

Before leaving, Lin informed Ogata and the others of the location of the hotel where they lived, so that if Ogata and the others had any questions or needs, they could come to their hotel to find them.

After watching Lin and the others leave, and looking at Lin's disappearing back, A-Machi said to Ogata in an emotional tone:

"I feel like a very interesting girl..."

The way Lin was scalded by the tea just now, and the way she decisively decided to fight Shiranui to the death, and quickly proposed an alliance to Ogata, seemed to have left a deep impression on Machi.

After A-Machi's sigh fell, Ogata smiled wryly:

"Ming, you have to pay attention in the future, don't talk about gender-related topics in front of Lin."

"Huh? Why?"

Ogata briefly talked about what happened with Lin when he left Butterfly Island and went to the base of Calabash House as a guest, and introduced it to A-Ming.

After learning about the past between Ogata and Lin, Ah-cho's beautiful eyes widened, and he murmured:

"It seems that she is still a girl who is a little strange in some ways..."

"Hahahaha..." At this moment, Feng Mo, who had been standing aside and listening from just now, laughed lightly, "The reason why Xiaolin cares so much about gender has something to do with her childhood."

Speaking of this, Feng Mo paused.

A meaningful look flashed in his eyes.

"Xiaolin... is also a very poor girl... From a certain point of view, Xiaolin is very similar to me. This is probably why I prefer Xiaolin so much."

After finishing speaking, Feng Mo let out a few chuckles again.

"What happened when I was a child?" A-Machi wondered, "Did Miss Kinoshita experience something bad when she was a child?"

"Ah, this can't be said, can't be said." Feng Mo shook his head, "This is Lin's secret, and I can't say it without Lin's permission."

After finishing speaking, Fuma returned to the house with his hands behind his back, leaving only Ogata and Atachi still standing at the door of the house.

Just when Ogata and A-Machi were about to turn around and go back to the house with Fuma——

"Ah! Master!"

A loud male voice suddenly sounded from the sides of Ogata and Atachi.

"Kondo?" After seeing who it was, Ogata raised his eyebrows.

The person who shouted "Master" was none other than Kondo Naizosuke.

Holding the knife at his waist, Kondo ran towards Ogata quickly.

"Why are you here?" Ogata asked Kondo who was running towards him quickly.

"Master Kotaro said a few days ago that you were injured and were recuperating! I happen to have some free time today, so I wanted to come and visit you!"

Getting closer to Ogata, Kondo looked Ogata's face up and down with a serious gaze like "checking whether his husband has long hair possessing a woman".

"What are you doing?" Ogata, who was a little goosebumped by Kondo's gaze, touched his face, "Is there something dirty on my face?"

"Master, you are really the executioner Yidaosai——Ogata Yishi..."

"Did you not know that I am Ogata Yidaosai until now..." Ogata felt powerless to complain, "I thought you recognized me as early as that night 4 days ago...so you have been Are you calling 'Master' to someone whose name you don't even know..."

"On that night 4 days ago, after I followed your instructions and handed over the wife and daughter of the owner of Inaba to Koshinosuke Kamiyama, I realized that I never knew your name."

Kondo said seriously.

"I just feel as if I've seen your face somewhere on the street."

"So after handing over the wife and daughter of the owner of the Inaba Museum and the iron cannon to Kamiyama Koshinosuke, I ran to the streets to look for where I had seen your face."

"Then I saw you, Master, on a wanted notice posted on the street."

"Then I found out, master, that you have accomplished the feat of 'attacking Erjo City'..."

As soon as Kondo's voice fell, Okai said in a half-joking tone:

"Now that you know that I am the famous Ogata Yidaosai, do you still plan to ask me about swordsmanship?"

"Ogata Istosai is just heinous in the eyes of the government. But in fact, Ogata Istosai's prestige among the people is not that bad." Kondo smiled, "At least——I don't hate to be righteous in Hirose Clan Sword, Ogata Issai who killed tyrants. On the contrary, I still respect him."

"I've always believed that Ogata Ittosai's righteous deeds in the Hirose Domain are comparable to the "Ako Forty-seven Martyrs Incident" 90 years ago!"

"The 'Ako Forty-Seven Martyrs Incident' 90 years ago is different from what I did in the Hirose Domain."

Ogata said in a helpless tone.

"The Ako Forty-Seven Martyrs 90 years ago avenged their lord, and I avenged my teacher and those who were persecuted by Matsudaira Gennai."

"And my reputation should start to get worse now."

Speaking of this, the corner of Ogata's mouth curled up in a self-deprecating manner.

"If the previous Ogata Isai was still a hero in the eyes of others, then since that night 4 days ago, in the eyes of most people, Ogata Isai may become an 'attacking the shogunate' The lunatic' to the ground."

"Maybe. But some people may respect Ogata Isaito more. For example - me." Kondo replied without thinking.

"Oh?" Ogata cast a surprised look at Kondo, "Why?"

"In order to practice swordsmanship, I left my hometown and traveled around, so... I also saw many horrible scenes under the shogunate."

A look of nostalgia flashed across Kondo's face.

"After several trips, I vaguely had an idea: Maybe the shogunate should make some changes."

"You can no longer cling to the ancient law like this."

"But for a behemoth like the shogunate, 'change' does not mean that it can be carried out."

"Master, your attack on Nijo Castle 4 days ago may make the shogunate realize that they are not standing still, and maybe it will cause the shogunate to produce some... changes in the future."

"So in my eyes—master, what you did that night four days ago may be a good thing from a certain point of view."

"Ha." Ogata chuckled a few times, "I don't care what happens after the shogunate."

"On the contrary, Kondo, what you said just now is very interesting."

"I didn't expect that you, who look like a rough man, can say such penetrating words."

"Whip penetrating or something, it doesn't count." Kondo smiled helplessly, "What I said just now is just some small insights I experienced when I traveled around the world."

"Then—I take my leave first."

"Huh? Kondo, are you leaving?"

"Well, I came here today just to see how your injury is going, master. I'm relieved to see that you are so energetic, master."

"Kondo, there is no need to rush away so quickly. It is not too late to fulfill the agreement between me and you and leave."

"Promise?" Kondo first repeated the word in doubt, and then suddenly remembered what the agreement between himself and Ogata was, and his face showed joy.

"Come with me." As Ogata said, he turned and walked towards the small courtyard of Feng Mo's house, "I'll... teach you my unique swordsmanship—'Ogata-ryu'!"

"'Ogata-ryu'?!" Kondo looked surprised, "Master, is this your own swordsmanship?"

"Hmm..." Ogata pondered for a moment, "Barely count...I even showed it to you."

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