I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Yishihua now feels as if two "selves" are yelling at her in her heart.

One of the "selfs" was yelling at her——

This is a great opportunity too! This time I parted from Yidao Zhai, and I really don't know when we will meet again next time! Why don't you take this opportunity to express your feelings for him? It's not about letting him divorce his current wife and marry you instead! It's just to express my heart, otherwise I will keep it in my heart, how uncomfortable!

And the other "self" was yelling at her——

Don't do such stupid things! What's the use of telling him this kind of thing? Maybe it will only embarrass Mr. Yidao Zhai!

The two "selves" quarreled furiously.

But the quarrels were quarreling, and the winner was quickly decided—the "self" who persuaded himself not to do such stupid things gradually gained the upper hand.

As the outcome of this battle gradually became clear, the light of thought and hesitation in Yishihua's eyes gradually faded away.

Isshiki is the kind of girl who thinks more traditionally.

Even though there are no other pedestrians on the street where she and Ogata are now, but she said "I have a crush on you" to a man on the street—Isshika feels that she can't hold back her face no matter what to do this kind of thing.

Moreover, Isshiki did not want to cause trouble to Ogata.

For some reason, she was very afraid of seeing Ogata's troubled and embarrassed expression after hearing her say "I seem to have fallen in love with you unconsciously"...

After making up her mind, Isshiki paused and bowed slightly to Ogata.

"Although I don't know what you will do in the future, Mr. Yidao Zhai, but I'd like to wish you prosperity in advance. When you finish all the important things at hand, you are welcome to come to Osaka to play again at any time. "

Ogata nodded to her and smiled:

"Yeah. I will. I really like the city of Osaka. If I have the chance, I will definitely come to Osaka again... um...!"

Ogata, who suddenly cried out in pain and fell to one knee on the ground, naturally startled Isshika.

"One, Master Yidao Zhai!" Isshika quickly squatted down and held Ogata's shoulders, "What's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?"

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The pain this time, in terms of the level of pain, is not at the same level as the pain caused by the spread of the immortal poison in the previous two times.

The pain this time was only for a moment, and Ogata's cold sweat gushed out like a spring.

—Damn it...!

Ogata clenched his teeth, enduring the bursts of pain.

But at this moment——something Ogata didn't expect happened.

This sudden sharp pain lasted only about ten seconds, and then it slowly faded away like the ebbing tide.

For only one or two breaths, Ogata no longer felt any pain.

A few seconds ago, the pain was so painful that Ogata didn't even have the strength to shout, but it returned to normal after a few seconds—this dramatic change in contrast made Ogata stunned.

"Master Yidaosai." Seeing that Ogata's face turned slightly better, Isshiki asked quickly, "What's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?"

"I'm fine..." Ogata supported the ground and stood up slowly.

After getting up, Ogata realized that the clothes on his body were sticky - they were all wet from the cold sweat that broke out from his body just now.

"This... is my old problem." Ogata panicked casually, "My head occasionally feels severe pain, and it was just a relapse of my illness just now."

"Sick?" After hearing what Ogata said just now, the blood on Isshika's extremely rosy cheeks faded slightly.

"Don't worry." Looking at Isshiki's frightened face, Ogata smiled slightly, and then lied, "I have seen a doctor early, and I have been taking medicine on time, and my condition is much better now, so I will continue to take it." After a while of medicine, my disease will be cured."

Now Ogata really wanted to open his skirt immediately,

See if the purple color on your left neck and chest has "expanded".

Naturally, it was impossible for him to pull off his clothes in front of Isshiki, so he decided to continue lying——

He raised his right hand and rubbed his temples vigorously with the thumb and middle finger of his right hand.

"...I'm sorry, Miss Isshiki, I still feel some pain in my head. I want to go back to the hotel where I'm staying to rest."

"Okay." Isshiki nodded immediately, "How do you feel now? Can you go back to the hotel where you are staying alone?"

"It's okay to go back to the hotel." Ogata nodded lightly, "Then——I'll go back first."

"Well, in the future...we will meet again when we have a chance."

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Isshiki watched Ogata leave.

Looking at Ogata's shrinking back, Isshiki sighed softly.

"I too...let's go home..."

While muttering like this, she silently turned around.

He walked slowly in the direction where Ogata's figure was not there.

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Turning into a remote alley, after confirming that there were no outsiders around, Ogata couldn't wait to pull off the collar of the kimono on his upper body, and looked at his left chest - the purple color did not expand.

Still only the skin from the left neck to the left chest is purple.

Then, Ogata opened his personal system interface.

The various values ​​of oneself are also the original values, and have not become higher or lower.

Reminiscing that the severe pain just lasted only about ten seconds, Ogata guessed that it might be because the severe pain just now was not the real immortal poison expanding again.

The immortal poison did not expand—this actually made Ogata's heart a little heavier.

Because he had never experienced this kind of "severe pain suddenly, but quickly returned to normal" situation.

——For the time being, don't tell Machi about the strange situation just now...

If he told Ah Ding about the weird situation he just had, it would be of no use other than to make Ah Ding worry about him.

"It's really urgent..."

Ogata put on the clothes on his body neatly while talking to himself in a low voice.

"Hurry up... find a way to restore your body to normal..."

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The night after the end of the "big test"——

The inn where Mamiya and the others stayed——

"My lord, Gen-sama, Shimada." Mamiya bowed to the little figure in front of him with a smile on his face, "You are finally here."

This little figure was exactly Lin who had been rushing towards Osaka non-stop since leaving Nara, and finally arrived in Osaka just now.

Genichi and Shimada are standing next to Lin.

Because Lin and the three of them were suddenly added, the not-so-spacious room of Jiangong and the others immediately seemed more crowded.

"Kuro, Mihachi, Shichibei." The dusty Lin patted the shoulders of the three Mamiya standing in front of her one by one, "Thank you for your hard work, did anything happen during your time in Osaka?" Something worth noticing."

Lin, who has the hidden attribute of "workaholic", has just reunited with Gamiya and the others, and before she even has time to change her dirty clothes, she impatiently asks Gamiya for a report.

"My lord, in the past few days that I have been in Osaka, I have discovered a lot of things that would shock you if you tell them."

"Oh? Like?"

"For example, we met Ogata-kun."

"Ogata Yidao Zhai?" Lin's eyes widened in astonishment.

Genichi and Shimada were also surprised.

Mamiya described how they reunited with Ogata, exchanged information with Ogata, and proposed to form an alliance with Ogata, but was asked by Ogata that he wanted to ask Lin 2 questions first, before he could consider whether to cooperate with them again. A series of things, all told Lin and others.

What Ogata experienced in Ezo, and the information Ogata collected in Ezo, are too many and too complicated, so Mamiya talked for more than an hour.

From the various encounters of Ogata when he first entered Ezo, all the way to the pirate ship where Ogata Yuyitong encountered a special poison rolled out of Xuanzheng, who was suspected to be a member of the "immortal" organization. Ministry et al.

After Jian Gong reported everything, Lin's face was sullen.

His eyes shone with thought.

It seems to be thinking about something.

The one who also put on a thoughtful expression——was Genichi.

Yuan Yi usually has a carefree appearance.

But at this moment, Yuan Yi was in a very rare state of contemplation...

"My lord." Mamiya continued at this time, "I have already made an appointment with Mr. Ogata. After you arrive in Osaka, I will notify him who has any questions to ask you as soon as possible. Now let Mr. Ogata Is he coming?"

"...it's too late now." Lin said in a deep voice, "and the way we are now...is not a suitable appearance for meeting people."

Lin stretched out her fingers, and lightly flicked her right shoulder—a small cloud of dust was dusted off.

"Let's inform Ogata Yidaosai tomorrow morning. Let's have a good rest tonight, and then meet with Ogata Yidaosai tomorrow."

Lin's instruction was reasonable, and there was no reason to refute, so Gamiya nodded: "I understand."

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The hotel where Huluya and his team stayed was a high-end hotel with its own bathhouse.

When Lin, Genichi, and Shimada arrived in Osaka, it was almost 9 pm.

After listening to Jian Gong's report and preparing to take a bath, it was already past 11 o'clock in the afternoon.

At this time, the bathhouse of the hotel has long been closed.

But money ability can solve most of the troubles in this world.

Under Lin's ability, the hotel staff excitedly reopened the bathhouse for Lin and the three of them, and quickly heated up the hot water.

Genichi and Shimada enjoyed the spacious bath.

Shimada is the type of person who doesn't spend much time in the shower.

After soaking in the bath for about ten minutes, Shimada said "I'm going back first" to Genichi, then got dressed and left the bathhouse.

Shimada, who hurried back to his room, didn't notice - in the shadow outside the bathhouse, Youdao's petite figure had been secretly observing the men's bath.

After seeing Shimada leave, this petite figure stepped into the men's bath with agility.

In the men's bath, only Yuan Yi was left at this time.

Genichi closed his eyes, leaning against the wall of the bath, enjoying the hot water.

But at this moment—a female voice sounded from outside the gate connecting the bath with the outside world:

"Uncle."

It was Lin's voice.

Genichi seemed to have expected Lin to come, with a calm expression, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Xiaolin, if you break into the men's bathroom without authorization, if someone bumps into you, you will be treated as a pervert." Yuan Yi said in a joking tone.

Lin ignored Yuan Yi's joke just now——

"Uncle, what do you think about Kinoshita who gave muskets to Red Moon Fortress in vain, and Kinoshita who cooperated with that pirate named Yi Tong?"

Lynn asked in a serious tone.

The playful look on Yuanyi's face, which was revealed by telling the joke just now, slowly faded away at this moment.

"...According to Mamiya's description of the appearance... That 'Kinoshita' is probably Nobuhide..."

"I also... think so." Lin, who was separated from Yuan Yi by a door, her expression gradually became gloomy.

"The palace department on the Yitong ship has Xuanzheng's special poison on it."

"And Xuanzheng is working for an organization that studies 'immortality'."

"And that Yitong said: Gongbu is that guy's subordinate..."

"Research on 'immortality' to defeat the Edo shogunate...it might really be something that guy would do..."

"Damn...that lunatic...!"

Genichi heard the sound of hammering the wall.

"...Xiao Lin." Yuan Yi asked softly, "What... are you going to do now?"

The back of the door became extraordinarily quiet following Yuan Yi's question.

After a while, Yuanyi finally heard——

"……have no idea."

Then, Yuanyi heard the sound of footsteps slowly leaving.

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After complying with the agreement with Naosuke and participating in the "big trial union", Ogata's life has returned to peace.

Ogata was also worried that the strange situation of "sudden pain and then disappearing quickly" would reappear - but fortunately, since the first occurrence of this strange situation, Ogata's body has not shown any abnormalities .

Although I was anxious to find a way to restore my body to normal, no matter how anxious I was, I couldn't act recklessly.

Without waiting for the saber to be repaired, just take two cheap knives that I bought casually and go to Koyasan to look for clues-no matter how you look at it, this kind of behavior is a reckless move to die.

Therefore, being in a hurry, Ogata still decided to act according to the original plan - to recharge his batteries until Da Shitian and Da Zizai were repaired.

After the "big test match", Ogata, like the previous few days, went to various places in Osaka to watch and play together with A-Machi and A-Zhu.

This peaceful time when Ogata didn't have to worry about anything - lasted only a little over a day.

The morning after the day of the "Great Trial Match"—Makimura knocked on the door of the Ogata Hotel.

After reuniting with Mamiya, Mucun and others before, in order to facilitate Mamiya, Mucun and others to contact him, Ogata informed them of his current address in Osaka.

After knocking on the door of the Ogata Hotel and seeing Ogata, Mucun straightforwardly told him the reason why Ogata came here suddenly—Lin and Genichi had arrived in Osaka.

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Osaka, the inn where Hyacinth House and others stayed——

Because of the meeting with Lin this time, Ogata wanted to tell Lin and the others something that A Zhu should not hear, so Ogata did not take A Zhu with him, and gave A Zhu some money to let A Zhu temporarily One person went to the streets of Osaka to play and pass the time.

Under the leadership of Mucun, Ogata and Atachi came to the room where Mamiya and Mucun had already been here before.

At this moment, the room was extremely crowded—because there were three more people in the room compared to the first time Ogata came here.

It was Rin, Genichi, and Shimada.

Lin and Yuanyi sat side by side in the middle of the room. After seeing Ogata who hadn't seen him for nearly half a year, Lin, who is not good at making expressions, showed a rare faint smile:

"Long time no see, Ogata Yidao Zhai."

"Yeah." Ogata smiled and nodded, "Miss Lin, Gen-sama, Shimada. Long time no see. You've finally arrived in Osaka."

"Actually, we arrived in Osaka last night." Lin said, "But considering that it was too late at that time, and the journey was tiring, Shimada and I were a little tired, so we decided to wait until this morning to tell you how many of us are there. The news has arrived in Osaka."

I haven't seen each other for half a year, and Lin and the others haven't changed much in appearance.

Especially Yuan Yi - he is still so energetic, he does not look old at all.

"Ogata-kun." Yuan Yi hugged his Dao Yangshen, grinned, and laughed, "I just thought of it suddenly—it seems that every time I meet you again after a long absence, you happen to have just completed an unprecedented task. ...there may be an unprecedented feat in the future."

"The last time I reunited with you was at the base of our gourd house. At that time, you had just captured Nijo Castle in Kyoto."

"And this time is even more terrible. This time I reunited with you. You just defeated 10,000 shogunate troops in Ezodi."

"I'm suddenly looking forward to the next time I meet you again after a long absence."

Genichi put on a joking tone.

"By then, I don't know if you will happen to have accomplished some extraordinary feat?"

"Actually, if it's possible, I hope that my future days will be calmer." Ogata responded to Yuan Yi in the same joking tone.

Ogata and Machi sat side by side opposite Rin and Genichi, and Mamiya, Makimura, Asai, and Shimada sat casually in the remaining vacant seats in the room.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Lin cleared her throat, and the topic slowly turned to a serious one:

"I have already heard from Kuro, Yahachi and others about what you experienced in Ezodina with Ms. Amachi, and the 'mutual cooperation' you talked about after meeting Kuro and the others in Osaka. gone."

"Personally, I welcome the cooperation with you and Ms. A-machi as we did against Shiranui before, and then we will investigate Koyasan and other places together to collect information and clues about 'immortality'."

"Although our ultimate goals are slightly different, you want to restore your body to normal, and we want to investigate 'immortality', but our two goals are generally the same, and our cooperation will be a win-win situation."

"But I heard from Jiulang that you have two questions to ask me. You have to ask those two questions clearly before you can consider whether you want to cooperate with our Calabash House."

"I'm here now. Ask any questions."

Lin has always been a person who does not procrastinate.

Seeing that she said to Ogata so cheerfully, "Just ask", then Ogata was not too vague——

"Miss Lin, my first question...is also a question that has troubled me for a long time."

"At the beginning, when the confrontation with the shogunate army was over, and when he was recuperating in the Red Moon Fortress, Chanup, the commander of the Red Moon Fortress, told me: the muskets they used were all made by a person who passed through 3 years ago. A young man who wears a purple-handled sword at the waist of their Red Moon Fortress and who claims to be surnamed 'Kinoshita' sold them at a low price similar to that of Baisong."

"Then, when I was returning to the mainland of Japan, I met the group of pirates who made a living by abducting and trafficking people."

"According to them, they started cooperation with a young man named 'Kinoshita' in Ezo 4 years ago. Those pirates were responsible for abducting people and handing them over to Kinoshita, and Kinoshita delivered the corresponding remuneration."

"According to the appearance characteristics described by Chanup and that Yitong, the 'Kinoshita' they each mentioned...should be the same person."

"Although the surname Kinoshita is not so rare in Japan."

"But... they both have the surname Kinoshita, and both have amazing wealth... This makes me involuntarily think of you, Miss Lin..."

"After learning that the person who sent the musket to the Red Moon Fortress was also surnamed Kinoshita, and he was also very rich, I couldn't help but wonder - could this 'Kinoshita' be a relative of Miss Lin?"

"Regarding this matter, I want to confirm it no matter what."

Ogata looked straight into Lin's eyes with a sharp gaze that seemed to penetrate Lin's body.

Lin usually has a poker face.

Until now, she still looks expressionless.

Genichi, who usually has a lot of expressions and emotions, and is not good at hiding his feelings, when he heard what Ogata said just now, his expression changed——from Ogata's mouth, he heard "Purple handle After words such as "Kinoshita" and "Young man who calls himself 'Kinoshita'", Genichi's eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his eyes twitched.

Ogata's words are actually not over yet——

"I can basically confirm now—"

Ogata continued.

"That 'Kinoshita' is the important planner, organizer, and even... the mastermind of this series of events related to 'immortality'."

Hearing Ogata's words, Lina's expression had been calm since just now, and now there has finally been a slight change.

"Miss Lin, since you have already learned about the series of events that A-Ming and I experienced in Ezo from Mamiya, you should also be able to understand—the one who gave away the Red Moon Fortress for nothing, and was with Ant 'Kinoshita', who has been collaborating with us, is really suspicious."

"On Yitong's pirate ship, that Gongbu actually has Xuanzheng's special poison on his body."

"According to Xuanzhi, this poison is his master's unique secret recipe. Only he Xuanzhi and his master Xuanzheng can make this medicine."

"Xuanzhi has long been in hiding, so where did the poison on his body come from that palace department... It's almost ready to come out."

"Xuanzheng is still working for that mysterious organization that studies 'immortality', and that Gongbu is a member of this mysterious organization."

"Then 'Kinoshita' is an important member of this organization...not even the top leader of this organization."

"The reason why he cooperated with that Ant Tong is probably to have enough experimental subjects to carry out the research on 'immortality'."

"The instigator of the 'disappearance incident' in Kina Village is probably also 'Kinoshita'."

"According to the information I obtained from Yitong through torture—the 'disappearance' in Qina Village happened before Kinoshita approached Yitong to cooperate."

"I speculate that 'Kinoshita' originally wanted to catch the experimental subject with his own strength, and the young and middle-aged people in China Village became sad victims."

"After relying on my own strength to catch the experimental products, I found that I was really not good at abducting people, so I found professionals like Yitong and cooperated with them."

"Miss Lin."

Ogata's eyes were now extremely sharp.

"If you know anything about that 'Kinoshita'...please tell me and my wife."

After finishing speaking, Ogata closed his mouth, stopped talking, and just looked straight at Lin.

After Ogata's voice fell for a while, the not-so-spacious room could always hear the sound of needles falling.

Ogata and Omachi, as well as Mamiya and Makimura...including Genichi, they are all looking at Lin now, waiting for Lin's answer.

Lin pursed her lips and remained silent.

After she was silent for a while, Lin's red lips, which were originally tightly closed, finally parted a little.

"...Purple hilt, plus a young man who calls himself 'Kinoshita'... Heh, it's completely characteristic of that guy."

"Xiao Lin." Hearing Lin's words, Genichi's expression changed slightly, "Are you... want to tell Ogata-kun about that person?"

"Ogata Ittosai and Ms. Atachi are important companions who have lived and died with our Calabash House." Lin said lightly, "I don't think there is anything wrong with telling them about our family."

"And just like Ogata Yidaosai said just now, that guy... is really very likely to be the mastermind of this series of 'undead' incidents..."

"If it's that person, it's really possible for him to do something like that..."

"Ogata Iktosai is also disturbed by 'Immortal' now. I think it is necessary to tell him this important information even out of friendship and moral considerations."

After all, Lin paused.

After a pause, Lin met Ogata's gaze——

"...That 'Kinoshita'...is probably my brother—Nobuhide Toyotomi."

"Toyotomi... Nobuhide...?" Ogata opened his eyes slightly.

Amachi, who was sitting next to Ogata, also showed surprise on her face at a speed visible to the naked eye. She said, "Toyotomi...?"

"Kinoshita... is actually not my real surname and Uncle's." Lin said in a calm tone as if she was just talking about some trivial matter, "My real name is Lin Toyotomi. And Uncle's real name is Gen Toyotomi one."

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2021 is about to pass, the author is here to say something in advance - on December 31st, the author may have to ask for a day off, because the author will go to celebrate New Year's Day with friends on that day~