I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Ogata, who had just put Amachi's ninja clothes back, asked aloud.

"Why is the exposure of the upper part of your Ninja costume... ah, no, there is so little fabric?"

"Don't underestimate our female ninja clothes." Ah Ding picked up her female ninja clothes and unfolded it. "The reason why there is so little fabric on the upper body is deliberate."

"During the Warring States period, the female ninja costume in Shiranui was no different from the male ninja costume."

"Whether it's the upper body or the lower body, it's all strict."

"Until later, something happened."

"When a certain female ninja was fighting an enemy, she gradually fell into a disadvantage because she was not as strong as the enemy."

"As soon as she was about to be defeated by the enemy, the upper body of the female ninja was ripped off by the enemy's weapon, and the skin of the belly button was exposed."

"After seeing the white skin of the female Ninja, the enemy seemed to have not touched a woman for a long time, so he was taken aback for a while, revealing a flaw."

"And the female ninja caught the flaw revealed by the enemy and successfully killed the enemy."

"The power in Shiranui at the time was the 10th-generation Flame Demon."

"Inspired by this incident, the tenth generation of Balrog realized that the female ninja suit can also be used as a weapon."

"Then began to reduce the fabric of the female ninja clothes."

"In the end, our female ninja suit became what it is now."

"After changing the female ninja suit to look like it is now, it really has a miraculous effect."

"Neither girl forbearance reflects that after wearing the female ninja suit with reduced fabric, not only does it move more easily, but when a man is an adversary, it can also cause more or less interference to the enemy's mind."

"Of course there are still some men who are completely undisturbed."

"Is there such a serious reason for changing the fabric to less..." Ogata couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Our women's physical fitness is not as good as men's." Ah Ding said in a helpless tone, "So in order to enhance our strength as much as possible, we can only use more such small means."

"I have a question." Ogata said in a joking tone, "Since I changed the fabric so little to interfere with enemies with weak concentration, why don't you just wear clothes?"

"If you are naked, wouldn't it be more interference with the enemy?"

"Why are you so nasty!" Amachi waved his fist badly, and hammered Ogata's head. "When the tenth generation of fire demon decided to change the costume of the girl Shinobu, a guy suggested to you just now. It’s exactly the same proposal."

"Then I was strongly opposed by all the female ninjas up and down in Shiranui."

"Although the number of female ninjas is relatively small, there are still some female ninjas who have considerable status."

"In order to avoid triggering a riot among the female ninjas, the 10th generation eye Balrog can only veto this proposal."

"So someone really made this proposal..." Ogata rubbed the forehead that was hammered by Amachi just now, and suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you."

Ogata took out his wages today—the small cloth bag full of 40 silver.

"I made a lot today. Today's wages are a full 40 silver. It was I who helped Shiro Bingbei Club to catch Chrysanthemum, and settled the prize money for the thieves who had robbed the merits to change official posts."

When Asai returned to the inn first, he told everyone including Amachi that Ogata had assisted Shiro Bingbei Club to capture Chrysanthemum, and repelled the robbing Hisuke thief and changed his official post.

So Ah Ding naturally knows how little monk Chrysanthemum and Huofu thieves who grab merit have changed their official posts.

"Forty silver?" After a little exclaimed, Amachi took the small cloth bag that Ogata handed over, then opened it and looked inside.

"It's been more than a year to work with my own hands to make money." Ogata said in a half-joking tone, "I plan to buy winter clothes when the weather gets cooler in the future..."

Before Ogata's words were finished, Shimada's voice suddenly sounded outside the door:

"Master Ogata, Makimura-senpai is back. Makimura-senpai said that he has very important things to tell everyone...especially if you talk to Ogata-sama, he told you to go there quickly."

"Is it important?" Ogata frowned slightly. "I see. I'll go over immediately."

After all, Ogata winked at Amachi in front of him.

And Amachi, who understood the meaning of Ogata's wink, nodded lightly, and then stood up with Ogata.

When Ogata and Amachi came to the big room where their men lived, they saw Makimura who had just returned, and Lin who should have just left the room.

After seeing everyone coming, Mu Cun smiled bitterly and said:

"Everyone, I just heard a lot of information related to the shogunate from Hasegawa-sama. Come on, brother Ogata, sit down, you are the one who should listen most carefully."

"What did Hasegawa tell you?" Lin said sternly.

"I said a lot..." After a wry smile, Mu Cun whispered, "I was taken to a room in the Huofu Rogue Headquarters..."

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Before time goes back to a certain period of time-

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The quiet room where Makimura and Hasegawa are currently located is in a relatively remote area with no people coming and going in the Huosuke Rogue Headquarters.

Because there is not much people coming and going, and it is extremely quiet during the day or night, Hasegawa is particularly fond of this quiet room. When he feels tired during the week, Hasegawa will take a nap in this quiet room.

It is precisely because there are so few people coming and going in this quiet room that Hasegawa chose to have a private conversation with the pastoral village in this quiet room.

Because he must not let outsiders know what he will discuss with Makimura later, before entering this room, Hasegawa also informed his cronie Yamazaki in advance, and asked Yamazaki to order all the people who are currently staying at the headquarters-not to approach this room. Quiet room.

After making various preparations, Hasegawa entered this quiet room.

After throwing a series of questions at the pastoral village like a cannon, this quiet room fell into a quagmire called "Dead Silence".

Hasegawa didn't speak, but waited quietly for Makimura's answer.

Makimura also did not speak either, only fixed his stunned gaze on Hasegawa in front of him.

There is only one candle for lighting in this quiet room, which is placed in the center of the room, just between Makura and Hasegawa.

Although the doors and windows of the quiet room were closed tightly, there was still a slight breeze blowing into the room along the gaps between the doors and windows.

The flame of the candle placed between the two swayed with the breeze blowing into the room, and the shadows of Makimura and Hasegawa also swayed on the wall of the room.

After a while, Mucun put his hands around his chest.

"...Hasegawa-sama, it's hard for me to ask me this kind of question without thinking."

"When nothing is clear, it is impossible for me to answer the series of questions you just asked."

"Could it be that you wanted to apprehend Ogata Itosai who committed the felony of attacking Nijo Castle and burning the castle tower of Nijo Castle?"

Makimura cast a tentative look at Hasegawa.

"I didn't want to capture Ogata Ichitosai."

Hasegawa shook his head.

"It's better to say-on the contrary."

"I want to ask Ogata Ichitosai to help me."

"No... to be precise, I want to ask you and Ogata Ichitosai to help me."

"Helping you?" Mucun frowned deeper.

"Makimura..." Hasegawa paused when he said this.

Seeing his appearance, he seemed to hesitate.

But it didn't take long for the color of hesitation on his face to slowly dissipate.

"Do you know Shiranui or Shiranui Village?"

After hearing the word "Shiranuiori" from Hasegawa's mouth, Makura's pupils shrank slightly.

More than just knowing, I can hear this name almost every day during this period—Makimura really wants to say this to Hasegawa.

But after all, he resisted the desire to say so, pretending to be confused:

"I heard a little bit, I heard that it was in a ninja like Iga nosato and Koga nosato in the Sengoku period."

Hasegawa nodded lightly, and then continued:

"Yes."

"Shiranui is the last remaining ninja in our country."

"And in this last ninja, I started cooperating with the shogunate some time ago."

"Of course, cooperating with the shogunate-this is just a better way of saying it."

"Speaking harder, the ninjas in Shiranui were incorporated by the shogunate and became the ninjas of the shogunate."

Makura pretended not to know much about Shiranui, nodding his head from time to time while listening carefully.

"In the summer of this year, Shiranui received their first major task from the shogunate after cooperating with the shogunate."

"That is, when the lord of the Owari feudal clan held a banquet in Nijo Castle, he served as the guard of Nijo Castle."

"And the night that the lord of the Owari feudal clan held a banquet in Nijo Castle, it happened to be the night when we together prevented the lunatics from destroying Kyoto."

"What happened to Nijo Castle afterwards, you should know Mucun too."

"Nijo Castle was single-handedly destroyed by Ogata Itosai, the castle tower was directly burned, and all the ninjas in Shiranui who guarded Nijo Castle that night were completely wiped out."

"The first big mission ended with such an unsightly ending. Shiranuiri's ugly attitude in Kyoto this summer made almost everyone in the shogunate, including the shogun, extremely dissatisfied."

"There are many people in the shogunate who are extremely dissatisfied with the appointment of the ninja in Shiranui by the shogun."

"After Shiranui's ugly attitude in Kyoto was over, the call for'letting the ninjas in Shiranui go back wherever they fight" immediately rose a lot."

"The first time I performed the big task assigned by the shogunate, it ended in failure, and it was a ugly failure. The ninjas in Shiranui were also anxious."

"Following the'Nijo Castle Incident' of this summer, many shogunate lashed out on the grounds that the ninjas of Shiranui were inadequate and unbearable."

"In order to regain the lost reputation, Shiranui decided to send a ninja named'Gokutaro' under their command to participate in the upcoming'Prime Test Combination'."

"Take the first name of the martial arts test of'Imperial Test Combination' and prove their strength to those who attacked them Shiranui."

Hearing this, Mucun's brows slightly raised imperceptibly.

The information he heard from Hasegawa's mouth coincided with the information he and Asai discovered from Gokutaro's mouth at the Four Seasons House tonight.

While Hasegawa swallowed his saliva and moistened his somewhat dry throat, Makimura took advantage of this gap to intervene in:

"About Shiranui, I understand."

"But does Shiranuiri have something to do with what you just said, "I have something to do with Ichitosai Ogata"?"

"It's really related."

After speaking so lightly, Hasegawa cleared his throat.

"I just said that, right? There are quite a few shoguns who are quite opposed to including Shiranuiri as a ninja."

"After knowing that Shiranui was planning to use the'Gozen Test Combine' to restore their reputation, these officials who opposed Shiranui would naturally not sit idly by."

"And the method that these anti-Shiranui shogunate thoughts of preventing Gokutaro from getting a good place in the ‘‘‘Ozen Examination’ is to send a master to participate in the ‘Ozen Examination’.”

"Send a master to defeat Gokutaro in the'Osama Test Combo', and that Gokutaro will naturally not be able to win the first place in the'Osama Test Combo' martial arts test."

"So-the minister who came up with this method approached me who was in charge of the reform of the fire and thieves."

Hasegawa raised his right index finger and pointed at himself.

While pointing at himself, Hasegawa smiled bitterly.

"The members of my firefighter reform are considered to be one of the few elites in Japan who have both superb skills and rich combat experience."

"It can even be said-the army stationed around Edo to defend Edo is not even as powerful as my firefighter."

"If I don't know the details of Shiranui, my Huosuke Thief Kai is the strongest armed force in Edo at present-I am very confident about this."

Speaking of this sentence, Hasegawa's tone was tinged with a touch of pride.

"A common problem that the samurai nowadays often has is that they only wield the'Dojo Sword', not the real sword."

"Because of inexperience in actual combat, the holder of the "Improved All Legend" who only wielded the real sword in the air was defeated by the holder of the "Catalog" who had tried to wield the real sword in the air. See you a lot."

"These ministers who opposed Shiranui also knew that my Huosuke Rogue Kai was currently the most powerful armed force in Edo, and the team members had practical experience that most samurai lacked."

"So they approached me and asked me to send the most elite people under my command to participate in the'Prince Test Combination'."

"They told me-if you can't find a suitable subordinate to participate in the'Private Examination', you can also go to trustworthy and capable friends."

Hearing this, the tangled **** of yarn in Mu Cun's mind were combed one by one into clear parallel lines.

Makimura finally understood the meaning of Hasegawa’s first sentence, "I need to ask Ogata Ichitosai for something."

"It turned out to be like this..." Makimura let out a sigh, "You are planning to ask me and Ogata to participate in the'Prince Test Combination'..."

"Yes." Hasegawa nodded solemnly, "I have seen your skills in Makimura in Kyoto."

"I've seen a few masters who use Odachi."

"But these few masters who use Odachi swords I have seen are far inferior to yours."

"And Ogata Ichitosai is the most superb swordsman I have ever seen in the past 45 years."

"Mu Cun, I will not hide it from you."

"I plan to use the'human sea tactics'."

"At present, most of the elites of my firefighting thieves are not in Edo because they went to the Tohoku region to capture a murderous thief."

"Although most of the elite have left, there are still some fairly good people who stay in Edo."

"Among the subordinates who stayed behind in Edo, the strength is good. There is no need to do anything lately, and at the same time, there are about 4 people who are able to pass the first literary test in the'Prince Test Combination'."

Hasegawa stretched out four fingers.

"I plan to let all four of my subordinates participate in the'Imperial Examination'."

"At the same time, I will ask some friends who can ask and who are quite good. Let these friends of mine also participate in the'Prince Test Combination'."

"In a word-to mobilize all of my people who can mobilize to participate in the ‘Osaka Test Combination’, and vowed to prevent that Gokutaro from winning the first place in the ‘Oukaze Combination’ martial arts test.

When Hasegawa's words fell, Makimura's face couldn't help but a look of doubt appeared.

"It's better to let your subordinates participate in the'Prince Test Combination'. You are their boss. As long as you give the order, they will definitely not dare not follow it."

"But if you go to ask your friends to participate in the'Prince Test Combination', you might owe a debt of favor."

"You don't hesitate to do this to prevent that Gokutaro from getting the first name in the martial arts test of the'Gozen Test Combination'... Master Hasegawa, are you also one of the officials of the'Against Shiranui'?"

"...I'm not one of the secretaries of'against Shiranui.'"

Hasegawa shook his head.

"To be honest, I have always stayed away from this kind of political struggle."

"I don't know what will happen in the fire, I don't care at all."

"The reason why I will do this at all costs, and also to prevent Shiranui's attempt at the'Imperial Test Combination', is purely that those "opposing Shiranui" have offered me a reward that is hard to refuse."

"What?" Mucun said in a half-joking tone, "Did those people give you too much money?"

"You didn't stuff me money." A helpless smile appeared on Hasegawa's face. "Makimura, do you know the renju boarding ground I created?"

"I know." There was a serious look on Makimura's face, "Before I gave up being the power of Kyoto... About 3 years ago, I heard about Hasegawa-sama. Created by the people's foot boarding field."

"To be honest, I have always thought that the human football field you built by Hasegawa-sama is really good. There must be countless criminals who have been redeemed because of your human football field."

"3 years ago... That happened to be when I became the chief of the Huofu Thieves Reform and started to build the human foot court."

"It's a pity." Hasegawa smiled bitterly. "The operation of the Renju Yard is quite unsuccessful these days."

"The old man thinks that the income of my football field is much lower than the cost, and it is a waste of money."

"So I changed the way to put pressure on me, wanting me to close the renju depot, and put all the money used to operate the pedagogical depot into the construction of the firefighting thieves reform."

"I don't want to shut down the football stadium. I am also very distressed by the pressure that the old middle-aged man puts on me."

"And the shogunate of'Against Shiranui' promised me that as long as it can prevent Gokutaro from gaining the top spot in the martial arts test of the'Gozen Test Combination', he will lend a helping hand to me and assist me in operating the pedagogical field."

"There are many high-ranking officials among these ministers. With their help, my pressure is bound to be much smaller."

"In order to allow the Renfoot Stadium to continue to operate smoothly, I also decided to go all out."

Having said that, Hasegawa let out a few self-deprecating chuckles.

"...I understand the specifics." Makimura, who was still holding his hands around his chest, nodded, "Do we have to use this method to prevent Gokutaro from gaining the top position in the martial arts test?"

"Can't we use other methods?"

"For example, doing hands and feet in the'Imperial Test Combination'."

"As far as I know, it's more than 2 games, right?"

"First conduct a literary test, then a martial arts test."

"Only those who pass the literary test can do the martial arts test."

"You can try to use some means in the essay test."

"For example, deliberately giving Gokutaro some difficult exam questions."

"It made him unable to pass the literary test, and he didn't even have the qualifications to participate in the martial arts test."

Hasegawa shook his head as soon as Makimura's words fell.

"The'Imperial Examination' was personally managed by Matsubaira Matshinbu, who is an old man."

"For Shiranui, Matsuba Dingxin is neutral."

"Although I didn't pay much attention to the "Queen Examination", as far as I know-the old master attaches great importance to this "Queen Examination". No one is allowed to mess up the'Queen Examination'."

"There is a check by the old master, so it is impossible to prevent that Gokutaro from getting a good place in the'Own Trial Combination' by doing tricks in the'Private Trial Combination'."

"So..." Makimura showed a helpless smile, raised his hand and scratched his hair, "Hasegawa-sama, you still want to ask me to participate in the "Private Trial"..."

"I'm definitely unable to participate in the'Prince Test Combination'."

"I haven't even read the Four Books and Five Classics completely."

"I definitely can't even pass the first literary test."

"So I definitely can't help."

"As for Ogata brother..."

Having said that, the expression on Mucun's face became quite weird.

"Master Hasegawa, what am I supposed to say about you... You even plan to ask Brother Ogata to help you..."

"You are the chief of Huofu Thieves Reform."

"Brother Ogata only committed the felony of attacking Nijo Castle three months ago and causing Nijo Castle's castle tower to be burned down."

"As a Huofu thief changed to chief, you actually want to ask for help from the most murderous criminal in the country...Should I say that you are bold...or should I say that you are abnormal..."

As soon as Makimura's words fell, Hasegawa let out a few chuckles.

"Mucun, although I am the chief of Huofu Thief Reform, I don't know how many criminals I have caught."

"But don't you think of me as the kind of staid, inflexible person who can't tolerate a grain of sand in your eyes."

"You probably don't know what kind of person I was when I was young?"

"When I was young, I was a person who liked eating, drinking, and gambling, and always fighting with people on the street."

"Do you think it's possible for me like this to be a staid and inflexible person?"

"'When you should be upright, you should be upright, and when you should open one eye and close one eye, open one eye and close one eye"-this is my code of conduct."

"I can't imagine the consequences of missing the football field."

"I can't manage so much for the sake of the football field."

"Anyway, this is not the first time that I have joined hands with Ogata Ichitosai. I have already fought side by side with Ogata Ichitosai in Kyoto three months ago."

"Furthermore... What is it to ask Ogata Ichitosai to help..."

"It is necessary to build the fire payment thieves reform, but also to operate the people's footyard. The funds issued to me by the shogunate are not enough."

"In order to have enough money to run the Ningzao Yard, I did something bolder than asking Ogata Ichitosai."

"And I still do this now."

Hasegawa's face changed into a self-deprecating smile.

"What I am doing to raise money is really bold."

"If someone at the top of the shogunate finds out what I'm doing right now, I will be relieved of my position immediately, and I will have to apologize directly."

"But I have already been conscious and prepared for this."

After hearing Hasegawa's words, shock and astonishment climbed onto Makura's face.

"Master Hasegawa, what are you doing? It's all reached the point where you might have to apologize if you were discovered... You shouldn't be trafficking in human beings, right?"

"Who do you think of me? I don't know how to do this kind of dirty work." Hasegawa said grimly, "What I did was not such a wicked thing."

"But it's not something to brag about. So I don't want to tell you what I have been doing to raise money."

"Stop this topic."

"Return to the topic, Pastoral Village."

"Although some people say that Ogata Itosai has died in Nijo Castle, until now Ogata Itosai is dead or alive, and there are various opinions."

"But I think a character like Ogata Itosai who can be a thousand riders will never die like this."

"Ogata Ichitosai should be alive, right?"

Although Hasegawa’s sentence is an interrogative sentence, its tone is affirmative.

"Did Ogata Itosai come to Edo with you? Or is he in the Kanto area now?"

"If Ogata Ichitosai is in Edo or the surrounding areas of Edo, can you contact Ogata Ichitosai so that I can talk to Ogata Ichitosai?"

Looking at the sincere face of Hasegawa, Makimura, whose face was full of complex emotions, sighed slightly after being silent for a while.

"...Hasegawa-sama, you are right. Brother Ogata is not dead. He is still alive and kicking now."

"Maybe in a while, you will know the news that Ogata Ichitosai is active in a certain place again."

"But he is not in Edo, nor in the Kanto region."

"I don't know where he is now."

"After a goodbye in Kyoto, I never saw him again."

"He said he wanted to travel to the north, maybe he has already gone to Aizu clan now."

The pastoral village panicked casually.

Hearing Makimura's answer, Hasegawa's face showed a very obvious disappointment.

"Is Ogata Itosai isn't he nearby now... Well, that's fine."

"Then... Mucun, would you be willing to help me participate in the "Prince Test Combination"?"

"Master Hasegawa, did I just say that?" Makimura smiled wryly, "I haven't even read the four books and five classics."

"A person like me who hasn't even read the four books and five classics, even if he participates in the'Imperial Examination', he will definitely not even be able to pass the literary examination.

"That's it...oh..."

After letting out a long sigh again, Hasegawa leaned over and saluted the village.

"I'm very sorry for taking up so much of your time tonight."

"Where is it." Mucun hurriedly returned a salute, "I have more time anyway."

"If you want tonight, please don't tell outsiders. After all..."

Before Hasegawa's words were finished, Makimura immediately answered:

"I understand. I won't talk nonsense. Although even if I talk nonsense, I don't have anyone who can talk to..."

Hasegawa stood up slowly.

"Mucun, let me take you to the door of my Huofu Rogue Reform Headquarters."

"Ah, then I'll take your trouble. The headquarters of your firefighting thieves reform is quite big. If no one leads the way, I might really get lost."

After saying this witty remark, Makimura picked up his big sword and slowly stood up after Hasegawa.

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The timeline goes back to the present-

"Good fellow."

After Makimura finished talking about the details of the spy that he and Hasegawa had just now, the person who first said his thoughts was Asai.

"For this kind of political struggle, Hasegawa will definitely ask you to keep secret the contents of tonight's spy? As a result, you just came back from the Huofu Thief to change the headquarters, and you directly leaked the secrets to us."

As soon as Asai's words fell, Makimura said grumpily:

"Hasegawa did tell me he wanted me to keep it secret."

"I also promised Hasegawa: I will never talk nonsense."

"The content of my promise is ‘I won’t talk casually’."

"I will tell you the content of the spy. Isn't this counted in the category of'nonsense'?"

As soon as Makimura finished speaking, Mamiya said:

"You concealed the fact that Ogata-kun was in Edo from Hasegawa."

Makimura shrugged: "Without getting the permission of Brother Ogata, I won't disclose the whereabouts of Brother Ogata casually."

"Hasegawa-sama wants him to participate in the "Private Trial"..." Shimada murmured, "If you don't pretend, Ogata-sama can't participate in the "Private Trial" at all."

"As long as you report the title of'Ogata Ishi', you will definitely be surrounded by a bunch of officials."

"Hasegawa-sama must also understand this, but he even intends to let Ogata-sama participate in the'Prime Examination'. Is there any way he can help Ogata-sama in disguise?"

"Probably so." Mamiya answered, "Hasegawa-sama, after all, he is the chief of Huofu Rogue Reform. It is normal that he has one or two ways to help people in disguise."

"Um... I've been tempted to ask since just now." Ah Ding suddenly asked in a cautious tone, "What is that ‘Renfoot Reservoir’?"

"That's an amazing thing built by Hasegawa-sama three years ago."

Mucun replied.

"Three years ago, Hasegawa-sama, when he first took office as the new chief of the Huofu Thieves Reform, he opposed all opinions and built the Renfoot Hall."

"Renfoot Detention Center specifically detains those criminals who have been caught by their fire payment thieves who are less responsible, and then teaches these prisoners how to plan and how to keep accounts... In short, it is to teach these prisoners skills so that they have One skill."

"As far as I know, Hasegawa-sama’s original intention to build the human football stadium is to give these prisoners a skill to survive, so that after they are released from prison, they can rely on the skills they have learned in the human football stadium. You don’t have to commit a crime anymore."

"Hey..." Ah Ding exclaimed, "What a great idea..."

"I also think Hasegawa's idea of ​​letting prisoners have skills and not having to rely on crimes to earn a living in the future is great." Lin, who had been silent since just now, suddenly said.

"In this world where many samurai don't take the common people as human beings, there can be officials like Hasegawa who are sympathetic to prisoners."

"This can be considered a miracle."

Speaking of this, a faint smile appeared on Lin's face for a long time.

When Lin's voice just fell, Kuro, who was sitting next to Lin, answered:

"Although I have always found it annoying for Hasegawa, who is always chasing after the lord and my ass."

"But I still have to give a high evaluation to his behavior of constructing and insisting on operating the footyard."

Lin cleared her throat as soon as Mamiya's voice fell.

Then sternly said:

"Miba, thank you very much."

"We all understand what happened."

"A lot of ministers don't want to see Shiranuili... Well, this is expected."

At this moment, Asai interjected suddenly:

"...I think this might be a good opportunity."

A thoughtful look slowly appeared on Asai's face.

"Hasegawa's position in the shogunate is not small."

"If we cooperate with him, we can get some useful information from him."

"For example—the location in Shiranui."

"Hasegawa is a high-ranking official in the shogunate. He might know the exact location of Shiranui."

"If we can know the exact location of Shiranui from Hasegawa's mouth, it would save us a lot of trouble."

"Oh? Asai." Gen smiled, "Are you going to promise Hasegawa to let Ogata-kun participate in the "Osaka Test"?"

"It is not necessary for Ichitosai to participate in the'Private Trial Combination'." Asai said, "Hasegawa's purpose is just to let as many powerful people as possible participate in the'Private Trial Combination', so that Gokutaro can obtain a martial arts trial. The chance of first name is minimized."

"In that case, we can send someone else."

"On the condition that we can send other masters, cooperate with Hasegawa~www.wuxiahere.com~ and let Hasegawa tell him all the information he knows about Shiranui."

Just after Asai's words fell, Mamiya and others at the scene nodded in agreement.

At this moment, a voice faintly sounded.

"...I actually don't mind participating in the'Prince Test Combination'."

The speaker was Ogata, who was sitting cross-legged beside Amachi with his hands folded into the sleeves of Haori on both sides.

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