I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Two days later, at night—

Because there was hardly any entertainment to do, after night fell, Ou Fang lay on his bed, closing his eyes and taking care of himself to pass the time.

"Ogata-kun, are you there?"

At this moment——Lin's voice suddenly came from outside the room.

Ogata, who hurriedly sat up from the bed, cast a suspicious look outside the door.

"Miss Lin?"

"Ogata-kun, is it convenient for me to come in now?"

At this moment, he is the only one in Ogata's room.

"Ah, please come in." Ogata said.

With Ogata's permission to enter, Rin slowly opened the door and entered the room.

"How is your body recovering after so many days of rest?" After entering the room, Lin, who was also wrapped in a lot of rags, smiled and greeted Ogata.

"It's alright." Ogata smiled. "The only fly in the ointment now is that I've been lying on the bed for too long, and I feel like my body is going moldy."

Ogata and Rin, who was sitting on his knees beside his bed, had a casual chat.

It wasn't until half an hour later that Lin cleared her throat.

"Ogata-kun, I came to see you this time mainly to tell you two important things."

Ogata raised his eyebrows: "Please speak."

"The first thing: I intend to entrust the heads of eight hundred bhikkhunis to you for safekeeping."

"Leave it to me for safekeeping?" A bit of surprise appeared on Ogata's cheeks.

After Lin nodded lightly, she continued:

"I have thought deeply about how to deal with the head of the eight hundred bhikkhunis for a long time these days."

"I think: the most suitable person to keep the heads of eight hundred bhikkhunis is Ogata-kun."

"First of all—the head of the eight hundred nuns was taken from Toyotomi Nobuhide after you defeated Toyotomi Nobuhide."

"So, from a legal point of view, the heads of the eight hundred nuns belong to you."

"Secondly... What a terrible thing the head of eight hundred nuns is, I think you should have a deep understanding of Ogata-kun."

Lin sighed lightly.

"If some unscrupulous people get this thing again... I really don't know what will happen."

"Therefore, it is most appropriate for the head of the eight hundred bhikkhunis to be entrusted to a person who is trustworthy and has enough strength to protect it from being taken away by others."

"After thinking about it like this, the only person who is suitable to be entrusted with this thing... is only Ogata-kun."

After saying that, Rin raised her sharp gaze towards Ogata.

"Ogata-kun, how is it? Are you willing to... keep the heads of eight hundred bhikkhunis?"

Lin's speech has always been concise, clear and to the point.

After briefly explaining to Ogata the reason why he wanted him to keep the heads of eight hundred bhikkhunis, he directly asked, "Would you like to?"

Hearing Lin's question, Ogata, who was slightly startled, raised his hand and scratched his hair with a wry smile.

"The head of eight hundred bhikkhunis... This thing is indeed something that needs to be properly kept..."

Ogata pursed his lips.

After being silent for a long time, he raised his firm gaze and looked at Lin.

"...I see. Leave the heads of the eight hundred bhikkhunis to me."

Hearing Ogata's firm reply, Lin's cheeks showed a gratified smile: "It's fine if you are willing to keep this thing, and in general, I can feel at ease."

"So, what about the second thing?" Ogata asked, "What is the second thing you want to tell me?"

"The second thing... is an invitation to you."

"invite?"

"These days, I've been asking Makimura to interrogate the gang of Yuemon and Gensei."

Lin said lightly.

"After being waterboarded for nearly half a month without interruption, the Yoemon people who were captured by us finally revealed all the information they knew about Toyotomi."

"Combining with the information provided by Xuan Zheng, who single-mindedly wanted to bring down the Toyotomi Clan, it can now be determined that the main stronghold of the Toyotomi Clan is located on the Osumi Islands in Ryukyu."

"Although Toyotomi Nobuhide is dead, his remnants still exist."

"It's not surprising that the force formed by that lunatic Toyotomi Nobuhide did some sensational things afterwards."

"Besides that, there is one more thing that worries me a lot."

"That's the 'human pillar' that Toyotomi threw into the river for experiments on Butterfly Island."

"There must be many people with impure minds in the Edo shogunate."

"If they find out that the 'human pillar' is the culprit that caused the tragedy on Butterfly Island, then no one can say what the Edo shogunate will use this 'human pillar' salvaged from the Butterfly Island."

"Therefore, for the sake of prudence, I think we have to try to recover the 'human pillar' of Butterfly Island first."

"That guy Xuanzheng is willing to help us unconditionally because he wholeheartedly wants to see the bad luck of the Toyotomi clan who lost him."

"And those people in Yoemon also succumbed to our punishment, and were willing to provide us with the help they could do on the condition of 'don't punish them again'."

"So, I decided to-"

After Lin said this, she paused, took a deep breath, and said each word, sonorously and forcefully:

"After everyone's injuries are almost the same, try to recover the 'human pillar' on Butterfly Island!"

"And after the 'human pillar' was successfully recovered, go to Ryukyu and completely destroy the remnants of the Toyotomi clan!"

And the 'human pillar' thrown into the river of Butterfly Island was recovered. "

"This afternoon, I've already asked Miss Azhu, Shibata, and Hatsumi... ah, no, it should be called Miss Ajiu now."

"I asked them yesterday if they would like to go with us."

"The two sisters' parents, who were taken hostage by Jijiu to control Ajiu, are still detained somewhere in the Ryukyu stronghold, so they are willing to follow us to Ryukyu and pursue the remnants of Toyotomi."

"Now... it's just you and Miss A-cho."

Rin raised her sharp gaze towards Ogata again.

"Ogata-kun, what are you... thinking?"

"Would you like to continue to cooperate with us to recover the 'human pillar' of Butterfly Island, and go to Ryukyu to destroy the remnants of Toyotomi?"

Facing Rin's sharp gaze, Ogata did not respond immediately.

Instead... he smiled first, and then said in a half-joking tone:

"Miss Lin, you really are a very selfless person."

"I am willing to sacrifice myself for this kind of thing that is not beneficial to me, but beneficial to the people."

"...I'm a businessman." Lin tilted her head slightly and stopped looking at Ogata, "Having a stable and peaceful environment is extremely important for a businessman like me."

"I just want to have a stable business environment for myself - that's all."

After saying that, Lin coughed a few times, and then looked straight into her eyes again.

"Okay, let's get back to the point."

"Ogata-kun, are you and Miss A-machi willing to make a scene with us again?"

After asking, there was a slight smile on the corner of Lin's mouth.

"..." Ogata pondered.

After a long time, he saw his lips slowly parting—

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5 months later—

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Kii, the island that the shogunate used to house the survivors of Butterfly Island—

"Master Zonghai! Master Zonghai!"

"Tataro, what's the matter?" Zonghai showed a gentle smile to the boy who was rushing towards him.

"Master Zonghai! I heard that the shogunate asked us to settle on this island from now on. Is this true?"

"This..." Zong Hai's expression changed slightly.

Zong Hai pondered for a while, and finally settled on the idea of ​​"he will know sooner or later, and he won't be able to hide it for long", and said softly to the boy in front of him:

"Well, that's true. The shogunate asked us who came from Butterfly Island to settle on this island from now on."

"There's nothing wrong with that. After all, we are still alive, and it is already a fortune among misfortunes."

Zong Hai tried to comfort the boy.

But no matter how comforted he was, the boy's expression gradually softened.

"I still want to go back to my hometown..."

Looking at the boy who had tears in his eyes, Zong Hai pursed his lips.

"Tataro, don't cry." Zonghai once again showed a gentle smile to the boy, "Well, I'll tell you the story of 'Yidaozhai Fighting the Demon Monk'. After listening to the story, don't cry anymore. already."

As soon as Zong Hai's voice fell, the boy's cheeks immediately turned cloudy to sunny:

"Story? Really?"

"Really." Zong Hai nodded with a smile, "Okay, if you want to hear the story, just stop your tears."

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Kyoto, the home of Fuuma——

"Master Feng! Here we are again!"

"Huh?" Feng Mo, whose back became more hunched, slowly walked out of the living room and looked towards the door.

Looking at the three female dolls standing at the door, all around 8 years old, Feng Mo said with a wry smile:

"Why are you here again..."

"Isn't that what you said before, Lord Feng? You can come back anytime if you want. Well, Lord Feng, hurry up and continue to tell us stories! In return, the three of us will help you clean up your home!"

"What I'm telling you is not a story!" Feng Mo feigned angrily, "These are all history! It's the real history that happened to me in the past!"

As soon as Feng Mo finished speaking, the three female dolls laughed and leaned back and forth.

"Master Feng! It's not like you blow bullshit. Could it be that what you said a few days ago 'single-handedly bravely entered the bandit camp and killed more than 30 bandits with one's own power' is also a history that really happened to you? ?"

"That's right." Feng Mo tried to straighten his chest, "Don't look at me now, I used to be very powerful."

Having said that, Feng Mo turned around and went back to the living room.

"Okay, if you want to hear me talk about history, come in quickly. It just so happens that I'm very busy today, and I have too much time to spend."

"Hahaha, that's just right! The three of us often come to listen to your storytelling, so you won't feel lonely anymore, Lord Feng!"

Looking at these three little girls, Feng Mo's face showed a helpless smile with a bit of relief and joy.

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Edo, Yoshihara—

"Why are you so courageous?"

Gua Sheng played with the wooden knife in his hand, and cast a contemptuous look at a middle-aged man who was **** with five flowers in front of him and had a terrified face.

"Dare to steal money in Yoshihara in the daytime, and it's the money of the wandering girl."

"I, I, I don't dare!" The middle-aged man kowtowed to Guasheng in fear and admitted his mistake, "I, I, I will never come to steal anything again! Please let me go! Let me go!"

As for the middle-aged man's begging for mercy, Guasheng is naturally ignoring it.

"First take him to the clubhouse and lock him up." Gua Sheng said to his companions, "When the officials from the Fengxing Office arrive, they will be handed over to the Fengxing Office."

Standing beside Guasheng, the officials from the Shirobei Club all shouted "yes", then swarmed up and escorted this middle-aged man to the clubhouse.

After the middle-aged man who had committed the crime was taken away, the melon let out a sigh of relief, then raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his face.

"It's so hot... Why is it already September, and it's still so hot..." Gua Sheng raised his head, staring at the blue sky above his head with an indignant expression.

"I really don't want to patrol in such weather..."

Guasheng sighed heavily, then silently retracted the wooden sword in his hand to his waist, and prepared to patrol Yoshihara again.

But at this moment, a very unfamiliar, thick male voice sounded from behind Guasheng:

"Good morning! Are you Miss Guasheng?"

"Huh?" Gua Sheng turned his head in confusion.

I saw that the person who stopped her just now was a strong man with a very free and easy character.

Next to the strong man stood a thin young man.

Whether it's this strong man or the young man standing next to the strong man, Gua Sheng doesn't know him.

"Excuse me, who are you?"

"My surname is Kazaka!" the strong man said loudly, "Recently, I am trying to write a puppet show with Goro Mashima as the prototype!"

"Because I heard that Goro Mashima was a good friend of you when he was working at the Shirobei Clubhouse in Yoshihara, so we thought of interviewing you! Collect the materials for writing!"

"Mashima Goro? Puppet show?" Guasheng's beautiful eyes widened in surprise, "...If it's convenient, you can tell me: Why do you want to write an Io...Ah, no, Mashima Goro is An archetypal puppet show?"

"Oh, of course!"

Kazaka briefly told Gu Sheng about their experience of fighting bandits in the Northeast with Goro Mashima, and why they made up their minds to write a puppet show based on Goro Mashima.

After knowing the reason, Gua Sheng's expression gradually became strange.

"A puppet show based on Goro Mashima..."

"Then you...you really asked the right person!"

The strange look on Gua Sheng's face gradually changed to a brilliant smile.

"I know a lot about Goro Mashima!"

"Anything you want to ask, just ask! I'm sure I know everything!"

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Edo, Yoshihara, see Umeya—

"Isn't the salary paid for working at the Shirohei Society in Yoshihara too low? In this case, when will I have to wait until I can raise the cost of being able to train as a warrior..."

Feng Chi Tai Fu jokingly said to the young man who was sitting behind her complaining:

"Five or six, if you don't have enough money, then stay here and work. I think you are also quite suitable for the job of guarding Yoshihara."

"Stop joking, do you think I'm like the kind of person who will stay in a small place like Yoshihara for the rest of my life?"

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Edo, in an ordinary private house——

Uncle Qing sat cross-legged in the living room, deftly assembling bird cages one after another with his hands.

"Hey! Keitaro! I have a letter from you!" At this moment, the neighbors shouted from outside the house.

Hearing this loud shout, Uncle Qing hurriedly bounced off the ground as if he had been electrocuted, and hurried to the door.

When he came back, Uncle Qing was holding a simple letter with a smirk on his face.

He opened the envelope, took out the letter inside, looked at the awkwardly written Chinese characters on the letter, Uncle Qing smiled dumbly:

"Komachi, has she started to learn to write Chinese characters... so ugly..."

Although every Chinese character written by A-Ming was so ugly that he couldn't bear to look at it, Uncle Qing still read it slowly, word by word, with relish.

After finally reading the last word, he reluctantly folded and put away the letter.

"Looks like Komachi has been doing well recently..."

Uncle Qing sat back on the ground, humming a cheerful little tune, while continuing to make the birdcage that he was going to sell tomorrow.

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Edo, the place where the Hofu thieves reformed——

Hasegawa has been so busy lately that he can't wait to split his body in half.

After returning to Edo, he immediately performed his duties as a shogunate official, and immediately reported to his immediate superior: Matsudaira Tadashin the whole story of his capture by the Toyotomi family, as well as information about the Toyotomi family. All intelligence.

Of course - it's optional.

He deleted all the content related to Ogata.

Hasegawa originally thought that Matsudaira would be quite shocked after listening to his report. After all, the news of "Toyotomi's blood is not cut off, and it will try to compete for the world again after a lapse of 200 years", no matter how I hear it, I feel sensational. ,Unbelievable.

But who knows - after the report, Matsudaira Toshin's performance... is quite calm.

Looks like he has long known about Toyotomi's existence and ambitions...

This made Hasegawa a little surprised and depressed...

He originally thought that after finishing the report "It will definitely scare Matsudaira Toshin", he would see some interesting expressions on the face of Matsudaira, who is usually expressionless...

After being given a little reward and getting a sentence from Matsudaira, "Thank you for your hard work", Hasegawa returned to his original identity and life - the officer of the Huofu thief reform, and the manager of the Hitoyoshi field.

He was just the officer of the Huofu thief reform, and was unable to intervene in the pursuit of Toyotomi. Therefore, after reporting to Matsudaira and doing everything he could, Hasegawa gathered his mind and concentrated as before. Invest in the work of Huopay thieves reform.

Recently, Hasegawa has not slept for two consecutive days in order to track down a gang of thieves from the northeast to the Kanto region.

While Hasegawa was lying in front of the desk, processing various documents——

"Lord Hasegawa! Someone sent you a letter!"

"Huh?" General Hasegawa lifted his face with dark circles under his eyes from the hard work for many days, "...Bring it here."

"Yes!"

After a while, a letter appeared on Hasegawa's desk.

After tearing open the envelope, pulling out the letter, and glancing at the letter, Hasegawa's brows involuntarily raised slightly.

"As expected, he wrote me a letter..." Hasegawa murmured with a strange expression, "Did you write a letter to thank me for helping him in Koyasan..."

Hasegawa glanced at the letter, folded it, and put it away.

For some reason, he always felt that the fate between himself and that young man was not over yet...

One day in the future, maybe we can meet him again somewhere.

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Edo, Edo Castle, the council room—

"Sir Matsudaira, why are you so worried?"

Ruonian sent Beichuan, and with a smile on his face, came to Matsudaira, who was leaning against the window and looking out at the scenery outside the window.

[Note · Ruonianzhi: The status is below the Laozhong, and he is specially responsible for assisting the Laozhong's official position]

Songping Dingxin glanced at him and walked towards Beichuan, smiling slightly.

"...Nothing, just lamenting that I haven't been able to find young people worth cultivating recently and I'm worried."

Having said that, Matsudaira let out a sigh of relief toward the window.

"Okay... It's almost time for a rest. Let's go back and discuss how to strengthen the military and how to investigate Toyotomi's movements."

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Edo, North Wind House specializing in selling Ezo goods——

Kondo Uchizosuke leaned against the corner, sat cross-legged, and scrutinized the saber in his hands.

"Kondo."

Sitting next to Kondo, Chiba Koemon, who worked together with Kondo in the shop, asked Kondo in a soft voice while wiping the "Statue of Nio" that the boss had previously bought and placed in the shop to ward off evil spirits:

"Why are you sitting there in a daze?"

"It's nothing. I'm just thinking about my master." Kondo sighed heavily, "I don't know how my master is now..."

"I thought you were thinking about opening a sword hall again." Chiba said lightly.

"Ah, I've been thinking about this too." Kondo grinned, "Sure enough, it's impossible to develop my natural sense of mind without opening a sword hall."

"Otherwise, if there are no disciples to pass on my swordsmanship, how famous I am to carry forward my natural Lixinliu is useless."

"I don't want my swordsmanship to be lost after only my generation."

"Moreover, after having apprentices, apprentices can also help to carry forward the natural stream of mind."

Having said that, Kondo glanced at the "Statue of Nio" that Chiba was wiping, and grinned again:

"It would be great if there were some apprentices under my sect who had such powerful titles as 'Benevolence' and achieved countless feats."

"In this way, my natural Lixinliu can become famous all over the world in one breath."

"...I think, instead of fantasizing about a 'King of King' under your own door, it is better to try to make yourself the 'King of King' who can make your swordsmanship famous all over the world in one breath." Chiba said silently. .

"Chiba, your speech is still as sharp as ever." Kondo laughed, "Chiba, I plan to leave Edo after working in this place for another 2 months, and start the warrior journey again, do you want to come with me? ?"

"...I'll think about it."

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Oshu, Kinno Town—

"Hello, are you Jiro Nishino?"

Nishino Jiro blinked a few times suspiciously at the old man in front of him: "I am Nishino Jiro, may I ask who you are?"

"I'm the half-assistant of Kyoto Shinmiya." The old man bowed to Jiro Nishino, "I had the honor to watch the Kabuki play, "Ichitosai", which was written by you a few days ago."

"I am very interested in the "Yidao Zhai" you edited, and I intend to put this play on the stage of Kyoto, so I came here specially to discuss this matter with you. I wonder if you are free now?"

Jiro Nishino froze in place as if he was petrified.

It was only after a while, when he came back to his senses, that he nodded with joy like pounding garlic:

"Of course you are free! Please come with me!"

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Sendai Domain, somewhere—

Luckily, one of the "Seven Guns of Xianzhou" that survived the war against the Red Moon Fortress almost half a year ago: Qiuyue Liqian, who worked hard to practice his marksmanship in his own courtyard.

——The next time I encounter Ogata Ichitosai, I will definitely defeat him!

Qiuyue, with the fire of fighting spirit burning in her eyes, raised the wooden spear in her hand again.

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Ezo Land, Red Moon Fortress—

The leader of the Red Moon Fortress: Chanup and the young people in the fortress are pushing a huge log.

Their goal is to do everything they can to repair the outer city wall, which had been bombarded with artillery in the previous war, before the coming of this winter.

When Canup stood by, wiping his sweat and letting his waist rest for a while, he saw his only son: Otonpuyi silently carrying wood.

Looking at Aotunpuyi, who no longer blindly believed in "the world of Heren" as before, but started to do something beneficial for the clan people down-to-earth, the corners of Canup's mouth curled up in a gratifying arc.

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Ezo land, somewhere—

"Sculucci! Wake up! Wake up!"

Sculucci removed the scarf that was over his face.

"Boss Alexander, what's wrong?"

During this time, Sculucci and his boss: Alexander's relationship was so good that he could not wait to wear the same pair of pants.

There is no other reason - after Skulucci piled up the huge reward given by the Red Moon Fortress in front of Alexander's eyes, Alexander's eyes narrowed with laughter.

Whether it was Sculucci stealing his treasured armor, or leading his troops to take part in the war in the Red Moon Fortress without authorization, all of them will be forgotten.

"It's nothing, just to let you know: the situation in Europe seems to be getting more and more tense, and the revolutionary movement in France is getting bigger and bigger. In order to strengthen the military and prepare for changes in Europe, we It is possible that he will be recalled to the country.”

"Recalling the country..." Sculucci put the scarf in his hand back on his face, "What a pity... I still want to explore this land for a while..."

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Ezo Land, Matsumae Domain, in a certain hotel——

Lin Ziping, who had just finished his solo trip in Ezo land, crouched down in front of the desk and wrote something on a thick stack of paper with a pen.

In the corner of the table is a piece of paper like the cover of a book, with 4 characters on it: Hai Guobing Tan.

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Kii, somewhere—

Banjing Zongxuan has been very depressed recently.

As a doctor who was sent by Matsudaira Tashin to study Butterfly Island, he has been working diligently in his research.

He recently got good news and bad news.

The good news is: after his research, he found that although the "cannibals" on Butterfly Island could not be killed, their internal organs were rapidly aging and depleting at a speed ten times that of ordinary people.

In this way, theoretically speaking: in just another 1 or 2 years, these "cannibals" on Butterfly Island will all die from organ failure.

Found the weakness of the "cannibals", they are not immortal - this is naturally great news.

And not long after the good news, bad news came suddenly...

A few months ago, they salvaged a female corpse in the upper reaches of the Linong River, where the people of Die Island depended for their survival.

This female corpse is quite strange, and the rate of decay is quite slow.

In his heart, he vaguely realized that this female corpse had a strange Banjing Zongxuan, and temporarily deposited the female corpse in the feudal city of Ji Yifan, preparing to wait for it to be freed up later, and then slowly start researching it.

But it didn't happen--a little over a month ago, a group of mysterious people suddenly appeared and attacked the castle of the Kii domain.

This group of thieves didn't stole anything - only the female corpse.

Who exactly stole such a precious research object?

Until now, no investigation has been made to find out why...

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Kii, Koyasan—

Perhaps this is the so-called luck of misfortune.

More than 3 months ago, a large-scale mountain fire suddenly ignited, and all the monks in the mountain believed that this thousand-year-old mountain fire would be destroyed by this mountain fire.

Fortunately, not long after the mountain fire started, the heavy rain that seemed to be downturned by the entire sea fell, putting out the mountain fire.

Although some buildings and cultural relics and books were destroyed by the wildfire, most of the collections in Koya Mountain were successfully survived by the timely heavy rain.

Many monks believed that this was the manifestation of the Buddha and defended the holy place.

The monks of Koyasan have recently felt that their abbot of Kongobu Temple, Master Qingyan, is a little strange.

Almost everyone thinks that the mountain fire that almost destroyed the entire Koya Mountain was caused by Ogata, but Master Qingyan insisted: There is not enough evidence to prove that it was Ogata Ichitosai's fire! It is too arbitrary to claim that it was Ogata Ichitosai who deliberately destroyed Mount Koya!

This is not the strangest thing.

The strangest thing is that when the shogunate later sent people to Koyasan to investigate the cause of the fire, it also believed that there was "insufficient evidence", and it was not enough to prove that the appearance of the mountain fire had an inevitable connection with Ogata Ichitosai~www.wuxiahere.com~ As a result, the "Koya Mountain Fire" was identified by the shogunate as "someone else deliberately did it, and it has nothing to do with Ogata Ichitosai".

According to some monks who are close to Master Qingyan: Master Qingyan has been making strange remarks from time to time recently that "Ogata Ichitozai may not be a commoner".

While making strange remarks, he also often goes in and out of the treasury where books are collected, and consults books related to "Appearance of Buddha Spirit" and "Tian Lei"...

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Omi, somewhere—

"Hey...Where are my stupid apprentices..."

The owner of the Ishikawa Sword Museum: Ishikawa soldiers and horses sighed as they looked at the seemingly endless mountain road in front of them.

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Osaka, Isshiki Kenkan——

The Isshiki Kenkan was unfortunately burned to a pile of rubble on the night when the Toyotomi army attacked Osaka, but after more than three months of reconstruction, the Isshiki Kenkan has returned to its original appearance, and the teaching of swordsmanship has begun again.

Compared with the past, there is only one difference - in a room on the second floor of the Ishiki Sword Museum, you can often see a beautiful figure sitting by the window, looking at the sky.

He seemed to be thinking about something.

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