Keep everyone waiting.

I really have been writing for a day today. When I write, my head is swollen, and I can't move it. I only wrote 2W4 in total, but not 3W-5W.

I couldn't finish writing all the climaxes either, because the plot volume was too large to finish writing, so I had to start off.

The reason is that I am always dissatisfied with writing, deleting and changing, changing and deleting.

Especially in this chapter, I can't always write the feeling I want.

I am not very satisfied with this chapter. If this chapter charges a fee, it always feels like cheating readers of money.

Therefore, I decided to broadcast this chapter of 1W4 characters [for free] without any money. It can be regarded as talking about my apologies, saying that 3W-5W is good, but only 2W4 is written.

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Not long after Sennosuke went to Edo--

Edo, the place where the Taifu was imprisoned——

The husband continued to hug his knees and curled up in the corner.

Wow...

The door sliding sounded slowly.

The husband hurriedly raised his head and looked in the direction of the door.

It was discovered that the person behind the sliding door was not the immortal helper, but a bald head.

After seeing the bald head, the three Iga ninjas who were in charge of guarding the taifu quickly got up to salute the bald head and greet him.

The bald head waved his hand and motioned to the three of them to exempt the ceremony. After moving his eyes to scan the room, he saw that the hands and feet of the wind chime were not tied, and he was puzzled:

"Huh? Why isn't the oiran tied up."

"It was Sennosuke's idea." Someone replied, "He said that since there are so many people watching, it is impossible for the Taifu to run, so he untied the twine on the Taifu."

"Xian's help?" The bald head looked around, "Where is the fairy's help?"

The three Iga ninjas looked at each other.

One of them replied after hesitating for a moment:

"He seems to have eaten his stomach and went to shit."

The three of them don't like Sennosuke much.

But because Xiannosuke's seniority and status are higher than them, the three of them didn't want to offend Xiannosuke too much.

When you have no absolute certainty that you can bring down your boss, do not tell your boss's secret lightly, otherwise you will be very troublesome later-this is an ironclad rule in all situations.

So after hesitating for a while, they still chose to take the initiative to cover for Xianzhizhu.

Knowing that Xianzhisuke was going to shit, the bald head nodded gently: "Forget it, it's fine, I don't care about the trivial matter of loosening the tie to the husband.".

After all, the bald head put on a slightly serious face, and then said seriously:

"There is a new task."

"Transfer the husband to another place."

As soon as the bald voice fell, the husband was shocked.

And one of the three persons in charge of guarding the husband wondered:

"Transfer? Where to go."

"Mountain." The bald head uttered a simple word.

But this is actually their code word.

"Mountain" means the base area in Shiranui.

"Everyone is acting." The bald head continued, "Let’s take a shortcut and go back. The two of you will tie up the Taifu again, and then go back to the mountain with me. You stay in this class of Senanosuke first, and tell him about the transfer. Then Come back with Sennosuke."

The bald head simply and clearly went through a series of commands.

The bald head's seniority and status are higher than that of Sennosuke, so after the bald head's order was issued, the three ninjas nodded quickly in response.

The two who were ordered to re-tie the husband and walked towards the husband numbly, put the hands of the husband behind her, and then tied them tightly.

Then one person escorted the husband, and the other walked to the side of the room and pulled the wooden floor of this place. The wooden floor was immediately pulled open like a door, revealing a tunnel.

Looking at the tunnel that suddenly appeared in front of him, the husband's face was full of astonishment.

The "shortcut" mentioned by the bald head is actually one of their secret words.

This dilapidated and abandoned residential house is actually one of their temporarily remodeled strongholds by the Iga Ninja.

Various escape routes were rebuilt-this is also one of the traditional skills of the ninjas, and the ninjas of Iga are extremely good at it.

They have been in Edo for a while. In order to make it easier to travel between Shiranui and Edo, they converted three abandoned houses into their strongholds.

The first stronghold is the place where they are currently imprisoning the husband.

The tunnel here connects their second stronghold-a deserted temple not far away.

The deserted temples also have tunnels built there. The tunnels of the deserted temples connect their third stronghold, a private house that is no longer inhabited in the outermost area of ​​northern Edo.

After exiting from the third base, it was located in the outermost area of ​​northern Edo, so it was very close to Shiranui.

Knowing the existence of these three strongholds, and knowing that these three strongholds are connected by tunnels, only Iga's ninjas, and Shintaro and others who are also Toyotomi's vassals, are lurking in Shiranui.

The bald heads and the two Iga ninjas who were responsible for re-binding the Taifu pushed the Taifu into the tunnel, and then recovered the raised wooden floor.

Only the Iga ninja who was in charge of waiting for Sennosuke's return was left in the hut.

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...

Sennosuke, who was immersed in the beautiful fantasy of being "praised by the husband" and "embraded by the husband again", returned to the base happily.

Then, as soon as he returned to the stronghold, Sennosuke was stunned.

Did not see the figure of the husband.

Only one of his companions remained in the stronghold.

Seeing Xiannosuke's return, his companion smiled with a faint sarcasm, and then said:

"You ran for nothing."

"When you first left here, a new task was issued. To transfer the Taifu to Shiranui, we will also leave here and return to Shiranui."

"Taofu and the others are probably out of Edo now, and they are almost in Shiranui."

Even though he had tried hard to control, Sennosuke's face still showed a frustration that was so obvious that it couldn't be more obvious.

Beautiful illusions such as "praised by the husband" and "embraded by the husband again" were completely shattered.

"Okay, let's go quickly." The Ninja Iga who stayed and waited for Sennosuke's return reopened the tunnel. "I just stayed here and waited for you to come back. Really, it took so long to come back..."

"I'll treat you to a good drink later..." Seninosuke let out a long sigh.

This person stayed here to wait for his companion and Sennosuke to enter the tunnel one after another.

Before leaving, Sennosuke did not forget to blow out the oil lamp in the room.

Sennosuke, who was walking behind, closed the wooden floor again.

The house returned to calm.

Only the thin smoke after the oil lamp was blown out was blowing in the wind...

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...

Ogata used the technique of "Shiranosuke" to keep a certain distance from Sennosuke, following him the whole time.

Although this person's hands and arms are very strong, it does not seem to be a good anti-reconnaissance hand.

He never noticed that anyone was following him all the time.

In this way, Ogata was brought to the stronghold where they used to imprison the Taifu--that is, the small ruined house where no one lives anymore.

After seeing Sennosuke walking straight towards the small ruined house, Ogata hid his body in the darkness, and then looked at the small ruined house carefully.

This small ruined house reminded Ogata of his previous home in the Hirose clan.

The same goes for his previous home in Hirose.

Small, dilapidated "single-family villa".

As soon as Ogata was about to approach the small ruined house, he saw that the light coming out through the windows of the small ruined house went out.

Ogata frowned slightly, speeding up a little bit, and at the same time he leaned in front of the small ruined house, and pulled out Dashaten with a gentle motion that made no noise.

Put your ear to the door of the room-no sound was heard.

The door was opened by a gap-there was no one inside.

——Gone?

After pulling the door open and wide enough for him to get in and out, Ogata stepped into the house.

After entering the house, Ogata found that this small ruined house was really similar to his home in the Hirose clan.

There is only one room in the whole house, and there is no distinction between halls and bedrooms.

There is only this entrance and exit in the whole house, and the only window is very small, and there is no entrance and exit for an adult male.

A big living person suddenly disappeared from the house, Ogata only thought of two possibilities-hiding on the ceiling, or running away through some secret passage.

Ogata checked the ceiling first-after all, if the man just hid on the ceiling, the threat would be great.

When he was in Kyoto before, he tried to jump off the ceiling and attack an enemy in a Nanban carcass.

Ogata drew out Oshaten's scabbard and stabbed the ceiling above his head with Oshaten's scabbard, checking little by little whether anyone was hiding on the ceiling.

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...

The tunnels they built by the Iga Ninjas are only half a person tall, and they can only travel with a cat's waist.

The cat walked fast with her waist down-this was a trivial matter for their Iga ninjas.

Sennosuke and his companion cat walked through the tunnel at a speed no weaker than straight waist running.

Soon, they both reached the end of the tunnel.

After reaching the end, the companion of Sennosuke who was walking in front pushed his hand up, pushed the wooden plank away from his head, and then jumped out of the tunnel along the pushed wooden plank into a small temple that had been abandoned. .

This is their second base built by Iga in Edo.

After coming out of the tunnel, Sennosuke and the others did not make any stop, quickly closed the tunnel entrance, and then ran towards the wooden Buddhist platform where there were no more Buddha statues.

Pushing hard at a place on the wooden Buddha stand, the wooden board immediately rotated like a revolving door, and another tunnel appeared in front of them.

This tunnel connects their third stronghold.

After coming out of the third base, we arrived at the outermost area of ​​northern Edo, very close to Shiranui.

Sennosuke and his companions stepped into this tunnel, and the ruined temple, which had made a little noise due to the presence of people, became quiet again...

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...

After checking all the ceilings, Ogata started to check the floor after finding that no one was hiding on the ceiling.

A big living person cannot disappear out of thin air.

Since there is no problem with the ceiling, there is only a problem with the floor.

Ogata stabbed the floor with Oshaten's scabbard little by little.

The bottom of the scabbard touched the floor, making a firm "pop" sound.

Until-when knocking on a certain floor, finally made a different sound: like knocking on the ceiling.

"Found..." After a soft mumble, Ogata leaned down and moved toward the floor.

Because he didn't know how the plank was opened, Ogata decided to make a miracle.

Ogata inserted Dashaten's blade into the place where this plank and the other plank were connected, and pryed hard—without prying open.

Change direction, and then pry again.

After changing the direction of the prying for the third time, with a "click" sound, the wooden board was pried open by Ogata, revealing a dark tunnel.

"There is still authenticity..."

Ogata's face became serious involuntarily.

No matter what you think of, people who create authentic people in such remote and inconspicuous places are not ordinary people.

After tightening the sleeves of his own Haori with a cuff, Ogata retracted Dashaten's scabbard, drew out the great freedom that is more convenient for wielding in the narrow space, and jumped into this half-person high tunnel.

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...

As soon as Sennosuke and his companions left, "new guests" came to the deserted temple.

"Ha...ha...ha...ha..."

Keitaro, who was carrying Lin Ziping on his back, panted heavily.

Shuntaro followed closely behind Keitaro.

Keitaro, who was leading the way, led Shuntaro towards a deserted temple.

After rushing into this deserted temple, Keitaro slowly slowed down, panting heavily, and whispered:

"Ha...ha...I finally got rid of the official post...ha..."

Because of Lin Ziping's "There is a thief", Shun Taro and Ke Taro have suffered.

If you don't carry other people on your back, throw off the official post and fly away-this is naturally a trivial matter for both Shuntaro and Keitaro.

However, Keitaro had to carry a Keitaro on his back.

Although Lin Ziping is old, his body is unexpectedly strong.

Huitalang carried Lin Ziping on his back, and naturally he couldn't make it faster.

So it took them a lot of energy to escape from Chengdong Prison, and until now, they finally got a little away from the officials who chased them all the way.

"Where is this place?" Shuntaro only took a short breath and looked around.

"This is one of the strongholds built by the ninjas of Iga in Edo." As Keitaro said, he walked towards the wooden Buddha stand not far away. "Here is a road leading to the northern part of Edo. Authentic, it's a shortcut back to Shiranui."

"Heh, I didn't expect you to hide such good things." Shuntaro sneered.

"In order to build the tunnel, we spent several months, and spent an unknown amount of money. During this period, we almost let the government find it because of the noise of digging the ground several times." Taro whispered, "Come with me, officials may come over at any time now, it's better to leave quickly."

They are just a little bit away from the official posts now, and they haven't completely shaken off the official posts.

Now the two of them could vaguely hear the footsteps of officials who were searching nearby.

It was only a matter of time for officials to find here.

Keitaro stood on the wooden Buddha stand.

Just when Keitaro was about to open the tunnel to the north of Edo Castle--

Click.

The wooden board not far away was lifted.

Ogata poked his head out like a mole in the "mole punching machine".

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...

Ogata didn't have anything to illuminate, so after jumping into this tunnel, he could only move forward in the dark.

Fortunately, there is no fork in this tunnel, as long as you keep moving forward and backward.

Ogata walked to the end of the tunnel in one breath.

At the top of the tunnel is a plank.

Ogata pushed hard and pushed it away.

After pushing the plank away and poking his head out of the tunnel, Xu Jian saw two men in black.

One of them, Ogata doesn't know him, and he is carrying an old man.

And the other person...Ogata's gaze was stunned for an instant after falling on him.

This Shiranui ninja with two swords on his back was only seen by Ogata more than 3 hours ago... Although his face was covered with a thin black cloth except for his eyes, Ogata had the confidence to assert I will never admit the wrong person...

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...

When Ogata, who appeared like a mole, looked at Shuntaro and Etaro, Shuntaro and Etaro were also looking at Ogata.

Three people stared at each other with big eyes.

Unlike Keitaro, who only had a surprise in his eyes, Shuntaro looked at Ogata, who was wearing a character mask and whose current identity was "Goro Mashima." In his eyes, there were other complex emotions besides the surprise.

After a brief stupefaction, Keitaro gritted his teeth, and then drew the shotgun from his back.

His mind is also a mess now.

An unfamiliar samurai suddenly emerged from their tunnels-this impactful picture made Keitaro's thoughts instantly messed up.

There are so many questions to ask this strange samurai.

Who is he?

Why come out of this tunnel?

How did you discover this tunnel?

Have the tunnels of other bases been discovered?

But he does not have this time now.

They are also anxious to return to Shiranuiri by the tunnel that leads to the north of Edo Castle in this ruined temple.

And these tunnels cannot be known to other outsiders.

So now there is only one option in front of Eitaro-to silence his mouth.

"Kill him!" Keitaro gave this command to Shuntaro concisely and then, holding the short spear in his hand, he slew towards Ogata.

Looking at Keitaro who had made it clear that he was coming to take his life, Ogata quickly jumped out of the hole. After resting his feet on the ground, he handed Ozayo, who had been holding on his right hand, to his left hand, and then pulled out with his right hand. Da Shatian.

Just like Eitaro has many questions now, Ogata also has many questions now.

For example, why are there ninjas in Shiranui here?

For example, where did the handsome young man I had been tracking just now.

However, when Keitaro stabbed at him with a spear, Ogata could only put these questions aside.

At the same time that Eitaro came to kill Ogata, Shuntaro after hesitating for a while also drew out the double knives on his back, following Eitaro.

clang!

Ogata's Oshaten and Keitaro's short gun collided heavily.

After only one match, Ogata judged that this guy with a big living person on his back was not a trash fish.

After opening Keitaro's short spear, Shuntaro's double knives swept the wind.

clang!

There was another sound of metal and iron struck, and Ogata used a large at ease, and at the same time received two of Shuntaro's swords.

The force that Ogata passed to Ogata's left palm along with Ogata was much stronger than the force that Ogata used to catch Keitaro's short spear just now and then passed it to his right palm.

Feeling this tyrannical strength, Ogata couldn't help feeling a sinking heart.

——Sure enough...

At this moment, Shintaro had the same feelings as Ogata.

After seeing Ogata catching his two knives with only one arm, and feeling the shock force transmitted to the palm of his hand, Shuntaro's eyes continued to glow with surprise.

Keitaro also carried Lin Ziping on his back, which was extremely inconvenient to act, so he took the initiative to act as an auxiliary attack. When Shuntaro confronted Ogata, he watched the timing to launch an attack on Ogata.

Ogata fought against Shuntaro and Keitaro at the same time with one enemy and two.

Being an opponent with 2 miscellaneous fish, and being an opponent with 2 masters, the pressure on people is completely different.

If Eitaro hadn't carried a big human on his back, then Ogata thought he would definitely fall into a hard fight.

But at the moment when Eitaro's strength is limited due to a big living person on his back, even if he is rivaling the two at the same time, Ogata can stay in the limelight in a short time.

Ogata danced Oshaten and Ozaza in his hands impermeably, stopping every attack of Shuntaro and Keitaro one by one, and waited for the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

After setting Shuntaro's sword again, Ogata frowned slightly involuntarily.

I wonder if it is Ogata's illusion.

He always felt that the current offensive of the "Dual Knife Man" was not as aggressive as when the two of them first met more than three hours ago.

If the current offensive of the "Twin Blades" is as aggressive as when the two of them first met more than 3 hours ago, then Ogata felt that this one-to-two battle would be a lot harder for him.

As soon as Ogata pushed Shuntaro away, Keitaro on the side looked at the timing again and waved the short spear in his hand again, stabbing Ogata's flanks.

Ogata used the step to escape the stabbing of Eitaro, and then flew a kick at Eitaro.

Ogata's calf swept across Keitaro's belly, and Keitaro showed pain on his face, and took a few steps back quickly before he could barely stabilize his figure.

Just as Keitaro backed away, Shuntaro killed him again.

clang!

Ogata placed Oshaten and Ozazai in an "X" shape to block the double swords that Shuntaro had cut.

The two of them were holding knives and wrestling with each other.

Ogata used a bit of strength, and Shuntaro regained his strength.

Ogata had already used 70% of his strength, and Shuntaro could not let down the wind.

Looking at the "Two Swordsman" who was close to him, Ogata's eyes showed mixed emotions.

In the first confrontation more than three hours ago, Ogata cut the black cloth on the face of the "two swordsman" with a single knife.

Although only half of his face was seen at that time, Ogata still keenly realized that it was a face he knew.

Ogata wasn't sure at first.

But now, after getting closer to the "Twin Swordsman" and seeing the familiar eyes of the "Double Swordsman" exposed outside the black cloth, Ogata finally made sure.

I have determined who this "double-knife man" is...

Keitaro, who had just stepped back because of being kicked by Ogata, rushed towards Ogata again.

Looking at the spear head that was stabbed at him again, Ogata could only pour his strength into his arms and pushed Shuntaro away in front of him, then jumped back, avoiding Keitaro's gun.

Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da...

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps from far and near outside the temple.

You can also vaguely hear such a shout.

"Hey! There seems to be a strange movement in the temple!"

"It seems to hear the sound of swords colliding!"

"Quick! Go there and have a look!"

Hearing these shouts and these footsteps, Keitaro's face went dark.

After gritting his teeth, Keitaro shouted to Shuntaro:

"Can't stay! Withdraw!"

After all, Keitaro took out a pill-like thing from his arms. After throwing it heavily on the ground, a cloud of smoke was immediately blown up.

The thick white smoke separates Ogata from Shintaro and Etaro.

The smoke was so thick that it instantly blocked Ogata's vision.

Ogata subconsciously wanted to pursue it, so he heard a series of "crashing" sounds.

It's like the sound of iron pieces falling to the ground.

Hearing this voice, Ogata's pupils shrank slightly, and his feet that had already been lifted stepped back.

Ogata recognized the sound of "crashing".

It was the sound of Saling being thrown to the ground.

Before heading to Edo, Amachi built some new weapons at the gourdaya headquarters in Owari.

Among them is Saling.

Amachi has introduced Saling to Ogata. According to Acho, Saling is a prop used by their ninjas when they retreat. If they throw Saling on the ground, if the enemy is not paying attention, they will end up with a pierced foot. Use with smoke bombs.

After obstructing the enemy's vision with smoke bombs and making the enemy unable to see the ground, he threw Saling on the ground.

People who are not familiar with the ninja's tactics often stupidly continue to rush forward under the smoke, and then the soles of the feet are pierced by Saling on the ground.

Amachi also demonstrated the usage of Saling to Ogata.

At that time, when Amachi was showing Ogata how to use Saling, the sound of Saling falling to the ground was exactly the same as the falling sound of the "crash" that Ogata had just heard.

Because his vision was obscured by the smoke, Ogata couldn't even see the ground under his feet, so he stood in place until the smoke cleared, and did not dare to act rashly to avoid stepping on Saling.

After the sound of saling fell, Ogata heard the sound of the window being opened.

After the smoke gradually dissipated, Ogata could no longer see Shintaro and Etaro.

I only saw a window on the opposite side that had been closed open.

Because of Ogata's hindrance, Keitaro gave up escaping through the tunnel and took Shuntaro to escape the temple by jumping through the window, away from the officials who were about to be killed.

From Ogata's front to the opened window, the road was covered with gleaming Saring.

Looking at the sharp thorns of Saling facing upward, Ogata couldn't help but draw the corners of his mouth.

Fortunately, he reacted in a timely manner just now. After hearing that it was the sound of Saling being thrown on the ground, he stood in place and did not move before his vision was restored.

If he had just chased him recklessly, his feet might have been pierced with a few salings, and then he would not be able to walk normally in the next few days.

Cautiously avoiding these salings, came to the opened window, and looked out in the direction of Ogata-shuntaro and Keitaro were no longer visible, and he probably fled somewhere.

Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da...

The footsteps outside the house became denser and closer to here.

In addition to the sound of footsteps, Ogata also heard the crash of some equipment.

Ogata is also familiar with the clash of these instruments.

It was the sound of the big and small traps on the officials' bodies coming together.

Ogata was tired of hearing this kind of voice before in Kyoto.

So just hearing the crash of this equipment, Ogata knew that it must be officials who came.

Although I don't know why there were officials here in such a timely manner, Ogata knew that he should also withdraw.

If an officer catches him, there will definitely be a lot of trouble. Just asking why he is here may be able to interrogate until dawn.

Ogata did not choose to jump out of the window.

Because he knew there was a better escape route.

"Are you going back the same way again..."

Ogata said softly in a helpless tone, while jumping back to the tunnel he had just drilled out of.

As soon as the tunnel gate was built, officials and officials swarmed into the deserted temple.

Looking at the deserted temple, the officials looked at each other with a dazed expression.

They clearly heard the sound of someone fighting here just now.

"Look! There are many strange things on the ground!" An officer pointed at the salings on the ground.

"Quick! Look around! I just heard someone fighting here!"

At this time, Ogata, who was hiding in the tunnel, could clearly hear the movement outside the tunnel.

Ogata was not sure whether these officials could find this tunnel, so he decided to leave here quickly and return to the dilapidated cabin.

But before returning to the original path, Ogata lowered his head and glanced at his palm.

The palm of his hand still retains the shock sensation that had been transmitted to his palm after he received Shuntaro's slashes again and again.

"It's amazing..." Ogata couldn't help muttering softly.

——I don’t know who is stronger after he and I are fully fired...

This thought appeared in Ogata's heart as if he had his own life.

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When Ogata and Genichi separated--

Edo, Yoshihara——

After arriving at the fire site, Genichi found Shiro Biebe.

His cheeks and clothes were scorched black by the smoke of the flame. Shirobei, with a thick linen tied to his left arm, was standing alone next to a house that had been burnt to charcoal, looking at this place in front of him. I don't know what I'm thinking about a house that has become coke.

"Shiro Biebe." Genichi Genichi specifically lowered his voice, calling Shiro Biebe's name in a voice that was so low that he couldn't hear his original tone.

After hearing someone calling himself, Shiro Biebe was taken aback, and then turned around quickly.

Because Genichi changed his voice and covered his face with a tengu mask, Shiro Heibei did not immediately recognize Genichi.

It wasn't until Yuan Yi walked to him and he looked at Yuan for a long time before he looked surprised.

"It is you."

Many of Genichi's enemies have come to Edo now-this information was told to Genichi by Shirohei.

Because of this, Shiro Biebe is very careful not to call Genichi's name. After all, there are still many people walking around here.

"I heard that there was a big fire here in Yoshihara, so I came to see you. I heard that your left arm was burned. There is nothing serious, right?" Yuanyi patted his left arm.

"It's just a minor injury. The medicine has already been taken. Just rest for a while."

After that, Shiro Biebe turned his gaze back to the house in front of him that had been burnt to charcoal.

Genichi walked to the side of Shiro Hebei, followed Shiro Hebei and glanced at the large group of coke that was once a house in front of him, and whispered:

"It's so miserable..."

"Yeah..." Shiro Biemei sighed, "It's too miserable. The statistics have come out. 42 houses have been burnt down... The specific property losses are still being counted."

"Suddenly, dozens of families were left homeless."

Yuan Yi tightened his lips and turned his eyes.

Not far from him, a man and woman who seemed to be a husband and wife knelt in front of a ruin with only dark wooden blocks, hugging each other and crying.

There are many similar pictures.

Many people who originally lived here were silent or weeping in front of the ruins of their homes.

Their homes were either destroyed by flames or forcibly demolished during fire fighting.

Those whose homes were destroyed by the fire were generally not compensated by the shogunate.

Occasionally, some symbolic symbols may be given, but they have not been given in these years.

The shogunate has also been very difficult in recent years. There are various natural and man-made disasters. Even people who want to compensate for their homes destroyed by flames have more than enough energy.

"...When I was 16 years old when I left the domain and started to travel around the world, I have seen this scene many times."

Genichi murmured softly in a tone like talking to himself.

"Whether it is peace or war, the hardest things will always be the civilians."

"...I miss it a bit." Shiro Biebe smiled, "I almost forget when you last said such serious words."

"I've always been serious." Yuan Yi responded with a half-joking tone.

"Shiro Biebe-sama!"

At this moment, an officer rushed towards Shiro Bingbei.

"It has been counted how many houses have been demolished!"

"Yeah, very good." Shiro Biebe nodded slightly, then turned to look at Genichi, "Thank you for coming to see me, I'm fine. I'm still very busy now, so I can't entertain you well. Later After time, let’s retell the past together."

"Yeah." Yuan nodded, "Pay attention to rest, don't get tired."

"My body is still tough." Shiro Bingbei smiled.

Saying goodbye to Shiro Hebei, Genichi turned and left.

——I don’t know if Ogata-kun is still at the Umeya, or if he has already returned to the inn...

Yuan Yi said in secret, while slowly walking towards Yoshihara...

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Edo, outside Yoshihara, Kanagawa Chaya——

"Bill, please."

After drinking a total of 5 bottles of sake, the one-eyed old man finally said other than "one more bottle of sake."

This sentence is also the favorite of every businessman.

The owner immediately greeted him with a smile on his face and reported a number.

The one-eyed old man didn't talk too much nonsense. He took out the money bag and gave enough money, and then took the bag of dried sweet potatoes he had just bought and got up and walked out of the shop.

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...

Genichi passed through Yoshihara's gate and boarded the road outside Yoshiwara that connects to the gate, the Fifty Genichi.

Almost at the same time, the one-eyed old man walked out of the woven-li tea house beside the fifty-one road.

If you draw a straight line in the direction that the two people's faces are facing, the two people's straight line can form a right angle.

An old man about the same age as him walked out of the tea house not far away, and suddenly appeared in his field of vision-Yuan glanced at the one-eyed old man consciously.

It was this subconscious glance that caused Yuanyi's face behind the hidden mask to appear full of astonishment and shock.

This is a face very familiar to Genichi.

And it's the kind of face that will never admit it.

Because he was too shocked and shocked, Yuan Yi's footsteps were all subconsciously halted.

"The Flame Demon..."

Yuanyi whispered, spit out the word, his tone was full of surprise.

Yuan Yi saw the one-eyed old man, but the one-eyed old man did not see Yuan Yi because of his vision.

After getting out of the tea house, the one-eyed old man turned his body without any hesitation and walked away from Yoshihara.

Looking at the one-eyed old man who had already walked away, Yuan Yi meditated for a while before moving his feet again and following up...

...

...

The one-eyed old man carried a bag of dried sweet potatoes in his left hand, put his right thumb in the belt around his waist, hung his right hand from his waist, and walked slowly forward.

Yuanyi followed this one-eyed old man all the way.

The appearance of the one-eyed old man was like walking aimlessly.

After walking down a quiet path without the sound of insects, he finally stopped.

then--

"The guy who has been following me."

While talking, he turned his head and pierced his sharp eagle-like gaze behind him.

"Show up."

"I advise you to show yourself obediently. I don't have to work hard to catch you. You can also suffer less physical pain, which is good for you and me."

When the one-eyed old man turned his face around, Yuanichi hurriedly hid in an alley next to him.

But as soon as he hid in this alley next to him, he heard what the one-eyed old man said.

——Has been discovered...

A bit of helplessness appeared on Genichi's face involuntarily.

Tracking others in a busy city, and tracking others in a quiet place where no one is around-the difficulty between the two can be said to be very different.

Tracking an average ninja, and tracking a top ninja in the world,-the difficulty between the two is equally different.

If it is in a noisy place, such as Yoshihara in the evening, Genichi is still somewhat confident that he will not be discovered by the old man when he is stalking the old man.

Regrettably, there is not even a half-person figure here, so Yuanichi had already prepared himself to be found out a long time ago.

Seeing that he had been discovered, Yuan Yi walked out of this alley frankly because he had been mentally prepared early.

At this time, the tengu mask on Yuanyi's face had not been removed.

Looking at Yuanichi walking slowly out of the alley, the one-eyed old man frowned and stared at Yuanichi's face still wearing a tengu mask.

Before the one-eyed old man asked Yuan Yi's identity aloud, Yuan Yi raised his hand a step in advance to poke into the mask on his face.

"It's been a long time, Balrog." Yuan Yi took off the mask, revealing his wrinkled face like the one-eyed old man.

"Yuan Yi...!" The pupils of the one-eyed old man instantly shrank like pinholes.

While the one-eyed old man stared at Yuan Yi's face, Yuan Yi also stared at the one-eyed old man's face.

After just coincidentally ran into the one-eyed old man who came out of the Biankachaya outside Yoshihara, Genichi instantly recognized it-it was the 12th-generation Eye Balrog in Shiranui who had a lot of grudges with him.

Just now had time to take a closer look, and now after carefully examining the Balrog for a while, Yuanyi couldn't help but sighed: Balrog is as old as I am...

The last time I met with the Balrog, it was the time when Yuanyi boarded Shiranuili alone 10 years ago to mediate the dispute between Shiranuili and Fengmozhi.

10 years ago, Yuanyi was 54 years old, and Yan Demon was 55 years old.

Compared with 10 years ago, the two of them have the same appearance changes—the wrinkles on their faces have increased, and the hair or the beard on the chin is no longer black.

However, the overall appearance did not change much, so Yuanyi could recognize the Balrog at a glance.

"...It's really been a long time since, Yuanyi." The Flame Demon looked up and down Yuanyi several times with a complicated gaze, and then sneered, "Compared with 10 years ago, you seem to be a lot older."

Source One: "Each each other."

"We really have a terrible fate, we can meet here by chance. I didn't expect you to be in Edo now."

"As soon as I saw you, I felt the pain in my left eye." The flame demon raised his right hand and stroked the vertical scar in his left eye. "Even if more than 40 years have passed, you blinded me. The knife in the left eye is still fresh in my memory."

"Although my left eye is gone because of your cut, I still have to compliment you-that cut is really beautiful, it was one that I couldn't catch no matter what."

"...You seem to be very calm." Genichi said in a calm tone, "I thought you would rush up to me with an angry face after seeing me."

Genichi very much agrees with the statement that the flame demon just said "the two of them have a terrible fate".

Although on the surface, Yuanyi was having a casual chat with the Balrog, after appearing from the alley, the muscles of Yuanyi's whole body were actually tight all the way, ready to fight at any time. ready. It's like a carnivore that jumps up at any time to slaughter its prey.

If you ask Yuan to make a list and write the names of all the enemies he has encountered in his life, Yuanyi will definitely write the names of the Balrogs.

More than 40 years ago, when both of them were young people in their early 20s, the two began to grudge.

From knowing the Flame Demon to the present, Yuanyi has forged two great hatreds with him.

The first big hatred was that when a deadly battle broke out with the Balrog, he slashed the left eye of the Balrog. This battle was very dangerous, and Yuan almost died. He entered at the most critical juncture. After reaching the "Selfless Realm", Yuanyi turned the tide of the battle in one breath and slashed the left eye of the Balrog with a single blow.

It's a pity that after slashing the left eye of the Balrog, the Balrog was rescued by his companions who rushed to it later, and Yuanyi at that time didn't have the strength to pursue it.

That was the first time that Yuanyi entered the "Selfless Realm". Because this battle was very meaningful, Yuanyi recorded the battle in every book of the Second Blade of Selflessness that he wrote by himself.

The second great hatred was that 10 years ago, Genichi forcibly intervened in the dispute between Shiranui and Fengmazhi, causing Shiranui to miss the opportunity to kill Fengmao who would have caused them huge losses in Shiranui.

Both of these two hatreds were picked up at random, and they were enough for the Balrog to drew his sword and rushed up to cut Yuanyi's grudges desperately.

The appearance of the Balrog at this time was unexpectedly calm, but Yuan Yi was a little surprised.

"You know me very well. If I met you a few hours ago, I would definitely not be able to talk to you so peacefully."

"But now..."

Speaking of this, the Balrog fell silent.

A strange smile appeared on his face.

After being silent for a while, the flame demon slammed towards a dark alley next to it.

"...Genichi, this may be the last time we two have met."

"I don't know why, I really want to find someone I know to say something that I have been holding back in my heart."

"Come and chat with me."

Before Yuan Yi responded, the Flame Demon took the bag of sweet potatoes in his hands and stepped into the dark alley.

Looking at the Flame Demon who turned and walked towards the alley, Yuan Yi frowned.

His brows and eyes were filled with surprise and doubt.

And Yuanyi hesitated for a moment, then followed closely.

After following the Balrog into this dark alley, Yuan Yi kept on guard throughout the entire process to prevent possible sneak attacks by the Balrog.

After entering the alley, the flame demon walked all the way to the approximate middle of the alley, then leaned against the earth wall and sat down on the ground.

When Yuan Yi entered this alley, the Flame Demon said to Yuan Yi in a half-joking tone:

"It's really unexpected. I thought you wouldn't come over. After all, you didn't have a reason to come over and listen to me."

"I am also very surprised now." Yuanyi said softly, "The leader of the dignified Shiranui would go out for a drink in the middle of the night. Moreover, he would even invite me, a mortal enemy, to chat."

Just now, Yuanyi had already smelled a faint odor of alcohol on the body of the Balrog.

"To each other." The Flame Demon sneered, "I didn't expect that Genichi, you guy, would happen to be in Edo right now."

"What are you doing in Edo?"

"Are you here to watch the'Imperial Examination'?"

"Or simply came to play?"

"Or... are you here to find our trouble in Shiranui again?"

"Come to you trouble in Shiranui?" Yuan said silently, "Why do you say that?"

"Because every time I see you, you basically come to us for trouble in Shiranui."

"The last time I saw you, you came to mediate the war between us and the Wind Demon, and caused us to miss the opportunity to kill the **** of the Wind Demon."

"We just moved the base to Edo at Shiranuiori, and you have appeared in Edo. It is very difficult for me not to suspect that you are here for trouble."

After all, the Balrog untied the dried sweet potato in his hand, twisted a sweet potato, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed.

"If you are here to trouble us Shiranui again, then you are really lucky."

"Now there is an unprecedented weakness in Shiranui."

"Fast is tomorrow, slow is a few days later, there should be news that the 12th generation of Balrog in Shiranui has passed away, and who will succeed him as the 13th generation of Balrog, right?"

"The 12th generation of Balrog has passed away?" Yuanyi raised his eyebrows. "Aren't the 12th generation of Balrogs talking to me in great spirit now?"

The Flame Demon smiled.

"About... 1 month ago."

"I found that one of my capable subordinates was a little weird."

"As for which of my subordinates, I won't say anything."

"When I found out that there was something weird in this subordinate, I became more mindful. For more than a month, I have been using Shadow Warrior frequently."

"Shadow Warrior?" Yuanyi exclaimed in a low voice, "Do you still have a Shadow Warrior?"

Kagemusha-During the Warring States period more than two hundred years ago, Kagemusha was popular.

Every big name will look for people with similar appearances as their stand-ins to protect their lives. This type of lord stand-in is called a shadow warrior.

It is said that Tokugawa Ieyasu has several Kagemusha.

After entering the peaceful Edo period, there is still a habit of using Kagemusha.

Not only the daimyo will look for the shadow warrior, even some wealthy businessmen will also look for the shadow warrior.

"I have always had a shadow warrior. I just never tell anyone. After all, once people know that they have a shadow warrior, the shadow warrior is useless."

Balrog said softly.

"In order to train my shadow warrior, it took me a lot of effort."

"It took me almost a year to find someone with almost exactly the same appearance."

"After finding someone with a similar appearance to me, it took me a lot of effort to train him."

"We must first let him have the same scars as mine, and let him practice ninjutsu, so that he can have muscles similar to mine."

"But it's worth the effort. The shadow warriors trained are almost the same as me, regardless of their appearance and temperament."

"In the entire Shiranui, no one knows that I have a shadow warrior, and no one can separate me from that shadow warrior."

"In this period of more than a month, except for very few occasions, most of the time, my shadow warriors showed up in front of everyone."

"My deity has been lurking, waiting for my subordinate to expose himself."

"Just tonight, my subordinate finally showed its feet."

"He poisoned my food tonight."

"But the person who eats poisonous food is naturally not me, but my shadow warrior."

"And now everyone in Shiranui thought I was dead."

"Now, the body of'I' is probably being placed somewhere in Shiranui."

Genichi has been listening quietly.

Hearing this, Yuanyi couldn't help but interject.

"Since your subordinate has come out, why don't you show up and catch him right away?"

"That's what I planned."

The smile on Balrog's face became more and more weird.

"I was going to be like what you just said, after he came out, he showed up, and then he and his comrades who were trying to poison me were pulled out in one breath."

"But after my shadow warrior was poisoned and I was nominally dead, I suddenly changed my mind."

"I think it would be nice to let me die in name just like this!"

The Balrog's tone gradually began to excite.

"In this way, I can just leave Shiranui!"

"Don't be a fire demon anymore!"

"Don't worry about Shiranui!"

The volume of these three sentences of the Balrog is higher than one sentence.

When he said, "Don't worry about Shiranui," the corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising.

And Yuanyi frowned at this moment.

At this time, the Balrog, like a child showing off his new toy like a friend, continued to say with excitement:

"Thirty years ago, the former Balrog held my hand and told me-'I will leave it to you in Shiranui.'"

"In addition to the previous generation of Balrog, there are many people who had a good relationship with me at the time, and they all said similar things to me."

"The previous generation of Balrog has a kind of nurturing to me."

"I don't want the previous generation Balrog to be disappointed."

"I don't want my friends to be disappointed."

"In order to live up to their expectations, I have been working hard since I became a Balrog."

"I single-mindedly wanted to revitalize Shiranui."

"But within a few years, I found out."

"The age of the ninja-long gone."

"There is no place for a ninja now. No matter how hard I try, it is impossible to revitalize Shiranui."

"But I have taken the position of Balrog, shouldering the expectations of so many people, and I can only continue to bite the bullet and do everything possible to revitalize Shiranui."

"Genichi, I don't know if you know what it feels like to have been doing an impossible thing."

"That feels very tired!"

"And this kind of thing, I have done a full 30 years!"

"I—I'm already tired of things like revitalizing Shiranui!"

"Rejuvenate Shiranui? Don't be kidding! Now it's not the troubled times of the Warring States period, and there is no place for us ninjas! How can we revitalize Shiranui!"

The words of the Flame Demon were almost roared.

It seemed that I wanted to vent the stubbornness and hard work I had squeezed in my heart for 30 years.

"So after my shadow warrior was poisoned, I didn't choose to jump out immediately to find out the subordinate who betrayed me."

"I think this is a good opportunity."

"It's a good opportunity to unload the Balrog's position without paying attention to anything in Shiranui!"

"So I decided to take this opportunity to leave Shiranui."

"No longer pay attention to everything in Shiranui."

"After leaving Shiranuiri just now, I came to Edo and found a tea house that was still open. I drank a few cups, and then I ran into Genichi you."

After that, the Balrog breathed out.

Then he patted his chest.

"These words... I held back for a long time..."

"Now that I say it in one breath, I feel much more comfortable in an instant..."

"...So that's the case." Yuanyi said softly, "Is this the "words you kept in my heart" you told me just now?"

"Yes." The Flame Demon grinned, "Yuan Yi, I feel very happy now, I feel like the big rocks that have been on my body for decades have been removed."

"Extremely happy."

"I am free at last."

"I have decided now. I want to go to Kansai first."

"Before I became a Balrog, I once saw a very beautiful maple forest in Kansai."

A faint memory of memories appeared on the face of the Balrog.

The smile on his face also changed a little.

Just now, the smile on Yan Demon's face was filled with excitement and excitement.

But now, the smile on Balrog's face was only a faint soft color.

"I always wanted to see it again."

"It's a pity that not long after discovering that extremely beautiful maple leaf forest, I chose the Balrog and worked for Shiranui for 30 years. I never had the opportunity to see it again."

"I'm going to take advantage of this chance of finally being free to see the maple forest that has been gone for more than 30 years."

"I now even start preparing the dry food needed for travel."

The Balrog patted the package of dried sweet potatoes in his hands.

"So-Genichi, I don't care what you came to Edo for."

"If you came to Edo this time really to make trouble for Shiranui, then just do it with you."

"Just don't trouble me."

"I don't want to intervene in anything related to Shiranui anymore."

"I don't know what will happen in the fire, I don't want to worry about it anymore."

"I've done enough, it's time to set me free."

Genichi has been listening quietly.

After the call of the Balrog fell, Yuan Yi said softly:

"The reason why I followed you just now was to see if I could settle the grievances with you while you were alone."

"But now, it seems unnecessary."

"There is no longer the 12th generation Balrog."

"Now there is only... an old man who has long been exhausted by the'expectations of the people'."

Hearing this sentence from Yuan Yi, the Flame Demon was taken aback for a moment.

Then there was a meaningful smile.

"Is it an old man who is tortured and exhausted by the'people's expectation'... This sentence is very good in general."

After all, the Flame Demon stood up.

"I've been holding it in my heart, but I haven't been able to find what the object said. I've finished speaking."

"There is nothing to talk about between me and you."

"We should never see each other again~lightnovelpub.net~ Never see again, Yuanyi."

The Flame Demon didn't say much farewell.

After a few simple words, he took the dried sweet potatoes in his hands and walked slowly towards the other end of the alley.

Yuan Yi did not speak, nor moved.

Only silently watching the flame demon leave.

Let the Balrog's back figure become smaller and smaller in his field of vision.

Just like what Yuanyi said just now--there is no more Balrog.

There is only one old man who has been exhausted by the ‘people’s expectations’.

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