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on the coast—

"Miss A-machi, how is the situation now?" Sitting on a large rock, he asked A-machi who was beside him as he touched Asai, who was stroking his injured waist and abdomen with a pale face.

"..." A-ding opened a pair of beautiful eyes, staring at the sea in the distance.

After a long while, I saw A-ding suddenly clenching his hands that were hanging down naturally: "...The two ships... seem to have collided."

The second ship continued to move into the depths of the sea, getting farther and farther from the coast. In addition, there were thick rain curtains blocking the line of sight, so from just now, it was difficult for Asai and others who stayed on the coast to see the situation of the second ship— Except for A-machi.

A-cho, who has excellent eyesight, can still barely see the current situation of the second ship.

Therefore, Asai and the others can only know how the battle is going on the second ship's side by asking A-machi.

After learning that the two ships collided, Asai's lips pursed: "Didn't Hikki Maru escape the collision of Hulu Maru..."

A-cho had just reported to everyone: Hulu Maru suddenly rushed straight towards Hikari Maru. Therefore, after learning that the two ships collided, everyone on the shore was not very surprised.

"Miss A-machi, besides seeing two ships colliding, did you see anything else?" Asai asked.

A-machi shook his head gently and answered Asai with a gesture.

After A-ding shook his head, the shore fell silent, and no one spoke.

They can only stay on the shore, except to watch the second ship on the sea from a distance, there is nothing else they can do.

Everyone looked at the second ship in the distance, which was about to sink to the sea level, with different expressions.

Even if they can't see the specific battle situation, they can roughly imagine how intense the battle over the sea will be from the information that is currently known such as "two ships collided together".

A-ding, who was standing by the coast, was expressionless and calm now, but her pair of fists that were hanging down naturally and now clenched together betrayed her current state of mind.

The same is true for Asai - although at first glance, his expression is normal, but his tightly pursed lips have exposed his true inner thoughts.

If it is said: A-machi and Asai are still able to maintain their composure on the surface, then Shimada, Shibata, and Azhu can't hide the worry on their faces.

Especially Chuguang's sidekick: Shibata.

Since Hatsumi followed Ogata and others to attack the second ship, he has been pacing in place with a worried look on his face, without stopping.

Among all the people, only Xuan Zheng was still smiling.

Xuanzheng, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, immediately had a smile on his cheeks after hearing "the two ships collided" from A-Ming.

He assisted Ogata and the others just to add to the trouble for Toyotomi and to see that Toyotomi was unlucky.

For him, the news that the "two ships collided" seemed to be the news that Toyotomi had fallen **** mildew. It was simply good news.

"...Asai-senpai."

"Why?" Asai turned to look at Shimada who was standing behind him and whispered to him.

"I see you've been massaging your waist... Is the injury on your waist hurting now?" Shimada cast a worried look at Asai.

Both Asai and Shimada were injured in the battle in Osaka last night, and they couldn't move around for a while.

Asai's waist and abdomen were injured by the blast, and Shimada's leg was crushed by the collapsed beam. Both their waists and legs are now wrapped in a thick line of sackcloth.

"It's okay..." Asai said in a deep voice, "It's probably because I haven't had a good rest since last night, so the wound is just a little uncomfortable now. It's nothing serious, it won't die. It's you, isn't your leg hurting? Don't stand stupidly, find a place to sit down."

"...Asai-senpai."

"What else?" Asai turned his head again to look at this young junior who was not used to wind and waves, and was far from being able to be alone.

"I'm... so nervous..."

"What are you nervous about?"

"After I say it, don't kill me... I'm so worried about the lord, Master Yuan, what happened to them..."

"You're really annoying enough to be more positive..."

Click!

Asai's words were only halfway through, when he saw his face suddenly change, his waist was straight, he suddenly raised his left hand and grabbed the saber hanging on his left waist, making a crisp "click" sound.

Asai, who suddenly raised his hand to grab the handle of the sword and changed his expression, startled Shimada, who was standing behind him.

"I-I just said that I'm very worried about the lord and the others, so I won't draw a knife and cut me, right?" Shimada hurriedly stammered in a slightly aggrieved tone.

"Asai?" A-ding's eyes were also attracted by Asai's sudden commotion, she asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

"...There is a strange noise over there." Asai turned his head to the west of the coast with a sullen face.

A-cho: "Sound?"

Hearing Asai say this, A-Machi, A-Tzu, and the others perked up to listen.

However—no matter how they listened, they could only hear the sound of wind and rain.

"...Asai-senpai." Shimada said, "I didn't hear any strange noises."

"No..." His eyes had been fixed on the shallow well west of the coast since just now, and he stood up with a "huh", "I didn't hear it wrong... There is indeed a strange sound coming from that direction."

After saying that, Asai ran towards the west coast with the knife around his waist.

Seeing this, A-Ming and the others looked at each other for a while before hurriedly following up—the same one followed closely, as well as the unknown Xuan Zheng.

A group of people searched westward along the coastline.

After searching west for a while, the expressions on A-ding and the others finally changed slowly—they also gradually heard strange noises.

Whoa, whoa... the sound of something being dragged...

It was confirmed that Asai was not wrong, there was indeed a strange sound, and everyone immediately opened their eyes and looked around.

Finally—A Zhu, who was looking at a rocky beach in the distance near the sea, raised his eyebrows, and then reached out and pointed: "Something seems to be moving over there!"

After looking in the direction A Zhu's hand pointed, Asai frowned slightly, and then ran silently towards the rocky beach.

After approaching the rocky beach, everyone gradually saw what the moving "thing" A-Ming had just said was.

I saw two figures on this rocky beach.

One of the figures fell to the ground, and his body did not move, as if he had lost consciousness.

Another figure was standing beside this person, looking at the sea in the distance.

After getting closer and looking closely at the appearance of these two figures, everyone gradually saw their faces clearly.

The person who fell on the rubble and was in a coma was a girl who was quite familiar to A-cho and the others.

And the person standing beside this girl is a... quite familiar old man...

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- What the **** am I doing...

Jijiu asked himself this question in his heart while dragging Chu Guang, who had lost consciousness, to the shore.

After asking himself this in his heart, Jijiu let go of the hand that was dragging Chuguang and touched his neck.

It happened in the scene just now, passing quickly in front of his eyes—

After subconsciously flying to save Chu Guang who fell into the sea, Chu Guang showed him a proud smile of "the plan was successful", hugged him back, then took out a shuriken and stabbed him in the head...

Even with the strengthening of the "immortal power", a surprise attack at this distance... is a great threat to Yoshihisa.

Fortunately, after Chuguang's shuriken stabbed, Jijiu quickly tried his best to tilt his head to the side, narrowly avoiding Chuguang's attack.

Chuguang's shuriken only stabbed Jijiu in the neck due to Jijiu's dodging.

After the two fell into the water, they started a very exciting battle.

In the sea where there is no place to borrow and there is sea water as resistance, Jijiu's power has also been greatly weakened, and various actions have also been greatly restricted.

And he... didn't want to use too rude means on Chu Guang.

Therefore, in the face of Chu Guang, who was constantly struggling in his arms, trying to make up for the second blow, Ji Jiu spent a lot of effort to finally knock Chu Guang stunned, making him lose his ability to resist.

And when he successfully knocked out the first light - he was pushed by the turbulent waves, and was pushed to a place far away from Hikari Maru...

Gu Shao

From the time he fell into the sea until he successfully disarmed Chuguang's ability to resist, only 1 or 2 minutes had passed in total, but the current wind and waves were too great.

Even if it's only 1 or 2 minutes, it can be pushed by the wind and waves and can't find the north.

Even Jijiu couldn't swim back to the Hikari Maru against such a surging wind and waves while holding a comatose adult woman.

Let go of the first light and let her fend for herself in the sea! Anyway, she was just a traitor who betrayed me and only wanted to kill me wholeheartedly. She died when she died—that was what Jijiu thought in his heart at that time.

As long as Chuguang is released, without such a big burden, he can easily swim back to Hikari Maru and continue to support Toyotomi.

At that time... Jijiu really seriously thought about whether to let go of the first light for a long time...

But in the end, he chose - holding the first light and swimming back to the shore temporarily...

Compared with swimming back to Hikari Maru, swimming to the coast is undoubtedly a lot easier - because of the help of the waves.

Rihui Maru is not completely far from the coast, so the waves in the waters near Rihui Maru are all shot on the coast, and you can easily swim back to the coast with the help of the waves.

After swimming to the shoal where his feet could touch the ground, Jijiu pulled Chuguang's collar with both hands and dragged Chuguang to the shore.

When dragging the first light, Ji Jiu asked himself over and over again: "What the **** am I doing?".

—Am I actually... saving Chu Guang...?

He jumped and hugged Chuguang who fell into the sea. Instead of killing Chuguang in the sea, he dragged Chuguang back to the shore... Recalling the actions he just made... Unspeakable emotions , popped up in Jijiu's mind.

- I'm really... crazy...! It took so much effort to save such a person who has betrayed me...

After scolding himself for being "crazy" in his heart, Ji Jiu finally dragged Chu Guang away from the sea and onto a safe land.

-Okay... Next, let Chuguang fend for himself here by himself.

Ji Jiu lowered his eyes and stared at the first light at his feet with complex eyes for a while, then raised his eyes and looked at the second ship that was about to disappear from the rain curtain in the distance.

—I need to figure out a way to get back to the ship quickly...

—Lord Toyotomi... You must not die casually.

A pair of hands that hang down naturally are slowly clenched by Ji Jiu at this moment.

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(How? Jijiu, how are you thinking about the proposal I told you before?)

(… Toyotomi Nobuhide, you are really haunted. I have told you many times: don’t come?)

(Even if you drive me out 100 times, I will come for the 101st time, because I really want you to lead the entire Iga no Sato to cooperate with me.)

(Heh... In this case, let me reject you again: please come back, we will not cooperate with you.)

(Can you tell me the reason? Every time I asked you the reason before, you didn't give a detailed explanation. If you can't give me a reason that can convince me, I won't just give up the solicitation of you.)

(The reason why I didn't tell you the reason before was just to save you some face... well, since you want to know the reason so much, I'll tell you why.)

(Please say, I am all ears.)

(Don't you think 'Down with the Edo Shogunate and rebuild Toyotomi's world'—doesn't this kind of talk really absurd? Do you know how much power the Edo Shogunate had? Do you know how many troops and money the Edo Shogunate had? Do you? Do you see the tiny dead branches growing on that cliff over there?)

(Well, I see.)

(Do you think there is a way for a person to step on that small dead branch with both feet, but not break the dead branch?)

(Well...it's probably not possible.)

(That's right! Defeating the Edo Shogunate is like stepping on the dead branch with two feet, but not breaking it. It is impossible to succeed! Do you think I might bring my subordinates, It's completely impossible to do this with you... Hey! What are you doing! Hey! Come back!)

(Oh... After stepping on the dead branch with two feet, the dead branch broke immediately.)

(Are you crazy?! So good, why did you suddenly stretch your foot and step on that dead branch! If I hadn’t been quick-witted and grabbed you in time, you would have fallen off the cliff and died!)

(Hahahaha, it's really easy.)

(…what?)

(Jijiu, you see, although it is indeed quite difficult not to step on the dead branch, but ah - standing on the edge of the cliff, extending your foot to this dead branch, and taking a step towards the sky, it is not so much. It's tough.)

(…Hey, there must be a lot of people saying that you are out of your mind?)

(Hahaha, it is true that many people have said that I am a crazy lunatic.)

(...you are such a strange person...it's almost noon, come with me, I'll treat you to lunch, and after dinner, please come back.)

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Ji Jiu looked around, looking around to see if there was anything around him that could help him cross the sea.

But at this moment - out of the corner of his eyes, he suddenly caught a glimpse: on his right hand side, there are figures shaking.

Turning his head to look, the color of surprise immediately climbed up Ji Jiu's eyes.

"...Ha." Ji Jiu shook his shoulders and let out a low laugh, "Who am I talking about, it turns out... it's an accomplice of Kinoshita Genichi..."

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After seeing the face of the old man...that is, Yoshihisa, the expressions of A-cho and the others suddenly changed.

Not to mention Shibata, the "former Iga ninja", and Gensei, who was an important member of the Toyotomi clan.

All four of them, A-Machi, A-Tzu, Asai, and Shimada, participated in the "Battle of Ryusui Temple" in Osaka last night.

They all remember the old man in front of them.

Remember this old man... he is the leader of Iga no Sato with "the power of immortality" in his body!

The body immediately moved subconsciously - Asai and Shimada quickly pulled out the sword from their waists, and Azu also pulled out her wakizashi.

And A-Ming also put his hands into her arms, always ready to take out her pistol.

"Miss Hatsune!" Shibata shouted in horror at Hatsumi, who fell at Jijiu's feet.

At the same time as Yoshihisa was discovered, A-cho and the others also noticed the girl who fell at Yoshihisa's feet. It was Chu Guang who should have followed Ogata and the others on the battleship to fight against Toyotomi.

Although the distance is a little far away, I can't take a close look at Chuguang's current situation, but I can see that Chuguang's breathing is relatively stable, so I can be sure that she is not in serious trouble.

"Oh... Who am I talking about..." Yoshihisa glanced at Shibata, "Isn't this Shibata... Hmph, besides you... there is an acquaintance."

Ji Jiu raised his eyes slightly and looked at Xuan Zheng who was standing behind Shibata.

"...Xuanzheng, as expected, you told Ogata Ichitosai and Kinoshita Genichi the location of the dock."

Just now, when he saw that the old man standing on the shore was actually Ji Jiu, Xuan Zheng immediately showed surprise - but this surprise only lasted for a moment, and it turned into a meaningful smile.

"Long time no see, Jijiu." Xuan Zheng shook his shoulders, but he didn't smile, "I remember I told Toyotomi Nobuhide before, right? 'I can't accept stopping my research on the power of immortality no matter what.' ."

"I gave up everything I had."

"Status, money, status...and apprentices. I gave up everything to study the 'immortal power'."

"As a result - due to an order from Toyotomi, the research on the 'immortal power' was completely stopped."

The meaningful smile on Xuan Zheng's face slowly retracted and turned into resentment and hideousness.

"After knowing that Toyotomi would not restart his research on 'The Power of Undying', I made up my mind: I will never swallow my voice like this no matter what!"

"...It seems that I should have killed you, a guy who has nothing else in his eyes other than 'research'." Ji Jiu, whose face sank slightly, looked away from Xuan Zheng's body and moved Turning to A-cho and others, he looked at A-cho and others' faces one by one.

"...Heh, it's really just some of the faces...that I've seen at Longshui Temple last night."

After saying that, Jijiu stretched his hand into his arms.

From his arms, he took out his short gun that could be folded into several knots.

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The author wants to have a big chapter today, but it's a pity that I had to chat with a certain girl last night and today during the day, which delayed the time qaq

Gentle Township is indeed a hero mound.