I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan - Chapter 673

The latest website: “Looking for…Ogata Ichitosai?” Hatsumi was taken aback.

“Ogata Ichitosai is a character that Toyotomi-sama personally ordered to kill him.”

Ji Jiu retracted his gaze from Chu Guang’s body and cast it back out the window.

“However, the current siege against Ogata Ichitosai is not going well.”

“Ogata Ichitosai’s strength far exceeds our expectations.”

“Yoemon and the others have searched up and down the river where Ogata Ichitosai fell into, but they haven’t found any trace of it until now.”

“If you let him escape from Osaka, it will be troublesome. If you want to find him again, I don’t know where to look.”

“So I decided to call out some ninjas to join the search for Ogata Ichitosai.”

“And Chuguang, you are one of the people who have been added.”

“Good job, Chuguang.”

“If possible, try to make some achievements.”

Ji Jiu paused at this moment, and then turned his eyes from the window to Chu Guang again.

“A lot of people have criticized you recently.”

“What did you say, ‘Chuguang was raised by Lord Jijiu, and he was personally taught by Lord Jijiu, but he has not achieved much until now’.”

“Although this kind of gossip makes me feel very harsh, but I have to admit – they do have a point.”

“Since you officially worked for the organization a year ago, you haven’t achieved much.”

“Let you disguise as a musician, lurking in Osaka, and have never obtained any particularly valuable information for the organization.”

“You are my closed-door disciple. It would be really disgraceful if there was nothing to show for it.”

“So you have to give me your best tonight and do your best to make some achievements.”

“In this way, those idlers who like to chew their tongues can also be a little quieter.”

“Try to prove to these idlers that you don’t have a pretty face for nothing.”

Ji Jiu, who had always had a cold and expressionless face, now the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and a little smile appeared in Ji Jiu’s pupils as the corners of his mouth were upturned.

“Yes!”

Chu Guang buried his head low, and said respectfully and loudly.

“I will definitely live up to my mission!”

Ji Jiu waved his hand towards Chu Guang.

“Okay, let’s go down and do something to search for Ogata Ichitosai.”

After Chu Guang shouted “Yes” again, he got up and left.

As a result, when she just took a few steps back, Ji Jiu suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly stopped Chu Guang.

“First Light, wait.”

Chu Guang, who did not know why, knelt down on one knee again.

“‘I dispatched some ninjas to join the search for Ogata Ichitosai’, don’t let that crazy woman know.”

Ji Jiu raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.

“That crazy woman just came to my place to make trouble…”

“What do you want to join in the search for Ogata Ichitosai, and want to be loyal to Toyotomi-sama quickly.”

“It’s really funny… She’s a lunatic who knows nothing but murder, and if she were to search for Ogata Ichitosai, the only thing she could do would be to be a disservice.”

“Anyway, don’t let her know that I have sent more people to search for Ogata Ichitosai. If you let her know, she will definitely come to me again.”

Hearing Ji Jiu’s words, a slight smile appeared on Chu Guang’s face.

“Yes, I understand.”

“Yeah.” Ji Jiu nodded lightly, then waved to Chu Guang again.

This time, Chuguang was not suddenly stopped by Ji Jiu, and walked out of Ji Jiu’s room very smoothly.

After Hatsumi left the room where Yoshihisa was, a dramatic scene appeared—

The first light that had been smiling all the time just now, the smile on his face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Changed back to the original expressionless appearance.

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The first light that came out of Jijiu’s room, he walked quickly in the direction of leaving Longshui Temple.

When turning into the only way to leave Longshui Temple, Chu Guang’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Because at the end of the road ahead, she saw her old partner: Shibata.

At this time, Shibata was dressed as Iga Manin.

And this is what he was.

Shibata is a member of the Iga Ninja. When Hatsumi was lurking in Osaka as a musician, he always played the role of “the bodyguard of the first artist in Osaka”, assisting Hatsumi from the side.

He is the true partner of the first light—both in appearance and in substance.

Shibata was talking to a middle-aged man and a man with his right arm hanging from his chest at this moment.

The two who were talking to Shibata also knew Hatsune.

The former is the owner of the Osaka Yuanming Pavilion: Yagi Yachiro.

The latter is a powerful young swordsman named An Yun.

Both of them have a common identity: they are both from the Toyotomi Army.

Probably no one can think of it – the famous sword hall Yuanmingguan in Osaka is the base camp of the spies of their Toyotomi army.

A large number of spies from the Toyotomi Army pretended to be apprentices of Yuanmingguan and lurked in Osaka.

As for the two of them, Chuguang had heard of the embarrassing incident that the two of them had encountered a few days ago, and they received a task a few days ago – in the four major buildings of Osaka’s Yuanmingkan, Quanbingkan, Shimurakan, and Isshikikan. In the “big trial” jointly held by the sword hall, the people in the whole military hall and Shimura hall were well humiliated.

This task was given by the commander-in-chief of their Toyotomi Army: Nobuhide Toyotomi personally.

And the reason why such a task was issued is also very simple-

The first-generation owner of the Quanxingguan Pavilion fell to the ground two hundred years ago when the Toyotomi family was in danger.

The current owner of the Shimura Pavilion frequently speaks out against Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who created the “World of Toyotomi” 200 years ago in public and in private.

Toyotomi Nobuhide was unhappy with seeing these two sword halls, so he decided to humiliate them in a large-scale event such as the “big trial match”.

The reason is that simple.

Such a task, in the eyes of the first light, is full of the style of Toyotomi Nobuhide’s madman – doing it casually. Part of the task is completely based on one’s own temperament and mood.

Shibata was also involved in this mission at the time.

During the time he was lurking in Osaka with Chuguang, Shibata has always held two roles: he is responsible for acting as Chuguang’s bodyguard and helping Chuguang, and he is also responsible for acting as a disciple of Yuanmingguan, providing services for An Yun and others. assist.

Because Shibata was also present on the day of the mission, Hatsumi heard the details of the mission through Shibata’s mouth afterwards.

As far as the result is concerned, An Yun and the others have succeeded in this mission – but the price paid is slightly higher.

With her high strength, An Yun successfully humiliated both Quanbingguan and Shimurakan in full view, but her right collarbone was broken due to various accidents later.

Chuguang had heard that An Yun had a mission of “trying to sneak into the prison, cooperate with other companions inside and outside when the battle tonight, and break through the Osaka prison”.

In terms of importance, it is clear that this task is far more important than the task of “humiliating the entire military building and Shimura building”.

An Yun’s superiors seem to have also told An Yun that the task of humiliating Quan and Zhijianguan is very important, but it must be ensured that the task of “revolting in the prison later” will not be delayed.

As a result… Just because the right collarbone was broken, An Yun’s mission of “lurking in prison” was declared a failure in advance…

After seeing Shibata, there were a few rays of thought in Chu Guang’s eyes.

The light of these thoughts flickered in Chu Guang’s eyes for a while, and then slowly turned into a firm color.

“Shita, you came at just the right time…”

After muttering in such a low voice, Hatsumi hurried towards Shibata.

After the distance between Shibata and Shibata gradually narrowed, Chuguang, with his excellent hearing, slowly heard the conversation between Shibata and An Yun.

“Mr. An Yun, I was shocked when I heard you say that you wanted to challenge that Isshiki during the ‘big trial match’.”

Shibata smiled wryly.

“I thought at the time: Is the mission information I received incomplete? Our mission shouldn’t include humiliating the Isshiki Sword Hall.”

“Hey, don’t mention it.”

An Yun pouted.

“I have experienced hundreds of battles, but I have played very few times with the ‘women swordsman’.”

“So after I came to Osaka, I always wanted to compete with the famous Isshiki Hana.”

“And at that time, didn’t I happen to have a mission of ‘lurking in the Osaka Prison, preparing to cooperate with the outside world tonight and break the Osaka Prison’.”

“So I thought about killing two birds with one stone: challenging Ishiki and then hurting Ishiki.”

“In this way, I can have a good fight with Isshiki, and after injuring her, it is logical to be sent to prison for hurting people.”

“Unexpectedly…”

An Yun glanced at her chest, which was thickly wrapped in sackcloth, and the right arm hanging from her chest, and twitched the corners of her mouth.

“…Okay, let’s not chat anymore.” An Yun, who was irritable, scratched her hair with her only left hand, “Shita, I have something to do, so I’ll go first.”

Shibata: “Well, see you later.”

After saying goodbye to each other, An Yun and the others left quickly, and Shibata turned around to leave.

And just as he turned around, he saw the first light running towards him.

“Ah, Miss Chuguang.” After seeing Chuguang, Shibata immediately greeted Chuguang with a smile on his face.

“Shita. Why are you here?” Hatsune asked Shibata right away, “Shouldn’t you be running around in the streets of Osaka now?”

What Shibata was in charge of tonight, Hatsumi remembered clearly—responsible for searching for Ogata everywhere.

Shibata was one of the “eyes” of Toyotomi’s army scattered all over Osaka.

After announcing the launch of “Project B” to surround and suppress Ogata, Shibata was one of the first ninjas sent out to find Ogata.

“I accidentally got hurt…” Shibata let out a shameful dry smile, then lifted the clothes on his left forearm, revealing the sackcloth that tightly wrapped his left forearm, “I just searched for Ogata Ichitosai in the southwest of Osaka.”

“In the end, Ogata Ichitosai didn’t find it, but instead encountered a group of ronin.”

“Osaka is in chaos now, and it also gives many bad people an opportunity to take advantage of.”

“The ronin I encountered were such rotten people.”

“Now many residents are scared to flee by the fires in various places in Osaka. They seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do evil and broke into various shops to loot their belongings.”

“I really can’t see their evil deeds, so I went to teach them a lesson.”

“You also know that my fighting ability is not very good.”

“Although I successfully taught them a lesson, I accidentally injured my left arm.”

“So I came back here to heal my wounds, and I just bandaged the wounds.”

“So that’s how it is… Shibata, it’s time for you to come back.” Chuguang raised his hands and patted Shibata’s shoulders.

Afterwards, Hatsumi looked around and confirmed that there were no outsiders around, she lowered her voice, and with a volume that only she and Shibata could hear clearly, she was just transferred by Yoshihisa to join the search for Ogata. , told Shibata succinctly.

“Shibada, listen carefully, you are now working separately with me.”

Chu Guang complained in a deep voice as if he was chanting some magic spell.

“I am now pretending to follow Yoshiku’s order and leave this Ryusui Temple and go to find Ogata Ichitosai.”

“And you will leave here one stick of incense later than me.”

“We’ll meet at Miss Ishiki later.”

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-Well…

Resting against the wall, Ogata slowly opened his rock-heavy eyelids.

The first thing that catches his eye is a wooden Buddha statue that has been wiped clean.

The Buddha statue sat quietly on the altar, watching Ogata with calm eyes.

After staring at the Buddha for a while, Ogata closed his eyelids again, and then secretly said in his heart in a joking tone:

—I always feel… I seem to have a lot of fate with the Buddha…

Ogata is now in an abandoned Buddhist temple.

An abandoned Buddhist temple that he had just visited a while ago.

After the battle with Yoemon was interrupted by the shattering of the wooden bridge under his feet, he fell into the turbulent currents under the bridge.

Misfortunes do not come singly. When he fell into the turbulence, his head accidentally hit the bridge pier.

Ogata’s condition was already poor. After a heavy blow to his head, his body was finally overwhelmed and Ogata temporarily “slept in”.

His sleep didn’t last long.

When he was about to float to the bottom of the river, he finally woke up faintly.

Even though he was asleep, Ogata’s hand was still clenching the sword.

Ogata inserted the severely damaged knife in his hand into the bank next to him, and used it as a fulcrum to drag himself ashore.

After landing, the first word that popped into Ogata’s mind was – heavy.

The body was so heavy that it was difficult to even stand up.

To give a visual example… it feels like every muscle in the body is several times heavier…

If – before falling into the turbulent flow, Ogata’s body state was -30, then his current body state is -80.

Even the exhaustion after the war could not make his physical condition worsen that much in one go.

The only reason Ogata could think of was that the “undead poison” was at work.

This “undead poison” attack is different from previous attacks everywhere.

In all the previous episodes of “Undead Poison”, there has never been such a situation that Ogata’s physical condition deteriorated so much in an instant, like an explosion in one breath.

Ogata opened his shirt and looked at his upper body.

He thought he must have had more skin turned purple.

But the result was beyond Ogata’s expectations.

The purple skin has not changed, but has become less.

The area has been reduced by about one-fifth.

However, although the area has decreased, the color seems to have darkened slightly.

Ogata had no idea what was going on with his body now.

The constant pain and bloating that came from the depths of his head also made Ogata’s thinking extremely difficult, making it difficult for him to think seriously.

Ogata has no time to think about his current situation.

He is now in a state where he struggles to stand up, and no matter what, he can no longer compete with a strong enemy.

Right now, the only way Ogata could think of to break the situation was to find a place to hide first, and then take action when the “undead poison” did not erode the body so seriously.

Using a knife as a cane, he dragged his heavy body away from the river bank.

After walking for an unknown distance, Ogata suddenly felt that the surrounding scenery was strangely familiar…

Turn your eyes, look around, and try to remember.

After several attempts, he finally remembered when he had been here.

On the day of the “big trial”, in order to thank Ogata for all the help she had given her, Isshiki introduced her “secret base”, an abandoned Buddhist temple, to Ogata.

And this place happens to be near Isshiki’s “secret base”.

Perfect hiding place – found.

The remote location of that Buddhist temple made a deep impression on Ogata, and it was an excellent hiding place.

Ogata was exhausted by that time, and he continued to walk forward, and most likely he could not find a better hiding place than the abandoned Buddhist temple. So he didn’t think too much – headed straight for the abandoned Buddhist temple.

He was lucky.

Ogata did not encounter a single enemy during the two sections of the road from the river bank and to the abandoned Buddhist temple.

He turned over the window very smoothly, entered the Buddhist hall, and began to rest against the wall.

He wanted to take a rest to restore his physical condition. But until now, there is no sign of improvement.

Ogata raised his hand and rubbed his brows vigorously, struggling to perk up his dazed spirit.

Although his current situation is extremely bad no matter from which point of view, Ogata does not have too many negative emotions such as annoyance and annoyance on his face.

At this time, Ogata, with a smile on his face, said in his heart in a playful tone:

—Thinking about it carefully… It’s not like I’ve never felt this kind of unpleasant feeling all over my body before…

—On New Year’s Day this year, when I was in the hotel room with A-cho until dawn, my whole body was feeling very uncomfortable.

The Buddhist temple where Ogata is hiding now is extraordinarily quiet because of its remote location.

But the silence… was broken by a sudden sound of footsteps.

clap clap clap…

Outside the Buddhist hall, there was a sound of footsteps approaching the Buddhist hall at an unhurried speed.

Ogata’s expression suddenly became solemn, and he quickly grabbed the knife beside him.

As soon as the knife started, the only unlockable window diagonally opposite Ogata was gently pulled open at the same moment.

A shadowy figure entered the Buddhist hall along the window.

Looking at the shadowy figure entering through the window, Ogata’s original expression as if he was facing a great enemy was immediately stunned.

Also stunned, there is the master of this beautiful shadow.

A look of astonishment appeared on Ogata’s face at first, and then the astonishment quickly turned into astonishment.

“Isshiki…Miss…?”

“Yidaozhai…sir…”

Ogata opened his mouth and was about to say something else—

puff.

Qianying’s owner…that is, Isshiki threw away the small package she was holding in her arms, UU reading www. uukanshu.com leaped into Ogata’s arms with a single stride.

“Ichitosai-sama…” Ishiki Hana buried her face deep in Ogata’s chest, regardless of Ogata’s wet clothes.

Ogata clearly felt that the clothes on his chest were being moistened with warm tears.

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The author feels a sense of relief now—after so long, it is finally coming to the penultimate climax of the book, and at the same time it should be the biggest climax. It’s not easy…QAQ

Can any book friends guess why the purple skin on Ogata’s body will not increase but decrease?

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