Kyoto, the home of Fuma——

In the hall, Ogata and the three people sat opposite Fuma.

In the middle of the two sides were the tea that Fuuma had just served and the Kyoto confectionery that Ogata had just bought as a meeting gift.

Azuki, who was sitting on the right side of Ogata, was a little reserved because it was his first meeting with Fuuma, and his body felt huddled together while he was kneeling on the ground.

"It's been a while since I last saw you two." Feng Mo took a deep breath and said with emotion, "I haven't seen you for more than half a year, and you two seem to have matured a lot."

"I feel like I've become a lot more 'rough'." Ogata raised his finger and pointed at his right shoulder, saying in a joking tone.

The haori that Ogata is wearing now was worn before he went to Ezo.

The clothing-making craftsmanship of this era is naturally incomparable with modern clothes made under modern work.

This haori has been worn on the body for so long, and Ogata has experienced so many things, and it has become "fragile".

Finally - on the way from Owari to Kyoto, when Ogata raised his hand to pick up something, he heard a "chi-la" sound, and a small hole was torn open in Haori's right shoulder.

Fortunately, this small hole is not too conspicuous.

Apart from this haori, Ogata had no extra haori to replace, so he could only wear this haori with a hole in it and continue to make do with it.

"There is a new face that I have never seen before." Feng Mo looked at A Zhu with curious eyes, "Who is this?"

"This is a new friend of A-Machi and I." Ogata introduced him first, then looked at A-Zhu and motioned with his eyes for A-Zhu to introduce himself.

Ashu turned his head and looked at Ogata next to him, and then looked at Feng Mo, with hesitation on his face.

"This is a trustworthy person - I can guarantee you this." Ogata said softly, "After all, you see - even me, the most wanted criminal in the shogunate, can openly show his face in front of him.

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"So in front of him, you don't have to worry about your identity being exposed. You can boldly tell your name and true identity."

After hearing Ogata's words, most of the hesitation on Azuki's face slowly faded away.

After straightening his back, Azhu introduced himself loudly:

"First time we meet! My name is Tsuki! I'm an Iga kunoichi!"

"A kunoichi from Iga?" Fuuma raised his eyebrows in surprise.

However, he was only stunned for a few moments before he quickly came back to his senses and bowed to Azhu in return.

"First time we meet. My name is Fuutarou. As you can see, I am an ordinary old man from Kyoto."

As Ogata expected, Fuma chose to conceal his true identity.

"Ordinary... old man from Kyoto...?" Azhu looked at Feng Mo up and down with strange eyes, "But... I just saw you knocking a big man to the ground with a chain..."

"Huh? Isn't this normal?" Feng Mo put on an innocent expression.

"This can't be normal, right?!" Azhu's complaint was quite timely and accurate.

"All the old people in Kyoto are like this."

"Are all the old people in Kyoto able to easily throw out chains and knock people down?" Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

"I mean that the old people in Kyoto love to practice martial arts very much." Feng Mo said seriously, "Kyoto has a history of thousands of years. This place has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, and countless forces are fighting for it.

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"Over time, in order to protect themselves, the people of Kyoto gradually became particularly martial."

"In Kyoto, even the elderly love practicing martial arts."

"When I was young, I practiced some swordsmanship and chain skills with a certain master. Even at such an old age, I have never slacked off in training, so I still think that my skills are better than ordinary people."

"So that's it?!" The little country bumpkin who knew nothing about Kyoto widened his eyes at this moment, "So that's how people in Kyoto are so powerful..."

"That's right." Feng Mo nodded seriously, "That's it. People in Kyoto are like this."

Fuuma was talking serious nonsense just now, and Ogata and Omachi stopped talking from beginning to end.

The two of them had a hard time holding back their laughter...

But they couldn't point out the "ordinary old man in Kyoto" persona that Fuma had worked so hard to create. After all, he was already living in seclusion, so it was impossible for him to openly advertise his identity as "Seventeenth Generation Fuma Kotaro" to the general public.

In order not to laugh out loud, Ogata decided to find something to do.

After the conversation between Feng Mo and Azuki ended, Ogata turned to look at the young man who was tied up not far away and asked Feng Mo:

"Master Feng." Ogata used the pseudonym Fuma, "Who is this person?"

This young man who was tied up by Wu Hua Da was the same guy who seemed to want to open the door and escape just now, but was knocked down by the wind demon with a chain.

"Oh, this is just a small thief." Feng Mo said calmly, "Maybe he saw that I was the only old man living in this house, so he sneaked into the house and planned to steal something valuable, and then he was caught by me.

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"In order to prevent him from escaping, I took out my iron chain and prepared to use my iron chain to restrain him."

"You will know what happens next."

"He won't wake up for a while now. I'll take him to the monastery later."

"It turns out he's a little thief..." Atachi Na said, still unconscious, "This person is so shameless, he actually came to steal an old man's home..."

"That's right." Feng Mo nodded, "And if you want to steal something, you'd be too shameless. There's nothing to steal in my house."

--really……

While Ogata agreed in his heart, he raised his head and looked around, with a helpless look on his face.

"Master Feng...why is your home so dirty again..."

Ogata vaguely remembered that when he first came to Fuma's home more than half a year ago, Fuma's home looked like an uninhabited haunted house...

A-Machi stepped on it with one bare foot, and when he lifted it up, there was a complete small footprint on the ground, and the soles of A-Machi's feet looked as if they had been painted with ink.

At that time, he and A-Machi worked together to give Feng Mo's house a thorough cleaning, giving Feng Mo's home a brand new look.

However, only half a year later, Feng Mo’s home seemed to be back to its former glory...

"Haha..." Feng Mo laughed awkwardly, "As I get older, I have no motivation to clean my home..."

After saying that, in order to cover up his embarrassment, Feng Mo coughed softly a few times, and then changed the topic very abruptly.

"Okay, let's change the topic."

"Brother Ogata, you have been really incredible in the six months since I've been separated from you. I've heard all about it - you defeated the shogunate's 10,000-strong army in Ezo Land."

"Even you know about this..." Ogata raised his hand and touched the back of his neck.

"Your feat of defeating the shogunate army has now spread to almost half of Kyoto." Feng Mo marveled, "Obviously we were only separated for more than half a year, but in just over half a year, you have achieved such an amazing achievement."

"You can tell me what you have been doing these past six months. I'm quite interested."

"By the way, tell me how you found this lovely Iga kunoichi."

Feng Mo turned his head and looked at A Zhu.

There was a subtle and meaningful light in his pupils.

"As far as I know...the legendary Iga no Sato has long since disappeared..."

"My story over the past six months is very long and very complicated." Ogata smiled, "I can't even finish it if I don't have 1 or 2 hours."

"Then let's buy some food and wine." Feng Mo said with a smile, stroking his hands, "It's almost dinner time now. I'll make some food and buy a few bottles of wine, and we'll chat while we eat."

After saying that, Feng Mo stood up.

"You three sit here for a while, and I'll go out and buy some drinks."

As soon as Fuuma stood up, A-Machi stood up right after him.

"Master Feng, you can stay here. Just let me buy wine or something."

The respect for Fuuma made Amachi subconsciously stand up and take on the troublesome and tiring outing mission.

It is not appropriate to let an old man like Feng Mo go out to buy wine while several young people sit here.

"Oh? You want to help me buy wine? Do you know where I can buy wine?"

"Oh, Mr. Feng. Have you forgotten?" Ating smiled and said, "I lived in Kyoto for a while before."

"Oh." Feng Mo patted his bald forehead, "Yeah, I almost forgot..."

Fuma suddenly remembered that A-Machi had indeed lived in Kyoto for a period of time. During the time when Ogata was recuperating at Fuma's house after the Battle of Nijo Castle, A-Machi also lived in Fuma's house for a while to take care of Ogata.

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"Then Komachi, I'll leave the wine to you." Fuuma sat back without any pretense, "Eh... I just need to buy 4 bottles of sake and bring it back."

Feng Mo put his hand into his arms, as if to take out money.

Seeing this, A-Machi quickly raised his hand to stop him: "Okay, just a few bottles of wine, I'll pay for it."

After saying that, Amachi walked quickly towards the door: "I'll be back soon."

"Be careful on the road." Ogata said loudly towards Omachi's back as he walked away quickly.

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To be continued...