Today is the day when Ogata decides to leave Hirose Domain.
Although some of the injuries on his body have not completely healed yet, according to Xuanan - these injuries that have not yet completely healed are no longer in the way, and will not affect Ogata's activities, nor will they affect Ogata's swing of the sword.
Since Xuan'an had already said this, Obura simply decided to end this long life of recuperation and leave the Hirose Domain.
As if God also helped Ogata, today is a very comfortable and sunny day.
Although the sun hangs high in the sky, it does not make people feel hot at all.
There will be a breeze blowing from time to time, which is very comfortable.
Weather like this is perfect for going out for a long trip.
Kuronaga offered to see Ogata off.
Regarding Kuronaga's request to see him off, Ogata didn't show any pretense and readily agreed to let Kuronaga see him off for a while.
Although he decided to leave Hirose Domain today, Ogata was not in a hurry to leave.
Instead, I took a detour first to see a floating house I hadn’t been to for a long time.
After confirming that Asaki and Afu's current lives were very stable, Ogata dared to leave Hirose Domain with peace of mind.
"Ogata-kun."
Kuronaga, who was half a step behind Ogata, suddenly asked Ogata.
"Are you...really planning to wear this outfit? Don't you plan to change into other clothes?"
At this time, Ogata was wearing a black hakama, a dark blue kimono, and a light green haori.
Wearing black socks and straw sandals on her feet.
Wearing a bamboo hat on his head.
With a light stuck in the left waist, from the handle and scabbard of the sword, it is not difficult to see the expensive knife and the contrast between the ribs.
Whether it's the bamboo hat, the knife, or the clothes on his body, they are all brand new. You can tell at a glance that they were purchased recently.
Ogata lowered his head and looked at his current clothes.
"Sir, what's wrong with my clothes?"
"There's nothing wrong with your hakama and Wufu. The main problem lies in... your haori."
Kuronaga raised his finger and pointed at the light green feathered fabric on Ogata's body.
"Ogata-kun, are you really not going to change to a new haori?"
"Oh, Haori."
Ogata touched the wide-sleeved light green haori he was wearing.
"No need, sir. I like this feather fabric very much, so I have no plans to replace it."
Ogata understood Kuranagi's move of asking him if he wanted to change his haori.
In this day and age, light onion is a rather earthy color.
The most popular colors are dark colors like black.
Wearing light green clothes when going out is like announcing to the world that you are a country bumpkin.
But Ogata didn't care about this.
Light onion is his favorite color.
Even though this color is very old-fashioned in the eyes of people of this era, Ogata has no intention of changing his clothes to another color.
"...Forget it." [567中文www.yue20.com] Kuronaga sighed lightly, "Ogata-kun is free to decide what color clothes you wear. It's not convenient for me to say anything more."
"My lord," Ogata said suddenly, "come with me on a long detour to go somewhere."
"No problem." Kuronaga said cheerfully, "You can go wherever you want now, and I will accompany you to the end. Anyway, I have a lot of time now."
"Grateful."
Ogata led Kuronaga and Tobiru around the town, turning left and right.
Soon, he arrived at his destination - Xuanzhen Temple.
To be precise, it is the cemetery behind Xuanzhen Temple.
After taking Kuranagi into the cemetery behind Genshenji Temple, Ogon went straight to the graves of his master Hanbei and his brothers.
He wanted to see his master and brothers one last time before leaving Hirose Domain.
In addition to coming to see his master and brothers, Ogata also took a look at Ichiro and the others.
There are 6 newly built tombstones in the cemetery.
These 6 tombs belong to Ichiro and his companions.
After the successful assassination of Gennai Matsudaira, Kuranagi buried Ichiro and their bodies in this Genshinji Temple.
During the period of time when he was recovering from his injuries, Ogata also came here several times to pay homage to Ichiro and the others.
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"Ogata-kun, do you know... whose tomb these three tombs belong to?"
As Ogata swept away the fallen leaves that had fallen on the tombstones of his masters and brothers one by one, Kuronaga suddenly asked him this question.
Ogata looked in the direction pointed by Kurunaga's finger.
Those were three tombstones that Ogata had never seen before.
Judging from the appearance of the tombstones, they are still three relatively new tombs.
"This is...?" Ogata asked doubtfully.
"...This was before I met you, Ogata-kun."
A look of reminiscence appeared on Kurunaga's face.
"Before I met you, Ogata-kun, I met three samurai who were also skilled in swordsmanship."
"I intend to recruit them and let them help me to kill the lord together."
"And those three warriors...rejected my invitation."
"Although the three warriors rejected my invitation, they all patted their chests and promised me that they would never tell anyone about my intention to assassinate my lord."
"But...my master's assassination plan cannot bear the slightest surprise..."
"So... just to be on the safe side, I sent people to assassinate them."
"Fortunately, the three of them are just ordinary lower-level warriors, so they are very easy to assassinate."
"...I see." An intriguing smile appeared on Ogata's face, "Fortunately, I accepted your invitation, otherwise I might have to lie here."
"Yeah." An expression appeared on Kuranagi's face, which made it unclear whether he was crying or laughing, "Too many innocent people...died because of me..."
After saying that, Kuranaga silently took out a small handful of short incense from his arms, placed incense on the graves of these three poor warriors, clasped his hands and recited a prayer.
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After taking one last look at his master, brothers, and Ichiro in the cemetery, Ogata no longer wanted to go anywhere in the Hirose Domain.
So he, Kuranaga, and Tobiru walked on the road leaving Hirose Domain one after another.
"Ogata-kun."
Perhaps in order to prevent the atmosphere between them from being too silent and awkward, Kuranaga asked Ogata.
"Have you brought all your salutes?"
"I've got everything." Ogata patted his arms, "I only have so much luggage."
There are only a few pieces of luggage on Ogata's body - the two new swords on his waist that Kuranagi gave him, the secret book of "Muga Two Swordsman Style", the Sakakibara One Sword Style Free Pass Certificate, and a bag full of various coins.
purse.
"Just bring all your luggage." Kuronaga nodded gently.
Afterwards, the whole journey was silent.
Ogata walked forward silently.
Kuronaga and Tobiru silently followed Ogata, seeing him off.
It wasn't until he looked around and saw that no one was around anymore that Kuranaga stopped.