"How could I possibly know where the base camp of those guys is..."
…
The villagers in Sihe Village talked a lot, but no one could stand up and answer loudly where the headquarters of the Ogata Negishi family was.
"No one knows?" Ogata was a little surprised.
"Samurai-sama..." an old man said to Ogata, "The Negishi family are quite cunning... They never tell us where their base camp is, and we have never studied where their base camp is..."
"Then does anyone know where to go to collect information about 'where is the headquarters of the Negishi family?'" Ogata changed the question.
The villagers in Sihe Village started talking a lot again.
The person who answered Ogata this time was a middle-aged woman:
"In Emoto Village next door, there is a casino opened by the Negishi family. There are people from the Negishi family guarding the place at all times. If you go there, you might be able to ask questions from the people in the casino.
The headquarters of the Negishi family is located..."
"Emoto Village...which direction is this village?"
"Just go straight in this direction." The middle-aged woman pointed to the southwest.
"Thank you."
After thanking the middle-aged woman, Ogata held the knife at his waist and walked quickly in the direction pointed by the middle-aged woman.
However, before he had gone a few steps, he was stopped by a familiar voice.
"Samurai-sama!"
"It's Yoshiro..."
The owner of this familiar voice is none other than Yoshiro.
At this time, Yoshiro was holding his daughter who was still crying because she was frightened and had not yet calmed down.
"Samurai-sama! Are you going to the Negishi family's headquarters?"
"That's right." Ogata replied without hesitation, "Without that money, I wouldn't even be able to afford tonight's dinner."
"No!" Yoshiro said urgently, "The Negishi family has a large number of people, and you are no match for them alone!"
"So what?" As soon as Yoshiro finished speaking, Oubon said in a decisive tone.
After saying that, Ogata turned around and left without any hesitation, rushing towards Karamoto Village.
…
…
Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak...
My feet stepped into the snow, making a "squeaking" sound.
A young warrior walked slowly on the flat snow.
She has fair cheeks and a medium to thin figure.
He exuded a quiet aura.
With this quiet aura, he looked less like a samurai wielding swords and guns, and more like a scholar who knew the past and present.
He has long hair, wears an ordinary kimono and hakama, and wears an ordinary dark red haori.
Although his clothes were ordinary, something about his face was anything but ordinary.
Here it is - a pair of glasses that are obviously Nanban products.
A samurai wearing glasses walking in the snow - such a sight must be said to be quite rare.
Just as this "spectacled warrior" was silently rushing towards his destination, he suddenly noticed the sound of hurried steps on the snow in the distance beside him.
"Warrior with Spectacles" is played in sequence.
In the distance to his right, there was a samurai who should be about the same age as him from the appearance, with long hair like him, but wearing a light green feather-colored feathers, and was hurrying forward.
Because there was quite a distance between the two of them, and because the "Warrior Samurai" wearing a light green haori was concentrating on his way, this person did not notice the existence of the "Spectacled Samurai".
The "Glasses Samurai" cast a surprised look through his lenses at the "Hurrying Samurai" who was on his way in a hurry.
Because the pace of this "rushing samurai" who is hurrying on his way is much faster than that of the spectacled samurai.
So after a while, the "spectacled samurai" could only see the getting smaller and smaller silhouette of the "warrior on the road".
Looking at the back of the "Warrior on the Road" getting smaller and smaller, the "Warrior with Glasses" murmured in a calm tone at a volume that only he could hear clearly:
"I met an incredible person..."
…
…
Ogata walked quickly in the direction pointed by the middle-aged woman from Sihe Village just now.
After running wildly for an unknown amount of time, Ogata finally saw the shadow of a building emerging in front of him.
The area of Bingben Village is much larger than that of Sihe Village.
Judging from the expressions of the villagers and the degree of damage to each house, Eben Village seems to be much wealthier than Sihe Village.
There is no security around Emoto Village.
Even when he swaggered into Emoto Village, not a single villager looked at Ogata strangely.
He only glanced at Ogata indifferently, and then went on to do their own things.
Judging from the indifferent expressions of the villagers, they seemed to be quite accustomed to strangers coming and going in their village.
Ogata randomly found a villager and asked him where the casino was.
The villager Ogata found was an elderly man.
After hearing that Ogata was actually asking about the location of the casino, the old man sighed softly.
"Master Samurai, are you here to gamble too?"
"That's right." Ogata flustered casually.
"Master Samurai, let me advise you - whether you are here to play or to make money, it is better to stay away from our casinos here."
The old man said to Ogata in a sincere tone.
"I have lived in this village for many years."
"I see thousands of people pouring into our village every year, wanting to make a fortune through gambling."
"But without exception, they all lost everything."
"Some people even lose to the point of selling their sons and daughters."
"It's impossible to get rich by gambling."
"Once on the gambling table, no one wants to leave empty-handed. They will keep gambling, keep gambling, and keep gambling until there is nothing left to gamble."
"So I advise you to leave here quickly."
"Old man, thank you for your kindness." Ogata bowed lightly to this kind-hearted old man, "But my mind has been made."
"You... Oh, forget it." The old man seemed to have given up and sighed, "Young people are like this. Only after you really fall down will you know how to regret it... Since you insist on going
Bet, then I won’t stop you.”
After saying that, the old man pointed behind him.
"You go straight in this direction, then turn right at the first corner and you will see the casino."
After giving Ogata the direction, the old man seemed too lazy to pay attention to Ogata and walked away without saying a word.
After watching the old man who kindly advised him not to gamble leave, Ogata muttered:
"Do many people come to this village to gamble every year? No wonder the villagers here looked unconcerned when they saw me, a wanderer, entering their village..."