"Okay." Ogata shrugged and responded in the same joking tone, "If there is a chance in the future, I wouldn't mind becoming the new leader of your Shiranui clan."
"I'm becoming more and more interested in you." Atachi, who was sitting cross-legged opposite Ogata, put the iron cannon aside, rested his right elbow on his right knee, and supported his chin with his right palm.
"Yishi, are you really not going to cooperate with me? With your swordsmanship, my iron cannon and various skills - if the two of us work together, we will definitely be able to live comfortably on this island.
"
"...Why do you insist on partnering with me?" Ogata sighed softly, "You don't know anything about me at all, right? Aren't you afraid that when you partner with me, I will suddenly stab you in the back?"
"You are wrong." Ating said softly, "I don't know anything about you."
"I think you are the most trustworthy of the many prisoners on this island."
"Because - you are not wanted by the shogunate for committing a crime, but you are wanted by the shogunate for killing a cruel daimyo."
"I don't think in this world, those who have the courage and courage to wield a sword to kill a tyrant are bad people with bad conduct."
"Those who wield swords to kill tyrants, and those who massacre a large number of civilians - if you choose one of these two types of prisoners to be your partner, I believe that most people will, like me, decide to bet on the former.
On your body?"
"Besides - choosing a partner is also a matter of taste."
"In addition to being the most trustworthy one, you also like me very much - so I decided to stay by your side shamelessly and let you be my partner."
When he said this, Atachi's eyes subconsciously glanced at the light green haori on Ogata's body.
However, because A-Machi's movement was quite subtle, Ogata did not notice this extremely small movement.
"...I'll start with my ugly words." Ogata said, "I - I never planned to obey the government's orders from the beginning. I have no interest in the so-called pardon. I have only one goal from beginning to end:
Find a tool like a small boat and leave the island under your own power. Even so, do you still want to cooperate with me?"
"That's a coincidence." A-Machi raised her beautiful eyebrows, "I never thought about listening to the government from the beginning. I also plan to use my own hands to escape from this island."
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After Atachi finished speaking, Ogata was not in a hurry to answer.
Instead, he lowered his head slightly and looked at the water in the wooden tube in his hand.
The water in the wooden tube reflects Ogata's face.
Ogata just looked at the reflection in the water and thought deeply.
Omachi did not disturb Ogata, and looked at Ogata quietly, waiting for Ogata to speak.
Blah blah blah blah...
The only sound left in the surrounding space was the sound of rain.
But just like before - neither Ogata nor Amachi felt that the silent atmosphere was awkward.
The two of them remained silent in an incomprehensible and harmonious atmosphere.
After a while, Ogata finally let out a sigh of relief:
"...Okay. You succeeded in persuading me."
"We both have the same goal. Your iron cannon and your various skills are indeed quite useful. If we cooperate with you, we will indeed be able to live more comfortably on this island."
Hearing Ogata's words, a look of joy appeared on Machi's face.
"Then what do you mean?" Amachi asked cautiously.
"Isn't the meaning of what I just said clear?"
After Ogata sighed helplessly, he raised the wooden tube that still contained a little rainwater in the direction of Omachi.
"Partner." Ogata smiled at Atachi, "I wish you a happy cooperation."
"Yes!" A-Machi nodded vigorously, and then he also raised his wooden tube that still had some rainwater because it had just filled in some rainwater, and bumped it heavily with Ogata's wooden tube in mid-air, "I wish you a good cooperation.
Happy partnering!"
After the two of them drank the water in their respective wooden tubes at the same time, Amachi suddenly said to Ogata:
"By the way, Yishi. Can I change my name for you?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Whether it's Ogata or Issei? It doesn't sound right to you? I want to change it to a more smooth name."
"For example?"
"What do you think of Ayi? It sounds much smoother when I say it."
"Do you feel comfortable speaking...forget it, you can call me whatever you want."
"Then it's decided!" A-Machi clapped his hands and said, "Let's spend the night in this cave today! If the rain stops tomorrow morning? Let's try to go deeper into the island, A-Yit? What do you think?
"
"You are indeed my partner." Ogata said in a half-joking tone, "Our plans are exactly the same."
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Just when Ogata and Omachi were drinking water and chatting in the safety of the cave——
Somewhere on the island.
"damn it……"
Hiding under the shade of the tree, Heiichi Maru wiped the raindrops from his face while cursing loudly towards the rain curtain outside the shade.
"When will this rain stop?"
Heiichimaru - addicted to stealing? He stole countless properties and was finally captured by the government officials at the beginning of this year, and then he was taken all the way to this butterfly island.
His only ability is to steal and he doesn't know how to fight at all.
So in order to bring a sense of security to himself, Heiichimaru not only put on the armor provided by the government, but also wore the katana and wakizashi provided by the government.
Since he could not find a suitable shelter from the rain, he could only temporarily hide under the shade of a big tree.
Just as he was cursing wildly at the rain curtain in front of him, and was enjoying his mouth, he suddenly heard the sound of a large number of branches and leaves of bushes being pushed aside from his side, as well as the sound of footsteps rushing.
"who?!"
Heiichimaru screamed, while using a very clumsy technique to pull out the katana from his waist and pointed the blade at the source of these sounds.
After a while, the owners of these footsteps appeared one after another under the rain.
"Are you...?!" Heiichimaru's eyes widened.
These people who appeared in his field of vision? Without exception, they all wore the same armor distributed by the government as he did, which was generally only worn by small soldiers.
Because of this? Heiichi Maru recognized the identities of these people at a glance - prisoners like him.
There were more than twenty prisoners who appeared within Heiichimaru's field of vision.
Looking at the more than twenty prisoners who were constantly surrounding him, Hiraichimaru said in a trembling voice:
"You, you, you, what do you want to do?!"
The knife in Heiichimaru's hand was "beating" like a live fish, as if it was about to jump out of Heiichimaru's hand at any time.
"Brother! Don't be nervous! Don't be nervous! We don't mean any harm!"
At this moment? One of the prisoners who surrounded Chaohei Ichimaru said this to Chaohei Ichimaru.
The speaker was an extremely short man with a funny braid on his head.
"My name is Nanemon." The short man with sky-high braids smiled at Heiichimaru, "The reason why we came to you is not to do you harm."
"We just passed by here by chance and met you by chance."
"The reason why I came to you is to extend an invitation to you."
"Invitation?" Heiichimaru asked doubtfully.
"That's right." Heiichimaru nodded, and then stretched out his hand towards Heiichimaru, "Brother, do you want to join us and work together to survive on this island?"