"Zong Hai, these three people behind me... can be considered people I know."
Ogata smiled bitterly at Zonghai.
"Sorry, Zonghai, can Tenmanji allow three more people to stay overnight?"
Zonghai glanced at Mamiya, Makimura and Matsumoto.
"...Okay." After sighing, Zong Hai nodded with a wry smile, "Anyway, the small temple has quite a lot of food reserves, so it doesn't matter if there are three more people. Please come in, four donors."
Zonghai led the five Ogata people through the gate of Tenmanji Temple and entered the Buddhist hall of Tenmanji Temple.
Mamiya glanced at Fudo Myooh who was enshrined in the Buddhist hall, raised his eyebrows, and then asked Zong Hai who was leading the way:
"You actually enshrine Prince Fudo, are you from the Tianxiang Sect?"
"Oh?" Zonghai turned around and cast a surprised look at Mamiya behind him, "This donor, you actually recognize my Tenxiang Sect? Did Ogata-sama and Omachi-san tell you?"
"No, they didn't tell you which sect your temple belongs to. I just recognized the monks from the Tianxiang Sect from the Buddha statues enshrined in the temple."
"I once studied some Buddhism in Nara, so I recognize that the sect that only worships Fudo Myooh in the Buddhist hall is the Tenko sect."
"Haha." Zong Hai chuckled a few times, "What a surprise... I didn't expect that all the guests who came for two consecutive days would recognize me, Tianxiang Sect."
Mamiya recognized the sect to which he belonged - which seemed to make Zonghai very happy.
Ogata clearly felt that Sokai's attitude towards the new guests Mamiya and Makimura was more cordial.
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Ogata and others came back quite promptly.
When they came back, Zong Hai, Xian Hai and the others were preparing to cook tonight's dinner.
After Zong Hai asked Xian Hai to get some more rice, he ran to the well himself and fetched some more water for tonight's cooking.
After Zonghai used a bucket to bring up a bucket of well water from the well, when he was about to move it to the back hall, he suddenly discovered that Ogata was standing behind him at an unknown moment.
"Donor." Zonghai smiled at Ogata, "Are you here to drink water?"
"...Zonghai." The expressionless Ogata did not answer Zonghai's words just now, but asked Zonghai, "I ask you - do you really... tell everything you know?
Did you tell us?"
"Donor, why do you mention this?" Zong Hai smiled bitterly, "It's absolutely true, the young monk has really told you everything he knows."
"... Just tell us everything." Ogata, who still had no expression on his face, said softly, "If you have anything else that you forgot to tell us, if you remember it, please tell us in time.
"
When he mentioned the word "in time", Ogata emphasized his tone, making the tone of his entire sentence quite strange.
"The young monk will meet." Zong Hai still had that warm smile on his face, "If the young monk remembers any important information, the young monk will tell you in time. Let's go, donor, let's go back to the back hall to cook together.
.There are a lot of guests today, so I need you to help."
"……Um."
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Tenmanji Temple was particularly lively tonight, and there were so many people that it was hard to sit next to the pot.
There was also a small disturbance during today's dinner, that is - Matsumoto Kiyohito burst into tears while eating vegetable porridge.
Matsumoto Kiyohito said that he had not eaten such hot food for a long time and could not help but shed tears due to excitement and happiness.
After simply finishing today's dinner and Xianhai starting to clear away everyone's dishes, Ogata picked up his knife and stood up while winking at Mamiya.
Facing Ogata's look, Mamiya nodded understandingly, then picked up his sword and stood up.
"Sokai." Ogata asked Sokai, "Can you lend us a room? I... want to talk something with these friends of mine."
"No problem." Zong Hai said without hesitation, "You can just use the guest room I lent to you and the female donor yesterday."
"Thank you very much. Amachi, let's go." Ogata nodded his chin towards Amachi.
"good."
"Makimura." Mamiya also raised his chin towards Makimura, "Let's go, let's go and have a good chat with Ogata-kun."
"If you have something to talk to Ogata, just go by yourself." Makimura cast an unhappy look at Mamiya, "Why did you drag me along? I don't have anything to talk to Ogata."
"No, no, no, you'd better come and listen to what I want to talk to Ogata-kun. Be obedient and follow me."
"Oh...you are so troublesome..." After letting out a long sigh, Makimura reluctantly grabbed his Odachi and followed Mamiya out of the restaurant.
The originally bustling restaurant suddenly became deserted due to the departure of the four Ogata people.
Only Xianhai who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Zonghai who was cleaning up the pots, and Matsumoto who was sitting there with a blank look on his face, not knowing what to do next were left.
"This benefactor." Zong Hai smiled at Matsumoto, "We have a bathroom here. If the benefactor doesn't mind, you can borrow our bathroom to wash yourself."
"Hey? Can you really lend me the bathroom?" Matsumoto asked urgently.
"certainly."
After saying that, Zong Hai looked at Xian Hai beside him.
"Xianhai, after you finish washing the dishes, help this donor prepare hot water for washing his body."
"yes."
"I'm so grateful!" Matsumoto's eyes once again overflowed with tears of excitement. He lay on the ground and sat down on Zonghai and Xianhai.
I secretly sighed: I am really happy today. Not only did I eat hot food that I haven't seen in a long time, but I also took a hot bath that I haven't seen in a long time.
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Ogata took the lead from the front, taking Atachi, Mamiya, and Makimura into the guest room Sokai lent him and Atachi last night.
The futon that Ogata and Omachi used last night was also spread on the tatami in the guest room.
Looking at the two quilts on the tatami, Makimura raised his eyebrows, and then said to Ogata in a tone that was either joking or serious:
"Brother Ogata...I'm really envious of you more and more. Not only do you have a beautiful woman by your side, but you also have a warm bed to sleep on."
"As long as you have a warm quilt to sleep on, you also have a beauty sleeping with you."
"We are obviously both prisoners who were thrown onto this island. Why are your experiences and mine so different?"
"How can a beauty sleep with me..." Ogata cast a helpless look at Makimura, "Although there are two quilts here, we don't sleep together. When one person sleeps, the other person needs to keep vigil for the other person.
of."
After Ogata finished speaking, Mamiya knocked on Makimura's chest:
"Sit down and stop talking about these things."
"Yes, yes, yes..." After answering "yes" several times in a perfunctory tone, Makimura sat casually in the corner of the room holding his Odachi.
"Okay, Ogata-kun." Mamiya held his sword, slowly sat on the tatami, put on a meaningful smile, and said to Ogata, "Let's... have a good chat.
.”
"You and I both have many questions to ask each other."
"Ogata-kun, let me ask you first."
"In that case, I won't be polite."
Ogata did not sit on the ground like Mamiya and Makimura, but stood and asked directly to Mamiya:
"Mamiya, when I was transported to this island, I heard a lot about you from Hasegawa."
"I already know that you have the title of 'Liuguang Hachiman', and I also know that you are a subordinate of an unknown person with the title of 'Buddha Enemy'."
"At the same time, I also know that there is a very serious suspicion that you were deliberately caught by the officials who were converted into thieves."
"Mamiya, who are you? What was the reason why you were deliberately captured by the gangsters? In order to be able to board this island?"
"Who am I exactly..." Mamiya shrugged, "Don't you already know a lot about me? You know that my name is Kuro Mamiya, you know that I have the title of 'Liuguang Hachiman', and you also know that
My lord's nickname is 'Buddha's Enemy'."
"Mamiya..." Ogata slowly frowned, "Answer my question carefully."
"Okay." Mamiya spread his hands, "In that case... I will be honest with you."
"Ogata-kun, I told you before - my lord is a businessman."
"This is actually not a lie."
"Both Mucun and I belong to a rice merchant named 'Calabash House'."