"Is that so..." Konnosuke whispered, "So Zonghai already knew that there was a problem with the water in the Linong River, but he didn't tell us..."
"But I do understand his approach..."
"From a certain point of view, his concealment is correct..."
"If everyone on the island knew that only the well water at Tenmanji Temple was safe, then an unimaginable bloody struggle would break out to fight for this well."
"As for Heshi and Hezhi... I have an impression of these masters and disciples..."
"Two years ago, the master and apprentice suddenly came to this island and said they wanted to move here."
"Our Butterfly Island has always been short of excellent doctors. In addition, their medical skills are very good and their prices are very low. Therefore, they are very popular here..."
"I have also been helped by them to treat my long-term pain in the waist, and their medical skills are indeed quite good. After their treatment, my waist disease that could not be cured by any treatment in the past was quickly cured.
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"Konosuke." Amachi asked Konosuke, "Can you draw what they look like?"
Konnosuke smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I don't have such good drawing skills to be able to draw what they look like."
Speaking of this, Konnosuke paused as if he remembered something.
"...However, I have two things here related to the master and disciple, Kazuyo and Kazuo."
After saying that, Konnosuke stood up.
"You two, come with me."
Ogata and Atachi, who were not sure what was going on, stood up after Konnosuke, stood on the left and right sides of Konnosuke respectively, and allowed Konosuke to lead them out of the room and towards the second floor.
Kinnosuke's goal was the warehouse with three large lockers.
Although Kinnosuke's home is luxurious, there don't seem to be many people living here. From Kinnosuke's room to the warehouse, the path was smooth and he didn't meet anyone.
As soon as he entered the warehouse, Kinnosuke saw the maid who was still lying in the corner of the room, sleeping soundly.
Ogata and the others didn't need to say much, Konosukemitsu could guess why the maid slept here just by looking at it.
After giving a wry smile, Konnosuke walked to one of the lockers without any hesitation and pulled out a bucket. He took out two pieces of paper and handed them to Ogata and Omachi.
After receiving the two pieces of paper from Konnosuke, Ogata looked at them - they were filled with densely packed words.
Before Ogata could ask what these two pieces of paper were, Konnosuke answered first:
"These two pieces of paper are the prescriptions that Heshi and Hezhi wrote for me when they were treating my back problem."
"They said that the few medicinal materials they had stored were not enough to treat my back problem, so they asked me to take these two prescriptions and go outside the island to collect medicines."
"I followed their instructions and sent people to Osaka to buy all the medicinal materials written on these two prescriptions."
"The two prescriptions given by the master and apprentice are also really effective. The medicine prepared by using these medicines really cured my back disease."
"Because I thought that if my back problem relapses someday in the future, this medicine might be effective again, so I kept these two prescriptions."
"I see..." Ogata lowered his head and looked carefully at the two prescriptions in his hand.
Looking at the dense writing on it, Ogata narrowed his eyes slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Both of you, thank you for being willing to tell me these things. It's a pity..." A faint look of panic appeared on Konnosuke's face, "Even if I knew about Kazuyo and Kazuo, this pair of masters and disciples might be like this
The chief culprit of all the riots knows that there may be something wrong with the water of the Linon River, but it is of no use..."
"We are trapped here now... We can't even get out of this island. Even if we want to find an explanation from the master and apprentice, we don't know where the master and apprentice have gone now..."
“All our domestic water comes from the Linong River.”
"Even if we know that there may be a problem with the water of the Linong River, we still have to use..."
"You might be fine if you drink the water from the Linong River, but if you don't drink the water from the Linong River, you will die of thirst in a few days..."
Having said this, Konyuki let out a sigh.
"Although I don't want to admit it...but we who live within the wooden walls...in this situation where there is not enough food inside and there are strong enemies outside to blackmail us, we may not be able to survive for long..."
"Is there a strong enemy outside for blackmail?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.
The words in what Kinnosuke just said made Ogata have to pay attention.
Just when Ogata wanted to ask Konnosuke what "there is a powerful enemy outside for blackmail" meant, an anxious shout suddenly sounded outside the warehouse door:
"Kinnosuke-sama! Soutaro and his gang are here again!"
As soon as this anxious shout came down, Konnosuke's expression suddenly changed.
"Damn it..." Kinnosuke gritted his teeth and said, "Those guys... are they here again..."
After saying that, Konosuke waved his sleeves and rushed out.
The person whose expression also changed was Atachi.
When Omachi heard the shout just now... no, to be more precise, after hearing the name "Soutaro", the expression on his face suddenly changed like that of Konnosuke.
When Konnosuke rushed out, Atachi immediately followed closely behind.
"A-Machi, what are you doing?" Ogata, who didn't understand what A-Machi suddenly wanted to do, followed him with a confused look on his face, and casually took the two cards of Kazuyo and Wanao that Kinnosuke had just given him.
The prescription she had written was stuffed into her arms.
After rushing to the warehouse right behind Konnosuke, Amachi asked in a hurry:
"Excuse me - who is Sotaro?"
"He's a bastard." Kinnosuke said with a cold face, "After being thrown to this island by the shogunate, Sotaro and his brother Seitaro gathered a large number of prisoners and took root on this island.
Come down."
"With no food source, they ask us for rice every once in a while."
"If we refused to give us rice, they threatened to rush in and kill us all."
"They are the group of powerful enemies that I just said were 'blackmailed by powerful enemies outside'."
"They have weapons in their hands, and the brothers Seitaro and Sotaro are said to be that ninja born in Shiranui. They are very powerful, so we have always dared to be angry but dare not speak out..."
"Shiranui?" Ogata couldn't help but asked.
At the same time, his eyes subconsciously glanced at the gloomy-looking Amachi beside him.
"Yes. That's what Sotaro calls himself." Konnosuke said softly, "Although I don't know what is in that Shiranui and where is it..."
"That's a ninja village. It's what you commonly call a ninja village." As soon as Konnosuke finished speaking, Amachi responded without thinking, "Similar to the Fuma Village in the Warring States Period, Kogan Village
The ninja village inside... is a... very bad place..."