After saying that, Ogata poured the hot porridge in the bamboo tube into his mouth.
After eating the hot porridge, Ogata's eyes lit up.
"Mamiya..." Ogata put down the bamboo tube he drank in one breath, "Your craftsmanship is really good..."
"...Because I once learned cooking from someone in the Mikawa area."
"I knew you would say that." Ogata said angrily, "Since you are so good at cooking, why do you always have to eat a big miscellaneous pot with other people?"
"...For some reasons, although I am good at cooking, I don't like it. Ogata-kun, do you still want to eat? There is still some left in the pot."
"No."
"Then give me the porridge left in the pot." Makimura on the side said at this time, "I happen to be hungry now."
Makimura left quickly to get his own bowls and chopsticks, and then quickly returned here.
When Makimura, who was still shirtless, was loading porridge from the pot, his back happened to be facing Ogata.
Looking at the red dragon tattoo on Makimura's back, Ogata couldn't help but sigh:
"Makimura... the red dragon tattoo on your back is really amazing no matter how many times I see it... it's like there is a real dragon lying on your back..."
"Thank you for the compliment." To Ogata's compliment, Makimura responded coldly in a tone that was neither salty nor indifferent, "Although Ogata brother, you praised my tattoos, which makes me very happy, but actually... I'm not very good at it.
Love this tattoo on my back.”
"Huh? Why?"
"Because I feel like I'm not worthy of the dragon behind me."
As soon as Makimura finished speaking, Genichi, who was sitting next to Ogata, immediately said:
"Makimura-kun, you are too arrogant to belittle yourself."
"Give yourself a little more confidence."
"You deserve the dragon behind you and the title of 'Stegodragon'."
"Stegoryu?" Ogata asked doubtfully.
"Hmm? Don't you know, Ogata-kun? When Makimura-kun was on duty in Kyoto, he was deeply admired and was given the title of 'Stegoryu' by the people in Kyoto..."
"Master Genichi!" Before Genichi could finish speaking, Makimura suddenly shouted, "That's enough... let's stop this topic...!"
After interrupting Genichi's words with a loud roar, Makimura grabbed his own bowl and drank the porridge in it in one gulp.
After saying "I'm full", Makimura put on his upper body clothes again, took his own bowl and chopsticks and quickly left from the sight of Ogata and others.
Mamiya and Genichi had helpless smiles on their faces.
Only Ogata looked confused.
"What happened to Makimura...?" Ogata couldn't help but ask Mamiya and Genichi.
"It's a long story..." Mamiya shrugged, "This is related to Makimura's private affairs, so it's not convenient for me to say more. If you are really curious, Ogata-kun, just wait until you have the opportunity to go there later."
Just ask Makimura."
"That's it... Since this is related to Makimura's personal affairs, I won't ask any more questions..."
When he moved his eyes back from the place where Makimura's back disappeared, Ogata caught a glimpse of the Qiancheng Gourd Horse Seal standing in the corner of the yard.
Looking at this Thousand Gourd Horse Seal, Ogata said softly with a thoughtful look on his face:
"Speaking of which - what a coincidence."
"Two hundred years ago, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, whose original name was Kinoshita Tokichiro, held up the Seal of the Thousand Gourds and Horses and completed the unification of Japan."
"And now, there is another person named Kinoshita holding the Qiancheng Gourd Horse Seal, although she has not accomplished any hegemony..."
The figures "Qiancheng Gourd Horse Seal" and "Toyotomi Hideyoshi" are almost in a state of being tied together.
Because it was Toyotomi Hideyoshi who first named Sencheng gourd and used it to make horse seals.
From then on, every time he marched and fought, Toyotomi Hideyoshi would hold up the horse seal of a thousand gourds.
And Sencheng Gourd has become a nightmare for Toyotomi Hideyoshi's enemies.
In ancient Japan, it was not unusual for people to change their given names for various reasons.
Many important figures in Japanese history have changed their names.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi's original name was Kinoshita Tokichiro.
Then he was replaced by Hashiba Hideyoshi, and finally he was given the surname "Toyotomi" by the emperor, and finally changed his name to "Toyotomi Hideyoshi".
After listening to Ogata's emotion, Mamiya smiled and answered:
"This can be considered one of the important reasons why our Lord took Qiancheng Gourd as the symbol of our Gourd House."
"My Lord, his family happens to have the same surname as Toyotomi Hideyoshi's original name."
"And our lord happens to admire Toyotomi Hideyoshi very much."
"Toyotomi Hideyoshi came from such a humble background, but accomplished such an incredible hegemony. This made my lord very moved and inspired."
"In order to show his admiration for Toyotomi Hideyoshi and to show his ambition to learn from the 'Kinoshita' of more than two hundred years ago, as well as to express his love for gourds, the lord chose Qiancheng gourds as our gourds.
The sign of the house.”
"In order to learn from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, my lord once made a fuss about changing her surname to 'Hashiba'..."
"When Xiao Lin said she wanted to change her surname, I scolded her for nearly half an hour before she gave up this ridiculous idea..." Yuan Yi continued, while shaking his head with a wry smile...
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Carrying the bowls and chopsticks, he returned to the kitchen, fetched a ladle of water and washed the bowls and chopsticks casually. After putting the bowls and chopsticks back into the bamboo basket specially designed for everyone's bowls and chopsticks, Makimura hurried back to his room.
After returning to his room, Makimura lay on his back on the tatami in a "big" shape, as if all his strength had been exhausted.
"Dragon..."
Looking at the ceiling above, Makimura's right hand seemed to have a consciousness of its own, touching his back...
"Konraku-sama..." A hint of bitterness appeared on Makimura's face, "You gave me the 'red dragon' tattoo back then... you must have made a mistake... giving me a shrunken turtle tattoo is more like..."
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Before noon that day——
Huluwu base area, at the gate.
"Ogata-kun." Mamiya said softly to Ogata, who was fully dressed and put on a bamboo hat in front of him, "Do you really want to leave now and not stay with us for a while longer?"
"Everything I want to do has been done." Ogata smiled slightly, "I have no reason or motivation to stay here any longer."
The reason why Ogata came all the way to visit Calabash House was for two purposes.
1: Ask Genichi Kinoshita if there is a way to freely enter the state of selflessness.
Two: Ask Genichi Kinoshita for advice and see clearly how far the gap is between yourself and the "unparalleled people in the world".
Now that these two goals have been achieved, there is no need to stay in this Calabash House anymore.
What's more, Ogata's current relationship with Kinoshita Rin is... very delicate.
According to Mamiya and others, Kinoshita Rin is responsible for three meals a day at Calabash House.
At the same time, I heard from Genichi about half an hour ago - Makimura once made Rin angry. In order to punish Makimura, Makimura found all kinds of weird things, mainly boogers, in his meals for three days in a row.
thing……
It wasn't until Makimura apologized to Lin that he finally stopped eating boogers...
Makimura later learned that these boogers were dug by Genichi, Mamiya, Asai, and Shimada in turns for Lin to use...
This makes Ogata even more afraid to stay in Gourd House...
If you continue to stay in Calabash House, you might get boogers...
In order not to eat boogers, Ogata specifically chose to leave the Calabash House before eating today's lunch...
Because Ogata left suddenly without notifying anyone in advance, only Genichi and Mamiya came to see Ogata off.
"Practice hard, Ogata-kun."
Genichi didn't say anything like "be careful on the road" to Ogata.
"As a parting gift, let me tell you a little trick to enter the realm of selflessness before practicing the Breath of Source to its peak."
"Ogata-kun, please carefully think back to the moment when you entered the state of selflessness."
"Are you just thinking about winning or something else?"
Ogata thought back to the moment when he first entered the realm of selflessness - it was true as Genichi said, when he first entered the realm of selflessness, he was only thinking about winning, to defeat these more than a hundred people.
Samurai, take off Matsudaira Gennai's dog head.
"The trick to enter the state of selflessness before you have reached the peak of Source Breathing is to let yourself think about only one thing."
"Thinking only about winning."
"I just want to survive."
"I just want to protect someone."
"In short, just let yourself think about only one thing."
"By thinking of only one thing in your mind, and with the help of the source of breathing, you can more easily enter the state of selflessness."
Speaking of this, Yuan Yi looked like he was reminiscing.
"When I entered the realm of selflessness for the first time, I was thinking only about winning."
"In my crazy desire for victory, I entered the state of selflessness for the first time, and finally turned defeat into victory."
Ogata silently wrote down the instructions that Genichi had just given him. Then he solemnly bowed and thanked Genichi.
After thanking Yuan, Mamiya, who was standing next to Ogata, said to Ogata:
"Ogata-kun, do you need me to take you down the mountain?"
"No need, I remember the way down the mountain."
"Then after you come down from the mountain, you go to the village at the foot of the mountain, which is the outpost of our Calabash House, and tell the villagers there, 'Come and collect the horses as ordered by Mamiya', and they will tell you what you did yesterday.
The horse you rode is returned to you."
"Huh?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "Are you going to give me that horse?"
"Just treat it as a parting gift." Mamiya shrugged, "Anyway, horses are not extremely precious to our Gourd House."
"...Thank you very much." Ogata didn't show much pretense and just nodded in thanks.
After thanking him, Ogata sighed half-jokingly:
"I really owe you Huluwu a lot of favors..."
Without the help of Mamiya and Makimura, Ogata would not have been able to leave that miserable place on Butterfly Island so easily.
After leaving Butterfly Island, I have been receiving help from Calabash House in various ways.
First, I learned how to ride a horse from Mamiya and the others, and then today I received personal guidance from Genichi.
Not to mention these big help, there are also many small help. For example - from last night to now, Ogata has eaten two meals at Calabash House in vain.
Ogata felt a little embarrassed after receiving so much help from Calabash House.
Although the relationship with Kinoshita Rin is currently very tense, there is no deep hatred between her and Kinoshita Rin.
So Ogata wouldn't hold a grudge against the entire Gourd House just because of this trivial matter.
What's more, compared with the help Calabash House has provided him so far, this little holiday with Kinoshita Rin is really nothing.
"It's just about helping each other." Mamiya chuckled a few times.
Ogata lowered the bamboo hat on his head a little, and lifted up the Dai Shi Tian and Da Zi Zuo around his waist.
"Then - I will take the first step. See you again if we are destined."
"Maybe we can see each other again soon." Mamiya said in a half-joking tone, "After having breakfast today and reporting to the lord what he saw and heard on Butterfly Island, the lord decided on the next step:
Go to Kyoto to find the master and disciple, Kazuyo and Kazuo."
After hearing what Mamiya said, Ogata was not surprised - after all, he had already expected that the people from Calabash House would definitely come looking for this pair of mysterious masters and disciples.
Calabash House has been investigating "Immortal" for these years, and it is impossible to let go of this pair of masters and apprentices who may know a lot of things.
"Then you should work hard." Ogata said in a joking tone, "It is much more difficult for you to find this pair of masters and disciples than it is for me. Unlike me, you don't have the prescriptions for this pair of masters and disciples."
"You don't have to worry about this." An intriguing smile appeared on Mamiya's face, "We also have our clues."
"clue?"
"As for what kind of clues it is, let me keep it a secret."
"I don't care what your clues are, as long as they don't follow me."
"We will not use such low-level methods."
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After a few final jokes with Mamiya, Ogata walked down the mountain without any hesitation.
Only when the figures of Genichi and Mamiya completely disappeared from his sight, and the Calabash House base was no longer visible, did Ogata slowly stop.
Ogata raised his head and looked towards the top of the mountain where he was currently.
The base of Calabash House is located on the mountainside, so Ogata is currently located on the mountainside.
Standing on the mountainside, looking up, you can see the mountain peaks pointing straight into the sky.
Although the mountain Ogata is currently standing on is high - it is not the highest in this area.
Ogata looked around and could see the mountain not far away - its height was far higher than the mountain at Ogata's feet.
But this mountain is still not the highest,
The mountain next to it is currently the highest mountain within Ogata's field of vision.
——In a more distant place... there must be other mountains higher than this mountain...
What Genichi said to him this morning echoed in Ogata's mind.
Although nearly an hour has passed, the words spoken by Minamoto and Ogata are still in my ears.
(Although the sky is thousands of miles wide and the sword is only three feet long, even if you spend your whole life unable to cut through the sky, you can still experience the joy of becoming stronger in this small three-foot-square area. Don’t pursue something unparalleled in the world.
Just think about hard work and enjoy the process of hard work)
After what Genichi said to him echoed in his mind again, Ogata let out a sigh of relief.
Then, a faint smile appeared on Ogata's face.
"take it easy……"
After muttering something softly at a volume that only he could hear clearly, Ogata stepped back on his feet and strode down the mountain...