After hearing someone calling him from behind, A-Machi first shook his body due to fright, then hurriedly turned his head and cast a shocked look at the sound.
After seeing Ogata standing behind her, the shock in Amachi's eyes immediately turned into excitement.
"Ayi!"
"Long time no see." There was no need to hide three steps away, so Ogata strode forward and stood beside Omachi.
It was still spring when we parted, but now it's summer when we meet again - they haven't seen each other for a while.
"A-Machi, why are you here?"
As Ogata asked, he looked up and down at Omachi beside him.
Atachi is not wearing the ninja costume from Shiranui now.
Instead, like the thousands of girls in the streets and alleys of Kyoto today, they wear yukata and geta.
A-machi was wearing a cherry blossom-colored yukata. The hem of the yukata only reached to A-machi's calves, revealing half of A-machi's calves and a pair of white and tender feet without socks.
The wooden geta on Omachi's feet was a flat-bottomed wooden clog that was easier to move around, and he was holding a small ball fan in his right hand.
This small round fan looks very new. It must have been bought by A-Machi just now.
"I'm here to perform a mission." Ating smiled.
"Because I don't need to rush to complete this task, so I just went to the streets to have fun first."
"Mission? What mission?"
"This mission is a bit special and cannot be known to any outsiders."
"Although this mission is highly confidential, it is actually just a very easy mission." A-Machi waved his hand, "Even I can solve it easily."
Seeing that Atachi was unwilling to tell the details of the mission she was currently performing, Ogata found it inconvenient to ask further questions.
"Then...how did your leader evaluate your last mission?"
The "mission" Ogata refers to is naturally the mission of "landing on Butterfly Island to investigate the cannibals".
"I completed this task beautifully. The leader was very satisfied and gave me a high evaluation."
A-Machi smiled sweetly, looking very happy.
After learning that Atachi's last mission was highly praised by their leader, Ogata couldn't help feeling relieved.
"Then in this case, you don't need to be demoted to dirt, right?"
"Of course." A-Machi's eyes turned into a pair of crescent moons as he smiled, "For a long time in the future, I won't have to worry about being demoted by the leader, so I can feel a little relieved."
After saying that, Atachi turned all his body, mind and attention back to the storyteller sitting on the small raised platform in front of him.
"Ayi, we'll take our time later. Now let's concentrate on listening to the book. It seems like we're telling a new story!"
Seeing that Atachi planned to concentrate on listening to the storyteller, Ogata also shifted his attention to the storyteller in front of him.
"Everyone!"
The storyteller shouted in a loud voice to Ogata and the others in front of him.
“Do you know the ‘Kirakuzai’ in Kyoto?”
As soon as the storyteller said this, two groups of people immediately appeared in the audience under the high platform - one group of people looked puzzled, and the other group of people showed confusion.
"Gokuraksai is a legendary figure in our Kyoto!"
"He is not a warrior with superb swordsmanship, nor is he a knight with unparalleled benevolence and righteousness, but a tattoo artist!"
"You may be confused - how can He De, a mere tattoo artist in Ji Le Zhai, be worthy of the title of 'legendary'?"
When the storyteller said this, he deliberately paused for a while to whet everyone's appetite before continuing:
"Jilezhai's tattooing skills are extremely superb! No matter what he tattoos on a person's body, he can make it vivid and lifelike - but what really makes him famous is not his tattooing skills, but his ability to recognize people, and his ability to give different impressions to others.
People get tattoos in different animal styles.”
"Jilezhai is very good at recognizing people. He can tell clearly what kind of person the person in front of him is with just one glance."
"Although Ji Lezhai's tattooing skills are excellent, he can only tattoo animals on people."
"At the same time, Ji Le Zhai doesn't tattoo people randomly. It's not that Ji Le Zhai tattoos whatever you want Ji Le Zhai to tattoo on you."
"Whatever kind of person the person in front of you is, tattoo him with an animal that fits that person's personality - this is the principle that Jilezhai follows when tattooing people."
"Twenty years ago, Ren Xia, who was unknown at the time and only an inconspicuous member of the family, had long admired Ji Le Zhai and came to Kyoto specifically to find Ji Le Zhai to give him a tattoo."
The "Ren Xia" the storyteller calls actually refers to Yakuza.
Yakuza is a derogatory name for those underworld people.
If a storyteller shouts "Yakuza" in public, it is very easy to cause dissatisfaction among the local Yakuza.
Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, storytellers generally do not call them "Yakuza", but only call them "Ren Xia" - this is also an unwritten rule in this industry.
"For this young Ren Xia who came to the door because of his reputation, Ji Lezhai only looked at him, then asked him to take off his shirt, lie face down on the bed, expose his back, and began to tattoo the young Ren Xia's back.
Animals that complement his personality.”
The storyteller is very skillful and speaks vividly, as if he himself was at the tattoo scene at the time.
Ogata and Atachi were also attracted by the storyteller's story and listened attentively.
"Ji Le Zhai tattooed a raccoon dog on the back of this young Ren Xia."
As soon as the storyteller said this, many of the listeners below burst into low laughter.
Listening to the low laughter of the audience, the storyteller chuckled:
"Everyone, please don't look down on the raccoon dog."
"Raccoons are very powerful animals."
"After getting the tattoo of Tanuki from Ji Lezhai, this young Ren Xia stayed dormant for a full 17 years. Finally, he succeeded in rising to the top in the family three years ago. From an unknown pawn, he became the patriarch of the entire family.
, and the family’s power expanded several times in a very short period of time!”
"This Renxia is Kitahara Shigeji who is still the master of Shikoku Island!"
As soon as the storyteller finished speaking, the surrounding listeners who had heard about this character Kitahara Juji immediately started to exclaim one after another.
"After talking about the distant ones, let's talk about the near ones - a year ago, another young Ren Xia came to Ji Le Zhai and asked Ji Le Zhai to give him a tattoo."
"After just one look, Ji Lezhai asked the young Ren Xia to take off his shirt, lie down on the bed, and began to tattoo him."
"This time, Ji Le Zhai tattooed a unicorn on the back of this young Ren Xia!"
"And what this young Ren Xia did next was a perfect match for the unicorn behind him!"
"This young Ren Xia was only 17 years old at the time, and he was just a young man who had just taken over a family that was riddled with holes from his father's hands!"
"But in the end it only took him less than a year to grow his family and sweep across other families in Osaka! This young Ren Xia is a veritable 'Kirin'er'!"
"This young knight is none other than Issey Toyama, who is still known as 'Osaka's first knight'!"
One after another, exclamations of exclamation sounded from the audience again.
At this moment, Omachi suddenly pulled Ogata's clothes.
"...Ayi, let's go."
"Huh? Don't you listen?"
"Although the story told by the storyteller is very interesting, it would be a waste of time to stay here and listen to the book. I still have many places I want to see and play, but I don't want to spend too much time listening.
In the book.”
"That's it..." Ogata nodded, "Then let's go."
Amachi and Ogata emerged from the crowd of listeners one after another.
The two stopped until they could no longer hear the storyteller's voice.
"Ayi." A-Machi turned around and looked at Ogata behind him, "Did you come to Kyoto to find the masters and disciples, Kazuyo and Kazuo?"
"Of course." Ogata shrugged, "Other than that, what other reasons can I have to come to Kyoto?"
"You are so boring."
While stroking his hair at the temples, A-Machi continued in a joking tone: ":
"The Gion Festival is being held right now. Are you planning to keep looking for the master and disciple instead of enjoying the Gion Festival?"
"A-Machi, are you the roundworm in my belly?" Ogata said seriously, "You were absolutely right."
"Oh... there's really nothing we can do about you." Amachi tightened the collar of his yukata, "Let's go."
"Let's go? Where are we going?"
"Of course I want to enjoy the Gion Festival while looking for the master and apprentice pair."
Atachi looked like he was telling the truth that should be taken for granted.
After tugging on his sleeves, he continued: "Of course we will go find the master and disciple together."
"Hmm? Will you accompany me to find the master and apprentice pair? What about your mission?"
"Didn't I just say that? I am not in a hurry with this task."
"I have time until tomorrow morning."
"My original plan was to play in Kyoto until early tomorrow morning."
Having said this, Amachi arranged the already neatly arranged clothes even more neatly.
"Anyway, accompanying you to find the master and apprentice pair does not conflict with enjoying the Gion Festival. We just have fun along the way. Let's go quickly."
"Okay then..." Ogata nodded, looking up and down at Machi with a somewhat doubtful look.
Ogata didn't know if it was his own illusion.
He always felt that A-Machi had been playing with the cherry blossom-colored yukata she was wearing since just now.
At this moment - Ogata suddenly noticed that Omachi curled his lips, and a look of impatience flashed across his face.
It's like being annoyed by something that hasn't come yet.
Noticing the impatience on Omachi's face, Ogata immediately woke up!
I understood why Omachi had been fiddling with his yukata since just now and looked annoyed just now.
"Ahachi." Ogata said quickly.
"what?"
"The cherry blossom-colored yukata you are wearing is so beautiful and suits you very well."
"Thank you!" The look of impatience and slight anger on A-Ting's face dissipated instantly.
Instead, there was a beautiful smile and the rich joy attached to this smile.
Perhaps because he was very happy to receive the compliment, Omachi's cheeks turned slightly red. He put his hands holding the fan behind his back, leaned forward slightly, and retracted his white left foot, which was wearing wooden clogs, to his right foot.
behind.
After thanking Ogata for his praise, Atachi said to Ogata in the tone of an elder educating a junior:
"Although the Tang Dynasty slang saying 'women want to please their own appearance' is very true, after girls put on beautiful clothes that they like, they still hope to be praised by others."
After hearing what A-Machi said, Ogata carefully looked at the cherry blossom-colored yukata that A-Machi was wearing.
The cherry blossom-colored yukata worn by A-machi is quite new. It can be seen that it was purchased recently.
This very well-fitting yukata not only perfectly highlights A-machi's plump breasts and slender waist, but the cherry blossom color also makes A-machi's skin fairer.
"It's really beautiful." Ogata praised again. Different from the hurried compliment just now, Ogata's tone and expression this time were calmer and more serious, "A-Machi, you are very good at picking out clothes.
I bought a yukata that suits you very well.”
"This yukata is precious..." A wry smile appeared on A-Machi's face, "In order to buy this yukata, I spent nearly half a year's savings on it."
"Then you really spent a lot of money..."
"I feel bad, but I don't regret it that much." A-Machi fiddled with the hair hanging down from the temples, "I have been looking forward to the Gion Festival in Kyoto for a long time since I was a child."
"If you don't wear a yukata when you go out like other girls in Kyoto, you'll feel like you're going to suffer a big loss."
"Ah, I understand this feeling." Ogata nodded, "Well - in order to take care of Miss Atachi who spent a lot of money to buy a yukata, let me treat you to something to eat. Is there anything you want to eat?
"
"Oh~" Ating raised the fan in her hand to cover her mouth and chin, smiling slyly, "Can I understand that you want to treat me to something to eat? I'm going to say something ugly first - I have a big appetite.
, but it’s not that easy to make a living.”
Ogata responded in a joking tone: "My wallet is not so thin that I can't even afford to treat girls to food."
"Then you should be prepared. I haven't eaten anything until now."
…
…
After Ogata and Atachi left, the storyteller was still telling the story of "Kirakuzai".
After talking for nearly half an hour, the story of Ji Le Zhai is coming to an end.
After picking up the water glass next to him and taking a sip of water, the storyteller began to put the final touches on the story.
"Jilezhai has tattooed countless animals on countless people in his life."
"Do you guys know - what is the most powerful tattoo in Ji Le Zhai's hand?"
Almost all the listeners had doubts on their faces.
After whetting the audience's appetite, Ji Lezhai said word by word:
"The most powerful tattoo in Ji Le Zhai's hand is the dragon!"
"No one knows what kind of person gets a dragon tattoo."
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"But it is said that in the decades since Ji Le Zhai started tattooing people, only two people have successfully obtained dragon tattoos from Ji Le Zhai."
"No one knows who these two people with dragon tattoos are."
"But I think that if you can get a dragon tattoo from Ji Lezhai, who is good at fortune-telling, the person who bears the dragon tattoo will definitely not be a simple person!"