"...Kyoto Prefecture is roughly divided into two factions."
Kamiyama softly introduced it to Asai, Shimada, and Hasegawa, who didn't know much about the party struggle in Kyoto Prefecture.
"One faction is led by Mr. Tadahiro Toda, the Governor of Kyoto, and I will tentatively call it the 'Toda faction'."
"The other faction is led by me, and I temporarily call it the 'Kamiyama Sect'."
"Sama Toda Munehiro is the acting minister of Kyoto. Regardless of his position or the power he holds, he is far higher than me, who is just a small official in Kyoto town. Therefore, the power of the 'Toda faction' is far greater than mine."
On top of the ‘Kamiyama Sect’.”
"I don't get along with Mr. Toda."
"Because I don't get along with Mr. Toda, the 'Toda Faction' led by Toda has been suppressing my 'Kamiyama Faction'."
"But fortunately, Matsudaira Tadanobu-sama, a veteran in Edo, likes me very much and has always supported me."
"Thanks to the support of Lord Lao Naka, my 'Kamiyama Sect' has been able to hold on until now, and I have been able to sit in the position of worship in Kyoto Town until now."
After hearing the names "Laozhong" and "Matsudaira Sadanobu" from Kamiyama's mouth, Hasegawa's pupils shrank slightly and the light in his eyes flickered slightly.
"As the head of the department, Abe Riri is in a position below me, and he should also be under my jurisdiction as the head of the Kyoto town."
"But...he is from the 'Toda faction'..."
"Because he relies on Lord Toda, Abe has never listened to my orders and regards my orders and commands as nothing."
"And I can't do anything with Abe, who has Mr. Toda as his backer."
"Abe is a member of the Toda faction, so he takes every opportunity to cause trouble for me."
"The reason why he sent people to arrest Makimura must be to disgust me."
Speaking of this, Shenshan's face showed a bit of bitterness and he smiled bitterly.
"I can already guess what Abe is going to do next..."
"He will definitely impeach me in the future on the grounds that 'Kamiyama Koshinosuke appoints someone who is not even an official to investigate the case, which is against the law.' Then he will hand over Makimura's witness to Edo..."
"While it disgusts me, it also disgusts Makimura..."
"When Makimura was still working in Kyoto, the relationship between Makimura and Abe was quite bad."
"The reason why Abe sent people to imprison Makimura must also be to disgust Makimura..."
"Asshole..."
Shenshan slowly clenched his fists, and then punched the low table in front of him hard.
"The 'Toda faction'... have made no achievements in the governance of the country, and they only have many tricks to drag down other colleagues...",
"...We already know the specific reason why Makimura was arrested." Asai, who had been listening quietly to Kamiyama's explanation, said, "Then - next question: tell us which prison Makimura was imprisoned in
Already."
Hearing Asai's question, Shenshan's pupils suddenly shrank, he raised his gaze, and glanced at Asai in astonishment.
"What...are you going to do...?"
"Do you even need to ask?" Asai rolled his eyes at Shenshan, "We will not just sit idly by and ignore our comrades who are in jail."
"...Calm down." Shenshan said in a deep voice, "It is impossible for the two of you alone to rescue Makimura from prison."
"About this, Master Shenshan, you don't have to worry."
Asai raised his left hand and placed it on the handle of the knife on his left waist.
"We... are very strong."
"Please tell us where Makimura is being held."
Asai seemed to have lost his patience, with a look of impatience on his face.
"..." Shenshan was silent, thinking...
At this moment - Hasegawa, who had been silent since just now, suddenly spoke out:
"...I have a plan."
Hasegawa's sudden voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.
"If my plan succeeds, I might be able to rescue Makimura from prison without any blood..."
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Kyoto, in a certain burned area.
"...Ayi, let's go."
"Have you rested enough?"
Ogata, who was sitting side by side with Atachi and resting with him, glanced at Atachi's legs beside him.
Atachi's legs no longer trembled.
"Yes." Amachi smiled towards Ogata, "I've had enough rest."
After saying that, A-Machi slowly stood up.
"Ayi, what should we do next?"
"Let's try to go to Sanoji Street first." Ogata stood up together with Amachi, "The one-eyed dragon just said that their boss named 'Ryuunosuke' has an unknown location in Sanoji Street.
What is the purpose of this stronghold?"
When questioning the one-eyed dragon just now, Ogata and Atachi asked three valuable pieces of information from the one-eyed dragon:
1: Their boss is named "Ryuunosuke".
2: Ryunosuke is cooperating with a mysterious force. The leader of this mysterious force is named "He Xian", who is responsible for providing weapons to Ryunosuke.
Three: Ryunosuke has a stronghold in Sanji Street, but I don’t know what the stronghold is used for.
"Then - here's the question." Atachi smiled bitterly, "How should we get to Sanoji Street?"
After A-Machi finished speaking, Ogata laughed bitterly along with A-Machi.
Just now, when he was sitting and resting with Amachi, Ogata took out the map of Kyoto given to him by Choin and searched for the location of Sanoji Street.
However - the two of them looked over the map dozens of times, but could not find the words "Three Princes Street" on the map...
"Anyway..." Ogata said, "Let's leave this area first. Go to a place with people and ask for directions."
"Yeah." Ating nodded, "Let's go."
Before setting off, Ogata pulled up his personal system interface and checked his current experience bars.
[Current personal level of Sakakibara's one-sword style level: 1 Wuga two-sword style level: Shiranui-style ninjutsu level: When I rescued Inaba's wife and daughter just now, Ogata's various experience bars gained a slight increase again.
——The fastest upgrades are "Shiranui-ryu Ninjutsu" and "Personal Level"...
After thinking to himself, Ogata silently closed his personal system interface.
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Ogata and Omachi walked side by side through the burned-out area filled with ruins.
In fact, neither of them knew exactly where to go to leave the abandoned area, so they only focused on the direction of "east" and kept walking eastward with the idea of "trying their luck".
At this moment - a strange sound suddenly came from the side of the two of them and passed into their middle.
"Huh?" Ogata narrowed his eyes slightly, "What is the sound?"
Ogata and Atachi both stopped and listened carefully.
After listening carefully, Ogata and Atachi realized that this was the sound of human quarrels.
"Although I don't know what the quarrel is about, I finally met a living person." Ah Ding said, "Ayi, let's go. Let's go find them and ask for directions."
"Um."
Ogata and Omachi ran quickly following the sound of the quarrel.
While bypassing a house that had been destroyed by fire, Ogata and his wife finally saw clearly the origin of the quarrel - a small open space.
As soon as they approached this small open space, an unpleasant sour smell penetrated the nostrils of Ogata and Atachi, making Ogata and Ogata frown involuntarily.
Many people were gathering in this open space at this time, occupying nearly half of the open space.
Four young men and one teenager were standing in the center of the open space, arguing about something.
The quarrel that Ogata and Atachi heard just now came from the mouths of these five people.
It is not difficult to tell from their appearance that these four young people and the middle-aged man belong to two different camps.
Those four young people are in one camp, and that boy is in another camp.
The young man just exchanged curses with the four young men.
Whether it was the five people who were scolding each other, or the other people sitting around and watching the scolding battle between these five people, they all looked unkempt, and the sour smell that filled the surrounding air came from these people.
Emitted from the body.
From the appearance of these people, it is not difficult to tell that these people should be residents of the burned area.
Ogata and the two did not rush over immediately, but hid aside and listened to what they were arguing about.
"You're so damn filthy!" one of the four young men roared at the boy, "Your dirty feet just touched my ankle! My whole foot was contaminated by you!"
When these young people were talking, they kept raising their hands to cover their mouths and noses, as if they were holding their breath to prevent themselves from inhaling too much of the air here.
"Since your feet have been contaminated by me, can't you just go and wash your hands in any pool?" the young man retorted, not to be outdone.
"What kind of attitude do you have!" another young man yelled, "You stinky brat! Haven't your elders taught you that you dirty bastards are not qualified to touch civilians? Kneel down and say goodbye
My friend apologizes!"
"That guy accidentally kicked my foot just now!" Even if it was a "1 vs. 4" battle, the young man had no intention of giving in. "I didn't take the initiative to bump into you.
Why do you need to apologize to your friend!"
"And -" the young man continued to shout, "don't you know that this is our dirty place of residence? It was you who came to our dirty place for no reason. You accidentally touched my body,
This is your responsibility! It’s none of my business!”
"Do you think we are willing to come to your filthy land?!" Another young man among the four young people shouted, "Our homes were blown down by the strong wind this morning! If it weren't for the fact that we couldn't find them,
Go to a suitable place to stay, we won’t come to a ghost place like yours!”
"You guys, what's your attitude from the beginning?" At this moment, a childish shout suddenly burst out from the crowd of onlookers.
Both Ogata and everyone in the open space were following this sweet shout and looking at it.
The owner of this charming drink is a little girl who is probably only about 10 years old judging from her height and appearance.
Although the little girl's face was also dirty, Ogata could vaguely discern that the little girl's facial features were somewhat similar to those of the boy who was arguing with the four young men.
This little girl and that boy should be brother and sister.
Just now, Ogata discovered the existence of this little girl.
Because this little girl is so conspicuous.
Most of the onlookers looked numb and indifferent as they watched the quarrel between the young man and the four young men.
The little girl was the only one with a face full of anger. She tried to get up several times, but the person next to her pinned her down to the ground and covered her mouth.
Until just now - the people next to the little girl were negligent, causing the little girl to let out a shout that instantly attracted the attention of everyone around her.
After making this squeal, the little girl broke away from the restraints of the people around her and ran quickly towards the boy's side.
"Ade! Come back!"
Several middle-aged men who were sitting next to the little girl shouted to the little girl.
But the little girl seemed not to have heard the shouts of the middle-aged people. She quickly ran to the boy's side and shouted to the four young people in front of her with a strong voice:
"What have you four been so arrogant about since just now!"
"You keep talking about 'civilians', 'filth' and so on!"
"Then let me ask you: As civilians, is there any difference between the four of you now and us filthy people?"
"It's not like a house was destroyed by fire and has not been able to be rebuilt. It can only survive in this place with ruins everywhere!"
The little girl's words were not long, but they succeeded in making all four young people blush and become furious.
"You're just so filthy, but you dare to insult us!"
"Hmph! That's why I hate the children in Huiduozhong the most! They don't understand the rules! They can't recognize their own identity!"
The four young men shouted angrily and rushed aside quickly.
The four of them were not running away.
Instead, he ran to the side to get the stick from the ruins nearby.
There are ruins everywhere here, and the most indispensable thing is wooden sticks.
The four young men drew out a big stick as thick as a bowl and fiercely attacked the boy and the little girl.
Looking at the four young men who came to kill them with big sticks, both the boy and the little girl turned pale at this time.
Although their faces were pale, neither of them showed too much fear.
The young man turned around, protecting the little girl behind him, facing the four menacing young men, and clenched his little fists.
Until the four young men had reached the young man and the little girl, the people watching on the side still looked numb, and no one made any move to rush forward to help the young man and the little girl...
Just when the young man at the front had raised the big stick in his hand and was about to swing it at the young man in front of him——
"Huh?" The young man let out a low cry of disbelief.
He raised the wooden stick above his head and was about to swing it down when he felt that the wooden stick in his hand was clamped by an iron pliers and he could no longer swing it.
——Someone grabbed my stick from behind!
As soon as this idea emerged in the young man's mind, before the young man had time to look back and see who had grabbed his stick, the young man felt as if his legs had been hit by a thick and long whip.
He couldn't stand firmly, his center of gravity was destroyed, and he fell directly to the ground.
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Ogata threw aside the wooden stick he had just snatched from the young man's hand, and then rushed towards the other three young men.
A few young men with scanty clothing and sloppy steps could not possibly be Ogata's opponents.
Ogata used Shiranui-ryu jujutsu and easily knocked all four young men to the ground.
The system sound of gaining experience points for personal level and Shiranui-ryu ninjutsu sounded in Ogata's mind 4 times in a row.