Chapter 387 The Design Concept of Female Ninja Clothes
"I've always been curious about it."
Ogata, who had just put Amachi's kunoichi uniform back on, asked aloud.
"Why is the upper part of your kunoichi's costume exposed...ah, no, there is so little fabric?"
"Don't underestimate our kunoichi uniform." Atachi picked up her kunoichi uniform and unfolded it. "The reason why there is so little fabric on the upper body is intentional."
"During the Warring States Period, the female ninja uniforms in Shiranui were no different from the male ninja uniforms."
"Whether it's the upper body or the lower body, it's all tight."
"It wasn't until later that something happened."
"When a certain female ninja was fighting the enemy, she gradually fell into a disadvantage because she was not as strong as the enemy."
"When she was about to be defeated by the enemy, the kunoichi's upper body clothes were torn by the enemy's weapon, and the skin around her navel was exposed."
"After seeing the white skin of the kunoichi, the enemy seemed to have not touched a woman for a long time, so he was stunned for a moment and exposed his flaws."
"And the kunoichi caught the enemy's flaw and successfully killed the enemy."
"The person in power in Shiranui at that time was the 10th Enma."
"Inspired by this incident, the 10th generation Enma realized that the kunoichi uniform could also be used as a weapon."
"Then start reducing the fabric of the kunoichi uniform."
"In the end, our kunoichi uniform became what it is now."
"After changing the kunoichi uniform to what it looks like now, it really worked wonders."
"Many kunoichi have reported that after wearing this kunoichi uniform with reduced fabric, not only can they move more easily, but they can also cause more or less disturbance to the enemy's mind when fighting against men."
"Of course there are still some men who are completely undisturbed."
"So there is such a serious reason for reducing the amount of fabric..." Ogata couldn't help but sighed.
"We women's physical fitness is not as good as men's." A-Machi said in a helpless tone, "So in order to enhance our strength as much as possible, we can only use more small methods like this."
"I have a question." Ogata said in a joking tone, "Since the purpose of changing the fabric so little is to interfere with enemies who are not strong in concentration, why not simply wear no clothes?"
"Wouldn't it be more disruptive to the enemy if you were naked?"
"Why are you such a pervert!" A-Machi waved his fist angrily and hit Ogata on the head, "When the 10th generation Enma decided to change the girl's ninja clothes, there was a guy who proposed to have sex with you just now
The exact same proposal."
"Then I encountered strong opposition from all the kunoichi in Shiranui."
"Although the number of kunoichi is small, there are still some kunoichi who hold considerable status."
"In order to avoid triggering a riot among the kunoichi, the 10th generation Enma had no choice but to veto this proposal."
"So someone actually made such a proposal..." After Ogata rubbed the forehead where Amachi had just hit him, he suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, I forgot to tell you."
Ogata took out his today's wages from his arms - a small bag filled with 40 pieces of silver.
"I made a lot today. Today's salary is 40 taels of silver. I helped the Shirobei club capture Ju Xiaoseng today, and I got the bonus from the Huofu thief who was trying to steal the honor."
When Asai returned to the hotel first, he told everyone, including Omachi, that Ogata had assisted Shirobei in capturing Kikuko-monk, repelled the fire-stealing thieves, and changed his official position.
So A-Ting naturally knows what happened to Ju Xiaoseng and the merit-stealing Huofu thief who changed his official position.
"40 pieces of silver?" Amachi let out a small exclamation, then took the small cloth bag handed over by Ogata, then opened it and looked inside.
"It's been more than a year since I made money by working with my own hands." Ogata said in a half-joking tone, "I plan to buy winter clothes when the weather gets cooler..."
Before Ogata finished speaking, Shimada's voice suddenly sounded outside the door:
"Ogata-sama, Makimura-senpai is back. Makimura-senpai said that he has something very important to tell everyone...especially you, Ogata-sama. He asked you to hurry over."
"Is it something important?" Ogata frowned slightly, "I understand. I'll be there right away."
After saying that, Ogata winked at Omachi in front of him.
Amachi, who understood the meaning of Ogata's eyes, nodded gently, and then stood up together with Ogata.
When Ogata and Machi arrived at the large room where their group of men lived, they saw Makimura, who had just returned, and Lin, who probably had just left her room.
After seeing everyone gathered, Makimura smiled bitterly and said:
"Everyone, I just heard a lot of information related to the shogunate from Hasegawa-sama. Come on, Ogata brother, sit down quickly, you are the one who should listen carefully."
"What did Hasegawa tell you?" Lin said seriously.
"I talked about a lot of things..." Makimura smiled bitterly and then said, "After I was taken to a certain room in the Huofu Thief Kai headquarters..."
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Turning back time to a while ago——
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The quiet room where Makimura and Hasegawa are currently located is located in a relatively remote area of the Huoshu Thief Kai headquarters, where few people come and go.
Because there are not many people coming and going, it is extremely quiet no matter day or night, so Hasegawa is particularly fond of this quiet room. When he feels tired on weekdays, Hasegawa will go to this quiet room to take a nap.
It was precisely because there were so few people coming and going outside this quiet room that Hasegawa chose to have a secret conversation with Makimura in this quiet room.
Because the content of what he was going to discuss with Makimura must not be known to outsiders, Hasegawa informed his confidant Yamazaki in advance before entering this room, and asked Yamazaki to send an order to everyone currently staying at the headquarters not to come near this room.
Quiet room.
After making all kinds of preparations, Hasegawa entered this quiet room.
After throwing a series of questions at Makimura like a barrage of questions, the quiet room fell into a quagmire called "dead silence."
Hasegawa said nothing, quietly waiting for Makimura's answer.
Makimura also remained silent, only fixating his stunned eyes on Hasegawa in front of him.
There is only one candle for lighting in this quiet room, which is placed in the center of the room, right between Makimura and Hasegawa.
Although the doors and windows of the quiet room were closed tightly, there was still a slight breeze blowing into the room through the gaps in the doors and windows.
The flame of the candle placed between the two swayed with the breeze blowing into the room, and the shadows of Makimura and Hasegawa also swayed on the wall of the room.
After a while, Makimura folded his hands on his chest.
"...Hasegawa-sama, it's very difficult for me to ask you such a question without thinking."
"It's impossible for me to answer the series of questions you just asked when I don't know everything clearly."
"Is it possible that you want to capture Ogata Ittosai, who committed the serious crime of attacking Nijo Castle and burning the Nijo Castle castle?"
Makimura cast a probing look at Hasegawa.
"I didn't want to capture Ogata Ittosai."
Hasegawa shook his head.
"Rather—quite the opposite."
"I would like to ask Ogata Ittosai to help me."
"No... to be precise, I want to ask you and Ogata Ittosai to help me."
"Help you?" Makimura's frown deepened.
"Makimura..." Hasegawa said this and paused.
It looked like he was hesitating.
But the hesitant look on his face slowly dissipated not long after.
"Do you know about Shiranui or Shiranui Ninja Village?"
After hearing the word "Shiranui" from Hasegawa's mouth, Makimura's pupils shrank slightly.
Not only did I know it, I heard this name almost every day during this period - Makimura really wanted to tell Hasegawa this way.
But he finally resisted saying this and pretended to be confused:
"I've heard a little bit about it. I heard it was a ninja village like Iga no Sato and Koga no Sato during the Warring States Period."
Hasegawa nodded slightly, and then continued:
"That's right."
"Sari Shiranui is the last remaining ninja in our country."
"And this last ninja started cooperating with the shogunate some time ago."
"Of course, cooperating with the shogunate - that's just a nice way of saying it."
"To put it bluntly, the ninjas in Shiranui were recruited by the shogunate and became the royal ninjas of the shogunate."
Makimura pretended not to know much about Shiranui, listening carefully and nodding from time to time.
"In the summer of this year, Shiranui received their first big task from the shogunate after cooperating with the shogunate."
"That is, when the lord of the Owari Domain holds a banquet in Nijo Castle, he serves as the guard of Nijo Castle."
"And the night when the Lord of the Owari Domain held a banquet in Nijo Castle happened to be the night when we worked together to prevent those madmen from destroying Kyoto."
"Makimura should also know what happened in Nijo Castle after that."
"Nijo Castle was captured by Ogata Ittosai single-handedly, and the castle tower was directly burned down. All the Shiranui ninjas who guarded Nijo Castle that night were completely wiped out."
"The first big mission ended in such an unsightly ending. Shiranui Ri's ugly behavior in Kyoto this summer made almost everyone in the shogunate, including the shogun, extremely dissatisfied."
"There are many people in the shogunate who are extremely dissatisfied with the Shogun's appointment of ninjas from Shiranui."
“After Shiranui showed his ugly face in Kyoto, the call for ‘letting Shiranui’s ninjas go back to where they came from’ immediately became much louder.”
"The first big mission assigned by the shogunate ended in failure, and it was such an ugly failure that the ninjas in Shiranui were also worried."
"After the 'Nijo Castle Incident' this summer, many ministers criticized them on the grounds that 'the ninjas in Shiranui are not strong enough to be useful'."
"In order to restore the lost reputation, Shiranui decided to send a ninja under their command named 'Gokutaro' to participate in the 'Gozen Trial' that is about to begin."
"Winning the first place in the martial arts test of the 'Gozen Trial Combination', and proving the strength of Shiranui Ri to the ministers who criticized them."
The information he heard from Hasegawa's mouth coincided with the information he and Asai found out from Kitaro's mouth at Shikiya tonight.
While Hasegawa swallowed his saliva and moistened his somewhat dry throat, Makimura took advantage of this gap to interject:
"I finally understand what happened in Shiranui."
"But does Shiranui have anything to do with what you just said, 'please ask me and Ogata Ittosai if you have something to do'?"
"There really is a connection."
After saying this calmly, Hasegawa cleared his throat.
"Did I just say that? There are many ministers who are quite opposed to incorporating Shiranui Ri as a royal ninja."
"After learning that Shiranui planned to use the 'Gozen Trial Match' to restore their reputation, these ministers who opposed Shiranui would naturally not sit idly by."
"And the method that these ministers who opposed Shiranui thought of to prevent Gokutaro from getting a good ranking in the 'Gozen Trials' is to send masters to participate in the 'Gozen Trials'."
"If you send a master to defeat Gokutaro in the 'Gozen Trial Combination', then Gokutaro will naturally not be able to get first place in the 'Gozen Trial Combination' martial arts test."
"So - the minister who came up with this idea approached me, who is in charge of the fire-paying thieves reform."
Hasegawa raised his right index finger and pointed at himself.
While pointing at himself, Hasegawa showed a wry smile.
"The members of my Fire Thief Kai team are among the few elites in Japan who have both superb skills and rich combat experience."
"It can even be said that the combat effectiveness of the troops currently stationed around Edo to defend Edo is not even as good as my Hufu Thieves Kai."
"Excluding Shiranui Ri, who doesn't know the details, my Hufu Thieves Kai are currently the strongest armed force in Edo - I'm very confident about this."
Speaking of these words, Hasegawa's tone contained a hint of pride.
"A common problem among today's samurai is that they have only wielded the 'dojo sword' and not much of the real sword."
"Due to lack of actual combat experience, the owner of the 'Ouyo Kyden' who has only wielded a real sword in the air lost to the owner of the 'Catalogue' who has tried to swing a real sword against people - I can count this kind of thing.
Seen too much."
"These ministers who oppose Shiranui also know that my Hufu Thieves Kai is currently the most powerful armed force in Edo. The team members have actual combat experience that most samurai currently lack."
"So they approached me and asked me to send the most elite people under my command to participate in the 'imperial trial'."
"They told me - if you can't find a suitable subordinate to participate in the 'imperial trial', you can also ask a trustworthy and capable friend."
Upon hearing this, the jumbled yarn in Makimura's mind was combed straight one by one and arranged into clear parallel lines.
Makimura finally understood what Hasegawa meant when he first said, "If you have anything to do, please ask Ogata Ittosai."
"So that's how it is..." Makimura let out a sigh of relief, "You are planning to ask me and Ogata to participate in the 'Gozen Trials'..."
"That's right." Hasegawa nodded solemnly, "I have seen Makimura's skills in Kyoto."
"I have seen a few masters of using the Odachi sword."
"But among the masters who use the Odachi that I have seen, their strength is far inferior to yours."
"And Ogata Ittosai is the person with the most superb swordsmanship that I have ever seen in the past 45 years."
"Makimura, I won't hide it from you either."
"I plan to use the 'human sea tactic'."
"Currently, most of the elite members of our Hufu Thieves Reform are not in Edo because they went to the Northeast region to capture a vicious thief."
"Although most of the elite have left, there are still some relatively strong people left in Edo."
"Among the subordinates who are currently staying in Edo, there are about four of them who are quite capable, who have not been busy with any important matters recently, and who are capable of passing the first literary test in the 'Gozen Examination'."
Hasegawa held out four fingers.
"I plan to have all four of my subordinates participate in the 'Imperial Trial'."
"At the same time, I will ask some friends who I can ask for help and who are quite capable. Let all of my friends participate in the 'Imperial Trial Combination'."
"In a word - mobilize all the people I can mobilize to participate in the 'Gozen Trial Combination', vowing to prevent that Ji Tairou from winning the first place in the 'Gozen Trial Combination' martial arts test."
After Hasegawa finished speaking, Makimura couldn't help but have a look of confusion on his face.
"It's okay to ask your subordinates to participate in the 'imperial trial'. You are their boss. As long as you give an order, they will not dare to disobey it."
"But if you go to ask your friends to participate in the 'imperial trial match', you might owe a debt of gratitude."
"You didn't hesitate to go to this point to prevent that Gokutaro from getting the first place in the 'Gozen Trial' martial arts test... Hasegawa-sama, are you also one of the shogunate who 'opposed Shiranui Ri'?"
"...I am not part of the cabinet ministers who 'oppose Shiranui Ri'."
Hasegawa shook his head.
"To be honest, I have always stayed away from this kind of political struggle."
"I don't care at all what happens to Shiranui."
"The reason why I would not hesitate to go to this point and stop Shiranui Ri's attempt on the 'imperial trial' is simply because the ministers who 'opposed Shiranui Ri' offered me a reward that I couldn't refuse."
"What?" Makimura said in a half-joking tone, "Did those people give you too much money?"
"You didn't give me any money." A helpless smile appeared on Hasegawa's face, "Makimura, do you know about the pedagogy I founded?"
"I know." There was a serious look on Makimura's face, "Before I gave up being a force in Kyoto... probably three years ago, I heard about what you said, Hasegawa-sama.
Created as a human foot storage facility.”
"Honestly, I have always thought that the human foot garden you established, Hasegawa-sama, is really great. There must be countless criminals who have been saved because of your human foot garden."
"Three years ago... That happened to be the time when I became the commander of the Hufu Thieves Kaiai and started building a training camp."
"It's a pity." Hasegawa smiled bitterly, "The operation of the football field has been quite unsatisfactory these days."
"Master Lao Zhong thinks that the income from my foot traffic is far lower than the cost, and it is a complete waste of money."
"So they tried different ways to put pressure on me, trying to get me to close down the airport and invest all the money used to run the airport into fighting against thieves."
"I don't want to close down the football field. I'm also very troubled by the pressure put on me by the old, Chinese and adults."
"And the minister who 'opposed Shiranui Sato' promised me that as long as he can successfully prevent Gokutaro from getting the first place in the 'Gozen Trial' martial arts test, he will lend a helping hand to me and help me run the ninjutsu field."
"There are many high-ranking and powerful people among these ministers. With their help, my pressure will be greatly reduced."
"In order to allow the footlodging facility to continue to operate smoothly, I decided to risk it all."
After saying that, Hasegawa let out a few self-deprecating chuckles.
"...I finally understand the specific story of what happened." Makimura, who still crossed his arms on his chest, nodded, "Is this necessary to prevent Kitaro from winning the first place in the martial arts test?"
"Can't there be another way?"
"For example, doing tricks in the 'Imperial Trial Match'."
"As far as I know, the 'Imperial Trial Match' is a two-game competition, right?"
"The literary test will be conducted first, and then the martial arts test will be conducted."
"Only those who pass the literary test can take the martial arts test."
"You can try to use some tricks in the literary test."
"For example, deliberately giving Ji Tairou some difficult test questions."
"If he can't pass the literary test, he won't even be qualified to take part in the martial arts test."
As soon as Makimura finished speaking, Hasegawa shook his head.
"The 'Imperial Trial Match' was personally conducted by Matsudaira Sadanobu-sama, a senior middle school student."
"Masudaira Sadanobu has a neutral attitude towards Shiranui Ri."
"Although I don't pay much attention to this 'imperial trial', but as far as I know - Mr. Lao Zhong attaches great importance to this 'imperial trial'. No one is allowed to mess with the 'imperial trial'."
"Lao Zhong-sama is there to control the situation, so it is impossible to prevent that Ji Tairou from getting a good ranking in the 'Gozen Trial Match' by manipulating it."
"That's it..." Makimura smiled helplessly and raised his hand to scratch his hair, "Hasegawa-sama, you actually want to ask me to participate in the 'Gozen Trial Match'..."
"I definitely won't be able to participate in the 'Imperial Trial Match'."
"I haven't even read the Four Books and Five Classics in full."
"I'm sure I won't even be able to pass the initial essay test."
"So I definitely can't help."
"As for Brother Ogata..."
Having said this, the expression on Makimura's face became quite strange.
"Hasegawa-sama, what should I say to you... You actually plan to ask Ogata to help you..."
"You are the commander of Huo Fu Thieves."
"Brother Ogata only committed the serious crime of attacking Nijo Castle three months ago and causing the castle tower of Nijo Castle to be burned down."
"As a thief turned commander, you actually want to ask the most notorious criminal in the country for help... Should I say you are brave... or should I say you are abnormal..."
As soon as Makimura finished speaking, Hasegawa chuckled a few times.
"Makimura, although I am the commander of the Huo Tie Gai, I have arrested countless criminals."
"But don't think of me as someone who is rigid, doesn't know how to adapt, and can't tolerate a grain of dust in his eyes."
"You probably don't know what kind of person I was when I was young, right?"
"When I was young, I was a person who liked to eat, drink, whore, and gamble, and I was always fighting with people on the street."
"Do you think I might be a rigid person who doesn't know how to adapt?"
"'Be upright when you should be upright, and turn a blind eye when you should turn a blind eye' - this is my code of conduct."
"I can't imagine the consequences of not having enough people to attend the stadium."
"For the sake of sufficient personnel, I can't take care of so much."
"Anyway, this is not the first time that I have worked hand in hand with Ogata Ittousai. I already fought side by side with Ogata Ittousai three months ago in Kyoto."
"Besides...what's the point of asking Ogata Ittosai to help..."
"I have to build a fire-paying bandit reform and operate a foot-training station. The funds issued to me by the shogunate are simply not enough."
"In order to have enough money to run the pedagogy, I did something bolder than asking Ogata Ittosai."
"And I'm still doing this now."
A self-deprecating smile appeared on Hasegawa's face.
"What I'm doing to raise money is so bold."
"If those high-level people in the shogunate find out what I am doing now, it would be considered a minor offense to immediately remove me from my post. They might even have to commit hara-kiri directly to apologize."
"But I have already been aware and prepared for this."
After hearing what Hasegawa said, a look of shock and astonishment appeared on Makimura's face.
"Hasegawa-sama, what have you done? To the extent that if you are discovered, you may have to commit seppuku... Could it be that you are involved in human trafficking?"
"Who do you think I am? I would not do such a despicable thing." Hasegawa said angrily, "What I did was not such a treacherous and evil thing."
"But it's not something worth bragging about. So I don't want to tell you what I've been doing to raise money."
"Let's stop this topic right here."
"Let's get back to the point, Makimura."
"Although some people say that Ogata Ittousai died in Nijo Castle, until now there are various opinions about whether Ogata Ittousai is dead or alive."
"But I feel that a person like Ogata Ittousai, who can ride a thousand horses at once, will never die like this."
"Ogata Ittousai should still be alive, right?"
Although Hasegawa's sentence is in the form of a question, its tone is that of an affirmative sentence.
"Did Ogata Ittosai come to Edo with you? Or is he in the Kanto region now?"
"If Ogata Ittousai is in Edo or the surrounding area of Edo right now, can you contact Ogata Ittousai for me so that I can talk to Ogata Ittousai?"
Looking at Hasegawa with a sincere face, Makimura, whose face was full of complicated emotions, sighed softly after being silent for a while.
"...Hasegawa-sama, you are right. Brother Ogata is not dead. He is still alive and kicking now."
"Perhaps after a while, you will know about Ogata Ittosai being active somewhere."
"But he is not in Edo, nor is he in the Kanto region."
"I don't know where he is now."
"After we said goodbye in Kyoto, I never saw him again."
"He said he wanted to travel to the north, and he might have gone to the Aizu Domain now."
Makimura panicked casually.
Hearing Makimura's answer, Hasegawa had a very obvious look of disappointment on his face.
"Then...Makimura, are you willing to help me and participate in the 'Imperial Trial Match'?"
"Hasegawa-sama, did I just say that?" Makimura smiled bitterly, "I haven't even read all the Four Books and Five Classics."
"A person like me who has not even read the Four Books and Five Classics will definitely not be able to pass the literary test even if he takes part in the 'Yuqian Examination'."
"That's it... ugh..."
After letting out another long sigh, Hasegawa leaned over and bowed to Makimura.
"I'm really sorry for taking up so much of your time tonight."
"If so." Makimura hurriedly returned the gesture, "I have a lot of time anyway."
"Tonight, please be sure not to tell anyone else. After all..."
Before Hasegawa finished speaking, Makimura immediately answered:
"I understand. I won't talk nonsense. Even if I talk nonsense, I don't have anyone to talk to..."
Hasegawa slowly stood up.
"Makimura, I'll take you to the door of our headquarters of Huofu Thieves."
"Ah, that's all for you. The headquarters of your bandit gang is quite big. If there's no one to lead the way, I might really get lost."
After saying this witty remark, Makimura picked up his Odachi and stood up slowly following Hasegawa.
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The timeline returns to the present——
"Good guy."
After Makimura finished telling the details of the Natong spy he had just met with Hasegawa, the first person to express his thoughts was Asai.
"Hasegawa will definitely ask you to keep the contents of tonight's spy secret for this kind of matter related to political struggle, right? But you just came back from the Huofu Thieves Reform Headquarters, and you directly leaked the secret to us."
As soon as Asai finished speaking, Makimura said angrily:
"Hasegawa did tell me that he wanted me to keep it a secret."
"I also promised Hasegawa at that time: I would never talk nonsense."
"The content of my promise is 'I won't say anything casually'."
"I'm telling you the contents of the spy. Doesn't this fall into the category of 'talking nonsense'?"
As soon as Makimura finished speaking, Mamiya said:
"You actually hid the fact that Ogata-kun is in Edo from Hasegawa."
Makimura shrugged: "I will not reveal Brother Ogata's whereabouts casually without Brother Ogata's permission."
"Hasegawa-sama actually wants Ogata-sama to participate in the 'Gozen Trial Match'..." Shimada muttered, "Without disguise, Ogata-sama would not be able to participate in the 'Gozen Trial Match' at all."
"As long as you say the name 'Ogata Issei', you will definitely be surrounded by a bunch of official officials."
"Hasegawa-sama must also understand this, but he actually plans to let Ogata-sama participate in the "Gozen Trial". Could it be that he has some means to help Ogata-sama disguise himself?"
"Probably so." Mamiya on the side responded, "Hasegawa-sama is, after all, the commander of the Hōfu Thieves Kai. It is normal for him to have one or two means at his disposal that can help others disguise themselves."
"Um...I've been wanting to ask this question since just now." Amachi suddenly asked in a cautious tone, "What is that 'people's foot yard'?"
"That's something that Mr. Hasegawa built three years ago... it's incredible."
Makimura replied.
"Three years ago, when Hasegawa-sama first took office as the new commander of the Huofu Thieves Kai, he overcame all opinions and built a manpower station."
"The prison camp specializes in detaining prisoners with minor crimes who were caught by the thieves, and then teaches these prisoners how to make abacus and how to keep accounts... In short, it is to teach these prisoners skills so that they can have
One skill at a time.”
"As far as I know, Mr. Hasegawa's original intention of building the Yin Yin Yin was to give these prisoners a skill to survive, so that after they are released from prison, they can rely on the skills they learned in the Yin Yin Yin Yin.
Just make a living and don't have to commit any more crimes."
"Eh..." A-Machi exclaimed, "What a great idea..."
"I also think Hasegawa's idea of letting prisoners have skills so that they don't have to rely on crime to make a living in the future is great." Lin, who had been silent since just now, suddenly spoke up.
"In this world where many samurai don't regard the common people as human beings, there can be an official like Hasegawa who can sympathize with the prisoners."
"This can be considered a miracle."
Speaking of this, a faint smile appeared on Lin's face for the first time in a long time.
Just as Lin finished speaking, Kurang, who was sitting next to Lin, answered:
"Although I have always found it annoying that Hasegawa is always running after my lord and me."
"But for his behavior of building and insisting on operating a football field, I still have to give high praise."
As soon as Mamiya finished speaking, Lin cleared her throat.
Then he said seriously:
"Miba, thank you for your hard work."
"We all know the specific details of what happened."
"Many ministers don't want to see Shiranui... Well, this is to be expected."
At this time, Asai suddenly interrupted:
"...I think this might be a good opportunity."
A thoughtful look slowly appeared on Asai's face.
"Hasegawa's status in the shogunate is not small."
"If we cooperate with him, we can get some useful information from him."
"For example - the location of Shiranui."
"Hasegawa is a senior official in the shogunate. He may know the exact location of Shiranui."
"If we could know the exact location of Shiranui from Hasegawa's mouth, it would save us a lot of trouble."
"Oh? Asai." Genichi smiled, "Are you planning to agree to Hasegawa and allow Ogata-kun to participate in the 'Gozen Trials'?"
"It is not necessary to let Ittousai participate in the 'Gozen Trial Combination'." Asai said, "Hasegawa's purpose is just to have as many powerful people as possible participate in the 'Gozen Trial Combination' so that Gokutaro can pass the martial arts test.
The chance of first place is minimized.”
"In this case, we can send others."
"On the condition that we can send other experts, we will cooperate with Hasegawa."
"Let Hasegawa tell him all the information he knows about Shiranui."
As soon as Asai finished speaking, Mamiya and others present nodded in agreement.
At this moment, a faint voice sounded.
"...I actually don't mind participating in the 'Imperial Trial Match'."
The speaker was Ogata, who was sitting cross-legged next to Omachi with his hands folded into the haori sleeves on both sides.
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