After one person took the lead in asking Yuan Shan a question, these people who woke up focused their confused and puzzled eyes on Yuan Shan.
"I am solely responsible for everything that happened today!"
Yuan Shan said firmly.
"... When the time comes, I will tell you what the grudge between Ogata and I is."
"When you know about the grudge between Ogata and me, you will know that what I did today was considered restrained."
Since Ogata is not at Sakakibara Kenkan, there is no point in continuing to stay here.
So Toyama led the brothers and left the Sakakibara Sword Hall quickly.
After stepping out of the sword hall's door, Toyama muttered in a low voice at a volume that only he could hear clearly:
"I don't know what's going on with Itagaki...have you found Ogata in Ryuya..."
A group of people from afar are traveling separately this time.
Yuanfang led a large force to Sakakihara Sword Hall to look for someone.
And Itagaki took another group of people to find Ogata at Ryuya...
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Hirose Domain, Ryūya——
"Afu, wipe that table!"
"good!"
Ryuya is an izakaya, and its business only gets better at night.
At the same time, only at night will there be so many troublemakers.
So Ogata only needs to come to work at night.
Just now, the only table of guests in the house also left.
Under Asaki's instructions, Ah Fu came over with a rag and a tray to clean up the messy tabletop.
Ah Fu today is wearing the cherry blossom-colored Wufu that Ogata and Asaki jointly gave to Ah Fu a few days ago.
It can be seen that Ah Fu really likes this Wu suit.
I wear it almost every day these days.
Although Asaki reminded Ah Fu that if he wore it every day, the Wu suit would soon become old and worn out, Ah Fu still went his own way and wore this Wu suit every day.
Ah Fu understands what Asaki said.
But she just couldn't help but want to wear this Wu suit.
Ah Fu cleaned up the messy tabletop with extremely deft hands and feet. Just as she was about to bring a tray full of wine glasses and tableware into the kitchen, she suddenly heard the sound of someone coming in.
And judging from the sound, a large group of people came in.
Ah Fu, who mistakenly thought there were many guests, immediately looked towards the door with a smile on his face:
"Welcome light...well..."
Before Ah Fu could say "Welcome" completely, she suddenly stopped talking.
Because the person who entered the house was not a guest at all.
Instead, they were a group of fierce warriors.
Ah Fu counted and found that there were eight warriors in this group.
Ah Fu also knew the person who headed it.
It was the same Itagaki who harassed Afu before and was finally punished by Ogata.
Itagaki glanced at Afu.
"You are dressed beautifully today. Are they new clothes?"
Hearing Itagaki's words, Ah Fu tightened his collar subconsciously, and then asked in a deep voice:
"What are you doing here?"
Asaki, who was busy in the kitchen, heard strange noises outside the kitchen, so he quickly wiped his hands and ran out of the kitchen.
After seeing Itagaki and his group, Asaki's pretty eyebrows suddenly knitted up.
"The boss lady."
Seeing Asaki come out, Itagaki immediately asked:
"We are looking for Ogata Issei. Is Ogata Issei here with you?"
"What are you looking for Ogata-sama for?" Asaki asked warily.
"Don't worry about it!" Itagaki said impatiently, "Forget it, it would be faster if we just go in and search."
Having said that, Itagaki immediately raised his feet and planned to search everywhere in the house with the juniors behind him.
The house has a total of 2 floors.
The first floor is the izakaya and kitchen.
The second floor is where Asaki and Afu usually live.
The small floating house is not only the place where Asaki and Afu work, but also the place where they live.
As soon as Itagaki and others raised their feet, Ah Fu immediately opened his arms and stopped in front of Itagaki and others.
"Wait! I won't let you come in and out of here at will! This is our home! How can we let strangers like you come in and out at will...ah!"
Before Ah Fu could finish his words, Itagaki flew up and kicked Ah Fu hard in the stomach, knocking Ah Fu to the ground.
At the same time, extremely conspicuous footprints were left on Ah Fu's cherry blossom-colored Wu uniform.
Afu is Asaki's adopted daughter.
Seeing Ah Fu being beaten, Asaki immediately screamed, then regardless of the huge disparity in combat power between the enemy and ourselves, he rushed towards Itagaki and the others.
Asaki is just a weak woman, how can she be a samurai - and she is the opponent of 8 samurai.
Itagaki watched with cold eyes as Asaki screamed and rushed toward him.
Then he raised his right hand, slapped Asaki on the face, and slapped Asaki to the ground.
Itagaki's slap was very powerful.
He directly slapped half of Asaki's face red and knocked Asaki unconscious.
"...Now that I think about it carefully, you two guys...especially you are quite hateful."
Itagaki lowered his head and looked at Ah Fu, who was still clutching his stomach and fell to the ground, moaning in pain.
"Last time I just touched your butt. Why are you making such a fuss?"
"Aren't your women's butts just for us men to touch?"
"She's just a waitress at an izakaya, and she's dressed so flashy."
"It's really annoying to dress so coquettishly."
After saying that, Itagaki raised his legs and touched Afu's feet, which had fallen to the ground.
The reason why he patched Ah Fu's feet so much was just to rub the mud from his straw sandals onto Ah Fu's cherry blossom-colored Wufu.
Because his original intention was not to kick Ah Fu, he didn't use any force.
However - although he didn't use too much force, Itagaki didn't use too little force either.
Every time Itagaki touched Ah Fu's body, Ah Fu would let out a low groan of pain.
Looking at the cherry blossom-colored Wufu that was originally very beautiful but now covered with mud, a smile with satisfaction appeared on Itagaki's face.
"Ita, Senior Itagaki..." A junior brother standing behind Itagaki said to Itagaki in a hesitant tone, "Are you doing this... too much? This is just a little girl..."
Regardless of her appearance or her actual age, Ah Fu is just a real 13-year-old girl.
As a samurai, Itagaki bullied a 13-year-old girl like this... Even Itagaki's junior brother found it unbearable.
However, as soon as the junior brother's question came to an end, Itagaki roared directly:
"We are samurai! We are the noblest among men! What's wrong with the unscrupulous izakaya maid?"
Itagaki's junior brother was so frightened by Itagaki's roar that he shrank his neck, and then he did not dare to say any more unnecessary words.
"Let's go! Let's go in and see if that bitch Ogata is inside!"
After giving Ah Fu a lesson, Itagaki, who felt refreshed, shouted proudly to the juniors behind him, and then took the lead into the second floor of the flow house.
They searched the house inside and out, but no sign of Ogata was found.
Itagaki had no choice but to lead his juniors out of the house and return to the Ishikawa Kenkan for the time being.