Chapter 596 The mysterious organization that is looking for Ogata [6200]
Only then did Ogata realize that many places in the corridor under his feet were covered with a colorless, odorless liquid that looked just like ordinary water.
Because he was on a pirate ship, it was a very common thing to find "stagnant water" in the corridor of the pirate ship's cabin, so Ogata didn't notice these "stagnant water" at all.
Then——Miyabe felt that his eyes were filled with flowers.
In just a blink of an eye, Ogata, who had been standing a few steps away, appeared in front of Miyabe.
While using stepping steps to dodge in front of Miyabe, Ogata took the Daishiten back into its sheath.
Bang!
Ogata pushed Miyabe to the ground.
The left hand controlled Miyabu's body and searched for possible weapons on Miyabu's body. The right hand stretched out the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger and inserted them into Miyabu's mouth.
"Who are you? What is your relationship with the madman who planned to destroy Kyoto last summer?"
While Ogata shouted so loudly, he groped Miyabe's mouth to check whether poison was hidden in his teeth, and at the same time, he prevented Miyabe from biting his tongue or licking his collar to commit suicide.
This method of checking whether there is poison hidden in other people's teeth was something Atachi taught him.
As a kunoichi, Atachi was systematically taught efficient suicide methods and methods to prevent others from committing suicide.
Hiding poison in teeth is one of the favorite methods of dead soldiers.
First, hide the poison in a hollow denture. When you need to take the poison, open the denture with your tongue and bite the pill.
Another favorite method of suicide used by dead soldiers is to apply poison on their collars and lick their own collars when committing suicide.
At this moment, the reason why Ogata used the method of "preventing others from committing suicide" that Omachi taught him, searching for Miyabe's teeth inch by inch, and preventing him from licking his collar or biting his tongue, was to prevent this guy from committing suicide.
suicide.
Ogata knows nothing about Miyabe. Who knows if he is the kind of ruthless person who will commit suicide without hesitation when the last resort comes?
He now has a mountain of questions that he wants to ask this guy, so he must not let Miyabe die like this.
After some searching, it was found that there was nothing in Miyabu's mouth.
And Miyabe's body was the same as his teeth - nothing, not even a single weapon was found.
"Ha... you are quite alert..." Because Ogata's three fingers are still in Miyabe's mouth, Miyabe's words are still a little unclear, "You actually know... to stop me from committing suicide.
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Miyabe is now not only unable to speak fluently, but also unable to swallow, so most of his face is covered with saliva.
But even though his appearance has become extremely embarrassed, he still has a plain smile on his face.
"But unfortunately - it's too late."
As soon as Miyabe finished speaking, his pupils began to shrink violently.
"Ahem! Ahem—!"
Miyabe suddenly started coughing violently, coughing up several large mouthfuls of hot blood, which turned Ogata's right hand red when it was inserted into his mouth.
"When... you defeated Morimaru... I had already... taken... the poison in advance..."
Miyabe cast a playful look at Ogata.
"There's no way to escape anyway... It's better to die...in your own hands..."
"Fortunately...for the purpose of...seeing your true face...the medicine that can destroy the human skin mask...is spread all over this place in advance..."
"Before I die... I can see what the heroes who can easily defeat an entire ship of pirates... and my subordinates... look like... It would be a regret to be able to..."
At this time, most of the human skin mask on Ogata's face had "withered".
The "withered" part of the human skin mask also fell from Ogata's face at this moment. It looked like the skin fell off and hung on Ogata's face, which looked particularly terrifying.
It was precisely because the "withered" part of the human skin mask fell off that Ogata's true face, hidden under the mask, finally appeared in front of people for a long time.
Looking at Ogata's face under the mask, shock spread across Miyabe's face at an extremely fast speed, and the smile on his face also dissipated slightly.
But soon——Miyabe calmed down his emotions and expressions.
"Hahaha..." A flat smile appeared on Miyabe's face again, "No wonder... No wonder Master Yitong's subordinates... and my subordinates... were easily defeated by you..."
"Since we were defeated by the executioner Ittousai...it can be considered an honor even though we were defeated..."
"Sir, he...sent so many people to look for you...I didn't expect that I would meet you in a place like this...it's really...a twist of fate..."
——Sent so many people to look for me...?
Because of more and more doubts, Ogata's brows frowned unconsciously.
"Hey! Who are you? What do you mean by sending so many people to find me?!"
Ogata could clearly feel Miyabe's vitality draining away.
But he couldn't do anything except shouting at Miyabe loudly and shaking Miyabe vigorously in an effort to keep Miyabe awake.
After all, he is not a doctor and has no ability to make a person recover after taking poison.
"Haha..." Miyabe, whose face turned extremely pale, smiled.
There was no fear or panic on his face, and he didn't look like a dying person at all.
"Now that I think about it carefully... I feel a little bit shortchanged..."
"Death in the hands of Ittousai... seems to be a little more painful than death... from poison... Haha... cough cough cough—! cough cough cough!!"
Miyabu coughed vigorously a few times again, so hard that it seemed like he wanted to cough out all the internal organs in his belly.
"It's such a pity... I haven't repaid... the kindness you've shown me...' Harami Seban'..."
After the words fell and the last syllable was uttered, Miyabe's eyes widened and his head tilted - there was no sound at all.
Ogata, as a "former staff member of the Shirobei Club" who once worked in Yoshiwara, is naturally no stranger to the "memory show" that Miyabe just mentioned.
The so-called "jiansefan", also known as "prostitute", is responsible for low-end jobs such as soliciting customers in Huajie.
At this time, most of the human skin mask on Miyabe's face had "withered" and fell off his face - underneath the mask was an extremely ugly face.
Too small triangular eyes, bulbous nose, thick lips... none of the facial features are noticeable.
And when these ugly facial features are combined, they form an extremely ugly face.
The only advantage of this face is probably that the skin is fairly fair.
Looking at the dead Miyabe, Ogata remained silent for a long time.
After a while, he raised his hand and pulled off the human skin mask that was about to fall off completely, and then put Miyabe's mask back on his face, making Miyabe return to his original handsome appearance...
But, just as he put down Miyabe’s body that had been shaking vigorously just now——
Gululu...
Something fell from Miyabe's body.
They are several small red pills.
Several red pills that smell like mint
Ogata was stunned when he saw the red pill falling from Miyabe's body.
This pill...Ogata has an impression.
Before, when he found Xuanzhi, Xuanzhi showed him exactly the same pills. Xuanzhi also planned to give the medicine he had collected to Ogata, but Ogata refused.
According to Xuanzhi, this is his master's unique poison.
Only Xuanzhi and his master Xuanzheng can make the extremely toxic medicine...
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"Hahaha……"
While Yitong was panting heavily, adjusting his breathing, he stuffed handfuls of large sums of money into his arms.
Antong is in his room now.
He has a habit of putting money where his eyes can see it.
Therefore, all the 3,000 taels of gold that Miyabu had given him as a gift were placed in Yitong's room.
——Escape! Escape quickly!
There is only one thought left in Yitong's mind - escape!
Just now, after he followed Miyabe and Morimaru into the cabin, he thought they were trying to escape.
Unexpectedly, these two people actually planned to fight Ogata to the death.
Yitong has long been unable to feel any resistance to Ogata.
After learning that Miyabe and Morimaru actually planned to continue fighting Ogata, Yitong immediately shook his head like a rattle, saying "I quit."
Afterwards, he and Miyabe parted ways.
Miyabe and Morimaru made a last-ditch effort, while Miyabe returned to his room, preparing to take the money and run away.
On his pirate ship, there were several small boats for use in emergencies.
He is quite familiar with the nearby sea area, so he knows that his current location is actually very close to the land.
Although it is very difficult, there is still hope that we can row back to the land with these small boats on the ship.
As long as you can save your life, you will have a chance to make a comeback.
——Okay! This much money should be enough!
After hastily stuffing hundreds of large winnings into his arms, Yitong huffed and ran towards the door of the room, preparing to rush to the cabin where the rescue boat was.
But at this moment... the door to his room was violently kicked open.
Bang!
"Alas--!"
Yitong looked at the person who kicked open his door in horror - Ogata.
Looking at Ogata whose appearance suddenly changed drastically, Yitong was stunned.
"Eh...your face...ahhhhhh-!"
Yitong felt that Ogata's "new face" looked very familiar. He seemed to have seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where. But before he could say a complete sentence, the rest of his words were screamed.
replaced.
Ogata quickly approached with step steps, pressed Yitong against the wall behind him, and at the same time grabbed the knife from Yitong's waist, and then folded the palms of Yitong's hands and pressed them against the wall above his head.
, and then used Yitong's knife to nail the palms of his hands to the wall.
"Ahhhhhh-! My hand! My hand!"
The palms of both hands were nailed to the wall, and the severe pain caused Yitong to scream hoarsely.
But before he screamed for long, Ogata slapped him in the face, making Yitong stunned.
"Quiet." After slapping Yi Tong hard, Xu Fang said calmly, "I have some questions to ask you now."
"Whatever I ask you, you answer."
"Let me warn you in advance - I am in a very bad mood right now."
"If you say anything that has nothing to do with the question I asked, or if you don't give an immediate answer, I will give you a knife."
After saying that, Ogata pulled out the Daishiten.
"Who are the handsome man and the blind man? What is their relationship to you?"
"Huh?" Yitong cast a confused look at Ogata, confused as to why Ogata would ask these questions.
But just as he cast a doubtful glance at Ogata, he saw the flash of the sword.
A flash of sword light grazed the little toe of his left foot.
The little toe of his left foot was cut off directly, and blood flowed all over the ground.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh-!"
"I said, if you say nonsense, or don't answer my questions right away, I will give you a knife." Ogata said calmly, "Don't have the slightest doubt about what I just said. I said ugly things.
In front of me - I once chopped someone into pieces and chopped him into pieces."
"I am very experienced in exploiting people. I don't feel any guilt in exploiting a trafficker like you."
"I'm counting to 2. If you don't come up with something that satisfies me soon, I will cut you again."
Before Ogata started counting, Yitong said in a hurried voice:
"He, they are the subordinates of an old friend of mine!"
"I like to soak in hot springs, so every winter, I take my subordinates to Ezo to soak in hot springs. While soaking in the hot springs, I also turn to Ezo women to sell them for money."
"Just... I remember it was 4 years ago. As usual, I met a group of people when I was soaking in hot springs in Ezochi in winter."
"The leader of that group is a very young samurai. He calls himself 'Kinoshita'. I don't know his full name. He only told me that his surname is Kinoshita."
--Kinoshita?
Ogata's brows instantly frowned.
He was surprised to find that during this period, he often heard this surname.
The last time I heard this surname was from Chanup's mouth in the Red Moon Fortress.
According to Chanup, the muskets of their Red Moon Fortress were sold to them by a young businessman named Kinoshita at a low price. He not only sold them the precious muskets at a low price, but also taught them how to use the muskets.
After packing up the muskets and the instructions for using them and selling them to Chanup and the others at a low price, Chanup never saw Kinoshita again.
Ogata did not interrupt Yitong and allowed Yitong to continue.
"Kinoshita asked me to cooperate after he learned that I was a pirate who made a living by selling people, and that I also had experience in abducting Ezo people."
"He gave me money and I helped him catch Ezo."
"His requirements were very low, and he was not limited to men, women, old or young, and he paid generously, so I started cooperation with him."
"We have been cooperating...for about a year."
"A year later, Kinoshita suddenly told me that he no longer needed my help in catching Ezo."
"Then, that Kinoshita took people out of Ezo. I never saw him again after that."
"But in the past three years, Kinoshita still occasionally sends people to say hello to me and keeps in touch with me."
"Miyabe...that is, the handsome man you just mentioned, is the man who was sent by Kinoshita to greet me this year."
"Do you know who this Kinoshita is?" Ogata asked the second question, "Tell me all the information about this Kinoshita."
"I know very little about Kinoshita."
"He is very mysterious. He rarely tells me things related to him, and his subordinates are also tighter than the last."
"He is very young. He should be about the same age as you. I guess... he should be a businessman specializing in smuggling trade."
"Why do you say that?" Ogata asked.
"Because before he terminated his cooperation with me and left Ezo, he told me that he would go back to Ryukyu later."
"He told me: He has a base in Ryukyu specifically responsible for making money, and he will return to Ryukyu to concentrate on development for a period of time."
"Although he didn't tell me how his stronghold in Ryukyu makes money, I guess he most likely makes money through smuggling trade."
"Ryukyu is very close to Japan, China, and other Southeast Asian countries. It is an excellent transit point for smuggling trade."
"If he makes money through smuggling trade, then it makes sense why he is so rich."
"Although the smuggling trade is dangerous, it is a very profitable business. As far as I know - no one who engages in the smuggling trade is not rich enough to rival the country."
"Businessman...has money..." Ogata muttered.
For some reason, Ogata recalled his rich friend who was also a businessman and also extremely rich...
Ogata fell into deep thought.
Yitong didn't dare to say anything nonsense now, so when Ogata was silent, he also closed his mouth tightly and waited silently for Ogata to speak again.
After a while, Ogata finally spoke again:
"...Why did Kinoshita pay a lot of money to ask you to help him capture Ezo? What happened to the captured Ezo?"
"I don't know." Ant Channel said, "That Kinoshita is really mysterious! After we kidnapped Ezo, he always sent people to my stronghold to pick up people."
"As for where he took the Ezo who were abducted by us, and what he did with them, I have no idea at all!"
"I also asked out of curiosity, but nothing came out."
"Is that so..." Ogata murmured softly.
Then he swung the knife sharply and cut off the little toe of Yitong's other foot.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh-!" Because of the severe pain, Yitong's tears and snot flowed everywhere, "I, I have told everything I know in time!"
"I always find it unbelievable." Ogata said calmly, "What did Kinoshita do with the abducted Ezo, and you don't even know about it?"
"I, I really don't know!"
"Tell me the truth quickly." Ogata ignored what Yitong said just now and slashed off one of Yitong's toes with his knife again. "If you don't tell me the truth quickly, I will cut off all of your toes."
Cut it off root by root."
"I really don't know why Kinoshita brought all those abducted Ezos! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
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10 minutes later——
——It seems that this guy really doesn’t know anything...
Looking at Yitong's bare feet due to the toes being shaved off, Ogata thought to himself.
Ogata had cut off all 10 of his toes, but Ogata still said that he knew nothing.
"Do you know where exactly Kinoshita's stronghold in Ryukyu is located?"
"have no idea……"
"Then... do you know Qina Village? This is the name of an Ezo settlement. Many young people in their village have disappeared and are still missing. Were they abducted by you?"
After learning that Yitong had been hired by someone to abduct a large number of Ainu people, Oubon immediately thought of China Village where a "disappearance" had occurred and many young men were missing from the village.
"Qina Village...?" Yitong opened his eyes slightly, "Wait... I have some impression of this name... I remembered it! When we first cooperated with Kinoshita, Kinoshita told me about this settlement.
"
"He told me that before he asked me to cooperate, he had tried to capture Ezo on their own."
"They once arrested people from a certain village by encircling them for reinforcements - first arresting the people who were out hunting in this village, and then when the village sent people to look for the missing people, they would then take these people who were sent to look for them.
The villagers were taken away."
"Kinoshita said that because they had no experience, it was extremely difficult to catch him."
"It was precisely because they realized that it was too difficult for them to catch people on their own that they cooperated with me, who has experience..."
"The name of that settlement... seems to be Qina Village... ugh!"
Yitong screamed because he found that Ogata's face turned uglier, which made Yitong's heart jump into his throat.
"...Did Kinoshita mention 'Ittōsai the Executioner' or say 'Ittōsai must be found'? Or did his subordinates ever ask you something like 'Do you know the whereabouts of Ittōsai?'
question."
"No..." Yitong shook his head in confusion.
"I think so. Three years ago, when you and that Kinoshita parted ways, my reputation was still relatively unknown."
Ogata paused.
"last question."
"Since you come to Ezochi to soak in the hot springs every winter, take the opportunity to catch some Ainu women and sell them for money."
"Then are there any women abducted by you on your ship? Where are they being held?"
"Those... abducted women were all put on my other ship first... and transported back to Iki Island in advance..."
"...That's it..."
Seeing that Ogata finally finished asking the question, a look of hope appeared on Yitong's face.
"I have... told you everything I know."
"Can you... spare my life..."
Ogata glanced at Yitong.
"You're such a heartless human trafficker, is there any reason why I should spare your life?"
After saying that, he slashed at Yitong's neck with his knife without hesitation.
Yitong's head flew out from his neck and fell to the ground. His face still showed the traces of panic that appeared after hearing Ogata's last words to him.
Ogata shook off the blood attached to the sword, sheathed it, flicked his sleeves, and strode out of Yitong's room with a sullen face.
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"Why hasn't that Majima Goro come back yet..." Isshiki's eyes now showed a conspicuous look of anxiety, "He shouldn't have... encountered any accident..."
Azuki, who was standing next to Isshiki, now also had a conspicuous look of anxiety in his eyes.
However, Azuki's expression at this time was a little more complicated than Isshiki's - she pursed her lips slightly, as if she was thinking about something.
"Sure enough... I still have to go up and have a look... Ah! He's back!"
Asuki yelled and pointed towards the pirate ship - Ogata stood on the side of the ship, then jumped off the side of the ship and landed firmly on the deck of the stowaway ship.
"You're finally back!" Isshiki hurriedly greeted him, "How's it going? What are those pirates doing now... eh?"
Isshiki paused in his steps.
She looked at Ogata in shock... to be more precise, she looked at Ogata's face.
It's not just Isshiki.
At this time, everyone on the deck, including Tsuki, Naoshu and the crew members, were basically like Isshiki, staring blankly at Ogata's face without human skin with expressions as if they had seen a monster.
Mask face.
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Please give me a monthly ticket! Please give me a monthly ticket! Please give me a monthly ticket!
The man wearing the handsome mask turns out to be an ugly prostitute - everyone is free to imagine this character's past.