After Isshiki and Naoshu left the room where they lived, and then confirmed that they had gone far away, Amachi let out a long breath, and then said softly:
"I was really shocked when I heard Mr. Isshiki say that he wanted you to go to the curtain call with them..."
Ogata nodded slightly. Just now, when Isshiki Naoshu invited Ogata to go with them to the curtain fall, Ogata was also shocked.
Although Ogata repeatedly opposed the shogunate, causing the shogunate to lose face, in fact, every time the shogunate was slapped in the face, the shogunate first directly or indirectly provoked Ogata, and then Ogata could not
No counterattack.
Ogata has never taken the initiative to find trouble with the shogunate.
Therefore, working with others to bring down the curtain and uprooting the Edo shogunate was a path that Ogata had never imagined.
"I feel like Mr. Isshiki and the others should be able to chat with Mr. Lin very well..." Amachi said in a half-joking tone.
The Mr. Hayashi mentioned by Atachi is naturally referring to Hayashi Zihei, who is probably still conducting academic research somewhere in Ezo.
"That's not necessarily the case." Ogata smiled, "Although Mr. Lin also hates the shogunate, he is more inclined to make the shogunate general and the Gong Gong princes of the shogunate wake up."
"Mr. Isshiki's ideas are much more radical than Mr. Lin's. Mr. Isshiki wants to uproot the Edo shogunate and return the country to the Nara and Heian era when the emperor was in power hundreds of years ago."
"The two opinions are still very different."
"If Mr. Lin and Mr. Isshiki really meet, I think the two of them will just fight."
"According to what I know about Mr. Lin, he will definitely be furious when he learns that Mr. Isshiki actually plans to return this country to the Nara and Heian era."
"After all, Mr. Lin is the kind of person with a broad vision and an open mind."
"I don't think he would approve of this kind of 'retrofitting' the country."
"That's right..." Ating nodded.
After nodding, Amachi then said in a half-joking tone: "I was a little worried just now, worried about whether you would agree to them and agree to go to the end of the curtain with them."
Ogata laughed dumbly: "I don't have the time to do anything to bring down the curtain now."
"Even if I have that time, I will not agree to them. I don't care what happens to this country. I don't want to spend my time getting involved in such troubles."
Speaking of this, Ogata paused for a moment, and then continued in a helpless tone:
"Mr. Lin is really right. Now I am really the object of admiration of the overthrowing forces... It's really troublesome..."
Previously, Lin Ziping had sworn to tell Ogata: In the eyes of many people who are disgusted with the shogunate, Ogata is a great hero who is upright and upright, and those patriots who overthrew the shogunate might respect Ogata as the 'ancestor of those who overthrew the shogunate'.
Ogata didn't expect that Lin Ziping's words would be confirmed so quickly.
"I hope these overthrowing forces won't bother us too much..." Ogata said slowly, "All the forces that are determined to overthrow the curtain have come to ask me to help them... Such a scene, I just think about it.
The head is big..."
Atachi nodded in agreement.
"...Speaking of which...this is the first time I have seen someone trying to overthrow the Edo shogunate..." Amachi turned to look at the door Isshiki and the others left through just now, "There are actually people who are determined to do so."
Defeating that kind of behemoth...it feels a bit incredible..."
Although her husband had slapped the shogunate in the face countless times, and not long ago defeated the 10,000-strong army of the shogunate and the Northeastern vassals, to her, the Edo shogunate was still an unshakable behemoth.
Naoshu's speech just now gave Atachi the feeling that they were saying "I plan to move Mount Fuji away."
"Do you think Mr. Isshiki and the others will succeed?" Amachi asked Ogata.
"I don't know." Ogata replied without hesitation, "I don't know how much power they have accumulated to overthrow the curtain. So I don't know if they have a chance to succeed in overthrowing the curtain."
"But one day I can be sure that if the Edo shogunate is still as ineffective in governing the country as it is now, and only thinks about maintaining their dominance, then there will only be more and more people like Mr. Isshiki and others who are determined to overthrow the country.
."
"Even if the Edo shogunate is not eradicated by Mr. Isshiki and others now, it will be destroyed by another force that overthrows the shogunate later."
"A country without the Edo shogunate..." Amachi murmured, "It feels a bit unimaginable... Do you think we can see the demise of the Edo shogunate in our lifetime?"
"There should be hope." Ogata smiled, "Maybe we will see the fall of the Edo shogunate in 10 years, or it may not be until we all become grandpas and grandmas that we can see the fall of the Edo shogunate."
"However, no matter what happens to the Edo shogunate in the future, we don't need to care too much. After all, no matter whether the Edo shogunate survives or dies, our daily life is the same, and we all have to pay attention to these four things: three meals a day.
Work hard.”
"No matter what happens to the Edo shogunate in the future, the first thing we should consider and do first will not change: focus on living our lives first."
"Three meals a day? Working on three meals a day, isn't that just three things?" Amachi asked in confusion.
On a whim, Ogata just told a sentimental joke about "three meals a day" in his previous life.
However, Amachi didn't understand it at all...
But it’s normal not to understand.
This joke is very troublesome to explain, so Ogata directly took the topic away without hesitation:
"Speaking of which, A-Zhu hasn't come back yet? Where did she go and run wild..."
Boom, boom, boom!
Ogata remembered the old saying "Speak of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives" after a long absence.
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of "dong dong dong" footsteps sounded outside the door.
Following the "dong dong dong" footsteps, there was also Azhu's energetic voice:
"I'm back!"
…
…
Ogata and Omachi once again sat upright as they had just talked to Isshiki and the others.
The people sitting in front of them now are no longer Isshiki Naoshu and Isshiki Ryoma, but Azuki who is sitting cross-legged.
"When I returned to this hotel just now, I saw Mr. Isshiki and the others opening a new room at the front desk of this hotel." Ashuku said quickly, "So I knew that their conversation with you, Mr. Ittosai, was over, so
So he hurried over in a hurry."
Ogata: "Is that so...Mr. Isshiki and the others will stay here tonight too."
Ogata was not surprised that Isshiki and the others would stay here tonight.
After all, the conditions of this hotel are pretty good, and Isshiki and the others don't seem to be the kind of people who are short of money, so they chose to stay here to save themselves the trouble of finding a hotel. Ogata thought it was very normal and was not surprised.
"Speaking of which, Lord Ittousai, I wonder if you have noticed." Azuki chuckled, "That Isshiki Ryoma's butt is quite round and quite big."
"I didn't realize this until I saw Mr. Isshiki and the others at the counter just now. A man like him should be very popular with those who are fascinated by the world."
"How could I pay special attention to a man's butt..." Ogata said helplessly.
Although this child is young, he occasionally talks like a wretched uncle...
After silently complaining in his mind, Ogata cleared his throat.
"Okay, Tsuki." Ogata said in a serious tone, "Let's not talk about other things, just talk about the business. If you have anything to say to me, please say it as soon as possible."
Azhu: "Ah, okay."
Seeing Ogata's request to get straight to the point, Azuki stopped being funny and put on a serious face.
After putting on a serious face, Azhu knelt down on the ground in a soil seat posture with the momentum of a tiger descending a mountain.
"Ittosai-sama! Please let me travel with you!"
"Impossible!" As soon as Azuki's words fell, Amachi immediately answered for Ogata like a conditioned reflex, "What nonsense are you talking about? We can't take you on a trip, let alone
We’re not traveling either.”
When he said these words impassionedly, A-Machi looked at A-Zhu... with a hint of wariness and hostility...
Compared to Omachi, who had a more reactive reaction, Ogata was much calmer.
After looking at Ashuku with doubtful eyes for a few times, Ogata's expression became slightly weird.
The last wave of people invited me to go to the end of the world with them, and now there is another person who wants to travel with me...Have I become so popular...?
After trying to calm down, Ogata asked:
"Why do you want to travel with me, the most wanted criminal in the shogunate? Do you know what it means to act with us? It means that maybe during the meal, someone from the government will suddenly rush in and try to arrest us.
."
"I know." Azhu nodded without hesitation, "But I'm ready to wake up! As long as I can find my sister, I'm willing to live a wandering life!"
"Find...your sister...?" Ogata frowned slightly.
"Yeah." Azhu nodded vigorously, "That's why I wander around."
After saying that, Azhu suddenly stood up.
Then……
Started to take off clothes.
First, he took off his black robe, revealing the bright red kimono under the black robe, and then began to untie the belt of the kimono with deft and skillful techniques.
Azuki's sudden move was completely beyond Ogata and Azuki's expectations.
Before Ogata could even react, Omachi, who was sitting next to Ogata, was the first to move.
"Ah, Ah Zhu! What are you doing?"
While Omachi shouted like this, he swooped onto Ogata, then stretched out his hands to cover Ogata's eyes.
Ogata understood A-Machi's behavior of covering his eyes very well. Even if A-Machi did not cover his eyes, he would look away.
With A-Machi present, it was naturally impossible for him to carelessly watch A-Zhu take off his clothes in front of his wife.
And even if Amachi wasn't there, Ogata wouldn't go and see it. After all, the education he received since childhood made him feel full of guilt after seeing a 15-year-old child taking off his clothes there.
.
But even so... Ogata still has the slightest desire... to open Omachi's hand and take a small look...
"I want to show you something." Azuki answered Azuki's question seriously.
After finishing her words, the kimono, which had lost its belt, slowly slid down from Ashuku's little body.
Because his eyes were covered by Omachi, Ogata couldn't see anything.
But he heard A-Machi next to him let out a shocked "Eh" sound.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Ogata asked.
"Uh... you can see for yourself..." As Machi said, he slowly lowered his hands covering Ogata's eyes.
After Atachi put down her hands, Ogata was finally able to see the scene in front of her clearly.
After seeing the scene in front of him clearly, Ogata's pupils shrank slightly in shock.
Azuki, who was standing in front of Ogata and the others, did not become naked after taking off the bright red kimono.
Under her bright red dress, there was another dress that was entirely black.
The clothing on her upper body looks like a sleeveless kimono, revealing her two fair arms.
The clothes on the lower body...are a bit like a shorter skirt, with the skirt only reaching half of the thigh.
However, because Azuki's calves were tied with leggings, her lower body did not expose too much skin.
"This is the kunoichi costume of Iga no Sato!" Ashuku said loudly.
"I'm sorry, I lied to you before...Ah, no, I don't think I lied to you."
"I am indeed a merchant's daughter."
"But besides being a businessman's daughter, I have another identity!"
Azhu assumed a strange posture like a roc spreading its wings.
"I am an Iga-ryu kunoichi, a descendant of the extinct Iga ninja!"
…
quiet
…
It's been a while
Ashuki: (⊙﹏⊙) "Master Ittousai, you don't seem very surprised."
"Ah, well... I've always been calm. Although I look calm on the outside, I'm actually quite shocked inside."
After Azuki revealed that she was a kunoichi of Iga-ryu, Azuki cooperated and showed a shocked expression.
Ogata... was quite calm, with only a bit of surprise in his eyes.
This confused Ashu quite a bit.
The reason why Ogata was so calm was simply because he had already passed the system and guessed that Azuki might not be an ordinary person anymore, so he wasn't so surprised after Azhu revealed his identity.
The surprise in Ogata's eyes at this time was mainly because he was surprised by the strange posture of the roc spreading its wings that Azuki was still wearing, and the kunoichi uniform that Azhu was wearing...
This is...Iga's kunoichi uniform...?
In Ogata's mind, the appearance of Atachi in Shiranui's kunoichi uniform popped up subconsciously, and then he compared it with the Aszuki in front of him.
After comparison, Ogata came to a profound conclusion:
Iga's kunoichi uniform and Shiranui's kunoichi uniform really complement each other... Shiranui's kunoichi uniform is more conservative on the lower body, while Iga's kunoichi uniform is more conservative on the upper body...
Atachi's kunoichi uniform is still lying quietly in the cloth bag where they put a change of clothes. The upper body of Shiranui's kunoichi uniform, although the back and arms are bare, the shape of the lower body is the same
The tight trousers are somewhat similar, so the lower body does not reveal any skin. This is exactly the opposite of Iga's kunoichi uniform. The upper body of Iga's kunoichi uniform is conservative, with only the skin of the arms exposed, while the lower body is quite open.
At this time, Azuki seemed to have accepted Ogata's words just now. After showing a look of understanding, he slowly put away this weird gesture, and then said seriously:
"Master Ittousai, you should know Iga, right?"
"Of course I know." Ogata said, "The former ninja used by the shogunate, but he died 41 years ago."
Not only do I know Iga, I also know who destroyed Iga...
Ogata added this in his mind.
"It's good that you know." Azhu nodded, "This will save me the need to explain."
"I won't say too much about Iga no Sato."
"After all, that's not the point I want to talk about."
"Essentially, I don't know much about Iga no Sato. After all, I wasn't even born when it perished."
After that, Azhu sat cross-legged and sat back on the tatami.
"As I just said, I am a descendant of the extinct Iga ninja."
"After Iga no Sato was destroyed 41 years ago, many Iga ninjas successfully survived and became homeless."
"My grandpa is one of them."
"After the destruction of Iga no Sato, my grandfather did not choose to rebuild Iga no Sato. Instead, he directly chose to remain anonymous and live a life no different from ordinary people."
"Not long after I became an ordinary person, I successfully started a family and gave birth to my mother."
"And after my mother became an adult, she also married a businessman who ran a grocery store and gave birth to me and my sister: Ajiu."
"Because my family is well off, I have lived a peaceful life with no worries about food and clothing, and still have the energy and money to learn the pipa since I can remember."
Azhu raised his hand and caressed the pipa beside her.
"Although grandpa has become anonymous, he has not completely let go of things related to Iga."
Speaking of this, Azuki paused for a moment, and then said to Ogata with a slightly ashamed look:
"I'm sorry, Lord Ittosai. What I told you before about 'luck is a self-defense technique passed down from generation to generation in my family' is all lies."
"Yunjin is not my family's self-defense technique at all. It is actually the secret technique of Iga-ryu. Its real name is 'Iga-ryu forbidden technique'."
"It is a secret technique that only the Jonin of Iga no Sato can learn."
I already knew it...
While telling the truth in his heart, Ogata used his acting skills with all his strength and showed a surprised expression: "Iga-ryu forbidden art... no wonder it is so powerful..."
"According to the rules of Iga no Sato, luck cannot be passed on to people other than Jonin, or to women."
"But because Iga no Sato was destroyed, my grandfather didn't care about so many rules and directly passed the luck to my mother. After my mother gave birth to my sister Ajiu and I, she passed it on to both of us."
"The reason why grandpa taught us luck is for the simple purpose of giving us the ability to protect ourselves when we encounter any danger."
"Except for luck, grandpa did not teach us any other Iga-ryu ninjutsu."
"Grandpa has always concealed his identity as an Iga ninja."
"When he taught us luck, he didn't tell us that it was the Iga-ryu forbidden technique. Instead, he told us that it was a fighting technique passed down from generation to generation in his family."
"Grandpa has been hiding his identity..."
"Until one night five years ago..."
At this time, Azhuda's hands on her legs slowly tightened.
"It was one night when I was 10 years old that I found out... that my grandpa was an Iga ninja..."
"One night five years ago, a large group of people suddenly came."
"The gang broke into our house directly, then came to my grandfather and told him: They are the remnants of Iga no Sato, and they hope that grandpa will join them and rebuild Iga no Sato with them."
"It wasn't until then that I realized that my grandpa was no ordinary person... although this fact didn't make me happy..."
"My sister and I were by my grandfather's side at that time, and the scenes at that time are still fresh in my memory..."
"Grandpa rejected their 'invitation' without hesitation, and then...the leader of the gang, an old guy with a gray pupil in his left eye, said: 'Then I can only capture your family and force you to become
Our weapons are gone'."
"Then...those guys started attacking us..."
"My father was a weak businessman and was quickly overpowered."
"Mom, although my sister and I have been taught luck since childhood, when faced with the siege of such people, we were quickly subdued one by one..."
"Although grandpa also fought tooth and nail to resist, he is old after all, and faced with such a huge disparity in numbers, there is nothing he can do to save himself..."
"Although we were defeated miserably, my sister's bravery attracted the leader of that gang of bastards, the old guy with the gray left eye."
"Ajiu's talent in martial arts is much higher than mine. In the study of 'Yun Jin', she can master the little tricks that took me a month to learn in one day."
"So when I fought against that gang of bastards, I didn't defeat anyone. On the contrary, Ajiu defeated three of them alone."
"The reason why I can sit here and talk to you like this now is all because of my sister. I was saved by my sister Ajiu..."
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The prototype of Azuki's kunoichi costume is the costume worn by Makoto Makoto in "Rurouni Kenshin". It looks like this (this picture can only be viewed at the starting point)
At first, Tsuki was designed to play the shamisen, but because she has recently been watching the new series "The Tale of the Heike", she changed her to play the pipa. Anyway, it doesn't matter what she plays.