Chapter 630 The wonderful fate with another giant X sister [7500]
. , I was a swordsman in ancient Japan
"Here we are." Makimura pouted towards an ordinary-looking hotel in front of him, "This is where we are staying now."
Ogata glanced at the hotel in front of him. The three Chinese characters "Kadadaya" were written on the door plaque of the hotel. Then he glanced at the surrounding environment. Although this place is not far from Shinmachi, it is quite desolate and crowded.
Traffic is low.
In a nutshell, this place is a fairly inconspicuous area in Osaka.
"Have all of you in the Calabash House come to Osaka?" Ogata asked.
Makimura shook his head: "No. The only ones coming to Osaka right now are me, Mamiya, and Asai. The rest will have to wait until later. I will tell you the details later."
This Kadoda House only has two floors. Makimura led Ogata and Atachi to the second floor in one breath, and then stopped in front of a room in the corner.
As soon as he stood in front of the sliding paper door of this room, Oconi heard a very familiar voice and a very familiar sentence pattern from behind the door...
"Mamiya, you can actually repair this kind of Southern Barbarian pocket watch..."
"Well, I once learned the repair of this kind of clock in Nagasaki. I told you that it is cheap but not good. Nanban's pocket watch only sells for 500 Wen? This kind of watch will definitely break down in a few days. You see, it is true.
Right? Okay, it’s barely repaired, but if it breaks again, I might not be able to do anything about it.”
"While I was working so hard to negotiate with Yukimura, you two were so leisurely..." Makimura twitched the corner of his mouth and opened the door unceremoniously.
"Oh, Makimura, are you back... huh?" Mamiya's eyes widened, and he stared blankly at Ogata and Atachi standing behind Makimura, "Ogata-kun... Miss Atachi..."
Asai, who was sitting opposite Mamiya, holding a silver pocket watch in his hand, was also stunned and speechless.
"Long time no see. Mamiya, Asai." Ogata smiled at the two people who had not seen each other since their farewell in Edo at the end of last year, "We and you... really have a wonderful fate."
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The Kadadaya where Mamiya and the others stayed was an ordinary hotel with no special features. In such an ordinary hotel, the rooms in it were naturally ordinary. The rooms for the three of them could not be found except for being "big".
It's hard to say anything good about it, but in such a big room, there is basically no furniture, just a few cushions.
Five people, Ogata, Amachi, Mamiya, Makimura, and Asai, sat in a circle. Makimura took the lead in telling the story of his encounter with Ogata and Amachi.
"...Just like that, I met Brother Ogata and Miss Atachi." Makimura said slowly, "Then, I brought them here."
After listening to the story of "Ogata and Omachi's Encounter" explained by Makimura, the first person to express his thoughts was Mamiya.
"...Ogata-kun, it's as you just said. We really have a wonderful fate with you..."
Mamiya let out a long breath and looked in disbelief.
"I didn't expect that when we went to Osaka, we would meet you by chance."
"I thought you were still in Ezochi..."
"Some time ago, when we had just left Edo and were preparing to come to Kansai, we had already heard about your feat of defeating the 10,000-strong army of the shogunate in Ezo."
"When we heard the news, we couldn't believe our ears. We really couldn't imagine that this was a feat that a warrior could achieve."
"Looking at all the swordsmen in ancient and modern times, let alone Miyamoto Musashi and his ilk, even Ueizumi Nobutsuna and Tsukahara Fuden are probably no longer as good as you."
Having said this, Mamiya smiled and raised his hand, patting Ogata's shoulder who was sitting next to him.
"I'm really... getting more and more curious about how people in future generations will judge you..."
Ogata only smiled at Mamiya's words, which contained no strange emotions and only expressed the simplest appreciation.
"As long as the Edo shogunate is still there, the official evaluation of me will probably not be much better." Ogata said in a joking tone, "Now... those who are die-hardly loyal to the shogunate are probably eager to defeat them.
I'll cut it into pieces in Ezo land."
"As for my affairs, let's talk about this first. Now let's talk about your affairs."
Ogata moved his eyes and let his eyes pass over the faces of Mamiya, Makimura, and Asai one by one.
"Why are you three here?"
"Well..." Mamiya looked at Ogata with eyes that seemed to want to see through Ogata's body, "...we are here to track down the 'Immortal'."
"After parting ways with you, we got new clues related to 'immortality' in Edo."
"We followed this clue and came to Osaka."
Listening to Mamiya's words, Ogata's eyes showed uncontrollable surprise.
At this time, Mamiya continued:
"Ogata-kun, what did you and Miss Atachi gain when you went north to Ezo to look for Genmasa and Gennao, their masters and disciples?"
"..." Ogata thought for a moment and said, "...The harvest is quite fruitful. It is a big step forward in curing my body that contains the 'immortal poison'."
"That's it..." Mamiya murmured softly, "In this case, both of us hold important information related to 'immortality'..."
"...Ogata-kun, let's exchange information."
"I will tell you the information we know so far, and then you will tell us your information. We can exchange information for mutual benefit."
As soon as Mamiya finished speaking, Asai on the side said urgently:
"Hey! Mamiya! How are you doing? You don't even say hello to my lord, but you have to exchange information with Ogata."
"I still have this bit of autonomy." Mamiya smiled at Asai, "Ogata-kun is no longer a stranger to us."
"Exchanging information with him is of great benefit to both them and us."
"If my lord were here, he would definitely choose to exchange information with Ogata-kun and the others without hesitation."
After finishing speaking, Mamiya turned his attention back to Ogata.
"Ogata-kun, what do you think?"
"...Okay." Ogata nodded without thinking for long, "Then let's exchange information. I'm also curious about what new information you have in Edo."
As Mamiya said just now, there are many benefits to exchanging information with Calabash House. Ogata can't think of any reason to reject Mamiya's proposal.
Maybe Mamiya and the others really have information that he and Atachi don't know about.
"Then let's talk first." Mamiya cleared his throat and began to talk.
After they experienced the battle with Shiranui, they recuperated quietly in Edo, and they talked about how they recently rescued the poor girl who was imprisoned in the Yamada Asaemon family: Atake.
Ogata and Omachi, who had been listening quietly, saw their expressions change several times as Mamiya narrated.
Ogata's expression suddenly changed twice.
The first sudden change was when he learned that Mamiya was actually a descendant of the famous Yamada Asaemon family.
The second sudden change was when he learned that the girl named Azhu actually had strong resilience that allowed her organs to repair themselves even if her organs were removed.
Such strong resilience made Ogata almost subconsciously recall the monsters on Butterfly Island...
"Ogata-kun, Miss Omachi." Mamiya suddenly asked them both, "Do you know about the recent frequent disappearances in Kansai?"
The two of them shook their heads at the same time in a tacit understanding. Because they were busy on the road, they rarely went to izakayas, teahouses and other places to listen to "implementation news."
"We have briefly heard about this matter in Edo before." Mamiya said slowly, "Recently, there have been frequent disappearances in Kansai. Regardless of men, women, old and young, samurai and common people, people have disappeared. We will report this
The disappearance is referred to as the 'Kansai Missing Persons Incident'."
"When we heard the rumor at the time, we didn't pay much attention to it."
"It wasn't until Atake was rescued that we discovered that the 'Kansai Missing Persons Incident' didn't seem to be simple."
"As a native of Osaka, Atake was kidnapped on the streets of Osaka. It is difficult not to connect Atake's kidnapping with the Kansai Missing Persons Incident."
"We suspect that the initiators of the 'Kansai Missing Persons Incident' are those who are researching 'immortality'."
"They kidnapped people for experiments. A Zhu was the victim of this experiment."
"So we followed this clue and came to Osaka. We are going to launch an investigation centered on Osaka."
At this time, Makimura interrupted:
"Brother Ogata, the Yukimura you met just now is an old friend of our Calabash House."
"My lord was once kind to him. A large part of the reason why Yukimura was able to achieve such great achievements in such a short period of time was because my lord was helping him."
"You can think of Yukimura as half of our Calabash House."
"I went to him just now to ask Yukimura to mobilize his forces to help investigate the 'Kansai Missing Persons Incident'."
The speaker again switched to Mamiya:
"It would be too dangerous to bring Atake to Osaka."
"After all, A-Zhu was kidnapped in Osaka. There may still be many eyes and ears 'researching the undead group' hidden in Osaka. If they discover A-Zhu, it will be troublesome."
"Until we find out the true identity and strength of the 'Research Immortal Group', we must try to avoid confrontation with them."
"And if we don't try to restore A-Zhu's body to its original condition first, then it would be really dangerous for her to go home directly to reunite with her relatives."
"If her relatives discover the abnormalities in her body in the future, she may be handed over to the government as a monster, or she may be subjected to even more extreme things."
"So, based on the above, my lord, she decided to send me, Makimura, and Asai to Osaka to make advance preparations for investigating the 'Kansai Missing Persons Incident'."
"And she, Genichi-san and Shimada are taking Atake to Nara. They plan to entrust Atake to a trustworthy old friend of Gendai-san to take care of him. After entrusting Atake to him, she will come to Osaka to meet us.
Convergence.”
"My lord, they are probably almost at Nara now, and they will reach Osaka in a while."
Nara is one of Japan's famous ancient capitals. Like Kyoto and Osaka, it is located on the Kinki Plain in central Japan.
Nara is located directly east of Osaka, and the straight-line distance between the two cities is only less than 30 kilometers.
The story of the Calabash House group after they parted ways with Ogata has been told.
Ogata and Atachi couldn't calm down for a long time after hearing what they had experienced in the past few months.
"A girl who can repair herself even if her organs are taken away..." Ogata murmured in a deep voice, "It seems... that group that is researching 'immortality'... has already found a way to transform a person's body into a human body."
Like a monster..."
Having said this, Ogata took several deep breaths.
After letting his emotions calm down, Ogata said to Mamiya in a relaxed tone:
"Mamiya, I didn't expect that your real name is Yamada Asaemon Yoshitsune... Yoshitsune... what a majestic name. Is that sword Vairocana?"
Ogata looked at the sword with a handle and scabbard composed of black and purple that was placed on the tatami on the right side of Mamiya.
Mamiya showed a smile that contained complicated emotions, and raised his hand to gently touch the scabbard of the sword beside him.
"...These are things of the past."
"In the past, my father always told me: Every time I swing my sword, I can make the world a better place."
"So whether it's to test the knife or to execute the death row criminal, I will never look back."
"It wasn't until five years ago that my father asked me to chop off the heads of hundreds of innocent people just to use their courage to save the palace (the empress) in Kyoto, that I was shocked to realize that every time I swung the knife
, not to make the world a better place, but just to allow the Edo shogunate to rule the world better."
"Since then, I no longer have the mood or consciousness to stay in the Yamada Asaemon family..."
"Instead of continuing to work for the shogunate, it would be better to work for a businesswoman, which would make people feel more happy."
"Ah, I'm sorry. It seems a bit far-fetched."
Mamiya took away the hand that was caressing Vairocana's scabbard.
"Ogata-kun, the above is the information about the 'immortal' that our Calabash House has collected in the past few months."
"What about you? Have you successfully found Xuanzheng, Xuanzhi's master and disciple in Ezo, or found any other useful information?"
Ogata was not in a hurry to respond to Mamiya immediately.
But after thinking for a moment, he said quietly:
"After listening to your information just now... Koyasan is really becoming more and more suspicious..."
Mamiya: "Koyasan?"
After suddenly hearing the word "Koyasan" from Ogata's mouth, which seemed to have nothing to do with the topic they just talked about, both Mamiya and Makimura looked surprised.
"Atachi and I successfully found Gennao in Ezo." Ogata sighed softly, "When we found him, he was already crazy..."
The story of Ogata, Amachi and the others is undoubtedly much longer than the story of Mamiya and the others.
Ogata first briefly told the story of how he collaborated with the Ainu people of the Red Moon Fortress to fight against the shogunate's 10,000-strong army, and then focused on the information they asked from Xuan Nao after finding him.
The young man who calls himself "Taiko", the Master of the Immortal Source of Mount Koya, has the medicine that can suppress the "power of immortality" and transform into human beings...
Ogata's narration lasted for half an hour.
After half an hour, the expressions of Mamiya, Makimura, and Asai all became more exciting.
When he heard Ogata mention the young man who called himself "Taiko", Mamiya's expression became strange.
However, this weird expression only lasted for a while and then returned to normal. He continued to listen carefully to Ogata's story. Because Mamiya's weird expression disappeared so quickly, no one noticed what was strange about Mamiya just now.
"...The above is the information that Atachi and I know so far."
"Koyasan is also located in Kansai, just 12 miles southeast of Osaka (about 50 kilometers in modern times)."
"Based on the information you have found... I have a bold guess." The expression on Ogata's face has become extremely serious. "Is it possible that the Buddhist forces in Mount Koya are helping to abduct the people used for the 'immortality' experiment..."
"
No one questioned Ogata's bold conjecture just now.
"It is indeed an incredible giant..." Mamiya also smiled bitterly and scratched his hair, "I didn't expect that even Buddhist forces are involved now..."
In the past, Japanese Buddhists were called arrogant.
Japanese Buddhists have always been a huge force that cannot be ignored and can even influence the world situation.
For various reasons, Japanese Buddhists in the past not only had their own land, but could also raise their own army, also known as the famous monk soldiers. Because of the blessing of faith, the monk soldiers were a powerful force known for their bravery.
During the Warring States Period more than 200 years ago, these Buddhists in Japan were even more impressive. They had many believers, strong political influence, huge real estate and armies. Buddhists could also marry wives and have children, eat meat and drink wine.
, doing everything but not reciting sutras, they are basically no different from warlords.
How exaggerated was the strength of the Buddhist forces at that time?
For example, at the end of the 16th century more than 200 years ago, the Oda clan, led by Oda Nobunaga, which was considered one of the best in the world in terms of comprehensive strength at that time, faced off against one of the Buddhist forces: Ishiyama Honganji Temple.
It took a full 10 years to finally conquer Ishiyama Honganji Temple.
In order to retaliate against the Buddhist forces that often come to make things difficult for him, and to suppress the huge power of Buddhists, Oda Nobunaga burned Mount Hiei, one of the sacred places for Buddhists, in 1571 AD. He also massacred all living creatures on the mountain.
No matter men, women, old or young.
There are quite a few sects of Buddhism in Japan.
Mount Koya is the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, while Mount Hiei is the headquarters of the Tendai sect of Buddhism.
Both Mount Koya and Mount Hiei are sacred places in the hearts of Japanese Buddhists.
Oda Nobunaga's act of burning the holy land Mount Hiei made Buddhists very angry, so Oda Nobunaga was given the title "Sixth Heaven Demon King", which means "Enemy of Buddha".
Although people in later generations have various comments on Oda Nobunaga's series of actions to suppress Buddhist forces, it cannot be denied that he successfully suppressed the arrogance of the Buddhists who were extremely arrogant at that time.
After Tokugawa Ieyasu ended the warring states and founded the Edo shogunate, he stepped on the shoulders of giants, absorbed all the experiences and lessons of previous generations, and carried out drastic transformation of Buddhist forces.
Today's Buddhist forces can no longer possess exaggerated real estate and training, and form monk armies like before.
They are now like a tiger with its teeth and claws removed.
But even if its claws are removed, a tiger is still a tiger.
Although they have no military force or financial resources, they have great political influence, especially in Mount Koya.
If you make a mistake on the sacred Mount Koya, I'm afraid Buddhists all over the country will regard you as an enemy.
Having absorbed so much shocking news in one breath, it would be difficult for the three of them to recover for a while.
Mamiya raised his hand and patted his forehead a few times, then asked Ogata:
"...Ogata-kun, what are your plans for future actions?"
"I plan to repair my Great Release and Great Freedom first." Ogata answered almost without thinking, raised his hand and touched the piece of paper lying quietly in his arms with the words "Yu Er" written on it.
The letter on the location of the residence reads, "After the knife is repaired, try to go to Mount Koya to investigate."
"What about you? Are you planning to investigate the 'Kansai Missing Persons Incident' in Osaka first?"
"...Our current plan is this." Mamiya said, "But the new information learned from you is too important."
"The three of us will wait for our lord, Gendai and others to come over and join us."
"After we meet up, let's think about the next step."
Having said this, a look of thoughtfulness slowly appeared on Mamiya's face, and his mouth tightened.
After he was quiet for a while, he raised his eyes again, looked at Ogata beside him, and said solemnly:
"...Ogata-kun, are you interested in forming an alliance with our Gourd House like we did against Shiranui before?"
"We are all in Osaka now, and our purpose is to investigate the 'immortality'."
"When we form an alliance, no matter what we do, we will get twice the result with half the effort."
"My lord, she will definitely be happy to ally with you again for the purpose of 'investigating immortality'."
Mamiya offered an olive branch to Ogata, which was completely expected.
After all, this was not the first time that he had received an invitation from Calabash House to form an alliance. They had formed an alliance once before and worked together to deal with Shiranui.
No matter how you look at it, the advantages of forming an alliance with Calabash House outweigh the disadvantages.
However, Ogata did not respond immediately to Mamiya's invitation.
Instead, he looked directly at Mamiya with calm eyes.
It wasn't until half a while later that he quietly asked Mamiya a question that had nothing to do with his invitation:
"...When will Mamiya, Miss Lin, Lord Genichi, Shimada and the others arrive in Edo?"
"Huh? I can't say for sure. It will probably take 3 or 4 days." Although he didn't know why Ogata asked this, Mamiya still answered honestly.
"Then when Miss Lin and the others arrive, can you come and notify me? I have two questions that I have been holding on to for a long time and want to ask Miss Lin."
"Problem?" Mamiya raised an eyebrow.
Mamiya's eyes flashed...a hint of wariness.
"Don't worry." Ogata smiled, "It's not a question that will offend you. You and I have known each other for a long time. Don't you still know what kind of person I am?"
"I am happy to form an alliance with you again, but before forming an alliance, I have to ask Miss Lin those two questions clearly."
"If I don't ask clearly, please forgive me for not being able to fight side by side with you again."
"...I understand." Mamiya nodded after being silent for a while, "When my lord and the others arrive, we will notify you as soon as possible."
"Don't ask any weird questions."
Mamiya changed into a joking tone at this time.
"If you asked her why she still looks like a 13 or 14-year-old even though she is 20 years old, she might cry."
"Hey, Mamiya, don't speak ill of the lord while he's away." Makimura said helplessly.
"I'm not talking bad words." Mamiya smiled and shook his head, "I'm just telling the truth."
While they were bickering and joking in Mamiya, Amachi, who was sitting on Ogata's right side, secretly put his red lips close to Ogata's ear and whispered:
"What question do you want to ask Miss Lin?"
"Well... I'll tell you later." Ogata responded softly with a smile, "I just... want to confirm two things with Miss Lin."
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next day, morning
Osaka, on a deserted street
"I'm sorry." Ogata stopped an aunt who looked very idle, "Do you know where No. 17 Kisara Street is?"
"No. 17 Mugeng Street..." The aunt raised her head, thinking, and then pointed behind herself, "You go straight in this direction, turn right 2 blocks and you will reach Mugen Street. As for No. 17, it is
Which, I don’t know.”
"Go straight in this direction and then make two more turns...Thank you." Ogata bowed politely to the aunt.
After bidding farewell to this aunt and returning to Atachi and Asuka who were waiting for him not far away, Asuka impatiently asked Ogata:
"How? Did you ask for the location of Mu Geng Street?"
Ogata nodded: "It's not far from here, almost there. Let's go."
Things must be prioritized. Going to Mount Koya to investigate without repairing your own weapons first is a fool's errand no matter how you look at it.
Ogata, who had already planned to "repair the sword first, then investigate", after getting Yuji's address last night, decided to visit the swordsmith today.
As soon as the sun rose above the horizon today, Ogata finished washing and was ready to set off.
Of course, A-Machi and A-Tsuku followed Ogata.
Fuma, who had already helped Ogata find Yuji's residence, continued to talk to his old subordinates.
Although Yuji's specific address was already known, Osaka was, after all, a large city with a population of nearly one million, and it took Ogata and the others a lot of effort to finally find Yuji's address.
The three Ogata people followed the instructions of the aunt just now and arrived at Kisara Street smoothly.
The scenery of Mu Geng Street... to put it mildly, is very suitable for seclusion.
This place is located on the outskirts of Osaka, and the flow of people is so small that since Ogata and the three of them entered Kisara Street, they have not seen more people than they can count on their hands.
The houses on both sides of the street are also low and dilapidated huts.
It's hard to find words to praise this place. The best compliment I can think of is probably "House prices here should be very cheap."
After entering Mugen Street, Ogata continued to ask about the location of "No. 17 Mugen Street".
Finally they found their destination.
An ordinary little shabby house located on the corner of the street.
"...Is that really where Yuji lives?" Amachi couldn't help but ask Ogata beside him.
"According to what the uncle just said... that small shabby house is indeed 'No. 17 Mugen Street'..." Ogata also looked at the house that looked more like a haunted house with a complicated face at this time, "Anyway, let's start with
Let’s go and take a look.”
Ogata and the others walked quickly towards the "haunted house".
"Is anyone home?"
Standing in front of the door of the "haunted house", Ogata shouted into the house.
They were worried that no one would respond in the house.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Ogata finished speaking, the sound of "dong dong dong" footsteps could be heard in the house.
Click... click... click...
The wooden door, which was in disrepair, was opened with difficulty.
Behind the opened wooden door was a face...that all three of Ogata and the others had seen.
The three Ogata people looked at the person holding the door in astonishment.
The person holding the door also looked at Ogata and the three of them in astonishment.
The person who opened the door of this "haunted house" was the old man who persuaded Ogata to come and bring down the curtain together: Naoshu Isshiki.
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