Chapter 672 A-cho's classic skin and Da Shitian, the new master of Da Zi [6300]
Osaka, somewhere
Atachi and Atzuki carried their luggage and followed closely behind Genichi and others.
Genichi, who was running at the front, led everyone through the streets and alleys of Osaka, finally stopping in front of the gate of a small Buddhist temple, and then rushed into the temple without any hesitation.
After rushing into the temple, Amachi saw two familiar faces, Asai and Shimada.
Asai and Shimada carried their respective swords, walked out of the Buddhist hall in the temple, and greeted Yuan and others.
Asai: "Genichi-san, you are finally back. Hmm? Atachi-san, why are you looking like this? Were you also attacked?"
Shimada: "Ah! Where is Mr. Ogata? Why don't you see Mr. Ogata?"
"I will explain it to you slowly later." Genichi interrupted Asai and Shimada, "You two will help move the man and woman on Mamiya and Makimura's backs into the inner room of the temple.
, and then get some water to wake them up."
Mamiya and Makimura were each carrying a woman and a man on their backs.
This woman and man are none other than the commander Jie Zheng and Iga kunoichi A Qing they captured just now.
Asai and Shimada didn't know where Genichi and his friends got Jiezheng and Aqing from, but they didn't ask any questions and obediently followed Genichi's instructions and worked together with Mamiya and Makimura to carry them into the inner room of the temple.
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"Mr. Genichi." Azhu looked around with a blank expression, "Is this the temple of an acquaintance of yours?"
"No." Yuan Yi said, "We don't know anyone from this temple at all."
"We just saw that the location of this temple is good, and the people in the temple happened to be frightened by the fire in Osaka and fled, so we just borrowed it temporarily."
A-Machi and A-Zhu both looked at Genichi who made such violent remarks with stunned eyes.
"Gen, Mr. Genichi." Azuki shrank his neck, "We broke into the Buddhist temple without permission, and also forcibly expropriated other people's Buddhist temples... Isn't this not good?"
"Forcibly requisitioned or something, it's too ugly." Yuan Yi smiled and shrugged at Azhu, "We are not evil ghosts. Don't worry, we will not treat the people of this Buddhist temple badly."
After saying that, Yuan Yi turned his head and looked at the merit box placed not far away.
"This money will be regarded as the rental fee for this Buddhist temple."
As Yuan Yi spoke, he walked slowly towards the merit box, and then took out a large handful of gold medals from his arms.
Looking at the big gold medal in Yuan Yi's hand, Azhu's eyes widened.
According to her visual inspection, the amount of money in Yuan Yi's hand was at least twenty taels.
More than twenty taels... not to mention renting the temple, it is more than enough to renovate the entire temple.
Yuan Yi threw such a huge sum of money directly into the merit box without even looking at it...
"Ah-Machi." After stuffing this huge amount of money into the merit box, Genichi turned his attention to Ah-Machi, "Would you like to take a rest now? I see that you have experienced a lot tonight.
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After finishing speaking, Genichi glanced at the patches of blood and mud on Omachi's kimono.
"Ha, there's no need to rest. Don't look at me like this. I have very good physical strength and I'm not too tired." A-Machi lowered his head and looked at the stains on his clothes and because he was always barefoot.
As for the dirty feet, "I just need to change my clothes."
Having said this, Amachi changed into a serious tone.
"Mr. Genichi."
"Before that, can you tell me what happened to you tonight? What does Mamiya mean by the words 'Did something happen to you too'?"
"Ha..." Yuan Yi smiled with a touch of bitterness and annoyance, "Not only are you being attacked tonight, we are also being attacked..."
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Amachi is currently standing in a side room of the Buddhist temple.
She grabbed the two lapels of the kimono that had been unbelted, pulled hard to the left and right, and then pulled it down. The thin kimono fell off from her smooth skin, revealing a body that countless men would be willing to indulge in.
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Outside the closed door of the side room, three people, Yuan Yi, Feng Mo and Azhu, were sitting.
A-Machi just changed his clothes while listening to Genichi's story about what happened to them tonight with Fuuma and A-Zhu outside the door.
"Atachi, do you remember that Yukimura?"
"Of course I remember." Amachi said immediately, "It's the person I just met again during the day today."
Yukimura is a wealthy Osaka businessman who has received many favors from Calabash House.
Previously, Ogata and Omachi met Yukimura for the first time in Shinmachi when they were pretending to be the escort of Hatsuko, the "best artist in Osaka". Their meeting with Yukimura also indirectly helped Ogata, Makimura and Mamiya reunite.
Lin entrusted him to help investigate the "Kansai Disappearance Incident". During the day today, he rushed to the residence of Lin and others and sent "'Kansai Disappearance Incident" to the Calabash House group and Ogata and Amachi who happened to be present at the time.
'Important information that may be related to Saint Takano who is responsible for preaching everywhere.
It was this information that made Lin and Ogata decide to set off to Mount Koya to investigate tomorrow.
However, tomorrow has not yet come, and one incident after another occurred tonight, which can basically declare the plan of "leaving for Mount Koya tomorrow" to be bankrupt.
"This afternoon, that Yukimura invited Xiao Lin to his home for dinner."
"Yukimura is not only an old acquaintance of Rin, but also half of Rin's subordinates. Without Rin's support and help, Yukimura would not have been able to build such a large family business in Osaka in such a short period of time."
"My acquaintance and half of his subordinates invited me to have dinner, and I don't have anything important to do tonight, so Xiaolin, who had no reason to refuse, naturally agreed happily."
"Xiaolin will go to Yukimura's residence alone tonight for a banquet."
"As a result, Xiaolin... something happened."
"Not long after Lin went to the banquet, I, Mamiya, Makimura, Asai, and Shimada who were staying at the hotel heard the sound of gunfire coming from all over Osaka."
"The sound of gunfire and gunfire in Osaka City is not normal no matter how you think about it."
"We were worried about Xiao Lin who was alone outside now, so we rushed to Yukimura's mansion immediately."
"As a result, when we arrived at Yukimura's mansion, we only saw a mess."
"Only the servants of the Yukimura family were seen making a mess, but Xiaolin and Yukimura were not seen."
"After we questioned the Yukimura family's servants in detail, we found out what happened."
"Not long after Xiaolin arrived at Yukimura's mansion, dozens of gunmen with flintlock rifles suddenly appeared. They rushed into Yukimura's mansion and rushed towards Xiaolin."
"The frightened servants fled and hid everywhere. Only 2 or 3 people saw the whole battle between Xiaolin and the gunmen."
"Xiao Lin fought bravely against these enemies and killed 8 of them in one go. However, she was eventually subdued because she was outnumbered and unable to fight with muskets."
"The one who was subdued was Yukimura."
"Xiaolin and Yukimura who were knocked unconscious were taken away by the gunmen. As for where they were taken, the servants didn't know."
"Miss Lin...were taken away by those people?" Amachi, who had just finished changing his clothes, stopped changing his clothes out of shock.
"Well..." Genichi nodded lightly, "The enemy knew that Xiaolin would go to Yukimura's home for a banquet tonight, so it was obvious that this was a premeditated attack, and the robbers knew all about Xiaolin's movements.
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"Xiao Lin was kidnapped by unknown persons. Naturally, we cannot take this kind of thing lightly."
"The hotel we originally stayed in was too small, and it was inconvenient to do anything. So we borrowed this temple and asked Asai and Shimada to stay at the temple, while I, Mamiya, and Makimura, the three of us, come to you
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"If we want to find Xiaolin back, the more helpers the better, so the original intention of us coming to you is just to ask for help and ask you to help us find Xiaolin."
"And when we were rushing to your hotel, we bumped into Gan Shi on the way."
"I was having dinner at my old subordinate's house when I suddenly heard the sound of gunfire." Feng Mo took over the conversation at this time, "There are so many gunshots in Osaka City. It is unusual no matter how you think about it."
"So I asked my old subordinate to take his family to the outskirts of Osaka to take refuge, while I came to see how you are doing, Komachi, and see if you have also taken refuge in the outskirts of Osaka."
"When I was rushing to the hotel where you were staying, I met Yuan Yi on the way who was also going to find you, so I took action with them."
After Feng Mo finished speaking, Yuan Yi once again took the lead:
"I don't need to go into details about what happened after that."
"When I arrived at the hotel where you were staying, I found that your hotel was surrounded by a group of shooters with flintlock guns."
"...So that's what it is..." Ating murmured, "Not only did Ayi have an accident, but did Miss Lin also have an accident?"
"Who are these people with muskets?" Ashuku blinked and interjected, "Why are you targeting both Lord Ittosai and Miss Kinoshita? Do the two of them have any common enemies?
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Ogata and Rin's common enemy, Omachi, only thinks of her former boss: Shiranui Sato.
But as far as Amachi knows, even Shiranui in its heyday did not have the ability to equip flintlock guns on a large scale...
"I don't know who is the mastermind behind those musketeers." Yuan Yi said slowly, "But if we are lucky enough, we will soon be able to understand the answers to these questions."
"Are you going to torture the man and woman we captured?" A-Machi immediately understood the implication of what Genichi just said.
"We originally planned to try to capture a few high-ranking people from the enemy to gather information after reuniting with you." Yuan Yi smiled, "Unexpectedly, we were very lucky to get the information."
The two things of "meeting you and arresting people to torture for information" were done at the same time."
"I hope I can get enough valuable information from that young man and woman."
Bang bang bang...
At this time, footsteps came from far and near.
It was Shimada running towards them quickly.
"Master Yuan Yi, we have woken up the man and woman with water."
"Oh, thank you for your hard work." Yuan Yi stood up from the ground slowly, leaning on the knife.
At this moment, the door of the side room where Atachi used to change clothes was slowly opened.
"Ah, Komachi." Fuuma was stunned, "Why did you change your clothes like this?"
"Tonight is bound to be a very busy night." Atachi smiled slightly, "So it's better to change into clothes that are easier to move around."
"Of all the clothes I brought, this is the most convenient for movement."
"And this piece of clothing is also the one I wear most often. Wearing this piece of clothing that is very familiar to me can also make my skills become a little bit stronger."
The clothes Atachi is wearing right now are exactly her Shiranui kunoichi uniforms.
In terms of ease of movement, there is no fabric on the back and arms of the upper body, and the lower body is similar to the close-fitting long johns of the Shiranui kunoichi uniform. It is indeed countless times better than an ordinary kimono.
This is the first time Asuka has seen Atachi wearing the kunoichi uniform from Shiranui.
"Miss A-Machi..." A-Zhu blushed slightly. While looking at A-Machi's exposed smooth arms and back, he asked softly, "You won't feel any chill on your back when you wear this dress."
, is it very uncomfortable?”
"Although it does feel chilly when the weather is cold, but when the weather is hot, wearing this dress will be very comfortable." Atachi smiled at Atzuki.
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A Qing, who looked confused, shook her head vigorously to shake off the water droplets on her hair and face.
"Ah Qing! Ah Qing! How are you?"
The voice of his best friend came from beside him.
"Jie Zheng?" Ah Qing turned her head following the voice and saw Jiezheng being tied up by Wu Hua Da and dripping wet.
After looking at the introduction, A-Qing looked down at herself again. She was also tied up by the five-flowered dog, like a drowned rat, and her whole body was dripping wet.
Ah Qing looked around and found that she was now in a strange room, surrounded by three strange men.
These three men, who were quite unfamiliar to Aqing, naturally asked Shimada to report to Genichi that "the prisoner had woken up", and then Mamiya, Makimura, and Asai stayed to continue to look after Jiezheng and Aqing.
"There really is no more convenient way to wake someone up than pouring water on them." Asai sighed softly while throwing the empty bucket aside.
Why am I here...
Ah Qing frowned slightly and tried to "repair" her memory.
The memory fragments before coma appeared in A-Qing's mind one by one like fish spitting bubbles.
Following Jiezheng to catch the woman who was suspected to be Shura's wife, he was attacked by an unknown person and knocked unconscious with a move...
After "repairing" her memory, A-Qing's expression immediately changed, and she looked at the three strangers in front of her with vigilant eyes.
Wow...
At this time, the sliding door of the room was suddenly opened.
The people who entered were none other than Genichi, Amachi and others who had changed their clothes.
"You're already awake." Yuan Yi glanced at Jiezheng and Aqing, then withdrew his gaze, "It's not too late, let's start quickly."
"Yes."*4
After the four of them, Mamiya, Makimura, Asai, and Shimada said "yes" in unison, they immediately divided into two teams.
Mamiya and Asai worked together to carry Aqing out, while Makimura and Shimada stayed in this room.
"What are you doing!" Seeing A Qing being carried out of the house, Jie Zheng immediately roared and struggled to get up.
"Don't move." Makimura rushed forward, held down Jie Zheng very roughly, and then worked together with Shimada to tie Jie Zheng to a tatami they had just removed.
His limbs were tied to the four corners of the tatami, and a clean cloth was placed on his face.
After completing this series of arrangements, Makimura ordered to Shimada:
"Pour water."
"Okay, okay." Shimada swallowed hard, then took a bucket full of water next to him with a slightly stiff movement, took a ladle of water, and poured it on Jiezheng's face.
When pouring water on Jiezheng's face covered with a piece of cloth, Makimura kept pressing Jiezheng's head hard to prevent Jiezheng from moving.
When the water first poured on Jiezheng's face, Jiezheng was still able to hold back the discomfort.
But after just a moment, Jiezheng began to struggle and moan in pain.
This is exactly what Makimura learned from interrogating suspects when he was still a police officer in Kyoto, and learned about the extremely painful method of torture: waterboarding.
Last summer, Makimura used this method to torture the enemy and successfully asked for a lot of information.
This method of torture is more painful than simply punching and kicking.
After letting Jie Zheng feel like he was about to suffocate at any moment for a while, Makimura signaled Shimada to stop watering.
"Is it painful?" Makimura lifted the cloth covering Jiezheng's face, "If you don't want to suffer this kind of pain again, just answer our question. Who are you? Who is instructing you."
Jie Zheng was coughing hard, with mucus and saliva dripping all over his face.
However, despite his miserable appearance, Jie Zheng's eyes were still sharp, glaring at Makimura and Shimada fiercely.
"Do you think...ahem! I would just...ahem! tell you...ahem!"
"Yeah, I think so." Makimura put the cloth back on Jiezheng's face, "Shimada, continue watering."
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A similar scene was taking place outside the room.
Ah Qing was taken to the other side of the temple where the sound of Jiezheng's torture could not be heard, and she was tortured in a place far away from Jiezheng.
After Mamiya and Asai worked together to make her "drink" enough water, Asai lifted the cloth covering Qing's face.
"Why are you Iga ninjas here? Who is the mastermind behind you? As long as you answer our questions obediently, you will no longer suffer!"
Ah Qing is more upright than Jie Zheng.
After she glanced at Mamiya and Asai with disdain, she stopped talking, silently closed her eyes, and ignored Mamiya and Asai.
"As expected of a ninja." Mamiya said calmly on the side, "You have a very strict mouth."
"Then I want to see how long she can hold on. We are in a hurry." Asai put the towel back on Ah Qing's face, and then poured water on Ah Qing's face.
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In A-Machi, Genichi and his group were interrogating Jiezheng and A-Qing.
Osaka, Ryusui Temple
"Yoshihisa! Yoshihisa!" A woman in costume walked quickly towards Yoshihisa holding the hem of her kimono.
"It's Mrs. Luo." Jijiu, who was standing by the window with his hands behind his back, slowly turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"
This woman, whom Jijiu calls a "branded woman," is about 30 years old.
Her beautiful features were covered with seductive heavy makeup, she was dressed in exaggerated and luxurious attire like an oiran, her hair was tied into a hair style that only ladies would have, and her hair was filled with various decorations.
She is obviously a woman with such a charming appearance and dress, but her tone of speech is extremely rude.
"Jijiu! I'm so fucking bored! When can I be given some tasks?"
"Lady." Jijiu said calmly, "Don't be impatient. When I need you to appear, I will naturally let you appear."
"Even for a moment, I want to serve Toyotomi-sama as soon as possible! I want to help Toyotomi-sama as soon as possible!" The brand woman seemed to be itching all over her body. She raised her hands and scratched the skin everywhere on her body.
Show pain.
"If you obey my orders obediently, you are being loyal to Toyotomi-sama and helping Toyotomi-sama."
"Hey! Yoshihisa!" The branded woman's expression suddenly turned ferocious, and several veins popped out on her neck. "The words you just mentioned about Toyotomi-sama, your tone was not respectful enough! Not respectful enough!!
How can you address Toyotomi-sama with such a weak tone!"
Jijiu ignored the brand woman's hysterical roar, turned around with his hands behind his back, faced the window next to him, and looked out at the night view of Osaka filled with firelight.
"Anyway, just wait for me. I promise you that I will give you the task as soon as possible."
"No!" the branded woman shouted without thinking, "I'm almost bored!"
"Isn't it that Saemon and the others are searching everywhere for Ogata Ittosai, but they haven't found it yet? Why don't I let me join the search?"
"No." Yoshihisa said calmly, "Don't make me repeat it so many times. Just wait and wait. Search for Ogata Ittousai. It's enough to have the left and right guards."
The branded woman opened her mouth and was about to say something else.
However, as soon as she opened her mouth, Jijiu blocked her mouth with one sentence:
"Toyotomi-sama has given me full authority to command the front lines of this battle."
"You don't want me to report to Toyotomi-sama that the sold-out woman doesn't obey my orders at all, do you?"
Jijiu's words made the branded woman's expression suffocate, and she swallowed all the words she originally wanted to say.
"...Hmph!" The brand woman gritted her teeth, "You are just more favored by Toyotomi-sama than I am! You are so arrogant!"
The branded woman left a lot of dirty words and left cursingly.
After the sold woman left, the room finally became quiet.
However, it didn't stay quiet for long.
"Lord Yoshihisa."
Not long after the branded woman left, a female voice came from behind Jijiu again.
However, the female voice that sounded this time was much gentler and better-sounding than the voice of the sold woman.
"It's the first light."
It was different from the indifference he faced Madam Brand just now.
With a faint smile on his face, Yoshihisa slowly turned around and looked at the "former Osaka No. 1 artist" who had appeared behind Yoshihisa just now and was kneeling on one knee.
"Samaemon-sama and the others have searched all along the river." Hatsumi said softly, "They still haven't found Ogata Ittosai."
"You haven't found it yet..." Yoshihisa's expression was calm, as if he had expected this result, "The 'surprises' that Ogata Ittousai brought to us are really one after another... Is there anything else to report?
?"
"No more." Chu Guang said.
"...Chu Guang, I'll give you a new mission."
"new task?"
"Stop being a 'messenger' and go find Ogata Ittosai."
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"Damn...damn Jijiu..."
Mrs. Brand, still cursing, returned to her temporary residence.
Her temporary residence is a small room in Longshui Temple. The layout of the room is quite simple, with almost no furniture, only a few cushions, and a knife holder placed in the corner of the room.
A katana and a wakizashi.
Mrs. Luo, who returned to the room, looked at the two knives on the knife rest, and her eyes immediately softened.
She walked slowly to the side of the knife rest, raised her hand and gently stroked the two knives on the knife rest.
"I really want to... I really want to use my two new swords quickly to help Toyotomi-sama..."
The handles and scabbards of the two knives that Mrs. Brand is caressing are made of blue and gold. They are very beautiful-looking knives.