Chapter 673 The reunion of Ogata and Isshiki [5300]
"Looking for... Ogata Ittousai?" Hatsumi was stunned.
"Ogata Ittosai is a person who Toyotomi-sama personally ordered to be killed."
Jijiu took his eyes away from Chu Guang and cast them back out the window.
"However, the current encirclement and suppression of Ogata Ittosai is not going well."
"Ogata Ittousai's strength far exceeds our expectations."
"Saemon and the others have searched up and down the river where Ogata Ittosai fell into, but they have not found any trace of it until now."
"If he escapes Osaka, it will be troublesome. If I want to find him again, I don't know where to look..."
"So I decided to mobilize some ninjas to join the search for Ogata Ittousai."
"And Chu Guang, you are one of the people added."
"Do a good job, Chu Guang."
"If possible, try to make some achievements."
Jijiu paused for a moment, then turned his gaze from the window to Chu Guang.
"A lot of people have criticized you recently."
"What do you mean, 'Hatsuguang was raised by Lord Yoshihisa alone and received personal instruction from Lord Yoshihisa, but as a result, he has not achieved any great achievements until now.'"
"Although such gossip makes me feel very harsh, I have to admit that what they say is indeed reasonable."
"Since you officially served the organization a year ago, you haven't had any great achievements."
"I asked you to disguise yourself as a musician and lurk in Osaka, but you haven't obtained any particularly valuable information for the organization."
"You are my closed disciple. If you never have any achievements that you can produce, it would be really shameful."
"So you must give me your best tonight and try your best to achieve something."
"In this way, those idle people who like to gossip can be a little quieter."
"Try to prove to these idle people that you don't have a pretty face for nothing."
Jijiu, who had always had a cold face and no expression on his face, now the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and a little smile appeared in Jijiu's eyes as the corners of his mouth turned up.
"yes!"
Chu Guang buried his head low and said loudly and respectfully.
"I will definitely fulfill my mission!"
Yoshihisa waved his hand towards Hatsuko.
"Okay, let's go down and do what we need to do to search for Ogata Ittousai."
Chuguang shouted "yes" again, stood up and left.
As a result, when she just took a few steps back, Jijiu seemed to suddenly remember something and quickly stopped Chu Guang.
"Chu Guang, wait."
Chu Guang, who didn't understand why, knelt down on one knee again.
"Don't let that crazy woman, the Branded Woman, know about the fact that 'I mobilized some ninjas to join in the search for Ogata Ittousai.'"
Jijiu raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.
"That crazy woman just came to my place to cause trouble..."
"What do you mean, you want to join the search for Ogata Ittousai, and you want to be loyal to Toyotomi-sama quickly."
"It's really hilarious... She's a lunatic who knows nothing but killing people. If she is asked to search for Ogata Ittousai, the only help she can do is to be a disservice."
"In short, don't let her know that I have sent more manpower to search for Ogata Ittousai. If she finds out, she will definitely come to me and nag me again."
Listening to Jijiu's words, a slight smile appeared on Chu Guang's face.
"Yes, I understand."
"Yes." Jijiu nodded slightly, and then waved his hand towards Chu Guang again.
This time, Chuguang was not suddenly stopped by Jijiu and walked out of the room where Jijiu was sitting very smoothly.
After Chu Guang left the room where Ji Jiu was, a dramatic scene occurred——
Chu Guang, who had been smiling just now, now lost the smile on his face at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Return to the original expressionless look.
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After leaving Yoshihisa's room, Chuguang walked quickly in the direction of leaving Ryusuji Temple.
When he turned into the only road leaving Longshui Temple, Chuguang's eyes suddenly lit up.
Because at the end of the road ahead, she saw her old partner: Shibata.
At this time, Shibata was dressed like an Iga ninja.
And this is what he originally looked like.
Shibata was originally a member of the Iga ninjas. When Hatsumi was hiding in Osaka disguised as a musician, he had been playing the role of "the bodyguard of the best artist in Osaka", assisting Hatsumi.
He is Chuguang's true partner - both on the surface and in reality.
At this moment, Shibata was talking to a middle-aged man and a man with his right arm hanging on his chest.
Hatsumi also knew the two people who were talking to Shibata.
The former is the owner of Osaka Motomeikan: Yagi Matahachiro.
The latter is a powerful young swordsman named An Yun.
Both of them have a common identity: they are both members of the Toyotomi Army.
Probably no one would have thought that Osaka’s famous swordsmanship, Motomyokan, was the base camp for spies from the Toyotomi Army.
A large number of spies from the Toyotomi Army were lurking in Osaka disguised as apprentices of the Genmeikan.
For these two people, Chu Guang has heard about the embarrassing things they encountered a few days ago. They received a task a few days ago - to visit the Yuanmingkan, Junbingkan, Shimurakan, and Isshikikan in Osaka.
At the "Grand Trial Match" jointly organized by the Great Sword Hall, the people of the All Arms Hall and the Shimura Hall were humiliated.
This mission was personally assigned by the commander-in-chief of their Toyotomi Army: Toyotomi Nobuhide.
The reason for issuing such a task is also very simple——
The first owner of the Military Hall was in trouble when the Toyotomi clan was in crisis two hundred years ago.
The current owner of the Shimurakan frequently made rude remarks in public and in private to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who single-handedly created the "Toyotomi World" two hundred years ago.
Toyotomi Nobuhide was dissatisfied with these two sword schools, so he decided to humiliate them in a large-scale event such as the "Grand Trial Match".
The reason is that simple.
In Hatsumi's eyes, such a task is full of the style of that madman Toyotomi Nobuhide - doing it casually. Some tasks are completely based on his own temperament and mood.
Shibata was also involved in this task at that time.
During the time when he was lurking in Osaka with Hatsuguang, Shibata had been playing two roles: he was responsible for pretending to be Hatsuguang's bodyguard and helping Hatsuguang, and he was also responsible for pretending to be a disciple of Yuanmingkan, providing services to An Yun and others.
assist.
Because Shibata was also present on the day the mission was carried out, Hatsumi heard the details of the mission through Shibata afterwards.
In terms of results, An Yun's mission was considered a success - but the price they paid was a little higher.
Relying on her high strength, An Yun successfully humiliated both the All Military Hall and Shimura Hall in front of everyone, but later on, her right clavicle was broken due to various accidents.
Chu Guang had heard that An Yun had a mission at that time to "try to sneak into the prison, and when tonight's battle starts, cooperate with other companions inside and outside to break into Osaka Prison."
In terms of importance, it is obvious that this mission is far more important than the mission of "humiliating the entire military hall and Shimura Hall".
An Yun's superiors seemed to have told An Yun: "Shame Quan, the mission of Zhijian Hall is very important, but we must ensure that it will not delay the mission of "raising riots in the prison later".
As a result... because of the broken right clavicle, An Yun's mission of "lurking into the prison" failed in advance...
After seeing Shibata, several rays of thought appeared in Hatsumi's eyes.
These rays of thought flickered in Chu Guang's eyes for a while, then slowly turned into a look of determination.
"Shibata, you showed up at just the right time..."
After muttering in a low voice, Hatsumi quickly ran towards Shibata.
After gradually getting closer to Shibata, Chuguang relied on his excellent hearing to slowly hear clearly the conversation between Shibata and An Yun.
"Mr. An Yun, I was shocked when I heard you say you wanted to challenge that Isshikika at the 'Grand Trial Match'."
Shibata smiled bitterly.
"I was thinking: Was it because the mission information I received was incomplete? Our mission should not include humiliating the Isshiki Sword Hall."
"Hey, don't mention it."
An Yun curled her lips.
"I have experienced hundreds of battles, but the number of times I have fought against the 'Female Swordsman' has been very few."
"So after coming to Osaka, I have always wanted to compete with the famous Isshikika."
"And at that time, I happened to have the mission of 'lurking into Osaka Prison and preparing to cooperate with foreigners to break Osaka Prison tonight'."
"So I thought of killing two birds with one stone: challenging Isshiki Ka, and then injuring Isshiki Ka."
"In this way, I can not only have a good fight with Isshikika, but also be sent to jail for hurting someone after injuring her."
"Unexpectedly..."
An Yun glanced at her chest, which was thickly wrapped in linen, and her right arm hanging on her chest, and twitched her lips.
"...Okay, no more chatting." An Yun, who looked irritated, scratched her hair with her remaining left hand, "Chaita, I have something to do, so I'll leave first."
Shibata: "Well, see you later."
After saying goodbye to each other, An Yun and others left quickly, and Chaita also turned around to leave.
As soon as he turned around, he saw Chu Guang running towards him.
"Ah, Miss Hatsuko." After seeing Hatsuko, Shibata immediately greeted Hatsuko with a smile on his face.
"Shibata. Why are you here?" Hatsuko asked Shibata straight away, "Shouldn't you be running around in the streets and alleys of Osaka right now?"
Hatsumi clearly remembers what Shibata was responsible for tonight - he was responsible for searching for Ogata.
Shibata is one of the "eyes" of the Toyotomi Army scattered throughout Osaka.
After announcing the launch of "Plan B" to encircle and suppress Ogata, Shibata was the first batch of ninjas sent out to find Ogata.
"I accidentally got injured..." Shibata let out a dry laugh of shame, then lifted the clothes on his left forearm, revealing the linen that wrapped his left forearm tightly, "I was just searching for Ogata Ittosai in the southwest of Osaka."
"In the end, Ogata Ittousai was not found, but instead encountered a group of ronin."
"Osaka is in chaos now, and it has given many bad people an opportunity to take advantage of it."
"The gang of ronin I met are such rotten people."
"Many residents are now frightened by the fires in Osaka and are fleeing in all directions. They have spotted this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to commit evil and break into various shops to loot property."
"I really couldn't stand their evil behavior, so I went to teach them a lesson."
"You also know that my fighting ability is not very good."
"Although I successfully taught them a lesson, I accidentally injured my left arm."
"So I came back to this formation to heal my wounds. I just bandaged my wounds."
"So that's it... Shibata, you came back at the right time." Hatsuguang raised his hands and patted Shibata's shoulders vigorously.
Afterwards, Hatsumi looked around and confirmed that there were no outsiders around. She lowered her voice and used a volume that only she and Shibata could hear clearly. She recounted the whole story of how she had just been transferred by Yoshihisa to join the search for Ogata.
, told Shibata in a concise and concise manner.
"Shibata, listen, you and I will take separate actions now."
Chu Guang spoke in a deep voice as if he was reciting some magic spell.
"I'm going to pretend to follow Yoshihisa's order and leave this Ryūshui Temple to find Ogata Ittosai."
"And you will leave here one stick of incense later than I do."
"We will meet up at Miss Isekihana's place later."
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--Well……
Ogata, who was resting against the wall, slowly opened his rock-heavy eyelids.
The first thing that caught his eye was a wooden Buddha statue that had been wiped clean.
The Buddha statue sat quietly on the altar, looking at Ogata with calm eyes.
After looking at the Buddha statue for a moment, Ogata closed his eyelids again, and then joked in his heart:
——I always feel... I seem to be quite destined to be with Buddha...
Ogata is currently in an abandoned Buddhist temple.
An abandoned Buddhist temple that he had just visited a while ago.
After the battle with Zuemon was interrupted due to the broken wooden bridge under his feet, he fell into the turbulent water under the bridge.
Misfortunes never come singly. When he fell into the turbulent water, his head accidentally hit the bridge pier.
Ogata's condition was already in bad condition. After receiving a heavy blow to the head, his body was finally overwhelmed and Ogata was allowed to "sleep" temporarily.
His sleep did not last long.
When he was about to reach the lowest point of the river, he finally woke up faintly.
Even when he fell asleep, Ogata's hand still held the knife tightly.
Ogata inserted the severely damaged sword that was the only one left in his hand into the river bank next to him, and used it as a fulcrum to drag himself ashore.
After landing ashore, the first word that came to Ogata's mind was - heavy.
My body is so heavy that even standing up is difficult.
To give a vivid example... it feels like every muscle in the body has been strengthened several times...
If Ogata's physical condition was -30 before falling into the turbulence, then his current physical condition is -80.
Even the exhaustion after the war cannot make the physical condition deteriorate that much in one breath.
The only reason Ogata could think of was that the "immortal poison" was at work.
This attack of "immortal poison" is completely different from previous attacks.
Counting every previous attack of the "immortal poison", there has never been such a situation where Ogata's physical condition deteriorated so much in an instant as if it exploded in one breath.
Ogata opened his clothes and looked at his upper body.
He thought there must be more of his skin turning purple.
But the result was beyond Ogata's expectation.
The purple skin has not become more, but has become less.
The area has been reduced by about one-fifth.
However, although the area has become smaller, the color seems to have deepened slightly.
Ogata had no idea what was going on with his body now.
The pain and swelling that kept coming from the depths of his head also made Ogata's thinking extremely difficult, making it difficult to think seriously.
The situation he was currently in left Ogata with no time to think.
In his current state where it is difficult to even stand up, he cannot compete with a strong enemy no matter what.
At the moment, the only way Ogata can think of to break the situation is to find a place to hide and wait until the "immortal poison" corrodes the body less seriously before taking action.
He used his knife as a crutch and dragged his heavy body away from the river bank.
After walking an unknown distance, Ogata suddenly felt that the surrounding scenery looked strangely familiar...
Turn your eyes, look around, and try to remember.
After several efforts, he finally remembered when he had been here.
On the day when the "Grand Trial Match" ended, in order to thank Ogata for all the help he had given her, Isshikika introduced her "secret base" - an abandoned Buddhist temple - to Ogata.
And this place happens to be near Isshikika's "secret base".
Perfect hiding place - found it.
The remote location of that Buddhist temple impressed Ogata deeply, and it was an excellent hiding place.
Ogata was very tired at that time, and if he kept walking forward, he would probably not be able to find a better hiding place than the abandoned Buddhist hall. So he didn't think too much - he headed straight towards the abandoned Buddhist hall.
He is very lucky.
During the two sections of road leaving the river bank and heading to the abandoned Buddhist temple, Ogata did not encounter a single enemy.
He climbed over the window very smoothly, entered the Buddhist hall, leaned against the wall and began to rest.
He originally wanted to rest to allow his physical condition to recover. But he has been resting until now, and there is no sign of improvement.
Ogata raised his hand and rubbed the center of his eyebrows vigorously, trying hard to cheer up his already somewhat dazed spirit.
Although his current situation is extremely bad no matter from any angle, Ogata's face does not contain too many negative emotions such as annoyance and boredom.
At this time, Ogata said in his heart with a smile on his face in a joking tone:
——Think about it carefully... I have never had this uncomfortable feeling all over my body before...
——On New Year's Day this year, when I was having a row in the hotel room with Atachi until dawn, my whole body felt very uncomfortable.
The Buddhist temple where Ogata is currently hiding is extremely quiet due to its remote location.
But this silence... was broken by a burst of sudden footsteps.
Chachacha...
Outside the Buddhist hall, there was the sound of footsteps approaching the Buddhist hall at a leisurely pace.
Ogata's expression suddenly became solemn, and he quickly grabbed the katana beside him.
As soon as the sword was acquired, the only unlockable window diagonally opposite Ogata was gently opened at the same moment.
A beautiful shadow entered the Buddhist hall along the window.
Looking at the beautiful figure entering through the window, Ogata, who originally looked like he was facing a formidable enemy, was immediately stunned.
Also stunned was the owner of this beautiful figure.
A look of surprise appeared on Ogata's face at first, and then the look of surprise quickly turned into consternation.
"Miss Isshiki...?"
"Ittosai...sir..."
Ogata opened his mouth and was about to say something more——
Plop.
The owner of Qianying...that is, Isshikika threw away the small package in her arms and jumped into Ogata's arms.
"Ittosai-sama..." Isshikika ignored Ogata's wet clothes and buried her face deeply in Ogata's chest.
Ogata clearly felt that the clothes on his chest were being moistened by warm tears.
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The author now feels a sense of relief - after so long of preparation, we are finally about to reach the penultimate chapter of the book, which should also be the biggest climax. It's really not easy... QAQ
Is there any book lover who can guess why the purple skin on Ogata's body decreases instead of increasing?
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