Chapter 679 A-cho and Mamiya show their operations [6500]
Although I said yesterday that I would update 8,000 today, something unexpected happened again today. There are many things during the Spring Festival... I was suddenly notified at noon today that I was going to a relative's house to pay New Year's greetings. I went to my relative's house in the afternoon and didn't get home until just now.
As a result, I don’t have enough writing time today, so I will write 6,500 words today, and another 8,000 words tomorrow... QAQ
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Jijiu dislikes branding women very much.
This is mainly because of the crazy and extremely irritable character of the branding woman, which makes people really want to stay away from her.
Among the entire Toyotomi army, only Toyotomi Nobuhide could get close to the branded woman normally, and at the same time, only Toyotomi Nobuhide could control this mad dog.
And there is another... special reason why Jijiu doesn't like prostitutes.
What the branding woman uses is the two-sword style.
What Yoshihisa hates the most is the two-sword style.
On that day more than forty years ago.
On the day when Iga no Sato was destroyed.
The sight of a young man holding two swords left a deep sea-like disgust and...fear for the word "two swords style" deep in his soul.
Even though he has never seen that young man again since that day more than forty years ago, Jijiu still remembers the sword used by that man...
Remember the look in that man's eyes...
Jijiu never thought that he would be able to meet that person's eyes in his lifetime.
The shock was so strong that Jijiu's consciousness fell into a brief trance.
But in the blink of an eye, Jijiu's consciousness was brought back to reality by two shouts.
"Stop them! Stop them!"
"Come on! Don't back down!"
Three ninjas rushed towards Genichi and Mamiya from behind.
When Yoshihisa's consciousness returned to reality, his expression changed, and he quickly took out two gun barrels and a gun head from his arms, and shouted at the three subordinates who bravely rushed towards Genichi and Mamiya.
:
"Get out of here!"
Jijiu had warned his men as quickly as he could.
It's a pity...it's still too late.
3 sword lights light up at the same time.
2 sword rays are emitted by Yuan Yi, and 1 sword awn is emitted by Mamiya.
The three ninjas who were so aggressive just now were all turned into dead bodies on the ground when the sword light fell.
"Tsk...!" Jijiu, whose face was turning green and white, was assembling his short gun in the midst of lightning and flint.
The short gun used by Yoshihisa is a special short gun that can be disassembled into three parts and carried in the pocket.
"The branded woman..." Jijiu said in a deep voice, "The troublesome person is here, you..."
Bang!
Out of the corner of his eye, Yoshihisa caught sight of an extremely long afterimage, streaking toward Mamiya like a shooting star.
Mamiya narrowed his eyes and held Vairocana in front of him
clang!
The two swords in the woman's hands collided with Vairocana's sword in mid-air.
"Haha!" The brand woman showed a smile full of joy, "I finally encountered something interesting tonight!"
The powerful force, unlike what a woman can exert, spread along Vairochana's blade to Mamiya's arms, causing Mamiya's expression to change slightly.
Just when Mamiya was about to use his strength to get rid of the branding woman's knife,
"Huh?" Mamiya frowned suddenly, "Your sword..."
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"Tsk..." Jijiu gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice, "Lady, you are indeed a... disobedient mad dog...!"
Although he said this, after scolding him in a low voice, like the branded woman just now, he tightened his grip on the short gun in his hand and rushed towards Yuan Yi.
He originally wanted the branded woman to work with him to focus on killing Yuan Yi first, because he knew better than anyone here how terrible things would happen if he didn't kill the old man with two knives as soon as possible.
Seeing Yoshihisa rushing toward him, Genichi stood still, spread his legs leisurely, and took a stance.
laugh!
The head of the gun penetrated the air and stabbed Yuan Yi's chest.
Genichi did not take Yoshihisa's attack head on.
He used his left foot as a pivot and turned his body in a counterclockwise circle. While avoiding Yoshijiu's attack, he used the centrifugal force brought by the turn to slash at Yoshijiu with his sword.
This is the dodge technique that Genichi once taught Ogata.
The exchange of offense and defense is so fast that it is dizzying.
Yoshihisa put his strength on his feet on the ground, retracted the thrusting spear, and swung the steel gun shaft towards Genichi's knife.
clang!
The barrel of the gun stopped Yang Shen's slashing attack.
"Kinoshita Genichi..." Yoshihisa's facial features were twisted in a strange way, "How did you find this place...!"
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Turn back time not long ago
The place where Osaka, A-machi, Huluya and others are hiding
"Uh...! Uh-huh...!"
The water poured continuously on Ah Qing's face, which was covered with a white cloth, causing Ah Qing to moan in pain.
Seeing that if the water continued like this, the kunoichi would die, so Asai quickly stopped pouring water, lifted the white cloth covering A Qing's face, then grabbed A Qing's skirt, and shook A Qing vigorously
, while shouting:
"Speak quickly! Who are you? You must have a place similar to your lair here in Osaka, right? Tell me now!"
Because of Asai's impatience and anger, his originally handsome face now looked particularly ferocious.
Ah Qing coughed for quite a while, drooling all over her mouth, and bubbles of mucus came out of her nose, before she finally regained her composure.
After she regained her composure, the first thing she did was to cast a mocking, disdainful look at Asai.
"Just... this level...? This level is not enough for me to speak..."
The look of ridicule and disdain on Ah Qing's face became more intense.
"How about you use another torture method?"
"Like cut me every two breaths?"
"...As expected of a ninja." Mamiya said calmly, "I have to admire this firm will."
"Hey, Mamiya." Asai cast a very unhappy look at Mamiya, "Why are you praising the enemy? Mamiya, why don't we change the torture method?"
"Waterboarding is the most painful torture method we can use now," Mamiya said. "If waterboarding can't make this person submit, then other methods are even more useless."
"Then what should we do now?"
"Asai, please be patient. My lord has been captured, and I'm no less anxious than you."
Mamiya took off his glasses from the bridge of his nose, then took out a clean cloth and wiped the lenses.
"Let's continue to interrogate this kunoichi step by step now. Then
Let’s wait and see what happens on Makimura’s side later.”
Over there with Makimura and others
"Um...puff cough cough!"
Makimura raised his hand to signal Shimada to stop pouring water, and then lifted the white cloth from Jiezheng's face.
Before Makimura could ask anything, Jie Zheng was coughing and glaring at Makimura and Shimada fiercely.
Just by looking at his eyes, Makimura and Shimada knew that this man still refused to say anything.
"No, Makimura-senpai." Shimada shook his head at Makimura with a bitter look on his face, "Is there any torture method more powerful than waterboarding?"
"Tsk..." Makimura gritted his teeth, "What a tough guy..."
Jiezheng, who was tortured by Makimura and Shimada, also suffered from painful water torture like Aqing.
But like A-Qing, he has kept his mouth shut until now, assuming a posture of "no matter what, I just won't say anything."
After glaring at Makimura and Shimada with vicious eyes for a while, Jie Zheng slowly closed his eyes.
His consciousness could not help but go back to this evening.
Going back to this evening, when tonight's battle was about to begin, Yoshihisa and others held a mobilization ceremony for the commanders of their musketeer troops.
Yoshihisa: "Everyone! The day we have been waiting for so long is finally here!"
The location where the mobilization ceremony was held was on the outskirts of Osaka.
The people who presided over the mobilization ceremony were frontline commander Yoshihisa, and the abbot of Ryushui Temple whose monastic name was Qingcheng.
Yoshihisa is responsible for giving motivational speeches.
And Qingcheng was responsible for going to the commanders of each Musketeer unit after Yoshihisa's speech to recite sutras and pray for each one.
At the same time, each person was given a stick-shaped magic weapon that was said to have been personally consecrated by Kiyosumi himself and could bring good luck to everyone.
It is said that the part of chanting sutras, praying for blessings and presenting magical weapons to each commander was added at Qingcheng's own request. He said that he wanted to do everything he could for the soldiers.
Jiezheng has a deep memory of this Qingcheng, because after Qingcheng finished reciting sutras and praying for each person, he would hug that person hard and then say "I wish you good luck in martial arts."
Qingcheng's body and clothes were fragrant with a special scent. When Qingcheng hugged Jie Zheng, Jie Zheng was choked and coughed by the rich fragrance on Qingcheng's body.
During this mobilization ceremony, Jiezheng was deeply impressed by Qingcheng, but not so deeply impressed by Yoshihisa.
Jiezheng can't even remember what Jijiu said during the mobilization ceremony.
All he remembered was that he was very excited.
Just because the day he had been waiting for so long, the day when Toyotomi Nobuhide would take action against the Edo shogunate, the day when the Toyotomi clan would officially take back the world, finally came.
Jiezheng did not have a heavy past, nor did he have any deep hatred for the Edo shogunate.
The reason why he became a member of the Toyotomi Army and the reason why he served Toyotomi Nobhide was just for the most vulgar and common reason: he wanted to become a master, and he wanted to be the master of a city and a place.
He was originally an ordinary lower-level samurai of the Sendai Domain. In this peaceful world, he had little chance to perform meritorious service and get rid of his status as a lower-level samurai.
It is difficult to get rid of the identity of a low-level warrior and reach the sky, let alone become the master of a city and a place.
Jiezheng doesn't want this.
He didn't want to spend his life mediocrely as a low-level warrior.
So after he came into contact with the Toyotomi Army by chance, he resolutely dragged away his feudal status, left his hometown, and joined the Toyotomi Army.
In the Toyotomi Army, he tried his best to improve himself and temper himself.
Everything is for the sake of being able to prosper in the Toyotomi Army in the future.
Everything is to help the Toyotomi clan regain the world, and he himself will take advantage of this trend and become the master of a city and a place through military exploits.
Everything is for this dream of my own.
His hard work has paid off. Now, he is very fortunate to be able to personally lead a team of musketeers in tonight's battle.
Before tonight's battle began, he had made up his mind to achieve great military success in tonight's "Osaka Spring Formation and Battle of Xu" no matter what!
If he betrays the Toyotomi Army, his dream of "becoming the master of a city and a land" will never be realized.
It is this belief that makes Jiezheng persist, and even now he is unwilling to reveal any information to Makimura and the others.
"Do it again!" Makimura roughly put the white cloth back on Jiezheng's face, and then asked Shimada to pour water on Jiezheng's face.
The four of them, Genichi, Fuma, Atachi, and Atzuki, are now in the room where Jie Zheng is being interrogated.
Looking at Jiezheng who was screaming "Uh-huh" after being tortured by waterboarding again, Azhu couldn't help but murmured: "This man's willpower is really strong..."
"He must have some kind of faith." Feng Mo on the side said, "Because of the support of faith, he has been able to hold on until now."
"It's troublesome." Feng Mo smiled bitterly and touched Zheng Liang's forehead, "With such a firm belief, there is no way to make him let go without a lot of effort."
The sooner valuable information can be collected from these people, the sooner they may be able to find and help Ogata, whose whereabouts are currently unknown. Therefore, Fuma's words just now made Amachi, who was originally not very good-looking,
His expression became a little more ugly.
Omachi does know some of the interrogation techniques passed down from generation to generation in Shiranui.
However, those powerful interrogation methods require extremely high conditions for the venue and tools, and it is simply impossible to use those powerful interrogation methods at the moment.
When A-Machi frowned and thought about whether there was any way to help Makimura and the others ask for information, out of the corner of her eye she suddenly caught a glimpse of a strange-looking stick-shaped object lying quietly in the corner of the room.
"What is this?" Amachi walked over slowly and picked up such an object.
"Oh, this was found from this person." Shimada, who was pouring water on Jiezheng's face, pouted at Jiezheng, and then continued to explain, "This should be a Buddhist magical weapon. Because it feels useless.
, just throw it there."
Ating: "The magic weapon on this person's body..."
It is only a very common thing to carry one or two Buddhist or Shinto religious objects with you to pray for good luck.
Amachi, who felt that this thing was of no use, was about to throw it back to its original place.
"Um……?"
A-Machi's brows suddenly raised, and then he handed the stick-shaped instrument to the tip of his nose and sniffed it vigorously.
"Miss A-Machi, what's wrong?" A-Zhu asked in confusion after discovering the strange behavior of A-Machi.
A-Machi did not respond to A-Zhu immediately.
Because now she puts all her body and mind into memories.
This taste is...
This stick-shaped instrument exudes a special fragrance.
After smelling this special fragrance, a strong sense of familiarity came to A-Machi's heart.
Amachi was 100% certain that he had smelled this smell somewhere not long ago.
Where? Where have you smelled this smell?
A-Machi raised his hand and pressed his smooth forehead, searching through his mind like a jigsaw puzzle, piecing together the memory fragments one by one.
Memory fragments are connected one after another.
A complete "jigsaw puzzle" finally appeared in A-Machi's mind.
She finally remembered.
On the day that Ogata went to participate in the "Grand Examination", and on the morning when Atachi and Aszuki were wandering around Osaka with nothing to do, she happened to pass by a Buddhist monk with the name of Kiyosumi.
The old monk has smelled this smell...
A-Machi quickly threw aside the stick-shaped magical weapon in his hand, then rushed to Jiezheng's side, lowered his head, and sniffed Jiezheng's body vigorously.
The smell is very light, but you can still vaguely smell a bit of that special incense on Jiezheng's body...
Atachi's sudden and strange behavior made everyone present look confused and puzzled.
Genichi's reaction speed was the fastest. After briefly showing doubts, he asked A-Machi sternly:
"Miss Atachi, did you discover anything?"
"For the time being..." A-Machi slowly straightened up, "So... I have made some new discoveries that I don't know if they will be useful..."
after a while
"On that man, did you smell the incense specially used by the abbot of Ryushui Temple?" Mamiya frowned slightly.
A-Machi, A-Zhu, Fuma, and the Huluwu group are now gathered together in the Buddhist hall of the Buddhist temple where they are currently hiding.
They gathered together and listened to the new discovery that Atachi had just made.
"Yes." A-Chou nodded lightly, "A-Zhu and I met the abbot of Ryushui Temple on the street before..."
A-Machi explained to everyone how he first encountered this incense.
"...At that time, a passerby introduced to me and Ashu: the incense used by Qingcheng, the abbot of Longshui Temple, is his special incense, the only one in the world. Because this smell is very special, I dare to conclude that I
That's right. The man's magic weapon and the smell on his body are the scent of Qingcheng's body."
"...But this doesn't mean anything." Asai curled his lips, "That man might have just gone to the Longshui Temple to worship Buddha before, and then bought a magical instrument for praying from the temple. Because it was from
The magical artifact was produced in Longshui Temple, so it was naturally stained with that clear special incense. After putting the magical artifact in his arms, the aroma of the incense was smeared on the man."
"Yes. That's why I just told Mr. Gendai: 'This is a new discovery that I don't know if it will be useful'..." Amachi smiled helplessly.
"That's not right!" As soon as A-Machi finished speaking, Mamiya, who was currently frowning, said in a deep voice, "Miss A-Machi, what you discovered...is not some information that cannot be sent to Yongchang."
"This new discovery of yours is so useful."
"Longshui Temple... If it is Longshui Temple, it will be easier to explain..."
Everyone focused their attention on Mamiya at this time.
"What do you mean?" Shimada blinked twice, "Senior Mamiya, what do you mean by 'if it is Ryusuji Temple, then it will be easier to explain'?"
"This group of enemies tonight is arresting the Lord, attacking Ogata-kun, and wreaking havoc everywhere in Osaka City." Mamiya stretched out the index and middle fingers of his right hand to press the center of his eyebrows, with a thoughtful look on his face.
"With so many tasks to be carried out at the same time, it is impossible without a unified command post to coordinate the command."
"And since it is necessary to organize such a complex operation that covers almost the entire Osaka, it is naturally impossible for the command post to be built in a place that is too remote and where personnel movement is extremely inconvenient."
"If I were to unified command this series of systems tonight, I would definitely locate the command post somewhere in Osaka City with the best geographical location."
“It’s best to be in a place with higher terrain, overlooking most of Osaka, and where people can travel easily.”
"And Ryusuji Temple is located in Kirimon Town, which is close to the city center of Osaka. There are countless streets and alleys, and people, livestock, and horse-drawn carriages can all travel here without hindrance."
"Not only that, the terrain of Ryusui Temple is high enough, and you can have a panoramic view of most of Osaka."
"Mamiya." Asai's eyes widened at this moment, "How come you are so familiar with that Ryūsui Temple? Have you ever been to Ryushui Temple before?"
"I've never been there, but I'm very familiar with Osaka. Osaka is like my backyard to me."
"I used to come to Osaka with my lord to discuss business with others and walk around the streets in Osaka. Because my lord and I were not familiar with Osaka, we often took the wrong route."
"So in order to make it easier to move around Osaka, I memorized all the maps of Osaka."
"A city as big as Osaka, how can you memorize its map?" Azhu looked deeply frightened.
"It's not as hard to memorize as the map of Edo." Mamiya said calmly.
Azuki opened his mouth wide and looked at Mamiya with a confused expression, and then looked at the other people present.
She saw that Makimura and the others were all calm and not surprised. After hearing what Mamiya had just said, they all said "Oh, that's it" and "As expected of Mamiya."
expression.
Are you okay?! He just said that he memorized the maps of Osaka and Edo! Why do you all look so unsurprised? Is this kind of thing a common thing?
Azhu asked everyone with his eyes.
At this time, Azuki patted Azuki on the shoulder.
When A-Zhu looked up at A-Machi, A-Machi said to A-Zhu with his eyes: Just get used to it.
What Mamiya said just now undoubtedly made everyone look serious.
"To sum up, I can now make this assumption," Mamiya continued at this time, "The enemies may be using Ryusuji Temple as their general base. And the Kiyosumi Abbot of Ryusuji Temple is the same as those enemies.
Dude."
"In this way, it can well explain why the man has that magic weapon stained with clear incense on his body."
"...But, Mamiya." Asai shook his head gently, "This is just your assumption. There is definitely more than one place in Osaka that is suitable for use as a command post..."
Asai hasn't finished speaking yet
"Okay! Then let's go to Longshui Temple and see the situation there!"
Genichi's cheerful words interrupted Asai's words.
"Mr. Genichi?" Asai turned to look at Genichi with a look of astonishment on his face.
At this time, the others also turned their attention to Yuan Yi.
"The two people we captured have kept their mouths shut until now, refusing to reveal any information." Yuan Yi raised his hand and touched the handle of the saber hanging on his left waist, and said unhurriedly, "
It’s rare to find a clue now, so we can’t waste it.”
"Instead of continuing to stare at the big ones, it's better to explore the existing clues."
"Maybe that Longshui Temple is really the enemy's main formation."
"What do you think?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Then he nodded one by one.
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time back to now
After Jijiu called out his name, Yuan tilted his head and looked puzzled:
"I'm sorry, who are you? Are you another one of my enemies?"
Genichi's rhetorical question made Yoshihisa startled for a moment, and then he let out a self-deprecating laugh:
"Don't you know me? That's right. After all, on the day Iga no Sato was destroyed 41 years ago, I was just an ordinary pawn. How could you, the Sword Master, remember me?"
As soon as the sound fell, Jijiu gritted his teeth and poured powerful power into the short spear in his hand.
Jijiu used 60% of his strength in one breath, hoping to knock Yuan Yi away in one breath.
But who would have expected that both Yuan Yi's feet and Yang Shen holding his gun would not move at all.
Not only did he remain motionless, he also had room to express his emotions aloud:
"Iga...I see...are you also a living undead in Iga..."
"Hey! You two!"
At this time, a loud shout suddenly sounded, attracting everyone's attention.
The owner of this coquettish drink struggled to sit up, and then shouted to Genichi and Mamiya:
"Both of these two people have incomplete immortal bodies!"
"They only have brains that cannot regenerate! Cut off their heads! Or give them enough damage! As long as you give them enough damage within a short period of time, they will die!"
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The plot about A-Machi’s first encounter with Kiyosumi Kaoru is located in Chapter 635. Those who have forgotten this plot can go back and read it.