Chapter 703 The twisted fans of Ogata Ichitosai appear [4500]
Mount Koya, Sengenji Temple
After Ogata ran a few steps, he leaped over in one breath, and with the help of gravity, he knocked down the sword that was held high above his head, and slashed at someone who had been squatting on the beam just now and was sneaking up on Ogata with a shuriken. Monk".
"Monk" subconsciously wanted to hide, but his movement speed was far less than Ogata's sword speed.
Blood splatters.
Ogata fell back to the ground together with the lifeless "monk".
After killing the "monk", Ogata hurriedly picked up the knife and ran to a nearby corridor.
When I arrived at the entrance of the corridor, I looked inside and saw that there were three forks in the corridor, but no one could be seen at each fork.
"Tsk..." Ogata curled his lips, "Did you let Master Xianyuan escape... This Xianyuan Temple is too big..."
Since just now, "monks" armed with various weapons have been attacking Ogata...
Ogata did not count the number of enemies in detail, but he estimated that there should still be twenty people.
Of course, these "monks" were no match for Ogata, and they were basically killed by Ogata one by one.
It's just that although they can't defeat Ogata, they can still buy time for Master Sengen to escape.
After all, no matter how powerful Ogata is, it still takes more than ten seconds to kill more than twenty enemies.
And Xianyuan Temple happens to be very big.
There were so many forks in the road that Ogata's head almost felt dizzy.
In an area where you are not familiar with the terrain, it is naturally extremely difficult to chase someone who is very familiar with the terrain.
Therefore, it is quite a pity that with the "monks" buying him time to escape and the complicated terrain as a cover, Ogata can no longer find Master Sengen at all.
"Forget it..." Ogata muttered while vibrating the knife, "Just let him escape and escape... Master Xianyuan is not that important anyway."
After muttering, Ogata turned his head and looked around.
All around him were the "monks" he had just killed.
At this moment, Xianyuan Temple was extremely quiet, which was in sharp contrast to the noise just now.
The roars and cries of the "monks" as they attacked Ogata, the screams and wails of the normal monks who hurriedly fled outside the temple... These sounds were all intertwined into the hustle and bustle just now.
After Ogata entered Xianyuan Temple, the news that "thugs attacked Xianyuan Temple" immediately spread throughout Xianyuan Temple like a powerful epidemic.
There are still many normal monks in this Xianyuan Temple.
After they heard that their temple was under attack, many people hurriedly took courage and followed the sound and rushed to Ogata to check the situation and see who dared to act recklessly in Sengenji Temple.
After seeing Ogata's face, seeing Ogata killing their "companions" like chopping melons and vegetables, and seeing the holy temple covered with blood and filth, their expressions immediately changed, and they looked horrified, and hurriedly rushed to He ran away from the temple and away from Ogata.
At this moment, looking at the extremely silent surroundings, Ogata guessed that all the normal monks in this temple should have fled.
And those members of the Toyotomi clan who were disguised as "monks" and lurking in Sengenji Temple should have been killed by him, and those who were not killed by him should have all escaped.
alright……
Ogata tightened the Daishiten in his hand and thought to himself.
Now...just stay here and slowly wait for the Toyotomi clan's reinforcements to arrive...
I don’t know what’s going on with Atachi and Genichi...
Click, click...
Out of the blue, Ogata suddenly heard the patter of footsteps coming from behind him.
Ogata, whose nerves had been in a state of tension since he entered Sengenji Temple, quickly turned around with his sword raised, mistakenly thinking that a new enemy was coming to kill him, and followed the footsteps and stabbed him with his sharp gaze.
However, after piercing his gaze and seeing clearly the face of the owner of the footsteps, Ogata quickly raised his eyebrows, and his originally sharp gaze immediately softened.
The owner of the footsteps was an old monk with a goatee, a face full of wrinkles, and his whole cheek was like a dried orange peel.
This old monk was really frighteningly old. Ogata felt that he was at least 80 years old. Not only his cheeks were covered with layers of wrinkles, but even the goatee hanging on his chin was all gray.
Ogata looked at the old monk carefully and saw that he was not carrying any weapons, only that he was holding a small wooden Buddha statue in his arms.
The old monk just hugged the wooden Buddha statue tightly while striding towards Ogata.
While walking towards Ogata, he opened his eyes wide and glared at Ogata fiercely with eyes full of anger.
"Ogata Ittosai!"
"what you up to?!"
"Do you know what on earth you are doing now?!"
"Do you know where this place is?!"
"How dare you attack my Buddhist Holy Land!"
"You are already an enemy of the Buddha! Do you want to be an enemy of the Buddha now?!"
The "old monk with the goatee" fired a series of angry shouts at Ogata like a barrage of cannons.
This old gentleman... should be an ordinary monk from Xianyuan Temple...
Seeing that this person did not seem to be a member of the Toyotomi clan, but a normal monk from Sengenji Temple, Ogata silently put down the sword he had raised.
However, he did not completely let down his guard. His nerves were still tense and he was always ready to counterattack when the "old monk with the goatee" planned to do something to him.
"Sir," Ogata said, "get out of here quickly..."
Before Ogata finished speaking, he was interrupted by the "old monk with a goatee":
"I do not go!"
"Why should I give in to a villain like you?"
"Ogata Ittosai, I am so disappointed in you."
At this point, a hint of sadness appeared in the tone of the "old monk with goatee".
"Although you were listed as an enemy of the imperial court and the shogunate before, I don't hate you."
"Not only do I not hate you, I have always respected you."
"I have always seen the decay of the Edo shogunate."
"The lives of the common people are becoming more and more difficult, and the warriors who are supposed to protect the people are becoming more and more incompetent."
"Intimidated by the power of the Edo shogunate, no one dares to deal a resounding blow to the Edo shogunate until you appear!"
"Although your method of attacking Nijo Castle and defeating the shogunate's army was a bit extreme, I still think you are a hero!"
"A hero who dared to say no to the Edo shogunate and dared to confront the Edo shogunate!"
"I have always thought that your appearance and your repeated blows to the Edo shogunate might force the Edo shogunate to carry out reforms! Change the decadent trend!"
"But who would have thought that you would do such a terrible thing today!"
"Let me ask you: Where did our Xianyuan Temple and our Koyasan offend you?"
"Why do you do such a cruel thing here today? Kill the monks in our temple?!"
The more the "old monk with goatee" spoke, the more excited he became and the more passionate his tone became.
Until the words were about to fall, the goatee hanging on his chin was trembling due to excessive emotion and excitement.
This old gentleman... turns out to be a fan of mine...
Looking at the old monk who had been glaring at him, Ogata had a look of helplessness on his face, and then thought to himself:
If I don't give him a brief explanation, I'm afraid this old gentleman won't leave...
After letting out a silent sigh, Ogata slowly said:
"Sir... let me tell you this: there is a group of brutal lawless men secretly lurking in Mount Koya, preparing to use Mount Koya as a base to commit illegal acts."
"The reason why I came to Koyasan today is to deal with these thugs lurking in Koyasan."
"Your Master Xianyuan of Xianyuan Temple is one of the companions of those thugs."
"Take a closer look at these 'monks' that I just knocked down."
Ogata pursed his lips towards the corpses on the ground not far away.
"See those guys they've got?"
"Shuriken, wakizashi, kunai, scythe..."
"Is this a weapon a monk would have?"
"Can you monks in Xianyuan Temple carry so many murderous weapons with you?"
"These people are the lawless people I just mentioned. They disguise themselves as monks and lurk in Xianyuan Temple. They are the real thugs."
"The Master is a companion of a thug? Impossible! The old monk with a goatee" refuted loudly without thinking, "I have known the Master for decades! I am very familiar with the Master! How could he be a thug?!
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"Then let me ask you," Ogata asked, "how do you explain that these 'monks' that I brought down were holding so many weapons that are not possessed by monks at all?"
"...Old monk with goatee" fell silent.
He looked at Ogata, and then at the weapons grabbed by the "monks" on the ground next to him.
His expression gradually became weird.
He had just come to confront Ogata with a filled with anger and passion, holding the Buddha statue in his arms.
Because he was in a hurry to confront Ogata and was so overwhelmed with anger, he completely failed to notice that his "companions" who were killed by Ogata all had weapons that a monk could not possibly possess...
After being questioned by Ogata in a very calm tone, the "old monk with goatee" gradually regained his composure and thinking.
"It's okay if you don't believe what I say. It doesn't matter what you think of me." Ogata then continued, "Anyway, you should leave here quickly. It's quite unsafe here now."
"In a little while, there should be a large group of people coming to kill... huh?"
Ogata's brows suddenly frowned, and then he sniffed hard.
At this time, the "old monk with the goatee" also made a very synchronous action with Ogata: frowning and sniffing.
At first, Ogata thought it was his own illusion.
But after sniffing hard and sniffing the smell wafting in the air, Ogata was convinced that he had smelled it right.
There is indeed an increasingly intense burnt smell in the air...
A strong foreboding feeling immediately emerged in Ogata's heart, and he quickly ran to the window not far away in three steps at a time.
At this time, the "old monk with a goatee" made a move that was extremely synchronized with Ogata's, and followed Ogata towards the window.
Arriving at the window and looking out at the scenery, the expressions of Ogata and the "old monk with goatee" beside him changed.
fire.
They saw the fire.
A large number of flames ignited from the woods behind Xianyuan Temple.
The flames were like torrents, rushing through the woods, devouring everything they touched.
A certain big tree was submerged by the pillar of fire in just the blink of an eye. The sound of cracking wood was heard, as if it was moaning in pain. The big tree only held on for a long time before falling in the flames. The big tree fell.
A large number of sparks were stirred up and scattered in the air.
"It's on fire..." the "old monk with a goatee", whose face was completely drained of blood, muttered with a dull expression.
Ogata immediately regained his composure after a brief moment of shock.
"...Tsk." Ogata gritted his teeth after thinking for a moment, "Do you want to do this...!"
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Mount Koya, where Hasegawa and others were imprisoned
Hasegawa, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed and gently rubbing the wrist of his left hand with his right thumb, suddenly heard the sound of extremely dense footsteps outside the cell.
Opening his eyes, he looked outside the prison and saw more than a dozen Toyotomi clan members with anxious expressions and flintlock guns in their hands appearing from the end of the corridor outside the prison.
"Quick! Take them all away quickly!"
A young man with slender eyes and a pair of swords and wakizashi on his waist shouted loudly to the people around him, while untying a large bunch of keys from his waist, and then quickly
Walking to Hasegawa's cell door, he took out one of the keys and unlocked the iron lock on Hasegawa's cell door.
As soon as the lock was unlocked and the door opened, four members of the Toyotomi clan filed in immediately.
Three of them restrained Hasegawa, and the other one pulled Hasegawa's hands behind his back, and then tied Hasegawa's hands tightly with a hemp rope.
"What are you doing?" Hasegawa did not resist, but frowned and asked, "Are you taking me somewhere?"
"Don't worry about this kind of thing." The slender-eyed young man responded impatiently.
When his subordinates went to tie up Hasegawa, the slender-eyed young man used the key to open the lock of the cell door of Isshiki's family, and then the Toyotomi clan members who also filed in like Hasegawa were Isshiki's family.
, tying their hands tightly behind their backs.
"Quick! Take them away!"
The slender-eyed young man waved his hand.
"Get them all to the coast quickly!"
The Toyotomi clan's subordinates pushed Hasegawa, Isshiki Naoshu and others out of the cell. They were forced to line up in a column, while the slender-eyed young man held the knife on his waist like a mother.
Like a duck leading a duckling, he led Hasegawa and others outside the prison in a swaggering manner.
"What do you mean by 'coast' just now?" Hasegawa lowered his head slightly and asked the slender-eyed young man in front of him, "Are you taking us to which coast to take a boat?"
"I just said it." The slender-eyed young man suppressed his impatience and growled in a deep voice, "Don't worry about this kind of thing! Just follow us obediently and that's it!"
"...Where are my subordinates?" Hasegawa then asked, "Will my subordinates be taken to a new place like me?"
"I don't know!" the slender-eyed young man responded rudely, "Those subordinates of yours are not under my control!"
"That's it...Okay then, I'd better go find my subordinates myself."
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"
The sharp screams, like sharp arrows, pierced the eardrums of the slender-eyed young man.
The slender-eyed young man's pupils shrank suddenly, and then he turned his head and looked back like a conditioned reflex.
The first thing that caught the eye of the young man with slender eyes was one of his subordinates who was kneeling on the ground and screaming in agony while covering his forehead that was constantly spurting blood. The flintlock gun that was supposed to be in his hand was gone.
The scream just now was caused by this person.
The person who caught his eye immediately after was Hasegawa.
To be more precise, it was Hasegawa holding a flintlock gun in his right hand.
Hasegawa held the barrel of the flintlock gun tightly, raised the gun high above his head, aimed it at the head of the slender-eyed young man, and swung the gun down hard.
Getting closer and closer, the butt of the gun getting bigger and bigger. This was the last scene the young man with thin eyes saw in his life.
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The author is suicidal... I got gastroenteritis caused by bacterial infection a few days ago. After taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor twice, I thought I was better and stopped taking it...
As a result, today, it seemed that something had relapsed. I had diarrhea all night last night. I was so frightened that I quickly took out the medicine the doctor gave me and continued to take it. Fortunately, this medicine really worked. After taking it twice, I felt better again.
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To celebrate feeling better again, let’s eat fried chicken tonight!