Chapter 711 The First Immortal Body: Eight Hundred Bhikkhunis (1) [5800]
"Mr. Hasegawa... we really have a very special fate."
In the carriage compartment, Ogata looked at Hasegawa with a look of emotion on his face. His leg was injured, so his sitting posture became a little strange.
There were only three people in the car, Ogata, Omachi, and Hasegawa, which was not very spacious.
I reunited with Hasegawa again in Mount Koya - it would be inappropriate not to say a few words to this person who had a wonderful fate with whom he had "parted and reunited" countless times.
Therefore, Ogata just asked Amachi to help bring Hasegawa into the carriage where they can talk easily.
Without any outsiders here, Ogata could finally "recognize" Hasegawa boldly and confidently.
"Every time I say goodbye to you, I feel that this should be the last time I see you." Hasegawa's face was full of emotion at this time, and he could only hear him sighing silently, "It turns out that every time I meet in a strange way.
It’s a strange place and a strange time to meet you again…”
Ogata smiled slightly, then changed to a serious look and tone.
"Mr. Hasegawa, Mr. Isshiki, and the old monk, please take them to a safe place..."
"Yes." Hasegawa's expression became serious at this time, "Leave it to me. This is my bounden duty as a fire thief turned commander."
"We're ready to go at any time!" Asai's voice sounded at this time.
"Alas..." Hasegawa sighed heavily, then raised his hand and touched his injured leg, "If the leg is not injured... I really want to go with you..."
"Let Edo become like Butterfly Island...just thinking about it makes people restless..."
Hasegawa's face was now horribly pale.
Just now, when Xuanzheng spit out the words "human pillar" and "Edo joint battle", and Ogata asked Xuanzheng what they meant, Xuanzheng only responded with a very simple sentence -
"If you explain it slowly... it would take too much time. Do you know Butterfly Island? To put it simply, it is to make Edo look like Butterfly Island, and to make Edo become like Butterfly Island, you need to use the human pillar
.Sinking the human pillars into Kanda Josui, where Edo people depend for their livelihood, will make Edo look like Choshima.”
The "old monk with goatee" and Hasegawa's subordinates, who didn't know what Butterfly Island was, looked puzzled.
But Ogata, Genichi, Hasegawa and the others' expressions changed drastically.
No need for any further discussion.
They quickly made up their mind - rush to the dock and pursue Toyotomi!
The pursuers are naturally Ogata, Minamoto and his friends.
Hasegawa, who was already injured, took his subordinates, Isshiki's family, and the old monk with the goatee and fled to a safe place.
Asai had already shouted "It's time to start the car", and Hasegawa walked towards the car very wisely.
However, just as Hasegawa was about to leave the carriage, his body suddenly stopped.
"...Ogata-kun."
Hasegawa slowly turned his head and looked directly at Ogata.
Before Ogata could ask "What's wrong?", he heard him say word by word:
"After I leave Mount Koya, I will use all the power I can to deal with Toyotomi."
"Before that, please... you must stop that Toyotomi Nobhide. You must not let Edo become like Butterfly Island..."
"Please..."
Having said that, Hasegawa bowed his waist towards the "most wanted criminal in the country" in front of him and saluted Ogata solemnly.
After saluting Ogata, Hasegawa slowly left the carriage.
After watching Hasegawa leave with somewhat dazed eyes, Ogata's mouth slowly curved into a helpless arc.
"This time... I really got involved in a terrible incident..." He murmured in a voice that only he could hear clearly.
At this time, Yuan Yi and others boarded the carriage one after another.
After confirming that everyone was on board and no one was missing, Asai shouted "Let's go" and then shook the reins of the horse in his hand.
The pained horse raised its two front hooves, shouted "hui hui" several times, then pulled the carriage behind it and ran forward.
However - just as the carriage started to move, a figure suddenly appeared from the curb in front of the carriage and stood directly in front of the carriage.
The startled Asai quickly stopped the carriage, and then looked intently - the person blocking the front was the "old monk with the goatee" who had been lying on Ogata's back just now.
The carriage Ogata was riding in was the same carriage Asai was driving.
Ogata, who was wondering why Asai stopped the car as soon as he started the car, stuck his head out of the car.
Looking at the "old monk with goatee" blocking the car, Ogata was startled: "Sir, what are you doing?"
"Please take me with you!" shouted the "Old Monk with the Goatee," "No matter what, I want to see with my own eyes who dares to defile my Koyasan Mountain!"
Looking at the "old monk with goatee" who was so stubborn that he would never look back until he bumped into Nanshan, Ogata couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, and then deliberately shouted in a vicious tone:
"Sir! The place we are going to next is not your place! If you really follow us, you might die!"
"Please get out of the way!"
"If you don't get out of the way, we will knock you away!"
If it is true as Xuanzheng said - the two ships of Nikki Maru and Gyokumaru will soon carry Xiao Lin and set sail for Edo, then now is really a time when time is urgently needed.
Ogata, who didn't want to spend too much time "persuading the old monk to leave", directly issued a naked threat to the "old monk with the goatee" in order to persuade the "old monk with the goatee" to get out of the way.
"Hey..." As soon as Ogata finished his threatening words, Asai, who was in charge of driving, couldn't help but whisper to Ogata behind him, "Don't be kidding... I will not drive over an innocent old man...
…”
"I just scared him. I'm not cruel enough to use violence against an innocent old man." Ogata responded in a low voice.
Ogata didn't know if the threat he just made had any effect. He saw a look of thoughtfulness on the face of the "old monk with the goatee".
Then, a moment later, the "old monk with the goatee" stood silently back on the roadside without saying a word.
Seeing that the "old monk with the goatee" had successfully moved aside, Ogata couldn't help but sigh.
Ogao winked at Asai, and then Asai nodded vigorously with understanding. He raised the reins of the horse again and drove the carriage straight forward.
The carriage driven by Shimada followed closely behind.
Hasegawa stood there, watching Ogata and others go away.
"Lord Hasegawa..." After Ogata and others left, one of Hasegawa's subordinates walked up to Hasegawa silently and asked, "What did the old man say before that made Edo become like a butterfly?"
"Island like that'...what does this mean?"
"Also—are we just going to let Ogata Ittousai and Mamiya Kuro leave...?"
Hasegawa glanced at him deeply.
"...We can no longer take care of Ogata Ittosai and Mamiya Kuro."
he replied.
"There are so many people injured on our side, and there are still people who need our protection."
"At all times, protecting the safety of the people has to be given higher priority than catching the thieves."
"Besides, with the small number of people we have now, it's impossible to catch those two people."
"Anyway, now we need to move the people and the injured to a safe place."
"We'll talk about the rest later."
After saying that, Hasegawa turned around and counted the number of people.
None of his subordinates are missing.
Isshiki's family - no one is missing.
That "old monk with a goatee" - hmm...?
Hasegawa opened his eyes and looked around hurriedly.
"Hey!" Hasegawa asked urgently to the subordinates beside him, "Where is the old monk with the goatee? Have you seen him?"
The belated subordinates quickly looked around to check.
The "old monk with a goatee" who just stood arrogantly in the middle of the road to stop a car, disappeared at some point...
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Lin saw many pictures sealed in the depths of her mind appear and disappear one by one before her eyes.
Looking at the scenes that kept flying in front of her eyes, Lin instantly understood - she must be dreaming now.
Even though she knew she was dreaming, Lin couldn't wake up.
It was as if his body was tied to a chair, unable to move his limbs, and he could only watch the memory images stored in his mind pop up before his eyes.
Among the various pictures that constantly appear and disappear, only one scene remains, and then slowly solidifies, and finally condenses into a specific scene.
Lin could tell at a glance: this was the hillside where she often played when she was a child.
It wasn't until after her grandmother and mother passed away that she left her hometown with Yuan Yi and went out to make a living.
Before that, she had been living with her family in a remote countryside in Satsuma Domain.
The poor life in her childhood actually sharpened Lin's willpower.
With this tempered will, as well as her hard work, talent and opportunities, she established Calabash House in a very short period of time.
In fact - Lin's life has not been so miserable since she was born.
Before her father died and her brother took away all the family's belongings and ran away from home, Lin's life was not one of luxury, but it could be considered a comfortable life.
On weekdays, I even have free time to play on a hillside not far from home.
Looking at the hillside in front of her, looking at the extremely familiar plants and trees in front of her... Lin guessed that her eyes now must be quite gentle.
This was her childhood paradise.
It is also a "treasure" that she cherishes very much until now.
However, just as Lin looked at this treasure place that meant a lot to her with nostalgia, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a petite figure from the corner of her eye, which made her open her mouth involuntarily.
She saw herself.
She saw herself, who was two sizes smaller than she was now, running towards a dead tree on the hillside with the unique "bounce-bumping" gait of a child.
--etc……!
Lin's pupils shrank suddenly after seeing this scene.
——This is...!
She suddenly remembered.
Thinking back...this was "that incident" that happened when she was 4 years old.
Stop, don't go there - Lin subconsciously wanted to warn "Little Lin" who was still running towards the dead tree.
But she found that she couldn't make a sound.
Her body couldn't move either.
She could only...like a spectator, watching "Xiao Xiaolin" running toward the dead tree and the young man who was squatting under the dead tree.
"Brother, what are you doing?"
"Xiao Xiaolin" asked the young man abruptly.
The young man raised his head and showed a gentle smile to "Xiao Xiaolin".
"A smelly cat scratched me just now, so I'm trying to teach it a lesson."
"I just wanted to see if a cat would still be cute after being skinned."
After saying this in a matter-of-fact and comfortable tone, the young man moved his body to the side, leaving enough space so that "Xiao Xiaolin" could see clearly what he had been tinkering with just now.
Under the boy's body was a kitten that had been skinned from the head down, with only half of the skin removed.
The kitten only had half of its body and fur left.
Only the bloody body was left in the upper half of the body.
When the boy moved his body to the side, the kitten's furless face happened to be facing "Xiao Xiaolin".
The kitten's eyes, which had lost any vitality, happened to meet the eyes of "Xiao Xiaolin"...
At this point in the dream, the scene in front of me began to blur and become distorted.
When the dream was shattered, the last sound Lin heard was the scream of "Little Xiaolin"...
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"Um……"
Lin murmured softly and slowly opened her eyes.
——Am I...?
Lin, who had just woken up from her dream, and her mind was still in chaos, scanned her surroundings with blank eyes.
She found herself in a slightly dark room.
There is almost no furniture, only desks, cabinets and other simple furniture.
Lin subconsciously wanted to move her body.
But after moving her hands and feet, she suddenly realized that she couldn't move.
He quickly looked down - she was tightly tied to a European-style wooden chair.
The upper body and the back of the chair are tightly tied together.
The two legs of the lower body are tied to the two chair legs respectively.
The only part of the body that can move is the area above the neck.
The memories before falling asleep flashed quickly in Lin's mind at this moment.
Invited by Yukimura, who is almost half of her Calabash House, she went to Yukimura's house alone for a dinner...
Before I had even taken a few bites of the meal, a large group of unknown people holding muskets suddenly rushed out...
Due to the surprise attack, she was not able to prepare in time. In addition, the enemy was large in number and armed with artillery. The terrain was also very unfavorable to Lin. Therefore, although she launched a counterattack as soon as possible, she was still outnumbered and was defeated.
Knock down, knock out.
When you wake up again... it will be now.
——Where is this place?! Where are Mamiya and the others?!
Lin then noticed a window on the wall not far from her.
She stretched her neck hard and tried to look through the window to see the scene outside.
However, because her body height was not high enough and her angle was limited, Lin stretched her neck so much that it hurt, and she could not see the scene outside the window.
However - although she couldn't see the scene outside the window, she could smell the smell coming out of the window and the sounds coming from the window.
She smelled the unique salty smell of the sea.
She heard the waves crashing on the shore.
——I am... at the beach?
When Lin was shocked that she was now at the beach——
"Oh, Xiaolin, you're awake."
"Because I thought you were about to wake up, so I've been waiting here, waiting for you to wake up."
"It seems that I really waited for the right thing."
These words... no, it should be this voice, as if it has some kind of magical power over Lin.
Lin felt her nerves... were numb at this moment.
At this moment the pupil shrinks to the size of a pinhole.
As if she couldn't wait to know the truth, she suddenly turned her head and looked in the direction where the male voice came from just now.
Because she had just woken up, her brain was still in a state of chaos, and her consciousness was not clear yet. In addition, the room was dark, so Lin didn't realize until now that there was a young man sitting in an inconspicuous corner of the room.
The young man slowly stood up and walked towards Lin with a gentle smile on his face.
Seeing this young man getting closer and closer to her, Lin was horrified at first, and then the horror on her face slowly turned into anger, as if she was seeing an enemy.
"Nobuhide...!" Lin gritted her teeth and squeezed out the young man's name.
"Xiao Lin, it's been a long time." Toyotomi Nobuhide said softly, "How many years have we not seen each other?"
As if she wanted to stay away from Toyotomi Nobuhide, Lin struggled hard a few times while her body was tightly tied to the chair.
"I knew you would not be honest after you woke up." Toyotomi Nobuhide continued to smile, "so I tied you up first."
"Stop struggling. You can't break free."
"I see..." Lin raised her head, her eyes as if she wanted to immediately pick up a knife and kill Toyotomi Nobuhide, "Are those iron gunners who suddenly appeared and knocked me unconscious all your people?
!”
"That's right." The smile on Toyotomi Nobuhide's face became even stronger, "The whole process of catching you... was much easier than I thought."
"...where is this?"
Lin's originally rapid breathing gradually became calmer, and her body no longer continued to struggle.
The fierce look that was originally glaring at Toyotomi Nobuhide became much calmer.
However - when she looked at Toyotomi Nobuhide, the disgust and hatred in her eyes did not change much.
"Oh..." Looking at Lin who regained her composure so quickly, Toyotomi Nobuhide exclaimed in a low voice, "She is indeed my sister, Toyotomi Nobuhide, she regained her composure so quickly."
Toyotomi Nobuhide glanced at the window next to him.
"We are on my battleship now. And this is the room I live in."
"Battleship?" Lin was surprised.
"Battleship: Nikki Maru." Toyotomi Nobuhide raised his hand and patted the wooden wall next to him, "In order to get this Nikki Maru and the Gourd Maru next to it, I almost smuggled all the wealth I had accumulated over the years through my business.
It’s all empty.”
"But - it's still a great value for money."
"What do you want to do?!" Lin's voice became uncontrollably excited again, "You suddenly caught me and took me to the ship. What are you going to do?!"
"I didn't want to do anything." Toyotomi Nobuhide slowly squatted down so that his eyes were level with Lin's. "I just suddenly missed you and wanted to see you, so..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lin:
"Shut up! You don't even believe this!"
Lin gritted her teeth, the flames of hatred burning in her eyes.
"If you were such a sentimental person, how could you take away all your belongings before running away from home and never return home?"
"Oh..." Nobuhide Toyotomi, who still had a smile on his face, raised his hand and scratched his hair, "Xiaolin, I didn't expect that I haven't seen you for so many years, but you still haven't changed at all... As soon as you talk to me
, so aggressive."
"Okay, then I won't be joking either."
Toyotomi Nobuhide put down the hand that was scratching his hair.
"In a little while, the ship will sail eastward to Edo."
"The moment our two ships arrive at Edo Bay, that's when my 'Edo War' will be launched."
"Edo...joint battle?" The color on Lin's face faded slightly uncontrollably, "Are you...going to attack Edo?"
Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled and nodded: "I have been waiting for this day... but I have waited too long."
"Are you crazy?!" Lin shouted subconsciously.
Lin knew very well what a big city Edo was.
With a clear understanding of the scale of Edo, Ling Lin subconsciously equated attacking Edo with going crazy.
"I'm not crazy." The smile on Toyotomi Nobuhide's face showed a hint of meaning, "I am absolutely sure of winning Edo."
"Ah, this is a rare opportunity. Since you are my sister and you will make a huge contribution to my 'Edo War', let me show you something...that I haven't shown to many people.
"
"That thing happens to be stored in my room."
After saying that, Toyotomi Nobuhide stood up and walked to a small cabinet next to him. After tinkering in the small cabinet for a while, he took out a medium-sized brocade box.
There is a small but extremely complex-looking lock hanging on the brocade box.
Toyotomi Nobuhide took out a small key from his pocket and unlocked the brocade box.
He held the brocade box with its lid opened, walked slowly back to Lin, and showed her the contents of the box.
As soon as her eyes glanced inside the brocade box, Lin's body couldn't help but trembled slightly in shock.
Inside the brocade box... there was a young woman's head.
This young woman had her eyes closed and her expression was peaceful, as if she was asleep.
"What is this?" Lin asked subconsciously.
"This..." Toyotomi Nobuhide's face slowly showed pride, "This is the head of eight hundred nuns."