As for the reason... well, you will know after reading this chapter.
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Nikki Maru, inside the cabin
"...Miss Lin, you don't seem surprised to see me."
"Of course I'm not surprised." Lin said word by word to the person in front of her who was pointing a flintlock gun at her in an extremely cold tone, her tone of voice seemed to be mixed with ice shavings, "Last night,
I had already begun to doubt you after I was suddenly attacked at your home for a dinner."
"Because apart from you, uncle, Mamiya and the others, it is impossible for anyone else to know where I was last night!"
How did Toyotomi Nobuhide know that she happened to be in Osaka during this time?
How did Toyotomi Nobuhide know where she was last night?
Since the brief meeting and conversation with Toyotomi Nobuhide, Lin has been thinking about these two questions.
These two questions... are not difficult to think about.
Regarding these two problems, the only explanation Lin could think of was: someone betrayed her and revealed her whereabouts to Toyotomi Nobuhide.
So... who betrayed her?
Genichi, Mamiya, Makimura, Asai and the others are people whom Rin can put all her sincerity into and trust 100%.
Shimada had only joined their Calabash House for a short time, so Lin did not have 100% trust in him.
However, although she has not yet given Shimada complete trust, after getting along with Shimada for a short time, Rin also gained a general understanding of Shimada's personality.
He is a child who is exactly the same as he is on the outside.
Although he is still an unreliable person due to various reasons such as lack of social experience, he is indeed not a bad boy...
Lin also didn't believe Shimada would betray him.
It turns out that none of her core subordinates have the possibility of betraying her... There is only one suspicious candidate left.
This person is not her core subordinate. Strictly speaking, her relationship with him can only be regarded as a close partner...
Not only did he know that Lin happened to be in Osaka during this period.
He also knows Lin’s whereabouts last night better than anyone else…
Because he was the one who invited Lin Yu to his mansion for a dinner last night!
Lin cast a gaze as sharp as the dazzling midday sun at the traitor in front of her.
Yukimura, who did not dare to meet such eyes, turned his gaze slightly away uncontrollably, and did not dare to look at Rin again.
"...What?" Lin's tone contained unabashed sarcasm, "Don't you dare to look at me?"
Although he was merciless in his words.
But Lin's eyes still showed a little sadness involuntarily.
Yukimura, who is pointing a flintlock gun at her now, has received a lot of help and training from her to become a giant businessman who can make all the difference in Osaka.
Although he is not her core subordinate like Mamiya and others, Lin has always trusted him.
Otherwise, when he wanted to investigate the "Kansai Disappearance Incident", he would not have been the first to ask Yukimura for help.
Being betrayed by someone she trusted...the shock and impact of this incident made Lindu temporarily forget the pain caused by seasickness.
"...Miss Lin..." Yukimura just didn't dare to look directly at Lin, but now he simply doesn't dare to face Lin.
He pursed his lips tightly and turned his face slightly to the right, allowing Lin to see only the side of his face.
"Miss Lin...I...I also have my own difficulties..."
"If possible, I really don't want to use force against you..."
"So...can you please surrender?"
"Ha..." Lin let out a very explicit sneer, "A person who can be so cruel as to betray my trust tells me that you don't want to be rough with me?"
"...I'm serious." Yukimura's tone became a little more serious, "Miss Lin, I know what kind of person you are."
"Since you met me, you have been thinking about how to kill me and get out of trouble, right?"
"You have given me a lot of help in the past. Without your help, I would not be where I am today... I really don't want to pull the trigger on you..."
"But if you insist on resisting..."
Yukimura did not say anything further, but silently tightened his grip on the gun in his hand.
Lin's expression could not help but become serious at this moment: "You also know that without me, you wouldn't be where you are today..."
Lin was still sneering at Yukimura mercilessly.
But in her heart she growled worriedly:
Tsk...this distance...is really annoying...
What Yukimura just said is absolutely correct.
Since meeting Yukimura, Lin has been thinking about ways to quickly kill Yukimura and get out of trouble.
When she was confronting Yukimura just now, she had confirmed the distance between her and Yukimura countless times, as well as the tools she could use now.
According to her visual inspection, the distance between her and Yukimura was about 8 steps.
This distance... is quite embarrassing for Lin, who is currently in poor health...
For Lin now, this is not a distance that can be overcome immediately.
If Yukimura cannot be killed with such lightning speed that Yukimura cannot react... then the flintlock gun in Yukimura's hand will probably make a hole in her body...
Lin thought hard about whether there was any way to bring Yukimura down quickly.
But at this moment
"I finally found you. Fortunately, I just heard a strange noise coming from here... Oh? Yukimura, you are here too. Haha, I originally thought about not letting you meet Xiaolin. After all, I want you to
Meeting Xiaolin is really too cruel for Xiaolin."
It was as if her back was suddenly stabbed by a sharp spear... Lin heard the sound she least wanted to hear coming from behind her...
Lin's expression changed drastically. With an expression so gloomy that she seemed to be dripping with tears, Lin slowly turned her head and looked behind her... in the direction from which the male voice came.
Behind her, Toyotomi Nobuhide, with an intriguing smile on his face, slowly walked towards her.
He did not bring any attendants or subordinates with him.
Just walking slowly towards Lin alone.
Click, click, click...
Toyotomi Nobhide's neither light nor heavy footsteps were like a heavy hammer, hitting Lin's heart one after another, causing the cold sweat on Lin's face to roll down her cheeks and the bridge of her nose one by one.
At this time, Lin caught a glimpse of Toyotomi Nobuhide's left hand holding two things that were very familiar to Lin.
She looked intently at what Toyotomi Nobuhide's left hand was holding. It was her sword: Enma and Wakizashi.
"Toyotomi-sama..." After seeing Toyotomi Nobuhide, Yukimura's face showed a hint of panic. He hurriedly explained to Toyotomi Nobuhide, "I have been staying in my room just now."
"After hearing what sounded like a fight outside, I came out with weapons to check the situation."
"Then I met Lin Xiao..."
Before Yukimura finished speaking, Toyotomi Nobuhide raised his hand to signal that he didn't need to say more.
"Okay, Yukimura, put away the musket and retreat." Toyotomi Nobuhide didn't even look at Yukimura, and ordered to Yukimura, "Just leave the rest of the matter to me."
"Yes..." Yukimura nodded vigorously, then put away the flintlock gun in his hand and stepped aside.
After sending Yukimura away, Toyotomi Nobuhide glanced at the brocade box at Lin's feet.
"Are you going to take this thing away with you... Ha, it's not what I expected... After I found out that you managed to escape, I guessed that you would definitely take this brocade box away with you."
The corner of Toyotomi Nobuhide's mouth raised a hint of admiration or ridicule.
"Should I say you are worthy of being my sister? It's a shame that you were able to escape successfully in such an environment."
After saying that, Toyotomi Nobuhide swung the Enma and Zhenkijin held in his left hand hard and threw them to Lin's feet.
"...What are you going to do?" After lowering her eyes and glancing at the sword at her feet, Lin continued to stare at Toyotomi Nobuhide with a look that seemed like she wanted to stare him to death.
"Well... just think of it as a reward for you." Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled and shrugged, "Although your escape has caused me a lot of trouble."
"But for your intelligence and ability to escape from my imprisonment, I still have to give you a very high evaluation."
"I admire people with outstanding mobility the most."
"If I didn't have to throw you into the Kanda water, I would have taken you under my command."
"So for your intelligence and mobility, I will give you a small reward."
"I just specially found these two sabers for you."
Toyotomi Nobuhide maintained the meaningful smile on his face, raised his hand and slowly pulled out the Yoshimitsu bone from his waist.
"Now, I'll give you a chance."
"Come at me."
"If you can defeat me, I will let you go free."
As soon as he finished speaking, Toyotomi Nobuhide had already pulled out all the Yoshimitsu bones from his waist.
The moment the blade was completely unsheathed, Toyotomi Nobuhide swung the sword downwards.
call!
The wind pressure caused by swinging the sword caused the hem of Toyotomi Nobuhide's haori embroidered with "Taiko Kiri" to sway slightly in the wind.
Is it because the ship is not rocking so much?
Or is it because the current attention is attracted by Toyotomi Nobuhide?
In short, no matter what, Lin felt that the "desire to vomit" that had been tormenting her since the ship set sail has finally subsided.
She didn't say another word to Toyotomi Nobuhide.
She just silently picked up the Yama and Zhen Guishen at her feet, put them on her right waist, then pulled out her two swords, set them up, and assumed the stance of the Selfless Two Sword Style.
Looking at Lin who remained silent, Toyotomi Nobuhide couldn't help but raise his eyebrows out of curiosity.
"Don't you want to say something?"
"...I have nothing to say to you." She replied coldly.
After saying that, Lin was like an arrow that escaped the shackles of the bowstring and rushed straight towards Toyotomi Nobuhide.
In his current state... there must be no way he can defeat Toyotomi Nobuhide.
Lin is quite aware of this.
But even so, there was no lag or confusion in her forward steps.
Although she didn't say a word to Toyotomi Nobuhide.
But the sword in her hand, and the roar in her behalf towards her brother who had a twisted mind and was no longer human at all!
"Do you have nothing to say..." Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled, "Xiao Lin, you are still as unpleasant as ever..."
After finishing speaking, Toyotomi Nobuhide slowly held Yoshimitsu Kushiki... in front of him...
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Huluwan, on the open deck
"Looking closer...the thickness is really amazing..."
Mamiya looked at the calabash mainmast in front of him, which was a bit difficult for adults to hug, and let out a sigh that only he could hear clearly.
At this moment, Mamiya and Genichi were standing under the mainmast in the center of Hyaluroyomaru.
From a distance, you can't really see the size and thickness of the mainmast.
After getting closer, you can truly feel what the concept of a "wooden pillar" tens of meters high is.
"...Mamiya, can that be done?" Yuan Yi asked.
"It can be done."
With a burning gaze, Mamiya turned to look to his left and looked at Hikimaru, who was walking side by side with Gianlumaru.
"The distance between the two ships...is only about 40 meters."
"And the height of the main mast of this Huluwan is conservatively estimated to be 45 meters."
"As long as the main mast of the Gourd Maru is broken, and then the broken main mast is allowed to fall toward the Hiki Maru next to it, a 'bridge' can be built to connect the two ships."
"In this way, there is no need to jump into the sea and swim to get to the Nikki Maru. This saves a lot of time and energy."
"Mamiya, I'm not asking if after cutting off the mainmast, a bridge can be built to connect the two ships."
Yuan Yi raised his hand and patted the mainmast in front of him and asked him to hug it, but he couldn't hug it completely.
"I'm asking you, do you have a way to cut off the mainmast?"
Yuan Yi changed into a half-joking and helpless tone.
"This size...but if I try to cut it, I may not be able to cut it off."
"Ogata-kun probably won't be able to cut down this mainmast either."
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"After all, cutting off something of this size... strength alone is no longer enough."
"It requires both strength and training, the long-established 'killing' skills."
"...Master Minamoto." Mamiya put on a light and gentle smile, as if he had let go of the past.
He raised his head and looked at the top of the mainmast as far as the eye could see.
"My original name...is Yamada Asaemon Yoshitsune."
Mamiya raised his left hand and pressed Vairocana's sword on his left waist.
"Having honed 'cutting' to the extreme, cutting off things that ordinary people can't cut, this is Yamada Asaemon... and it is also my swordsmanship."
"Leave it to me, Mr. Source."
Mamiya slowly lowered his gaze from the top of the mainmast.
"I will help you cut off the mainmast!"
"I will do my best to pave the way for you to board the Nikki Maru!"
Genichi opened his eyes slightly, and looked Mamiya up and down several times as if looking at a stranger.
"……I see."
A pleased smile appeared on Yuan Yi's lips.
"Mamiya, you seem to be very different from when you first joined Calabash House."
"Okay, then just go ahead and do it!"
"Do as you wish!"
Yuan Yi just finished speaking.
"Don't back down! Don't back down!"
"Kill!"
Not far behind the two men, several crew members whose fighting spirit and fighting spirit had not disappeared were holding weapons to kill the old man and the young man.
"I'll help you get rid of the people who may hinder you." Yuan Yi raised his knife and slowly faced the new group of enemies. "You can rest assured and focus on how to cut off the main mast.
let's go."
"I won't let anyone come and disturb you."
"Grateful."
After simply thanking Yuan, Mamiya did not look at Yuan Yi again, nor did he look at the enemies around him.
He confidently handed his back to the senior, and concentrated all his body and mind on this huge "wooden pillar" in front of him...which made all the swordsmen in the world feel despair.
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Okay...enough of the beautiful words...
Mamiya smiled bitterly and slowly clenched the left palm that was resting on the sword
Cut off the mainmast... If I can succeed, I will truly surpass my father.
Even my father has never cut off an object of such an exaggerated size.
When he was young, when he was practicing swordsmanship with his father Wen Xian, Wen Xian demonstrated to Mamiya several times how he used his refined swordsmanship to kill a tree that required an adult to hold it with both hands.
The big tree was cut in two.
Wen Xian...has mastered "how to cut things" to the extreme.
In terms of overall swordsmanship level, Mamiya dared to conclude that his father was far inferior to Genichi.
But no matter how to cut things off... Mamiya felt that Wenxian, who spent his whole life training in "cutting things", might be slightly better than Yuan Yiyi...
After all, this is Yamada Asaemon's swordsmanship, and he has been honing his "cutting" skills since he was able to hold a sword.
It would be difficult for even Genichi and Ogata-kun to cut off a wooden object of this size.
The only person who has the opportunity to cut off the mainmast... is me, who has been practicing the 'art of cutting off objects' since I can remember.
Mamiya felt as if a big iron ball was stuffed in his chest.
The huge pressure of "Only he can do this kind of thing" and "There is neither time nor the conditions for him to slowly rely on the breath of the source to enter the state of selflessness, so he can only do it in his current state",
Mamiya felt as if his body was several times heavier.
Mamiya took a deep breath and slowly exhaled the inhaled air. At the same time, he slowly lowered his body weight, and slowly put his right hand on the handle of Vairocana's sword, and kept pressing his left hand on the sword's tang.
Then use your thumb to hold the blade of the sword, push it forward, and push out Vairochana's sword blade by an inch.
Don't be confused, confusion will only make the knife dull...
We must... rescue the lord!
Mamiya kept thinking silently in his heart about the teachings his father gave him, which also enabled him to win the previous "father-son duel".
He recited this instruction silently over and over again.
The reason why Mamiya has such a terrible learning ability of "learning everything with just a few clicks" is inseparable from his concentration. He can adjust his concentration to "the elk is happy in just a blink of an eye".
The state of looking left but not blinking.
After reciting "Don't be confused" several times in his mind, Mamiya felt like he was on a calm lake.
The ears can still pick up the surrounding sounds, but the brain has automatically blocked these sounds.
There is nothing else for the eyes except the mainmast in front of them.
Attention has been focused to its peak.
But Mamiya's hand... was still unable to pull out Vairocana.
No.
It's not that Vairocana can't be pulled out.
Instead, he made up his mind to pull out Vairocana...
Even though he had focused his attention to the top...but distracting thoughts still emerged from Mamiya's heart uncontrollably.
Now... can I really cut off an object of this size and achieve... a great achievement that even my father has never achieved...?
A few drops of anxious cold sweat seeped out from Mamiya's forehead.
He didn't want such negative thoughts to come into his mind...
But no matter how he tried to eliminate and ignore these negative thoughts, they were like water in a pipe that blocked one end and came out from the other end...
While Genichi was helping Mamiya clear away all obstacles that might disturb him, he was also carefully observing Mamiya's current state.
After clearly seeing that Mamiya's aura seemed to have weakened, Yuan Yi frowned slightly...
"...Mamiya!"
Mamiya was putting all his energy into eliminating distracting thoughts when he suddenly heard Genichi's cry.
He turned his head sideways and cast a surprised look at Yuan Yi who was not far away.
"Just go ahead and do it!" Yuan Yi showed a soft smile to Mamiya from a distance, "You have changed a lot compared to before."
"You might be able to do things now that you before...even your father couldn't do!"
As soon as Yuan Yi finished shouting these words, he saw another person rushing towards Yuan with a weapon raised high. Yuan Yi had to take his eyes away from Mamiya and continue to focus on helping Mamiya clear the obstacles.
Compared with before, I...have changed too much?
At this moment, Mamiya suddenly remembered that Genichi had said something similar to him just now:
(Mamiya, you seem to be very different from when you first joined Calabash House.)
Different...what's the difference? Is it strength?
Mamiya slowly turned his gaze back to the mainmast in front of him.
etc……
I seem to have heard similar words before...
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(What’s your name? Kuro Mamiya? That’s a cool name. You said you’re homeless now and have nowhere to go. Do you want to work for me? Do you know how to make an abacus? I happen to be short of someone who knows how to keep accounts.
People who don’t know how to do it? That’s okay, you will become proficient in it soon.)
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(Huh? Are you a member of the Yamada Asemon family? Well... so what? You are a good person, so hurry up and get on with the work. Your abacus hand has slowed down!)
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(Oh, I just hired you on a whim, but unexpectedly I hired an amazing subordinate... It's really thanks to you these past few months, it's the first time I've seen such a beautiful account book.)
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(Kuroro, I’m going to go to the Northeast soon. You know what kind of place that is, so to be on the safe side, I decided to get someone to go with me. Are you interested in going to the Northeast with me? Ha? You’ve only learned how to do it before.
'Cut things', haven't you learned how to protect people? That's just right, you can take this opportunity to learn how to use the sword besides 'cutting things'. Don't you like to learn things the most?
)
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(Hmm... Kuro, you seem to have changed a bit compared to when you first started working for me. Huh? You ask me what has changed? Hmm... your expression is softer?)
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Memory fragments without any images, only sounds, passed quickly through Mamiya's mind.
The shoulders that were tense because he was always ready to draw the sword slowly... relaxed after this string of memory fragments passed through Mamiya's mind.
Should I say 'worthy of being relatives'? Both of them said exactly the same words...
Not only have I said similar things, but I have also not said them completely. Compared with before, what is the difference between me and me?
Although he was complaining quietly in his heart, the corner of Mamiya's mouth... now showed a faint smile.
Forget it, don't think about these messy things.
Now let's quickly focus on cutting off this big thing.
Mamiya took a deep breath, stretched his shoulders again, and lowered his body weight.
And just when his body became tense again, Mamiya suddenly realized that there were no more distracting thoughts in his mind.
At the same time, Shigong was surprised to see a "flying swallow" flying in front of his eyes.
He recognized it at a glance: this was the flying swallow he had chopped down.
At the beginning, he added his own understanding to the swordsmanship passed down from generation to generation by the Yamada Asaemon family and created a new school unique to him.
The first object he chopped down using the mysteries of his new school was a flying swallow.
And this is also the origin of the name of his school: "Feiyan Zanshin-ryu".
She painstakingly honed her new swordsmanship, and the day she slashed Feiyan down was the eve of her promise that Lin would accompany her to the Northeast!
Looking at the "Feiyan" that suddenly appeared in front of him, the faint smile that had been hanging on the corner of Mamiya's lips since just now became a little more nostalgic and indifferent.
He closed his eyes.
The vision was obscured by darkness.
Although the eyes are closed, the heart is not closed.
He felt like he was back in the woods again, back to the day when he tried to cut off the flying swallow.
Compared with before, what is different about you?
I don't understand it at all.
But you have to let me evaluate my own changes.
That should mean knowing who to protect with a sword and killing things!
Take a deep breath.
Send a step forward and suddenly raise your right hand
Feiyan residual heart flow
mysteries
moment!
Flying swallow! Fall down!
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Click!
Yuan Yi heard the harsh sound of pieces of wood breaking behind him.
Turn around and look.
He saw the purple sword light, which seemed to connect the sky and the earth!
Many raindrops around Mamiya were blown upside down by the powerful sword force!
In front of Mamiya, who maintained his sword-drawing stance, was a mainmast that had a fairly flat cut and was cut diagonally in half.
The broken mainmast groaned as it slowly fell towards Nikki Maru not far away!
"Yamada Asaemon Yoshitsune..." Genichi smiled happily, "You have long... surpassed your father...!"
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The last 2,000 words of this chapter are really harder to write than the 20,000 words... The author has been writing from 4pm to now...
Fortunately, the last 2,000 words of this chapter can be regarded as the final shaping of the character of Mamiya.
[I don’t know what has changed in me, but if I have to say that I have changed, it is that I know how to kill things with a knife to protect someone.] This sentence is a reflection of this person who was born in the "executioner family" and has always only known how to kill people.
This is the best summary of the life of the executioner who wields the knife for testing and execution.
Considering the quality of this chapter, I think it’s not too much for the author to ask for some monthly votes (weeping with my head in my arms.jpg)