"This is... my lord's favorite game..." Kurunaga said solemnly, "Watching relatives and friends kill each other..."
"All the men in Miaozhang Village have become 'toys' for the Lord's game..."
"In addition to the villagers of Miaozhang Village, there are still many people trapped in the Lord's city, who are forced to play this game..."
"Among the nearly a hundred male villagers in Miaozhang Village, only a few of them, including Li Ji, survived because of the cruel game played by the Lord."
"Because these survivors are no longer friends and relatives and can no longer play this cruel game, the lord let Li Ji and others go."
"After the Lord released these people, I adopted them as homeless people."
"But...some of these survivors are crazy..."
"Some committed suicide quietly while we were not paying attention..."
"Of these survivors, only Li Ji can barely maintain his normal sanity..."
I have to say - the word "reluctantly" used by Kuronaga just now is very accurate.
If Li Ji's current sanity can be said to be normal, then it can be considered normal. He can still speak well and will not do anything crazy or incomprehensible.
But if it's abnormal... then it's also quite abnormal...
Li Ji's mind has long been occupied by thoughts of revenge.
If Gennai Matsudaira is standing here, and Rikichi has a knife in his hand... No, it doesn't matter if there is a knife or not.
As long as Matsudaira Gennai stands here, Rikichi will definitely pounce on him at all costs and kill Matsudaira Gennai even if they both die together.
Now just recalling Riki's appearance of shedding blood and tears just now, Oufang couldn't help but feel his scalp numb, and his whole body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
"Ogata-kun, now you know how my lord dealt with the surviving men of Myobari Village."
"Then next - do you know how the lord dealt with the surviving women in Miaozhang Village?"
Hearing the word "female", Ogata's heart skipped a beat.
"...Could it be that he has become a tool to vent his lust?"
"Alas..." Kuronaga sighed, "It's much more excessive than this..."
After saying that, Kuronaga stood up.
"Ogata-kun, come with me."
"I'll take you to see... my lord, how he dealt with the women in Miaozhang Village..."
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at the same time--
Hirose Domain, Sakakihara Sword Hall.
"It's so slow..."
"When will Ogata-senpai be able to come..."
"I am hungry……"
“I really want to drink!”
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All the disciples of the Sakakihara Kenkan except Ogata, as well as Hanbei, the master of the Sakakihara Kenkan, had gathered in the dojo of the Sakakihara Kenkan.
Tables filled with sumptuous meals and drinks have been set up in the dojo.
The masters and apprentices of Sakakihara Kenkan sat behind each table respectively.
According to the original plan - they should have started to party and enjoy the beauty of the banquet by now.
But because Ogata suddenly had something urgent to do, they had to postpone the banquet.
Although Ogata made a special detour to the Sakakihara Kenkan before heading to Kuranaga's residence, telling Makino and others that he would be late for something urgent, and asked them to start the banquet first without waiting for his return.
But the masters and disciples of Sakakihara Kenkan completely ignored Ogata's words.
Everyone sat obediently behind their respective desks, no one touched the food or drinks on the desk, and they were all waiting slowly for Ogata to come back.
Although from time to time some people suggested: Don't wait for Ogata to come back, let's start the banquet first.
But those who made these proposals, without exception, were strongly condemned by everyone led by Hanbei, Mikami, and Makino.
"Ogata/Ogata-kun/Ogata-senpai haven't come yet, how can we start the banquet!"
Those who adhere to the idea that "the banquet cannot start until everyone is here" account for the vast majority of the masters and disciples of the Sakakihara Kenkan.
So even though their stomachs were already hungry and they were feeling a little anxious, everyone endured themselves and continued to wait for Ogata's return.
Mikami looked helplessly at the junior brothers who couldn't wait to start the banquet quickly.
After thinking for a while, he clapped his hands vigorously and attracted everyone's attention with loud applause.
"It's really boring to wait for Ogata-kun to come back! Let's do some sideshows to pass the time!"
"I'll go first! Let me show you my specialty - belly dancing!"
After hearing Mikami's words, the Hanbei present and most of the disciples looked at Mikami in astonishment.
"Mikami-senpai." Makino, who was sitting next to Mikami, asked, "Can you belly dance?"
"Do you still need to learn belly dancing? Even if you have never learned belly dancing, it will not have any impact."
After responding to Makino's question with a half-joking answer, Mikami stood up and came to the middle of the crowd.
Everyone's desk was arranged in two rows, sitting opposite each other.
Mikami walked to the middle of the two rows of desks, then neatly took off his upper body clothes, revealing his white belly.
Mikami doesn't know how to belly dance at all.
Even a fool can see that Mikami was just jumping around, shaking her belly without any rhythm.
But as Mikami said just now - there is no need to learn belly dancing at all, and it doesn't matter even if you have never learned it.
"Mikami!" Hanbei said with a smile, "You dance well!"
"Hahaha! Mikami-kun! What are you doing?"
"Mikami-senpai! You are surprisingly talented in dancing!"
"Okay! Mikami-senpai! I'll dance with you too!"
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Mikami's funny look immediately made everyone present laugh.
Everyone was made to laugh by Mikami.
Thanks to Mikami's performance, the originally dull atmosphere immediately became lively.
Some of the disciples who were usually lively students got so playful that they left their seats and followed Mikami by taking off their upper clothes and performing a funny belly dance.
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While everyone at the Sakakihara Kenkan was laughing and laughing——
"I'm thirsty."
Gennai Matsudaira, who was sitting on horseback, suddenly said "I'm thirsty".
As soon as Matsudaira Gennai finished speaking, a young man walking beside the mount inside the air supply source immediately shouted "Yes" and then took off a bamboo tube hanging from his waist.
However - as soon as this young man took off the bamboo tube containing water from his waist, Matsudaira Gennai immediately said:
"I don't want to drink water, I want to drink hot tea."
"Yes!" the young man said loudly again, "I'll light the fire immediately!"
In order to satisfy Matsudaira Gennai's appetite for hunting, his surnames carried water, tea and various utensils for making fires with them.
"It's too slow." Matsudaira Gennai's tone was still so neither salty nor bland, unhurried, "I'll be dying of thirst when the tea is ready. I want to drink tea now."
After hearing what Matsudaira Gennai said, his nickname immediately showed a troubled look.