I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"We're just here to ask you a few questions. We'll leave as soon as we're done. We'll never stay here, and we'll never hurt anyone's life here. Okay?"

Because they still have questions to ask Konnosuke, both Ogata and Atachi treat Konnosuke politely.

A-Ming only controlled Konnosuke with both hands, and did not put a knife on his neck like when he controlled the maid just now.

When Ogata was negotiating with Konnosuke, he also used an extremely gentle tone, and said honorifics that he hadn't said for a long time.

After Ogata's voice fell, Konnosuke nodded lightly, expressing his willingness to cooperate with Ogata and others with his actions.

Seeing Konnosuke nodding, Omoto winked at Machi, who was standing behind Konnosuke and controlling Konnosuke, and signaled him to let go of Konnosuke.

After A-Machi's hand was free from his mouth, lips and tongue, Konnosuke cooperated very well without screaming loudly, and even tidied up his clothes in a hurry.

"Since you have this sword in your arms, it means that you are indeed friends of Tenmanji Temple. So I trust you."

Kinnosuke said softly.

"The two of you should be prisoners thrown to this island by the shogunate, right? Which batch of prisoners are you thrown to this island?"

"Batch 4." Ogata replied.

"The fourth batch..." Konnosuke twitched his mouth and let out a sneer, "The shogunate has thrown so many people on this island... Tell me, what do you want to ask?"

"We want to know more about the ogre."

"What do you want to know about this?" Konnosuke cast a puzzled look at Ogata.

As soon as he finished speaking, Konnosuke seemed to think of something, and said softly "ah".

"I remembered." Konnosuke muttered, "One of the conditions for amnesty given to you prisoners by the shogunate is to get useful information about ogres, so you plan to get information from me, I said Right?"

Ogata shook his head: "No. My companions and I are not interested in the so-called amnesty, and I don't believe that the shogunate will really give us back our freedom so simply, so we just want to rely on our own Power to escape from the island.

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"The reason why we want information about ogres is only because my companions are tasked with collecting information about ogres."

"No matter what your purpose is." Konnosuke sighed softly, "In short-you will be disappointed. I don't know much about ogres."

"How they came, how to kill them, and what other characteristics they have, I don't know anything about it."

"The only thing I know about ogres is that they can't kill, their blood is poisonous, and they don't get tired. People on this island will become ogres when they die, and people who are alive will suddenly become cannibals without warning. Man-ghosts—other than that, I don't know much about cannibals."

After Konnosuke's words fell, A-Machi, who was kneeling behind Konnosuke, had a look of strong disappointment on his face.

She, Jiangong, and Mucun—the reason why the three of them were deliberately captured by the government and sent to this island by the government was to collect as much information about the "ogre" as possible.

Although she had already made psychological preparations in her heart, she still couldn't hide her disappointment after hearing what Konnosuke said just now.

"Then change the question." Ogata said hastily, "Do you have any extra ships here? When the shogunate destroyed all the ships on the island, how many ships did you keep in time?"

"Since you know that the shogunate destroyed all the dejima tools on the island...Did the people from Tenmanji tell you..." Konnosuke had a bitter look on his face, "No. The soldiers of the shogunate spared no effort when they were ordered to destroy the island's ships and shipbuilding tools."

"There have long been no boats in this land."

"If there was a boat, we would have left this ghost place long ago."

This time it was Ogata who couldn't hide his disappointment.

"Is there no boat..." Ogata sighed softly, "I can't help it... Try to build a raft."

"Do you know how to build a raft?" Machi asked rhetorically.

"I don't know. If it doesn't work, just swim out of this island with a piece of wood."

Although Ogata said so on his lips, he said in his heart:

——Later, let’s take A-machi and search around Fenghe Village. They may have hidden boats, but they just hide it from us and refuse to tell us.

Coincidentally, when Ogata was thinking like this in his heart, A-Ming was also thinking in his heart almost at the same time:

——Later, grab Ayi and search everywhere in Fenghe Village. They may have hidden boats, but they just hide it from us and refuse to tell us.

It's a pity that the two of them didn't know that the two of them had almost the same idea almost at the same time, and they didn't know that there was such a tacit understanding between them.

"Sorry—let me interrupt." Konnosuke suddenly said, "Since the two of you are friends of Tenmanji, may I ask you some questions?"

"Ask." Ogata nodded.

"How is Tenmanji Temple now?" Konnosuke said in a somewhat anxious tone, "Since the wooden wall was built a year ago, the connection with Tenmanji Temple has been severed. Jinghai, Zonghai and the others How are you two doing now?"

Jinghai—the Dharma name of Zong Hai's mentor.

Seeing that Kinnosuke asked him this question, the expression on Ogata's face became a little weird.

"Tenmanji...a lot of things happened..."

Fenghe Village built a wooden wall a year ago to self-enclose.

That's why Konnosuke didn't even know that Kyokai died of a recurrence of an old disease half a year ago.

Ogata recounted all the things he knew about Tenmanji Temple with Kinnosuke in as simple a sentence as possible.

From the death of Jing Hai to the fact that Zong Hai, who is still alive, took Xian Hai, who was originally a prisoner, into his family not long ago.

Konnosuke's expression also changed with Ogata's narration.

"Is that so..." A look of sadness appeared on Konnosuke's face, "Kyokai...is he no longer alive...has he also become an ogre..."

"...Konnosuke." Looking at Konnosuke with a sad face, Ogata hesitated for a while, then said softly, "About Zonghai... there are some things I have to tell you. I don't think these things are right. It should be hidden from you."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"Related to ogres..."

Ogata told Kyokai that he did not become an ogre, Kazuyo and Nao, the master and apprentice may be tricky, there may be problems with the water of the Linong River, and Zonghai concealed all these things for Konnosuke. It is tantamount to telling Konnosuke one by one the important news of a bolt from the blue.

And the look of horror on Konnosuke's face also expanded at an astonishing speed.