I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"...I understand." Shimada nodded solemnly, "If I meet Fuma-sama later, I will definitely be cautious in my words and deeds, and will never do anything that may offend Fuma-sama."

"It doesn't have to be like this." Lin, who is usually expressionless, had a rare smile on her face at this time, "Master Feng Mo is actually a very kind person."

"From the outside, you can never tell that he was a top ninja who shocked the world."

"If you want to anger him, it's not that easy."

"When I meet Lord Fengmo, I don't need to be restrained, nor do I need to be respectful. It's better to be natural."

After Lin finished speaking, the first batch of ready-made sushi had just been served.

Seeing the waiter coming over with plates of sushi, Lin and his party shut their mouths and stopped discussing matters related to Fuma Kotaro.

The four people, who were already hungry for a long time, saw that the sushi was finally served, and they couldn't care less about chatting. They picked up their chopsticks, and swept every plate of sushi in front of them with a gesture of wind and wind.

Just when the meal was about to come to an end, there was a strange voice not far away:

"Yo Yo Yo, who is this? Look who I saw! Isn't this already a samurai, Kamiyama Koshinosuke's capable subordinate, and the good dog of the shogunate—Makimura Yahachi? Long time no see what."

Lin and others heard the reputation and found a young man in his 20s or 30s walking slowly towards them.

The young man was dressed as a waiter and must have been one of the employees of the sushi restaurant.

Looking at the young man walking towards them, Mucun frowned slightly:

"...Sun Qilang, long time no see."

"Mihachi." Lin glanced at the young man whom Mucun called Sun Qilang, and then looked away, "Is that your friend?"

"Yeah." Mu Cun nodded, "When I was Yakuza, I met him several times. They are not friends, but acquaintances."

"That's it..." After echoing softly, Lin completely withdrew her attention and concentrated on eating the sushi in front of her, without even looking at Sun Qilang, as if she had completely lost interest in Sun Qilang.

"Yahachi, when you suddenly disappeared from Kyoto 2 years ago, I thought you were dead, so I set off firecrackers to celebrate it, but I didn't expect you to be alive, not only alive, but also returned to Kyoto What a waste of my firecrackers."

For Sun Qilang's naked ridicule, Mucun's reaction was very flat, and he only responded quietly:

"That's really sorry, I caused you to waste the money on buying firecrackers."

"Hey, I said—" Asai, who had been silent since just now, frowned slightly at this moment, "What the hell are you doing here? You have affected our dinner, do you know?"

"What are you doing here? I'm here to seek compensation from the bastard Mihachi!"

After finishing speaking, Sun Qilang suddenly tore open his skirt, exposing his chest.

Sun Qilang's chest is covered with quite complicated tattoos.

However, these tattoos on his chest seem to have not been replenished for a long time, and the color has dimmed a lot.

The large tattoo on the chest silently announces Sun Qilang's previous identity.

In this era, no one except Yakuza would tattoo such a large area on his body. "

"Yahachi! Who do you think I owe to being a waiter at a sushi restaurant?"

Hearing Sun Qilang's words, Mu Cun's expression darkened instantly.

He didn't respond to Sun Qilang's question, but just sullenly and lowered his head slightly.

"You bastard, you are so heartless and ungrateful!"

Sun Qilang's cheeks flushed red with excitement at this time, and he kept gnashing his teeth and talking.

"Hey! You three, are Yahachi's new friends?"

"Let me tell you what Mihachi, an unrighteous villain, has done before!"

After hearing the words "unkind and unrighteous villain" from Sun Qilang's mouth,

Lin, who had already turned around and was quietly eating the sushi in front of her, suddenly stopped what she was doing, turned her head, and looked at Sun Qilang quietly.

"After this guy and his brother Junroku were appreciated by Kamiyama Eshinosuke, they were promoted to samurai by Kamiyama Eshinosuke, and became one of the powers in Kyoto."

"Not long after he changed from Yakuza to warrior, he immediately led the officials of the government to arrest and wipe out all the Yakuza forces in Kyoto!"

"My family was also destroyed in this extermination operation!"

"The reason why I am now reduced to a sushi restaurant employee is thanks to this bastard Yahachi!"

"Yahachi! You inhuman villain! Even though I was a Yakuza before, after I became a samurai, I immediately turned around and attacked the bastard who was also Yakuza's companion before!"

"How are you going to compensate us?!"

The tone of Sun Qilang's words became higher and higher, and the volume became louder and louder.

In the end, he was already roaring at Mucun.

Although there are very few customers in the store because it is not a meal, there are still a few tables of customers.

Sun Qilang's roar directly attracted the attention of all the customers in the store.

Pointing at Sun Qilang, Mucun and others.

Some customers even put down their meal money in a hurry because they were afraid that there might be a fight later, and then left the shop quickly.

Sun Qilang's roar also attracted the owner of the sushi restaurant.

"Sun Qilang!" The shopkeeper came out of the back kitchen with a look of dismay, cursing, "What are you doing..."

Before the shopkeeper finished speaking, he quickly stopped scolding.

Just because Sun Qilang's current appearance is so frightening that the shopkeeper dare not reprimand Sun Qilang any more.

Mucun has been quietly listening to Sun Qilang's roar.

Neither to refute, nor to make any overreaction.

He has been quietly listening to Sun Qilang's roar.

After Sun Qilang calmed down his shortness of breath due to the continuous roar, Zhao Lin, Asai, and Shimada shouted:

"Hey! You three! I would like to remind you now: get rid of this unkind and unrighteous person as soon as possible! Otherwise..."

boom! !

In an instant, a small but powerful fist was directly printed on Sun Qilang's face, directly interrupting all of Sun Qilang's next words.

Accompanied by scattered broken teeth and blood, Sun Qilang's body flew upside down for a few steps, and finally fell heavily on the ground, directly crushing a table behind him and everything on this table to pieces.

The atmosphere in the sushi restaurant almost froze at this moment, whether it was Mucun and the others, or the rest of the people in the restaurant, they all looked at Lin who was still in the punching posture.

The expression on the face is either shock, surprise, or pain.

The person with the painful expression was the manager of the sushi restaurant. After seeing Sun Qilang crushing the table behind him, his expression immediately became grim.

"You are not allowed to insult my subordinates!"

Lin, who slowly withdrew her fist, had a stern look on her face.

"Ya Hachi is my important subordinate, he is not some unkind villain."

Sun Qilang, who almost passed out, shook his head vigorously twice before his dizzy brain became a little clearer.

"You... bastard..." Sun Qilang struggled to get up, just about to scold Lin who punched him away just now, but just opened his lips, the severe pain from the broken teeth made him He's a little more sober.

A strong look of jealousy floated on his face, so that Sun Qilang didn't dare to say a word, and only dared to cast his fearful eyes on Lin who was still looking at him sternly.

"I... come here with good intentions to remind you..."

Before Sun Qilang finished speaking, Lin directly interrupted:

"I don't need your reminder."

"Your reminder also has no reference significance for us."

"I don't know, and I don't want to know what Mihachi has done before."

"I only know that Yahachi is my important subordinate now."

"I can't pretend that I didn't hear the insults you made to Miba just now."

If things go like this, they will definitely not be able to eat.

But it doesn't matter - anyway, their sushi is almost eaten, and everyone is at least 80% full.

"Sorry, manager."

Lin took out a piece of gold from her bosom, and handed it to the manager of the sushi restaurant with both hands.

"Accidentally broke something in your store, this is my meal money and compensation."

Seeing the large judgment gold handed over by Lin, the store manager who was originally in pain suddenly smiled.

"Let's go." After shouting to the three Mucun people behind her, Lin took the lead and walked outside the sushi restaurant.

Shimada and Asai followed closely behind.

Mucun, who was walking at the back, slowed down slowly when passing in front of Sun Qilang, and finally stopped in front of Sun Qilang.

Bearing Sun Qilang's venomous gaze without fear, Mucun stared straight at Sun Qilang expressionlessly.

"...Sun Qilang. You and I have not been companions from the beginning."

Makimura said softly.

"I, you, and everyone in your family have only met a few times. In terms of relationship, it can only be regarded as knowing each other."

"The only connection between me and you is - we were both Yakuza once, that's all."

"When I was a Yakuza, my only companion was Shunroku."

"Since we are destined to meet again, let me tell you something that I have never told anyone else before."

"Do you know what my mood was when I, who had just become a member of the capital, worked with the rest of my colleagues to uproot most of the Yakuza forces in Kyoto?"

Still looking directly at Sun Qilang, the corners of Mu Cun's mouth twitched slightly.

"I was... feeling very comfortable."

"After killing you bastards who don't know how to do anything but fish and meat, I feel more comfortable than ever before."

"'You bastards are finally dead'—that was the biggest feeling I had at the time."

These words of Mucun seem to have some magical power.

After the words fell, Sun Qilang was taken aback for a moment.

Afterwards, a look of resentment quickly appeared on his face at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After saying this, Mucun ignored Sun Qilang, turned around and walked out of the sushi restaurant.

Seeing Mucun come out, Lin who was standing outside the sushi restaurant announced to them:

"Okay, now that we've finished our meal, let's go to Lord Feng Mo."

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Mucun, who had been following Lin closely with Shimada and Asai, who was half a step behind Lin, now sped up his pace a little and came to Lin's side.

"...My lord, thank you."

"If you're thanking me for punching that idiot for you just now, then there's no need for it." Lin said softly, "As your lord, it's only right to help you get ahead."

After that, Lin raised her hand—as if she wanted to pat Mucun on the back.

But because of the huge difference in height between Lin and Mucun, Lin could only take pictures of Mucun's waist in the end.

After raising his hand and patting Mucun's waist with neither light nor heavy force, a faint smile appeared on Lin's face.

"Mihachi, look at your depressed face, cheer up. You don't need to take those stupid things that idiot just said to heart."

"No, I didn't take the compensation that Sun Qilang told me just now to my heart."

"Me and them were not companions from the beginning."

"I don't feel any guilt towards these rotten people. I don't even feel that I owe them anything."

"Then what are you doing with such a depressed face?" Asked Asai who was walking behind Mucun.

"I just... suddenly realized that I was back in Kyoto."

Mucun raised his hand and looked around.

He looked at the shops on both sides of the street, and then at the passers-by passing by him, the expression on his face gradually became complicated.

"It wasn't until I saw Sun Qilang just now that I finally had the real feeling of returning to the capital..."

After that, Mucun took a deep breath.

"It's been a long time...Kyoto..."

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...

A-machi led Ogata through the streets and alleys of Kyoto.

There is now an extra bag of things in Ogata's hand - it is the cherry blossom pancake they bought just now.

According to A-Machi, sakura pancakes are Fuma's favorite food, so Ogata and the others specially bought a pack as a gift when they meet Fuma later.

When A-Ming led the way ahead, he stopped from time to time to check the surrounding scenery—as if he was recognizing the way.

Ah-Ming's footsteps were somewhat cheerful,

Ogata, who was following A-Machi, glanced at A-Machi's cheerful steps, couldn't help smiling and asked A-Machi:

"Machi, you seem very happy."

"Yeah." A-Machi nodded vigorously, "To me, Fuma-sama is an elder I like and respect very much."

"I had planned to visit him this afternoon."

"The last time I saw Lord Fumo was a long time ago when I accompanied other people to the capital to carry out missions."

"I don't know how Lord Fengmo is doing now..."