I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Chapter 293 Kyoto's Red Light District (Part 1)

"Huh~huh~huh~"

While humming an unknown tune, A-Machi grabbed a few candies he just bought from the sugar seller, and walked slowly on the way back to the ramen shop.

After stepping through the door of the ramen shop and returning to the ramen shop, Ah-cho immediately froze in place.

The place where she and Ogata were sitting just now happened to be facing the door of the ramen shop, so as long as you pass through the door of the ramen shop, you can see the table where she and Ogata were sitting just now.

But at this moment, Ogata's figure was not seen beside this table.

There were only two half-eaten bowls of ramen still left alone on the table—the ramen she and Ogata ordered just now.

Not only was Ogata nowhere to be seen, but the customers who were also eating noodles in the store were almost gone.

A young man with a wanted warrant in his hand and a handle on his back was in this ramen shop, and said loudly to an old lady who seemed to have just walked into the ramen shop:

"Now there is a murderer in Kyoto, old lady, you have to be more careful. That man's name is Ogata Itsuki. If you find any clues, remember to notify the government in time."

"hito...giri...?" The old lady seemed to have bad ears, and she repeated the word she hadn't heard clearly just now with a puzzled face.

"It's hitokiri! Human chop!" The young man repeated the pronunciation of "human chop" helplessly.

This time, the old lady who heard the pronunciation of Ren Zhan clearly asked back with a puzzled face:

"What does it mean to be cut?"

"To put it simply, it can be understood as the meaning of a murderer. In short—once you see someone who looks like the portrait on this arrest warrant, you should immediately inform the nearby officials...huh?"

At this time, the young man noticed Machi who was still standing at the entrance of the ramen shop.

"Girl." The young man said loudly to A-Ding, "Did any official tell you to beware of 'people's killing'?"

"No." A-Ming shook his head, "I just happened to pass by here and heard you talking about 'Ren Zhan Yi Shi', so I came to take a look out of curiosity."

"Since no official has ever told you to beware of the 'people cutting off the momentum', let me tell you."

Holding Ogata's arrest warrant, the young man walked slowly to A-cho.

"Last night, there was an indiscriminate murderer in Kyoto. As of now, more than 30 people have been killed by him... Ah, no, it is said that the number of victims has risen to more than 40."

"Ah." Ah-Ming nodded, "I know about it."

"Now we have found out who this person is." The young man shook the arrest warrant in his hand, "It is the person on this arrest warrant—the executioner Yidaosai, Ogata Yishi. Also known as 'Ren Zhan Yishi' .”

"Hey~~" Ah-cho looked up and down the wanted notice in front of him, "You are so handsome."

"In terms of appearance, this man Zhan Yishi is indeed a dignified man, but it's a pity that he is a scum who kills innocent people indiscriminately."

"I have heard the name of the executioner Itosai, the man who killed the former lord of the Hirose Domain, Matsudaira Gennai. But I heard that he was arrested by the government at the beginning of this year?"

"Who knows what's going on here." The young man smiled wryly, "I also heard that Ren Zhan Yishi was imprisoned a few months ago."

"Probably because he escaped from prison."

"It's also possible that the person arrested a few months ago was not human at all."

"The world is so big, there will always be a few people who look exactly alike."

"Catching the wrong guy because of a resemblance - that's a very common time."

"I heard that our government in Kyoto made such a mistake many years ago."

"Mistaked an innocent civilian who looked very much like a vicious murderer."

"It wasn't until the real murderer was arrested ten years later that the innocent civilian was cleared.

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"It's a pity that it was too late at that time. The civilian was executed not long after he was caught."

Speaking of this, the young man who realized that he seemed to have strayed from the topic hastily changed the topic back to the main topic.

"In short - if you find any clues, please be sure to inform the nearby officials in time."

"But also remember to pay attention to your own safety."

"No problem." Ah-Ming smiled, "I will pay attention. If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

Seeing that he had successfully informed another citizen about "Ren Zhan Yi Shi", a faint satisfied smile floated on the young man's face.

After bidding farewell to the young Okabiki, A-Machi walked out of the ramen shop slowly with a faint smile on his face.

After leaving the ramen shop, as he walked away from the ramen shop, the smile on A-Machi's face disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The original smile has now been replaced by a stern look.

A-Ming's original walking speed also gradually accelerated as the stern look on his face gradually emerged.

While rushing into a dark alley next to him at a speed close to a trot, Ah-Ming casually threw away the round fan in his hand and the few candies he bought just now.

Hiding behind this dark alley, A-cho took out her Su Sakura and Kasumi.

After checking that Su Ying and Kasumagi's gun chambers were full of bullets and ready to fire at any time, A-machi took Su Ying and Kasumina away again.

"Ayi...wait for me..."

After muttering softly like this, Ah-cho walked out of this dark alley with firm steps...

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"Let me tell you briefly what happened in Kyoto recently."

Shen Shan cleared his throat.

"About two months ago, there was a loud noise and a fire in an empty house outside Luowai."

"After investigation by Hasegawa Heizo, the leader of Huofu Thief Gai, it has been found out that the fire was caused by the explosion of gunpowder."

Shen Shan pointed at the middle-aged man in black uniform beside him.

"This is the chief officer of Huofu Bandit Kai-Hasegawa Heizo."

"And last night. A murderer suddenly appeared in Kyoto."

"As of now, 45 people have been killed."

"After gathering all the witnesses at the scene of the crime, the artist drew the appearance of the murderer based on the testimony of the witnesses."

"After drawing the murderer's face, we immediately compared all the arrest warrants based on this portrait to check whether it was done by the wanted fugitive."

Once there is a new criminal, the existing arrest warrant will be called up immediately to check whether it is the work of the wanted criminal—this is also the basic process of handling a case.

"And after drawing the murderer's face, the artist responsible for drawing the murderer's face carefully discovered that this face was almost exactly the same as the one he had painted before."

"And this face is the face of the executioner Ichito Saiogata."

"When Ogata Yasushi was absconding, the artist was ordered to draw a large number of Ogata Yasushi's arrest warrants. Because the painting was about to spit out, the artist was very familiar with Ogata Ittosai's face."

"After the painter reported the matter, the big boss—Abe Riri ordered to call out the arrest warrant for Itsuki Ogata who had been arrested in the warehouse and had been sealed in dust in the warehouse."

"After showing Ogata Yasushi's arrest warrant to those witnesses, almost all the witnesses said——this guy on the arrest warrant killed someone."

"After learning about this incident, the Master of the Kyoto Office ordered the shipment of all the hundreds of arrest warrants for Ogata Itsuki in the warehouse, and the arrest of Ogata Itsuki throughout the city."

"...Lord Kamiyama." Mu Cun said softly, "Let me confirm—is the current Kyoto Soshidai still the guy Toda Tadahiro?"

"..." Shenshan nodded.

After nodding his head, Shenshan raised his eyes to observe Mucun's current expression.

Seeing that Mucun's reaction was far more flat than he had imagined, Shenshan let out a sigh of relief.

At this time, Mucun asked back:

"As far as I know—wasn't Ogata Yidaosai already arrested by the government at the beginning of this year? How could it be him who committed the crime?"

"Of course I know." Shenshan smiled wryly.

Ordinary people in the market may not know whether Ogata Isai was arrested by the government, but all the high-ranking officials in the Kyoto Prefecture are very clear-Ogata Isai was already in the Tatsuno clan at the beginning of this year, and was arrested. Heizang Hasegawa was captured and sent to Butterfly Island.

"After receiving the order from Toda-sama to arrest Ogata Issai in the whole city, the big boss Abe Riri also raised the same objection as you to Toda-sama: Ogata Issai has already been arrested, and the perpetrator has How could it be Ogata Yidao Zhai?"

"Guess how Toda-sama replied to Abed Riri?"

Although Shenshan asked Mucun back, he didn't seem to expect Mucun to answer his question.

After raising this question, Shenshan immediately said:

"Toda said: 'It doesn't matter whether the murderer is Ogata Isai, it just needs to know that the murderer must look very similar to Ogata Isai, and Ogata Isai's arrest warrant can help us catch this guy. enough'."

Hearing this, the corner of Mucun's mouth curled up, and he let out a few chuckles.

"Oh, that's the truth... It's true that you don't need to worry about whether the murderer is Ogata Isai. All you need to know is that the murderer looks a lot like Ogata Isai, and the arrest warrant for Ogata Isai can be brought Repurposing is enough."

"That's right." Shenshan nodded, "After seeing the arrest warrant of Ogata Isai, all the witnesses said that this person committed the crime. Then even if the murderer is not Ogata Isai, he will be very handsome. People like Ogata Yidao Zhai."

"Since he looks very similar to Ogata Isai, the hundreds of arrest warrants for Ogata Isai that have been accumulated in the warehouse can be used for nothing." A person who looks very similar to Ogata Ittosai'——this is Toda-sama's idea."

After all, Shenshan paused.

Then he changed into a slightly joking tone:

"Toda-sama, he probably didn't expect that the real Ogata Ittosai is actually in Kyoto right now."

"Istosai Ogata, who is currently located somewhere in Kyoto, must be very confused now... I didn't do anything, and I was wanted by the whole city for no reason..."

Hearing Shenshan's words, Mucun's eyes flickered slightly in astonishment.

"Ogata Yidao Zhai is in Kyoto?" Mu Cun pretended to be puzzled.

Shenshan turned his head to the side and made a "please" gesture to Hasegawa beside him.

Hasegawa, who had been silent since just now, said in a deep voice.

"I stayed overnight in a certain village on the outskirts of Kyoto last night, and I ran into the real Ogata Ittosai in a certain hotel."

"Are you sure you didn't recognize the wrong person?"

"impossible."

Hasegawa said in a firm tone.

"Last night, I spent the night in the same hotel as Ogata Isai, and Ogata Isai was not in Kyoto at all last night, so how could he be the one who killed him?"

"There is no doubt - Ogata Ittosai was innocent."

"The murderer should be someone who looks very similar to Ogata Isai, or someone who disguised himself as Ogata Isai."

"Master Hasegawa, since you know that Ogata Isai is innocent, why don't you tell Toda Tadahiro and the others about this and let them stop their arrest of Ogata Isai..."

Before the question was completely finished, Mucun immediately stopped and stopped asking further questions.

Because he realized he had asked a stupid question.

"Makimura, it's just like what I said just now." Kamiyama said with a wry smile, "Master Toda doesn't even care whether the murderer is Ogata Yidaosai."

"He will want Ogata Yidousai throughout the city, just because the murderer must be a person who looks very similar to Ogata Yidousai, or can be disguised as Ogata Yidousai."

"Ogata Ittosai's arrest warrant is currently the best way to investigate and track down the murderer."

"Even if Mr. Toda knows that the murderer is definitely not Ogata Isai, he will definitely continue to let his subordinates continue to hold up the arrest warrant of Ogata Isai, and search all over the city for everyone who looks very similar to Ogata Isai. "

"Until the real mastermind behind the scenes is found out, this city-wide arrest warrant against Ogata Ittosai will not be revoked."

"Okay, I'll stop here for the introduction of what happened in Kyoto recently."

Shenshan cleared his throat again, and a serious look climbed onto Shenshan's cheek again.

"There is a very suspicious point in this murder case, that is: the murderer has never masked his face, and when he killed anyone, there would happen to be witnesses at the scene."

"Immediately fled after killing people, and did not silence the witnesses."

"This kind of behavior is like... deliberately allowing many people to see his face and see what kind of person is killing people everywhere..."

"Makimura, my intuition tells me that the Luowai bombing two months ago and the current murder may be committed by the same group of people, and they may be planning something terrible..."

"Master Shenshan." Mucun shrugged, "The bombing case two months ago and the current murder case—these two irrelevant cases, why do you think they were committed by the same group?"

"...Makimura, you should also know—my intuition in this regard has always been very accurate. When you were our capital's power, relying on my intuition, we successfully wiped out countless attempts to sabotage the capital. A thief, isn't he?"

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