I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Before Ogata and the others received the order to support the bayberry house——

Takikawa walked down a certain avenue in Edo with a gloomy face.

Ever since he learned the result of the essay test last night, Takikawa's expression has not been any better.

How confident Takikawa was before the essay test was released, and how resentful Takikawa was after the essay test was released.

Whether it is Takikawa himself or Takikawa's friends and mentors, after reading the article written by Takikawa on the understanding of "doing what you know you can't do", they are all full of praise, and they all think that Takikawa will definitely win the prize. The first place in the essay test, no matter how bad it is, can be among the top ten.

But the facts surprised everyone, including Takikawa.

Not only did he fail to win the first place in the literary examination, his name was not on the top 10. Although he still passed the essay test, his name was on the list of those who passed the essay test.

Last night, when he learned that he was not even in the top 10, Takikawa's first reaction was: how is it possible.

In order to verify the facts, Takigawa personally rushed to the place where the essay test was released.

After seeing the list written on the list with his own eyes, Takikawa had to accept this cruel fact.

When he saw with his own eyes that even his name was not listed in the top 10, Takikawa really felt like he fell from a hundred-foot-high building to the ground.

Not even the top 10, that's all.

In addition to failing to rank among the top 10, there is another thing that makes Takikawa even more unacceptable.

That is, the first name of Wenshi was actually the ronin Mashima Goro who he had looked down upon before.

When he thought that he, as a famous teacher, would lose to a ronin, and it was the banner that made him lose face in public before, Takikawa felt a mass of anger in his chest, and he could only beat hard Only by touching your own chest can you make yourself a little more comfortable.

Last night, full of confidence, Takikawa and his friends set up a banquet before the essay test was released, as a celebration banquet.

When he learned that he was not even in the top 10, Takikawa was not in the mood to go to the banquet again.

And those friends of Takigawa also know that the current atmosphere is really not suitable for another banquet, so the banquet last night ended hastily after the essay test was released.

"Takikawa." Takikawa, who was walking forward with a gloomy face, suddenly felt a big hand pat him on the shoulder, "Tonight we won't go home until we're drunk,

Let's make trouble together until dawn! "

"Yeah." Takikawa nodded slightly, and the gloomy look on his face dissipated a little, "Tonight's banquet is a treat for you, Uesaka. Since it is your treat, I will not be polite. I will treat you well tonight. Have a good drink."

"Hahahaha, yes, that's the kind of momentum you want."

The person who patted Takikawa on the shoulder was one of Takikawa's close friends - Uesaka.

This morning, Uesaka paid a surprise visit to Takikawa's home, and invited Takikawa to a banquet together, to drink all night long after a long absence.

Takikawa and Uesaka are also old friends. After so many years of friendship, Takikawa can see at a glance what the idea of ​​his friend suddenly inviting him to drink all night is to cheer up Takikawa who is in a bad mood Some.

Uesaka was also the first to come forward to comfort Takikawa after the results of the essay test were released last night.

The place where the banquet is held in Uesaka is unusual—it is the bayberry house in Yoshihara.

The bayberry house in Yoshiwara is a well-known tea house in Edo, and many high-ranking officials and dignitaries would specially come to the bayberry house to hold a banquet.

Takikawa was very moved by Uesaka's intention to hold a banquet at a famous teahouse like Yangmeiya in order to make him feel less depressed.

Anyway, he happened to have time tonight, and he didn't want to ruin Uesaka's kindness, so he readily agreed to Uesaka's invitation.

In order to make tonight's banquet more lively, Uesaka also invited several friends who have a very good relationship with Takikawa on weekdays.

After all, this banquet was designed to cheer up Takikawa, so the people invited were naturally Takikawa's good friends.

Including Takikawa himself, a total of 8 people attended the banquet tonight.

"Takikawa, let's go a little faster." Uesaka said, walking side by side with Takikawa, "The others should have all gone to the bayberry house."

"Yeah." Takikawa nodded, "You're right, don't keep others waiting."

The two quickened their pace a little, and after a while, they climbed up the Japanese embankment, stepped on the fifty-ken road leading to Yoshihara, and saw the magnificent gate of Yoshihara.

Looking at Yoshiwara's gate, Takikawa involuntarily frowned.

He won't forget - that Mashima Goro works in Yoshiwara.

When I see the gate of Yoshihara, I think of Goro Mashima.

When I think of Mashima Goro, I will recall that I lost to him in the literary test.

The aggrieved feeling that has been lingering in his heart until now and tormenting Takikawa will become more intense.

In fact, Uesaka is not very clear about the grievances between Takikawa and Mashima Goro.

Because Takikawa thought it was very embarrassing for him to lose face because of Mashima Goro in the detention room that specially taught traveling girls to read and write, so he never told anyone else about his relationship with Mashima Goro in detail. This grievance.

Including Uesaka, his close friend, Takikawa did not tell him in detail what kind of grievances he had with the head of the literary examination.

Seeing that Takikawa's face suddenly became ugly, Uesaka said doubtfully:

"Takikawa, what's wrong?"

"...It's nothing. Let's go, hurry up and go inside Yoshihara."

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Yangmei House is not a house for you girls, but a tea house.

It is also no ordinary tea house.

It is a very special kind of tea house - Yinshou tea house.

The girls' houses in Edo are roughly divided into three levels-Dajianshi, Nakamise, and Xiaomise.

In fact, there is another level under Xiaojianshi, which is "cut to see the world".

For example: those wandering women's houses located on the banks of the Rashomon River are actually "cut to see the world".

It's just that many people don't count Qie Jianshi as one of the Younv's Houses. When it comes to Younv's House, they only mention the three levels of "big, medium, and small Jianshi" and don't count Qie Jianshi.

The reason for this is mainly because many people think that "Chejianshi" is not a house for traveling girls.

Even if it is the smallest Xiaojianshi, there will be some logistics staff to help take care of the daily life of Younu.

However, this is not the case.

Most of the shops are operated by some traveling girls alone.

The wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River are a typical example.

There is no one to help them solicit customers, so they can only stand on the street to solicit customers by themselves.

No one helps them cook their meals, so they can only find a way to solve the three meals a day.

The so-called house for women on the banks of the Rashomon River runs the so-called house for women who live in the world, and it is just a house where she lives alone, and there are no other women besides her.

To give an example in modern language, it is: large, medium and small Jianshi are all companies with a full range of employees in various positions, while Qiejianshi is just a self-employed individual with no employees.

Therefore, when many people talk about traveling girls' houses, they exclude everything that is seen in the world.

Daimise, as the highest level of women's houses, has a total number of only single digits in Yoshihara for a long time.

It is also because Daimise is the most advanced girl's house in Yoshiwara, so tourists are not able to meet and have fun with the girls of Daimise casually.

You have to go through a rather complicated process before you can meet the world-famous wandering girl.

If you want to find a wandering girl who can see the world, first you have to go to the Yinshou Tea House.

After having some fun in the Yinshou Tea House, the people in the Yinshou Tea House will help introduce and introduce you girls from the world-class Youn Girl House.

Therefore, to put it simply, Yinshou Tea House is an intermediary shop for traveling girls and customers.

Of course—to help introduce Daimise's wandering girls is just one of the tasks of the tea house.

In order to make money, it is naturally impossible for the Yinshou tea house to only accept guests who want to hang out with the famous girls.

Usually, Yinshou tea house will also take good care of some guests who don't intend to seek pleasure from wandering girls.

Therefore, on weekdays, there are also many people who do not look for wandering girls, but just want to have a banquet with friends, and they will also patronize Yinshou teahouses like Yangmeiwu.

The closer the teahouses and women's houses are to the avenue that divides Yoshiwara Plain into two halves: Nakanomachi, the more advanced they are.

The teahouses that can be used as Yinshou teahouses are not ordinary small teahouses.

Yangmei House is located on the side of the road in Nakamachi, quite close to Shirobei Clubhouse.

When he followed Guasheng and the others and headed to Yangmei House, Ogata asked Guasheng:

"It turns out that these shops in Yoshihara can still borrow people from the club?"

Guasheng nodded:

"Our Shirobei Clubhouse, the residents of Yoshiwara, and the various shops are in a relationship of honor and disgrace."

"So when there is a shortage of manpower in some shops, as long as our clubhouse is not short of manpower, we will transfer some people to support them."

"Of course—we won't do everything either."

"We won't help with things like assisting the traveling girl's house to solicit customers."

"The work we will help is to help them maintain law and order."

As soon as Guasheng's words fell, Qingweimen shrugged and interrupted:

"In fact, I have always felt that when certain stores ask for help, we will go to support the behavior, and it is good to do it occasionally."

"If you do it too often, you might spoil some people."

"Maybe it will make some people rely too much on us and stop spending money to expand the number of people. Once there is a shortage of people, they will borrow people from us."

"You worry too much." Gua Sheng put on an angry tone, "There will be no one who is so ignorant and dares to borrow people from our clubhouse frequently."

"In my impression, the last time a shop asked our clubhouse for help was half a month ago."

Ogata and the others didn't take much time to reach the gate of Yangmei House because it was quite close to the Shirobei clubhouse.

The area occupied by Yangmei House definitely matches the evaluation that Guasheng and the others just said are "one of the largest tea houses in Yoshiwara".

Just standing in front of the door, Ogata felt bursts of noise and puffs of heat coming towards him along the open door.

As soon as Ogata and his party arrived in front of the gate of Yangmei House, a middle-aged man who had been standing in front of the gate and was probably over 40 years old walked towards them quickly.

This middle-aged man is probably one of the staff of Yangmei House, who is responsible for waiting in front of the store and welcoming the support staff of Shirobei Clubhouse.

The middle-aged man first said a lot of official words and clichés like "welcome you". Then lead the way ahead and lead Ogata and others into Yangmei House.

...

...

"It's really an amazing tea house." Looking at the spacious corridor under his feet, Ogata couldn't help but click his tongue secretly.

The corridor under Ogata's feet was wide enough that even two people walking side by side would not feel crowded.

On the left and right sides of this corridor are rooms, all of which are full.

There are constant laughter, the sound of eating, and the sound of drinking from the rooms on both sides.

This was the first time for Ogata to enter such a high-end tea house, so he couldn't help but look at everything around him with curious eyes.

There are two types of tea houses in the Edo period.

One is the "small restaurant type", which provides simple tea and refreshments.

The other is the "big hotel type". The tea and refreshments provided by this type of tea house are often much higher than that of the "small hotel type" tea house. banquet table.

Yangmei House is obviously the latter.

All the "yinshou teahouses" are all such "big hotel type" teahouses.

"It seems that there are really a lot of people coming to this bayberry house tonight." Gua Sheng, who was standing beside Ogata, sighed softly, "No wonder they asked our Shirobei Clubhouse for help."

As soon as Ogata and the others entered the bayberry house, they were dispersed and scattered to various places in the bayberry house, each in charge of an area in the bayberry house.

The haori that was specially used for the Shirobei Club on their bodies had been taken off at this time, and they were replaced with the ordinary haori provided by the staff of Yangmei House just now.

And this is also an unspoken rule when the officials of the clubhouse go to support other stores in Yoshihara:

In order to avoid unreasonable speculation and fear from the customers in the store, the officials of the club will take off their special haori that represents their identities.

After all, the officials of the Shirobei Club are considered Yoshihara's police.

Seeing a group of people in police uniforms walking around in the store, customers will definitely wonder if something happened.

The areas Ogata and Guasheng were in charge of were relatively close to each other, so the two naturally stood side by side, chatting and passing the peaceful and boring time because they couldn't see the troublemakers.

"Okay, Mashima-kun, let's continue the topic we were interrupted just now."

Guasheng, who was 25 centimeters shorter than Ogata, raised his head and looked curiously at Ogata beside him.

"Are you a descendant of some very prominent warrior family?"

"Of course not." Ogata said in a sullen tone without thinking, "I am not a descendant of a prominent samurai family, I am just a low-level samurai from Izumo."

"I didn't learn from any particularly powerful scholars."

"I was also surprised to be able to get the first place in the essay test. It may be because I was in a particularly good state on the day when the essay test started, so I got the first name."

Seeing that Ogata denied that he was a descendant of a prominent samurai family, a happy smile appeared on Guasheng's face.

"So Mashima-kun, you don't come from a prominent background... Then Mashima-kun, you are really amazing." Gua Sheng said sincerely, "Without a prominent background, you can still have such superb swordsmanship and knowledge."

"Excellent knowledge or something... I don't have such things." Ogata waved his hands, and looked helplessly at Guasheng next to him, "I just said that I can win the first place in the essay test , it should just be that my luck is better...huh?"

I don't know if it was Ogata's illusion, but he was looking at Guasheng at this time, and he always felt that Guasheng seemed very happy after learning that his background was not famous...

"Miss Guasheng." Ogata, who couldn't hold back his curiosity, asked aloud, "Why are you smiling all over your face?"

"Huh?" Gua Sheng raised his hand and touched his face, "Am I smiling?"

"Yeah. She looks very happy."

"I'm really happy now." Gua Sheng put down the hand that was touching his face.

"Did you remember something happy?"

"No, it's just that I feel very happy after learning that Mashima-kun has a very ordinary background."

"Huh?" Ogata raised his eyebrows when he heard Guasheng's nonsensical and strange words, "What do you mean? Why do you feel happy after learning that my background is not prominent?"

"For some reason, I don't like that kind of samurai with a prominent background." Gua Sheng said in a half-serious, half-joking tone, "So if I know that Mashima-kun has a very prominent background, I don't know what to do. What kind of face did I use to face you?"

"You don't like the samurai with prominent background?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "Why?"

"Miss Guasheng? Why are you here?"

A female voice with a touch of surprise suddenly sounded from the sides of the two, and inserted into the conversation between Ogata and Guasheng.

Ogata Xunsheng looked at the person who interrupted his chat with Guasheng.

The person who spoke was a woman with many wrinkles on her face.

There are many wrinkles in the corners of the eyes, mouth, cheeks, etc., making her face look old.

Although there were many wrinkles on her face, Ogata could still see that the woman's facial features were very regular, and she should have been a beauty when she was young.

"Miss Hua Feng!" Looking at the woman who suddenly appeared in front of him, Gua Sheng's face showed surprise and joy.

The woman who Guasheng called "Hua Feng" walked towards Guasheng quickly.

Before and after Hua Feng came to Xu Fang and Gua Sheng, Hua Feng first looked at Xu Fang with curious eyes for a while.

"Miss Guasheng, who is this?"

As soon as Hua Feng finished speaking, Gua Sheng immediately introduced to Hua Feng:

"Miss Huafeng, this is Mashima Goro-kun who just came to work at our Shirobei clubhouse a while ago. You should have heard of this name, right?"

After introducing Ogata to Huafeng, Guasheng turned his head and began to introduce Huafeng to Ogata.

"Mashima-kun, this is Miss Huafeng. She is my friend."

"Ah!" Hua Feng raised her small hand to cover her slightly parted red lips in surprise, "Of course I've heard of it, I've been hearing this name everywhere in Yoshihara recently."

After all, Hua Feng bowed to Xu Fang deeply enough for Xu Fang to see the back of her neck clearly.

"Mashima-sama, I have admired your name for a long time."

Ogata has always felt very helpless about the fact that he has become a celebrity in Yoshihara without knowing it.

For the respectful Hua Feng in front of him, Ogata smiled wryly and greeted Hua Feng.

After introducing Xu Fang to Hua Feng, Gua Sheng began to chat with Hua Feng enthusiastically.

"Miss Hua Feng, why are you here?"

"I'm here to do something, Miss Guasheng, how about you? Aren't you going to patrol Yoshihara?"

"Something went wrong tonight,"

...

Ogata didn't know Hua Feng well, so he couldn't get involved in the conversation between Gua Sheng and Hua Feng.

What Gua Sheng and Hua Feng talked about were daily trifles.

For example - what have you been doing recently, how have you been doing recently, who is so and so...

When the chat was heated, Gua Sheng seemed to have remembered something, and asked Hua Feng:

"By the way, Miss Huafeng, have you heard how Miss Lingyin is doing recently? It's been a long time since I heard about Miss Lingyin."

As soon as Gua Sheng finished speaking, the smile on Hua Feng's face froze.

After a while, the frozen smile on Hua Feng's face gradually turned into a helpless wry smile.

"...I haven't heard much about Ms. Suzune recently."

"But I heard that Miss Suzune is not doing well..."

"After successfully redeeming herself, Miss Suzune opened a private school in Kamakura to teach people how to read and write."

"But I don't know who leaked the news that Miss Lingyin used to be a wandering girl, which caused Miss Lingyin to be excluded by the people around her..."

This time it was Gua Sheng's turn to froze the smile on his face.

An indescribably weird atmosphere slowly emerged between Gua Sheng and Hua Feng.

Looking at the two people whose expressions became quite strange, Ogata slowly frowned.

After Gua Sheng and Hua Feng chatted about some other things, Hua Feng waved to Gua Sheng and Ogata on the grounds that "there is still something to do", and then left.

Looking at Huafeng's receding figure, Ogata asked Guasheng in a low voice:

"Miss Guasheng, was that person just now a Younv? The name Hua Feng... sounds a bit like the nickname of a Younv."

The name Huafeng, both in shape and pronunciation, is very similar to the flower name of a wandering girl.

But Hua Feng's wrinkled face didn't look like a girl's face, so Ogata couldn't help asking Gua Sheng.

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Guasheng nodded slightly.

"Yes. That's right, Hua Feng is indeed a flower name."

"But Hua Feng is not a wandering girl."

"It's the 'former traveling girl'. She is now the dispatcher of a certain traveling girl's house."

"Because the word 'Huafeng' has been called for many years, and she is used to it."

"That's why Miss Hua Feng didn't change back to her real name after she stopped being a wandering girl. Let us continue to call her by her flower name. So we still use her former flower name to call her."

In any case, Ogata has been working in Yoshihara for a while, so he has a basic understanding of all kinds of knowledge about Yoshihara.

Sending Hands - the person who is responsible for supervising Younv. This job is basically done by those older traveling girls.

The daily tasks include: getting up early to wake up the girls, making meals for the girls, and helping the girls with various chores.

Because the dispatchers are basically served by those older wandering girls, the dispatchers are also responsible for giving some guidance to the new wandering girls occasionally.

"Miss Huafeng is my good friend, although there is a big difference in age between me and her. When I first came to Shirobei Clubhouse, Miss Huafeng gave me a lot of help."

"I feel like a very gentle person." Ogata said.

When Hua Feng was chatting with Gua Sheng just now, he spoke in a soft voice, with a warm smile on his face and eyes, which gave Ogata a feeling that "this person seems to have a gentle personality" .

"Yes. Miss Huafeng is very kind and gentle. When she was a wandering girl, she was loved and respected by the people around her."

"After successfully saving enough money to redeem herself from being a wandering girl and changing to a dispatcher, Hua Feng became even more loved by everyone."

"After all, there are too few people like her who are not only senior, but also willing to kindly guide younger generations."

Since Hua Feng left... no, since Hua Feng told the recent situation of Miss Lingyin, Gua Sheng's face was full of disappointment.

Looking at the disappointed Guasheng, Ogata pursed his lips.

Even a fool could see that it was the matter of Miss Lingyin that caused Gua Sheng to look disappointed.

But Ogata didn't know Miss Suzune well, so he didn't know what kind of connection Miss Suzune had with Guasheng.

So Ogata wanted to cheer up the frustrated Guasheng, but he didn't know what to do.

While Ogata was still thinking about how to get rid of the lost look on Gua Sheng's face, Gua Sheng said abruptly:

"...Mashima-kun, are you wondering who that Suzune-san is?" Guasheng raised his head and showed a faint smile.

"Of course I will be confused. After all, I don't know her."

"Miss Lingyin is a wandering girl from the house where Miss Huafeng belongs."

Gua Sheng said slowly.

"My relationship with Hua Feng and her has always been very good."

"About half a year ago, she finally saved enough money to redeem herself."

"After redeeming herself, she didn't choose to stay in Jiyuan like Miss Huafeng did, but chose to leave this place that has trapped her for more than ten years."

"Ms. Suzune is also one of my friends. After she left Yoshihara, I have been asking about her recent situation, but unfortunately I have not been able to find out."

"Until...just now..."

After speaking, Gua Sheng fell silent.

And Ogata was also silent along with it, not knowing what to say now.

As early as 3 months ago in Kyoto, Obino had seen the desolation of the wandering girls in Shimabara.

After coming to the Shirobei Clubhouse and becoming a member responsible for protecting Edo Yoshihara, Ogata has a deeper understanding of the situation of the wandering girls who have no place to talk about desolation after the scenery.

Traveling girls have three enemies: disease, money, and age.

Due to their work, traveling girls are extremely susceptible to various diseases.

And these diseases can't be cured by the medicine of this era.

If the wandering girls in Yoshiwara want to be free, they must save enough money to redeem themselves before they get sick and old, or meet a rich man who is willing to redeem themselves—no matter Whether to save enough money to redeem himself, or to meet a rich man who is willing to redeem himself, it is as difficult as heaven.

After all, not everyone has the ability to have guests roll their names every night.

For a long time, there was no guest roll call, and they didn't earn a penny-this is the normal state of most traveling girls.

If you fail to redeem yourself before you get sick and old, then you will face two endings: you will be treated like garbage and sent to a chaotic place like the Rashomon River to fend for yourself, or your boss is kinder, Leave you in the playgirl's house and let you do all kinds of chores and chores.

Therefore, a wanderer like Hua Feng who can successfully save enough money to redeem herself, and at the same time find a fairly stable job after quitting being a wanderer, is considered one of the best in a hundred.

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After being silent for a while, Gua Sheng suddenly said in a slightly serious tone:

"Mashima-kun, you just asked me why I don't like samurai with prominent families, right?"

"The reason is actually very simple."

"Because I think these illustrious warriors are useless."

"They have no worries about food and clothing since childhood, and they can also receive the best education."

"Because of their prominent family background, they are destined to be able to hold various important positions in the shogunate and vassal government since they were born."

"They have the best clothing, food, and education, and occupy the important positions in the shogunate and feudal government, but they always eat vegetarian food in their corpses——over time, I have grown fond of these high-ranking samurai who are born with prominent families and destined to become high-ranking officials." They are disappointed."

"I don't talk about the distance, I only talk about the near."

"Obviously, there are many chaotic phenomena that urgently need to be corrected in Mingji, but they just don't try to manage and correct them."

"But I don't blame Shirobei-sama either."

The helpless look on Gua Sheng's face became more intense.

"Although Mr. Shirohei also holds part of the management power of Yoshihara, he does not have the qualifications and authority to carry out drastic reforms to Yoshihara's official tour."

"It is the senior officials of the shogunate who can carry out drastic reforms on Yoshihara."

"However, these high-ranking officials have never looked directly at and managed the chaos in Yoshihara."

Guasheng's little head hangs lower and lower.

"If the reason why they ignore Yoshihara is because of other more important events, then that's all."

"But I haven't seen this country becoming more and more powerful... There was a famine three years ago, and so many people starved to death..."

"After I came to the Shirobei clubhouse, I always felt that the girls were very pitiful. I also became friends with many girls."

"In order to reduce the suffering of the wandering girls as much as possible, I have always tried my best to do everything I can for the wandering girls."

"That's why I worked so hard at the Shirobei clubhouse."

"At the beginning, I really thought that by doing this, I could alleviate the suffering of the wandering girls."

"It was only later that I realized that what I did was like sharpening a dull knife with my fingernails.

—How can you sharpen a knife with your fingernails? "

"My efforts... don't seem to be working at all..."

"This feeling is really disgusting... I have been doing a futile thing..."

By this time, Gua Sheng's head had dropped to his chin, almost touching her collarbone.

His eyes were full of confusion.

Ogata has been quietly listening to Guasheng's long emotion just now.

After Guasheng had finished speaking, Ogata remained silent and did not speak out immediately.

Ogata and Guasheng, who were silent, just let the atmosphere called "silence" linger around them.

After a while, someone finally broke the atmosphere.

"Sorry, I seem to have said a lot of strange things just now, Mashima-kun, you can pretend that you didn't hear what I just said."

The person who broke this atmosphere was Gua Sheng.

While talking, Gua Sheng raised his head and showed his usual cheerful smile.

Ogata turned his head and glanced at Gua Sheng beside him.

Then—

"There's nothing wrong with sharpening a blunt knife with your nails."

Under the gaze of Gua Sheng's surprised gaze, he talked eloquently.

"It is better to sharpen a blunt knife with your nails than to do nothing to it."

Speaking of this, a pensive look appeared on Ogata's face.

After pondering for a moment, Ogata said softly again:

"Send a light if you can. Even if the light is like a firefly, it can bring some light to the darkness. There is no need to wait for a torch to illuminate the darkness."

This is a famous quote from a famous person in Ogata's previous life.

For some reason, after hearing Guasheng's emotion just now, this well-known saying jumped out of Ogata's mind automatically.

So Ogata slightly modified this famous saying, changing it into a pattern that is more suitable for Japanese oral habits, and then told it to Guasheng.

As soon as Ogata's words fell, Guasheng's astonishment and surprise surfaced at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"...It's really worthy of being the first name in the literary examination." After an unknown period of time, the astonishment and surprise on Gua Sheng's face turned into a faint smile, "To be able to say such powerful words..."

Hearing Guasheng's words, Ogata couldn't help feeling a little guilty...

Because he knows that the sentence he said just now was not thought up by himself, but borrowed directly from the celebrity in the previous life...

"This sentence is not what I thought, but I heard from a very powerful writer before..."

Ogata's truth is not finished yet——

"You bastard!!"

A sudden shout interrupted Ogata's words.

The shout came from quite a distance, but because of the loudness, Ogata and Guasheng could still hear it clearly even after a considerable distance.

As soon as the shout, which was obviously made by a man, fell, Ogata and Guasheng's expressions changed.

There was no need for anyone to tell the two of them, and the two took the knives in their waists and rushed to the source of the shout.

I don't know if it's Ogata's illusion, but he always felt that this shout was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard this voice somewhere before...

After running all the way to the place where the shout came from, Ogata and Guasheng saw that many club servants who also came to support the bayberry house, as well as the guards hired by the bayberry house themselves rushed to the scene.

The shout came from a large room on the third floor of Yangmei House.

After Ogata arrived at the scene, the door of this large room was left open.

After entering the room through the open door, Xu Bian saw a messy scene.

And a very familiar person.

"Takigawa?" Ogata frowned.

"Mashima Goro...?!" Takikawa, who was standing in the corner of the room, also frowned after seeing Ogata.

After seeing Takikawa, Ogata finally understood why he felt the tone of that shout sounded so familiar to him just now.

This is Takikawa's voice.