I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

I Became a Swordsman in Ancient Japan Volume 1 The Life of a Samurai from Scratch Chapter 440 Selfless Realm + Yasha Realm =? [9600 words] Edo, Yoshihara, see plum house——

"You want to see the husband?"

See Umeya's owner looking up and down at Ogata in front of him.

His eyes were full of undisguised suspicion.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "I'm a former member of the Shirobei Club—'Mashima Goro'. I have to leave Edo due to some things, and I no longer work at the Shirobei Club."

"During the time I was working in the Shirobei Club, I received a lot of help from the Taifu."

"So before I leave, I want to visit Taifu and express my thanks to Taifu himself."

Just now, after saying goodbye to Shirobei and others, and leaving the clubhouse, Obi rushed to Mimeya in Yoshiwara.

After entering Jianmei's house, Xu Bian bluntly stated his identity as "the former member of the club", and bluntly said that he wanted to see Mrs. Fengling.

Because Ogata said that he was a "former employee of the club", the staff of Jianmeiya did not dare to neglect Ogata, so they invited their owner of Jianmeiya over.

The Taifu was just kidnapped by someone a few days ago, so the owner of Meiwu immediately became nervous when he learned that someone had come to look for the Taifu.

The owner of Jianmei House has naturally heard of the name "Mashima Goro".

After Ogata's words fell, the dispatcher who followed behind the owner—that is, the middle-aged woman who was responsible for taking care of the daily life of the wandering girls let out a low exclamation, saying:

"Boss, I recognize him, he is indeed that Mashima Goro."

This dispatcher probably met Ogata who was well-known in the Shirobei Club at some time before, so he recognized Ogata's face.

After his subordinates also personally said that this person was that Mashima Goro, the suspicion in the eyes of the boss was slightly reduced.

"...wait a moment." The host said after a moment of silence, "I'll go ask the Tai Fu. See if the Tai Fu is willing to see you."

After saying that, the host quickly left from Ogata, ran to the stairs not far away, and rushed to the upper floor.

Not long after, Dongjia returned to Ogata's eyes.

"Mashima-sama, come with me." The boss said.

Ogata followed behind the owner, slowly climbed up to the top floor of Mimei House, and then came to a gorgeous paper sliding door.

"The husband is in the room." The host said, "You can just go in."

After Ou bowed to Dong's family to express his gratitude, he slowly opened the paper sliding door in front of him and walked into the room.

Before, on the first night when Ogata came to work in Yoshihara, he was invited by the Taifu to come to the Taifu's room once.

The layout of the Taifu's room is exactly the same as the last time I visited the Taifu's room - as simple as it is.

As soon as he entered the room, Ogata saw the Taifu kneeling by the window.

The Taifu held a book in his hand, as if he was reading just now.

At this time, the Taifu had long hair loose and was wearing a bright red kimono.

After Ogata entered the room, the Taifu turned his head and cast complicated eyes on Ogata.

Ogata knelt beside the Taifu, and placed Da Shitian on the tatami on the right.

"Teacher." Ogata smiled, "Long time no see."

"Well, it's been a long time." Looking at Ogata who was close at hand, the complex look in Taifu's eyes became more intense.

After looking Ogata up and down several times with this complicated gaze, the Taifu said with emotion:

"I didn't expect...a living legend is actually in Yoshihara,

Right in front of me... I've spoken to this living legend, given him lip balm..."

Previously, when Ogata and Shuntaro were dueling, Taifu recognized Mashima Goro as Ogata Itsuki based on Ogata's voice and saber.

After successfully rescuing Taifu from Shiranui, Ogata knew that Taifu already knew that "Mashima is Ogata", so he only smiled slightly at Taifu's words, and then whispered:

"Teacher, I have to leave Edo because of some things. I should be away for a long time."

"So I've come to say goodbye to you."

The Taifu can also be regarded as one of the friends that Ogata made after coming to Yoshihara. Although the relationship is not particularly close, Ogata has indeed been taken care of by the Taifu during the time lurking in Yoshihara.

Ah-Ming still cherishes the box of lip gloss that the Taifu gave him, so Ogata felt that he should also come and say goodbye to the Taifu.

"Are you leaving Edo?" The Tai Fu's eyes flashed with surprise.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "I'll probably leave in a few days."

"Before I leave, I want to meet those who need to be said individually one by one."

"so--"

Ogata changed the subject.

"Taifu, tell me Shuntaro... no, tell me where Wuliu is."

After Ogata's voice fell, the Taifu was stunned for a while.

Then a faint wry smile appeared on his face.

"At the beginning, when you told me that Wuliu ran away by himself, I knew you were lying." Ogata said softly, "I was the one who cut Wuliu back then."

"So I know very well—in the situation at the time of Wuliu, I couldn't even stand up, so how could I have the ability to escape."

"You must know where Wuliu is now, right?"

"Teacher, don't worry. I won't do anything to Wuliu."

"I don't have any personal grudges with Wuliuben."

"The previous duel with Wuliu was just forced by the situation."

"I have some friendship with him for the time being."

"So before leaving Edo, I also want to say goodbye to him."

Tai Fu looked straight at Ogata.

Then let out a soft sigh with a bit of helplessness.

"You go to the bank of the Rashomon River." The husband said softly, "Find a wandering girl named 'Hefeng'. He is at 'Hefeng''s house on May or Sixth."

A bit of astonishment appeared in Ogata's eyes because of the surprise.

Noticing the astonishment in Ogata's eyes, the Taifu asked back:

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like this?"

"It's nothing... I'm just a little surprised. I thought it would take me a lot of effort to get you to tell Wu Liu where he is now..."

"Wu Liu asked me to do this." Taifu sighed again with helplessness, "Wu Liu told me before: If you come later and say you want to see him, don't worry Boldly tell you where he is."

After finishing speaking, the Taifu turned sideways and took a headdress from a table next to him.

"When you see the breeze, you can give her this headdress."

"When you see Wu Liu, don't fight."

"Don't worry." Ogata took the tiara and smiled, "I just said that I don't have any personal grudges with him."

After handing over the tiara to the buyer, the Taifu raised his gaze and looked directly into Ogata's eyes.

"Since you're leaving Edo in a few days, I'll take this opportunity to thank you."

After the words were finished, the Tai Fu faced Ogata, and then bowed solemnly, propped his hands on the tatami, and rested his forehead on the tatami.

"I've heard Guasheng say it before."

"On the night I was kidnapped, you noticed the mark I left on the neck of the person who kidnapped me, and then tried to rescue me."

"Thank you so much for helping me out at that time."

"I will never forget your kindness."

"Teacher, please raise your head." Ogata said hastily, "I failed to rescue you back then, so you don't need to thank me."

The husband smiled and shook his head slightly.

"I don't pay attention to the result, I only pay attention to the process."

"Whether you succeeded in rescuing me or not, your attempt to rescue me is enough for me to express my gratitude to you."

"When you come back to Edo in the future, if you encounter any trouble, you can come to me as much as you want."

The husband raised his head, and a charming smile slowly appeared on his face.

"Anything I can help, I will definitely help."

"I'm also an oiran after all, and I know some high-ranking officials in the shogunate."

"So there's still a lot I can do to help."

"Yeah." Ogata smiled, and nodded vigorously, "If I go back to Edo in the future and encounter any difficult troubles, I will definitely come to you for help and catch up with you by the way."

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Edo, Yoshiwara, the banks of the Rashomon River—

After leaving Jianmei House, Oobi followed his memory and came to the bank of the Rashomon River on the westernmost edge of Yoshiwara.

Because it is morning, there are not many tourist girls standing on both sides of the road soliciting customers.

Ogata just asked casually, and he found out the home of the wandering girl named "Hefeng" - located in a relatively remote place on the bank of the Rashomon River.

Ogata came to Hefeng's house and knocked on the door.

Not long after, a woman in her 30s opened the door.

More than 30 years old - this is the age of middle-aged women in this era.

"Hello. Are you Miss Hefeng?"

The woman nodded her head, and turned her vigilant eyes to Ogata: "I am. May I ask who are you?"

While saying hello, Ogata handed the headgear given to him by the Taifu just now to Hefeng.

After receiving the headdress from Ogata's hand, the woman raised her eyebrows.

After glancing at Ogata again with surprised eyes, Hefeng turned his body to one side, giving a way to enter and exit her room.

"come in."

Hefeng's house is also considered to be the big one on the banks of the Rashomon River.

There are several rooms.

Zefeng led Ogata to the door of the deepest room in the house, and the door opened.

The room behind the door is not big, about the size of 3 stacks of tatami mats.

A person familiar to Ogata was sitting on a futon in this room.

His body was wrapped in sackcloth like a mummy, and he was stretching his left arm, as if he was doing rehabilitation for his left arm.

After Ogata appeared in his field of vision, he first showed surprise on his face, and then the surprise on his face quickly turned into a faint smile.

After Hefeng brought Ogata here, he left silently.

Ogata entered the room, closed the door, and took the lead in saying hello:

"Long time no see. Five or six."

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...

Rewind the time to 5 days after Shiranui was extinguished——

Edo, Yoshiwara, the banks of the Rashomon River—

nice smell...

quite a nice smell...

A rather pleasant smell drilled into Shuntaro's nostrils.

The hunger in his stomach was aroused.

Under the ravages of hunger, Shuntaro's consciousness gradually recovered.

And Shuntaro's eyes slowly opened as consciousness recovered.

After opening his eyes, the first thing that shone into Shuntaro's eyes was dim light.

Shuntaro followed the dim light and looked, and it was an oil lamp that emitted this dim light.

The faint light emitted by the burning wick brought the only light to this narrow space.

After turning his eyes away from the oil lamp, Shuntaro began to seriously look at his current environment.

A narrow room about the size of 4 tatami mats, with no furniture.

He was lying on a fairly clean quilt, with a thin quilt covering his body.

Shuntaro subconsciously sat up.

However, as soon as he stretched the muscles in his waist and chest, Shuntaro instantly felt as if countless needles were piercing his body.

This sharp pain almost made Shuntaro scream.

Shuntaro moved his limbs lightly, and found that only his right hand was left to move relatively freely.

Turning his right hand, he gently lifted the thin quilt covering his body, and Shuntaro looked at his current body.

He was wearing a thin white bathrobe, and under the bathrobe was layer after layer of thick linen covering his entire body, nearly 80% of his skin was wrapped in linen.

One question after another popped out of Shintaro's mind.

Where is this?

Where's Ah Chang?

why am i here

What about Yidao Zhai?

What's going on in Shiranui?

Who healed me?

...

Just as Shuntaro wanted to shout out to see if there was anyone else here, he suddenly heard footsteps from far to near outside the paper sliding door of the room.

After the footsteps stopped outside the paper sliding door, the paper sliding door was slowly opened.

The person who opened the paper sliding door was a middle-aged woman about 35 years old.

She didn't wear her hair in a bun, her hair was loosely loose, there were fine wrinkles around the corners of her eyes and mouth, her skin was a little sallow, and she was wearing a somewhat worn-out light red kimono.

Although there are signs of age on her face, it can still be seen that this woman must have been a beauty when she was young.

The woman opened the door and raised her eyebrows when she saw Shuntaro wake up, a little surprise flashed in her eyes.

"You're awake." The woman said softly, "How is it? Are you hungry? If you feel hungry, I can cook some porridge for you now."

Hearing the woman's reminder, Shuntaro remembered that he was very hungry now.

"Then I'll trouble you..." Because his body was still very weak, Shuntaro spoke a little weakly.

"You're welcome." The woman smiled.

After saying that, the woman slowly left from Shuntaro's field of vision.

Don't forget to help close the door before leaving.

However - not long after the woman's footsteps left, Shuntaro heard footsteps approaching him again.

But this string of footsteps is not the same as the footsteps of the woman just now.

This time the footsteps sounded deeper and heavier.

More like a man's footsteps.

Wow.

The paper sliding door was pulled open.

This time it was no longer the woman who opened the sliding door.

It was a man that Shuntaro looked familiar to.

"You really woke up." The man's tone was full of surprise, "It's unbelievable that you can still wake up after suffering such a serious injury..."

"Are you...?" Shuntaro's eyes widened slightly in surprise, "Lin... Ziping...?"

This man is exactly the strange man who Shuntaro was forced to be ordered by Shintaro to go to the prison in the east of the city to rescue-Lin Ziping.

"Oh? Do you remember me?"

"Of course I remember... Have you forgotten that I was one of the two people who rescued you from prison?"

"Of course I haven't. How could I forget something so impressive."

Lin Ziping walked quickly to Shuntaro's bedside while talking, and then sat down cross-legged.

"Hello." Shuntaro said seriously, "Where is this place? Why am I here? Why are you here?"

Facing so many questions from Shuntaro in one go, Lin Ziping was neither in a hurry nor slow.

"You ask so many questions in one breath, it's hard for me to answer."

"In short..." Lin Ziping put his arms around his chest, "Let's start with the day when I rescued you."

Lin Ziping slowly told what happened on the day when Shiranui was attacked.

After being taken from the prison to Shiranui, Lin Ziping was detained somewhere in Shiranui by Shintaro.

Although they eat well and dress well, their movements are restricted.

There are 2 ninjas guarding outside his residence.

It is to protect him in name, but in essence it is to monitor him.

Just when the time came to noon, the sound of bombardment from the large cylinder resounded throughout the Shiranui.

Lin Ziping was not someone who had never seen the world, and he could still recognize the sound of the cannonball.

After the sound of Datong's bombardment sounded, Lin Ziping went out immediately and asked what happened to the two ninjas who were in charge of monitoring him.

The two ninjas naturally didn't know what happened, so they could only be vague about Lin Ziping's question, and let Lin Ziping continue to stay here with peace of mind.

But gradually, the sound of Datong's bombardment became louder and closer to them.

Finally—the two ninjas received the news: Shiranui was attacked by unknown people, and they were completely defeated.

This group of unknown people who suddenly attacked them in Shiranui, and the released "Gu" were chasing and killing the defeated ninjas.

Although the task is important, it is not as important as life.

So after receiving the bad news, the two ninjas responsible for monitoring Lin Ziping fled.

And Lin Ziping saw the two guarding ninjas running away. Although he still didn't know what happened, he also instinctively felt that it would be dangerous to stay here, so he also ran away.

Lin Ziping, who was not familiar with Shiranui, could only run around.

By mistake, he avoided those "ghou" who were chasing and killing ninjas everywhere.

At the same time, by mistake, he came to the place where Ogata and Shuntaro fought.

At that time, Ogata had already killed Keitaro in an instant by relying on the "transparent state".

So when Lin Ziping came to the decisive battle between Ogata and Shuntaro, he only saw Ogata and Shuntaro who had fallen to the ground, Keitaro who had turned into a corpse, and the wind chimes that had been tied up by five flowers and placed horizontally on the ground too husband.

For the time being, Lin Ziping still has a simple sense of justice.

Seeing the woman who was suspected of being tied up by the gangsters, she had no choice but to pretend that she didn't see her, so after confirming that there was no one else around, she quickly ran to the Taifu's side and untied the Taifu.

An old man in his 50s who he didn't know suddenly appeared to untie him-the husband was momentarily stunned.

But after the confusion, the Taifu loudly begged Lin Ziping to take Shuntaro away. Take him to a safe place.

The husband does not know Lin Ziping.

Whether the old man in front of him is worthy of trust is a question.

But in desperation, the Taifu couldn't care so much anymore.

If Shuntaro was allowed to continue lying here like this, it would be a disaster.

She is just a weak woman, and it is enough to carry Shuntaro on her back, let alone take Shuntaro to a safe place.

Although Lin Ziping is old, he has a strong body that even a loose kimono can't cover - so the Taifu can only gamble that this old man can help her.

Lin Ziping was a little hesitant when he heard the Taifu's request.

He still has the ability to untie people.

But fleeing to a safe place with a big living person on his back... Lin Ziping hesitated.

Just when Lin Ziping hesitated, Tai Fu said a word.

It was this sentence that directly made Lin Ziping make a decision-decided to assist Taifu and bring Shuntaro to a safe place...

...

...

"... Anyway, that's it."

Lin Ziping, who spoke with a dry mouth, looked around, looking for some water to drink.

After finding that there was no water nearby, Lin Ziping could only swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva to barely moisten his throat.

"Boy, you and that girl are really lucky. You met me."

"I lived here in Edo for a long time."

"So I'm fairly familiar with Edo."

"I happen to know that there is an izakaya in the northern suburbs of Edo that is no longer in operation."

"That's an izakaya opened by someone I know, and since he went back to his hometown to inherit the family business, the izakaya has been closed."

"When my friend left Edo, he gave me the key to this izakaya, so that I can use it when I need it."

"That izakaya happens to be located in a very remote location, which is very suitable for hiding people."

"So I made an appointment with the girl—I'll take you to the izakaya first, and then the girl will send someone to take us to a safer place."

"There is nothing to say about the next thing."

"I carried you to the long-abandoned izakaya my friend built."

"Not long after you gave you a simple bandage, the girl sent two young men over, stuffed you into a sedan chair, pretended to be sending a doctor to Yoshiwara, and sent you all the way to Yoshiwara."

Speaking of this, Lin Ziping smiled.

"I didn't know that girl was Yoshihara's oiran until after I sent you to Yoshiwara... No wonder she is so beautiful."

"You mean... I'm in Yoshihara now?" Shuntaro widened his eyes in surprise.

"To be precise, it's on the bank of the Rashomon River in Yoshiwara." Lin Ziping said, "We are currently at the home of a wandering girl on the bank of the Rashomon River."

"You should have seen that woman just now, right? Her name is Hefeng, and she is the owner of this family."

Hearing the name "Hefeng", Shuntaro immediately remembered who she was.

He had heard Taifu Fengling talk about this person before.

Hefeng is one of Taifu Fengling's friends.

She used to be a wandering girl from a certain wandering girl's house, but she had to live on the banks of the Rashomon River because of her age.

Not long after he was stranded on the banks of the Rashomon River, he suddenly fell ill.

Thanks to the Taifu's timely help, Hefeng managed to save his life.

So for Hefeng, Taifu is her savior.

Probably because of her husband's kindness to her and the good relationship between the two on weekdays, Hefeng was willing to let Shuntaro live in her home temporarily and take care of Shuntaro.

As for the two young men who put him into the sedan chair, pretended to be sending doctors to Yoshiwara, and sent him all the way to Yoshiwara, Shuntaro guessed that they should be the people who usually received the kindness of the Taifu.

Taifu, she has always been kind and generous.

Not long after becoming an oiran, he used his hard-earned savings to renovate the houses on the banks of the Rashomon River, and he often helps people who he can help.

Those two people may be the children of two wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River.

The Taifu used his savings to repair the houses on the banks of the Rashomon River, and he often took care of some sick wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River. All the wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River were grateful to Taifu.

So when the Taifu was in need, the wandering girls and their families on the banks of the Rashomon River naturally helped each other enthusiastically.

After knowing the general cause and effect, Shuntaro asked:

"You said that you decided to help me because of Ah Chang...ah, no, because of a word from the oiran."

"What did the oiran tell you?"

There was a self-deprecating smile on Lin Ziping's face.

Then raise your right hand, as if paying money.

"At that time, the oiran told me that as long as I was willing to help her, I would be paid 50 taels afterwards."

"I happen to be short of a large sum of money for the travel expenses to Ezo."

"So I decided to take a gamble."

"Bet this girl who asked me for help is really rich and will really keep her word and pay her."

"Very lucky, I won the bet."

"Just the day before yesterday, I received 50 taels of gold from the oiran."

"This money is so timely." Lin Ziping let out a sigh of relief, "In this way, I will have enough money to go to Ezo."

"Ezodi?" Shuntaro looked puzzled.

"Before I was imprisoned, I planned to recompile the military and topographical records of Ezo." The solemn expression gradually climbed up Lin Ziping's cheeks, "It's a pity that I have not had time to implement my plan. Arrested and imprisoned."

"Since it is difficult to regain freedom now, I also want to restart my plan and do what I can do for this country as much as possible."

"After receiving the 50 gold reward from the oiran, I will stay here temporarily. While helping Miss Hefeng to take care of you, I will buy various things needed for the long journey."

"Now I have bought everything that should be bought."

"You've woken up too."

"So I plan to officially leave for Ezo in 2 or 3 days."

"...Speaking of which." Shuntaro said softly, "Although I helped you regain your freedom, I still don't know why you were imprisoned."

"This is not the first time I have been imprisoned." Lin Ziping laughed at himself, "This is the third time I have been imprisoned."

"The reason I was imprisoned three times was the same: I wrote a letter to the shogunate and proposed to the shogunate the opening of the sea ban. Then I angered the shogunate and was imprisoned."

"It's just that this time it's more serious."

"Probably because I wrote the letter this time, and my words are sharper than before."

"As far as I know, I should be sentenced to death or locked up until I die this time."

"I already had a death wish in my heart, and I was ready to die in prison."

"I didn't expect to be rescued by you."

"Perhaps I should die."

After all, Lin Ziping stood up slowly.

"Wait a minute, I'll get you something."

After leaving these words, Lin Ziping quickly left from Shuntaro's field of vision.

Then it didn't take long before he returned to Shuntaro's eyes.

After returning, Lin Ziping had an extra cloth bag in his hand.

"This is something on you. Return it to its original owner."

Lin Ziping sat back at the head of Shuntaro's bed again, and then handed the cloth bag to Shuntaro.

Shuntaro unwrapped the cloth bag with his hand that was barely moving freely.

What was contained in the cloth bag was all the equipment that Shiranui had on him on the day Shiranui was attacked.

His two ninja knives, a few kunai, and some props.

And...a black pill.

Shuntaro picked up the pill, played with it for a while, and said in a low voice that only he could hear clearly: "I didn't lose it..."

"The porridge is here!"

At this moment, the sound of the wind sounded.

Hefeng entered Shuntaro's room with a bowl of steaming porridge.

"How?" Hefeng put the bowl of porridge on the side of Shuntaro's quilt, "Can you drink the porridge by yourself?"

"Well...my right arm can move freely, so eating porridge shouldn't be a problem."

"Then I'll go first, call me if you need anything."

"Miss Hefeng!" When Hefeng was about to get up and leave, Ogata stopped her.

"What's up?"

"Can I trouble you with something?"

"Please say."

"Please bring me a word to Taifu later." A strange smile appeared on Shuntaro's face, "If Mashima Goro comes later and says he wants to see me, feel free to tell me where I am. he."

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Rewind the timeline to the present——

"It's a pity that you were able to escape after being so seriously injured at that time." Ogata said softly, "Someone must have taken you to escape, right? If no one helped you, depending on you at the time, you would not be able to escape." I can't even stand up."

"Well, yes. Someone who was imprisoned in our Shiranui escaped in the chaos."

"He and I... have some friendship. Ah Chang asked him for help, and he helped me easily, and fled to a safe place with me, who was seriously injured at the time, on his back."

"Afterwards, with the help of Ah Chang, he brought me here. Not long after bringing me here, he left, and I don't know where he is now... I hope he has a safe journey."

Speaking of this, the figure of the old man who was unexpectedly very strong despite his age appeared in Shuntaro's mind.

The old man who saved his life had already left 5 days ago and officially left for Ezodi.

"...you are calmer than I imagined." Ogata said.

Shuntaro: "Why do you say that?"

"I just wondered if you would show dissatisfaction with me after seeing me, the person who launched a surprise attack on Shiranui and destroyed Shiranui."

"You think too much." Shuntaro smiled and shrugged, "I don't have any feelings for Shiranui."

"The reason why I joined Shiranui and became a ninja is just to meet powerful enemies more conveniently and to hone my skills more conveniently."

"I don't care if I don't know whether Huoli is booming or not."

"I'm not even interested in why you attacked Shiranui."

"It's better to say——now that you helped me destroy Shiranui, I should be very grateful to you."

Shuntaro cast a grateful look at Ogata.

"Originally—before you and your companions attacked Shiranui, I found that staying in Shiranui would no longer help me improve my skills, so I planned to leave Shiranui and try to practice martial arts. "

"Now that Shiranui is destroyed by you, I can save trouble."

After all, Shuntaro changed the subject, and asked Ogata:

"Okay, let's talk about your business."

"What's the reason for the sudden visit?"

"Are you here to confirm whether I'm dead or not?"

"Or are you here to kill me, the remnants of Shiranui?" Shuntaro's last sentence changed to a joking tone.

"Neither." Ogata responded with the same joking tone, "I'm here to say goodbye to you."

"Because of some things, I'm leaving Edo."

"Leave in about a few days."

"After all, you can be regarded as a friend with whom I have some friendship."

"So I plan to come to say goodbye to you too."

"Is that so..." After learning that Ogata was leaving Edo, the surprise on Shuntaro's face was fleeting.

"Ogata Ittosai... Are you going to a new place to start a new legend?" Shuntaro grinned.

"If possible, I would like to complete this long journey safely and without any disturbance." The smile on Ogata's face was a little more helpless.

"Since you are leaving Edo... let me give you a farewell and thank you gift."

After that, Shuntaro untied the cloth bag placed next to his quilt, revealing the things contained in the cloth bag: 2 ninja swords, a few kunai, some props that Ogata could not name, and— — a black pill.

Shuntaro twisted the black pill and handed it to Ogata.

"Ogata Yidao Zhai, this is for you."

"Yashamaru?" Ogata suddenly raised his eyebrows and exclaimed.

"That's right, it's Yashamaru." Shuntaro nodded with a smile, "Yashamaru is a drug that Balrog spent a lot of manpower, time, and money to improve the strength of ninjas in the village."

"But only those who are physically strong enough can take Yaksha Pills."

"If you don't have enough physical fitness, you will die if you take the Yasha pill."

"Because the conditions for taking Yashawan are strict, only Balrog and Four Heavenly Kings have Yashawan in Shiranui."

"Because Yasha pills are difficult to make. So since the birth of Yasha pills, I have only gotten 3 Yasha pills."

"The first Yasha pill was used up in a previous fierce battle."

"The second Yasha pill was used in the battle with you."

"The second of the three is gone. The Yasha pill in my hand is the last Yasha pill in my body."

"You are kind to me."

The gratitude in Shuntaro's eyes became even stronger.

"Thanks to you and your companions. Shiranui perished."

"Ah Chang was also saved because of you."

"I am also free because of you."

"This is a kindness that cannot be repaid."

"So——Ogata Yidaosai, please accept this Yasha Wan."

"This is my farewell gift and thank you gift."

"Your physical fitness is absolutely qualified to take Yasha Wan."

"Although this Yasha pill may be just icing on the cake for you, it may save your life at critical moments."

"...Are you really going to give me the only Yasha pill left?" Ogata showed some hesitation on his face.

"Of course." Shuntaro replied without thinking, "Although Yashamaru is precious, it is more important to repay your kindness."

"Accept this Yasha pill with peace of mind, Ogata Yidaosai."

Now that Shuntaro has said everything to this point, if he refuses again, he will be a little unreasonable.

"...I see." Ogata nodded solemnly, and then took the Yasha pill with both hands, "Yaksha pill——I will accept it."

Yasha Wan is only as big as an adult's thumb, exuding a faint medicinal smell.

"Such a powerful medicine should have quite a few side effects, right?" Ogata asked.

"Taking Yasha Pill, the only sequelae is that you will be quite tired after the effect of the medicine wears off." Shintaro said, "As for why this is so, I don't know very well, I don't know much about medicine."

——Have you become very tired...

Ogata lowered his eyes and glanced at Yashamaru lying on his palm.

——The side effects are the same as "No Self Realm"...

——What will happen if you take Yashamaru while entering the "Non-Self Realm"?

Ogata couldn't help thinking about it.