I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The latest website: "...what the child said just now about 'in order to find her family back home' are all her own words."

"I don't think...the possibility that she came to get close to you for some reason cannot be ruled out, and she made up a reason at random."

Getting close to Ogata for a certain reason——Machi has experience in this matter.

When she was in Butterfly Island, she was close to Ogata in order to use Ogata's powerful strength to increase her success rate in completing the mission.

At the beginning, it was to use Ogata, but as for the relationship with Ogata later, that's another story.

As soon as Ah Ding's voice fell, Obi smiled: "I have counted all these. How can I say that I have been wandering outside for more than a year. Over the past year, I have not only improved my sword skills. How to guard against others The experience I have now is also very sufficient.”

"Bring her by my side, even if she really has any malicious intentions, I have enough confidence that she won't be able to kill me even if she wants to."

Ogata felt that what Azuku just said had some credibility. At the very least, "Azuki and Iga are connected" is basically correct.

People can lie, but the system cannot.

The system clearly told Ogata: This luck is the forbidden art of Iga. The trick used by Azuki is indeed the trick of Iga Ryu.

This child, Azuki, has a shallow or deep karma with Iga—this is for sure true.

"Then let's assume for the time being that what Ah Zhu said just now is correct and didn't lie to us..." A-Ming bit his lower lip and shook his head, "Then I think that in this way, it will be even more impossible to treat her Take it with us."

"What you said just now, 'Iga's remnants are hired by the forces that study immortality, looking for you everywhere' is just your conjecture. Iga's remnants may be hired by other forces, such as a certain feudal state, or ... employed by the shogunate."

"If you bring Azu with you, you will really attract the remnants of Iga, and maybe you will attract some more troublesome organization than studying the forces of immortality."

"If this force that is looking for you is looking for you for a friendly purpose, that's fine. But if it's looking for you for some unfriendly purpose..."

Speaking of this, Ah Ding seemed to be unable to bear to say any more, paused, and pursed his lips.

"so,

I think it is better to try to avoid trouble than to actively cause trouble. "

"You and I have no fixed place and whereabouts, and you have been very careful to hide your identity. It is not so easy for these forces to find you."

"So as long as you don't bring Azhu with you, we will act carefully as always and not reveal our whereabouts. These forces who are looking for you may not be able to find us after decades."

"That... so... can you understand me?"

Knowing that he has no culture, A-Machi has no confidence in his language generalization ability. After he finished what he wanted to say, A-Machi couldn't help asking Ogata if he understood what he just said.

"Yeah. I heard it clearly and clearly." Ogata nodded, and then smiled, "To put it simply, you are worried that Iga's remnant party is actually hired by some more troublesome force, and you are worried that the future After Azhu is brought by his side, it will attract more troublesome organizations than studying the forces of immortality."

"It's not easy for them to find us without clues, so instead of taking the initiative to attract them, it's better to avoid them before they find us. In this way, maybe until you and me a hundred years later, That force didn’t find us.”

A-Ming nodded his head: "That's right, that's right, that's what I mean. It's really worthy of being the first name in the Imperial Examination and Essay Examination. Two sentences summed up the long paragraph I just said clearly. "

"I understand all these concerns of yours, and I have considered them." Ogata slowly put away the smile on his face, and his expression became serious, "But I think——if those remnants of Iga were killed by others If they are employed by some powerful forces, it is even more necessary to bring Azuki with him to attract the remnants of Iga, and then follow the clues to find out what the forces behind the remnants of Iga are."

"My human skin mask has been destroyed."

"Now we can only rely on scarves, bamboo hats and other things to cover the face, but using these to cover the face, there will be a hundred secrets."

"At the moment without a human skin mask, I can no longer guarantee 100% that my whereabouts will not be exposed."

"So—instead of waiting for these forces lurking in the dark to track our whereabouts one day in the future, and then find us."

"It's better to try to find out their true face and purpose as soon as possible, so that we can have a little initiative."

At the end, Ogata put on a half-joking tone:

"I don't want an unknown guy to come to my door one day in the future, for example, when I'm taking a bath."

A-Machi lowered his head and pursed his lips tightly, as if he was thinking and digesting what Ogata just said.

After a while, Ah-Ming finally let out a sigh of relief.

"...I see." A-Ming raised his eyes, met Ogata's eyes, and smiled, "Thinking about it carefully—letting unknown forces look for us, but we are indifferent, this is indeed inconsistent. Our style."

"Just ignoring the unknown who is trying to find you is really not a good strategy."

"Okay then...then...let that child go with us."

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"Excuse me, where is the toilet?" Zhi Zhou asked the young man who was dressed as a waiter in front of him and had a conspicuous red birthmark on his left cheek.

"Uh, ah..." The male waiter with a birthmark on his face faltered, his face flushed with embarrassment.

"You don't know where the toilet is?" Zhi Zhou looked surprised, and looked up and down the birthmark male waiter several times. He was indeed wearing the uniform of a waiter.

"I'm sorry..." The birthmark male waiter lowered his head and muttered, "I'm new here. Tonight is my first time working. I haven't memorized the exact locations of the toilets and other places..."

"Hahahaha, that's it." Zhizhou smiled heartily, "It's okay, I can understand."

"Excuse me, guest officer, did something happen?" At this moment, an older waitress rushed quickly from the side of the corridor.

——If you tell the waitress that the young man doesn't remember where the toilet is, the waitress will definitely scold the young man...

Zhizhou glanced at the birthmarked male waiter in front of him, then smiled at the female waiter who was walking towards them quickly:

"It's nothing, it's just that the old man was bored for a while, and forced this young man to chat with me."

"Ah, yes. I want to ask, where is the toilet?"

"For the toilet, go straight along this corridor, then turn two right turns and you will see it." The waitress replied while saluting.

"That's it, thank you very much." Zhizhou patted the shoulder of the male attendant with the birthmark, "Young man, let's talk together later when we have a chance."

Knowing that Zhizhou was the birthmark male waiter who was helping him smooth things over just now, he nodded vigorously while casting a grateful look at Zhizhou.

Naoki followed the path pointed by the waitress and finally found the toilet.

After losing nearly half a catty in one breath, Naosuke frowned, and while rubbing his temples vigorously, he staggered out of the toilet.

——As I get older, my body really becomes more and more useless... I only squatted for such a short time, but when I stood up, I was so dizzy that I could hardly stand up...

I get dizzy when I squat for a little longer—a problem Naojo has had for years.

He also tried to see a doctor and took a lot of medicine, but none of them worked.

——I really don’t know... Is it possible to see the fall of the Edo Shogunate in my lifetime...

Naosuke sighed silently in his heart.

After the symptoms of dizziness subsided slightly, Naosuke walked quickly back to the room where he and Isshiki lived.

After turning into the necessary corridor to return to the room, a group of people passed by Naosuke.

The group seemed to be peddlers, and they were bustling towards the stairs leading to the first floor.

Zhizhou didn't pay much attention to the group of businessmen who passed him by, and passed them by without even looking at them.

And after Zhizhou separated from this group of merchants, the leader of this group of merchants - a middle-aged man with a fat head, big ears and a pot belly, yelled loudly to the subordinates behind him: "Everyone, come together!" right?"

"It's all here!" Someone responded loudly, "Mr. Ichinosuke, where are we going to drink?"

"Hahaha! I'll take you to an izakaya where the wine is especially delicious! Today I finally sold out everything, and I won't come back until I get drunk and celebrate!"

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As soon as he returned to the room, Naoshu saw Isshiki sitting cross-legged on the tatami.

At this time, Isshiki was seriously looking at the great swordsman more than a hundred years ago: the famous book on military tactics written by Miyamoto Musashi: "Book of Five Wheels".

Japan's art of war is not the same concept as China's art of war.

Japan's art of war means "the law of weapons", and "Gorinshu" mainly records Miyamoto Musashi's experience in using various weapons, and the perception of "Tao" derived from it.

After seeing his grandfather coming back, Isshiki only looked at Zhizhou coldly, and then withdrew his gaze, no longer looking at Zhizhou.

——Are you still mad at me...

Zhi Zhou can tell by looking at it——Isshiki is still sulking about Zhi Zhou's previous remarks asking her to get married within this year.

Naosuke didn't bother to deal with the stubborn Isshiki, he didn't think it was too much for him to ask Isshiki, who is already 21 years old this year and considered an elderly woman in this era, to get married within this year.

"Aren't you going to take a bath yet?" Naoki asked coldly while sitting a little far away from Isshiki.

Naosuke had already taken a bath at the bathhouse just now.

"No hurry, wait until later, when there are fewer people." Isshiki responded in a tone without any emotion, "I have just confirmed the closing time of the bathhouse of this hotel, and it will be late at night. The bathhouse doesn't close until five o'clock (10 o'clock in the afternoon), and it's still early at five o'clock in the evening."

"Just don't forget to take a shower."

After finishing speaking, Naosuke stared at the flickering flame of the oil lamp in front of him in a trance.

——Is there really no way to pull Iktosai-sama to join us...

What is most preoccupied with Naosuke right now is the matter about Ogata.

Encountering the executioner Yi Dao Zhai outdoors-this is a rare and precious opportunity for them who are determined to end the curtain.

If possible, Naosuke doesn't want to miss Ogata, who is capable of reaching thousands of troops...

Naoki racked his brains thinking.

Thinking about whether there is any other way to make Ogata change his mind...

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About half an hour later——

"Grandpa, I'm going to take a shower."

At this time, Isshiki's voice suddenly entered Naoshu's ears.

The sudden sound of Isshiki's voice made Naosuke recover from his thoughts.

"Huh? Has it been so long..."

Because he was so engrossed in his thoughts just now, Naosuke completely forgot the passage of time.

When I came back to my senses, a long time had passed, and even the oil in the oil lamp had decreased a lot.

"Grandpa. Please leave the room for a while, I have to change clothes." Isshiki closed the "Five Wheels Book" in his palm, and untied a package beside him that contained various clothes.

"Understood." Zhi Zhou responded casually, and left the room quickly.

Naoki standing outside the room, with his hands folded into the wide sleeves, silently waiting for Isshiki to change clothes.

Kerala...

Not long after, the door of the room was pulled open from the inside.

After changing his clothes, Isshiki walked out of the room with small steps along the opened door.

Naoki tilted his head, quickly looked at Isshiki who had changed his clothes, and smiled half-jokingly:

"I'm used to seeing you in men's clothing during this time, and looking back at you in women's clothing, I really feel a little uncomfortable."

At this moment, Isshiki no longer wears men's clothing and wears a knife.

Instead, she was wearing a light yellow women's kimono with a light green sash. The only thing that remained unchanged was the pair of white cloth socks on her feet.

Isshiki's response to Naoshu's joke was - ignore.

"I plan to take a longer shower today." Isshiki said in a slightly cold tone, "So I will come back later."

During the few days of wandering in the sea, naturally there is no such condition for them to take a bath slowly.

The air in the cabin is also so humid that it doesn't seem like there is moisture in the air, but air in the moisture, which makes people's skin sticky.

The thing Isshiki wanted to do the most after getting off the boat was to take a bath.

The reason why she persuaded Zhizhou to stay in this hotel for one night is also because the hotel has its own bathhouse.

Facing the long-lost opportunity to take a good bath, Isshiki didn't want to waste it so hastily.

After leaving these words, Isshiki strode towards the east side of the first floor, towards the location of the bathhouse.

Looking at the back of Isshiki striding away, Isshiki shook his head with a helpless expression, and returned to the room.

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——Very good... Ogata Isai and the others are not nearby...

If Ogata Isshiki and the others see "Isshiki Ryoma" who is currently wearing women's clothing, Isshiki will spend a lot of effort explaining, so in order to avoid trouble, she naturally wants to avoid meeting Ogata and the others, and not meeting Ogata them.

Isshiki, who moved forward cautiously, finally came to the gate of the bathhouse without any danger.

Since Sadanobu Matsudaira took office as the old middle school, in order to reverse the rotten social atmosphere in his eyes, many new policies and new orders have been issued.

These new policies and orders cover all aspects, even the layout of the bathhouse.

Matsudaira Sadanobu has a specific order: no more bathhouses where men and women can bathe together.

As soon as this new policy came out, it can be said that countless people who love mixed bathing for some reason would not want to live. They scolded Matsudaira as a sinner through the ages, and regarded Matsudaira as an unforgivable evil animal.

No ordinary people would dare to fight against the shogunate, so after this new policy was issued, all bathhouses that allow mixed bathing for men and women or that use mixed bathing as a sign are urgently renovated. Until today, it is probably only in some remote areas that the shogunate cannot control There is also a communal bathhouse.

The hotel's own bathhouses honestly responded to the call of Matsudaira Sadanobu's policy, and were divided into men's baths and women's baths.

At the door leading to the men's bath, there is a blue door curtain with "male" written on it, and at the door leading to the women's bath, there is a red door curtain with "female" written on it.

Just when Isshiki was about to enter the women's bath, he suddenly smelled the disgusting smell of alcohol coming from his side.

Frowning, looking at the smell - I saw a group of men reeking of alcohol striding towards the bathhouse.

Isshiki hates people who stink of alcohol the most.

So after glancing at the group of people who smelled of alcohol, Isshiki quickly opened the curtain of the women's bath and entered the women's bath.

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"Mr. Ichinosuke, have you seen..." A young man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks swallowed hard, and at the same time pushed his right elbow against a middle-aged man with a fat head, big ears and a pot belly beside him, "The one just now The woman in the yellow kimono is so pretty."

"Hmm..." The middle-aged man known as Ichinosuke nodded blankly.

If Naosuke had been there, he would probably be able to vaguely recall that this group of people was exactly the group of people he met in the corridor when he returned to his room after going to the toilet.

They are a group of traveling merchants selling goods everywhere.

They successfully sold out all the goods today, and to celebrate, they just went out and had a good drink.

After everyone's face was as red as a monkey's butt, they supported each other, returned to the hotel where they were staying, and then went straight to the bathhouse, intending to take a simple bath and then go to sleep well .

Then—they were at the entrance of the bathhouse, and they ran into Isshiki who happened to be taking a bath at this time.

Everyone was so shocked by Isshiki's appearance that they couldn't move, until Isshiki entered the women's bath, they still stood there blankly.

"It's really beautiful. It's the first time I've seen such a beautiful woman."

"It's a pity that they look a little older, they should be in their 20s."

"It's so big, it's put directly on the belt, tsk tsk tsk..."

They slowly came back to their senses, and commented on Isshiki very rudely.

As the saying goes - wine is strong and courageous.

At this time, he was quite drunk, still staring blankly at Ichinosuke who was currently in the female bath, and slowly revealed a wretched smile.

"Hi." Ichinosuke whispered to his companion, "Listen to me—"

Under the influence of alcohol, Ichinosuke came up with a bold plan that he would never dare to implement in a sober state.

"Look, there's no one else around here. How about we swap the curtains in the men's and women's baths?"

The wretched look on Ichinosuke's face became more and more intense.

"After exchanging the curtains, we rushed into the 'men's bath' and feasted our eyes. When asked why we entered the women's bath, we said: We really did enter the men's bath .”

"Huh? This, this is not good..." Someone said timidly.

"What are you afraid of?" Kazunosuke said, "There is no one else around here, so we insisted that the curtains in the men's and women's baths are placed like this. There is no evidence, what can they do to us?"

"Besides, I am very familiar with the government here. If the people from the government are attracted, it will be a big deal to pay some money to settle the matter."

The effects of alcohol are powerful.

Not only Ichinosuke lost his mind due to alcohol, but the rest of his subordinates also lost their minds.

"Yes, that's right."

"Go ahead, do it. It's rare to meet such a beautiful woman. It would be a pity not to take the opportunity to enjoy it."

Under the dual effects of alcohol and alcohol, Ichinosuke and his group rushed towards the bathhouse in a hurry.

Some people who are unwilling to do so can only helplessly follow along.

They quickly pulled down the curtains of the men's and women's baths and switched them.

"Hey hey." A proud and obscene laugh came from Ichinosuke's lips, "Let's go."

They were gearing up, their faces full of excitement and anticipation.

But just when they were about to swarm into the "men's bath"—

"Hey! What are you doing?"

A young male voice slammed into their eardrums—a male waiter with an obvious birthmark on his face came striding towards them.

Looking at the male waiter who kept approaching, the few people who were originally unwilling to do such a thing were frightened and ran away.

Man is an animal that is easily influenced by the environment.

After these people escaped, a chain reaction started immediately, and the rest of the people who were delirious due to alcohol also fled here one after another.

In the blink of an eye - only Kazunosuke was left standing still.

Seeing that his companions had "disappeared", Ichinosuke looked around blankly for a while, and then scolded: "A bunch of gutless guys..."

Although he cursed like this, he still fled from the bathroom door as quickly as his companions, as if oiling the soles of their feet.

"Really...what the hell were those people doing just now..." The birthmark male waiter stood where Kachinosuke and the others had just stood, looking around in a daze.

In the end—he didn't notice anything unusual, and walked away slowly while scratching the back of his head.

"Go back and keep memorizing the location of the toilet and other places..." The birthmark male waiter murmured, "I can't make the same low-level mistake as the guest asking where the toilet is, but I don't know it..."

As a newcomer, he didn't notice at all—the men's and women's shower curtains in the bathhouse had been swapped...

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"Huh..." Isshiki let out a long breath, and hammered his sore shoulders with heavy loads all the time with neither light nor heavy force.

While beating her shoulders, she glanced at the bathing place where there was no one else but her, and the corners of her mouth raised an arc of joy.

The reason why she came to take a bath so late was to enjoy the bathing place alone like now.

The reason for doing this is not only because I don't want A-cho, Azuki and others to bump into her who suddenly turned into a girl, but also because she especially enjoys the feeling that she is the only one in the whole bathing place.

After several beatings, feeling the soreness in the shoulders eased slightly, Isshiki leaned back, leaned against the wall behind him, and closed his eyes.

She wanted to just empty her mind like this, and let her brain and body, which had experienced so many things tonight, rest for a while.

But for some reason... Ogata's face and... what Ogata said to her before, played back and forth in her mind uncontrollably.

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[I just said that all the 'swords' and that 'swords' should be eliminated in this era. It's not just those flashy secret swords and absolute swords. It also includes the 'real sword' you just mentioned. 】

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【Let me put it in simpler terms—I think all sword skills should be eliminated. 】

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【Well... I feel that I am an average swordsman, and there is still a long way to go. 】

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Isshiki's brows were slowly furrowed.

at this time--

cluck la la la...

The wooden door connecting the bath to the outside was slowly opened.

Before Isshiki had time to open his eyes to see who it was, he heard an...extraordinarily familiar male voice:

"Huh? Isshiki-kun?"

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