I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Ogata, who had just put back Amachi's ninja uniform, asked aloud.

"Why is the upper part of your ninja costume exposed...ah, no, the fabric is so little?"

"Don't underestimate our ninja uniform." A-Ming picked up her ninja uniform and unfolded it. "The reason why the fabric on the upper body is so little is intentional."

"During the Warring States period, the female ninja costumes in our Shiranui were no different from the male ninja costumes."

"Whether it's the upper body or the lower body, it's all tight."

"It wasn't until later that something happened."

"When a female ninja was fighting the enemy, she gradually fell into a disadvantage because her strength was not as good as the enemy's."

"When she was about to be defeated by the enemy, the clothes on the upper body of the female ninja were scratched by the enemy's weapon, and the skin of the belly button was exposed."

"After seeing the white skin of the female ninja, the enemy seemed to have not touched a woman for a long time, so he froze for a moment, revealing his flaws."

"And the ninja caught the enemy's flaw and successfully killed the enemy."

"At that time, the ruler in Shiranui was the 10th generation Balrog."

"Inspired by this incident, the 10th generation Balrog realized that the ninja uniform can also be used as a weapon."

"Then start reducing the fabric of the ninja uniform."

"In the end our ninja uniforms became what they are now."

"After changing the female ninja uniform to what it is now, it really has a miraculous effect."

"Many ninjas have reported that after wearing this kind of ninja uniform with reduced fabric, it is not only easier to move, but also causes more or less disturbance to the enemy's mind when a man is an opponent."

"Of course there are still some men who are completely undisturbed."

"Is there such a serious reason for reducing the amount of fabric..." Ogata couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Our women's physical fitness is not as good as that of men." A-Ming said in a helpless tone, "so in order to enhance our strength as much as possible, we can only use more such small means."

"I have a question." Ogata said in a joking tone, "Since the cloth has been changed so little to disturb those enemies who are weak in concentration, why not just wear no clothes?"

"If you are directly naked, wouldn't it be more disturbing to the enemy?"

"Why are you so perverted!" A-Machi waved his fist angrily, and hit Ogata on the head, "When the 10th generation Balrog decided to change the girl's ninja costume, there was a guy who proposed to talk to you just now. Said exactly the same proposal."

"Then I met strong opposition from all the female ninjas in Shiranui."

"Although the number of female ninjas is relatively small, there are still some female ninjas who have considerable status."

"In order to avoid triggering a riot among the female ninjas, the 10th generation Balrog can only veto this proposal."

"It turns out that someone really made such a proposal..." Ogata rubbed the forehead that was hit by A-Ming just now, and suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you."

Ogata took out his wages for today from his pocket - the small cloth bag filled with 40 silver.

"I made a lot of money today. Today's wages are a full 40 silver. I helped Shirobei Club capture Ju Xiaoseng today, and settled the reward for the robbery and change to an official job."

When Asai returned to the hotel one step ahead, he told everyone, including Atachi, that Ogata assisted the Shirobei Club to capture Kiku Xiaoseng, repelled the Huofu thieves who robbed him of merit, and changed his official position.

So Ah Ding naturally knows how Ju Xiaoseng and Huo Fu, the thief who steals merit, are changed to official positions.

"40 silver?" A-Machi let out a small exclamation, took the small cloth bag handed over by Ogata, opened it, and looked inside.

"After more than a year, I rely on my own hands to make money." Ogata said in a half-joking tone, "I plan to buy winter clothes when the weather is cooler in the future..."

Before Ogata finished speaking, Shimada's voice suddenly sounded outside the door:

"Master Ogata, Mr. Mucun is back. Mr. Mucun said that he has something very important to tell everyone... especially Mr. Ogata, he told you to hurry over."

"Important matter?" Ogata frowned slightly, "I see. I'll be there right away."

After finishing speaking, Ogata winked at A-Machi in front of him.

Atachi, who understood the meaning of Ogata's wink, nodded lightly, and then stood up together with Ogata.

When Ogata and Atachi came to the big room where their group of men lived, they saw Mucun who had just returned, and Lin who should have just left their room.

After seeing that everyone had arrived, Mu Cun said with a wry smile:

"Everyone, I just heard a lot of information about the shogunate from Hasegawa-sama. Come on, brother Ogata, sit down quickly, you are the one who should listen carefully."

"What did Hasegawa tell you?" Lin asked seriously.

"I talked about a lot of things..." Mucun smiled wryly, and then continued, "I was taken to a certain room in the headquarters of Huofu Thief Kai..."

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Time rewinds back to some time ago——

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The quiet room where Mucun and Hasegawa are currently located is located in a relatively remote area of ​​the headquarters of Huofu Thief Kai, where there are few people coming and going.

Hasegawa likes this quiet room especially because there are few people coming and going, and it is very quiet no matter day or night. When he feels tired on weekdays, Hasegawa will take a rest in this quiet room.

It is precisely because there are so few people coming and going in this quiet room that Hasegawa chose to have a secret talk with Mucun in this quiet room.

Because the content of what he will talk to Mucun in the future must not be known to outsiders, so before entering this room, Hasegawa also informed his confidant Yamazaki in advance, and asked Yamazaki to order everyone who is currently staying at the headquarters-not to approach this room. Quiet room.

After making various preparations, Hasegawa entered the quiet room.

After throwing the series of questions at Mucun like a cannonball, the quiet room fell into a quagmire called "Death Silence".

Hasegawa did not speak, quietly waiting for Mucun's answer.

Mucun also did not speak, and only fixed his astonished eyes on Hasegawa in front of him.

There is only one candle for lighting in this quiet room, and it is placed in the center of the room, right between Makimura and Hasegawa.

Although the doors and windows of the quiet room were tightly closed, there was still a slight breeze blowing into the room through the gaps in the doors and windows.

The flame of the candle placed between the two swayed with the breeze blowing into the room, and the shadows of Mucun and Hasegawa also swayed on the wall of the room.

After a while, Mucun put his arms around his chest.

"...Master Hasegawa, it's hard for me to ask you such a question without thinking."

"It's impossible for me to answer the series of questions you just asked without knowing anything."

"Could it be that you want to capture Ogata Ittosai who committed the felony of attacking Nijo Castle and burning the castle tower of Nijo Castle?"

Mucun cast a tentative look at Hasegawa.

"I didn't want to capture Ogata Ittosai."

Hasegawa shook his head.

"Rather—quite the contrary."

"I would like to ask Ogata Issai to help me."

"No... To be more precise, I want to ask you and Ogata Issai to help me."

"Help you?" Mucun's frown deepened.

"Makimura..." Hasegawa paused when he said this.

Looking at his appearance, he seems to be hesitating.

But the hesitant look on his face slowly dissipated after a while.

"Do you know Shiranui or Shiranui Ninja Village?"

After hearing the word "Shiranui" from Hasegawa's mouth, Mucun's pupils shrank slightly.

Not only did I know, I could hear this name almost every day during this time—Makimura really wanted to tell Hasegawa that.

But after all, he still held back the desire to say this, pretending to be confused:

"I've heard a little bit about it. I heard it's a ninja village like Iga-no-sato and Koka-no-sato in the Sengoku period."

Hasegawa nodded slightly, and then continued:

"That's right."

"Shiranui is the last remaining ninja in our country."

"And this last ninja started cooperating with the shogunate some time ago."

"Of course, cooperating with the shogunate—that's just a nice way of saying it."

"To put it bluntly, the ninjas in Shiranui were recruited by the shogunate and became the royal ninjas of the shogunate."

Mucun pretended not to know much about Shiranui, and nodded from time to time while listening carefully.

"In this summer, Shiranui received from the shogunate their first major mission after cooperating with the shogunate."

"That is, when the lord of the Owari domain held a banquet in Nijo Castle, he served as the guard of Nijo Castle."

"And the night when the lord of the Owari domain held a banquet in Nijo Castle happened to be the night when we stopped those lunatics from destroying Kyoto together."

"What happened in Nijo City after that, Mucun, you should also know."

"Nijo Castle was single-handedly breached by Ogata Itachi, the castle tower was directly burned, and all the Shiranuiri ninjas who guarded Nijo Castle that night were wiped out."

"The first big mission ended in such an unsightly ending. Shiranui Ri's ugly behavior in Kyoto this summer made almost everyone in the shogunate, including the general, extremely dissatisfied."

"There are many people in the shogunate who are extremely dissatisfied with the general's appointment of the ninja in Shiranui."

"After Shiranui's ugly appearance in Kyoto, the call for 'let the ninjas in Shiranui go back wherever they came from' immediately increased a lot."

"The first time I performed a big task assigned by the shogunate, it ended in failure, and it was a big failure that was full of ugliness. The gang of ninjas in Shiranui were also anxious."

"After the 'Nijo Castle incident' this summer, many vassals lashed out on the grounds that 'the ninjas in Shiranui are not strong enough to be used'."

"In order to restore the lost reputation, Shiranui decided to send a ninja named 'Gekutaro' under their command to participate in the 'Imperial Trial' that will begin soon."

"Take the first place in the military test of the "Imperial Trial", and prove the strength of their Shiranui to those vassals who criticized their Shiranui."

Hearing this, Mu Cun raised his eyebrows imperceptibly.

The information he heard from Hasegawa's mouth coincided with the information he and Asai Tonight found out from Ji Taro's mouth at Shikiya.

When Hasegawa swallowed his saliva and moistened his dry throat, Mucun took advantage of this gap to interject:

"I understand what happened in Shiranui."

"But does Shiranui have anything to do with what you just said, 'Please ask me and Ogata Yidaosai if you have anything to do'?"

"It's really related."

After saying this lightly, Hasegawa cleared his throat.

"Did I say that just now? There are quite a few vassals who are quite opposed to the inclusion of Shiranui Ri as a royal ninja."

"After learning that Shiranui intends to rely on the "imperial test" to restore their reputation, these vassals who oppose Shiranui will naturally not sit idly by."

"And the method that these vassals who opposed Shiranui came up with to prevent Ji Taro from getting a good ranking in the''''Goqian Trial'' is to send masters to participate in the 'Goqian Trial'."

"Send a master to defeat Ji Taro in the "Imperial Trial", and then Ji Taro will naturally not be able to get the first place in the "Imperial Trial" martial arts test."

"So——the vassal who came up with this method approached me, who was in charge of paying the thieves with fire."

Hasegawa raised his right index finger and pointed at himself.

While pointing at himself, Hasegawa showed a wry smile.

"The members of my Huofu Thief Kai are currently one of the few elites in Japan who have both superb skills and rich combat experience."

"It can even be said that the army currently stationed around and defending Edo is not even as powerful as my Huofu Bandit Kai."

"If you don't include Shiranui, who doesn't know the details, my Huofu Thief Kai is currently the strongest armed force in Edo-I am very confident about this."

Speaking of this sentence, Hasegawa's tone was slightly proud.

"A common problem among samurai nowadays is that they have only ever swung the 'dojo sword', but not the real sword."

"Because of lack of actual combat experience, the holder of the 'Municipality' who only swung a real sword in the air lost to the holder of the 'Catalogue' who had tried to swing a real sword at people--I also count this kind of thing See you a lot."

"The vassals who oppose Shiranui also know that my Huofu Thief Kai is currently the most powerful armed force in Edo. The team members have actual combat experience that most samurai currently lack."

"So they came to me and asked me to send the most elite people under my command to participate in the 'Imperial Trial'."

"They told me - if you can't find a suitable subordinate to participate in the 'Imperial Trial', you can still ask a trustworthy and powerful friend."

Hearing this, the messy balls of wool in Mucun's mind were combed one by one to form clear parallel lines.

Mucun finally understood the meaning of Hasegawa's initial sentence "I have something to ask Ogata Ichitosai".

"So that's how it is..." Chief Mucun let out a sigh of relief, "You plan to ask Brother Ogata and me to participate in the 'Imperial Trial'..."

"That's right." Hasegawa nodded solemnly, "I have seen your skills in Mucun in Kyoto."

"I have seen a few masters who use the big sword."

"But the masters of the Odachi I've seen are far inferior to you."

"And Ogata Ittosai is the most skilled swordsman I have ever seen in the past 45 years."

"Makimura, I won't hide it from you."

"I plan to use the 'human wave tactics'."

"Currently, most of the elite members of my Huofu Thief Kai are not in Edo because they went to the Northeast region to capture a vicious thief."

"Although most of the elite have left, there are still some people with fairly good strength staying in Edo."

"Among the subordinates currently staying in Edo, there are about 4 people who have good strength, have no important tasks recently, and are able to pass the first literary test in the "Imperial Trials" at the same time."

Hasegawa stretched out 4 fingers.

"I plan to let my four subordinates all participate in the 'Imperial Trial'."

"At the same time, I will ask some friends who can be asked, and their strength is quite good. Let these friends of mine also participate in the 'Imperial Trial'."

"In a word - to mobilize all the people I can mobilize to participate in the "Imperial Trial", vowing to prevent that Ji Taro from winning the first place in the "Imperial Trial"."

After Hasegawa's words fell, Mucun couldn't help showing doubts on his face.

"It's better to let the subordinates participate in the 'Imperial Trial'. You are their boss. As long as you give an order, they will definitely not dare to refuse."

"But if you ask your friends to participate in the 'Imperial Trial', you may owe a debt of favor."

"You don't hesitate to do this to prevent that Jitaro from being able to win the first place in the "Gozen Trial"...Master Hasegawa, are you also one of the vassals who are "against Shiranui"?"

"...I'm not one of the vassals who are against Shiranui."

Hasegawa shook his head.

"To be honest, I have always stayed away from this kind of political struggle."

"I don't care what happens in Shiranui."

"The reason why I did not hesitate to do this, but also to stop Shiranui's attempt on the 'Imperial Trial', is purely because those vassals who 'oppose Shiranui' offered me a reward that I couldn't refuse."

"What?" Mu Cun put on a half-joking tone, "Did those people give you too much money?"

"I didn't give me money." A helpless smile appeared on Hasegawa's face, "Makimura, do you know the Renzujichang I created?"

"I know." A serious look appeared on Mucun's face, "I haven't given up on being the Yori of Kyoto...about 3 years ago, I've heard about Mr. Hasegawa's words. Created a foot station."

"Honestly speaking, I have always thought that the Renzuyoriya that you established, Hasegawa-sama, is really great. There must be countless criminals who have been redeemed by your Renzuyongchang."

"Three years ago... that happened to be the time when I became the chief officer of Huofu Thief Kai and started to build the Renzu Depot."

"It's a pity." Hasegawa smiled wryly, "The operation of the Renzu Depot has been quite difficult these days."

"The old middle-aged man thinks that the income of my foot deposit is far lower than the cost, and it is a waste of money."

"So put pressure on me in a different way, and want me to shut down the Renzu Depot, and put all the money used to operate the Renzu Depot into the construction of the anti-thief thieves reform."

"I don't want to shut down the people's foot farm. I am also very distressed by the pressure that the elders put on me."

"And the vassals of 'Against Shiranui' promised me that as long as they can successfully prevent Ji Taro from winning the first place in the military test of 'Gozen Trials', they will lend a helping hand to me and help me run the Renzu Yoshino together."

"There are many high-ranking and powerful people among these vassals. If I have their help, my pressure will definitely be much less."

"In order to allow Renzujiao to continue to operate smoothly, I also decided to go all out."

After that, Hasegawa let out a few self-deprecating chuckles.

"...I understand the specifics of what happened." Mucun nodded, still clasping his arms around his chest, "Is this necessary to prevent Jitaro from winning the first place in the martial arts test?"

"Can't it be done in another way?"

"For example, doing tricks in the 'Imperial Trial'."

"According to my knowledge, the 'Imperial Trial Match' is two games, right?"

"Let's do the literary test first, and then the military test."

"Only those who pass the literary test can take the military test."

"You can try to use some tricks in the essay test."

"For example, deliberately giving Ji Taro some difficult exam questions."

"Let him fail the literary test, and he is not even qualified to participate in the military test."

As soon as Mu Cun finished speaking, Hasegawa shook his head.

"The 'Imperial Trial Match' is personally organized by Mr. Matsudaira Sadanobu, who is a senior middleman."

"For Shiranui, Matsudaira Sadanobu is neutral."

"Although I haven't paid much attention to this 'imperial trial union', as far as I know - Mr. Lao Zhong attaches great importance to this 'imperial trial union'. No one is allowed to mess up the 'imperial trial union'."

"There is an old middle-aged and adult guarding the gate, so it is impossible to prevent that Ji Taro from getting a good ranking in the "Imperial Trial" by tampering with it."

"That's it..." Mucun raised his hand and scratched his hair with a helpless smile, "Master Hasegawa, you still want to ask me to participate in the 'Imperial Trial'..."

"I definitely won't be able to participate in the 'Imperial Trial'."

"I haven't even read the Four Books and Five Classics."

"I'm sure I can't even pass the initial essay test."

"So I'm sure I can't help."

"As for Brother Ogata..."

Having said that, the expression on Mucun's face became quite strange.

"Master Hasegawa, what should I say about you...you actually plan to ask brother Ogata to help you..."

"You are the chief of Huo Fu Thief Kai."

"Brother Ogata only committed the felony of attacking Nijo Castle three months ago and causing the castle tower of Nijo Castle to be burned down."

"As the leader of Huofu Thief, you actually want to ask the most vicious criminal in the country to help... Should I say you are bold... Or should I say that you are abnormal..."

As soon as Mu Cun finished speaking, Hasegawa chuckled a few times.

"Mucun, even though I am the chief of Huo Fu Thief Kai, I have captured countless criminals."

"But don't take me as the kind of rigid, inflexible person who can't tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes."

"You probably don't know what kind of person I was when I was young?"

"When I was young, I was a person who liked to eat, drink, whore and gamble, and was always fighting with people on the street."

"Do you think it's possible for me like this to be a rigid and inflexible person?"

"'Be upright when you should be upright, and turn a blind eye and close your eyes when you should be upright'—this is my code of conduct."

"I can't imagine the consequences of not having enough people on the field."

"For the sake of people's feet, I can't control so much."

"Anyway, this is not the first time I have joined hands with Ogata Issai. I have already fought with Ogata Isai once in Kyoto three months ago."

"Furthermore...it's nothing to ask Ogata Iktosai for help..."

"It is necessary to build the Huofu Thief Reform and operate the People's Foot Depository. The funds issued to me by the shogunate are simply not enough."

"In order to have enough money to run the Renzu Yokohama, I did something even more daring than asking Ogata Iktosai."

"And I still do it now."

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

"What I'm doing to raise money is pretty bold."

"If those high-level members of the shogunate found out what I was doing now, it would be considered light to dismiss me immediately. Maybe they would have to apologize directly."

"However, I have long been aware and prepared for this."

After hearing Hasegawa's words, a look of shock and astonishment climbed onto Mucun's face.

"Master Hasegawa, what are you doing? You have reached the point where if you are found out, you may have to apologize by harakiri... You are not going to traffic people, are you?"

"Who do you take me for? I wouldn't do such a lowly thing." Hasegawa said angrily, "What I did was not such a treacherous and evil thing."

"But it's not something to brag about. So I don't want to tell you what I've been doing to raise money."

"Let's stop this topic here."

"Let's get back to the topic, Mucun."

"Although some people say that Ogata Isai has died in Nijo Castle, until now there are various opinions on whether Ogata Isai is dead or alive."

"But I think a character like Ogata Yidaosai, who can be a thousand at a time, will never just die like this."

"Ogata Yidaosai should still be alive, right?"

Although Hasegawa's sentence is in the form of an interrogative sentence, the tone is that of an affirmative sentence.

"Did Ogata Ittosai come to Edo with you? Or is he in the Kanto area now?"

"If Ogata Istosai is in Edo or the surrounding areas of Edo now, can you help me contact Ogata Istosai, so that I can talk to Ogata Istosai?"

Looking at Hasegawa with a sincere face, Mucun, who was full of complex emotions, sighed softly after being silent for a while.

"...Master Hasegawa, you are right, brother Ogata is not dead. He is still alive and kicking."

"Maybe after a while, you will be able to know the news that Ogata Yidaosai is active in a certain place again."

"But he's not in Edo, nor in the Kanto region."

"Where he is now, I don't know."

"After the farewell in Kyoto, I haven't seen him again."

"He said he wanted to travel to the north, and he might have gone to the Aizu domain by now."

Mucun panicked casually.

Hearing Mucun's answer, Hasegawa's face showed a very obvious look of disappointment.

"Ogata Iktosai, isn't he around now... Oh, whatever."

"Then... Mucun, are you willing to help me and participate in the 'Imperial Trial'?"

"Master Hasegawa, did I just say that?" Mucun smiled wryly, "I haven't even read all the four books and five classics."

"Even if someone like me who hasn't read all the Four Books and Five Classics takes part in the 'Imperial Examination', I'm sure I won't even be able to pass the literary examination."

"Is that so... oh..."

After letting out another long sigh, Hasegawa leaned over and saluted Mucun.

"I'm so sorry for taking up so much of your time tonight."

"Where?" Mu Cun hurriedly returned the gift, "Anyway, I have a lot of time."

"Tonight, please don't tell outsiders. After all..."

Before Hasegawa finished speaking, Mucun immediately answered:

"I understand. I won't talk nonsense. Even if I talk nonsense, I have no one to talk to..."

Hasegawa stood up slowly.

"Makimura, let me take you to the gate of my Huofu Thief Kai headquarters."

"Ah, I'm sorry to trouble you. The headquarters of your Huofu Thief Kai is quite big. If no one leads the way, I might really get lost."

After saying this witty remark, Mucun picked up his big sword and stood up slowly following Hasegawa.

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The timeline goes back to the present——

"Good guy."

After Mu Cun finished telling the details about the secret agent he had just had with Hasegawa, Asai was the first to express his feelings.

"This kind of thing related to political struggle, Hasegawa will definitely ask you to keep the secret of tonight's spy content a secret, right? As a result, you just came back from the headquarters of Huofu Thief Changing, and you leaked the secret to us directly."

As soon as Asai finished speaking, Mucun said angrily:

"Hasegawa did tell me to keep it a secret."

"I also promised Hasegawa at the time: I will never talk nonsense."

"My promise is 'not to talk nonsense'."

"I'll tell you the contents of the secret agent, isn't this within the scope of 'casual nonsense'?"

As soon as Mucun finished speaking, Jian Gong said:

"You actually hid the fact that Ogata-kun is in Edo from Hasegawa."

Mucun shrugged: "Without the permission of Brother Ogata, I will not casually reveal the whereabouts of Brother Ogata."

"Hasegawa-sama wants Ogata-sama to participate in the 'Imperial Trial'..." Shimada murmured, "If you don't pretend, Ogata-sama won't be able to participate in the 'Imperial Trial' at all."

"As long as you report the name 'Ogata Yishi', you will definitely be surrounded by a bunch of officials."

"Master Hasegawa must also understand this, but he still intends to let Master Ogata participate in the 'Imperial Trial'. Could it be that he has some means to help Master Ogata in disguise?"

"Probably so." Mamiya replied, "Master Hasegawa, after all, is the chief of Huofu Thief Kai, and it's normal to have one or two tricks that can help people disguise themselves."

"That... I've been wanting to ask since just now." Ah-Ming suddenly asked in a cautious tone, "What is that 'Renzujichang'?"

"It's a...remarkable thing Mr. Hasegawa built three years ago."

Makimura replied.

"Three years ago, Master Hasegawa, when he first took office as the new chief of Huofu Thief Gai, he tried his best to build a Renzu Depot."

"The Renzu Depot specializes in taking in those prisoners who have been caught by them and have relatively minor crimes, and then teach these prisoners how to make an abacus and how to keep accounts... In short, it is to teach these prisoners skills so that they have A skill."

"As far as I know, Mr. Hasegawa's original intention of building the Renzu Juyuan is to let these prisoners have a skill that they can rely on to survive, so that after they are released from prison, they can rely on the skills they have learned in the Renzu Juyou. You can eat for a living and don’t have to commit crimes.”

"Hey..." A-Machi let out a small exclamation, "What a great idea..."

"I also think Hasegawa's idea of ​​allowing prisoners to have skills so that they don't have to rely on crime to earn a living in the future is great." Lin, who had been silent since just now, suddenly said.

"In this world where many samurai don't treat ordinary people as human beings, there is actually an official like Hasegawa who can be sympathetic to prisoners."

"This can be regarded as a miracle."

Speaking of this, a faint smile appeared on Lin's face for a long time.

As soon as Lin's voice fell, Kuro, who was sitting next to Lin, answered:

"Although I've always found it annoying that Hasegawa is always chasing after the lord and my ass."

"However, I still have to give a high evaluation to his behavior of building and insisting on operating Renzujiu."

As soon as Jian Gong finished speaking, Lin cleared her throat.

Then he said sternly:

"Mihachi, thank you for your hard work."

"We all know what happened."

"Many vassals don't want to see Shiranui... Well, this is expected."

At this time, Asai suddenly interjected:

"...I think this might be a good opportunity."

A thoughtful look slowly appeared on Asai's face.

"Hasegawa's status in the shogunate is not small."

"If we cooperate with him, we can get some useful information from him."

"For example—the location of Shiranui."

"Hasegawa is a senior official of the shogunate, he may know the exact location of Shiranui."

"If we can learn the exact location of Shiranui from Hasegawaguchi, it will save us a lot of trouble."

"Oh? Asai." Yuan Yi smiled, "Are you going to agree to Hasegawa and let Ogata-kun participate in the 'Imperial Trial'?"

"It's not necessary for Itosai to participate in the 'Gozen Trial'." Asai said, "Hasegawa's purpose is just to let as many powerful people as possible participate in the 'Gozen Trial', so that Ji Taro can get the martial arts test The chances of top spot are minimized."

"In this case, we can send other people."

"We will cooperate with Hasegawa on the condition that we can send other experts."

"Let Hasegawa tell him everything he knows about Shiranui."

Just as Asai's words fell, Mamiya and others present nodded their heads in agreement.

But at this moment, a voice sounded faintly.

"...I actually don't mind participating in the 'Imperial Trial'."

The person who spoke was Ogata who was sitting cross-legged next to A-Machi with his hands crossed into the haori sleeves on both sides.

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