I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

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"If her relatives find out the abnormality of her body in the future, she might be treated as a monster and handed over to the government, or she might be made to do something worse."

"So, based on the above, the lord decided to send me, Mucun, and Asai to Osaka first to make preliminary preparations for the investigation of the missing persons in Kansai."

"And she took Azhu to Nara together with Genda-sama and Shimada. She was going to entrust Azhu to a trustworthy old friend of Genda-sama to take care of him. After giving Azhutuo, come to Osaka to join us confluence."

"My lord, they are probably almost arriving in Nara now, and they will arrive in Osaka in a few days."

Nara is one of the famous ancient capitals of Japan. Like Kyoto and Osaka, it is located on the Kinki Plain in the central part of Japan.

Nara is located just east of Osaka, and the straight-line distance between the two cities is only less than 30 kilometers.

The story of the gourd house group after parting from Ogata has already been told.

After hearing what happened to them in the past few months, Ogata and A-Machi couldn't calm down for a long time.

"A girl who can repair herself even if her internal organs are taken away..." Ogata murmured, "It seems... that group that is researching immortality... already has a way to transform a human body into a monster It's..."

Having said that, Ogata took several deep breaths.

After calming down, Ogata first said to Gamiya in a relaxed tone:

"Mamiya, I didn't expect your real name to be Yamada Asemon Yoshitsune... Yoshitsune... What a majestic name, is that sword Vairocana?"

Ogata looked at the black and purple sword with a handle and scabbard on the tatami on the right side of Mamiya.

Gamiya showed a smile containing complex emotions, and raised his hand to caress the scabbard of the knife beside him.

"...these are all things in the past."

"In the past, my father always told me: Every time I swing a knife, I can make the world a better place."

"So whether it's to test the knife or execute the death row prisoner, I have no hesitation."

"Until five years ago, my father asked me to chop off the heads of hundreds of innocent people, and the reason was only to use their courage to save the central palace, the empress, in Kyoto. It’s not about making the world better, it’s just about enabling the Edo shogunate to rule the world better.”

"Since then, I have never had the mood and awareness to stay in the Yamada Asemon family..."

"Instead of continuing to work for the shogunate, it is better to work for a businesswoman, which will make people feel more happy."

"Ah, sorry. It seems to be a bit far-fetched."

Mamiya removed the hand that was caressing Vairocana's scabbard.

"Ogata-kun, the above is the information about immortality that our Calabash House has collected in the past few months."

"What about you? Have you managed to find Xuanzheng, Xuanzhi's master and apprentice in Ezo, or find any other useful information?"

Ogata was not in a hurry to respond to Gamiya immediately.

Instead, after a moment of contemplation, he quietly said:

"After listening to your information just now... Koyasan is really getting more and more suspicious..."

Mamiya: "Mt. Koya?"

After hearing the word "Koyasan" from Ogata's mouth suddenly, which seemed to have nothing to do with their topic just now, no matter Mamiya, Mucun, and Asai all showed surprise.

"A-Machi and I managed to find Gennao in Ezo." Ogata sighed softly, "When we both found him, he was already crazy..."

The stories of Ogata and Atachi are undoubtedly much longer than those of Mamiya and the others.

Ogata first briefly talked about how he cooperated with the Ainu people in the Red Moon Fortress to fight against the [-]-strong army of the shogunate, and then focused on the information they asked from Xuanzhi after they found Xuanzhi.

A young man who calls himself "Taige", a master of Xianyuan from Mount Koya, a medicine that can restrain the "power of immortality", a person who changes...

Ogata's narration lasted for less than half an hour.

After half an hour, the expressions of Mamiya, Mucun, and Asai all became brighter.

When Ogata mentioned the young man who called himself "Taiko", Mamiya's expression became weird.

However, this weird expression only lasted for a while before returning to normal, and continued to listen to Ogata's narration seriously. Because the strange expression of Gamiya was fleeting, no one noticed the strangeness of Gamiya just now.

"...The above is the information that A-Machi and I know so far."

"Koyasan is also located in Kansai, just 12 miles southeast of Osaka, about 50 kilometers away from modern times."

"Based on the information you have found... I have a bold guess." The expression on Ogata's face was too serious, "Is it possible that the Buddhist forces in Mount Koya are helping to abduct the population used for the immortality experiment..."

No one questioned Ogata's bold guess just now.

Everyone looked solemn and thoughtful.

"Mt. Koya..." Asai swallowed, moistening his parched throat, "It's really involving a...a huge monster..."

"It's indeed a huge monster..." Jiangong also scratched his hair with a wry smile at this time, "I never thought that even Buddhist forces would be involved..."

In the past, Japanese Buddhists were arrogant.

Japanese Buddhists have always been a huge force that cannot be ignored, and can even influence the world situation.

For various reasons, the former Japanese Buddhists not only had their own land, but also supported their own army, that is, the famous monk soldiers.Because of the blessing of faith, the monk soldiers are a force known for their bravery.

In the Warring States period more than 200 years ago, these Buddhists in Japan were even more incredible. There were many believers, strong political influence, huge real estate and an army. Buddhists could marry wives and have children, eat meat and drink, what? Doing everything means not reciting scriptures, basically no different from warlords.

How exaggerated was the strength of the Buddhist forces at that time?

For example, at the end of the 200th century more than 16 years ago, the comprehensive strength at that time was considered to be one of the best in the world: the Oda clan led by Oda Nobunaga, dealt with one of the Buddhist forces: Ishiyama Hongan Temple, back and forth. It took a full 10 years to finally conquer Ishiyama Honganji Temple.

In order to retaliate against the Buddhist forces who often come to trip him, and to suppress the huge influence of Buddhists, Oda Nobunaga burned one of the Buddhist holy places, Mount Hiei, in 1571 AD.And slaughtered all creatures on the mountain, regardless of men, women, old and young.

There are quite a few sects of Buddhism in Japan.

Koyasan is the main mountain of the Shingon sect of Buddhism.Mount Hiei is the home of the Tendai sect of Buddhism.

Mount Koya and Mount Hiei are holy places in the hearts of Japanese Buddhists.

Oda Nobunaga's act of burning the holy land of Mount Hiei made Buddhists very angry, so Oda Nobunaga added the title "Sixth Heaven Demon King", which means "Buddha's enemy".

Although people in later generations have various comments on Oda Nobunaga's series of actions to suppress Buddhist forces, it cannot be denied that he succeeded in suppressing the arrogance of the Buddhists who were extremely arrogant at that time.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu ended the troubled times of the Warring States Period and established the Edo Shogunate, he stepped on the shoulders of giants, absorbed all the experience and lessons of the previous generation, and carried out a drastic transformation of the Buddhist forces.

The current Buddhist forces can no longer possess exaggerated real estate and cultivate and form monks and soldiers like before.

They are now like a tiger with its teeth and claws pulled out.

But even with its claws removed, a tiger remains a tiger.

Although they have no force or financial resources, they have great political influence, especially Koyasan.

If you make a mistake on the sacred Mount Koya, I am afraid that Buddhists all over the country will regard you as an enemy.

Absorbing too much shocking news in one breath, it will be difficult for the three of Mamiya and the others to recover for a while.

After Mamiya raised his hand and patted his forehead a few times, he asked Ogata:

"...Ogata-kun, what arrangements do you have for the future actions?"

"I'm going to fix my Da Shitian and Da Zizai first." Ogata replied almost without thinking, raised his hand and touched the sheet with Yu Er written on it quietly lying in his arms The letter paper at the location of the residence, "After the knife is repaired, try to go to Koyasan to investigate."

"What about you? Are you planning to investigate the missing persons in Kansai in Osaka first?"

"...Our current plan is like this." Mamiya said, "But the new information I learned from you is too important."

"The three of us are now waiting for the lord, Master Yuan and the others to come and join us."

"After converging, let's think about how to go next."

Having said that, a thoughtful look slowly appeared on Mamiya's face, and his mouth was also tightly closed.

After being quiet for a long time, he raised his eyes again, looked at Ogata beside him, and said solemnly:

"...Ogata-kun. Are you interested in forming an alliance with our gourd house like we did against Shiranui before?"

"We are all in Osaka now, and our purpose is to investigate immortality."

"We form an alliance, no matter what we do, we will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."

"My lord, she must be very happy to form an alliance with you again to investigate immortality."

Mamiya threw an olive branch to Ogata, which was completely expected.

After all, this is not the first time I have received an alliance invitation from Calabash House.They had formed an alliance once before and worked together to deal with Shiranui.

No matter how you look at it, the advantages of forming an alliance with the gourd house outweigh the disadvantages.

However, Ogata just didn't immediately respond to Gamiya's invitation.

Instead, he looked straight at Gamiya with calm eyes.

It wasn't until a while later that he quietly asked Jiangong a question that had nothing to do with his invitation just now:

"... Mamiya, when will Miss Lin, Gen-sama, Shimada and the others arrive in Edo?"

"Huh? I'm not sure about this, maybe three or four days later." Although he didn't know why Ogata asked this, Mamiya answered honestly.

"Then when Ms. Lin and the others come, can you come and let me know? I have two questions that have been lingering in my mind for a long time and I want to ask Ms. Lin."

"Question?" Gamiya raised an eyebrow.

Gamiya's eyes flashed... a trace of guard.

"Don't worry." Ogata smiled, "It's not a question that will offend you very much. You and I are old acquaintances. Don't you still know what kind of person I am?"

"I'm very happy to form an alliance with you again, but before forming an alliance, I have to ask Miss Lin those two questions clearly."

"If you don't ask clearly. Please forgive me for not being able to fight side by side with you again."

"...I see." Jiangong nodded after being silent for a while, "We will notify you as soon as the lord and the others arrive."

"Don't ask any weird questions."

Mamiya then switched to a joking tone.

"If you ask her why she looks like a 20 or 13 year old when she's 14, she might cry."

"Hey, Jiangong, don't speak ill of the lord while the lord is not around." Mu Cun said helplessly.

"I'm not talking bad things." Mamiya smiled and shook his head, "I'm just telling the truth."

While Mamiya and the others were bickering and laughing, A-Machi, who was sitting on Ogata's right, secretly put his red lips close to Ogata's ear, and said softly:

"What question do you want to ask Miss Lin?"

"Well...I'll tell you later." Ogata responded softly with a smile, "I just... want to confirm two things with Ms. Lin."

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……

next day morning

Osaka, on a deserted street

"Excuse me." Ogata stopped an aunt who looked very idle, "Do you know where No. 17 Mugeng Street is?"

"No. 17 Mugeng Street..." The aunt looked up, thinking, and then pointed behind herself, "Go straight in this direction, turn right for 2 blocks and you will reach Mugeng Street. As for No. 17 at Well, I don't know."

"Go straight in this direction and then turn two turns... Thank you." Ogata bowed politely to the aunt.

After bidding farewell to this aunt, and returning to A-Ming and A-Zhu who were waiting for him not far away, A-Zhu impatiently asked Ogata:

"How? Did you find out the location of Mugeng Street?"

Ogata nodded: "It's not far from here, it's almost here. Let's go."

There is always a matter of priority, and it is senseless to go to Koyasan to investigate without repairing your own weapon first.

Ogata, who had already planned to "repair the knife first, then investigate", after getting Yu Er's address last night, decided to visit the knife maker today.

The sun had just risen above the horizon today, and Ogata had washed up and was ready to go.

A-Machi and A-Zhu naturally acted together with Ogata.

And Feng Mo, who had already helped Ogata find Yu Er's residence, continued to his old subordinate's "you and me".

Although there is already a specific address for Yuji, Osaka is a big city with a population of nearly one million after all, and it took Ogata and the others a lot of effort to finally find Yuji's residence.

The three of Ogata followed the instructions of the aunt just now and came to Mugeng Street smoothly.

The scene of Mugeng Street... To put it mildly, it is very suitable for seclusion.

This place is located in the outskirts of Osaka, and there is so little traffic that the three of Ogata and the others have seen no more than the number of people in their hands since they entered Kisara Street.

The houses on both sides of the street are also low and dilapidated huts.

It's hard to find words to praise this place.The best compliment I can think of is probably only "housing prices here should be cheap".