Volume 3 Buddha's Enemy Chapter 139: Exchange of Intelligence (Part 2)
The young man sitting next to Mamiya is a beautiful boy.
Fair skin, firm muscles, and handsome face.
He is a beautiful boy who would not be surprising even if people were told that he is liked by 100 girls.
"Asai."
Mamiya asked the beautiful boy first.
"First, let's talk about what you have gained in the past two days. Have you found the headquarters of the Negishi family?"
"No."
The beautiful boy whom Mamiya called Asai said without hesitation.
"I didn't find the Negishi family's headquarters. But I didn't find nothing - I found a brothel run by the Negishi family in Matsutsumachi."
Mamiya and Asai both controlled the volume of their voices.
Only the two of them could hear their conversation clearly; no one else could hear what they were saying.
"Oh?" Mamiya raised his eyebrows while washing his hair, "Then this is not a small gain... I found another place where I might be able to get reliable information..."
"It's your turn, Mamiya."
This beautiful boy—or rather, Asai—said this to Mamiya beside him in an impolite tone.
"What did you learn?"
"Like you, I have not found the location of the Negishi family's headquarters."
"I went to the casino run by the Negishi family today, but found nothing."
"But—I ran into a very interesting person today."
"A very interesting person?" Asai frowned slightly and cast a puzzled look at Mamiya beside him.
Mamiya recounted to Asai the details of how he had met Ogata today and how they had unknowingly started working together, using the simplest possible sentences.
"Mamiya..." Asai frowned deeply.
If a mosquito accidentally flew into Asai's eyebrows, it might be pinched to death by Asai's frowning brows.
"What are you doing... Why are you working with someone you don't know the details of?"
"I'm very interested in that guy."
Mamiya said softly.
"He is willing to die, fight one against a hundred, and kill the cruel lord... I am very interested in this kind of 'executioner'."
"Before I even met him, I instinctively felt that the 'Executioner' was not a person with a twisted personality."
"I was very interested in that guy. So I decided to try to reach out to him, try to work with him, try to get to know him."
"Although I have only known him for less than half a day."
"But this less than half-day acquaintance is enough for me to make a judgment - he is definitely not a twisted and evil person."
"Rather, he's a guy worth making friends with."
"He is the kind of person who will treat you well if you treat him well. If you treat him badly, he will treat you even worse."
Having said this, Mamiya paused.
After a short silence, he continued:
"If possible, we might be able to bring him under our wing."
"Huh?" Asai stopped washing his body.
The look he cast towards Mamiya was filled with an extremely intense look of surprise.
"You...want to bring 'Executioner Ittosai' under our command?"
"I think this is very appropriate." Mamiya smiled at Asai, "My lord, haven't you been complaining about the lack of manpower recently?"
"... Humph." Asai's hands, which were used to wash his body, began to move again. "If you can bring someone who is both reliable and powerful to join our army, the lord will naturally be happy . It depends on whether you have the ability to bring Ogata Ittosai under our command."
"I'll do my best. Tell me the location of the brothel you found. I'll go there tomorrow and see if I can get any useful information from that brothel."
"Do you want to go to that store? That's great. I hate that kind of store, and if you're willing to take the initiative to go to that store to collect information, it would be a great help . I'll tell you where the store is right now."
Asai reported a place name.
The recreational area opened by the Negishi family happened to be not far from this bathhouse.
After silently memorizing the place name reported by Asai, Mamiya asked Asai:
"By the way, how have you been these past two days, lord?"
"It's still the same." Asai smiled bitterly, "He was very energetic and dragged me around to search for all the information related to the location of the Negishi family's headquarters. It seems... the actions of the Negishi family really made the lord very angry..."
"Of course." Mamiya also smiled bitterly, "What the lord hates most is 'deception'."
Having said this, Asai paused suddenly as if he remembered something.
"Oh, I almost forgot to tell you... Mamiya, I have something very important to tell you."
Asai looked serious.
"What's the matter?" Mamiya asked back.
"My lord and I just discovered this morning that Onihei has arrived at the Tatsuno Domain with the fire thief Kai's officers."
After hearing what Asai said, the expression on Mamiya's face suddenly became solemn.
"...As expected of Onihei..." Mamiya muttered, "He chased me here from Kanto so quickly..."
"My lord asked me to bring you a message - 'Be careful'."
"Got it." Mamiya scratched his hair. "Although the 'Oniira' are difficult to deal with, I'm not afraid of them. Asai, do you have anything else to say?"
"there is none left."
"Then let's stop here for tonight's information exchange."
"I can't stay here for too long. If I spend too much time washing my hair here, Ogata will get suspicious."
"Well, goodbye, Mamiya."
"Hmm? Asai, aren't you going to soak in the bathtub?"
"No need. I'm not as passionate about bathing as you are. I haven't had dinner yet, and I'm not in the mood to take a bath when I'm hungry."
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After putting on his clothes and coming out of the bathhouse, Asai randomly found a shop that sold food.
After eating something casually, Asai ran straight to an inn not far from the bathhouse.
He ran to the inn, stopped in front of a guest room, and knocked on the door.
"who?"
A cold voice came from inside.
"My lord," Asai said respectfully, "It's me."
"It's Asai... come in."
"yes."
Asai opened the paper sliding door, slowly stepped into the guest room, and knelt on one knee on the tatami in the room.
"My lord, I have successfully exchanged information with Mamiya and returned."
"What did Mamiya get these past two days?"
"Nothing was found. However, Mamiya encountered the 'Executioner Ittosai' today, and together with the 'Executioner Ittosai', they searched for the location of the Negishi family's headquarters."
"…Asai, tell me about this in detail."
