Volume 3 Buddha's Enemy Chapter 143 "I am very amazing"
Ogata was stunned when he heard what Ajia said.
"...Um, may I ask, how many guests do you receive in a day?"
"Hmm..." Ajia smiled as he played with his hair. "I don't know about other people, but I'm a hard-working person. I can do 7 or 8 at least in a day, and more than 10 at most."
“Are there so many guests…?”
"A lot. We are the only store in Matsutsumi that specializes in this business. Our customers mainly come from Matsutsumi and the surrounding villages."
"I don't know about other places, but here in Matsutsumi there are many men with nothing to do and no place to vent their energy."
"Look, it's only morning and we're already filling up here."
"Because our room is always full, the boss has recently started planning to expand the store."
"You're not quite what I imagined you to be."
"Huh?" Ajia cast a puzzled look at Ogata, using actions to show that he did not understand what Ogata had just said.
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at the same time--
Mamiya, who was following closely behind the short man, always kept a certain distance between himself and the short man.
Neither too close to the short man, nor too far away from him.
The short man turned back from time to time and looked behind him.
But it's obvious that his anti-tracking skills are not as good as Mamiya's tracking skills.
Although he had looked back countless times, he had never succeeded in finding Mamiya who had been hiding behind him and following him closely .
But this cannot be blamed on the short man's incompetence.
What Mamiya just said to Ogata was not a lie.
He had indeed studied ninjutsu related to tracking.
Without a certain level of ability, it would be impossible for people to detect Mamiya's tracking.
Mamiya followed the short man out of Matsumachi, entered an unknown mountain, and headed straight towards the top of the mountain.
Finally - a magnificent mansion that stood out from the surrounding flowers, plants and trees appeared within Mamiya's field of vision.
Looking at this magnificent mansion, a smile with a hint of pride appeared on Mamiya's face.
"Found it..."
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"I thought...the girls who worked in this place were all forced to come here by the Negishi family."
Ogata said softly.
"When the girls started working, they were definitely unwilling and reluctant, and some even cried."
"But you are not what I imagined..."
"You look... as if you don't hate this job..."
As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Ajia smiled brightly:
"Yeah, I don't hate the job I'm doing now."
"Indeed, as you just said, Master Bushi, many girls were forced to come here by the Negishi family."
"They do their work just as you said, unwillingly and reluctantly, which leads to constant complaints from customers."
“But I’m not like them.”
"I was not forced to come here, I came here voluntarily."
Speaking of this, a look of reminiscence appeared on Ajia's face.
"My parents were just poor peasants... Poor peasants like my parents could be killed by a locust plague, drought or flood."
"It was probably four or five years ago. They couldn't survive the terrible 'Tianming Famine' and all...starved to death..."
"I have no skills and nowhere else to go, so I can only choose to work here."
“Although every day is hard, I don’t feel much pain.”
"Because - I can support myself and I can still live."
Having said that, a faint smile with a hint of bitterness appeared on Ajia's face.
"Master Samurai, as a great samurai, you may not understand us ordinary people very well."
"In this world, as ordinary people, we should feel lucky just to be alive."
"As ordinary people, if we want to live well, we can only try our best."
"Maybe there are many people who look down on a slut like me who makes a living by selling her body."
"But no matter how other people see me, my view of myself will not change."
The smile on Ajia's face showed a hint of pride.
“I feel like I’m pretty amazing.”
"Because I neither steal nor cheat nor commit murder for money, I have survived tenaciously through my own efforts."
After saying that, Ajia raised his hand and wiped his eye sockets.
"I'm sorry... Mr. Warrior, I made you laugh... I think... I said too much..."
"That's not the case..." Ogata said slowly, "I should be the one to apologize. Sorry, it's all my fault for being curious. I asked you how many guests you received a day, and talked about this and that. I asked you a lot of rude questions..."
Hearing what Ogata said, Ajia laughed heartily again.
"Hahahahaha! Sir Samurai, you are really interesting. This is the first time I see such a special guest like you!"
"All the guests I met were eager to get into bed when they saw me, but you are the only one who is willing to listen to my inner thoughts quietly."
Ajia raised his hand again, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes due to laughter, and then lay back on the bed in a "big" shape.
"Well, Master Samurai. Thank you for listening to me."
"Let's get started."
"If you don't start soon, your money will be wasted, Samurai-sama."
"I'm one of the most expensive people in our store. If you don't hurry up, it will be wasted."
"To thank you for listening to my sincere words, I will try my best to meet all your requests~"
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Pairs of samurai wearing special uniforms with black as the main color lined up in neat rows and ran quickly in Matsutsumachi.
With the help of the map, they passed through the streets and entered the alleys, running as fast as possible towards the brothel opened by the Negishi family.
The townspeople in Matsumachi saw the dust flying in the streets and so many warriors running at full speed in uniforms they had never seen before. They all looked confused and surprised.
Thanks to the Matsutachi map that Sano Munenori temporarily gave to Hasegawa, Hasegawa was able to reach the brothel in the shortest time possible.
In addition to the fire thieves and officers who had arrived at this camp, there were also the associates and friends of the Tatsuno clan who were responsible for cooperating with Hasegawa.
Under Imai's command, Yuriki and his companions asked all pedestrians around the playground to leave, either going into nearby shops or walking away until the playground was out of sight.
Those shops were also temporarily closed and asked to pretend not to hear any noise they heard from then on.
After entering the playground, Hasegawa immediately made several gestures.
The fire thieves and runners following behind him immediately divided into four teams and approached the brothel from four different directions.
The officers of the Fire Thief Kai were responsible for surrounding the patrol camp, while the associates and allies of the Tatsuno clan were responsible for blocking all major intersections around the patrol camp.
At this point, with the cooperation of the fire thief Kai's officers and the allies and like-minded people of the Tatsuno clan, a siege network has been set up against this brothel.
