Volume 3 Buddha's Enemy Chapter 156: Dragon and Hachiman
Time goes back to when Mamiya just released red fireworks into the sky——
In the dense forest of Tatsuno Domain——
"…My Lord, I saw the signal sent by Mamiya."
Asai was looking through a telescope at the location where the red fireworks had just risen, and he continued to speak softly to the "Buddha's enemy" beside him.
"It's red fireworks..."
"Red..." The "Buddha's Enemy" standing next to Asai said softly, "So - Mamiya has successfully wiped out the Negishi family and was successfully captured by the officials. The mission was completed perfectly, worthy of Mamiya."
Asai put down the telescope in his hand and smiled at the "Buddha enemy" beside him.
"We have wiped out the Negishi family. This way, there should be fewer people who don't take our 'Huluya' seriously in the future."
"Well, that's not necessarily true. There are a lot of idiots in this world."
After saying this, the "Buddha's enemy" turned and left.
"My Lord." Asai quickly followed, "Where are we going next?"
"Of course we should go back to Owari. Since the Negishi family has been eliminated and Mamiya has been successfully arrested, there is no reason for us to stay here any longer."
Asai looked at "Buddha's enemy" with hesitation.
Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he mustered up the courage to ask the "Buddha's enemy".
"My lord, is it really enough to entrust the mission to Kii to Mamiya and Makimura? Wouldn't it be too few if only the two of them go?"
"That's enough."
"Buddha's enemy" responded without hesitation.
"Having too many people deliberately arrested and sent to Kii would only alert the enemy."
"And one of the people going to Kii this time is Mamiya."
"With Mamiya here, there won't be any big problems."
"Let Ryu and Hachiman take charge of the Kii trip."
"The Dragon and Hachiman?" Asai smiled bitterly. "I'm not too worried about Hachiman. I'm only worried about the Dragon..."
"Don't worry."
The "Buddha's enemy" raised his hand and patted Asai's shoulder.
"With Mamiya here, Makimura doesn't dare to be too presumptuous. You also know that Makimura listens to me and Mamiya the most."
"I don't know what happened to Ogata Ittosai now." Asai shrugged. "We two spent so much effort to save him. If he is still caught by the fire thief, it will be too unfair to us."
"If he gets caught anyway, it's just bad luck. But it doesn't matter if he gets caught."
"If Ogata Ittosai is captured, he should be able to meet our 'Hachiman' again in Kiina soon, and maybe even get to know our 'Ryu' by the way."
"I can finally go back to Owari..." Asai stretched his body vigorously, "I can finally go back and have a good rest... There were many unexpected things during this mission... Not only did I run into Ogata Ittosai, but I also ran into the Fire Thief Kai..."
"'Onihei' is still as difficult as ever."
As "Buddha's Enemy" spoke, he raised his right hand and patted the two knives on his right waist.
"It's really scary that someone like this can continue to improve his swordsmanship at such an old age."
"Compared to before, Onihei's swordsmanship has become stronger."
"I only have a knife now, and I can only entangle him, but I can't defeat him."
"If I want to defeat him now, I can only draw my two swords and show my real strength."
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Tick-tock…
Tick-tock…
Tick-tock…
In a daze, Ogata heard the sound of water drops falling to the ground.
Just as he was thinking that the sound of the water drops was very loud, Xu Fang felt his consciousness gradually awakening.
Memories began to race through my mind.
After recalling the few memories before "sleeping", Ogata suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.
"Where is this..."
Ogata muttered while looking around him.
Dim and damp - this was the first impression that the surrounding environment gave Ogata.
After just a few glances around him, Osamu recognized where he was now - in a prison.
Outside his own cage, Ogata also saw a jailer who was dozing off with a knife in his arms.
The jailer was sitting outside Ogata's cage, and seemed to be specifically monitoring Ogata.
After Ogata woke up, the jailer slowly opened his eyes as if he had heard some noise.
He glanced at Ogata and then said:
"You're awake..."
After saying this, without waiting for Ogata to respond, the jailer turned his head and shouted to the end of the corridor:
"Hey! Go tell Master Hasegawa that the prisoner in the cage has woken up!"
—Am I under arrest?
Although he became a prisoner, strangely enough, Ogata did not feel sad or painful.
Ogata was so calm inside that even he was shocked.
The cell where Ogata lived had an iron-barred window.
Ogata looked out through the gap in the iron-barred window.
It is evening now.
The starlight and moonlight shone into Ogata's cage through the gaps in the iron window.
Just as Ogata was thinking about what kind of punishment he would be subjected to next, the sound of a door opening was heard at the end of the corridor outside the cage.
Then, a sound of footsteps approached the location of Ogata's cage.
The jailer who was in charge of monitoring Ogata stood up in a panic and shouted towards the source of the footsteps:
"Master Hasegawa!"
"Yes." As soon as the jailer finished speaking, a middle-aged male voice that was quite familiar to Ogata sounded, "You have worked hard. Please leave here for a while. I have something to say to this prisoner."
"yes!"
After the jailer saluted and quickly left, a middle-aged man walked slowly to Ogata's cell with a bowl of vegetable porridge.
Ogata glanced at the middle-aged man and grinned:
"Is 'Onihira' coming to bring me dinner personally? I would be honored."
The middle-aged man standing in front of Ogata's cage holding a bowl of vegetable porridge was none other than Hasegawa Heizo.
Hasegawa Heizo silently placed the vegetable porridge in his hand on the ground inside the cage, and then asked Ogata:
"Ogata Ittosai, how did you sleep?"
"Thanks to your 'qi'," Ogata said with a slightly mocking tone, "I slept very soundly and didn't even have any dreams."
"As long as you sleep well."
Hasegawa leaned back and leaned against the brick wall behind him.
The candle hanging on the wall next to him emitted light that made Hasegawa's face flicker.
Hasegawa looked at Ogata in the cage with complicated eyes.
Then he whispered:
"... Ogata Ittosai, have you ever regretted ending up as a prisoner today?"
"Have you ever regretted assassinating your master?"