Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 162: The Gathering Place of the Scum
The upgrade of "Original Breathing" made Ogata in a good mood.
Because he was in such a good mood, Ogata couldn't help but cheer.
Before he could even finish his cheer, he was angrily rebuked by a fire thief who was outside the prison car :
"Quiet!"
"Except for Guiping, there is really no one among you who is kind to me..."
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A few hours later——
Kala, Kala, Kala, Kala…
The sound of the wheels turning gradually became smaller and smaller, and finally - disappeared completely.
After hearing the sound of the wheels turning gradually fade away and feeling that the prison van beneath him was no longer moving, Ogata slowly woke up from his sleep.
He opened his eyes, but before he could loudly ask the officers outside the prison van what was going on, the door of the prison van was opened with a loud bang.
The sunlight immediately poured into the prison van through the open door.
“Hmm…”
Because he was not used to such strong light, Ogata couldn't help but let out a low cry of pain and then closed his eyes.
"Ogata Issei! We're here!"
Because his eyes were closed, Ogata could not see what was happening around him.
All that could be heard was that many people rushed into the prison van and tied Ogata's hands behind his back with long thick hemp ropes.
A black cloth was tied around his eyes so that he could not see.
Finally, a piece of cotton cloth was stuffed into Ogata's mouth to prevent him from speaking.
With his hands, eyes, and voice controlled, Ogata was escorted out of the prison van.
Because his eyes were wrapped in black cloth, Ogata could not see where he was.
He could only be led by the officers who were replaced by the fire thieves and allowed to be taken away by the officers who were replaced by the fire thieves.
——What is this sound?
Although he couldn't see, Ogata's ears were not blocked.
Because his eyesight was blocked, Ogata's hearing became sharper.
Ogata seemed to vaguely hear some... sounds of waves.
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Under the escort of the fire thieves and runners, Ogata was taken to many twists and turns and had no idea where he was.
All I could hear was the surroundings seeming to be getting noisier and noisier.
I just felt that the air around me seemed to be getting more and more turbid...
Finally - the officers escorting Ogata stopped.
"Ogata Yoshisei, we're here." The officer said as he untied the black cloth covering Ogata's eyes.
As soon as the black cloth was removed, Oobian hurriedly looked ahead of him.
Ahead was a cobblestone road with many small puddles of water.
On both sides of this wide stone brick road, which can accommodate three people walking side by side, are prison cells lined up one after another.
Ogata looked around and found that there was only one prisoner in each cell.
On the wall separating each cell, there is a candle lamp for lighting.
Although there were a lot of candles, it was still too difficult to illuminate such a large area, so the light in this area was very dim.
The dim light made the surrounding air seem even more turbid.
Before Ogata could take a closer look at his surroundings, the fire thief officer standing behind him patted him on the back and said in an impatient tone:
"Ogata Issei! Let's go!"
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Led by the fire thieves, Ogata walked deeper into the prison while turning his eyes to take in the surroundings.
These "tenants" living in the cage also looked at Ogata with interest.
And occasionally shouting some obscene words.
"Here comes a young handsome guy!"
"Why are all the cells in this prison single occupants?"
"I've been holding it in for so long! Forget about women! Even a good-looking handsome guy will do!"
"Sir, officer! Put this handsome man in my cell!"
"Hey! Brother! You are also a death row inmate, right? What crime did you commit to get you here?"
"You're wearing a bun! And you're still a samurai!"
"Master Samurai! Are you here because of corruption?"
"Or is it because you raped civilians like me?"
“Hahahahahaha!”
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While the prisoners in the cage were looking at Ogata, Ogata was also looking at the prisoners.
Ogata discovered that all the prisoners here were men.
Moreover, judging from their looks and temperament, Ogata instinctively felt that the prisoners imprisoned here were probably not ordinary prisoners.
"Ogata Issei, we're here."
The fire thief's officers led Ogata to an empty cage.
An officer standing behind Ogata pulled out his wakizashi, cut the hemp rope that bound Ogata's hands, and then, together with his colleagues standing beside Ogata, pushed Ogata into the empty prison, and then locked the door of the cage with skillful techniques.
Of course - after sending Ogata to the cage, the only two pieces of luggage left on Ogata's body: the certificate of Sakakibara Ittoryu Menkyo Kaiden, and the secret manual of Muga Nito-Ryu were also taken away by the officials.
After taking away Ogata's two things and saying "I'll return them to you later", these fire thieves who were transformed into police officers left.
After the officials left, the "neighbors" living around Ogata immediately threw questions at him one after another.
"Brother! What's your name?"
"Brother! What crime have you committed to get here?"
"Hey! Are you also a death row inmate?"
"You're so handsome. I'm swollen here, hehe!"
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Ogata had no intention of building good relations with these "neighbors" of his.
But Ogata was not unable to answer some simple questions.
"My name is Ogata Issei."
Ogata said as he adjusted his clothes.
"He is a ronin."
"The crime I committed... should be murder."
"I don't know if I'm on death row or not. Because no one has convicted me yet."
"But I guess—I should be a death row inmate."
"If people like me are not sentenced to death, then no one can be sentenced to death."
After Ogata briefly introduced himself, he immediately aroused new interest among the "neighbors" around him.
"Oh! You're in here because of murder too!"
A bald strong man who lived diagonally opposite Ogata grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.
"I came here to kill people, too."
"I fell in love with a village girl and planned to sneak into her house in the middle of the night and have sex with her."
"But after entering her house, I was accidentally discovered by her parents."
"There is no other choice but to kill her parents and then run away."
"It's a pity that he was finally caught by the police."
After hearing the sturdy man talk about his crimes in a nonchalant tone, Ogata frowned and cast a look at the sturdy man with strong displeasure and anger.
"Hahahaha! You're so stupid! You actually got caught doing something like this!"
Just then, a short and wretched young man who lived opposite Ogata laughed.
