After saying this, Mamiya turned and walked towards Makimura.

"Mucun, I saw there seems to be a stream there. Let's go and bring back some water."

"Fill the water? Can't you just do this yourself?"

"Stop talking nonsense and just follow me."

"yes……"

Mamiya led Makimura toward a creek not far away. After watching the two of them for a while, Ogata turned his attention back to Omachi in front of him.

"Ayi... I wish you good luck in martial arts, and we... may meet again in the future."

In the end, it was Amachi who took the lead in whispering this to Ogata.

But Ogata didn't immediately respond to Amachi's words.

Instead, he fixed his gaze on Omachi in front of him for a while, and then finally spoke slowly.

"Atachi...where is your Shiranui location?"

"Huh? Why do you ask this?"

Ogata shrugged: "If we don't even have your address, then no matter how destined we are, we are unlikely to meet again, right?"

"There's no way I can tell you where we are in Shiranui." A-Machi smiled helplessly, "It's a serious crime for us in Shiranui to tell outsiders the specific location of our inside."

"But...I can tell you which area our Shiranui is in. Our Shiranui is in the Omi area."

"Omi area... Omachi, do you know how big Omi is?"

"That's all I can tell you."

Having said this, A-Machi paused.

Then, a hint of cunning appeared on A-Machi's face.

"If you really want to come to me, just go and slowly check the specific location of Shiranui."

"But I'll start with my ugly words - if you really find out where Shiranui is in the future, you won't be able to get into Shiranui."

"It's impossible to let an outsider like you come in and out of Shiranui at will."

"Let's wait until then to talk about this kind of thing." Ogata said in a joking tone without thinking, "If you ninjas in Shiranui don't let me in, then I will have to force my way in."

"It's better to stop talking big words like this." A-Machi said with a helpless smile, "There are so many masters in Shiranui, but you alone can't get through it."

After saying that, A-Machi raised his head and glanced at the sky that had begun to darken.

"……I have to go now."

"Um……"

"Ayi... I really appreciate your care these days..."

"You're welcome...I've also received a lot of care from you."

"Ayi...let me tell you the truth...in fact, when I first found you, I actually wanted to use you. After using you, I threw you away without hesitation, just like those preparations in our group.

The jonins who are respected by everyone are just as cold-blooded and ruthless, and put their mission first..."

"I've known about this kind of thing for a long time. Forming a team is just about everyone getting what they need."

"You're right. But - in the end, I'm just a low-level genin."

A gentle smile slowly bloomed from A-Machi's face like a delicate flower.

"I haven't even done the most basic thing as a ninja, not to invest my personal feelings in missions."

"Goodbye, Ayi."

After saying that, A-Machi turned around and ran towards the forest in the distance that was about to become dark due to the loss of sunlight.

When A-Machi's figure was about to disappear in the woods, Ogata vaguely saw - A-Machi turned back to look at him.

It wasn't until he was completely out of sight that A-Machi withdrew her gaze.

…

…

"how?"

Mamiya and Makimura came back carrying several bamboo tubes filled with fresh water.

"Have you had a good separation from Ms. Atachi?"

Atachi has already left.

But Ogata still stood there, his eyes still fixed on the direction where Omachi's figure disappeared.

"...I feel a little lost."

Ogata raised his head, looked at the almost black sky above his head, and let out a sigh.

This faint feeling of loss reminded Ogata of the day when he left Hirose Domain alone a few months ago.

"It's good to get used to this feeling." Mamiya said in a tone that was neither salty nor indifferent. "Human life is like this, with repeated encounters, separations and reunions."

"I just vaguely saw that there seemed to be a cave there. The three of us will spend the night in that cave tonight."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded lightly at Mamiya's suggestion.

"Ogata-kun, what are your plans when it gets up tomorrow? Will you set off directly to Kyoto as soon as it gets up?"

"Yeah." Ogata nodded without hesitation.

"Why are you in such a hurry to go to Kyoto?" Mamiya shrugged, "Before going to Kyoto - why not come to our Gourd House as a guest first?"

"Being a guest?" Ogata frowned slightly.

"Although it is very regrettable that you, Ogata-kun, will not join our Calabash House, the door of our Calabash House is always open to you, and you are always welcome to come to our Calabash House as a guest and take a look around."

"You invited me to your Gourd House for no reason... You don't have any bad intentions, right?" Ogata asked in a joking tone.

"There is no bad intention." Mamiya smiled slightly, "But inviting you to our Calabash House is indeed for a small purpose."

"I want my lord and Master Gendai to come and see that there is a third person in the world who masters the swordsmanship of the 'Mugo Two Swordsman Style'."

"I would be very happy if Mr. Gendai knew that someone had actually successfully learned the Wuwo Sword Style by relying on the swordsmanship secret book he wrote."

"Ogata-kun, don't you want to take this opportunity to come and visit our Gourd House?"

"Look at the heroic appearance of the second generation direct descendant of Wuwo Erdao style."

"And...the unparalleled heroic figure of the 'Sword Master' Kinoshita Genichi."

Hearing Mamiya's words, Ogata raised his eyebrows slightly.

After pondering for a while -

"...Okay." Ogata nodded, "If I just go to your Calabash House as a guest, I would be happy to go. Your Calabash House's base should not be far away, right?"

"It's not far." This time, Makimura, who had not spoken much since before, answered, "Our base of Gourdiya is in the Owari area. If you ride a horse, you can get there very quickly."

"Horse? Where did the horse come from?"

"I told you about half an hour ago - our Huluya's Japan is spread all over Japan."

"Anyway -" Mamiya said, turning around and walking towards the cave he just saw, "Let's have a good night's rest tonight, and then officially set off tomorrow to find the guy who can provide us with horses, and the ones who can go there

Bathing place. Then go back to Owari!"

After Mamiya turned around and left, Makimura immediately followed him.

Looking at the backs of these two people, a helpless smile appeared on Ogata's face.

After lifting the Da Shi Tian and Da Zi Zi on his waist, he quickly followed.

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…

at the same time--

The shogunate army camp, Matsudaira Sadanobu's tent.

"Lao Zhongsheng..."

There were only two people in the camp, Matsudaira Sadanobu and Inamori.

Because I want to confirm something with Matsudaira Sadanobu, I came here specifically to bother Matsudaira Sadanobu.

“Do we really want to let the islanders of Butterfly Island go?”

This is what Inamori wants to confirm with Matsudaira Sadanobu.

"That's right."

Regarding the question raised by Inamori, Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was sitting behind the desk and looking through something, said without hesitation.

"If the series of riots on Butterfly Island are really man-made, then we will have to change our methods of dealing with Butterfly Island and cannibals again."

"I just ordered Master Hanjing to immediately restart the research on cannibals."
To be continued...