After saying that, without waiting for Ogata to make any response, Amachi quickly left his seat and walked out of the ramen shop.

After watching A-Machi leave, the corners of Ogata's mouth slightly raised, revealing a somewhat helpless smile.

After turning his eyes away from Amachi, who had left, Ogata continued to focus on the ramen in front of him.

But before I could take a few bites, a very noisy sound suddenly came from outside the ramen shop.

Ogata turned around and looked at five men of different ages wearing ordinary Kosode, opening the paper sliding door of the ramen shop, then filing in along the opened paper sliding door, and stood at the ramen shop.

at the door.

These five young men were all wearing ordinary clothes, and they did not have any swords on their waists.

The manager of the ramen shop, who mistakenly thought that these five people were big customers, immediately came up to them with a smile on his face.

The young man standing at the front among the five young men was quite polite. After he said something in the store manager's ear, the store manager immediately stepped back with a respectful look on his face.

After the store manager left, the five young men moved their eyes and scanned the ramen shop, seeming to be looking for something.

Due to the distance and the low voice when the young man spoke to the store manager, Ogata did not hear what the young man said to the store manager.

Ogata didn't care what was said between them.

After glancing at the five young men for a few times, Ouri turned his gaze away and prepared to continue concentrating on the noodles in front of him.

However - Ogata had just picked up a handful of noodles with chopsticks when a horrified shout suddenly sounded from the door of the store:

"Look!"

This horrified shout immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the ramen shop, including Ogata.

Ogata turned his attention back to the store door.

After his eyes returned to the five young men, a bit of surprise appeared on Ogata's face.

Because Ogata found that the eyes of these five young men seemed to be fixed on him.

The person who just made that frightened shout was one of these five young men.

This person's finger is pointing at Ogata...

After this young man let out this horrified shout, the other four young men all turned their attention to Ogata.

After all eyes were focused on Ogata, the expressions on the faces of the other four young men suddenly changed.

——What happened...

A complete doubt didn't even have time to emerge in Ogata's mind.

As if they had rehearsed it beforehand, these five young men moved their right hands behind their backs in uniform movements.

Then each of them pulled out a Jushou from his waist.

The total length of ten hands is shorter.

And the ten hands of these five young people were always inserted into their lower waists. Therefore, everyone in front of these five young people, including Ogata, did not notice that these five people still had their hands inserted into their lower waists.

arms.

After pulling out their respective ten hands, the leader of these five young men said in a deep voice to Ogata:

"Sir, please come with us!"

"We now suspect that you are related to the murder case that is causing unrest in Kyoto!"

As soon as the young man's words came out, the rest of the people in the store looked frightened.

Some people who were close to Ogata even walked and crawled away from Ogata.

"Murder case?" Ogata frowned, "Did you make a mistake? I'm just a ronin who just arrived in Kyoto for sightseeing today."

"If we made a mistake, please come with us first and then talk about it! If you are really innocent, we will let you go free and apologize to you!"

"I advise you to cooperate obediently. If you resist, it will only make you more suspicious!"

Having said that, the gang of officials did not wait for any explanation from Ogata. They clasped their ten hands and strode towards Ogata.

When Ogata asked the five officials if they had made a mistake just now, Ogata was not just asking.

While asking the five officials if they had made a mistake, Ogata secretly observed the position of each window of the ramen shop.

Not far to his right, there happened to be a large open window, just big enough for him to walk through...

After a vague glance at the window, a bitter smile appeared on Ogata's face.

"...I understand. I'll go with you." Ogata grabbed the mask placed on the corner of the table and slowly stood up as he spoke.

Hearing Ogata's words, the tense faces of these five young men relaxed one after another.

However - before they could relax for long, they saw Ogata standing up slowly and suddenly speeding up towards the window not far away from him...

"Quick! Catch him!"

"Get him! Get him!"

…

The five young men realized Ogata's intentions belatedly and chased after them while shouting loudly. Ogata had already successfully passed through the window and escaped outside the store...

Even though he knew that he was definitely innocent, Ogata would not just go with Kansai obediently.

Although he did not commit any murders in Beijing, the crimes he was carrying, such as regicide and the killing of hundreds of people, were all much more serious than ordinary murders...

If you choose to put down your weapons and follow the government obediently, then you will really be doomed.

Therefore, when the five young men came towards him holding hands, there were only two options left in front of him: run away or kill these five young men.

Ogata chose the former without hesitation.

The reason is also very simple - there are many innocent people in the ramen shop.

Not far from Ogata, there happened to be a pair of parents and a little girl - a total of three people dining there.

In such a narrow environment with one enemy against many, even if he is as strong as Ogata, he cannot guarantee that he will not accidentally injure others when he swings his sword widely.

Even if Ogata can avoid accidental injury, these five officials may not be able to do so.

What's more, Ogata didn't intend to kill people in front of children, so that children could see human beings being killed with their own eyes.

After escaping from the window to the outside of the ramen shop, Ouri held the two swords at his waist, lowered his body's center of gravity, and quickly ran towards a dark alley not far away.
Chapter completed!