"I wanted to get up and ask Mr. Yuan Yi what he planned to do, so you got up first and then followed Mr. Yuan Yi out of the room."

"I thought you could convince Mr. Yuan Yi to suppress the strange thoughts in his heart, so I continued to pretend to be asleep."

"Unexpectedly, when I was pretending to sleep, I heard the sound of you and Mr. Yuanyi jumping out of the window together."

The more Mamiya talked, the lower Ogata's head lowered, and the guilty look on his face became more obvious.

"Um..." Genichi scratched his hair with an embarrassed look on his face, "Mamiya, you probably didn't tell Xiaolin or anyone else about Ogata-kun and I going out, right?"

"They don't know yet." Mamiya replied, "But whether they will know later...it depends on what you and Ogata-kun did last night."

Ogata and Genichi, who understood Mamiya's subtext, let out a helpless sigh at the same time in a tacit understanding, and then told Mamiya exactly what they had done last night and the results they had achieved last night.

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…

After listening carefully to Ogata and Genichi's explanation of what they did last night, Mamiya said seriously:

"That is to say - did you two go hunting for your enemies last night, Lord Gendai..."

Having said this, Mamiya twitched the corner of his mouth, and then sighed heavily.

"Lord Gendai... Why are you still like this... Acting so randomly... When a normal person learns that there are many enemies nearby, he would not take the initiative to provoke them, but would only avoid them.

It's sharp..."

Regarding Genichi's behavior of actively provoking his own enemies, Mamiya did not show too much surprise, but just let out a sigh.

Mamiya's overly calm look made Ogata very suspicious whether Genichi had done something more chaotic in the past, so Mamiya was tempered into the current appearance of being calm and unfazed by Genichi's various actions.

Strong adaptability...

Regarding what Mamiya said just now, I don't know whether it was a compliment or a criticism, Genichi only showed a faint smile.

After smiling, he said:

"In short, Mamiya, this is the specific situation."

"Ogata-kun and I are not going out for fun. From another perspective, Ogata-kun and I are reducing Shiranui's potential allies."

"So——Mamiya, just pretend that you don't know that Ogata-kun and I sneaked out."

"...I know." The hesitation and determination went back and forth on Mamiya's face for an unknown number of rounds before the determination finally defeated the hesitation, "I will keep it a secret...I hope you guys

Don't cause any trouble in the next two days when you are hunting the enemies of Mr. Genichi..."

Seeing that Mamiya agreed to keep it secret so quickly, Ogata's eyes showed uncontrollable surprise.

"Mamiya, I didn't expect you to agree to keep it a secret so readily..." Ogata couldn't help but murmur.

"Because past experience tells me that it is impossible to persuade Mr. Genichi." As Mamiya said, he cast a look with a hint of resentment at Genichi, "Even if I ask my lord and the others

If you tell the truth, Mr. Yuanyi will definitely continue to go out stubbornly."

Hearing Mamiya's words that sounded like complaints, Genichi let out a few embarrassed laughs.

Then he did not comment on what Mamiya just said.

After Mamiya let out a long silent sigh, he continued:

"In short - I know it's impossible to persuade Mr. Yuan Yiyi, so I won't stop you and keep it a secret for you."

"But you don't want to cause any trouble..."

Having said this, Mamiya let out a long sigh again.

"To be honest, I felt quite uneasy when I saw Mr. Gendai, a troublemaker, and Ogata-kun, a man who had conquered Nijo Castle, together..."

This time it was Ogata's turn to laugh awkwardly.

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Night falls.

After the sun sank below the horizon and the sky began to turn from white to black, Oubon appeared in Yoshiwara on time.

Ogata, who "works" in Yoshiwara, now also has the important responsibility of "acting as an informant between them and Hasegawa", so now he arrives at Yoshiwara on time every night and starts "going to work".

As soon as they arrived at the gate of Yoshiwara, several of the club officials standing guard at Yoshiwara greeted Ogata in a respectful tone.

Before and after arriving at the entrance of the club, several of the officials standing guard at the entrance bowed to Ogata and said hello.

In response to these people's respectful greetings, Ogata could only smile helplessly and respond to them one by one.

The feat of "single-handedly repelling the thieves and changing the status quo" a while ago made Ogata famous, and many club officials took the initiative to get to know Ogata and changed their previous attitude towards Ogata.

Before the incident of "paying fire to thieves and changing official positions to grab credit", many official officials in clubs used the tone of "senior versus junior" to talk to Ogata.

After Ogata achieved the feat of repelling the thieves, many of them immediately changed the tone and tone they used when talking to Ogata.

Change the way of speaking to peers or even juniors, and use a lot of honorifics.

I don't know if it was Ogata's misunderstanding, but he always felt that the attitude of the officials who greeted him just now seemed to be more respectful than before...

When Ogata entered the club and was about to report, he was suddenly blocked by a tall club official.

"Mashima-kun." The official who blocked Ogata's path said respectfully, "I finally found you. Please go to Toma immediately. Mr. Keemon seems to want to announce something to you."

"Tsuchima? Okay, I understand."

Ogata followed his memory and walked quickly to the open door.

Passing through the open door, Ogata suddenly discovered that there were dozens of people crowded tightly on the tatami between the soil.

And among these ten people there is an acquaintance of Ogata—Gua Sheng.

Seeing Ogata's arrival, many people in the room, including Gua Sheng, quickly greeted Ogata warmly.

Except for Gua Sheng, Ogata didn't know anyone else in the room.

After seeing that there was an empty seat next to Gua Sheng, Oufang naturally sat down next to the only person he knew.

After sitting down next to Gua Sheng, Xu Fang had a few simple greetings with Gua Sheng.

After the greetings were over, Guasheng smiled and said to Ogata:

"Mashima-kun, after you entered Yoshiwara, did you notice that many people in the club were more respectful towards you?"

Hearing Gua Sheng's words, Ogata was stunned for a moment, then nodded:

"Yes. I clearly feel that many people's attitudes are different from before."

"Want to know why?"

Ogata nodded again.

"This all starts with you winning the first place in the 'Imperial Examination' literary test."

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…

Guasheng simply explained the cause and effect to Ogata.

After listening to Guasheng's explanation, Ogata's face was filled with black lines.

It turned out that not long after the results of the literary test were released last night, almost everyone in the Shirobei club knew that Majima Goro from their club had won the first place in the literary test.

There was "single-handedly defeating thieves and changing into an official position" before, and later there was "winning the first place in the 'Gozen Examination' literary test" - Ogata achieved two major feats in succession, which naturally made his own reputation in Yoshiwara rise.

What followed was various speculations about Ogata's identity.

It is simply impossible for an ordinary ronin to be so accomplished in both civil and military affairs - this is the consensus of everyone.

So various discussions about Ogata's identity came out.

Some people think that Ogata must have been a descendant of a very powerful samurai family, but was forced to become a ronin due to some changes.

Some people think that Ogata is a "fake ronin" who came to experience the life of the people at the bottom.

Some people think that Ogata may just come to sharpen himself...

Anyway, there are all kinds of rumors.

Everyone is most energetic and energetic only when discussing these rumors that are false and related to gossip.

No matter what kind of rumors they were, they all had one thing in common - they all felt that Ogata was a descendant of a very powerful samurai family and had received a good education since childhood, otherwise he would not have been so accomplished in both civil and military affairs.

After listening to Guasheng's explanation quietly, Ogata's face was filled with black lines.

"What kind of mess is this... No wonder so many people's attitude towards me has become more respectful..."

Ogata now finally understands why so many people's attitudes have changed - it turns out that they all think that Ogata is a descendant of some high-ranking samurai family and came to Yoshihara for some reasons, so they are more respectful to Ogata.

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"...Actually...I'm also very curious." Gua Sheng, who had been smiling just now, now looked serious, "Ogata-kun, are you a descendant of some samurai family?"

After seeing that Gua Sheng also suspected that he was some kind of high-level samurai, Ogata couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Just when Ogata was about to explain to Gua Sheng, a familiar figure entered the room.
To be continued...