"Let's call it a teacher-friend relationship."

"Genichi is still alive and his body is very strong. He doesn't look like an old man who is over 60 years old at all."

"You can still swing your knife with all your strength and drink heavily."

"I have been separated from him for some time, so I don't know where he is now or what he is doing."

"but……"

A slight smile appeared on Ogata's face.

"I believe he must be huddled in the corner holding the wine bottle as usual, drinking his 'oolong tea', and painting a few paintings when he is in a good mood."

"'Oolong tea'?" Skulucci raised an eyebrow, and then showed a nostalgic expression, "What a familiar term... It seems that you do have a deep connection with Mr. Kinoshita, and you are not familiar with Mr. Kinoshita.

People must not know what ‘oolong tea’ is.”

"Mr. Kinoshita, at such an old age, are you still drinking that kind of wine that can ignite your body... It seems that he is indeed in good health."

After saying that, Scrooge let out a sigh of relief.

"Since Mr. Kinoshita is still alive, I feel relieved..."

"Mr. Majima. If you meet Mr. Kinoshita in the future, can you give him a message for me?"

"That's fine," Ogata said, "but I don't know when I can see him again."

"It may be a long time before we meet him again."

"It doesn't matter." Scrooge shook his head, "As long as you can carry the message for me, it doesn't matter when you deliver the message to him."

"Please tell him for me: 'Skullucci is living well now and moving forward straight on his own path.'"

Ogata nodded: "Remember it. When I meet Genichi again in the future, I will bring the words to you."

"Then I'll bother you."

After finishing speaking, Scrooge let out a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Majima, I owe you a big favor." Scrooge showed a faint smile, "I have been looking for news about Mr. Kinoshita for so long, and I finally have a result."

Scrooge bowed solemnly to Ogata.

"Knowing that Mr. Kinoshita is still very healthy, the big stone that has been hanging in my heart for 20 years has finally fallen to the ground."

"Thank you."

…

…

Ogata and Atachi walked out of Skulchi's camp side by side.

"I never expected that the Skulci I met by chance was actually adopted by Mr. Gendai..." As soon as he walked out of Skulluci's camp, Obon sighed to Amachi, "What a wonderful fate...

"

"I'm a little envious of Scrooge." At this time, A-Machi said with a bitter smile, "He has already found the whereabouts of the person he is looking for."

"And the two of us have basically gained nothing now..."

After saying that, Amachi let out a long sigh and then put on a serious face.

"Where should we go next to look for clues about Xuan Zheng and Xuan Zhen?"

"Qina Village is the last village Aiyaka can take us to."

"If we can't find any clues in Qina Village, Aiyaka will be helpless, and we will have to go to the new village to look for clues ourselves."

"There's no need to rush this kind of thing." Ogata smiled freely, "If you can't find any clues here in Qina Village, just keep going north and look for new villages for clues."

"Are you being too optimistic?" Amachi said angrily.

"It's useless to be anxious about this kind of thing." Ogata said, "Yesterday we only had time to ask a small number of people in Qina Village. There are still many people who haven't been asked."

"With the current situation in Qina Village, it is not appropriate for us to ask the villagers any questions now."

"Let's stay in Qina Village for a while now."

"After the emotions of the villagers in Qina Village have stabilized, we will continue to ask the villagers who did not have time to ask yesterday whether they have any information about Xuan Zheng and Xuan Zhen."

"I will also take this time to teach you how to ride a horse."

"With horses, our future movements will be much easier."

"At the same time, you and I will take advantage of this time to learn from Skulucci how to load the Kentucky long rifle and the short blunderbuss used by their Cossacks."

Before heading to Skuluch's camp, while Atachi was still washing Ogata's hair, Ogata and Atachi had already planned how to divide the weapons collected from Vladimir's people.

2 war horses, 5 Kentucky long rifles, all short muskets - this is what Ogata and the others planned to take.

Although the short blunderbuss used by the Cossacks most likely would not be able to fire continuously like Sakura and Kasumi Nagi.

When Alexei planned to kill Ogata with a short blunderbuss, Ogata saw with his own eyes the appearance of the short blunderbuss they used - this style of short blunderbuss did not look like it could fire continuously.

But even if it is a single-shot short gun, it is a good thing that cannot be ignored.

Ogata would not mind having too few pistols on his body.

He couldn't wait to quickly transform from a "two-sword swordsman" to a "multi-gun swordsman" with pistols on his back.

In the future, when facing an enemy who doesn't need respect, just pull out your pistol and do it suddenly.

Before, I only had one pistol, Kasumi Nagi, and it didn't have enough bullets. So I only used it in critical moments.

If a large number of pistols and a sufficient number of bullets can be collected from Vladimir's people, the strength of Ogata and Atachi will undoubtedly increase dramatically.

When leaving Skulucci's camp just now, Skulucci expressed to Ogata and the others very excitedly - in order to repay this huge favor, if Ogata and the others encounter any trouble in the future and need help, feel free to come.

Find him. Whatever he can do to help, he will do his best to help.

If Skulucci were asked to teach Ogata how to use the Kentucky long rifle and how to use the short blunderbuss used by their Cossacks, Skulucci would definitely not refuse.

"If we can't find any information here in Qina Village, we will leave and look for clues elsewhere." Ogata continued.

"A-Machi, don't worry, you can always find clues."

Ogaoyan briefly and comprehensively explained the plans he had planned for the coming period.

The arrangement made by Ogata was well-founded and well-organized, with no faults to be found. After thinking about it, A-Machi nodded gently.

But after nodding, Atachi flattened his lips and reminded Ogata:

"I know this kind of thing can't be rushed."

"But I think it would be better for you to have more urgency."

"I always feel that you seem to have no sense of urgency now and are taking your time."

"If time passes too long, the 'immortal poison' in your body may spread again..."

Skulucci's camp is not too far from Qina Village. It only takes 10 minutes to make the round trip on foot.

The two talked as they walked and soon returned to Qina Village.

After returning to Qina Village, Ogata found that the village seemed a little noisy.

With doubts in mind, I walked towards the place where the noise originated, and saw many villagers surrounding the village chief of Chepuke, chattering there.

Ogata's three-legged cat, Ainu, couldn't understand what they were saying.

Ogata looked around, looking for someone who could speak Japanese and could help him explain what Chief Chepke was doing.

What a coincidence - Ogata found it right away.

Not far from Ogata, a middle-aged man was standing.

Ogata recognized this middle-aged man.

This middle-aged man just visited Ogata and the others with Chepke this morning, acting as Chepke's translator.

Ogata walked quickly and asked the middle-aged man what happened.

The middle-aged man first said hello respectfully to Ogata, who had been a great benefactor to their village, and then explained briefly and concisely why so many villagers gathered around Chepke.

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…

"Heye Zhe?" Ogata cast a confused look at the middle-aged man.

After listening to the middle-aged man's explanation just now, Ogata finally understood what was going on.

It turned out that for the safety of the village, Chepke planned to lead the whole village to join Heye Zhe in the future.

Chepke just informed the whole village of the news.

The villagers surrounding Chepke now are all those who are opposed to joining Heyezhe, and they are shouting their "opposition to joining" demands to Chepke.

"Where is Heye Zhe?" Ogata asked the middle-aged man, "Is it the name of a village?"

"Heye Zhe... If you say it is a village, you are right." The middle-aged man said in somewhat non-standard Japanese, "A long time ago, the climate in the north suddenly became harsh."

"The climate is so bad that no one can live there anymore."
To be continued...