Stowaway boat, cabin where stowaways live

"It's a bit embarrassing to say that now that I see your real face, I'm a little uncomfortable with it." Amachi said in a joking tone.

Ogata smiled bitterly and touched his face: "Now that there is no cover from the human skin mask, it will be much more troublesome to go to places with many people like castle towns in the future..."

The stowaway boat that Ogata was on set sail again and headed straight for the land.

Behind the stowaway boat is a pirate ship that has turned into a ghost ship... to be more precise, it is a pirate ship that has turned into a ghost ship and is burning.

The ship, which was as huge as a hill, was now wrapped in layers of flames.

Thick smoke filled the air and sparks flew.

The crackling sound of burning wood was intertwined with the roar of falling wood.

Such a mighty battleship shrunk little by little under the erosion of the flames, turning into fragments and falling on the sea.

The ship, engulfed in flames and destroyed, exudes a strange sense of beauty from the inside out.

Before leaving, Ogata collected all the lamp oil on the pirate ship, used the lamp oil as fuel, lit a fire, and turned the pirate ship into a fire ship.

It is impossible for Ogata to take away such a large pirate ship. If he takes it away, there will be no place to put it, and there will be nowhere to use it.

If you ignore this pirate ship and let it float on the sea, it will easily cause trouble.

After all, although this three-masted sailing ship is an outdated ship in Europe, it is undoubtedly a large and powerful ship in Japan.

If some people with evil intentions get hold of this ship, they might use this powerful ship to do bad things.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Ogata decided that it would be better to burn the ship once and for all.

Moreover, burning the ship has another advantage, that is, it can easily dispose of the corpses on the ship.

Ogata didn't take anything from the pirate ship, including the 3,000 taels of gold in Yitong's room.

Ogata didn't know that the 3,000 taels of gold were a gift from Miyabu to Yitong on the order of his master.

Regarding the large amount of money in Yitong's room, Ogata subconsciously believed that the 3,000 taels of gold was the money Yitong had saved through human trafficking.

As for the money he got through human trafficking, Ogata had no desire to take it as his own or use it.

Ogata believes that the best destination for these dirty money is to let them sink to the bottom of the sea with the ship.

Ogata himself was not short of money. The savings he and Atachi had were enough for them not to worry about money for at least the next 10 years, so when he decided to let the money sink to the bottom of the sea with Antong's ship,

, Ogata didn't feel distressed at all.

When Ogata decided to let the ship and everything on it sink to the bottom of the sea, no one on the stowaway boat dared to say a word.

After all, in terms of merit, these pirates were basically defeated by Ogata alone.

Neither Naoshu, Isshiki, or Azuki made any contribution at all.

Therefore, considering the greatness of his achievements, Ogata has the full right to deal with the spoils of war as he likes.

No one with a little bit of brains would point fingers at a samurai who could defeat an entire pirate ship with his own strength.

What's more... this samurai is also the famous executioner Ittosai.

"Ah, those people are looking at you again..." At this time, Amachi reminded Ogata in a cold voice.

Ogata heard the sound and turned to look around him.

Then... a scene that made Ogata couldn't help but smile helplessly appeared. Wherever his eyes turned, people there quickly lowered their heads.

Some brave people, after lowering their heads, still couldn't help but raise their eyes to look at Ogata quietly, their eyes full of curiosity, surprise and other emotions.

This complex emotion was also mixed with a little bit of... fear.

Ogata sighed silently.

After Ogata returned to the deck of the stowaway ship with his true identity revealed, Isshiki was the first person to exclaim.

At that time, Isshiki covered his mouth tightly with both hands and shouted in a broken voice: "I, Ittousai?!"

Then, like a chain reaction, the rest of the people on the deck reacted in all kinds of strange ways.

Some people who just thought Ogata's face looked familiar felt like they were waking up from a dream.

Those who did not recognize what Ogata Ittousai looked like and had only heard of Ogata Ittousai's name looked at Ogata in shock.

At that time, Ogata paid special attention to the expressions of everyone on the deck. According to Ogata's observation, most of the people on the deck at that time, including Isshiki, Azuki, and Naoshu, should have recognized who Ogata was immediately.

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This makes Ogata's mood very complicated until now.

Because so many people recognized who he was the first time, this means two things

1: Ogata's name has really spread throughout Japan now. His wanted posters have probably been posted in every corner of Japan.

I recall that when he first left Hirose Domain, he didn't even need to cover his face. Walking on the streets of the city, very few people could recognize him immediately.

2: Ogata’s wanted poster really draws him very much like him...

This is the place where Ogata feels most complicated...

Until now, Ogata still insists that his wanted notice painted him in a bad light.

Although he didn't think he was a very handsome person, he was at least pretty, so he had a lot of objections to his wanted poster's portrait.

Ogata even thought about whether to report this matter to the shogunate and ask the shogunate to change his portrait and paint him a portrait that was more like him.

Although Ogata has always insisted that the portrait on the wanted poster does not look like him and makes him look ugly, but the cruel facts slap Ogata in the face again and again. The wanted poster does not paint you ugly, it is faithful.

It perfectly reproduces your appearance. You see, no matter who it is, they can recognize you at the first time...

"Ah, Azuki is secretly looking at you now." Azuki whispered to Ogata again.

Ogata turned to look at Azuki who was sitting in the same place.

After realizing that Ogata was looking over, Azhu immediately lowered his head like the others, as if hiding his ears from others.

Ogata originally thought that after he defeated the pirates and returned to the stowaway ship, Tsukuru would pester him and ask him a bunch of questions such as "Why did you master luck so quickly?"

But unexpectedly, A Zhu was surprisingly quiet.

He did not rush over to surround Ogata and ask questions. After returning to the cabin, he sat quietly in his old seat, constantly looking at Ogata secretly with strange eyes.

Azuki didn't come to him to ask questions, and Ogata didn't bother to go to her.

After all, Ogata had been feeling very tired since he got off the pirate ship. He was so tired that he didn't want to do anything else except take care of Omachi.

It's not physical exertion.

It's psychological fatigue.

On that pirate ship, too much important information was received in a short period of time that Ogata could not digest in a short period of time.

Because too much important information entered Ogata's mind at the same time, Ogata felt tired.

This feeling of tiredness prevents Ogata from having the slightest urge to have a passionate conversation with anyone right now.

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After Ogata withdrew his gaze from Azuki, Azuki immediately raised his head again and looked at Ogata like a mole popping out of a hole in the ground.

Her face and eyes were full of complex emotions, and she thought to herself:

Surprisingly... I found Ogata Ittousai...

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Most of the people on the boat were quietly sizing up Ogata, including Isshiki and Naoshu.

Like the others, Isshiki and Naoshu looked at Ogata with mixed emotions.

"I really didn't expect..." Isshiki sighed softly, "I could actually meet Ogata Ittousai in a place like this..."

"No wonder there has been no news about Ogata Ittousai since the Nijo Castle in Kyoto... So it turns out that Ittousai has been using a special method to change his face... But why is he showing his true face now...?"

Zhizhou muttered in a doubtful tone.

He was very interested in Ogata's method of changing his appearance.

He wanted to get closer and ask Ogata directly what method he used to change his face before, and why he suddenly showed his true face to others.

But considering that I didn’t know Ogata’s character well, and I didn’t know if my question would offend others, I couldn’t muster the courage to step forward and ask.

Just as Zhizhou finished his confused murmur, a faint voice slowly emerged from beside him:

"...Grandpa...I...still have a hard time accepting it..."

Naozhou turned to look at Isshiki.

Isshiki was seen sitting on the ground with his arms wrapped around his legs with his eyes blank.

"It turns out... Ittousai, whose swordsmanship is unparalleled in the world... has always believed that swordsmanship is a skill that should be eliminated..."

Isshiki's fists slowly clenched.
To be continued...