"...What the child just said about 'in order to find her family' was all her own words."

"I think... we can't rule out the possibility that she actually came to get close to you for some reason and just made up a random reason."

Amachi has experience in getting close to Ogata for a certain reason.

When she was on Butterfly Island, she was close to Ogata in order to take advantage of Ogata's strong strength and increase her success rate in completing the mission.

In the beginning, it was to take advantage of Ogata, but later on, the relationship between him and Ogata is a matter for later.

As soon as A-Machi finished speaking, Oubono smiled: "I know all of these. I have been wandering for more than a year. Over the past year, I have not only improved my swordsmanship. How to guard against others

I am now very rich in experience.”

"Keep her with me. Even if she does have any evil intentions, I have enough confidence that she will not be able to murder me."

Ogata felt that what Tsukuru just said was credible. At least the fact that "Azuku and Iga are connected" was basically correct.

People can lie to people, but the system cannot lie to people.

The system clearly told Ogata: This luck is the forbidden technique of Iga-ryu. The trick used by Azuki is indeed the move of Iga-ryu.

It is certain that the child Azuki has a shallow or deep connection with Iga.

"Then let's assume for the moment that what Azuki said just now is correct and he didn't lie to us..." Azuki bit his lower lip and shook his head, "Then I feel that in this case, we can't even take her.

Take it with us."

"What you just said, 'The remnants of Iga are hired by a force that studies immortality and are looking for you everywhere' is just your conjecture. The remnants of Iga may be hired by other forces, such as a certain vassal country, or...

...employed by the shogunate."

"If I take Azuki with me and really attract the remnants of Iga, I might attract some organization that is more troublesome than studying the forces of immortality."

"If this force that is looking for you everywhere is looking for you for a friendly purpose, that's fine. But if it is looking for you for an unfriendly purpose..."

Speaking of this, A-Machi paused and pursed his lips as if he couldn't bear to talk any more.

"So, I think instead of actively causing trouble, it's better to try to avoid it."

"You and I have no fixed abode and whereabouts now, and you have been very careful to hide your identity. It will not be easy for these forces to find you."

"So as long as you don't take A Zhu with you and we act cautiously as always and don't expose our whereabouts, the forces that are looking for you may not be able to find us for decades."

"Um...so...can you understand what I mean?"

He knew that he was uneducated, so he had little confidence in his language summary ability. After finishing what he wanted to say, he couldn't help but ask Ogata if he understood what he just said.

"Yes. I heard it clearly and clearly." Ogata nodded, and then smiled, "To put it simply, you are worried that the remnants of Iga are actually hired by some more troublesome forces, and you are worried that the generals will

With Azhu around, he will attract an organization that is more troublesome than the forces that study immortality."

"It's not easy for them to find us without clues, so instead of taking the initiative to lure them here, it's better to avoid them before they find us. In this way, maybe it won't be until you and I a hundred years later,

That force didn't even find us."

A-Machi nodded like a fool: "That's right, that's right, that's what I meant. He really deserves to be the first in the Gozen Examination and Literary Examination. In just two sentences, he can clearly summarize what I just said.

"

"I understand all of your concerns and have taken them into consideration." Ogata slowly put away the smile on his face and his expression became serious, "But I feel that if those remnants of Iga were captured by other forces,

If he is hired, it will be even more necessary to take Azhu with him, attract the remnants of Iga, and then follow the clues to find out what the forces behind the remnants of Iga are."

"My human skin mask has been destroyed."

"Now we can only rely on scarves, bamboo hats and other things to cover our faces, but if you use these to cover your face, there will eventually be some gaps."

"Now that there is no human skin mask, I can no longer guarantee 100% that my whereabouts will not be exposed."

"So instead of waiting for these forces lurking in the dark to track our whereabouts and find us one day in the future."

"It would be better to try to figure out their true identity and purpose as soon as possible, so that we can have some initiative."

Finally, Ogata changed into a half-joking tone:

"I don't want to have an unknown guy suddenly come to my door someday in the future, such as when I'm taking a bath."

Atachi lowered his head and pursed his lips tightly, seeming to be thinking and digesting what Ogata just said.

After a long while, Atachi finally let out a sigh of relief.

"...I understand." Atachi raised his gaze, looked at Ogata, and smiled, "If you think about it carefully, letting unknown forces look for us while we remain indifferent is really not in line with our behavior.

style."

"It's really not a good idea to just ignore this unknown person trying to find you."

"Okay... then... let the child come with us."

…

…

"Excuse me, where is the toilet?" Zhi Zhou asked a waiter in front of him, a young man with a conspicuous red birthmark on his left cheek.

"Uh, ah..." The male waiter with a birthmark on his face hesitated, his face flushed with embarrassment.

"You don't know where the toilet is?" Zhizhi Zhou looked surprised and looked up and down the male waiter with the birthmark several times. He was indeed wearing a waiter's uniform.

"I'm sorry..." The birthmark waiter lowered his head and murmured, "I'm new here. It's my first time working tonight. I haven't remembered the specific locations of toilets and other places..."

"Hahahaha, that's it." Zhizhou laughed heartily, "It doesn't matter, I understand."

"My guest, I'm sorry, what happened?" At this time, an older waitress came running quickly from one side of the corridor.

If you tell the waitress that this young man doesn't remember the location of the toilet, the waitress will definitely scold the young man...

After Zhizhou glanced at the birthmark male waiter in front of him, he smiled at the female waiter who was walking quickly towards them:

"Nothing happened. I was just bored for a moment and forced this young man to chat with me."

"Ah, by the way. I want to ask, where is the toilet?"

"For the restroom, go straight along this corridor, then make two right turns and you will see it." The waitress replied while saluting.

"That's it. Thank you very much." Zhizhou patted the birthmark waiter on the shoulder, "Young man, let's talk to you again when we have the opportunity."

Knowing that Zhi Zhou was trying to smooth things over for him, the birthmark waiter nodded vigorously and cast a grateful look at Zhi Zhou.

Zhizhou followed the path pointed by the waitress and finally found the toilet.

After losing nearly half a kilogram of weight in one breath, Zhizhou frowned, rubbed his temples vigorously, and walked out of the toilet with a staggering pace.

As I get older, my body becomes increasingly useless... I squatted for a while, but when I stood up, I felt so dizzy that I almost couldn't stand...

As long as I squat for a little longer, I will feel dizzy. This is an old problem I have had for several years.

He also tried to see a doctor and took a lot of medicines, but none of them worked.

I really don’t know...if I can see the fall of the Edo shogunate in my lifetime...

Zhizhou let out a long silent sigh in his heart.

After the dizziness subsided slightly, Naoshu quickly walked back to the room where he and Isshiki lived.

After turning onto the corridor that was necessary to return to the room, a group of people passed by Zhi Zhou.

This group of people seemed to be helping merchants, and they were walking lively towards the stairs leading to the first floor.

Zhizhou didn't pay much attention to the group of merchants who passed by him, and passed them by without even looking at them.

After Zhizhou was far away from this group of merchants, the leader of this group of merchants, a middle-aged man with a fat head, big ears, and a big belly, shouted loudly to his subordinates behind him: "Everyone, come here."

?”

"Everyone is here!" someone shouted in response, "Mr. Ichinosuke, where are we going to drink?"

"Hahaha! I'll take you to an izakaya where the wine is particularly delicious! I finally sold out everything today. If I don't get drunk and celebrate, I won't come back!"

…

…

As soon as he returned to the room, Naoshu saw Isshiki sitting cross-legged on the tatami.

At this time, Isshiki was carefully looking at the famous book on the art of war: "The Book of Five Rings" written by the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi more than a hundred years ago.

Japanese art of war and Chinese art of war are not the same concept.

The Japanese art of war means "the method of weapons", and the "Book of Five Rings" mainly records Miyamoto Musashi's experience in using various weapons, and derived his insights about "Tao" from it.

After seeing his grandfather return, Isshiki only glanced at Naozhou coldly, then withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at Naozhou.

Are you still sulking at me...

A quick look at Naozu revealed that Isshiki was still sulking over Naozhou's previous remarks asking her to get married within this year.

Naoshu didn't bother to deal with the stubborn Isshiki. He didn't think it was too much to ask Isshiki, who was already 21 years old and considered an elderly woman in this era, to get married within this year.

"Aren't you going to take a shower yet?" Naozu asked coldly while sitting a little further away from Isshiki.

Zhi Zhou had just arrived at the bathhouse and took the first bath.

"There's no rush. We'll go later when it's a little later and there are fewer people." Isshiki responded in an emotionless tone, "I've just confirmed the closing time of the hotel's bathhouse. It won't be until dusk."
To be continued...