And along the way, I didn’t meet any of Iga’s remnants…

With Ogata's permission, Azuki followed Ogata and Amachi on this road and, as always, sold straw sandals and "Yunjin" training manuals wherever he went.

However, so far, Ogata has not met even half of the remnants of Iga who were attracted by Ashuku...

Azuki is a cheerful child. While cheerful, she is also a good child. She does whatever Ogata asks her to do. She never disobeys Ogata or causes any trouble for Ogata.

To put it simply, she is a very worry-free child.

This long journey of more than a month also made Ogata, Atachi and Aszuki gradually become familiar with each other.

Since everyone is currently in a companion relationship, it is naturally impossible for Omachi to keep her identity as the "former Shiranui Kunoichi" secret.

When Tsukuru first joined the team, Atachi told him that she was also a kunoichi.

After learning that A-Machi was actually a kunoichi like her, A-Zhu expressed her excitement: Regarding Shiranui Ri, she said that she had only heard a few words from her grandfather, so she didn't know much about this ninja.

Azuki, who was very curious about A-Machi, who was also a kunoichi, and Shiranui. Along the way, he would often chat with A-Machi about various issues related to Shiranui just like he did just now.

Although A-Machi didn't have a good impression of Shiranui, she did not keep secret about her previous experience in Shiranui.

After Azuki asked various questions related to Shiranui, Azuki would patiently answer them one by one, occasionally telling stories about his previous life in Shiranui.

And Atachi is indeed very talented in telling stories...or water stories.

We have been traveling together for more than a month, and A-Machi's "Past in Shiranui" has not been finished yet... She seems to have only just told the story when she was 12 years old...

Although Azuki recounted her past at a very long time, while she was recounting the past, she actually told the story in a tortuous and exciting way, which made Azuki still want to stop talking about her past.

Now, A-Zhu pesters A-Ting almost every day, asking him to hurry up and tell her past events.

After Ogata asked both Amachi and Tsukuba not to speak, they both obeyed and kept their mouths shut.

It wasn't until he passed through the pitted ground that Azuki seemed to have just held his breath in the water, opened his mouth, took a long breath, and then asked Ogata:

"Master Ittousai, how long do we have to go before we reach the village where your friends are?"

"Almost." Ogata replied, "We'll be there in a while."

When Tsukuru first joined their team, Ogata told him what they were going to do next and go to Owari to find his friends who were well-connected and ask if they knew where there was a powerful swordsman.

Ogata and the others are now heading towards the village that has been favored by Calabash House and has a close connection with Calabash House.

The headquarters of Calabash House is located on the mountain behind the village. The village is somewhat similar to Calabash House's outpost.

Ogata had visited that village twice before. The first time was after leaving Butterfly Island, at the invitation of Mamiya and Makimura, to visit their Calabash House headquarters.

The second time was when I was invited to rest with them before leaving Kyoto and going to Edo.

The two visits to the Calabash House headquarters were of great significance to Ogata.

Being a guest for the first time made Ogata get to know Genichi, Lin and others.

Not to mention the second visit as a guest. The second visit has extraordinary significance to both Ogata and Atachi.

After passing through a very familiar dirt road in the mountains, a village like a paradise finally appeared in front of Ogata.

"We're here!" Ogata shouted to Azuki next to him, and then lightly knocked on the horse's belly to speed up Carrot's horse slightly.

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"Lord Ogata, why are you here?" The head of the village who went out to greet him looked at Ogata who had just dismounted from his horse in surprise.

"Village Chief." Ogata took off the bamboo hat on his head and said with a smile, "Long time no see."

Ogata has been here twice, so almost everyone in the village knows Ogata and knows that Ogata is a distinguished guest of Calabash House.

After a brief exchange of greetings with the village chief, Xu got straight to the point:

"Village Chief, are Miss Lin and the others here?"

"Kinoshita-sama and the others are not here." The village chief shook his head, "They have not come back since you went to Edo together."

"You haven't come back yet?" Ogata asked in surprise.

All kinds of doubts came to Ogata's mind

How long has it been since they went to Edo together to prepare to deal with Shiranui Ri?

Have they been staying in Edo during this time? Or did they go somewhere else?

"Ogata-sama, do you want to see Kinoshita-sama and the others for something?" the village chief asked.

"Well..." Ogata scratched his hair, "I do have something to do with them..."

After hesitating for a while, Ogata tentatively asked the village chief if he knew where there was a good swordsmith.

As expected, the village chief shook his head.

The main responsibility of this village is to help the Calabash House look after the homes and the courtyard, so Ogata also expected that they would probably not know any important information, so Ogata was mentally prepared for the village chief's shake of his head.

Trouble...

Ogata secretly thought in his heart.

Lin and the others are not here... Where can I find a good swordsman...

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Chapter completed!