It is common sense in the world that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. It was about six o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun had half pushed and half moved to the western skyline.

After using all his strength to shine out strands of the sunset that still made people feel hot and humid, it finally slowly sank to the ground.

The sun goes down and the night falls.

It is a sunny day tonight, and the moonlight illuminates every street in Osaka as if it were daytime.

"Oh." As Mach stirred the soup in the large pot in front of him with a huge spoon, he turned to look at the moon outside the window and exclaimed, "Tonight is the night of the full moon. The moon is so beautiful."

"Miss A-Machi." A-Zhu, who was sitting opposite A-Machi, said at this time, "The radish has been cut."

"Okay." A-Machi returned his gaze to the cauldron in front of him, "Here, give me the white radish."

Ogata was sitting by the window at this time, arranging his slightly messy bun.

After arranging his hair neatly, he picked up the knife beside him and stood up slowly.

"Then I'm going to get the knife." Ogata hung the two cheap ones that were used to temporarily replace Da Shiten and Da Zi Zai back on his left waist.

"Yeah. Remember to go and come back soon." Amachi said as he put the daikon cut by Azuki into the pot. "The hoe-yaki will be ready in a while, but don't make us wait too long."

oh."

"Don't worry. According to my estimation, when I get the knife back, your hoe roast will probably not be cooked yet."

Hoe-yaki is one of Japan's classic dishes.

It has a more familiar name: Sukiyaki.

The so-called hoe-yaki can be understood as Japanese hot pot.

This dish first originated from the peasant class. For the convenience of eating, farmers often put the food directly on the hoe and then grilled it and eaten it, hence the name "hoe roast".

With the passage of time, this rough dish originally created by the peasant class gradually spread and became popular. Until today's Kanzheng period, Hoeyaki has become a famous dish loved by all classes.

"You should be careful," Ogata said sternly, "don't burn down other people's hotels."

"Don't worry." Ating shook the big spoon in her hand, "We won't make this kind of mistake."

Tonight, Ogata and the others decided to eat hoe-yaki in their hotel room.

Since arriving in Osaka, Ogata and the others have eaten every meal at various restaurants outside the hotel.

Although the food in each restaurant is delicious, for some reason, until today, Ogata and the others have not come across a restaurant that cooks hoe-yaki to their liking.

Ogata's feelings towards hot pot are neither good nor bad. Whether he eats delicious hoe-yaki or not is just an insignificant matter to Ogata.

But A-Machi and A-Zhu don't think so.

Hoe-yaki is one of the favorite foods of these two kunoichi. Especially Atachi, she has an unusual feeling for hoe-yaki.

Amachi really likes the feeling of gathering around a big pot with his friends, chatting happily while cooking food in the pot together.

Tomorrow morning, they will leave Osaka and head for Mount Koya with Genichi, Makimura and the others.

Starting from tomorrow, and probably for a long time in the future, they will no longer have the conditions to sit quietly and happily eat hoeshao together.

So at noon today, Atachi proposed: Tonight, let’s eat hoe yaki together in the hotel!

As soon as Atachi made this suggestion, Atzuki immediately expressed his agreement.

Faced with such an enthusiastic Atachi, Ogata naturally couldn't find any reason to refute her. He was a person who didn't pay much attention to eating, so he agreed.

In the afternoon, it took a long time for Ogata, Amachi, and Azuki to convince the people at the hotel to allow them to set up pots and cook hoe yaki in the room.

Originally, they wanted to call Feng Mo over, and the four of them would have a lively meal together.

But it's a pity that Fuma already has an appointment tonight. He will have dinner at the home of his old subordinate: Senbei tonight.

When it comes to cooking, Ogata is a complete dabbler. He can only cook food to make it edible, but cannot cook food to taste.

Therefore, Ogata, who knew that he could not help much by staying in the hotel, decided to go to the second master at this time to get his Great Release and Great Freedom back.

Today is the day he and Master Yu Er agreed to take out the sword.

Ogata had been waiting for this day for a long time.

He couldn't wait to see how well Master Yu Er had repaired his sword.

Ogata had originally planned to go get the knife tonight, so it was the right time to go get the knife while Azuki and the two were cooking Hoe-yaki in Atachi.

When they took the knife back, Atachi and the others had probably almost finished cooking the hoe, making the most of their time.

Although he knew that A-Machi was not the kind of fool who could set the house on fire just by cooking, but for the sake of caution, Ogata still seriously warned A-Machi and A-Zhu to be careful with the use of fire.

After finishing the instructions, Ogata took his own dark blue feather fabric, bamboo hat, and face towel that were placed on the ground next to him.

"Then I'm leaving." Ogata put on his haori, hat and face towel.

"Do you really don't need to ask Ashu or me to accompany you to get the knife?" Atachi asked.

"No need." Ogata said in an annoyed tone, "I don't need someone to accompany me for everything. Just keep an eye on the child. I'll be back soon."

After saying that, Ogata didn't stay any longer, tightened the haori draped around him, and quickly left the room.

As soon as he walked out of the hotel, although his buttocks were a little cold, the breeze blowing on his face did not make anyone feel uncomfortable, and the breeze hit Ogata's face one after another.

What a comfortable night...

Looking at the full moon hanging in the sky, a smile appeared on Ogata's cheeks.

The weather was clear, the full moon was in the sky, and there was a soft breeze blowing on his face. It had been a long time since Ogata had experienced such a comfortable night.

It would take quite some time for Atachi and the others to finish cooking the yakisoba, so Ogata was not in a hurry and walked slowly towards Master Yuichi's residence with a leisurely pace.

In modern time units, it's about half past six in the afternoon.

The darkness of night did not make this "Japan's No. 1 commercial capital" completely lose its vitality.

The air is filled with the faint fragrance of food, and the streets are still full of people and cars. Shinmachi and many other places that can only show their vitality at night are showing dazzling prosperity.

The residence of Master Yu Er is located in a very remote place in Osaka.

Ogata headed straight towards Master Yuji's residence, leaving one busy street after another.

Getting further and further away from the prosperous place.

Getting closer and closer to the deserted place.

Soon, no more shouts from vendors and the rumble of wheels turning reached Ogata's ears, and no alluring aroma lingered on the tip of his nose.

The light that shone around Ogata was only the moonlight.

It's like entering another world.

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Osaka, in the top floor room of a deserted hotel

"Visiting my hometown. How about it? Has the target appeared?" A handsome man with a stern expression asked a ferocious one-eyed man sitting next to him.

The one-eyed man known as "Hometown Worshiper" has nothing but a shocking hole in his left eye socket.

He held a monocular telescope with both hands and pressed his only eye tightly against the lens.

"Not yet." Baigo curled his lips, "Ha... it's so boring... Sakuma, how long are we going to wait like this?"

"Wait until our target Shura appears." Toshio...that is, Sakuma said coldly.

"It's really troublesome..." Baixiang put down the telescope, then put his left index finger into his empty left eye socket, picking at the dust in his left eye socket, "Didn't Isshiki Naoshu say that Shura would go get the knife today?

?”

"We have been lying in wait for so long at the place where Shura must pass when he takes the sword. How come we still haven't seen Shura's figure?"

"Didn't that Isshiki Naoshu reveal false information to us?"

"Today is not over yet." Sakuma's tone was still cold, "Keep waiting. Maybe Shura will come to pick up the sword at night."

"Tsk..." Baixiang curled his lips, "Fortunately, it's a sunny day with a full moon tonight, so the view is good."

After complaining, Baixiang picked up the telescope again.

As soon as the camera came back to his eyes, Baixiang's expression was stunned.

"Ha ha!"

A ferocious smile appeared on Baixiang's face.

"Sakuma, our hard work has finally paid off!"

Hearing the words of Baixiang, Sakuma was stunned for a moment, then quickly took out the telescope from his arms and looked towards a certain street in the distance.

A figure wearing a dark blue feathered fabric, a bamboo hat on his head, and a face scarf appeared in the camera.

"...The characteristics are completely consistent." Sakuma slowly put down the telescope, "Baixiang, get ready to work."

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Ogata looked around, looking at the extremely desolate street he was currently on, and couldn't help but sigh:
To be continued...