"Mr. Hasegawa... we really have a very special fate."

In the carriage compartment, Ogata looked at Hasegawa with a look of emotion on his face. His leg was injured, so his sitting posture became a little strange.

There were only three people in the car, Ogata, Omachi, and Hasegawa, which was not very spacious.

I reunited with Hasegawa again in Mount Koya - it would be inappropriate not to say a few words to this person who had a wonderful fate with whom he had "parted and reunited" countless times.

Therefore, Ogata just asked Amachi to help bring Hasegawa into the carriage where they can talk easily.

Without any outsiders here, Ogata could finally "recognize" Hasegawa boldly and confidently.

"Every time I say goodbye to you, I feel that this should be the last time I see you." Hasegawa's face was full of emotion at this time, and he could only hear him sighing silently, "It turns out that every time I meet in a strange way.

It’s a strange place and a strange time to meet you again…”

Ogata smiled slightly, then changed to a serious look and tone.

"Mr. Hasegawa, Mr. Isshiki, and the old monk, please take them to a safe place..."

"Yes." Hasegawa's expression became serious at this time, "Leave it to me. This is my bounden duty as a fire thief turned commander."

"We're ready to go at any time!" Asai's voice sounded at this time.

"Alas..." Hasegawa sighed heavily, then raised his hand and touched his injured leg, "If the leg is not injured... I really want to go with you..."

"Let Edo become like Butterfly Island...just thinking about it makes people restless..."

Hasegawa's face was now horribly pale.

Just now, when Xuanzheng spit out the words "human pillar" and "Edo joint battle", and Ogata asked Xuanzheng what they meant, Xuanzheng only responded with a very simple sentence -

"If you explain it slowly... it would take too much time. Do you know Butterfly Island? To put it simply, it is to make Edo look like Butterfly Island, and to make Edo become like Butterfly Island, you need to use the human pillar

.Sinking the human pillars into Kanda Josui, where Edo people depend for their livelihood, will make Edo look like Choshima.”

The "old monk with goatee" and Hasegawa's subordinates, who didn't know what Butterfly Island was, looked puzzled.

But Ogata, Genichi, Hasegawa and the others' expressions changed drastically.

No need for any further discussion.

They quickly made up their mind - rush to the dock and pursue Toyotomi!

The pursuers are naturally Ogata, Minamoto and his friends.

Hasegawa, who was already injured, took his subordinates, Isshiki's family, and the old monk with the goatee and fled to a safe place.

Asai had already shouted "It's time to start the car", and Hasegawa walked towards the car very wisely.

However, just as Hasegawa was about to leave the carriage, his body suddenly stopped.

"...Ogata-kun."

Hasegawa slowly turned his head and looked directly at Ogata.

Before Ogata could ask "What's wrong?", he heard him say word by word:

"After I leave Mount Koya, I will use all the power I can to deal with Toyotomi."

"Before that, please... you must stop that Toyotomi Nobhide. You must not let Edo become like Butterfly Island..."

"Please..."

Having said that, Hasegawa bowed his waist towards the "most wanted criminal in the country" in front of him and saluted Ogata solemnly.

After saluting Ogata, Hasegawa slowly left the carriage.

After watching Hasegawa leave with somewhat dazed eyes, Ogata's mouth slowly curved into a helpless arc.

"This time... I really got involved in a terrible incident..." He murmured in a voice that only he could hear clearly.

At this time, Yuan Yi and others boarded the carriage one after another.

After confirming that everyone was on board and no one was missing, Asai shouted "Let's go" and then shook the reins of the horse in his hand.

The pained horse raised its two front hooves, shouted "hui hui" several times, then pulled the carriage behind it and ran forward.

However - just as the carriage started to move, a figure suddenly appeared from the curb in front of the carriage and stood directly in front of the carriage.

The startled Asai quickly stopped the carriage, and then looked intently - the person blocking the front was the "old monk with the goatee" who had been lying on Ogata's back just now.

The carriage Ogata was riding in was the same carriage Asai was driving.

Ogata, who was wondering why Asai stopped the car as soon as he started the car, stuck his head out of the car.

Looking at the "old monk with goatee" blocking the car, Ogata was startled: "Sir, what are you doing?"

"Please take me with you!" shouted the "Old Monk with the Goatee," "No matter what, I want to see with my own eyes who dares to defile my Koyasan Mountain!"

Looking at the "old monk with goatee" who was so stubborn that he would never look back until he bumped into Nanshan, Ogata couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, and then deliberately shouted in a vicious tone:

"Sir! The place we are going to next is not your place! If you really follow us, you might die!"

"Please get out of the way!"

"If you don't get out of the way, we will knock you away!"

If it is true as Xuanzheng said - the two ships of Nikki Maru and Gyokumaru will soon carry Xiao Lin and set sail for Edo, then now is really a time when time is urgently needed.

Ogata, who didn't want to spend too much time "persuading the old monk to leave", directly issued a naked threat to the "old monk with the goatee" in order to persuade the "old monk with the goatee" to get out of the way.

"Hey..." As soon as Ogata finished his threatening words, Asai, who was in charge of driving, couldn't help but whisper to Ogata behind him, "Don't be kidding... I will not drive over an innocent old man...

…”

"I just scared him. I'm not cruel enough to use violence against an innocent old man." Ogata responded in a low voice.

Ogata didn't know if the threat he just made had any effect. He saw a look of thoughtfulness on the face of the "old monk with the goatee".

Then, a moment later, the "old monk with the goatee" stood silently back on the roadside without saying a word.

Seeing that the "old monk with the goatee" had successfully moved aside, Ogata couldn't help but sigh.

Ogao winked at Asai, and then Asai nodded vigorously with understanding. He raised the reins of the horse again and drove the carriage straight forward.

The carriage driven by Shimada followed closely behind.

Hasegawa stood there, watching Ogata and others go away.

"Lord Hasegawa..." After Ogata and others left, one of Hasegawa's subordinates walked up to Hasegawa silently and asked, "What did the old man say before that made Edo become like a butterfly?"

"Island like that'...what does this mean?"

"Also—are we just going to let Ogata Ittousai and Mamiya Kuro leave...?"

Hasegawa glanced at him deeply.

"...We can no longer take care of Ogata Ittosai and Mamiya Kuro."

he replied.

"There are so many people injured on our side, and there are still people who need our protection."

"At all times, protecting the safety of the people has to be given higher priority than catching the thieves."

"Besides, with the small number of people we have now, it's impossible to catch those two people."

"Anyway, now we need to move the people and the injured to a safe place."

"We'll talk about the rest later."

After saying that, Hasegawa turned around and counted the number of people.

None of his subordinates are missing.

Isshiki's family - no one is missing.

That "old monk with a goatee" - hmm...?

Hasegawa opened his eyes and looked around hurriedly.

"Hey!" Hasegawa asked urgently to the subordinates beside him, "Where is the old monk with the goatee? Have you seen him?"

The belated subordinates quickly looked around to check.

The "old monk with a goatee" who just stood arrogantly in the middle of the road to stop a car, disappeared at some point...

…

…

Lin saw many pictures sealed in the depths of her mind appear and disappear one by one before her eyes.

Looking at the scenes that kept flying in front of her eyes, Lin instantly understood - she must be dreaming now.

Even though she knew she was dreaming, Lin couldn't wake up.

It was as if his body was tied to a chair, unable to move his limbs, and he could only watch the memory images stored in his mind pop up before his eyes.

Among the various pictures that constantly appear and disappear, only one scene remains, and then slowly solidifies, and finally condenses into a specific scene.

Lin could tell at a glance: this was the hillside where she often played when she was a child.

It wasn't until after her grandmother and mother passed away that she left her hometown with Yuan Yi and went out to make a living.
To be continued...