"As for the night in Osaka last night, it was also because of you that it was so long that I came to settle the score with you at all costs."

"It seems that you have a lot of misunderstandings about me." Toyotomi showed a strange smile and shrugged, "In the beginning, I liked you very much. I liked you so much that I dreamed of taking you under my wing.

."

"When I learned that the Hirose Domain had a man who could kill the lord with one against a hundred, I was very excited."

“I feel like it’s hard to find an interesting man in this country.”

"A person who is powerful and has a lot of problems with the shogunate is my most ideal subordinate."

"So when your name first spread across the country, I started sending people around to look for you, try to recruit you, and bring you under my command."

"The reason why I gave the human skin mask made according to your portrait on the wanted poster to Junroku Kunieda, who was preparing to blow up Kyoto with my support and help at the time, was so that I could better recruit you in the future.

"

The smile on Toyotomi's face became a little weirder.

"Let Junroku Kunieda go around killing people in Kyoto in front of you, ruin your reputation, and make it difficult for you to find a place in Japan under the rule of the Edo shogunate. But it will give me a chance to recruit you in the future.

It’s a huge benefit.”

Ogata's face couldn't help but darken: "...I see...you are using the trick that Song Jiang often used in "Water Margin" to deal with me..."

Liangshan in the classic "Water Margin" is, to put it bluntly, a bandit's nest.

As the leader of this group of bandits, Song Jiang often used tricks that exceeded the limits of human ethics to force people to go to Liangshan.

For example, one of Song Jiang's favorite tricks is to force someone to a dead end, so that if they don't go to Liangshan, they will have no place in the world.

The most typical victim is "Thunderbolt" Qin Ming.

In order to force Qin Ming to join the gang, Song Jiang sent people pretending to be Qin Ming to burn, kill, and loot. As a result, his family was executed by the government. He had no place in the court anymore, so he had to become a bandit and entered Liangshan.

"Ah, that's right. It's the trick commonly used by Song Gongming in "Water Margin"."

"It seems that Ogata Ittousai is not only good at swordsmanship, but also dabbles in literature."

"I also admit that this trick is quite inferior, and it is far from Liu Xuande's state of 'convincing people with virtue'."

"But it's a good idea. This trick is extremely useful. It's just right for dealing with people like you who are wanted by the shogunate and I only plan to use them as useful thugs."

"It's a pity that idiot Junroku Kunieda not only failed to complete the mission of blowing up Kyoto, but also helped you complete the great cause of 'breaking Nijo Castle' in disguise, which further increased your fame."

"Until then, I still want to take you under my wing."

"Until... Shiranui was suddenly destroyed."

Toyotomi Nobuhide, who had been showing a weird smile just now, slowly put away the smile on his face, and his expression gradually became terrifying and terrifying.

"After Shiranui was destroyed, I sent people to collect the remnants of Shiranui, and then I found out what happened."

"Ogata Ittosai, do you know how long I have been planning in Shiranui?"

"I sent my confidants to sneak into Shiranui, and it took me several years to finally achieve complete control of Shiranui."

"In the end, all the years of hard work I invested in Shiranui were in vain because of you."

"The plan to overthrow the Edo shogunate also had to undergo extensive revisions."

"All of this is thanks to you...and Xiaolin who followed you to defeat Shiranui...!"

Speaking of this, Toyotomi used his fierce eyes to slash Lin, who was still leaning on the mainmast not far away, and was still unconscious.

"I learned from Kikutaro and the others that among the people who raided Shiranui, in addition to Ogata Ittousai, there was also a petite girl holding a black sword, an old man with glasses, and a

When you were a strong man with an Odachi sword, I knew who the people in Shiranui were with you."

"...Is it because I participated in the attack on Shiranui that you decided to get rid of me?" Ogata asked.

Toyotomi turned his gaze from Xiaolin back to Ogata.

"That's right." He shook his shoulders and gave an exaggerated sneer, "As a person, what I hate most is when someone ruins my plan and prevents my plan from being implemented as expected."

"Especially this is a major plan that I have spent a lot of effort on, invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and carried out the layout for several years."

"You're not an indispensable talent anyway."

"If I don't kill you, it's really hard to relieve the evil in my heart."

"I sent a large number of ninjas from Iga to look for you everywhere."

"Finally, I found you in Osaka recently."

"I thought that even Ogata Ittousai, who could defeat the 10,000-strong army of the shogunate, would not be a match for the musketry troops I spent a lot of money to train."

"I didn't expect you to be my 'kind'."

When Toyotomi mentioned the word "similar", he specifically used a sinister tone.

subsequently

Snapped!

The sound of slamming on the deck was heard.

Toyotomi didn't take any steps and jumped directly towards Ogata.

When he jumped to the highest point, he switched from the knife-holding posture to the upper posture.

Facing Toyotomi who suddenly attacked, Ogata's pupils shrank slightly.

Although the enemy's attack came suddenly, Ogata was ready to fight in the blink of an eye.

His footsteps slipped, and Ogata moved his body half a step to the side, leaving the original position. He turned the tip of Daishiten's sword and thrust the sword towards Toyotomi who was falling.

Toyotomi changed his sword-holding stance and deflected Ogata's sword in mid-air.

Toyotomi's feet fell back to the ground and landed in front of Ogata.

The sound of swords waving and the sound of sharp blades cutting the air enveloped the surroundings of the two of them.

Toyotomi waved the Yoshimitsu Bones and danced out a bright silver "silver net", covering Ogata.

Facing the "silver net" coming toward him, Ogata used his tricks to break Toyotomi's offensive, and launched a counterattack that was not inferior to Toyotomi's attack.

The two exchanged fierce attacks and defenses for a while.

clang!

Toyotomi swung his sword and blocked Ogata's slashed Daishiten, blocking Ogata's counterattack, and then turned the blade to slash Ogata's chest.

Toyotomi's attack this time was not only extremely fast, but also had good timing.

Although Ogata leaned back as fast as he could to dodge Toyotomi's move, the tip of Yoshimitsu Koshoku's knife still scratched some flesh on his chest.

And almost at the same time that Ogata's chest was cut with a small wound,

laugh……

The low sound of flesh being cut sounded again.

But this time the voice came from Toyotomi.

The moment he dodged Toyotomi's attack, Ogata waved his sword and immediately launched a counterattack.

Facing the attack from Dai Zizai, Toyotomi did not dodge, allowing the tip of Dai Zizai's knife to leave a cut on his left wrist.

After a small wound was made on Ogata's chest, Toyotomi did not launch a pursuit or stay on the spot to continue fighting with Ogata. Instead, he quickly retreated backwards to widen the distance between him and Ogata.

"...Ha. It's been a long time since I've fought against a 'same kind'." Toyotomi stared at the wound on Ogata's chest and let out his signature sneer.

I saw the wounds on Ogata and Toyotomi growing red flesh at the same time, and then they recovered almost at the same time...

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The author was previously worried that if he only wrote "Toyotomi", it would be easy to confuse "Toyotomi Nobuhide" with the "Toyotomi clan" group. But now it seems that there is no need to worry about this. To facilitate writing

, and then I stopped writing the full name of "Toyotomi Nobuhide" and just called him "Toyotomi".

The author has never understood why something like "Water Margin" should be shown to primary and secondary school students?

Every time I see books like "Water Margin: Children's Edition" in bookstores, I feel mixed emotions...

Those dark and cruel plots are the essence of Water Margin. If you delete the real essence of Water Margin, what will you watch? Just watch the plots of these so-called "heroes" fighting tigers and officials. That's fine.

Might as well go online...

Among the four major classics, it seems that only The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is more suitable for primary and secondary school students to read...

PS: The author once read a question on Zhihu: "Are Liu Bei and Song Jiang the same kind of people?"

When I first saw this question, the author laughed angrily.

How can a beast like Song Jiang be compared with Liu Bei?!!

Putting his name and Liu Bei's name together is an insult to Liu Bei!! (Flipping the Table.jpg)
Chapter completed!