Blah blah blah...

The wind and rain seemed to have calmed down a bit, pouring on the "charred head" that was separated from the body, and the manic smile did not dissipate.

The moment Toyotomi's head hit the ground, the strands of flesh that had been squirming on his body suddenly dissipated.

No more shreds of flesh coming out to repair the body.

Toyotomi got up from the ground again without seeing him again.

Ogata had just been holding his breath and fighting Toyotomi to the end.

Now, looking at Toyotomi's mutilated body, which was finally soundless, the nerves in Ogata's mind that had been tense were finally relaxed.

It's over...

The moment the tense nerves were released, intense fatigue hit Ogata like an electric current.

The strength blessing brought by Yashamaru also disappeared at this moment.

Just after exiting the "Yaksha Realm", the fatigue wrapped around Ogata's limbs and bones immediately increased exponentially.

What also dissipated at the same moment was the "transparent state"...or in other words: the integration with the world.

The world in my eyes returned to normal. I could no longer clearly see the path of the wind and rain.

In my ears... I can no longer hear those strange "sounds".

(Ding! The host merges with the world!)

(I am you and I am also the world.)

Recalling the system sound that just sounded in his mind and the words "Ogata Issei" said to him, Ogata couldn't help but feel a sense of enlightenment.

It turns out that the name "Transparent Realm" given by him and Yuan Yi is really inappropriate and ridiculous.

It's not that the world has become transparent in their eyes.

But they have become one with the world, and can see clearly how the world works, and can also borrow... the power of the world!

Ogata tried calling "Ogata Ishi" in his heart.

But no matter how he called... the voice of "Ogata Issei" no longer sounded in his mind.

Seeing that the voice of "Ogata Yoshi" no longer sounded, Ogata felt a bit of looming loneliness for no reason...

Blah blah blah...

The cold touch coming from the instep brought Ogata back to his senses from the state of enlightenment.

He lowered his head and saw that the shipwreck under his feet had been almost swallowed by the sea, and the seawater had already reached his feet.

Gotta... try to get out of here quickly...

Ogata put Da Shiten back into the scabbard, covering his charred right arm that no longer had smoke floating out. He turned his eyes and looked around to see if there was a board of suitable size that could help him return to the coast, or other items that could be sent.

Something useful.

But at this moment, he caught a glimpse of something with bright colors out of the corner of his eye.

Turning around, I saw that it was the brocade box containing eight hundred bhikkhunis.

After Toyotomi devoured the skin and flesh of the heads of eight hundred nuns, he threw the heads back into the brocade box.

So if you look around, you can see the extremely damaged head of the eight hundred bhikkhunis "riding" on the brocade box, floating gently with the water that has overflowed.

Looking at this unrecognizable head, a trace of pity filled Ogata's eyes.

Ogata, Toyotomi and others simply absorbed the "immortal power" suppressed by "Henwakamaru" and became "monsters" that ordinary people cannot match.

It is hard to imagine how powerful the Eight Hundred Bhikshunis, who possess the most orthodox and comprehensive "power of immortality", had during their lifetime...

Although he clearly possesses such terrifying power, he has never thought of relying on this power to cause harm to the world, and he is willing to live in the shadow of history.

Even if he committed suicide, he would just choose to spend the last part of his life peacefully in a remote cave in his hometown.

Such a woman who had nothing to do with the world was used by Toyotomi as a tool to realize his ambition after her death, and her body was cut into thousands of pieces for the "immortality experiment".

The only remaining head...had become a bloody mess.

Seeing the heads of the eight hundred nuns that were almost drifting away, Ogata didn't hesitate and dragged his trembling body in the direction of the brocade box.

After dragging his body to the brocade box, Ogata leaned down, gently closed the brocade box, and then held the brocade box under his arm.

"Wait a minute...Ogata Issei..."

Like thunder on the ground, after Ogata put the brocade box containing the heads of eight hundred nuns under his arm, a voice... was very familiar to Ogata, but because it had been a long time since he heard this voice,

So a slightly unfamiliar male voice sounded from behind Ogata.

Hearing the sudden male voice behind Yu, Ogata was startled for a moment, then regained his composure and slowly turned around.

After seeing the face of the owner of the voice clearly, a complicated expression spread on Ogata's cheeks.

Standing in front of Ogata is a young man who is about the same age as Ogata, with a yellow-handled red sheath on his waist.

This young man's physical condition at this time... was as weak as Ogata's visible to the naked eye.

His left arm had been severed from the elbow. In order to prevent blood loss, a white strip was tied tightly to his left shoulder.

In addition, he also had dozens of large and small burns on his body.

His cheeks were pale from pain and blood loss, as if they were coated with white powder.

But even though his body was broken, the young man still straightened his waist and stared at Ogata with eyes full of hatred.

People of the Prajna Toyotomi clan would call him this when they saw this young man.

But after Ogata met this young man... he would only call him this way

"...Itagaki, seeing you here, for some reason, it really doesn't surprise me at all..."

This young man...or in other words: Prajna, was none other than Itagaki Shichi, Toyama's loyal follower who was beheaded by Ogata on the "God-worshipping Exercise" when Ogata was still an unknown and poor samurai of the Hirose Domain.

Goro!

At this moment, seeing this "old friend" whom he had not seen for a long time suddenly appear in front of him, although Ogata was surprised, he was not too surprised.

This is because I accidentally met the owner of the Ishikawa Sword Hall in Osaka last night: Ishikawa Hyōma. The old master told Ogata that several disciples of their sword hall headed by Itagaki wanted to avenge the murder of Toyama.

, left the sword hall, left the feudal state, and searched for Ogata's traces everywhere.

"Ha...hahahaha..." Itagaki smiled happily, "Ogata Issei...you also have...today...I chose to serve...Toyotomi-sama...it was indeed the right choice..."

Every time he glanced at Ogata's bruised body, the joy on Itagaki's face became more intense.

Previously, after receiving the task of "giving a signal to Sengen Shonin for him" from Toyotomi, Itagaki faithfully performed this task without any hesitation or doubt.

For all tasks related to "Killing Ogata", Itagaki has almost unlimited enthusiasm.

He completed this task almost perfectly. After seeing Toyotomi raise his pierced left palm high, he immediately pulled the fuse of the fireworks in his hand and reported the news to Master Sengen in the ammunition depot.

Then it was blown into the sky.

Miraculously, Itagaki was not seriously injured.

There were just a few burns on his body that were not worth mentioning, and his left arm was pressed down by some heavy object that collapsed.

When Itagaki woke up, it was the moment when Ogata had defeated Toyotomi with his "Thunder Sword".

After seeing Ogata decapitating Toyotomi from a distance, the expression on Itagaki's face immediately changed rapidly.

Ogata is now covered in injuries, his condition is visibly poor, and he can no longer even stand firmly.

If he didn't show up now and stop Ogata, he would probably run away.

If he runs away... I don't know how long it will take to find him again in the future.

And even if we are lucky enough to find him again in the future... can he still be as angry as he is now?

Now... I am afraid it is his best and only chance to take revenge on Ogata!

Itagaki made up his mind like this, and in order to escape from the heavy object pressing his left arm as soon as possible, he pulled out his knife and cut off his left arm!

The complicated emotions on Ogata's face had dissipated at this time.

With his expression calm again, he looked quietly at Itagaki, who was laughing happily.

"...I met your master Ishikawa Hyōma in Osaka last night."

Ogata's words made Itagaki slowly stop laughing.

This time, a complicated expression appeared on Itagaki's face.

"After you left the Hirose Domain, your master immediately closed the sword hall and went looking for you everywhere."

"Your master asked me to tell you something after seeing you: As a master, I left my hometown alone regardless of my old age, just to bring you back, and I suffered a lot for this.

No matter how hard it is, even if it is for the sake of my master, I must return to Hirose Domain as soon as possible..."

"Shut up!"

Before Ogata could finish his words, he was interrupted by Itagaki's roar.

"How much time and effort do you think I spent to get this opportunity to take revenge on you!"
To be continued...