I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Today is the day when Ogata decides to leave Hirose Domain.

Although some injuries on his body haven't fully healed yet, according to Xuan'an - these injuries that haven't completely healed are no longer a hindrance, they won't affect Ogata's activities, and won't affect Ogata's swing of the sword.

Now that Xuan'an has already said so, Ooyo simply decided to end this long recuperating life and leave Hirose Clan.

As if God was also helping Ogata, today is a very comfortable sunny day.

Although the sun hangs high in the sky, it doesn't make people feel stuffy at all.

There will be a breeze blowing from time to time, which is very comfortable.

This kind of weather is perfect for going out for a long trip.

Cang Yong offered to see Ogata off.

Regarding Cang Yong's request to see him off, Ogata didn't make too much pretense, and very readily agreed to let Cang Yong send him off for a while.

Although he decided to leave Hirose Clan today, Ogata was not in a hurry to leave.

Instead, he took a detour first to take a look at the flowing house that he hadn't been to for a long time.

After confirming that the lives of Azaki and Afu are very stable now, Ogata dared to leave Hirose Fan with peace of mind.

"Ogata-kun."

Kuranaga, who was half a step behind Ogata, suddenly asked Ogata.

"Are you... really planning to wear this suit? Don't you plan to change to other clothes?"

At this time, Ogata was wearing a black hakama, a dark blue kimono, and a light green haori.

He wore black tabi socks and stared at the straw sandals.

Wearing a hat on the head.

From the handle and scabbard, it is not difficult to see the expensive sword and wakizasa from the left waist.

Whether it's the bamboo hat, the knife, or the clothes on his body, they are all brand new, and you can tell that they are new items purchased recently.

Ogata looked down at his current clothes.

"My lord, is there anything wrong with my clothes?"

"Your hakama and Wufu are fine,

The main problem is... your haori. "

Cang Yong raised his finger and pointed to the light green haori on Ogata's body.

"Ogata-kun, are you really not going to change into a new haori?"

"Oh, Haori."

Ogata touched the light green haori with wide sleeves on his body.

"No need, my lord. I like this haori very much, so I have no plans to change it."

Ogata understood Kuranaga's move to ask him if he wanted to change his haori.

Light onion was a pretty earthy color in this day and age.

The most popular colors are dark colors like black.

Going out in light onions is like announcing to the world that you are a country bumpkin.

But Ogata didn't care about that.

Light onion is his favorite color.

Even though this color is very old-fashioned in the eyes of people of this era, Ogata has no intention of changing clothes to another color.

"...Forget it." Cang Yong sighed softly, "What color to wear is your freedom, Ogata-kun, and it is inconvenient for me to say anything more."

"My lord." Ogata said suddenly, "Accompany me on a long detour, let's go somewhere."

"No problem." Cang Yong said happily, "You can go wherever you want now, and I will accompany you to the end. Anyway, I have a lot of time now."

"Grateful."

Ogata led Kuranaga and Feilu to turn left and right in the town.

Soon, he arrived at his destination - Xuanzhen Temple.

To be precise, it is the cemetery behind Xuanzhen Temple.

After leading Cangnanaga into the cemetery behind Xuanzhen Temple, Owen went straight to the tombs of his master Hanbei and his brothers.

He wanted to see his master and brothers one last time before leaving Hirose Fan.

In addition to seeing the master and the brothers, Ogata also took a look at Ichiro and the others.

In the cemetery, there are 6 new tombstones that can be seen at a glance.

These six tombs are the tombs of Ichiro and the others.

After the successful assassination of Matsudaira Gennai, Kuranaga buried the bodies of Ichiro and the others in this Xuanzhen Temple.

During the period of recuperation, Ogata also came here several times to pay homage to Ichiro and the others.

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"Ogata-kun. Do you know... who owns these three tombs?"

When Ogata was sweeping away the fallen leaves that fell on the tombstones of his master and senior brothers one by one, Kurangaga who was at the side suddenly asked him this.

Ogata looked in the direction where Kuranaga's finger was pointing.

Those were three tombstones that Ogata had never seen before.

Judging from the appearance of the tombstones, there are still three relatively new tombs.

"This is...?" Ogata asked suspiciously.

"...This was before I met you, Ogata-kun."

A look of nostalgia appeared on Cang Yong's face.

"Before I met you, Ogata-kun, I met three samurai who were also skilled in swordsmanship."

"I intend to recruit them and let them help me to punish the lord together."

"And those three warriors...rejected my invitation."

"Although the three warriors patted their chests and assured me after rejecting my invitation that they would never tell anyone about my attempt to assassinate the lord."

"But...my assassination plan for the lord can't bear any accident..."

"So... just to be on the safe side, I sent someone to assassinate them."

"Fortunately, the three of them are just ordinary low-level warriors, and it is very convenient to assassinate them."

"...So that's how it is." Ogata had an intriguing smile on his face, "Fortunately, I accepted your invitation, my boss, otherwise I might have to lie here too."

"Yeah." Cang Yong's face showed an expression of crying or laughing, "Too many innocent people... died because of me..."

After all, Cang Yong silently took out a small handful of short incense from his arms, put incense on the tombs of the three poor warriors, and recited prayers with his hands clasped together.

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After seeing the masters, brothers, and Ichiro in the cemetery for the last time, Ogata has no place to go in this Hirose Domain.

So he, Kuranaga, and Hiroshi walked one after the other on the road leaving the Hirose Domain.

"Ogata-kun."

Perhaps it was to prevent the atmosphere between them from being too silent and too awkward, Kuranaga asked Ogata.

"Have you brought all your salutes?"

"I've brought everything." Ogata patted his arms, "That's all my luggage."

There are only a few pieces of luggage on Ogata's body - the 2 new katanas gifted to him by Kura Naga on his waist, the cheat book of "Nuso Two Swords Style", the certificate of exemption from the Sakakibara One Sword Style, and a bag full of various coins. purse.

"Just bring all the luggage." Cang Yong nodded lightly.

Afterwards, nothing was said.

Ogata walked forward silently.

And Cang Yong and Fei Yuan silently followed Ogata's side, seeing him off.

It wasn't until - after looking around and seeing no more people, Cang Yong stopped.

"Ogata-kun, the flying monkey and I have been sent here."