I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

As soon as he arrived at Wakayama Castle, Hasegawa rushed to find his old friend non-stop——Kyoto Tsunosuke, who is known as "Nabuki" in the city of Kyoto.

Hasegawa moved his gaze and looked at the various books, scrolls, and papers that could be seen everywhere in the room.

"The shogunate is really short of manpower now..." Hasegawa sighed softly, "I didn't expect that the shogunate is so short of manpower that it will drag you, who is the leader of the Kyoto town, to the Kii front line to manage the deployment of the army's luggage , the management of the prisoners."

"Hasegawa, you are wrong, the shogunate never lacks manpower."

Shenshan said while stretching his waist.

"The shogunate just lacks capable ministers like you and me."

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with being transferred to Ji Yi's side to fight the fire."

"The life here is relatively easy."

"And I was just pulled in temporarily to fight the fire."

"I've gotten word that the shogunate has found a suitable replacement for me."

"In a short while, when the person in charge of replacing me arrives, I will be able to leave Kii, return to Kyoto, and continue to be my Kyoto Town Magi."

Shen Shan took the tea placed beside the table, took a sip, and then cast his sharp eyes on Hasegawa again.

"Okay, that's all for the greetings."

"Hasegawa, let's get down to business."

"I can tell from your expression that you came here to find me not just to meet and catch up with my old friend."

"Tell me. Why did you come to me specially?"

"Sacred Mountain." Hasegawa said in a deep voice, "If that's the case, then I'll just say it straight!"

"Shenshan, please tell me—we have sent so many prisoners to 'Butterfly Island', have we achieved considerable results?"

As soon as Hasegawa's words fell, the expression on Shenshan's face froze instantly.

At this time, Hasegawa went on to say:

"In order to support the Kii front line, we Huofu Thief Kai made a great sacrifice."

Hasegawa's face gradually darkened.

"Because of an order from the shogunate, countless prisoners in our prison who still have a lot of information to dig out were forced to send Kii."

"The clues to countless major cases were cut off because the relevant people were sent to Ji Yi."

"I want to know—we've made such a big sacrifice, have we gotten enough results?"

Shenshan was silent.

After a long silence, Shenshan let out a long sigh.

"...Hasegawa, let me tell you the truth..."

"We have sent three batches of prisoners to Butterfly Island so far, a total of 3 people."

"From what is known so far... these prisoners... have no results..."

Chapter 164

Although Hasegawa is already mentally prepared to hear this result.

But after hearing the word "no results" from Shenshan's mouth, the expression on Hasegawa's face uncontrollably became serious.

At this time, Shenshan went on to say:

"A week after we put the second batch of prisoners on 'Butterfly Island', we sent a scout team to the island to check the situation."

"After a rough search, none of the 'ogre' corpses were found, but the prisoners' corpses were everywhere."

"The scout team who landed on the island to search also encountered a group of ogres, and escaped back to Lai after suffering nearly half of the casualties."

"Although we immediately sent the third batch of prisoners to 'Butterfly Island', there are not many strong people in the third batch of prisoners, and the results of the battle must be fruitless..."

"I just hope that the fourth batch of prisoners who are about to land on the island can have some skills..."

"Even if only one 'ogre' is killed in the end..."

After Shenshan's emotion fell, Hasegawa said in a deep voice:

"Sure enough...Even the regular army can't do anything about those 'ogre ghosts'. How could mere prisoners be able to deal with those monsters..."

"To be honest... let the prisoners go to the island to deal with those monsters... this kind of thing is absurd..."

"It's not absurd." Kamiyama said in a helpless tone, "It's not that he didn't do this kind of thing. In the Kamakura era hundreds of years ago, he mobilized a group of prisoners to board Tsushima Island to fight against the incoming Is the Yuan army fighting against it?"

"And these prisoners who were mobilized to Tsushima Island have more or less made some military exploits."

"I have already found out that it was Nakamatsu Taira's idea to mobilize felons across the country—especially those with good skills to land on the island."

"Anyway, these felony criminals are a group of dead people who don't matter. Instead of killing him with a single knife, it's better to send them to 'Butterfly Island' and let them die for this country—— That seems to be Matsudaira's plan."

"Hmph." Hasegawa sneered, "Just because Matsudaira believed in his idea, a large number of prisoners with many uses on my side just disappeared!"

"Hasegawa, you seem to be very angry."

"Of course! Do you know how many clues to major cases I have here, but they were cut off just because important prisoners were sent to Ji Yi!"

"Alas..." Shenshan sighed, then stood up and patted Hasegawa on the shoulder, "Hasegawa, I understand you."

"But I also hope that Ni can understand the shogunate."

"What happened on 'Butterfly Island'... really scared the entire shogunate headed by the general..."

"It's important to handle these big cases."

"However-whether these major cases are handled or not will not affect the Edo shogunate's control of the world."

"It's like the 'Buddha Enemy' you've been chasing some time ago."

"The crimes committed by the 'Buddha Enemies' are nothing more than burning temples, stealing treasures, and killing some people. No matter how troublesome such people can be, what kind of disturbances can they cause?"

"Whether the 'Buddha Enemy' can be caught - this matter will not affect the general's rule at all."

"But... 'Butterfly Island' is different."

"If these monsters currently entrenched on 'Butterfly Island' are not dealt with quickly, the impact will be great..."

"The shogunate has issued a death order. At all costs, all ogres on 'Butterfly Island' must be wiped out."

"If he hadn't been compelled to be anxious, Matsudaira would have believed that he would not have offered the trick of 'mobilizing the felons, let the felons go first'."

"In a special period like now, serious criminals are also quite valuable combat power."

Hasegawa squeezed and released his fist, released and squeezed again.

After a long while, the various emotions accumulated in Hasegawa's chest finally turned into a long sigh and spit out from Hasegawa's mouth.

"...That's all."

Hasegawa said while turning around.

"Sacred Mountain, I will go down to rest after I finish asking my questions..."

As soon as Hasegawa walked to Shenshan in front of the door, he suddenly seemed to remember something, and called out Hasegawa.

"By the way, Hasegawa."

"What's the matter?" Hasegawa turned around.

"How's your 'foot station' going?" Shenshan's face showed hesitation, "I heard recently... Matsudaira is very dissatisfied with your 'foot station'...it's true Is it?"

"Oh this thing"

Hasegawa spoke softly and in a flat tone, as if he was talking about something completely unrelated to him.

"It's true. Matsudaira Sadakami has been fighting corruption and promoting integrity since he became the old middle school and launched the opening political reform with the general."

"And he thought my 'Renzujichang' was just a waste of money, so he always looked at me and my 'renzujichang' not pleasing to the eye."

Speaking of this, Hasegawa shrugged, with a calm smile on his face.

"But it's just a trivial matter."

"Even if I am targeted by the old middle school, I will try my best to keep the 'Renzu Jichang' open."

After all, Hasegawa opened the door and left Shenshan's office, and disappeared completely from the sight of Shenshan.

……

……

"Hey! You bastard! Did you just stare at me?!"

"Huh? So what if I stare at you?! Bah!"

"Bastard! How dare you spit at me?! Bah! Bah! Bah!"

"Hahahaha! If you have the guts, just spit it out!"

"I really want to play with women... Even if I can't play with women, it's okay to show me some women..."

"Why do male and female prisoners live separately..."

……

There are no entertainment activities here, and everyone's energy has nowhere to vent.

In addition, the people who will be brought here are basically hopeless felons, so quarreling, cursing, and spitting... have become the most common sights here.

Ogata was no stranger to the noisy noises of these excess energy scumbags.

Ogata's most common way to pass the time these days is to lean against the wall and chat with his "neighbor" who lives next to him, Yahachi Makimura.

Because the cages of the two are adjacent to each other, they can't see each other, they can only communicate with each other through the stone brick wall.

"That is to say——" Ogata said, "You were sent here because of a fight?"

"That's right!" Mucun, who was separated from Ogata by a wall, responded loudly, "I beat up a corrupt official severely, and beat him half to pieces. Then unfortunately, I was caught by the officials and sent to the this place."

Chapter 165 Release from Prison

"Unexpectedly, you are also a man of temperament." Ogata smiled.

"Hahahaha! In terms of being a man of temperament, I can't compare to you, brother Ogata, who dared to kill the master!"

Although I don't know what Makimura Yahachi looks like, this does not prevent Ogata from chatting with this neighbor.

After chatting for the past few days, Ogata unexpectedly discovered that he and this pastoral village were surprisingly able to chat.

It is also thanks to the existence of Mucun that he is not too boring these days.

The life here is very different from the life in the prison car and the prison of Tatsuno Fan before.

Not only is it noisy, but it also stinks.The air was not only cloudy and stuffy, but also had a sour smell all the time.

And the food is quite average.

There are only two meals a day, and each meal only provides some dried radish and porridge that can barely satisfy the hunger.

In fact, Ogata doesn't have much opinion on food.

Ogata's biggest complaint is the environment here.

This noisy environment, where people are arguing, swearing, and spitting all the time, has already made Ogata feel like his head is about to explode.

"Ugh……"

After letting out a helpless sigh, Ogata, who was sitting on the edge of the wall adjacent to the cage where Mucun lived, turned his head and said to Mucun:

"Makimura, do you know why the government locked us prisoners together?"

"Oh, this. I know a little bit about it."

"What? You know?"

Ogata's question just now was just a random question out of boredom, and he didn't have any expectations for Mucun's answer.

However—Makimura's answer successfully exceeded Ogata's expectations.

Ogata, who never expected Mucun to know some inside information, hurriedly asked:

"Makimura, tell me what you know."

"Although I know some inside information, in fact I don't know much."

"Our group will soon be sent to a certain island in the south of Kii."