I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"You take this Huaijian." Zong Hai handed the Huaijian in his hand to Xufang.

"This is?" Ogata asked suspiciously.

"I've said it before—the friendship between my mentor and Kinnosuke is very good. This sword is a gift from Konnosuke to our Tenmanji Temple."

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"If you see Konnosuke, tell them—you are friends of Tenmanji Temple, and then show him this sword."

"In this way, it can be proved that you are indeed friends rather than enemies."

"That's it... Thank you, this thing is very useful."

After putting away the pocket sword, Ogata asked A-machi and the others beside him:

"Have you checked everything? Is there anything you forgot to bring?"

"No." A-Ming shook his head.

Jiangong and Mucun also shook their heads.

"Then—let's go." Ogata said loudly.

"All benefactors, I hereby wish you..."

Before Zong Hai finished speaking, Xu Fangfang suddenly changed the subject:

"But—before you leave, Zong Hai, let's be honest with each other."

Ogata turned his head and cast his sharp eyes on Zonghai.

"Let's... talk for a while."

There are no other redundant emotions on the face, only seriousness.

Not only Xianhai and others, but also Atachi and Mamiya cast doubtful eyes on Ogata.

Only Zong Hai's expression changed, and there was still a faint smile on his face.

"Sir, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Zong Hai." Ogata said seriously, "I already hinted at you at the well yesterday."

"If you think of anything important, please let us know."

"I wanted to give you a chance."

"I'll give you a... chance to make amends and explain everything you know."

"I want to save you some face, and I don't want to tear the last skin between you and me."

"But... I have been waiting since last night until now, but I haven't waited for you to clarify everything you know."

Zong Hai's expression at this moment finally no longer had the same indifferent smile as before.

Although still wearing a faint smile.

But at this moment, the smile on his face was a bit more bitter.

"Since Zong Hai, you don't want to take the initiative to speak up, then I will take the initiative to ask now."

"Zong Hai." Xu Fang narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold light shot out from his eyes, "You already knew that there was a problem with the water of the Linong River, am I right?"

As soon as Ogata said this, everyone except Zonghai and Xianhai showed astonishment.

"...The benefactor." Zong Hai asked softly, "You...why did you say that?"

"When you told me yesterday that the islanders on this island draw their water from the Linon River, I realized something was wrong."

"After searching the garrison left by the researchers of the shogunate, and knowing that soldiers who landed on the island for less than a month would turn into cannibals, I was convinced that there must be a big problem with the water of the Linon River .”

"All the islanders on this island will become cannibals, except your mentor."

"This shows that there must be some differences in the way of life between your mentor and other islanders."

At this time, Ogata's voice gradually became higher:

"When you told me yesterday that the rest of the islanders get their water from the Linon River, I knew that the biggest difference between your Tenmanji and other islanders' lifestyles is that your water is different."

"Tenmanji's usual domestic water is taken from the wells that lead directly to the underground waterway."

"The researchers of the shogunate didn't know that there was an exception on this island, your mentor, who didn't turn into a cannibal. So they didn't notice that there might be a problem with the water of the Linon River in time-it's understandable."

"But Zong Hai, you haven't noticed that there is a problem with the water in the Linong River, so it's understandable!"

"You know that your teacher will not become an ogre, only other islanders will become an ogre, so as long as you compare your lifestyles, you can easily find that the biggest difference between you is water. s difference!"

"But you never mentioned the river water problem to us, and you told us that you don't know why the islanders turned into ogres..."

Speaking of this, the cold light in Ogata's eyes became more and more fierce, and his left hand was already pressing the sheath of the knife around his waist.

"Also... you have a medicine that can suppress the 'immortal poison'... this is also quite suspicious."

"When you showed me the medicine that can suppress the 'immortal poison', I noticed that there must be something wrong with you."

Chapter 215 Two Doctors from Kyoto

"Although I don't understand medicine, I know that developing medicine is not that simple."

"A large number of experimental subjects are needed to conduct experiments bit by bit, and try out a drug with sufficient efficacy bit by bit."

"Where on this island are there so many people infected with the immortal virus to experiment with you?"

"Without enough test subjects, how did you make the medicine that can suppress the immortal poison?"

"What's more--when I visited your pharmacy, I didn't find any vessel containing 'Immortal Virus' or blood infected with 'Immortal Virus'."

"You keep saying that you are researching medicine that can suppress the 'Immortal Poison', but there is not a single vessel in your pharmacy that contains the 'Immortal Poison'. No matter how you say it, it is not justified, right?"

"The medicine that can suppress the poison of immortality was not made by you at all, but given to you by someone else——I'm right?"

Having said that, not only Ogata, but also Atachi, Mamiya and others cast vigilant and unfriendly eyes on Zonghai at this time.

As for the Matsumoto who was standing next to Zonghai, he quietly moved away from Zonghai at this time.

"Everyone misunderstood!"

While everyone was waiting for Zonghai to speak, Xianhai suddenly shouted, and opened his arms, blocking between Ogata and Zonghai.

"Master Zonghai did hide some things from everyone because of some difficulties!" Xianhai said urgently, "But Master Zonghai is not a bad person!"

"Is it a bad person? Let's wait for Zong Hai to explain to everyone what he originally concealed." Ogata said softly.

"...Xianhai, get out of the way." Zong Hai let out a long sigh, and then said with a wry smile, "It seems that chances are really bad..."

"My little monk thought that the words you said to me by the well yesterday were actually to fool me, to trick me..."

"I didn't expect you to find out that the little monk has concealed a lot of things..."

"Zonghai..." A-Ming hesitated, "You can't... you are the chief culprit who turned the islanders of this island into cannibals?"

"No." Zong Hai quickly shook his head, "The culprit is not the little monk."

"The little monk only knows that everyone will become a cannibal, which is related to the water of the Linong River. As for why it will change, the little monk doesn't know."

"All benefactors, I will now tell you all the things that I have concealed..."

"About... 2 years ago. Two doctors came from Kyoto."

"According to them, these two doctors are mentors and apprentices, speaking with a Kyoto accent."

"The master called himself Heshi."

"The apprentice calls himself He Zhi."

"The mentor and apprentice said that they plan to move here and devote themselves to researching medicine while providing diagnosis and treatment to the islanders."

"They put their home next to our Tenmanji Temple."

"They go out to go to the doctor during the day and go home to rest at night."

"We don't have much friendship with this pair of master and apprentice on weekdays. The only friendship between us and them is that their daily water is taken from the well of our Tenmanji Temple."

"After all, it's just some water, and they pay us 'water rent' every day, so we let them freely use the water from our Tenmanji Temple."

"However... the master and apprentice pair left the island in a hurry not long after they moved here."

"When they left the island, they even set fire to the wooden house they had originally built."

"On the eve of leaving this island, the apprentice of the master and apprentice—that is, He Zhi specially found the little monk."

"I gave the little monk 2 pills, and said to the monk, 'These 2 pills can suppress a very poisonous poison, if someone is poisoned, let him take it, and that person might be saved'. "

Hearing this, Ogata raised his eyebrows: "Those 2 medicines are...?"

"That's right, those two medicines that can suppress the 'immortality poison'." Zong Hai smiled wryly, "Blesser, just as you said just now, this medicine was not made by the monk, but he gave it to the monk. of."

"While handing these two medicines to the little monk, I also warned the little monk that from now on, you can use the water of the Linong River to wash your hands, face, bathe, and wash clothes. It can be used for everything, except It cannot be used for drinking."

"After admonishing the little monk, he followed his master and left the island."

"The little monk didn't care about it at the time. He just thought that he disliked the fact that the water in the Linong River was not so clean, so after the pair of master and apprentice left the island, the little monk put the words Hezhi told me behind him. Also I didn't tell my master about it."

"It didn't take long...the first ogre appeared on this island..."

"It wasn't until the ogre appeared that the little monk belatedly learned what the intention of what He Zhi said to the little monk was..."

"The pair of master and apprentice... must be the culprit who turned the islanders of this island into cannibals..."

"Since you knew early on that there was a problem with the water in the Linong River, why didn't you tell the other islanders about it?" A-Ming asked urgently.

"The patroness... Do you know what will happen if you tell the other islanders that there is a problem with the water in the Linon River?"

The bitterness on Zong Hai's face was extremely strong.

"On this island, there is only one river, the Linon River."

"If this river cannot be used, the only place with usable water source is...here."

Zong Hai pointed to the ground.

"At that time, all the islanders would flock here, and in this case, it would be..."

"It will affect your life in Tenmanji." Mucun, who had been silent since just now, said with a blank face, "Because I was worried that my life and the life of my mentor would be affected, I decided to hide it. the truth. Am I right?"

"...You're right." Zong Hai slowly closed his eyes, "Not only did I hide the truth from the other islanders, but I also hid it from my mentor...just because of my selfishness..."

"Kashi...Kazuo..." A-Ming chewed on the names of these two people, "Zonghai, do you remember the appearance of these two people?"

"My little monk only remembers that their looks are very ordinary, there is nothing special about them. And even if I remember, it's useless. I don't know how to draw, so I can't draw the faces of those two people for you."

"The biggest characteristic of the two of them is probably that they have a very pure Kyoto accent."

Speaking of this, Zong Hai paused.

After being silent for a while, he let out a long sigh, and then continued:

"The reason why the little monk concealed these things from the benefactors is because the little monk really didn't know how to speak...so he planned to get away with it..."

"My little monk has really told you all the known things now. This time, I really didn't hold back at all."

"Okay... benefactors..."

Although Zong Hai said "everyone", his eyes were fixed on Ogata from the beginning to the end.

"Young monk will neither escape nor avoid, how you want to punish this little monk is up to you."

Chapter 216 Prisoners who took root on the island

It wasn't just Zonghai who fixed his eyes on Ogata, but also Atachi, Mamiya, and Mucun all looked at Ogata.

Zong Hai stood on the spot silently, with his arms drooping naturally, with that faint smile still on his face.

Ogata, who had been silent since Zonghai started to tell what he had concealed, continued to remain silent, looking at Zonghai expressionlessly.

As for Xianhai, he stood aside anxiously, wanting to say something, but didn't know how to speak.

After a long time, Ogata finally broke the silence.

And what Ogata said was——

"... Everyone, let's go."

After all, Xu turned around without any hesitation.

Looking at Ogata who turned and left, Zong Hai showed surprise on his face.

"I've been keeping these important things from you all the time." Zong Hai said softly, "Aren't you going to take revenge and punish me?"