I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

A-Machi raised his right hand and grasped his left wrist vigorously, as if trying to stop his wrist from shaking.

But no matter how hard A-Machi tried, he couldn't stop the trembling of his hands, and instead they trembled more violently.

"A-Machi, you don't have to worry about what that guy said just now." Ogata tried his best to comfort A-Machi.

However, as soon as Ogata's voice fell, Ah-Machi's head lowered slightly.

"Heitaro, what he said just now is right, I also know what I said just now to kill as many people as possible, it's just a ridiculous and shameless big talk"

Bitterness and anxiety surfaced on Ah-Ming's face.

"How could I be able to fight against the whole Shiranui with my ten thousand years of ninja, and it is still the Shiranui who has already cooperated with the shogunate?"

"Not to mention the whole Shiranui, just a Kotaro can easily kill me"

"Kotaro, he is the Four Heavenly Kings in Shiranui."

"Besides the leader, one of the four strongest ninjas in Shiranui"

"Even if I use Su Sakura and Kasumi, I can't defeat Kotaro"

"Ayi, you should have heard Heitaro mention the name Azhu just now, right?"

"Yeah." Ogata nodded lightly, "I heard that."

"Azhu, she is a ninja who defected to Shiranui in the middle of last year."

"She is different from me who is a half-nin for ten thousand years. Azhu is a real ninja."

"Azhu, who is so powerful, was caught back after he defected to Shiranui."

"Ayi, guess what punishment Azhu received?"

"I don't want to know." Ogata said without hesitation, "Stop talking."

Ogata noticed that A-Machi's body was shaking more violently, so he quickly signaled A-Machi to stop talking.

But A-Machi seemed not to have heard Ogata's words, and continued:

"In Shiranui, there is a set of punishments specially used to deal with defectors, called peeling."

"This is a punishment very similar to Tang Tu's Ling Chi."

"The executioner will use a small knife to peel off all the skin and flesh on your body bit by bit, and then hang your skin and your skeleton on the tree to warn the rest of the people not to think about committing the crime of defecting to Shiranui"

"A terrible punishment, isn't it?"

"When the defected female ninja is captured, she will suffer even more, because when she is captured, those ninjas who are responsible for capturing the female ninja can torture the female ninja as much as they want, as long as they don't This girl can just kill her."

"At that time, when I decided to defect to Shiranui, I told myself over and over again not to be afraid, I was already mentally prepared."

"But, but"

Ah-Ming bit her lower lip tightly.

The eye sockets began to redden.

"When Shiranui sent a steady stream of pursuers to chase me down, I was still trembling with fear."

With her shoulders slumped, her waist on her back, and her forehead resting on the tiger eyes of her hands, A-Machi said to her hands in a voice that seemed to be praying, with a crying voice:

"Please stop shaking"

Ah-cho's prayer didn't work.

Her hands were still "jumping" violently like fish jumping ashore from the water.

Looking at A-Machi whose body seems to have shrunk a circle, Ogata felt the constriction in his chest become more intense.

Machi is always smiling, but sometimes she shows a cute and sly smile.

A-Machi is a bit clumsy, and even does such embarrassing things as urinating his pants on Ogata's back.

Even after boarding Butterfly Island and meeting that unreasonable ogre, A-Ming did not show any timidity.

When confronted with a monster like the "demon monk" Izumi, he bravely fought against it, and there was no A-cho who backed away half a step.

Such A-Machi is so uneasy and frightened at this moment, so frightened that his voice makes his whole body tremble.

Ogata wanted to say something to comfort A-cho.

But after digging around, Ogata realized that at this moment, no matter what he said, it was impossible to suppress the fear in Ah-Ming's heart.

Ogata turned around slowly, looking at the majestic Nijo Castle in the distance.

A bold idea popped up in Ogata's mind.

As soon as this idea popped up in Ogata's mind, Ogata dismissed it.

Because the idea is just too crazy.

Crazy enough that even Ogata, who had done the feat of "killing a feudal lord with a single pick, felt that the person who would carry out this idea was by no means a normal person.

Feng Mo, who had been silent since just now, said softly at this time:

"I understand what's going on, Komachi, you defected to Shiranui-sato."

After listening for so long just now, Fuma also heard from the mouths of Ding, Ogata and others what happened to Ding.

After sighing lightly, Feng Mo turned his head to the side, looked at Ogata, and said seriously:

"Brother Ogata, take A-Ming and leave Kyoto."

"That guy just said that Kotaro will stay in Nijo Castle until the end of the banquet in Nijo Castle tonight."

"So as long as you leave Kyoto as soon as possible before the banquet is over, maybe you can get rid of that Kotaro."

"As far as I know, there seems to be an official sent by Huofu Thief Kai in Kyoto."

"The Huofu thief is also the security force of the shogunate. After meeting you, a criminal who is being arrested by the whole city of Kyoto, there is no reason to let you go."

"It's clear that Erxiang Town is the Ichikomon Banquet, and the disciples of the Six Swords Hall must have been ready to meet you."

"Brother Ogata, the Yuli and Tongxin in Kyoto, the officials of Huofu Thief Gai, all the samurai in the Six Great Sword Gyms, and the ordinary people in Kyoto are all your enemies now, and you are the enemy of the whole city now. , you should leave Kyoto as soon as possible."

"Leaving with A-Ming, this is only good for you and A-Ming, there is no harm."

After quietly listening to Fumo's advice, Ogata did not respond to Fumo.

He only pursed his lips tightly.

escape?Where are you going?

Ogata asked himself in his heart.

He has no relatives in the whole of Japan, and there is no place to go to.

Where is he taking Ah-Ming?

Do you want to lead A-Machi to live a life of being chased by the government and Shiranui all the time?

That's all for himself, even if these two major forces all come to chase him, Ogata is not afraid at all.

But what about Machi?

Looking at Ah-cho's current state, I'm afraid he won't even be able to sleep well in the future, and I'm afraid there will be pursuers from Shiranui who will kill him again.

What Fuma said just now made the boredom in Ogata's chest even heavier.

He came to the capital this time just to find the mentor and apprentice who might be able to cure the immortal poison in his body.

In the end, they were inexplicably involved in one trouble after another.

He just wanted to find the pair of master and apprentice.

After meeting A-Machi by chance, I had a small goal of watching Yamaboko parade with A-Machi.

He just wanted to do these two trivial things in Kyoto all the time.

But under the agitation of people from all walks of life, it has fallen to the point where the whole city is now an enemy, and the elders advise him to leave the capital as soon as possible.

First there was a group of lunatics who tried to burn down the capital, but now for some reason, they targeted him and forced him to attend the Hongmen Banquet.

Later, there was a group of ninjas from Shiranui who chased Acho.

It's these guys that make me and A-Ming restless

Ogata's gaze turned uncontrollably to the majestic Nijo Castle in the distance again.

The crazy idea that he suppressed just now resurfaced in Ogata's mind.

However, as soon as this thought surfaced, it was suppressed by Ogata.

Even Ogata couldn't imagine what kind of retaliation he would face in the future if he put this idea into practice.

If this crazy idea is put into practice, there is no doubt that the sensation it will cause will far exceed the battle of "killing Matsudaira Gennai" more than half a year ago.

The nature of the two is completely different from each other.

Because this idea was too crazy, Ogata had no choice but to suppress this crazy idea again.

But this crazy idea seemed to have its own consciousness, just after being suppressed by Ogata, it popped out of Ogata's mind again.

"Brother Ogata!"

Seeing that Ogata didn't respond to him for a long time, Feng Mo couldn't help but speak again.

"Did you hear what I said just now? Hurry up and take A-Machi out of Kyoto! I know a secret way out of Kyoto! I'll take you there!"

"Is it useful to run away?"

"What did you say?" Feng Mo looked at Ogata with surprise.

"Machi's enemies are there."

Ogata turned his gaze back to Nijo Castle in the distance.

"We run away, and the enemy will chase us endlessly."

That crazy idea once again occupied Ogata's entire mind.

Give it a go!

Ogata said to himself in his heart.

It's not like I haven't done such a crazy thing!

More than half a year ago, the battle of "killing Matsudaira Gennai by force" was also an extremely crazy thing.

Ogata had never experienced the danger of dying.

Although the crazy idea in my mind is far more crazy than the violent killing of Matsudaira Gennai more than half a year ago

Thinking of this, Xu Fang felt a little cringed again.

He couldn't imagine what would be waiting for him in the future after he put into practice the crazy idea in his mind

Perhaps the shogunate and Shiranui will go crazy and launch unprecedented strong revenge against him and A-Machi

Ogata is not afraid of death.

He's just afraid that he won't be able to protect A-Ming well in the future.

Ogata felt that he was only missing an opportunity now.

An opportunity for him to make up his mind and decide to go all out

at this time

"Machi? What's wrong?"

Because Ogata has been facing Nijo Castle since just now, Ogata's back has been facing Machi.

At this moment, A-Machi suddenly came up, stretched out his trembling hands, grabbed Ogata Haori's back, and buried his face in Ogata's back.

Because A-Machi buried his whole face in his back, Ogata couldn't see A-Machi's face even if he turned his head.

No matter what Ogata said, Amachi remained silent, just buried his face in the haori on Ogata's back.

"You are enough." Ogata had to turn his head back, and then smiled helplessly, "Let's say something anyway."

But A-Machi remained silent.

After an unknown amount of time passed, Ah-cho finally said softly:

"Ayi"

While calling out her unique address to Ogata, Machi raised her head slowly.