I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Yes."

"Why are you preparing so much gunpowder?"

"Of course it's used as a weapon, or is it used to make fireworks?"

During the incident where Ogata was recuperating at Fuma's house, it wasn't that A-Machi had been doing nothing but taking care of Ogata.

At Ding's request, Fumo used some of his connections in Kyoto to help Ding purchase some gunpowder and ironware.

According to A-Machi - she plans to add a wave of bullets dedicated to Su Ying and Kasumi Nagi.

During that long night, the bullets dedicated to Su Ying and Kasuma Nagi consumed a lot.

Ogata even almost used up the bullets that A-Machi gave him.

The big sacks that A-Machi is carrying to the carriage one by one now contain the gunpowder, ironware, and some Ogata-named items that Fuma helped A-Machi buy in Kyoto. Named tool.

In addition to making Suzakura and Kasuma Nagi special tools, A-Machi seems to be planning to use these gunpowder and iron tools to make other things.

But no matter how Ogata asked A-cho about what else he planned to use these irons and gunpowder to make bullets for Suzakura and Kasumi Nagi, A-cho kept secret about it, saying that it was a secret, and he would tell when it was done. Ogata.

At this moment, two carriages stopped in front of Fuma's mansion.

These two carriages are Lin's carriages.

According to Asai, these are the horses and carriages they bought temporarily from their acquaintances in Kyoto.

The reason why they stopped in front of Fuma's mansion was naturally to pick up Ogata and Atachi.

Machi was carrying her pile of gunpowder and irons onto the carriage one by one.

Shimada helps Machi load her pile of things into the car.

Asai stood beside Lin and said goodbye to Fuma with Lin.

Saying goodbye to Fuma, and Ogata.

"Master Fumo." Ogata bowed respectfully to Fumo, "Thank you for taking care of us these days."

"Yeah." Feng Mo smiled calmly, "Bon voyage."

After saying goodbye to Fuma, Ogata turned his gaze to Kondo who was standing beside Fuma.

Kondo is also lucky.

He came to the door today with some supplements.

Then he happened to run into Ogata who was about to leave.

Kondo's expression is very complicated now.

"Master... I wish you prosperous martial arts."

Kondo's face was full of sadness and reluctance at this time.

Looking at Kondo's face full of sadness and reluctance, Ogata couldn't help showing a touch of helplessness on his face.

During this period of time, he was also used to Kondo visiting and asking for advice from time to time.

If it is said that he has no affection for Kondo, an enthusiastic and somewhat honest young man, it must be a lie.

Now that it was time to say goodbye to Kondo, Ogata couldn't help but feel a little bit sad.

"master……"

At this moment, Kondo, who lowered his head slightly, said in a low voice.

"Can I... ask you again... maybe the last question about swordsmanship?"

"Ask." Ogata nodded slightly.

"Master, how should I practice and in which direction should I practice to reach your strength?"

With a touch of impatience on Kondo's face, he asked Ogata the question he had been wanting to ask Ogata since he knew Ogata.

"...Do you really want to be as strong as me?" Ogata asked.

"Yeah." Kondo nodded, "It's even a dream..."

Ogata was silent for a while, then slowly said to Kondo in front of him:

"Kondo, your level of swordsmanship is not low."

"In terms of swordsmanship, I actually have nothing to teach you."

"What you should do next is to go your own way."

Ogata slowly raised his right hand, and pressed the tip of his index finger against Kondo's chest.

"Don't be impatient."

"Follow nature."

"Step by step, move forward in a down-to-earth manner."

"Catch me with peace of mind, Kondo."

A faint smile slowly appeared on Ogata's face.

"I will quietly wait for you to come and walk with me."

Kondo listened quietly to Ogata's words just now.

After Ogata's words fell, Kondo muttered in a low voice at a volume that only he could hear clearly:

"Don't be impatient, follow nature... chase after with a peaceful heart..."

As Kondo murmured the words Ogata just said to him over and over again, Kondo's eyes gradually glowed with dazzling brilliance.

"Yeah!" Kondo nodded vigorously, "Master, I understand!"

……

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The passengers in the two carriages purchased by Lin and the others temporarily were not only Lin and his party, but also Ogata and A-machi.

The passengers on the two carriages included that Xuanren, and that Heitaro who was interrogated inhumanely during this period.

During this period of time, Heitaro, who has been subjected to the inhuman interrogation by Lin and his party, is not dead, but he still looks half-breathed.

Because Lin thinks that there may be some useful information about Shiranui from Heitaro's mouth, she plans to bring Heitaro back to Owari.

As for Xuanren - he asked Lin to go back to Ozhang with Lin on his own initiative.

Before that, Xuanren was thrown into prison because he was suspected of treating the dead.

According to Xuanren - he was wronged.

The person he healed was already terminally ill and was not far from dying.

Entrusted by his family members, he decided to take a risk and try to save this person.

Unexpectedly, after the treatment failed, the family members of the poor patient insisted that it was Xuanren who killed him.

This group of people is quite powerful in Kyoto, so the officials of the Kyoto Prefecture did not do unnecessary investigations, and put Xuanren into a big prison.

Although now with the help of Lin and others, Xuanren successfully escaped from prison, but he can no longer stay in the capital.

If the group of people who wronged Xuanren knew that Xuanren was released from prison, who knew what they would do to Xuanren.

Xuanren's only relatives are his master and brother.

The only shelter is Kyoto.

Under the current situation that Kyoto can no longer stay, for his own life, Xuanren decided to hold Lin's thigh tightly and wanted to go to Owari with Lin.

The base of Lin's gourd house is located in a big mountain.There is a small village at the foot of the mountain.

The villagers in this village are all members of the Calabash House, who are responsible for warning outsiders from approaching the base of the Calabash House.This village is regarded as the outpost of Calabash House.

The village happened to be short of doctors with good medical skills. Seeing that Xuanren wanted to go to Owari with her, Lin nodded and agreed very happily.

After Lin agreed to take him to Owari, and with Lin's permission, Xuanren secretly went back to the home that had been in a state of disrepair since his master and brother went to Ezo and he himself was imprisoned. He wrote a letter to his master and brother.

Although there has been no news since his master and senior brother went to Ezo, but he might come back someday in the future.

So Xuanren left a letter to his master and senior brother, telling them that he was safe, but went to Owari to continue to make a living.

When Xuanren left this letter at home, Lin asked Asai to follow Xuanren the whole time. While protecting Xuanren, she also checked whether there was any problem with the content written in Xuanren's letter.

Under Asai's inspection, there was nothing wrong with the letter Xuanren left at home, it was just an ordinary letter to inform his family that he was safe and where he was now.

With Yu Lin's consent, Xuanren was able to write in the letter that he went to a village with a name in Owari.It is convenient for his master and senior brother to come to Owari to find him after they read this letter when they return to Kyoto in the future.

This can be regarded as Lin's careful thinking - if Xuanren's master and senior brother return to Kyoto and come to Owari to find Xuanren, it will save them the trouble of going to the vast Ezo land to find these two people in the future.

Xuanren, Heitaro, Asai, and Rin all sat in the same car with Ogata's luggage.

Ogata, Atachi, Rin, and Shimada took another car.

After Ou said goodbye to Fuma and Kondo, it was Lin's turn to say goodbye to Fuma.

After Ogata turned around and entered the carriage, he asked Shimada suspiciously:

"Shimada, where's Makimura?"

"Makimura-senpai said he was going to bid farewell to an old friend in Kyoto." Shimada replied, "So we will pick him up later."

Lin said goodbye to Feng Mo quickly.

After saying "See you later" and "Take care" to Feng Mo a few times, and gently hugging Feng Mo, Lin turned and boarded the carriage.

What surprised Ogata and Atachi was that the people in charge of driving the two carriages were actually Asai and Rin herself.

"Miss Kinoshita." Atachi Chaorin asked, "You can even drive a carriage."

"Don't think of me as the kind of young lady who doesn't know the difference between salt and sugar."

"Speaking of which—" Ogata said at this time, "Can you take me out of Kyoto safely?"

As Ogata spoke, he raised his hand to touch his face, and smiled wryly.

"As far as I know—I'm a 'big celebrity' in Kyoto now."

"You don't have to worry about this." A meaningful smile appeared on Lin's face, "We have already prepared corresponding means to ensure that we can safely take you out of the capital. Alright, let's stop gossip ! Sit down firmly!"

After finishing speaking, Lin Yiyang held the rein in her hand, driving the pack horse in front of her to move the carriage under her buttocks to move forward.

After Lin drove the carriage forward, Asai also began to drive the carriage he was in charge of.

"By the way, Ms. Kinoshita. After leaving Kyoto, can I go to a place first?" Ogata said suddenly.

"Where are you going?" Lin asked.

"I suddenly remembered—I still have a horse in a village on the outskirts of Kyoto."

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Fuma and Kondo stood in place, looking at the two carriages that were gradually moving away from their field of vision, getting farther and farther away.

After the two carriages were about to disappear, Kondo suddenly said to Fuma beside him:

"Master Kotaro...I've already decided what name I want to give my own school of swordsmanship."

"Huh? What self-created swordsmanship?"

"I created a new school of swordsmanship based on the Katori Shinto style, but I haven't figured out what to name my self-created swordsmanship."

"And I think about it now."

"Oh? What's the name?" Feng Mo asked.

Kondo turned his head, looked at Fuma next to him, and then said with a strong voice:

"Natural mental flow!"

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At this moment-

Kyoto, a certain ordinary street, a certain tea house.

Two people sit side by side on a bench outside this teahouse.