I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

In addition to being ugly by the painting, it was also because he found the painting very familiar.

He had seen this ugly brushwork before.

And have seen it many times.

A name unconsciously appeared in Ogata's mind.

Ogata subconsciously turned the painting in his hand to see if there was any painting on the back of the paper.

There is no drawing on the back of the paper.

But there is a word.

A sentence written in Japanese that Ogata is very familiar with.

The moment these words came into view, Ogata's pupils suddenly shrank.

A-Machi was also stunned.

Skulucci's voice sounded faintly:

"Mr. Mashima, I think that person must have a relationship with you."

"Because he uses the same sword technique as you."

Scruucci stared directly at Ogata with somewhat fiery eyes.

"The name of this important person to me is Genichi Kinoshita."

The words written on the back of the painting are a gift from Genichi Kinoshita to Skuluchdovnar.

Since he left Edo and went to Ezo, he had not seen or heard this name for a long time.

"Last night, I recognized the sword technique you used, which is Kinoshita Genichi's sword technique Wugo Two Swords Style."

Scruucci said slowly.

"In addition to really wanting to compete with you, a swordsman who can kill more than 30 Cossacks in a row, I also want to confirm whether the sword technique you use is really Wuwu dual-sword style."

"The blade counters, turns, and steps you use are all the same as what Mr. Kinoshita used before."

Skulucci's eyes on Ogata became more and more fiery.

Although he tried his best to conceal it, there was still a bit of urgency in Scruucci's tone.

"Can you tell me what is your relationship with Mr. Kinoshita? How is Mr. Kinoshita? Is he still alive?"

Like a cannonball, Skulucci spit out many questions to Ogata in one breath.

Facing the series of questions thrown by Scruucci, Ogata did not answer immediately.

Because he was still in shock.

In this remote wilderness, a Cossack I met by chance has a very deep relationship with Genichi Kinoshita.

Ogata never imagined that such an event with such a frighteningly low probability would happen to him.

Genichi traveled to Europe for a relatively short period of time and did not return to China until he was 54 years old. Ogata still knew about it.

According to Skulucci, he met Genichi Kinoshita 20 years ago and was adopted by Genichi Kinoshita for 3 months.

20 years ago, Genichi was only 44 years old and the time coincided. It is indeed very likely that Genichi in this period is still wandering somewhere in Europe.

Yuan Yi's enemies, he has met many.

Ogata had experienced the attribute of Genichi's "troublemaker" deeply in Edo before.

Ogata was deeply impressed by the "grand occasion" that a bunch of people who had feuds with Genichi Kinoshita gathered in Edo just after hearing that "Genichi Kinoshita might be in Edo".

In Ogata's impression, the only person he met who was related to Genichi Kinoshita but had no enmity with Genichi Kinoshita seemed to be the Fuma from Kyoto, who was already a member of Gourd House.

Seeing that Ogata remained silent for a long time, Scruucci had no choice but to hesitate:

"Mr. Kinoshita, is he no longer alive?"

"You misunderstood." Ogata finally said, "The reason why I kept silent was just because I was surprised that I could meet someone who had no enmity with Genichi Kinoshita, but was still indebted to him."

Hearing Ogata's words, Scruucci was stunned for a moment.

Then there was a wry smile:

"That's right. It's normal for you to be surprised. After all, Mr. Kinoshita is indeed a person who likes to find trouble for nothing and make all kinds of enemies for himself."

"I just ate and lived with him for three months, and the enemies who came to him had three shares."

"The three months of eating and living with him really made me suffer."

"But even though I have suffered a lot, those three months were also three months that allowed me to transform."

"I originally thought of traveling to Japan and going directly to the Japanese mainland to find him."

"However, Japan implements a national lock-up order. With my appearance, I can't get on the land of Japan at all."

Scruucci poked his own high nose.

"If a foreigner like me landed on Japanese land, he would be arrested by the Japanese government immediately, and then he would be arrested and chopped down."

"So I can only inquire about Mr. Kinoshita's whereabouts like now."

"I have nothing to ask but to know if Mr. Kinoshita is still alive"

Ogata looked deeply at Scruucci who was looking at him with almost begging eyes.

After a moment of silence, he let out a sigh of relief.

While returning the painting in his hand to Scruucci, he said slowly:

"I'm Yuan Yi's friend, and I'm also his half-disciple."

"Let's say it's a relationship between a teacher and a friend."

"Genichi is still alive, and his body is very strong. He doesn't look like an old man in his 60s at all."

"Can still swing a knife hard and gulp down a drink."

"I've been separated from him for a while, so I don't know where he is and what he's doing now."

"but"

A slight smile appeared on Ogata's face.

"I believe he must be holding the wine bottle as usual, huddling in the corner, drinking his oolong tea, and drawing a few pictures when he is in a good mood."

"Oolong tea?" Scruucci raised his eyebrows, and then showed a nostalgic expression, "It's really a familiar term! It seems that you do have a deep relationship with Mr. Kinoshita. People who are not familiar with Mr. Kinoshita must I don’t know what oolong tea is.”

"Mr. Kinoshita, at such an advanced age, is he still drinking that kind of wine that can be burned at a touch? It seems that he is indeed in good health."

After all, Scruucci let out a long breath.

"Since Kinoshita-san is still alive, I'm relieved."

"Mr. Mashima. If you meet Mr. Kinoshita in the future, can you give me a word with him?"

"It's fine." Ogata said, "But I don't know when I can meet him again."

"When we meet him again, it may be a long time later."

"It doesn't matter." Scruucci shook his head, "As long as you can deliver the message for me, it doesn't matter when you pass the message to him."

"Please tell him for me: Scruucci is alive and well, and going straight on his own path."

Ogata nodded: "Remember. When I reunite with Genichi in the future, I will bring the words with me."

"Then I'll trouble you."

After finishing speaking, Scruucci let out a long breath.

"Mr. Mashima, I owe you a great favor." Scruucci showed a faint smile, "I have been looking for information about Mr. Kinoshita for so long, and finally I have a result."

Scruucci bowed solemnly to Ogata.

"Knowing that Mr. Kinoshita is still very healthy, the big stone that has been hanging in my heart for 20 years has finally landed."

"Thank you."

Ogata and Tomachi walked out of Scruzzy's camp side by side.

"I didn't expect that the Skulucci I met by chance was adopted by Mr. Minamoto." As soon as he walked out of Skulucci's camp, Obi sighed to A-Ming, "It's such a wonderful fate."

"I'm a little envious of Scruucci." Ating said with a wry smile at this moment, "He has already found the whereabouts of the person he was looking for."

"And the two of us are basically nothing now."

Having said that, Mayor Ahmachi sighed.Then put on a serious face.

"Where are we going to find clues for Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen?"

"Qina Village is the last village Aiyaka can bring us to."

"If we can't find any clues in China Village, Aiyaka will be helpless, and we have to go to the new village to find clues."

"Don't worry about this kind of thing." Ogata smiled casually, "If you can't find any clues here in Qina Village, just keep going north and look for new villages to find clues."

"Are you overly optimistic?" A-Ming said angrily.

"It's useless for you to be anxious about this kind of thing." Ogata said, "Yesterday we only had time to ask a small number of people in Qina Village. There are still many people who haven't asked."

"With the current situation in Qina Village, it is not suitable for us to ask the villagers any questions now."

"Let's stay in Qina Village for a while now."

"After the mood of the villagers in Qina Village has stabilized, then ask the villagers who didn't have time to ask yesterday if they have information about Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen."

"I will also take advantage of this time to teach you how to ride a horse."

"With horses, our future actions will be much more convenient."

"At the same time, you and I will learn from Scruucci how to load the Kentucky long rifles and the short muskets used by their Cossacks."

Before going to Skulucci's camp, when Ogata was still washing Ogata's hair, Ogata and Acho had already planned how to divide up the weapons collected from Vladimir and those people.

2 war horses, 5 Kentucky long rifles, and all the short guns. This is what Ogata and the others plan to take.

Although the short guns used by the Cossacks, there is a high probability that they will not be able to shoot consecutively like Sakura and Kasumi.

When that Alexei was going to use the short gun to kill Ogata, Ogata saw with his own eyes the appearance of the short gun they used. This style of short gun doesn't look like it can be fired in bursts.

But even a single-shot short gun is a good thing that cannot be ignored.

Ogata would not think that the number of pistols on his body was too small.

He can't wait to quickly transform from a "two-sword swordsman" to a "multi-gun swordsman", with pistols on his back.

In the future, when facing enemies that don't need respect, just pull out your pistol, and you'll be done.

Before that, there was only Kasumi's pistol, and there were not enough bullets.Therefore, it is only used in a critical moment of last resort.

If a number of pistols and a sufficient number of bullets can be collected from Vladimir and the others, then the strength of Ogata and A-cho will undoubtedly increase by leaps and bounds.

When they left Skulucci's camp just now, Skulucci expressed to Ogata and the others very excitedly that in order to repay the great favor, if Ogata and the others encounter any trouble in the future and need help, feel free to come to him .Anything he can help with, he will do his best to help.

Scruucci would not have refused to teach them how to use the Kentucky long rifles and how to use their Cossack muskets.

"If we can't find any information here in Qina Village, we will leave and go to other places to find clues." Ogata continued.

"Machi, don't worry, you can always find clues."

Ogata succinctly finished his planned plan for the future.

The arrangement made by Ogata was well-founded and well-organized, and there was nothing wrong with it. After thinking about it, A-Machi nodded slightly.

But after nodding, A-Machi flattened his lips, and Asaogata reminded:

"I know this kind of thing can't be rushed."

"But I think you'd better have a sense of urgency."

"I always feel that you seem to have no sense of urgency now, taking your time."

"If time drags on for too long, the undead poison in your body may spread again."

Skulucci's camp is not too far from China Village. If you walk, you can go back and forth in only 10 minutes.

The two talked while walking.Soon returned to China Village.

After returning to China Village, Ogata found that the village seemed a little noisy.

I walked towards the source of the noise with doubts, and saw many villagers surrounding Chief Chepke, chattering about something.