I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"I can see countless people pouring into our village every year, wanting to make a fortune through gambling."

"But they were all without exception—all of them lost their fortunes."

"Some people even lose to the point of selling their children."

"It's impossible to get rich by gambling."

"Once you're at the table, no one wants to come down empty-handed and keep betting and betting until there's nothing left to bet on."

"So I advise you to leave here as soon as possible."

"Old man, thank you for your kindness." Ogata bowed lightly to the kind-hearted old man, "But I have made up my mind."

"You... oh, forget it." The old man seemed to give up, and heaved a long sigh, "Young people are like this, only when you really fall down, you will know regret... Since you insist on going Bet, then I won't stop you either."

After all, the old man pointed behind him.

"You go straight in this direction, then take the first right and you'll see the casino."

After pointing out the direction to Ogata, the old man walked away without saying a word, as if he was too lazy to straighten out Ogata.

After watching the old man who kindly advised him not to gamble leave, Ogata muttered:

"Are there a lot of people coming to this village to gamble every year... No wonder the villagers here look familiar after seeing me, a wanderer, enter their village..."

Chapter 130 Mamiya Kuro

Ogata followed the instructions of the old man just now, walked straight ahead, and then turned right at the first corner.

After turning right along this corner, a large wooden house that kept making loud noises appeared before Ogata's eyes.

The wooden house is larger than any building Ogata has seen since entering the Karamoto village.

There are two white curtains hanging over the gate.

Even though the distance was still a bit far away, Ogata could still clearly hear the endless noise coming from the wooden house.

This should be a casino...

Ogata thought secretly in his heart.

Hiding in the dark, Ogata looked at the casino opened by the Negishi family, while silently thinking about how to collect information related to the location of the Negishi family's headquarters.

Just when Ogata was thinking about whether to enter the casino first and find someone who seemed to be of high status to negotiate in a more peaceful way, or simply rushed in with a knife and asked loudly "Who is in charge", a strange male voice Suddenly a voice came from behind Ogata:

"The executioner fasts with one knife."

Before the strange male voice fell completely, Ogata's pupils suddenly shrank.

Ogata jumped forward instinctively, distanced himself from the person behind him, and quickly pressed his right hand on the handle of the knife on his left waist.

After distanced himself from the person behind him, Ogata looked towards the source of the sound just now.

Behind where Ogata was standing just now, stood a young samurai who was about his age in appearance.

Fair skin, pretty face.

Wearing an ordinary kimono, hakama, and a crimson haori.

On the bridge of the nose is a pair of spectacle glasses that are quite rare in this era.

Exudes a quiet temperament.

In terms of temperament, this guy is more like a scholar than a warrior.

After seeing Ogata quickly distanced himself from him and put on a fighting stance, this guy who was originally expressionless flashed a vague smile on his face.

"Your reaction... It seems that you are indeed the famous executioner Yidao Zhai."

"Who are you?" Ogata asked in a deep voice, "Are you also... come to take my head?"

After finishing speaking, Ogata gathered the five fingers of his right hand that were pressing on the handle of the knife, and gripped the handle tightly, ready to draw the knife to fight at any time.

Ogata felt cold sweat breaking out on his forehead now.

I thought to myself:

This guy...when did he come behind me just now...!

The samurai wearing glasses came so close behind Ogata, but Ogata didn't notice it.

The more Ogata thought about it, the more afraid he became.

If the samurai wearing glasses didn't come to talk to him just now, but drew his sword and slashed at him, then he must not be able to react...

Hearing Ogata's question, the "spectacled warrior" slightly raised his hands, showing his empty palms to Ogata.

"I have no malice."

"I'm not here to take your head."

"I only saw your face on the wanted notice a while ago, so I recognized you."

"I ran into you by chance in this place, and I became interested in you, so I just wanted to talk to you."

"My surname is Mamiya and my name is Kuro. Please give me your advice."

Ogata sized up the man who called himself Mamiya Kuro several times.

After confirming that there was no murderous intent on this person, and indeed that there was no malice exuding, Ogata slowly let go of the hand that was tightly gripping the handle of the knife.

"I am Itsue Ogata. Please give me your advice."

"Ogata-kun." Mamiya glanced at the gambling house opened by the Negishi family, "You have been looking at this gambling house just now, do you want to go there to play a few games? Or do you want to go there to make money? How about some money?"

"What I want to do has nothing to do with you, right?" Ogata responded in a cold tone.

"If Ogata-kun, you want to find the Negishi family for something, then it has something to do with me."

"Oh?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "How do you say that?"

"I have some grudges with the local Negishi family... so I came all the way here to settle accounts with the Negishi family."

"It's just that I don't know where the base camp of the Negishi family is."

"So I came here specially, intending to collect some information in the casino opened by the Negishi family."

After Mamiya's voice fell, Ogata chuckled a few times and said:

"That's really a coincidence. I also have enmity with the Negishi family, and I also want to recruit the Negishi family's headquarters."

"Then because I didn't know where the base camp of the Negishi family was, I came here specially, intending to enter their casino to ask the people of the Negishi family about the whereabouts of their base camp."

"Oh?" A look of surprise flashed across Jiangong's face, "That's really a coincidence."

Speaking of this, Mamiya paused.

After a little thought, Mamiya threw a proposal to Ogata.

"Ogata-kun, since we both have the same purpose, how about our cooperation? We have been working together to find the base camp of the Negishi family."

"Oh?" Ogata shrugged, "Since you know that I am the executioner Yidao Zhai, do you dare to cooperate with a wanted felon like me?"

"Why don't you dare." Mamiya said without hesitation, "If I were afraid of such things, I wouldn't have come to talk to you from the very beginning."

Mamiya once again cast his gaze to the gambling house in the distance.

"In short, let's go to the casino now."

"If the two of us stand here for too long, it will easily arouse the suspicion of others."

After finishing speaking, Jian Gong walked slowly towards the casino, holding the knife at his waist.

After hesitating for a while, Ogata quickly followed.

After Ogata followed, Mamiya said to Ogata:

"Have you agreed to cooperate with me?"

"No. I just happen to want to go to the casino to collect information just like you."

"Ogata-kun, it is skillful to collect information in the casino."

"To collect information in the casino, you have to pretend to be a gambler first."

"Only by pretending to be a gambler and entering the casino will not easily arouse the vigilance of the casino staff."

"Then while gambling, he quietly observed the location of the administrators and thugs."

"Do you want to pretend to be a gambler..." Ogata muttered, "I don't know how to gamble... Mamiya, do you know how to gamble?"

"I used to study gambling in the Owari area."

Having said that, the two of them just walked in front of the curtain of the casino.

Mamiya, who was walking in the front, lifted the white curtain and stepped into the casino.

And Ogata followed closely behind.

The moment he stepped into the casino, noise and heat burst out.

The gambling hall was extremely hot, and the hot air mixed with the "manly smell" made Ogata feel suffocated.

The gambling hall is a bit more spacious than Ogata imagined.

A dozen or so gamblers are sitting on their knees or cross-legged on futons.

Opposite the gamblers, sitting in charge of throwing the dice pot shaker.

Several large sheets of paper were placed on the wooden board between the pot vibrator and the gamblers.

These several large sheets of paper were written with "single" and "double".

Chapter 131

After Ogata and Mamiya stepped into the casino, everyone in the casino immediately focused their attention on the two newcomers.

After glancing at Ogata and Mamiya, they looked back.

The gamblers continued to gamble, and the pot shaker continued to roll the dice.

Even when they saw Ogata and Mamiya with knives stuck in their left waists, they were unmoved enough to see that they were very used to the sight of samurai entering and leaving this gambling hall.

Mamiya led Ogata and walked directly towards the two futons in the middle.

The two futons in the middle are already filled with two big and three burly men.

"Excuse me." Mamiya said bluntly to the two strong men, "Can I trouble you to make room for me?"

The two strong men turned their heads and looked at Jian Gong with displeased eyes.

After seeing the saber on the waist of the palace, the faces of the two of them flashed a bit of fear.

In the end, the two strong men still reluctantly gave up the two futons in the middle, and ran to other places to sit.

After the two strong men left, Mamiya unceremoniously knelt and sat on one of the futons, and asked Ogata to sit on the other futon beside him.

Every window in the casino was covered tightly with curtains, making the inside of the casino extremely dark.

Even though it was still broad daylight, candles could only be used to illuminate the scene in the casino.

The candlelight illuminates the gamblers surrounding the "singles" and "doubles", casting their figures on the mottled wall behind them, swaying with the candlelight.

Looking at the large pieces of paper with "single" or "double" written on the ground in front of him, Ogata thought to himself:

It's better than single or double... I can play this...

The gambling in this casino is simpler than Ogata imagined.

Bidanshuang is the only gambling game that Ogata knows how to play.

When Ogata and Mamiya joined the game, one game had just ended and a new game was about to begin.

Ke Zhen sitting in front of Ogata and the others was a young man.

He didn't wear any clothes, only a white loincloth, revealing his tight skin and muscles.

He has a lot of tattoos on his body.

Ogata couldn't recognize the tattoos on the young man's body, but he could barely see that there were many animals on it, including tigers and monkeys.

Besides animals, there seemed to be many ghost-like things.

This large area of ​​tattoos covered more than 7% of his body, which looked very harmful.

Ogata can guarantee that if this young man just goes to the street to buy things from a peddler wearing only a loincloth, then that peddler may not dare to take his money.

A new bet begins.