I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Yes. It's really dangerous." Mamiya let out another breath, "Fortunately, he knows you. Next... let's wait slowly to see if that guy's fighting spirit will be destroyed."

……

A steady stream of water poured on Jiezheng's face again.

However, compared to the physical pain, the inner pain at this time made Jiezheng feel even more tormented.

What Chuguang said to him just now resounded uncontrollably in Jiezheng's mind over and over again.

Longshui Temple...has been breached...?Jijiu-sama and Mrs. Lao...are both dead...?

In this way... why Master Sawaiemon was captured alive... it makes sense...

Was Osaka's army...really defeated?

no...impossible...

But...even the Chuguang who stayed behind in Longshui Temple was captured...

Waterboarding is an extremely painful punishment.

The water was continuously poured into the mouth and nose, and the trachea and lungs were stimulated to secrete a large amount of thick nasal mucus. The nasal mucus and saliva flowed out of the mouth and nose uncontrollably, and the tortured suffered from suffocation.

It takes a firm will to survive waterboarding.

Mental defenses are a very strange thing.

As long as your will shakes a little, the psychological defense will collapse at a frightening speed.

Jiezheng is now in such a situation.

Chuguang's appearance just now, and her words just now, greatly shaken Jiezheng's will and belief, which already had some small cracks.

At this moment, a thought "surges" back and forth in Jiezheng's mind, is Osaka's troops really defeated?

At the moment when the will and belief are already shaken, they happen to be suffering from painful water torture.

The great pain of waterboarding made it difficult for Jiezheng to concentrate on thinking, and it also accelerated the collapse of Jiezheng's psychological defense.

Jiezheng, whose psychological defense line finally collapsed, completely lost the strength to fight against waterboarding.

"I said... Cough! Cough! I'll say everything!"

Jie, whose face was covered with a white cloth, was muttering indistinctly.

Hearing Jiezheng's ambiguous murmur, joy welled up on both Asai and Shimada's cheeks.

……

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time back to now

Ogata and Atachi followed Mucun to the place where Jiezheng was tortured, and listened quietly to how they used small tricks to defeat Jiezheng's fighting spirit.

"That Chuguang agreed to help you so readily?" Ogata asked back.

"Yes." Mucun nodded, "When Mamiya went to find her, she agreed quite readily. She said: As long as it can cause trouble for Toyotomi and Iga, she is very happy to do it."

During the conversation between Ogata and Mucun, they had already arrived at the place where Jiezheng was tortured.

Because waterboarding is so painful, the tortured people often experience stress reactions and incontinence due to the excessive pain.

Although Jiezheng did not have fecal incontinence, he urinated happily, so after getting close to Jiezheng, the unpleasant smell of urine continuously penetrated into his nostrils.

Ogata and others were the last to arrive.

Gourd and his party, Fuma, Azuki, and Isshika, who had just rested in a certain room, are all gathered together now.

Seeing that Ogata and A-Machi had arrived, Genichi greeted Ogata and A-Machi briefly, and then squatted down beside Jiezheng.

"Okay." Yuan Yi said, "Tell me everything you know. Don't miss anything."

Jie Zheng, who looked disheartened and hopeless, drooped his head and spoke weakly.

"I... don't know Kinoshita Rin..."

"I'm not too sure about the task of capturing Lin Kinoshita alive..."

"But I remember... Is the 16th group ordered to go to Maruyama Town tonight to perform a special secret mission... The content of the mission... seems to be to catch someone... and then take that person to Koyasan..."

After hearing the two place names "Maruyama Town" and "Koyasan", the whole group of Huluya headed by Genichi exchanged glances, and then turned their eyes back to Jiezheng.

"...How much do you know about the Toyotomi Clan's stronghold in Koyasan?" Genichi asked, "No matter how capable the Toyotomi Clan led by Nobuhide is, it is impossible to assimilate the entire Koyasan into his own people. Which places in Koyasan are the strongholds of the Toyotomi Clan? Is there a place on Koyasan dedicated to confine people?"

"I... have never been to Koyasan's stronghold... Koyasan is... Lord Toyotomi's most important stronghold in Japan..."

"It's not that people of my... level can come in and out at will..."

"I only know... the abbot of Xianyuan Temple in Koyasan... Master Xianyuan is our ally..."

"...It seems that your mouth is still very hard." Asai silently picked up the water bottle at his feet.

"I... didn't lie..." Jiezheng's body trembled, "I'm really not familiar with Koyasan..."

"...Then let's change the question." A thoughtful look appeared on Yuan Yi's face, "How many troops is currently deployed by Nobuhide on Mount Koya?"

"This... I don't know... I only know that Toyotomi-sama has deployed a large number of Iga ninjas for security at various important points on Mount Koya..."

"So, apart from the Musketeers and Iga Ninjas, does Nobuhide have other armed forces under his command?" Genichi continued to ask.

"I don't know about this...I'm just a middle-level cadre in the Musketeer...I really don't know many things..."

"...That's true." Genichi sighed lightly, then stood up slowly, "Asai, you take this guy down for now."

Asai responded, then walked to Jiezheng's side, ready to drag him away.

But at this moment

"I have a question for you."

The speaker is Ogata.

Asai stopped tugging on Jiezheng's hand, and cast bewildered eyes on Ogata together with the others.

"A few days ago, Isshiki Naoshu and his son and daughter-in-law of the Isshiki Sword Gym were captured by your Toyotomi army." Ogata asked word by word, "Do you know where they were captured?"

As soon as Ogata asked this question, Isshika, who was standing not far from Ogata, immediately froze in place.

"Isshiki...I seem to...have a little impression...Before, Master Lou Luo seemed to be ordered to transfer someone away...but where they were transferred...I don't know..."

"...Thank you for your answer." Ogata said lightly, "I have no other questions to ask, Asai, drag this guy away."

Asai nodded, and dragged Jiezheng away like a dog.

After Asai came back, Shimada said in a deep voice:

"Maruyama Town... that's where the lord was taken away..."

"Hmm..." Mamiya nodded, "Combining all the information we know so far...the lord is really very likely to have been captured to Mount Koya."

"Tsk...Damn..." Mucun scratched his hair vigorously, and burst into a swear word, "I was caught in such a troublesome place..."

"There is still too little information..." Yuan Yi frowned slightly, "Nobuhide's deployment of forces on Koya Mountain, the location of the stronghold... there is no information at all."

"Let's not talk about the deployment of Toyotomi Nobuhide's troops and the location of his stronghold on Mount Koya." Mamiya added silently, "We don't even know the terrain and conditions of Mount Koya. We don't even know where Sengenji Temple is located on Mount Koya." have no idea."

"Mamiya." Mucun asked, "Haven't you memorized the map of Koyasan before?"

"Don't treat me like a god." Mamiya gave Mucun a look, "I don't believe in Buddhism, and I have never been to Koyasan before. I don't even know how many temples there are in Koyasan."

"Is there a shop selling Koyasan maps near here?" Shimada asked.

"The citizens of Osaka have already run away." Asai's mouth slightly pulled down, "You want to buy and there is no place to buy it."

When a group of people in Calabash House are there, you say a word and I say a word

"……that……"

A pleasant female voice, a little unfamiliar to everyone in the Calabash House, abruptly inserted into the conversation.

After the eyes of Yuanyi and the others flickered in surprise a few times, they followed the sound and looked at the owner of the female voice just now.

Bearing everyone's gaze, Isshika couldn't help but put a bit of nervousness on her face. After swallowing her saliva and taking a deep breath to calm down the nervousness a little, she said slowly:

"I... have been to Koyasan many times..."

"Although I dare not say that I am very familiar with Mount Koya."

"However, I know the general topography of Koyasan, as well as... the location of major temples such as Xianyuan Temple..."

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"You know the general topography of Koyasan and the location of the main temples? Really?" the quick-tempered Asai was the first to exclaim.

"My mother and I are both devout Buddhists."

Isshiki answered softly.

"On weekdays, my mother and I often go to Kongobuji Temple in Koyasan to worship Buddha. Therefore, I know more about Koyasan."

"If you want, I can do my best to draw a map of Koyasan for you."

"but"

Having said that, Isshiki paused. .

After a short pause, she said word by word:

"I want you to promise me one condition first."

"My family was also taken away by Toyotomi's people. The whereabouts are also unknown."

"If you plan to go to Koyasan to find your companions, can you take me with you?"

Isshiki's voice became high-pitched with excitement.

"My family members might have been taken to Koyasan too."

"I want to go to Koyasan to find my family!"

As soon as her words fell, the whole group of Huluwu looked at each other in dismay.

Finally, they all focused their attention on Ogata.

After Isshika took the initiative to say that she knew Koyasan just now, Ogata has been looking at Isshika with surprised eyes.

Looking at Isshika who firmly said "I want to go to Koyasan to find my family", Ogata looked thoughtful.

Just when Ogata was about to say something to Isshiki

"I don't think we should rush to find out the detailed information about Koyasan now."

Mamiya's voice sounded abruptly.

I saw him pushing his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then sighed softly.

"Let's plan clearly now, let's talk about our next action plan."

"It's to continue to torture Saemon and that Iga ninja to get more information."

"Let's go to Mount Koya immediately and look for the lord."

Mamiya's simple words made the atmosphere around everyone much more dignified.

"I think it's better to continue to torture that left and right gate and that Iga nunin." Makimura, who has always been thick and subtle, took the lead in saying in a deep voice, "We currently have too little information."

"It's not even [-]% sure whether the lord is really in Koyasan."

"Saemon is Toyotomi Nobuhide's confidant, so he must know a lot of useful information."

"Although this guy is very stubborn, as long as he continues to torture like this, he will always speak."

"When I was on duty in Kyoto, I used water boarding countless times, and I have never seen anyone who can survive water boarding."

"I've seen people who are tougher than Saeemon, but after being tortured by waterboarding for 2 days, that guy finally cried like a bitch and said everything."

"It's safer to act after getting enough information from the left and right gates first."

As soon as Mucun finished speaking, Asai immediately put forward an opinion that was completely opposite to Mucun:

"No."

"I don't think too much time should be spent on torture of the left and right gates."

"The reason why the lord was taken away is still unclear."

"Toyotomi Nobuhide, that bastard, was able to take away all the money and valuables in the house when he ran away from home, leaving nothing to his own family, and let his grandma, mother, and younger sister starve A cold-blooded thug who was frozen and never came home once."