"Please! Make no mistake! Keiji Maeda completely ignored the pressure of Kanosuke Yamanaka (which I really admired), threw a piece of radish into his mouth, and muttered vaguely as he chewed it. Who do you think you are? …… The old boy of Maori will send someone to chase after him...... Chased here? …… Do you feel too ...... about yourself That's great? ”

"Don't be careful, we are from the Oda family." I hurriedly took over the conversation and handed him our letter of introduction.

"Oh! It's me who misunderstood, what a faux pas! "After looking at our documents, Shikanosuke eased up and showed a shy look again.

"It's okay! What are your plans for the future? I comforted him.

"For the time being, I can't go back, so I can only take one step at a time!" His spirit was very lonely.

"That'...... How about you come and work for me? "I made a suggestion. For the first time, I really value him very much, and for now, it is much more reassuring to let him carry the gold for me than Keiji Maeda!

"Thank you for your appreciation, but ......," Kanosuke said firmly, shaking his head. My goal in this life is to revive the family of Niko! All I can say is sorry for your kindness! ”

"Do you have a plan?" I asked rhetorically.

"Not yet!" He said helplessly.

"You see how good this is! I'll give you 20 yuan a year (I only receive this number myself, if it weren't for the fact that I made a lot of money selling chestnuts, I really wouldn't dare to open such a big mouth.) If you hear from the Nizi family, you can leave me immediately. That way, at least you have the money to pay for, and you don't have to call me lord. Well...... Is it okay to call an adult? ”

"It's ......," he hesitated.

"If you make a great contribution here, you may become the lord of a city and a country!" Keiji Maeda decided for me: "Give these to your old master, and the Niko family will have a foundation again." ”

"My lord! I'll leave it to you in the future! These words helped Shikanosuke make up his mind.

"I'm the luckiest to have Kanosuke's help!" I looked at the baggage on the table and seemed to feel a sudden relief on my shoulders.

"My lord! Where are we going? Kanosuke asked me.

"We ......," I was about to speak, when a voice drifted into my ears.

“…… Temples in Kyoto are hunting down Westerners...... The foreign monk Freouss is also missing......" muttered to the vendor at the table.

"I ...... I guess we'd do what you suggested and go straight to Sakai Town! I patted Keiji Maeda on the shoulder.

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"Also...... Still following? I asked worriedly.

"In!" Yamanaka Kanosuke replied in the affirmative.

Shortly after we left the tea shed, we noticed that someone was following behind. It was none other than the samurai with a spear and a hat. At first, we thought it was a coincidence, but we didn't care. But no matter how we turned, he always followed unhurriedly, and that's when we felt that something was wrong.

"Could it be a robber?" I secretly screamed bad luck in my heart. It's not scary to have Keiji and Shikanosuke in one robber, but who knows how many of his accomplices are ambushed in front!

"We caught him !!" Keiji Maeda stopped suddenly.

"Arrest him?"

"That's right! Grab him and ask. Otherwise, when his accomplices appear, it will be even more troublesome! Keiji Maeda's face appeared with a rare seriousness.

"Good! Please stand back and let me go and get him!" After saying that, Yamanaka Kanosuke turned around and greeted him. (Because it's inconvenient to talk outside, the gold is still on me)

Twenty feet away, Kanosuke met the spear warrior. The two of them said a few words, but we couldn't hear them from too far away. Immediately after that, the two of them made a move, only to see that the knives and guns were fighting so lively.

"Kanosuke's martial arts are really strong! It's been a long time since I've seen such a wonderful sparring! Keiji Maeda stared intently at their battle.

"Why haven't you won for so long!" I'm a layman when it comes to martial arts.

"Naturally, it's because the enemy is also very good!" He doesn't seem to care if he wins or loses.

"What's the name of the one Kanosuke uses...... Isn't the sun and the moon a famous knife? How to chop the guns of the constant enemies? "I remembered the scene in the tea house.

"The samurai...... It seems to be a famous gun 'Kikuchi'! ”

"Is Kikuchi famous?"

Keiji Maeda rolled over me with your idiotic eyes, and then said unhurriedly, "Since he can make Kikuchi gun, it means ......"

"How?!" I asked nervously.

"If it's a robber, it's a great robber!" He nodded solemnly.

"Huh?" I was anxious for a long time, and I didn't expect him to say such unnutritious words.

"I'm going to help him!" Keiji looked like he had some itchy hands.

"Can someone else meddle in a samurai duel?" I was a little scared.

"It's okay to catch a robber!" He's so determined that I can only keep up.

Seeing us coming, the samurai struck a few moves to force Kanosuke back, then took a few steps back and stuck his gun on the ground. Then he surprised me!

"Meet the Stars! Please take me in as your retainer! "The samurai took off his hat and knelt on the ground and kowtowed to me.

"You know me?" I saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old baby face, but I don't remember where I saw it.

"It's not! I only happened to hear your conversation in the tea house just now. "He confirmed what I believed." You are sympathetic to the people (I think it refers to the owner of the tea shed), respect the righteousness of the samurai (referring to Kanosuke), and treat your subordinates leniently (referring to the indulgence of Keiji...... A loyal and benevolent lord like you is the hope of the world and a lifelong follower......"

"Oh! May I ask ...... you are" hurriedly stopped him, because I had already seen Keiji Maeda smile on his strange face.

"Oh! It's rude! My name is Shima Katsu Takeshi, and I am fifteen years old and have just taken ...... Yuanfu."

"Shima Katsu Takeshi?!"

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Bear in Winter: At this time, Shima Katsu Takeshi should still be called Shima Kiyoko, but I still decided to call him by this name. There are two reasons: one is that there should be more people who know the name Shima Katsumo. The second reason is very personal. The first time I knew about this person was in a manga called "Shadow Warrior", and I was deeply shocked by his loyal and brave image at that time, so he will always be called by this name in this book! I also gave him a famous gun directly.