Today is the day when Ogata decides to leave the Hirose Domain.

Although some of the injuries on his body have not been completely healed, according to Genyasu, these injuries that have not been completely healed are no longer in the way, and they will not affect Ogata's activities, nor will they affect Ogata's sword-swinging.

Since Genyan had already said so, he simply decided to end this long life of recuperation and leave the Hirose Domain.

As if God was also helping Ogata, today was a very comfortable sunny day.

Although the sun hung high in the sky, it did not feel stuffy at all.

Every now and then, a breeze blows, which is very comfortable.

In such weather, it is perfect for going out and traveling.

Kuranaga offered to see Ogata off.

Ogata didn't make much pretentiousness about Kuranaga's request to see him off, and readily agreed to let Kuranaga send him a while.

Although he decided to leave the Hirose Domain today, Ogata was not in a hurry to leave.

Instead, I took a detour to see the drift houses I hadn't been to for a long time.

After confirming that Misaki and Afuku's lives were now very stable, Ogata dared to leave the Hirose Domain with peace of mind.

"Ogata-kun."

Kuranaga, who was half a step behind Ogata, suddenly asked Ogata.

"You...... Are you really going to wear this outfit? Not going to change into something else? ”

At this time, Ogata was wearing a black hakama, a dark blue kimono, and a light green hakama.

He wore black cloth socks on his feet and stared at straw sandals.

He wears a hat on his head.

There is a light inserted in the left waist, and it is not difficult to see the expensive knife and coercion from the handle and scabbard.

Whether it's a hat, a knife, or a piece of clothing, it's all brand new, and at first glance, you can see that it's something new that you have only recently bought.

Ogata looked down at what he was wearing.

"My lord, is there anything wrong with my clothes?"

"Your hakama and Wu Fu are fine, the main problem is ...... Your feather weaving. ”

Kuranaga lifted his finger and pointed at the light shallot-colored haori on Ogata's body.

"Ogata-kun, aren't you really going to get a new Haori?"

"Oh, Haori."

Ogata touched the wide-sleeved shallot-colored haori on his body.

"No need, my lord. I like this haori so much that I have no plans to replace it. ”

Ogata understands Kuranaga's move to ask him if he wants to moult.

In this era, light shallots are quite earthy colors.

The most popular color is a dark color like black.

Going out in a light green outfit is like announcing to the world that you are a hillbilly.

But Ogata didn't care.

Light shallots are his favorite color.

Even though this color was very old-fashioned in the eyes of the people of this era, Ogata had no intention of changing to another color.

“…… Never mind. Kuranaga sighed lightly, "What color clothes to wear, it's your freedom to Ogata-kun, and it's inconvenient for me to say anything more." ”

"The old man." Ogata suddenly said in a loud voice, "Come with me on a long detour and go somewhere." ”

"No problem." Kuronaga said happily, "You can go wherever you want now, and I will accompany you to the end." I have a lot of time now anyway. ”

"Thank you very much."

Ogata took Kuranaga and the flying ape to turn left and right in the town.

Soon, he arrived at his destination, the Xuanzhen Temple.

To be precise, it is the cemetery behind the Xuanzhen Temple.

After taking Kuranaga into the cemetery at the back of the Genshin Temple, he walked straight to the tombs of his master, Hanbei, and his brothers.

He wanted to see his master and brothers one last time before leaving the Hirose Domain.

In addition to coming to see the master and brothers, Ogata also looked at Ichiro and them by the way.

There are 6 tombstones in the cemetery that you can see at first glance that they are newly built.

These 6 tombs are Ichiro's tombs.

After the successful assassination of Matsudaira Gennai, Kuranaga buried Ichiro's and his bodies in this Genshin Temple.

During this time of recuperation, Ogata also came here several times to worship Ichiro and them.

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"Ogata-kun. You know...... Are these 3 tombs whose tombs they are? ”

As Ogata swept away the fallen leaves that had fallen on the tombstones of his master and brothers, Kuranaga on the side suddenly asked him.

Ogata looked in the direction Kuranaga finger pointed.

Those were 3 tombstones that Ogata had never seen before.

Judging from the appearance of the tombstones, there are still 3 relatively new tombs.

"...... this?" Ogata wondered.

“…… This was before I met Ogata-kun. ”

A look of remembrance appeared on Kuranaga's face.

"Before I met you, Ogata-kun, I met three samurai who were also skilled in swordsmanship."

"I intend to recruit them and let them help me to punish the lord together."

"And the three samurai ...... Declined my invitation. ”

"Although the three samurai, after refusing my invitation, patted their chests and assured me that they would never tell anyone about my attempt to assassinate the lord."

"But...... The assassination plan of my lord and lord cannot withstand the slightest accident......"

"So...... To be on the safe side, I sent someone to assassinate them. ”

"Fortunately, the three of them are just ordinary low-level samurai, so it is very convenient to assassinate."

“…… I see. An intriguing smile appeared on Ogata's face, "Fortunately, I accepted your invitation at the time, or I would have been lying here." ”

"Hmm." An expression of confusion appeared on Kuranaga's face, "There are too many innocent people...... I'm dead......"

With that, Kuranaga silently took out a small handful of short incense from his bosom, poured incense on the tombs of the three poor samurai, and folded his hands and recited prayers.

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After seeing the master, brothers, and Ichiro in the cemetery for the last time, Ogata didn't want to go anywhere in the Hirose Domain.

So he walked with Kuranaga and Flying Ape one after another on the road away from Hirose Domain.

"Ogata-kun."

Perhaps in order not to make the atmosphere between them too silent and awkward, Kuranaga asked Asahata.

"Have you brought all your salutes?"

"Bring it all." Ogata patted him in his arms, "That's all I have to pack." ”

There were only a few pieces of luggage on Ogata's body—the two new knives that Kurunaga had given him on his waist, the cheats of "No Self and Two Knife Streams", the Sakakiwara Knife Stream Exemption Certificate, and a money bag full of all kinds of coins.

"It's good to have all your luggage." Kuranaga nodded slightly.

Subsequently, there was no word all the way.

Ogata walked forward silently.

Kuranaga and the flying ape silently followed Ogata's side, seeing him off.

It wasn't until - after looking around and no longer seeing people that Kuranaga stopped.

"Ogata-kun, I'll send the flying ape and I here."