"I didn't think you were also a temperamental person." Ogata smiled.

"Hahahaha! If you talk about temperament, I'm not as good as you, Brother Ogata, who dares to kill the master! ”

Although it is not known what Yahachi Makimura looks like, this does not prevent Ogata from chatting with this neighbor.

After all these days of small talk, Ogata was surprised to find that he and this Makimura were surprisingly able to talk.

It is also thanks to the presence of Makimura that he is not too bored these days.

The life here is a world of difference compared to the prison life in the prison where the prisoner car and the Tatsuno domain were used to live.

It's not only noisy, it's smelly. Not only was the air cloudy and muggy, but it was also permeated with a sour smell.

And the food is quite average.

There are only 2 meals a day, and each meal is served only with some dried turnips and porridge that is barely satisfying.

Actually, Ogata doesn't have much of a problem with food.

Ogata's biggest opinion is the environment.

The noisy environment, where people were arguing, swearing, and spitting all the time, made Ogata feel like his head was about to explode.

"Alas......"

After letting out a helpless sigh, Ogata, who was sitting on the edge of the wall adjacent to the cage where Makimura lived, turned his head and said to Makimura:

"Makimura, do you know what the people of the government are holding our prisoners together, what they are for?"

"Oh, this. I know a little bit about it. ”

"What? You know? ”

Ogata's question was just a casual question that was extremely boring, and he didn't expect anything from Makimura's answer.

However, Makimura's answer succeeded in surprising Ogata.

Unexpectedly, Makimura actually knew some internal information about Ogata, and hurriedly asked:

"Makimura, tell me what you know."

"I know a little bit about it, but I don't know much."

"We're going to be sent to an island south of Kii soon."

"Island?"

Just as Ogata was about to continue asking, a loud bang exploded at the end of the corridor outside the cage.

It was the sound of the prison door being pushed open.

The door of this prison was pushed open with great effort because it was a little old, and every time the door was pushed or sliding, there was a loud bang.

Therefore, every time someone enters or leaves this prison, this noisy sound is heard, and everyone in the prison is already surprised.

Many people thought it was time for dinner, so they all lay down in front of their respective cage doors, waiting for the jailers to bring them lunch today.

Others, however, like Ogata, frowned slightly.

Because Ogata sensed that it shouldn't be time yet.

And judging from the loudness of the footsteps, it seems that there are too many people entering the prison this time compared to the past......

While Ogata was puzzled, Makimura, who lived next door to him, whispered in a voice that only he could hear:

"Is it time......

It didn't take long for Ogata's doubts to be answered.

The people who rushed into the prison were not there to deliver food.

They didn't have steaming porridge in their hands.

Instead, he carried an iron cannon or a spear, and a piece of hemp rope.

And the people who rushed into the prison were not the same jailers who used to see each other every day.

Rather, it was a soldier in battle armor.

These soldiers rushed into this prison at great speed? Then fill the corridors of this prison along every corridor of the prison.

Many of the prisoners were taken aback by the sudden intrusion of the soldiers.

Some of the less timid people - like the lewd Mataro who lives across from Ogata? Kneeling directly on the ground in a clay posture and kowtowing to the soldiers standing in front of his cage? A handful of snot and a handful of tears begging for mercy? A mouthful of "samurai uncle", praying that these soldiers can spare his life.

Some of the prisoners had the audacity to shout at the soldiers:

"Are you going to kill us all in prison?!"

"Has the current shogunate decayed into this? Don't take the prisoners to the execution ground? Instead, the prisoners were put to death in prison! ”

"It's despicable!"

"I will be like Pingjiangmen, even if I die, I will curse you for eternity!"

……

Some prisoners crying? Some of the prisoners roared.

Just when the prisoners are all making noise? An angry shout sounded, instantly overpowering all the sounds in the prison:

"Don't make any noise!!"

The roar of the cry was quite staggering, and all the prisoners, whether they were crying or roaring? Frightened by this angry shout? Then he closed his mouth.

The owner of this angry shout is a middle-aged man with a rather hideous face.

The brown armor worn by this middle-aged man was quite gorgeous, and at first glance he knew that he must be a high-ranking general in the army.

"We're not here to kill you!"

Thanks to the general's loud voice, everyone in this prison can hear his voice clearly.

"Now, we're going to tie you all up and blindfold you? And then take you guys somewhere! ”

"Give me all the good cooperation!"

"But if there are people who do not cooperate obediently, swords and iron cannons will serve!"

"Open the door! Get all these prisoners out! ”

The general's last words were addressed to his subordinates.

After receiving this order from the general? The soldiers took out the keys and opened the doors of each cage? Then the fish rushed in and tied the hands of the prisoners in each cage with thick hemp ropes? Blindfold the prisoner with a black cloth? Makes the prisoner unable to see.

How smoothly did the soldiers tie up the prisoners? None of the prisoners did anything uncooperative.

After all, the prisoners are not fools.

These soldiers all have real guys in their hands.

So everyone obediently cooperated, and let the soldiers tie their hands and blindfold them.

The next moment his eyes were covered by the black cloth, the two soldiers standing on the left and right sides of Ogata pushed Ogata forward.

Because he couldn't see, Ogata had to let the soldiers behind him escort him forward or to the left.

It didn't take long for him to feel the warm sun hit him.

It's already the beginning of spring, and the early spring sun hits my body, which is particularly comfortable.

However, before Ogata could enjoy the sunshine he hadn't seen for a long time, he felt like he was being pushed into a confined space.

Although he couldn't see, Ogata was all too familiar with the feeling of "confinement" - Ogata was sure that he must have been pushed into a carriage.

Sure enough, as Ogata was pushed into the confined space, he heard the sound of the door shut.

Then his body suddenly began to shake back and forth, and the familiar sound of the wheels turning reached Ogata's ears.