"The ...... of the Negishi family Base camp? ”

"You know what?"

"I don't know."

"How could I possibly know where those guys' base camp is......"

……

The villagers of Yokawa Village were full of discussions, but none of them could stand up and answer loudly where the Ogata Negishi family headquarters was.

"Does no one know?" Ogata was a little stunned.

"Samurai-sama......" said an old man Okikata, "the Negishi clan is quite cunning...... They never told us where their base camp was, and we didn't look into where their base camp was......"

"Does anyone know where to go to gather information on where the Negishi family's base camp is?" Ogata changed the question.

The villagers of Sihe Village began to talk again.

The answer to Ogata this time is a middle-aged woman:

"In the village of Kamoto next door, there is a casino run by members of the Negishi family. There are people from the Negishi family guarding there at all times, and if you go there, you might be able to ask the people at the casino where the Negishi family's base camp is located......"

"Kamoto Village...... In which direction is this village located? ”

"You can go straight in this direction." The middle-aged woman pointed to the southwest.

"Thank you."

After thanking the middle-aged woman, Ogata held the knife at his waist and walked briskly in the direction the middle-aged woman was pointing.

However, he had not gone far when he was stopped by a familiar voice.

"Samurai-sama!"

"It's Yoshiro......"

The owner of this familiar voice is none other than Geshiro.

Yoshiro was now holding his daughter, who had not yet calmed down due to fright, and was crying on his chest.

"Samurai-sama! Are you going to the Negishi family's home base? ”

"That's right." Without thinking, Ogata replied, "Without that money, I wouldn't even have dinner today." ”

"No!" Yoshiro hurriedly said, "There are many people in the Negishi family, and you are not their opponent alone!" ”

"So what?" As soon as Yoshiro spoke, he said in a categorical tone.

With that, Ogata turned around and left without any hesitation, heading towards the village of Kamoto.

……

……

Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak......

When you step into the snow, you make a "squeak" sound.

A young samurai, walking unhurriedly in the flat snow.

The cheeks are white and clean, and the body is medium to thin.

There is a quiet aura on his body.

Against the backdrop of this quiet atmosphere, he looks less like a samurai wielding swords and guns, but more like a scholar who knows the past and the present.

He wore a plain kimono and hakama, and wore an ordinary crimson haori.

Although he was dressed in an ordinary way, the thing on his face was not ordinary.

That's what it is—a pair of glasses that are clearly Nanban's goods.

A bespectacled samurai strolling through the snow is a rare sight.

As the "Glasses Samurai" silently hurried towards his destination, he suddenly noticed the sound of hurried snow treading in the distance beside him.

"Glasses Samurai" follows the prestige.

In the distance to his right, a samurai who should have been about his age, with the same hair as he was, but clad in a light green feather, hurried forward.

Because the distance between the two was a little far away, and the "Rushing Samurai" dressed in light green feathers was hurrying wholeheartedly, this person did not notice the existence of the "Glasses Samurai".

The "Glasses Samurai" casts a surprised look at the "Rush Samurai" who is hurrying through the lenses.

Because the "rush samurai" who was hurrying on his way was walking much faster than the glasses samurai.

So after a while, the "Glasses Samurai" could only see the back of the "Rushing Samurai" getting smaller and smaller.

Looking at the back of the "Rushing Samurai", which was getting smaller and smaller, the "Glasses Samurai" muttered in a calm tone in a volume that only he could hear:

"I met an amazing character......"

……

……

Ogata followed the direction pointed by the middle-aged woman from Yokawa Village just now.

After running wildly for an unknown amount of time, Ogata finally saw the shadow of a building appear in front of him.

The area of Shanmoto Village is much larger than that of Sihe Village.

Judging from the faces of the villagers and the extent of the damage to each house, it seems that the village is much richer than the village of Sihe.

There is no security around the village.

Even if he swaggered into the village, none of the villagers looked at Ogata in a strange way.

He just glanced at Ogata indifferently, and then went about his own business.

Judging by the indifferent looks of the villagers, they seem to have become quite accustomed to having strangers coming in and out of their village.

Ogata randomly approached a villager and asked him where the casino was.

The villager Ogata found was an elderly man.

After hearing that Ogata was actually inquiring about the location of the casino, the old man sighed lightly.

"Samurai-sama, are you here to gamble too?"

"Sort of." Ogata panicked casually.

"Samurai-sama, I advise you - whether you're here to play, or to make money, it's better to stay away from our casino."

The old man said in a sincere tone towards Ogata.

"I've lived in this village for many years."

"Every year I see countless people flocking to our village to make a fortune by gambling."

"But they all lost without exception – they all lost everything."

"Some people even lose to the point where they have to sell their sons and daughters."

"You can't get rich by gambling."

"Once you're at the table, no one wants to come down empty-handed, and they're going to gamble and gamble and gamble until there's nothing left to gamble."

"So I'd advise you to get out of here quickly."

"Thank you, old man, for your kindness." Ogata bowed lightly to the kind old man, "But I've made up my mind. ”

"You...... Alas, forget it. The old man sighed as if he had given up, "Young people are like this, and only after they really hate and fall will they know that they regret it...... Since you insist on gambling, then I won't stop you. ”

With that, the old man pointed behind him.

"You go straight in this direction and then turn right at the first corner and you'll see the casino."

After pointing Ogata in the right direction, the old man walked away without saying a word, as if he was too lazy to pay attention to Ogata anymore.

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

"Do many people come to this village every year to gamble...... It's no wonder that the villagers here looked surprised when they saw me, a ronin, entering their village......"