"It's the ...... of 'people slashing the situation'"

"People are actually ...... here"

Ogata Esuse...... Isn't that the name of the 'Executioner'......"

"It's over...... I just seemed to have yelled at the 'Executioner' twice......"

……

The people who knew Ogata were discussing it in a whisper.

Some people recognize Ogata, and some people don't.

"Hey! What's wrong with you guys?! Why did even his face change! Is this guy some big shot?! ”

"Shhhh I advise you not to be too arrogant...... Don't you know about Ogata? It's the guy who set a feat of 100 people last fall. ”

"Shhh...... 100 people ......?! ”

"Hey, hey, hey...... Really...... This guy has killed hundreds of people by himself? Is it really not an exaggeration? ”

"The people in the government have personally confirmed it, it should be true......"

……

For those who don't know Ogata's name, they are all very seriously introduced by those who know Ogata's name.

The atmosphere around changed instantly.

After the obscene matataro learned that the person who lived across from him was the famous "executioner Yidaozhai", his face instantly turned blue.

The legs trembled uncontrollably.

Because Mataro remembers very well how disrespectful he was to Ogata just now.

But Mataro still fought hard and shouted:

"You say he's Ogata, you're Ogata? I also said I was the emperor! ”

Matataro's words fell, and a few more echoes rang out.

Mataro and these people who echo it are nothing more than trying to bring some comfort and security to themselves through such a bluff.

It's a waste of time and there's no point in dealing with people like that. Neither Ogata nor his "neighbor" bothered to pay any attention to this kind of guy who was still making a fool of himself.

"Brother Ogata."

"Neighbor" suddenly accosted Ogata.

"I didn't expect a strong man like you to be caught by the officials."

"Don't mention it......"

Ogata sat on the edge of the wall of the cage near where the "neighbor" lived, and continued with the "neighbor".

"I didn't expect that the weapons of the officials changed by the fire thieves would be so varied......"

"Fire pay thieves are a very difficult group of people." "Neighbor," he said, "Since that 'Onihei' became the chief, the Firepay Thief has become more difficult, and my companions and I have avoided it whenever we can. ”

"Thank you so much just now. Thanks to you, the scum has finally quieted down. ”

"Hahaha! Brother Ogata, you're welcome. ”

"Speaking of which, I don't know your name yet. You already know who I am, but I'll introduce myself as a matter of routine. I'm Ogata and I'm a ronin. ”

"My name is Yahachi Makimura!" "Neighbor" said in his bold tone, "It's a ronin too!" ”

……

……

A few days later—

Kii Domain, Wakayama Castle, Kamiyama Etsunosuke's office.

"Kamiyama-sama."

Outside the paper door, the waiter said respectfully to the Kamiyama who was working in the room.

"Hasegawa-sama has arrived."

"Oooh!" Kamiyama put down the pen in his hand and replied, "Let him in!" ”

"Yes!"

Outside the room, a waiter squatting on the side of the paper door slowly pulled the paper door open.

The sunlight that poured down from the sky leaked into the office of Mount Kinabalu in one breath through the open paper sliding door.

However, before the sunlight could stay in Kamiyama's room for a long time, Kamiyama felt that the light in front of him dimmed.

A figure appeared at the open paper sliding door, blocking out the sunlight, and slowly stepped into the room.

After the figure stepped into the room, the waiter waiting outside closed the door again, leaving Kamiyama alone with the middle-aged man who had just stepped into the room.

"Hasegawa." Kamiyama looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"The last time we met, I remember...... It seems to have been at the Gion Festival in Kyoto the year before. ”

"Well, Kamiyama, it's true that the two of us haven't seen each other for a long time."

This middle-aged man who had just stepped into the office of Mount Kamiyama was Hasegawa Heizo, who had just arrived at Wakayama Castle.

As soon as he arrived at Wakayama Castle, Hasegawa rushed to find his old friend, the Kyoto Town Priest Koshinosuke, who was known as the "Meishu".

Hasegawa shifted his gaze to the various books, scrolls, and papers that could be found everywhere in the room.

"The shogunate is really short of manpower right now...... Hasegawa said softly, "I didn't expect the shogunate to be short of people now, and you, as the governor of Kyoto Town, were brought to the Kii front line to manage the army's baggage mobilization and the management of the prisoners." ”

"Hasegawa, you're wrong, the shogunate has never been short of manpower."

Kamiyama said as he stretched.

"The shogunate just lacks capable ministers like you and me."

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with being transferred to Kii's side to fight fires."

"It's relatively easy here."

"And I was just brought in to put out the fire."

"I've heard the news that the shogunate has found a suitable replacement for me."

"In a short time, when the person in charge of replacing me arrives, I will be able to leave Kii and return to Kyoto to continue my Kyoto town commission."

Kamiyama took the tea placed on the side of the table, took a sip, and then returned his sharp gaze to Hasegawa.

"Alright, that's the end of the greetings."

"Hasegawa, let's get down to business."

"I can tell from your expression that you came to me specifically not just to meet and catch up with my old friend."

"Say it. They came to me for something. ”

"Mount Kinabalu." Hasegawa said in a deep voice, "Since that's the case, then I'll just say it!" ”

"Kamiyama, please tell me - we have sent so many prisoners to the 'Butterfly Island', have we achieved considerable results?"

As soon as Hasegawa's words fell, the expression on Kamiyama's face instantly froze.

Hasegawa then continued:

"In order to support the Kii front, we have made great sacrifices in the fire to pay the thieves."

Hasegawa's face darkened.

"Because of an order from the shogunate, countless prisoners in our prison who still have a lot of information to dig up were forced to send Kii."

"The clues of countless major cases were cut off because the relevant people were sent to Kii."

"I wonder – did we get enough results for all this sacrifice?"

Mount Kamiyama was silent.

After a long silence, Kamiyama let out a long sigh.

“…… Hasegawa, I'll tell you the truth......"

"We have sent 3 batches of prisoners to Butterfly Island, a total of 318 people."

"From what is known so far...... These prisoners ...... No results ......"