Back in time, Ogata and the others received a reception from Konnosuke and spent the night in Konnosuke's mansion -

According to Konnosuke, he had a wife and a son.

His wife died of illness almost five years ago, and his son became an cannibal almost half a year ago.

The white-haired man sent the black-haired man to Konnosuke, and in this huge mansion, only one maid who had worked in their house for many years was still with him—the maid who was knocked unconscious by Amachi after being questioned in the storage room.

As for the maid who was beaten unconscious by Amachi, she woke up leisurely not long after Konnosuke led Ogata and Manomiya back to the house.

When he woke up, he almost fainted again when he learned from Konnosuke that the person who had knocked him unconscious was going to stay here for the night tonight......

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"Ogata-sama, Ms. Amachi."

Konnosuke opened the paper door of an empty room on the third floor and said to Ogata and Amachi behind him.

"You two can sleep here tonight."

"This room was originally my son's room."

Speaking of this, a faint look of memory and sadness appeared on Konnosuke's face.

"Although this room has not been occupied for a while, I have always asked the maid to clean this room, so this room is quite clean."

"The bedding for the two, I'll have the maid bring it later."

"Shall we sleep in your son's room......" a look of hesitation appeared on Ogata's face, "will this be...... Something not so good? This room carries a lot of memories about your son, this room should be an important room for you, right? ”

"Hahaha." Konnosuke laughed heartily, "Don't worry, a room is just a room, and the function of a room is to make people habit." ”

Konnosuke raised his hand and tapped his forehead.

"All the memories of my son are all well stored here. It doesn't matter how this room is. ”

"Have a good night's rest in this room. I'm glad to be able to make this long-abandoned room work again. ”

"Then—I'll go and have the maid bring the bedding and take my leave."

With that, Konnosuke exited the room without hesitation and closed the paper sliding door.

In the huge room, only Ogata and Amachi are left.

Ogata looked around.

Because this room was originally the room of Konnosuke's only son, it was outstanding in terms of area and luxury.

All kinds of furniture are available, and a screen is placed in the corner to decorate.

There is also a window in this room.

A faint wail continued to enter the room through the wide open window.

Ogata walked slowly to the window and followed one wail after another.

The person who wailed one after another was Sotaro who had been tied to a wooden pillar by the villagers at this time.

The village doctor of Toyowa Village, Rakuhei, simply bandaged the wound on Sotaro's severed arm.

The villagers, who waited until Sotaro's treatment was over, immediately rushed to tie Sotaro tightly to a wooden pillar specially prepared for him, and then frantically beat him with sticks or fists.

Sotaro and others have been so-called "borrowing rice" from them, and they have also kidnapped four young people from their village, one of whom has been poisoned by them, and the other three young people have not been rescued by Ogata today, otherwise I am afraid that it will be more than bad luck in the future.

Although the village is enclosed by wooden walls, it occasionally sends some young people out to pick wild vegetables on weekdays to relieve the pressure of food in the lower walls.

These four young men were accidentally caught by Sotaro when they went out to pick wild vegetables, causing the villagers of Toyowa Village to not even dare to come out of the wooden wall from then on, so that the villagers could not even eat wild vegetables.

All in all - Sotaro and his gang have committed countless crimes against the villagers of Toyowa Village.

There is not a single villager in Toyowa Village who does not hate Sotaro and his gang.

This usually arrogant and invincible guy is now in their hands - they naturally want to "entertain" this guy well.

This year, everyone inside the wooden walls has been quite depressed.

Now that Sotaro is a channel to vent his stress, almost all the villagers come to "warmly greet" Sotaro.

Until now, Sotaro, who has been beaten into a pig's head, is still receiving the "warm hospitality" of the villagers.

Konnosuke's mansion was some distance from the wooden pillar that bound Sotaro, and even so, Ogata could still hear Sotaro screaming—one can imagine how enthusiastic the villagers were.

After a hasty glance at Sotaro outside, Otomo withdrew his gaze and looked at Amachi, who was taking off his socks in the room.

Amachi doesn't seem to like wearing socks very much, and when she gets the chance to take them off, she will definitely take them off.

“…… What are you doing? After taking off the socks on her feet, Amachi cast a helpless look at Ogata, who had been looking at her directly since just now, "I'm just taking off a foot bag, and I'm not taking off my clothes, why do you keep looking at me like this?" ”

“…… Amachi, I said ......" Ogata sighed lightly, "It's almost time for you to cheer up, right?" ”

"From the time that Sotaro appeared until now, you have been sullen."

Speaking of this, Ogata paused sharply.

Because he suddenly remembered what Sotaro had said to Amachi before......

"Amachi......" Ogata said softly, "Is it because what Sotaro said to you made you unhappy......?" ”

“…… Sort of. ”

Achmachi, who was sitting on a tatami mat, folded his legs and hugged his legs.

"That Sotaro said I was a waste ninja who didn't fall into the stream......"

"I hate it, but ...... I have to admit that this title can't be considered wrong......"

"Ah Yi...... The two of us have been acting together for so many days, you should have already vaguely realized it......"

"I ...... Not a great ninja...... Not only is it not powerful, but it can also be described as very weak and substandard...... Not even the basic quality of a ninja - to abandon shame. ”

"If it were another ninja, when they encountered the situation of holding their urine and escaping from the pursuit of the ogre the day before yesterday, they would definitely run away and pee without hesitation......"

"But I can't pull that face down to do this kind of thing...... In the end, there was a joke on your back......"

"Stupid brains...... Obviously, you got quite some information at the same time as you, but you found out early that there was a problem with Zonghai and a problem with the water of the Linong River. ”

"And I was stupid, and I didn't notice any clues......"

"Neither can ability...... The four techniques in the Ignorant Fire Flow Ninjutsu, except for the Jiu-Jitsu that are quite passable, I don't have any techniques that are considered to be up to the standard in our Ignorant Fire ......"