The first option is a no-brainer, but the painless map is full of flaws - you can't expect a map drawn at the expense of a folk amateur to be as accurate as it gets.

Yun Qi seriously suspected that even the famous Japanese cities of Kyoto and Edo may not be accurate.

The second option looks good, but the price required is nothing more than money or an oath of allegiance to the Hattori family.

And Yun Qi estimated that the second map was more accurate than the first, recording more cities, and that's it. If you want to find the Iga faction that has been lurking in the deep mountains and old forests through that broken map, it may not be big.

Yun Qi set his sights on the third option.

"Stealing the military map of the opposing faction?"

Yun Qi wondered whether the so-called "hostile camp" referred to the hostile camp of the reincarnators or the hostile camp of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Hattori Gohachiro quickly solved this question.

The hostile camp actually refers to the hostility of Tokugawa Ieyasu, that is, Toyotomi Hideyori, the only one who refused to submit to the shogunate.

"However, I asked for a map just to get the distribution of Toyotomi Hideyori's forces and the laying of defensive lines. Wouldn't it be superfluous to ask me to go to his barracks and steal military maps? ”

Since the relationship between each other is not as good as just now, Yun Qi did not beat around the bush, and directly explained his incomprehension.

On the other hand, he didn't say that even if he had the ability to infiltrate enemy camps and steal maps, he wouldn't have time to squander.

Just going to the enemy's headquarters for a round trip will take days.

Hattori Gohachiro said, "Of course I know this, so the map location I provided is not in the enemy barracks, but in Edo."

Next, Gohachiro explained the third choice well.

Originally, the Hattori family, who was the leader of the ninjas. Their main ability is to spy on intelligence, and the battle for frontal combat is handled by the army.

Therefore, they have deployed a large number of secret agents and meticulous work in various parts of Fuso country, and they are the ones who have obtained first-hand information at the slightest disturbance.

This is also the reason why the Hattori family is far inferior to the other fifteen generals in terms of military exploits, but they can still keep pace with these generals who can fight well. It is also the cornerstone of the existence of the Hattori family.

As a result, they received reliable information that a monk living in seclusion near Edo was planning to resell a military map he had drawn to someone else for the highest price.

Originally, when this information appeared, according to the rules of previous years, the army should be immediately dispatched to arrest and execute these lawbreakers who traded contraband on the charge of deliberately subverting the imperial court.

However, this time, the buyer involved in the transaction was unique. It is a retainer of the Toyotomi Hideyori family.

In this way, the shogunate's blatant arrest of Toyotomi Hideyori's retainers will only arouse Toyotomi Hideyori's vigilance, and it will not be conducive to Tokugawa Ieyasu's preparation to send troops to attack Osaka, the foundation of the Toyotomi family, half a year later.

But they can't afford to let the trade in the forbidden map go unchecked, so they have to send an assassination team to strangle all the people involved in the deal.

At that time, even if Toyotomi Hideyori wants to be investigated, the shogunate can completely shift the responsibility to the bandits, and then pretend to exterminate the thieves on a certain mountain. As their scapegoat, then the shogunate both earned face. There's a lining again.

This message is very important, and the fact that Hattori Gohachiro can say it shows that he wants to cooperate with Koga sincerely.

However, Yun Qi did not take over this task immediately, but said: "Isn't Brother Hattori afraid that we will mess up this kind of important task?"

Hattori Gohachiro's face changed a few times. In the end, he seemed to make up his mind and said: "To be honest, the Hattori family has a big deal to do recently, and a large number of strong ninjas need to take on heavy responsibilities, and the manpower is extremely tight." Otherwise, I dare to take out this mission, even if I am a little brother. I'm afraid my father won't agree yet. ”

What's more?

When Yun Qi heard this, he was shocked.

You must know that the current strategic focus of the shogunate should be all on the upcoming war with the Toyotomi Hideyori family, and in order to eliminate this major disaster, Tokugawa Ieyasu, as the pioneer of the shogunate era, did not bother to think less.

Now, Tokugawa Ieyasu was intensively preparing for war, which was no secret among the top ranks of the shogunate.

As one of Hanzo's favorite sons, Hattori Gohachiro naturally knows a little about the recent movements of the Great Imperial Palace.

In other words, all information about Toyotomi Hideyori should be prioritized now, and other tasks should only give way.

Now, Hattori has entrusted him with such an important task, and what it means behind it is intriguing.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through Yun Qi's mind.

"Could it be that Tokugawa Ieyasu put the mission out for that reason?"

Getting Tokugawa Ieyasu to abandon the assassination of a hostile party into his jurisdiction can only mean one thing - there is now something more important than assassinating an agent waiting for Tokugawa Ieyasu to deal with.

Yun Qi has limited information in this world, but it is not without a trace.

Combined with the plot of this quest world, Yun Qi easily connects this main quest with Tokugawa Ieyasu's strange decision.

That's right, Tokugawa Ieyasu wants to personally summon the important people in this main quest - the leader of Koga, Danmasa, and the leader of Iga, Aphantom.

In order to prove his reasoning, Yun Qi finally confirmed this idea from Hattori's mouth.

Of course, it was impossible for Hattori to tell Yun Qi the answer to the question directly, but he didn't mean to hide it either.

After all, although the fact that the leaders of the two factions of Koga and Iga went to Edo to meet Tokugawa Ieyasu-sama was secretive, there was no need to hide it from Yunqi, who was also Koga.

As for why Yun Qi didn't know, Hattori cleverly attributed it to the lack of information transmission at that time - as the three Yun Qi stayed in the Edo branch, they naturally lagged behind in getting the news for a few days.

"Anyway, sooner or later, they will know about the arrival of Danzheng and Ah Huan." Hattori Gohachiro thinks so, so there is no need to hide it.

Now, Gohachiro has linked his fate to Yunqi and the other Koga factions.

Although he didn't know that Tokugawa Ieyasu was focusing on summoning the two factions of Koga and Iga, regardless of the enemy's espionage activities under his nose, one thing was for sure, the Great Imperial Palace must have entrusted the two factions with something very important.

This means that once things are done, the Koga or Iga faction will inevitably rise to become no less than the Hattori family, and getting the help of any of them will undoubtedly be closely related to the success or failure of his current struggle for the throne.

This seemingly irrelevant piece of information is crucial information for Yun Qi.

In other words, they are now entering the mission world earlier than the official plot begins. (To be continued.) )