I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Tatsuno Fan, in a certain mountain.

Amidst the uninhabited mountains, stands an abrupt 3-story majestic mansion.

The candlelight came out through the windows of the wooden house.

Talking and laughter continued to sound from inside the wooden house.

"Hahahaha! Drink! Drink!"

"Isn't it okay to drink like this?"

"Hey! The wine is gone! Bring more wine!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

...

On the top floor of this magnificent mansion, a group of people are having a lively banquet.

This magnificent mansion is the base camp of the Negishi family that the people of the Tatsuno clan have heard of.

And the people holding a banquet on the top floor of this mansion are the leaders and main officials of the Negishi family.

The leader of the Negishi family loves to hold banquets at night.

Gathering all the main cadres in the family to have fun together like this tonight is just a common sight in this house.

The potbellied middle-aged man sitting at the head of the banquet is the leader of the Negishi family-Negishi Naomasa.

Just as Negishi happily raised the hip flask in his hand and poured the wine into his mouth, anxious footsteps suddenly sounded outside the room.

Snapped.

The paper sliding door of the room was opened.

A young man who was kneeling by the door said to Negishi and others in the room in an anxious tone:

"Old, boss! Something went wrong! Something happened to the casino in Karamoto!"

The loud shout of this young man suddenly stopped the chattering and laughter in the room.

Negishi frowned tightly and asked in a deep voice:

"what happened?"

"The guards, Hu Zhen, and Zhongpan of the Karamoto Casino were all killed!"

As soon as the voice of the young man who came to report the letter fell, the room filled with exclamations of surprise, disbelief, and other emotions, as well as air-conditioning sounds.

"They were all killed?" Negishi's straight face turned black for an instant, "Tell me in detail what happened!"

...

...

The young man who came to report was very articulate.

In just a few words, he recounted what happened in the casino in the village today to everyone in the room.

"So..." Negishi muttered to himself, "Is he killed... what did that person look like?"

"I don't know yet!" The young man immediately replied, "There was no livelihood left at the scene, but I have asked my men to find the gamblers who have been to the Karamoto Casino today! Those gamblers who were there at the time should be Remember what the guy who killed us looked like!"

"...Boss." A burly man with a long scar on his face sitting on the right hand side of Negishi straightly said to Negishi, "Do you think this guy is an outlander who doesn't understand the rules, or... Come to seek revenge?"

"...I don't know." Negishi replied with a calm voice, "It doesn't matter if he is an outlander who doesn't understand the rules, or a fool who came to seek revenge. Anyway-find him out for me first."

"Little ones!"

Negishi yelled in a full-bodied voice.

As soon as his shouting fell, the subordinates sitting under him immediately put down their wine bowls, sat upright, and sat upright.

"Go down and tell everyone below! Any samurai samurai who sees a face will cheer me up! Be prepared!"

"As soon as you encounter a shy samurai, come back and report to me!"

"Yes!" All the subordinates in the house yelled together with great tacit understanding.

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...

The next day, early morning—

Last night, Ogata and Mamiya randomly found an inn.

Ogata and Mamiya each had a room-of course, Ogata's money was also provided by Mamiya.

As soon as the sun rose completely from the horizon, Ogata and Mamiya walked out of the inn one after another.

"So—" Ogata turned his head and asked Mamiya next to him, "What shall we do today? Where are we going to find information about the Negishi family?"

"Well, of course I went to the shops run by the Negishi family to find information. But before that - let's go have breakfast. Do you have anything you want to eat?"

"I can eat anything."

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...

"Ogata, here we are."

Ogata and Mamiya, who casually ate some glutinous rice dumplings for breakfast, were standing not far in front of a slightly dilapidated wooden house in a remote place.

After having breakfast just now, Mamiya led Ogata straight towards the wooden house.

Looking at the slightly dilapidated wooden house ahead, Ogata asked:

"Is this house another casino of the Negishi family?"

"No." Mamiya immediately replied, "Although it is not the Negishi family's casino, it is another kind of shop opened by the Negishi family."

"Ogata-kun, do you know what kind of "Yakuza" of the Negishi family mainly depends on making money?"

"Not sure."

Mamiya stretched out 3 fingers.

"The main thing is to make money from gambling, women, and money lending."

"And this house is a tour set by the Negishi family."

"Ogata-kun, we are divided into two groups today."

"You enter the Yugokura, I'll stay outside."

"…………what?"

After a long silence, Ogata tilted his head and looked at Mamiya with a look of "Did I hear something wrong?"

"Sorry, I didn't seem to make it clear just now..."

"Ogata-kun, we ruined the Negishi family’s casino in Karamoto yesterday. How do you think the Negishi family’s boss will react after hearing this news?"

"I will definitely be vigilant and remind the major shops underneath to pay more attention to the people of the noodle saber~www.ltnovel.com~ For a noodle samurai like you, if you step into the tourist profile set up by the Negishi family-what do you think? What will happen?"

"I think there is a great possibility that such a situation will happen-the managers of Youkuo run back to their base camp to report."

"So you will be the bait when you enter the profile."

"And I stayed outside, following the people who returned to their base camp to report."

"...What if no one goes out to report?" Ogata asked rhetorically.

"Then it can only be regarded as our bad luck." Mamiya shrugged.

"...Why am I here as bait, not you?"

"Do you know how to track it?"

"Then do you understand?"

"I used to learn some ninjutsu related to tracking in Kai area."

"How many things have you learned..."

"Anyway-stop the gossip."

Having said that, Mamiya took out a large judge Kinsai from his arms and gave it to Ogata.

"Yes, I'll use this money for you, go. I will hide nearby and monitor the movement of this brothel."

Ogata looked at the large sum of gold that Mamiyasaki gave him, with a complex expression on his face.

Ogata has discovered since yesterday-Mamiya seems to be particularly rich.

When gambling in the casino, the judge gave him the money he said.

When going to the bathhouse to take a bath, Mamiya also threw out a large sum of money, so that the bathhouse treasurer worked very hard to find money.

And now he just threw a piece of big money and asked Ogata to go to Yukuo to find a woman...

Ogata looked at the Dabanjin in his hand, and then at Yukaku not far away.

"Ogata-kun, what's the matter?" Mamiya noticed Ogata's strangeness, and asked Ogata like this.

"... I said it, don't laugh at me..."

"I... have never been to a place like this." Ogata hesitated. "What will I say and do when I go in?"