"It's actually not that bad, right?"
Looking at Imagawa Ujimoto who was swallowing the chicken as if chewing wax, Ginkgo tilted her head and asked, "Is it Mr.'s psychological effect?"
"Anyway, if I hadn't lost the bet, I would never have eaten these unclean things. I really couldn't help it." Imagawa Shimoto swallowed the last mouthful, feeling like the person whose body had been defiled, and his face was full of stains. The expression of "It's been ruined and it will never get better."
"Ha, let's bet again." Ginkgo tilted her head with a smile, "Sir, think of another one."
"Think about it." Imagawa replied without even thinking.
"Roast chicken?" Ginkgo asked directly.
"wrong."
"Mud?"
"wrong."
"Wood stick."
"wrong."
"Meat ban?"
"That's not right either."
"Oh?" After wasting four opportunities, Ginkgo rubbed her head in confusion, "Then I have to make a good guess."
"Is it a living thing?"
"Yes."
"Is it human?"
"Yes."
"Is it someone you know?"
"Yes."
Ginkgo pushed the progress forward by asking three questions in a row, which made Imagawa Yuandun feel that the situation was not good.
"But sir, how can you be sure that I know someone you know? Is it a celebrity?" Ginkgo glanced at Imagawa Jimoto suspiciously, "If the final answer is someone I don't know, I will lose, sir."
"Is this a question?" Imagawa Ujimoto confirmed to Ginkgo, "'Do you recognize this question?'"
"No, the question changes to 'Can Sir please ensure that I know this person'?"
"Yes." Imagawa Shimoto had to admire Ginkgo's intelligence, and he narrowed the scope several times in an instant.
"Oh, but how many people are there in total, sir, who confirmed that I know someone like me, an inexperienced mountain girl?" Ginkgo seemed to have guessed Imagawa Shimoto's answer, and smiled beautifully, as if Kagome Imagawa showed off proudly.
"There are only two questions left." In order to maintain the dignity of the man and not want to be teased too much, Imagawa Jiyuan pretended to be calm and gestured with the number two, "Miss Ginkgo, don't get too proud too early."
But Imagawa Ujimoto's cute and awkward self-esteem actually made Ginkgo want to tease him even more.
"So...my question is-"
Ginkgo's body slowly leaned forward, approaching Imagawa Yoshimoto. She gently put her right hand on Imagawa Ujimoto's shoulder, and her cheek was almost in front of Imagawa Ujimoto. Imagawa Ujimoto could already feel Ginkgo's hair caressing his neck and feel her light breath. Ginkgo took out the green-edged folding fan from Imagawajimoto's waist, gently lifted Imagawajimoto's chin with the fan handle, and forced Imagawajimoto to look directly at her. At a very close distance, he looked at her cheeks that were slightly red due to exertion and her charming, lazy eyes.
"Is this the person that sir likes?"
Ginkgo spit out these syllables playfully, and then watched with satisfaction as Imagawa Shimoto blushed instantly. She pulled away triumphantly, leaned against the tree trunk comfortably, rested her hands on her head and closed her eyes, "Quickly Please answer, sir."
Ginkgo's guess was correct, the person Imagawa was thinking about was the girl in front of her.
The breeze blew by, blowing up the fallen leaves on the ground. The remaining warmth in the fire pit came with the wind, but it made Imagawa Shimoto's heart feel a little cold. After a moment of ambiguity, what was left was a heartbreaking fact, reminding Imagawa Ujimoto over and over again that the lively and lazy girl in front of her was destined to be just a traveling companion. No matter how speculative it is, when she returns home from the trip, her father will marry her to another stranger she has never met. For the rest of his life, Imagawa Shimoto might never have a chance to see her again.
This relationship is destined to be fruitless, so should we continue? If you invest too deeply, will you hurt others and yourself? Should I tell her the love hidden deep in my heart? If I say it, will it break the sweet window paper and make the relationship between the two weird?
I don’t know how long I have been struggling, and I don’t know how many times my inner opinions have been at war. When there was no more warmth left in the fire pit, Imagawa Shimoto replied softly:
"Yes."
However, the expected shy accusations and teasing from the girl did not reach his ears, instead the sound of gentle breathing came.
Imagawa Ujimoto looked up and found that the ginkgo leaning against the tree trunk had already fallen asleep sweetly.
·
The next morning, Ginkgo woke up in a daze, spread out her hands to look for it, and took hold of Imagawa Shimoto's delicate and powerful palm.
"Good morning, sir..." Ginkgo murmured sleepily, finally opening her eyes. She blinked, and her long eyelashes were particularly beautiful.
"How long have I been sleeping? Have you finished eating?" Ginkgo sat up immediately after regaining consciousness, patted her face to make herself more energetic, and then asked in surprise, "Why is it already morning?"
"You fell asleep in the middle of playing last night." Imagawa Ujimoto replied with a smile, "What, you lost your memory?"
"Ah?" Ginkgo tilted her head in confusion and glanced at the chicken bones and traces of the fire on the ground. Apparently she didn't remember anything.
"You guys are drinking and drinking, but Ms. Ginkgo is sleeping and sleeping?" Imagawa Ujimoto couldn't help laughing when he saw Ginkgo's silly look.
"It's an old habit. If I fall asleep suddenly instead of lying in bed properly, I will forget everything about what happened before going to bed when I wake up. My memory only goes as far as...only when I won the game. You, I'll force you to eat a bite of chicken." Ginkgo muttered aggrievedly, as if he hated his own head. "So did we discuss anything last night? Where are we going now? I remember we were chasing after each other. Did you come here after serving in the army?"
"Well... I didn't do anything." After thinking about it for a moment, Imagawaji Yuan decided to keep last night's ambiguity and excitement as a secret in his heart, "We are separated from your brother and my attendants, we have to find a way later. Once I find them, I have to find a way to get in touch with the ninja who is secretly protecting me."
"I also have to find a way to contact the ninjas who secretly protected me. I don't know what they were doing when the incident happened yesterday. I didn't see a single person." Ginkgo complained very dissatisfiedly, and then suddenly thought of something. Looking at Imagawajimoto - Imagawajimoto also turned his head to look at him.
"Could it be that the two teams of ninjas collided with each other and mistakenly thought that each other was the enemy?"
Imagawaji Yuan and Ginkgo said in unison.
In the end, the real assassin was released...
·
After Imagawa Ujimoto and Ginkgo got on the road again, they had to change their way - the last stone bridge on the mountain stream had been destroyed by Kira Usei yesterday, and they could not cross the river. However, as they walked, they saw a very small village in a remote mountain forest - more like a refugee shack. There are several tents set up in the cave, and a lot of food is grown on some fairly flat land outside the cave. At the entrance of the cave, there is a backpack - the one Kira Weicheng carries on his back.
"Weicheng, are you there?" Imagawa Shimoto tried to call. Not long after, I saw Kira Usei, who was dressed in commoner clothes, walking out of the cave with support. After seeing Imagawa Ujimoto and Ginkgo, he was very curious and asked: "Why are you here?"
"We took a detour. Didn't you destroy the bridge?" Imagawa Ujimoto said as he looked at the backpack. There was no knife left in it. "Where is the knife you snatched?"
"Take it to Nagashino Castle and sell it." Kira Usei shrugged matter-of-factly and raised his hand to point into the cave, "How else could we feed so many mouths?"
Imagawa Ujimoto looked at the cave and discovered that there were dozens of half-year-old children living in the cave, and a few older ones were supervising other children who were playing crazy.
"So when you block the road and rob, you are not trying to be brave and ruthless, but you are robbing the rich and giving to the poor?" Imagawa Shimoto's sense of Kira Usei suddenly became much higher.
"They are all orphans of the war. Their parents died in the war, their families were destroyed by the war, and they have nowhere to go. I brought them here to barely have enough to eat." Ji Liang Weicheng sat down against a big stone. Picking up a pebble, he tossed it in his hand.
"Amazing." Imagawa Ujimoto admired sincerely, "Just because of this, you are more amazing than those illustrious samurai, even more amazing than the samurai of the famous Kira clan that you pretend to be. You When did you start rescuing these children?”
"The war has been going on for decades. There are probably tens of thousands of war orphans like this in the world. What are a few dozen?" Kira Usei smiled bitterly. This was the first time Imagawa Ujimoto saw him show a negative expression. Emotions.
"I am also a war orphan, and I was raised like this. I grew up in a cave like this when I was a child." Kira Weicheng pointed back at the children in the cave with his thumb, "Later, our stronghold was destroyed. The fire was set on fire, and the elder brothers who raised us were all killed. I escaped by chance and did the same thing as them. I only remember that one elder brother's ancestor seemed to have worked in Kira's family, so he called himself Kira. ”
"Then if you are not trying to promote your martial name, why would you select samurai to rob their samurai swords? All samurai are skilled in martial arts, how dangerous is it to fight? Isn't it bad for common people and businessmen to rob boilers?"
"This world is not easy for anyone. Whether it is the common people who are fleeing with their families or the businessmen who are running around all day and have no way to go home to collect some of their hard-earned money, how can I be so ruthless as to rob them? You warriors are pampered and well-fed. Wear warm clothes, but you are causing trouble and provoking wars just to rob such a few ruined cities. You are the instigators of so many homeless orphans. Who are you robbing if you don’t rob?" Kira Usei glanced at Imagawa Ujimoto with disdain, He spat on the ground.
"That's a good scolding." Before Imagawa Shiyuan could speak, Ginkgo on the side smiled and agreed, "There are only a few good people in the martial arts family all over the world."
"I agree very much." Imagawa Shigen also nodded, "You can even remove 'a few'."
At this moment, a rush of footsteps and movement came from the forest. Kira Weicheng suddenly stood up alertly, but Imagawa Ujimoto signaled that he didn't have to. The people who came were not the attackers, but the ninjas led by Tsuchi Atonsune.
"Young Master, you can make it easy for us to find him!" In order to hide his identity when he was out, Imagawa Shimoto did not let Dou Atonsune call him His Highness, but called the Young Master, "The rescue came late yesterday! I'm so sorry! I deserve death! I won't I accidentally encountered another group of ninjas, who were the escorts of the young master you were traveling with. As a result, we regarded each other as enemies and faced each other for a long time. Instead, we allowed the real attacker to succeed, which almost led to a big mistake. Now they go We are looking for that young master, and we are also looking for you."
"It's okay, just be careful next time. It's just that I don't feel safe walking without a strong bodyguard around me." Imagawa Ujimoto nodded, then looked at Kira Uisei, and then at the children in the cave behind him, He extended an invitation and said, "How about it, the second best berserker in the world, are you interested in accepting my employment and becoming my bodyguard?"
"You seem to be a nice and good person, but what will happen to these children when I leave?" Ji Liang Weicheng shook his head without hesitation. Imagawa Ujimoto was also unambiguous and waved to Toto Atomic Sutra, who then took out a few taels of gold from his arms and stuffed it into Kira Usei's hand.
"This...this is..." Ji Liang Weicheng has never seen so much money in his life.
"To support the family, let's buy a place for the children to live in the castle town. I think there are a few older children and we should be able to take care of them. Isn't it better to live in a castle town than in the mountains where there are mosquitoes and wild beasts?" Imagawa clan Yuan tapped Ji Liang Weicheng's shoulder with his hand and said with a smile, "Just follow me. If you meet other orphans who need your help on the way, you can bring them back."
"I didn't expect to meet a fool in these troubled times." Ji Liang Weicheng laughed twice, with tears flashing in his eyes, and then he curtly saluted, "Okay, I'll listen to you. What a shameful life. It’s a lot of money, but I have no reason not to want it.”
