Even after hearing what Ogata said just now, Omachi thought that Ogata was going to agree to join Mamiya and the others in their Calabash House.

"I'm just a ronin born with a sword."

Ogata smiled slightly.

"Although my ronin career has only lasted less than three months from beginning to end..."

"I have only been a ronin for less than three months, and I was caught on this broken island."

"Although the time is short, I have become accustomed to this unrestrained life."

"I no longer want to join any organization, let alone have another lord above my head."

"So——Mamiya, thank you for your kindness and invitation."

"Although I won't join your Calabash House, I can be friends with your Calabash House."

"If your Calabash House encounters any trouble in the future, and I can help with it, I will do my best to help you."

Although Ogata's words contained a touch of joking, whether it was Amachi, Mamiya, or Makimura, they all heard a strong sense of determination in Ogata's words.

Mamiya, who knew that he probably couldn't persuade Ogata to change his mind, sighed silently.

"Okay... In that case, I won't force you."

"Ogata-kun, if you change your mind at any time, you can come to us at any time. Our Gourd House welcomes experts like you to join us at any time."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded and said casually, "I will."

Ogata's words were really just casual remarks.

After saying this, he had no idea of ​​joining other organizations and simply threw Mamiya's suggestion of "you can come to them at any time" to the back of his mind...

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…

When the sun was about to sink below the horizon, the small boat Ogata and his party were riding finally successfully arrived at the shore.

After the boat arrived at the shore, Atachi couldn't wait to jump out of the boat.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, A-Machi let out a long sigh of relief. While stretching vigorously, he sighed:

"It's more comfortable to stand on land..."

After landing ashore immediately after Amachi, Ogata looked around.

As far as the eye could see, there was a large area of ​​gravel - although they didn't know where they landed, there were no shogunate soldiers around, so they should have successfully moved away from the shogunate's camp.

"Let's find a place to spend the night tonight." After jumping off the boat, Mamiya glanced at the sun that was about to disappear from the horizon. "We can wait until daybreak tomorrow before setting off."

Ogata was noncommittal about Mamiya's proposal.

However, A-Machi said at this time:

"No, I'll leave now."

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"Now?" As soon as A-Machi finished speaking, Oubon was the first to show surprise, "A-Machi, didn't you see that it's almost dark now?"

"Walking at night is a piece of cake for a ninja like me." Amachi shrugged, "One of the most important criteria in judging the completion of tasks in Shiranui is time."

"The shorter the time a person can complete a task, the higher the evaluation he will receive."

"So I have to go back to Shiranui as soon as possible to complete my mission more beautifully."

"...A-Machi." After hesitating for a while, Ogata asked A-Machi, "After completing your mission...is it possible that you will be demoted?"

"Hmm..." Amachi pondered for a while, "Probably not. Shiranui's judgment on whether to be demoted depends on whether you have completed the task beautifully."

"Only those genin who have been unable to complete their missions will be demoted to Ku."

"I have now collected a lot of information related to cannibals. This mission should be completed quite beautifully."

"After you successfully complete a mission, you will not be demoted to dirt."

After learning that Omachi would not be demoted to Kumu, Ogata immediately felt relieved, as if a big stone had fallen from his heart.

"That's it...that's good."

After muttering like this, Ogata wanted to say something like "I wish you good luck in martial arts" to say goodbye to Omachi.

But when he opened his mouth and words came to his mouth, he couldn't get out these farewell words.

For some reason, when he thought of Omachi's imminent departure, Oubang felt a sense of emptiness in his heart...

At this moment, Mamiya, who had been standing next to Ogata, whispered to Ogata at a volume that only he and Ogata could hear clearly:
Chapter completed!