The girl looked at Jiezheng in astonishment.

At this time, Jiezheng also looked at the girl with shock on his face.

"Are you... the first light of Iga?"

Jie Zheng has a very good relationship with Qing, who is a kunoichi in Iga, so thanks to Qing's relationship, Jie Zheng unknowingly got to know some famous people in Iga, including Hatsumi.

Hatsumi is an undoubted celebrity in Igari. Almost everyone knows that Yoshihisa is very partial to Hatsumi who he raised with his own hands, and completely cultivates Hatsumi as his heir.

"Chu Guang!" Jie Zheng said hurriedly, "You...don't want to arrest me either?"

He vaguely remembered that Chu Guang should be responsible for staying at Longshui Temple tonight and serving as the messenger.

"Longshui Temple suffered a surprise attack. All the troops staying at Longshui Temple were wiped out. Lord Yoshijiu and Lord Lao Furen were all killed..." Chu Guang showed a worried expression, "Many of them, including me, were captured...

"

Before Chu Guang finished speaking, he stood behind her, escorting her glasses and yelled loudly.

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and move forward!"

After being yelled at by the glasses, Chu Guang quickly closed her mouth and continued to let the glasses lead her forward obediently.

Jie Zheng stared blankly at the figure of Chu Guang, who was about to disappear from his sight.

"Why are you showing such an expression?" At this time, Jie Zheng heard Asai sneer next to him, "Didn't I tell you when I took you to see Ichiemon who had both of his hands chopped off by us just now?

? All your Toyotomi troops in Osaka were defeated by us."

After that, Asai covered Jiezheng's cheek with the white cloth again: "Now, let us continue to feed you water."

…

After escorting Chu Guang to a place where Jie Zheng could not see, Mamiya let out a sigh of relief:

"Thank you for your cooperation, Miss Chuguang."

"As long as it can cause trouble for the Toyotomi clan and Iga, I will be happy to do it." Hatsumi showed a meaningful smile and shrugged, "Fortunately, the guy just now recognized me. If he didn't recognize me,

, your plan has completely failed."

"Yes. It's really dangerous." Mamiya breathed out again, "Fortunately, he knows you. Next... let's wait and see whether that guy's fighting spirit will be destroyed."

…

A steady stream of water poured on Jiezheng's face again.

However, compared to the physical pain, the inner pain at this time made Jiezheng feel even more tortured.

What Chu Guang said to him just now echoed over and over again in Jiezheng's mind uncontrollably.

Ryushui Temple... was actually breached...? Yoshihisa-sama and the branded woman... were both dead...?

In this case... it makes sense why Lord Saemon was captured alive...

Were Osaka's troops...really defeated?

No...impossible...

But... even the first light who stayed behind at Longshui Temple was captured...

Waterboarding is an extremely painful punishment.

Water was continuously poured into the mouth and nose, and the trachea and lungs were stimulated to secrete a large amount of thick mucus. The mucus and saliva flowed out of the mouth and nose uncontrollably, and the tortured person suffered from suffocation.

It takes a strong will to survive waterboarding.

Psychological defense is a very strange thing.

As long as your will wavers even a little bit, your psychological defenses will collapse at an alarming speed.

Jiezheng is now in such a situation.

The appearance of Chu Guang and her words just now caused Jiezheng's will and belief, which already had some small cracks, to be greatly shaken.

At this moment, a thought was "surging" in Jiezheng's mind. Was Osaka's troops really defeated?

At a time when his will and belief were already wavering, he happened to be undergoing painful water torture.

The tremendous pain of waterboarding made it difficult for Jiezheng to concentrate on thinking, and it also accelerated the collapse of Jiezheng's psychological defenses.

Jiezheng, whose psychological defense finally collapsed, completely lost the power to contend with waterboarding.

"I said...cough! Ahem! I said...everything!"

Jie Zheng, whose face was covered with a white cloth, muttered vaguely.

Listening to Jiezheng's vague murmur, joy surged into Asai and Shimada's cheeks.

…

…

time back to now

Ogata and Amachi followed Makimura to the place where Suesheng was tortured, while quietly listening to how they used small strategies to undermine Suesheng's fighting spirit.

"That Hatsuguang actually agreed to help you so readily?" Ogata asked back.

"Yes." Makimura nodded, "When Mamiya went to find her, she agreed very readily. She said that as long as it can cause trouble for the Toyotomi clan and Iga, she will be happy to do it."

While Ogata and Makimura were talking, they had already arrived at the place where Jie Zheng was being tortured.

Because waterboarding is so painful, the tortured person often experiences stress reactions in his body and becomes incontinent due to the excessive pain.

Although Jiezheng was not incontinent, he peed quite happily, so when he got close to Jiezheng, the unpleasant smell of urine penetrated his nostrils continuously.

Ogata and others were the last to arrive.

Gourd's group, Feng Mo, Azuki, and Isshiki Hana, who just went to rest in a certain room, are all gathered together now.

Seeing Ogata and A-Machi arriving, when everyone finally arrived, Genichi briefly greeted Ogata and A-Machi, and then squatted down beside Jie Zheng.

"Okay." Yuan Yi said, "Tell me everything you know. Don't miss anything."

Jiezheng looked frustrated and hopeless, with his head drooped and his tone weak.

"I... don't know Kinoshita Rin..."

"I don't know much about the mission to capture Kinoshita Rin alive..."

"But I remember... was Division 16 ordered to go to Maruyama Town tonight to perform a special secret mission... The content of the mission... seems to be to catch someone... and then take that person to Mount Koya..."

After hearing the place names "Maruyama Town" and "Koyasan", the group of Calabash Houses headed by Genichi exchanged glances, and then turned their attention back to Jiezheng.

"...How much do you know about the Toyotomi clan's stronghold in Mount Koya?" Minamoto asked, "No matter how capable the Toyotomi clan led by Nobhide is, he cannot assimilate the entire Mount Koya to his own people.

Which places on Mount Koya are the strongholds of the Toyotomi clan? Is there a place on Mount Koya specifically used to detain people?"

"I...have never been to Mount Koya's stronghold...Koyasan is...Toyotomi-sama's most important stronghold in Japan..."

"It's not like someone of my level can come in and out at will..."

"I only know that...the abbot of Sengen Temple in Mount Koya...Master Sengen is our ally..."

"...It seems that your mouth is still very tough." Asai silently picked up the water bottle at his feet.

"I...I'm not lying..." Jiezheng's body trembled, "I'm really not familiar with Mount Koya..."

"... Let's change the question." A look of thought appeared on Genichi's face, "How many troops is Nobuhide currently deployed on Mount Koya?"

"This... I don't know... I only know that Lord Toyotomi has deployed a large number of Iga ninjas for security at various strategic locations on Mount Koya..."

"So, besides the Musketeers and Iga Ninjas, does Nobhide have any other armed forces under his command?" Genichi continued to ask.

"I don't know about this... I'm just a middle-level cadre in the Musketeers... I really don't know a lot of things..."

"...That's right." Yuan Yi sighed softly, then stood up slowly, "Asai, take this guy down for now."

Qian Jing responded, then walked to Jiezheng's side, preparing to drag him away.

But at this moment

"I have a question for you."

The speaker is Ogata.

Asai stopped tugging on Jie Zheng's hand, and together with the others, turned their confused eyes towards Ogata.

"A few days ago, Isshiki Naoshu of the Isshiki Kenkan and his son and daughter-in-law were captured by your Toyotomi army." Ogata asked word for word, "Do you know where they were captured?"

As soon as Ogata asked this question, Isshikika, who was standing not far from Ogata, immediately froze on the spot.

"Isshiki...I seem...to have some impression...Louluo-sama seemed to have been ordered to transfer someone before...but where...I don't know..."

"...Thank you for your answer." Ogata said calmly, "I have no other questions to ask, Asai, drag this guy away."

Asai nodded, and then dragged Jiezheng away like a dog.

After Asai came back, Shimada said solemnly:

"Maruyama Town...that's where the lord was captured..."

"Hmm..." Mamiya nodded, "Based on all the information currently known... it is very likely that my lord was captured and taken to Mount Koya."
To be continued...