They looked at each other and communicated silently with their eyes.

Finally - someone gritted his teeth and bravely asked:

"Toyotomi-sama, I wonder if only Miss Toyotomi alone can conquer Edo... What exactly do you mean?"

Toyotomi Nobuhide smiled.

"I will tell you the specific content of the 'Battle of Edo' later."

"Now, let's focus on evacuating Mount Koya."

"Takaharu, Yamamoto, Yutaro..."

Toyotomi Nobuhide named 5 people in one go.

"The five of you will be responsible for the evacuation of Koyasan. Five of you will stay, and the rest will leave for now."

"If anyone is not full, you can take the food from the banquet and eat it."

Those whose names were not called, you looked at me, and I looked at you, then stood up and prepared to leave.

But just then——

"Lord Toyotomi! I have an unkind favor!"

A certain extremely loud voice suddenly sounded.

Everyone followed the sound - it turned out to be the leader of the remnant party in Shiranui: Kikutaro.

I saw Kikutaro marching out of the queue in three steps and two steps at a time, facing Toyotomi Nobuhide, and kneeling on the ground in the most standard Doge seat posture.

"Please let us also participate in the security work on Mount Koya!"

Looking at Kikutaro kneeling on the ground in front of him, Toyotomi Nobuhide's brows raised slightly.

"'We'? Do you mean to ask you Shiranui to join the security work in Mount Koya?"

"Exactly!" Kikutaro said loudly, "Alert and surveillance - this is what we, as ninjas, are best at!"

"Right now, there are a total of 50 Iga people staying in Mount Koya."

"Although there are a lot of people, 50 people are still too limited to monitor and guard various important areas in Mount Koya."

"But if our Shiranui people can participate, the manpower pressure will be greatly reduced!"

"Toyotomi-sama, please let us Shiranui people also participate in the security work of Mount Koya!"

After shouting like this, Kikutaro said proudly in his heart:

——Such a great opportunity to appear in front of Toyotomi-sama cannot be missed...

The reason why Kikutaro took the initiative to ask for help and asked Toyotomi Nobuhide to let them, the remnants of Shiranui, join in the current work of "enhancing the security of Mount Koya" was not because he loved the task.

It was purely because Kikutaro felt that this mission would not only allow the remnants of Shiranui to show their faces in front of Toyotomi Nobuhide, but it would not be dangerous and would allow them to fish happily.

Toyotomi Nobuhide has just said: By the morning of tomorrow at the latest, everyone currently staying on Mount Koya will leave Mount Koya on the two battleships Nikki Maru and Hyokumaru and head north to Edo.

In other words, they will only stay in Mount Koya for another day and a half at most.

Kikutaro didn't know how Ogata and the others would act in the future.

But Kikutaro knew that if Ogata and the others decided to attack Mount Koya, they would definitely need a few days of preparation time.

They just experienced a big battle in Osaka last night, so they need 1 or 2 days of rest, right?

In addition, it will definitely take some time to carefully formulate a specific offensive strategy, right?

After Ogata and the others made all preparations and headed straight for Mount Koya, they should have all boarded the battleship and marched straight towards Edo in a swaggering manner.

Therefore, Kikutaro felt that it would be quite safe to join the security work in Mount Koya now. Ogata and the others should not be seen until they leave Mount Koya.

Showing your face in front of the leader will have many benefits, and letting the leader remember your face will have many benefits, and no matter how inconspicuous the task is, it is better than no task at all - these are two valuable things Kikutaro learned when he was struggling in Shiranui.

Life experience.

Now he takes the initiative to ask for help and asks Toyotomi Nobuhide to let them join the Shiranui people in this mission. They can show their face well in front of Toyotomi Nobuhide without having to worry about any dangers they will encounter in the mission - this is Kikutaro.

Xiao Jiujiu is beaten in my heart.

Kikutaro pressed his forehead tightly to the ground, fully expecting Toyotomi Nobuhide's response.

Toyotomi Nobuhide's response - Kikutaro didn't wait.

He only waited for a shout that made Kikutaro's expression freeze.

"Ah! Toyotomi-sama! It's just idle for me to be idle. Why don't you let me join the security work in Mount Koya!" A certain strong man knelt down beside Kikutaro and shouted.

After shouting like this, the strong man quietly cast a somewhat provocative look at Kikutaro beside him.

It's funny - the reason why this strong man volunteered for the job was exactly the same as Kikutaro's.

I was also confused by the superior conditions of "being able to show my face well in front of Toyotomi Nobuhide, and having a safe mission."

He had just been thinking about getting out of the queue and asked Toyotomi Nobuhide for a military escort, but he was half a step behind Kikutaro.

——This guy...! He wants to compete with me for this kind of power?!

After cursing fiercely in his heart, Kikutaro raised his head.

"Toyotomi-sama, it would be more appropriate for us, as ninjas, to handle tasks like strengthening security!"

"No, Toyotomi-sama!" The strong man followed closely, unwilling to be outdone, "When I was serving the Edo shogunate, I was responsible for the security work in Nagasaki. I have quite a lot of experience in this task.

!”

Kikutaro and the strong man are fighting over each other.

The cave became noisy as the two shouted loudly.

Toyotomi Nobuhide did not respond immediately to either of them.

They did not stop the two men from scrambling for tasks.

He silently rested his left elbow on his crossed left leg and supported his head with his left hand, with a faint smile on his face.

With an expression as if he was watching some wonderful drama, he quietly looked at Kikutaro and the strong man who were still arguing.

…

…

Koyasan, Sengenji Temple——

Master Xianyuan walked quickly towards the outside of Xianyuan Temple.

The heavy burden of "strengthening the security of Mount Koya" was placed on Master Sengen's shoulders, making it difficult for Master Sengen to slow down even if he wanted to.

At this time, Master Xianyuan was followed by four bald monks.

These four monks are all ninjas from Iga.

In Xianyuan Temple, there are many Iga monks disguised as monks.

Their daily task is to assist Master Xianyuan in completing various tasks.

——In short... we must first place enough surveillance personnel at each of the key routes into Koyasan...

While Master Xianyuan silently sorted out the steps of the task in his mind, he silently further accelerated his pace.

Just when he was about to arrive at the main entrance of Xianyuan Temple, he suddenly heard the sound of conversations coming from the main entrance.

"If this donor comes to offer incense and worship Buddha, please go here."

Master Xianyuan looked towards the main entrance - the two young monks who were sweeping the floor at the main entrance were talking to someone.

Because of the angle of view, Master Xianyuan could not see clearly what the two young monks were talking to.

Master Sengen, who only thought that new pilgrims were coming to worship the Buddha in the temple, continued to lead the four Iga ninjas behind him to the outside of the temple.

"No. I'm not here to offer incense and worship Buddha. I'm here to see Master Xianyuan."

When he heard this, Master Xianyuan happened to be walking out of the main entrance of the temple.

Master Xianyuan was startled when he suddenly heard his name, and then he looked at the owner of the voice just now, the "pilgrim" who had just talked to the two sweeping monks.

I saw that the "pilgrim" was wearing a bamboo hat with a deep brim that made it difficult to see his face clearly, a blue and gold sword and waistband on his waist, and a light green feather fabric on his body.

The feather fabric is embroidered with beautiful platycodon flowers. The feather fabric flutters in the wind, and the platycodon flowers also dance with it.

At this time, the two young sweeping monks noticed Master Xianyuan passing by them.

"Ah! Master! Good afternoon!"

"Good afternoon! Master!"

The two young monks subconsciously saluted Master Xianyuan and said hello.

And this move of the two of them... made this "pilgrim" immediately turn his head to look at Master Xianyuan as if he had seen a poisonous snake that was preying on him.

"You are Master Xianyuan... Your demeanor is indeed that of a Master."

"Since you showed up on your own initiative, it will save you trouble."

After saying that, the "pilgrim" raised his hand and took off the bamboo hat on his head...
To be continued...