Chapter 930: Toyotomi Remnants, Immortals and Immortal Power [6200]

"Immortal..."

Katsura Kogoro chewed on this term gently while casting a meaningful look at Shuten-doji.

Shuten-doji noticed his look and couldn't help laughing.

"What? Katsura-kun, do you think I'm talking nonsense?"

Katsura Kogoro said indifferently:

"Any normal person would think you're talking nonsense, right?"

"Ogata Isei is the 'Immortal'?"

"Why don't you just say he's the reincarnation of Hachiman Daimyojin?"

Facing Katsura Kogoro's ridicule, Shuten-doji shrugged:

"No wonder you're like that."

"In fact, when I learned the whole story, I couldn't believe it either."

"Let me think... where should I start..."

He fell silent and thought to himself.

After a while, he slowly spoke:

"...Katsura-kun, do you know 'Yabai Bikuni'?"

Katsura Kogoro answered without hesitation:

"Of course I know. She is a nun who lived for 800 years."

Yabai Bikuni - a famous folk legend in Japan.

It is said that a long time ago, a man named Takahashi who looked like a fisherman moved to a village called Obama in Wakasa.

One day, the man invited the villagers to his home for dinner. One of them found that a fish with a human-like head was being cooked in his kitchen, and he was so scared that he quickly told others.

When the cooked fish was served in front of everyone, everyone knew what was going on and pretended to be enjoying it, but in fact no one dared to eat it.

One of them secretly hid the fish in his sleeve and took it back for his wife to eat.

It is said that the wife who eats the mermaid will gain the ability to "stay young forever".

No matter how much time has passed, the face will not change at all.

Later, this long-lived woman became a nun. Because of her ageless appearance and her life span of more than 800 years, she was honored as "Yabai Bikuni".

Since the 15th century, the name "Yabai Bikuni" has begun to appear in Japanese literature.

Except for remote areas such as Ezo and Kyushu Island, the legend of Yaobikuni is circulated in other places.

There are many different versions of the story of Yaobikuni. The most original version is no longer traceable, but the content of the story is similar.

It is said that the mermaid is actually a local product brought back by the man from the so-called other world, that is, the ocean that the Japanese have worshipped since ancient times.

There are other theories, for example, the woman ate the hospitality of the dragon god, or the immortality medicine she got from the dragon god.

Regardless of the version and the content, Katsura Kogoro has always had only one attitude towards these folk tales: sneer.

He classified "Yabai Bikuni" as a fairy tale like "Momotaro" and "Kaguya-hime" - only suitable for reading to children as a bedtime story, not to be taken seriously.

Katsura Kogoro has always believed that many stories become more and more distorted in the process of transmission, and finally completely deviate from their original appearance and become absurd legends.

Perhaps the eight hundred nuns do have a prototype, and there is indeed a very long-lived nun, but she is just an ordinary person.

She may just live longer, living to eighty or ninety years old, or even a hundred years old, so people have the illusion that "she will not die".

Due to the backwardness of medical care, diet, etc., the average life expectancy in ancient Japan was not high, only twenty or thirty years old.

That's why there is a saying of "life is fifty years", believing that normal people can only live to fifty years old.

For this reason, coupled with ignorant thoughts, in the eyes of ordinary people, old people who live to eighty or ninety are like gods.

Since he was a child, this nun has been alive, and has lived for several generations, and has never died, so he believes that the other party is a "god" with divine power and will not die.

As a result, as people spread the story by word of mouth, it became more and more outrageous, and gradually evolved into the "Yabai Bikuni" that is now well-known to everyone.

After Katsura Kogoro said that he knew about Yaobikuni, he immediately changed his tone to a joking one:

"Shuten-doji, you don't want to tell me that Yaobikuni really exists, and she is an immortal 'immortal'."

"..."

Shuten-doji did not speak immediately.

He just raised the corner of his mouth and showed an intriguing smile.

Katsura Kogoro noticed his strange facial expression and was stunned.

"... Could it be that I was right?"

Shuten-doji laughed:

"Yes, that's right!"

"The 'Yabai Bikuni' really existed."

"She is indeed an 'immortal' who has lived for more than 800 years!"

"It is impossible to know how the 'Yabai Bikuni obtained the power of immortality."

"Maybe she really ate a fish from another world."

"In short, she is a genuine 'immortal'!"

Speaking of this, Shuten-doji held up three fingers.

"'Immortals' have three characteristics."

"First, eternal youth and unchanged appearance."

"Second, physical functions far beyond the limits of mortals."

"Third, and also the most terrifying point - extremely terrifying regeneration ability."

"No matter how terrible the damage she suffers, even if her head is chopped off or her heart is pierced, she will not die, and even the most serious injuries can be restored to their original state."

"In a nutshell, nothing in the world, including time, can kill her!"

"What a pity...'Eternal life' and'Loneliness' are a pair of inseparable twins."

"Familiar characters turn into dust, familiar scenery becomes strange, but oneself remains unchanged... The loneliness in it is absolutely unimaginable for us mortals."

"Gradually, the eight hundred bhikshuni became tired of 'living'."

"Although mortal things cannot kill the 'immortal', the 'immortal' has a way to kill itself."

"She hid in a remote cave, isolated from the world, and ended her life in some unknown way."

"Although Eight Hundred Bhikkhuni committed suicide, her body was affected by the power of immortality and will never decay."

"Logically speaking, her body and immortal power should be buried by time and never die."

"However... about 70 years ago, a group of people learned of the existence of the 'immortal' by chance and began to covet its power."

"And this group of people is the remnants of the Toyotomi family."

Shuten Doji paused, cleared his throat, and was about to continue, but was stopped by Katsura Kogoro.

"S-stop!"

Katsura Kogoro rubbed his temples with one hand and made a "pause" gesture with the other hand.

From just now, his mind has been running at high speed, overwhelmed and almost shut down.

First there were the "immortals" and eight hundred nuns, and now there is a remnant of the Toyotomi family...

The remnants of the Toyotomi family—this was a widely circulated urban legend during the Edo period.

Two hundred and sixty years ago, Tokugawa Ieyasu launched two battles of Osaka (Osaka Winter Battle and Osaka Summer Battle), completely annihilating the Toyotomi family and forcing Toyotomi Hideyori, the head of the Toyotomi family, to commit suicide. , even the majestic Osaka Castle was burned to the ground.

Toyotomi Hideyori had a son named "Toyotomi Kunimatsu". He was only 8 years old when the Toyotomi family fell.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was determined to eliminate the Toyotomi family, so naturally he would not let go of any descendant of the Toyotomi family.

After the defeat of the Toyotomi family in the Osaka Summer Battle, Toyotomi Kunimatsu and his wet nurse were beheaded in Rokujo River in Kyoto and later buried in the Oath Temple in Kyoto - the above is the "orthodox content" written in history books.

There are completely different opinions among the people about the whereabouts of Toyotomi Kunimatsu.

One is that the person who died in Rokujo Kawara was his Kagemusha, and his true form successfully escaped to Satsuma Domain and became the branch of the Kinoshita family of the Hinode Domain in Bungo Province, and was named Kinoshita Nobuji, the ancestor of the Kinoshita clan.

As for the second one... it's much more mysterious - a group of loyal ninjas risked their lives to rescue Toyotomi Kunimatsu from the burning Osaka Castle, and the blood of the Toyotomi family was lost among the people.

No matter how much the Tokugawa family whitewashes it, it cannot change the fact that they bully orphans and widowed mothers (Toyotomi Hideyori, Chacha) and usurp the master's kingdom as a subject.

In order to defeat the unfaithful and unfilial ministers and regain the kingdom that should belong to the Toyotomi family, the remnants of the Toyotomi family have not forgotten their hatred for the Tokugawa family for generations, secretly accumulating strength, and are always ready to overthrow the Edo shogunate and reshape the Toyotomi world.

Katsura Kogoro has heard too many urban legends similar to this.

During the Genpei War seven hundred years ago, after the Genji wiped out the Taira clan, there were rumors that the Taira clan was not over yet, and that their descendants were accumulating strength in an attempt to take back the world.

During the Northern and Southern Rebellion five hundred years ago, after the Northern Dynasty annexed the Southern Dynasty, there were rumors that the remaining parties in the Southern Dynasty had not given up and were always ready to eliminate the Northern puppets and reestablish the legitimacy of the Southern Dynasty.

Katsura Kogoro has always had a contemptuous attitude towards this old story of "the remnants of the party making a comeback".

Shuten Doji saw through Katsura Kogoro's doubts and said calmly:

"You may not believe it, but these are facts."

"The remnants of the Toyotomi family are indeed living among the people."

"They also really regard 'taking back the world' as their goal, and they have really worked hard towards it and achieved remarkable results."

"With no territory and no popular support, it is nonsense to try to rebuild Toyotomi's world."

"Even if they spend ten lifetimes, they will not be able to shake the rule of the Tokugawa family."

"So, they focused on the 'extraordinary power', that is, the power of immortality."

"They tried every possible means to find the bodies of eight hundred bhikshunis, and finally they found them."

"In order to study and control the power of immortality, they assembled a large number of highly skilled medical scientists and pharmacologists. Using the corpses of eight hundred bhikkhunis as materials, they successfully developed a drug that contained the power of immortality and could turn the user into a monster. drug."

"With such terrifying power in hand...'Destroying the Tokugawa family and rebuilding the Toyotomi world' is no longer an unattainable luxury."

"What a pity...they met Ogata Ittosai."

"It turns out that 'humor' is really an important layer of history."

"When Toyotomi's remnant party was only one step away from success, Ogata Ittosai was born."

"It's as if God specially sent him to deal with the remnants of Toyotomi's party."

"I will ignore the specific reason and process. I will tell you in detail when I have the opportunity."

"To put it simply, Ogata Ittosai had a grudge against the Toyotomi family, and the two sides became mortal enemies."

"Ogata Ittosai is worthy of being the eternal swordsman who can make an army with one man."

"Even the remnants of Toyotomi's party, who have the power of immortality, are no match for his sword."

"In this way, Ogata Ittosai defeated Toyotomi's remaining party."

"I have to say that the resilience of the Toyotomi remnant party is also strong enough."

"While Ogata Ittosai was chasing the North, they held on for a long time - it wasn't until 60 years ago that they were completely wiped out."

"However, although the remnants of Toyotomi have completely become the dust of history, the 'research team' they cultivated to master the power of immortality has not completely disappeared."

"Twenty years ago, by chance, we met an old doctor who had worked for the remnants of Toyotomi."

"This old doctor is not interested in the so-called 'rebuilding the Toyotomi world' at all."

"He is a pure scholar who only wants to delve into academic studies."

"The reason why he worked for the remnants of Toyotomi was entirely to study the power of immortality."

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"With his excellent talents, he successfully became one of the core researchers of the power of immortality, so he has mastered a lot of secrets."

"Even though the remnants of Toyotomi died, he did not give up his research on the power of immortality."

"It is thanks to his story that we can know the existence of the 'power of immortality' and then know the secret of Ogata Ittosai."

"According to As he said, Ogata Ittosai is no longer a mortal. "

"The immortal power is a violent force beyond the common sense of the world."

"Anyone who allows the immortal power to invade the body will die suddenly without exception."

"The drug developed by the remnants of Toyotomi that turns people into monsters only contains a little bit of immortal power."

"But even so, there are still many people who cannot adapt to this little bit of immortal power and die tragically."

"Due to the influence of a certain event - it is difficult to verify what event it is - Ogata Ittosai was infected with a very high content of immortal power."

"Logically speaking, he should have died suddenly."

"But he relied on his amazing physique and tenacious willpower to successfully subdue the immortal power in his body and integrate it into his body, becoming a non-human existence like Yaobikuni!"

Hearing this, Katsura Kogoro could no longer suppress his shock, and his facial expression changed wonderfully.

After a while, he finally recovered and said softly with a strange expression:

"According to what you said... Ogata Ittosai became immortal like Yaobikuni?"

Ogata Ittosai is not only still alive, but also still looks young and is always in peak condition... Thinking of this, Katsura Kogoro couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

However, Shuten-doji spread his hands and shook his head.

"That's not the case."

"The immortality that invaded his body was originally incomplete."

"In other words, he only merged the diluted immortality."

"Therefore, the immortality possessed by Ogata Ittosai is far inferior to Yaobikuni."

"He is not immortal, but his life span has increased and the aging rate of his body has slowed down."

"He is not immortal. Although his body functions and recovery abilities have greatly increased, he will still die if he suffers fatal injuries such as beheading and stabbing the heart."

"Ogata Ittosai is still alive, but he is not young anymore."

"Now he should have the face of a middle-aged man."

Hearing this, Katsura Kogoro nodded suddenly, with a look of sudden enlightenment on his face.

"...I see, I understand."

As he spoke, he raised his eyes and cast a solemn and vigilant look at Shuten Douji.

"Are you... also coveting the power of immortality like the remnants of the Toyotomi clan? That's why Otakemaru took the initiative to take on the task of 'finding Ogata Ittosai'."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shuten-doji immediately sneered:

"Katsura-kun, you misunderstood!"

"Although we, the Fazhu Party, often present ourselves as 'using whatever means necessary', we also have our own ways and our own ways."

"We are not interested in this kind of 'power that is easily out of control'."

"Compared to this mysterious 'divine power', we prefer something that can be seen and touched, such as "The reason why Otakemaru is looking for Ogata Ittosai is actually very simple - he wants to get Ogata Ittosai's blood." "As I just said, the power of immortality is very violent, and ordinary people can't bear its power at all." "Only by diluting it can ordinary people have a chance to bear it and absorb it." "According to the old doctor's research, the whole body of the immortal - including the body fluids - contains a certain amount of immortality." "If it is 800 The immortal power contained in the body fluid of the nun is still terrifying and impossible for people to adapt to. "

"But if it is the body fluid of Ogata Ittosai, the situation is very different!"

"The immortal power absorbed by Ogata Ittosai is originally diluted and incomplete."

"In other words, the immortal power contained in his body fluid is incomplete among incomplete!"

"Even ordinary people with average physique have the opportunity to absorb the immortal power in his body fluid!"

"No matter how small the content of immortal power is, it contains the power to enhance people's regenerative ability. Strong power!"

"In a nutshell, as long as you drink Ogata Ittosai's body fluid, even terminal illnesses that cannot be cured by medicine can be cured."

"If you are lucky enough to drink Ogata Ittosai's body fluid regularly, you will be able to greatly slow down the aging of your body and avoid all diseases."

"Although the above are all speculations of the old doctor, for us, this is already worth a try!"

Speaking of this, Shuten-doji paused, and then changed to a heavy tone:

"Lord Orochi is suffering from a terminal illness, and now he relies on medicine to hang on to his life."

"Although he has no intention of using the power of immortality to cure the disease, we don't want him to be defeated by the disease."

"It is true that Otakemaru is a guy who does what he wants, does not listen to orders, and acts according to his own preferences."

"But his feelings for Lord Orochi are sincere and unquestionable."

"After learning that Lord Orochi would have a chance to recover if he drank Ogata Ittosai's body fluid, he said nothing... ah, I'm wrong, he can't speak at all. Anyway, he set off without hesitation and looked for Ogata Ittosai everywhere, wanting to borrow his Blood is used."

"In order to save his adoptive father, the free-spirited deaf-mute took the initiative to accept the mission for the first time in his life... Haha, thinking about it this way, Otakemaru is also a man of temperament."

"Unfortunately... Although Japan is a small island country, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack to find a person in this island country."

"Ogata Ittosai was originally a ronin who had no fixed place to live and changed his name frequently."

"Unless he takes the initiative to show up, we can't think of finding him in this lifetime."

Shuten-doji finally finished this long story.

Looking at Shuten-doji who had finished speaking, Katsura Kogoro's facial expression changed several times.

After a while, he sighed softly, and said in a deep voice:

"The immortals, the remnants of Toyotomi, and the still-surviving Ogata Ittosai... In just a dozen minutes, the world in my eyes seems to have changed."

"To be honest, I never believe in any gods, Buddhas, demons or ghosts in this world."

"You touched your upper and lower lips together and swore to me that there are immortals and immortal powers in this world... It's just empty talk. To be honest, it's hard for me to believe it."

Shuten Doji laughed:

"Katsura-kun, this world is very big."

"The shallow wisdom of ants means that they cannot understand the world outside the ant nest."

"In the same way, how can you be sure that the world in your eyes is 'just this'?"

When he said "just this", he emphasized his tone.

"The world we see may just be a large ant nest."

"I don't believe there are gods, Buddhas, demons or ghosts in this world either."

"But I believe there is knowledge and power in this world that we humans cannot understand."

"Can you imagine an animal you have never seen before? That's about it."

Kura Kogoro was silent for a while.

After a moment, he shook his head gently:

"...Even though you described it vividly, I still can't believe it."

"Your understanding of the immortals and the immortal power all comes from the old doctor's oral account, right?"

"You have never seen the 'immortal power' with your own eyes, let alone Ogata Ittosai with your own eyes. How do you know that the old doctor is not talking nonsense?"

"Maybe the old doctor is crazy and said a lot of nonsense to deceive you."

Shuten Doji shrugged.

"Maybe."

"I'm not saying so much to convince you of the existence of the undead and the power of immortality."

"I just want to tell you: as long as we can cure Lord Orochi's illness, we will accept it even if it means dealing with the devil."

"No matter whether the old doctor is lying or not, as long as there is a glimmer of hope to cure Lord Orochi, we will not give up."

"It is with this awareness that we have been insisting on looking for Ogata Ittosai."

At this point, Shuten-doji seemed to recall something, paused for a moment and then smiled.

"Although we can't verify the truth of the old doctor's words, his medical skills... especially his talent in making medicines, are impeccable!"

"When we met him, he was already poor and almost starving to death."

"We helped him... to put it bluntly, we took him in."

"In return, he shared the pharmaceutical knowledge he had acquired while working for the remnants of the Toyotomi Party."

"As a former core researcher of the remnants of the Toyotomi Party, he mastered a large amount of pharmaceutical technology."

"It was thanks to his help that we were able to make 'it'."

He took out a red pill from his arms.

Looking at the pill, Katsura Kogoro immediately sank his face and murmured word by word:

"Decisive Battle of Yodo...!"

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