"Even though I didn't know whether others needed help or not, I still hypocritically extended my hands to them. Even to strangers far away from me, I wanted to save them from the bottom of my heart..."

"I'm really a guy who only thinks about myself..."

Chapter 78: You are the White-robed Shura? !

Shimabara Flower Street.

Inside the Chenxiang Pavilion.

Nagao Kagetora frowned slightly and patted the rouge on his shoulder with a hint of annoyance.

This was her first time to come to this custom area. This military god never thought that he would set foot in such a place that violated Buddhist ethics in his lifetime. It was really ironic.

If my junior brother Axue saw this, he would probably not recognize his senior brother anymore, right?

...But it's okay this way.

After all, from beginning to end, I am just a monster imitating humans.

Maybe this is my true nature now.

"It seems that Lord Kagetora really hates our Kyoto's red-light district!"

The man wearing a yin-yang robe laughed heartily. He was the number one eagle claw under the current Kanrei of the Muromachi shogunate, Hosokawa Harumoto, and the descendant of Abe Haruaki, Tsuchimikado Yasuaki.

"Lord Kagetora is the reincarnation of the war god Bishamonten, so naturally he would object to such customs."

Naoesuna next to him smiled slightly and explained to Nagao Kagetora.

"It's a pity that my Onmyoji believes in Shintoism, and I really can't understand the Martial God's taboos, hahahaha!"

After hearing these mocking remarks, a samurai standing beside Tsuchimikado Taisho couldn't help but speak arrogantly, "I've heard that Lord Kagetora's martial arts are unparalleled, and he's known as the Echigo Dragon. Would you mind comparing them with my Tiger Eye Style?"

"Tiger Eye, Lord Jinghu is a noble Warring States daimyo. How could he challenge a warrior like you to a duel?"

Kamiizumi Nobunaga stood aside with a sword on his back, and coldly interrupted Tiger Eye's offense.

This swordsman is now the swordsmanship master of the eleven-year-old Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru. The Ashikaga family and Hosokawa Harumoto are enemies, so naturally the two swordsmen under their command have to confront each other.

Besides, Kamiizumi Nobunaga also had some connection with the Nagao family. When he was young, he had seen Nagao Kagetora at a gathering of the Uesugi family.

"Well, Master, if Lord Jinghu is interested, a martial arts competition in the Flower Street would be a fun thing to do!"

However, the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru standing by did not think so.

This swordsman general has been obsessed with swordsmanship since he was a child. When he heard that the military god of Echigo was coming to Kyoto, he was ecstatic for several days. He only hoped that this Warring States daimyo could show some of her martial arts to satisfy him.

"...I'm not a swordsman. The weapon I'm currently proficient in is the spear."

Nagao Kagetora simply replied.

After all, ever since stepping onto the battlefield, the samurai sword is not very useful in fighting on horseback.

This god of war mostly uses his spear.

"Haha, a martial god who can't use swordsmanship? That sounds really ridiculous!"

Tiger Eyes was unyielding and even laughed at the other party.

"Tiger Eye! If you're really itching to fight, I can actually fight you!"

Kamiizumi Nobunaga instantly drew his sword from its scabbard and shouted coldly.

After all, Nagao Kagetora came specifically to visit Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and was the first Warring States daimyo to go to Kyoto to respond to the young shogun.

How could Kamiizumi Nobunaga let Tiger Eye hurt Nagao Kagetora's face!

"Fighting with a fellow like you will only bring shame to my Tiger Eye School!"

Although Tiger Eye answered this way, in fact, the swordsman was very afraid of Kamiizumi Nobunaga's strength.

Tiger Eye can't get any advantage from this guy who is only half a step away from becoming a Sword Saint.

This red-light district gathering was the first time that Nagao Kagetora and Ashikaga Yoshiteru met since they came to Kyoto.

Hosokawa Harumoto could not intervene directly. After all, he was only at odds with the Ashikaga family, and it was not worth it to tear his face with Nagao Kagetora, one of the most powerful lords in the Warring States Period.

So he had no choice but to send his subordinate, Tsuchimikado Yasushi, to interfere and destroy the cooperation between the monarch and his minister.

After all, if Nagao Kagetora and Ashikaga Yoshiteru reached an agreement, then Hosokawa Harumoto's life would be difficult in the future.

Tsuchimikado Yasushi knew that Nagao Kagetora had visited Enryakuji Temple some time ago and had a pleasant conversation with the Tendai sect leader, Monk Tomoe. This meant that if the Warring States period was unified, Nagao Kagetora would receive the full support of Buddhism.

The Onmyoji that he belonged to was Shintoism. Today, the Emperor's capital has been extremely weak. If Nagao Kagetora joins him in the Warring States Period, Shintoism will definitely be further weakened in the future.

This Onmyoji absolutely did not want to see the successful cooperation between Nagao Kagetora and Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

"Lord Jinghu, please take a look at the flower album."

Ashikaga Yoshiteru was also quite smart, and he immediately handed the brochure for the evening's oiran contest to Nagao Kagetora for him to read.

"Tonight is the day for the Shimabara Flower Street's oiran election. Lord Kagetora, who has come from afar, will decide who will be this year's top oiran!"

"...Me?"

Nagao Kagetora flipped through the flower album, then raised his eyebrows and pointed at a black-haired boy and asked, "Why is there a man in your flower album tonight?"

"Ah? A man???"

Ashikaga Yoshiteru was a little dumbfounded, and immediately took the flower album and examined it carefully.

The guy pointed out by Nagao Kagetora was indeed a very handsome young man with black hair. If you didn't look carefully, you really couldn't tell whether he was a man or a woman.

"His name is [Nobu Nobunaga]... Is this guy the tomboy type that's all the rage these days...? What on earth did those guys from Kyushu bring..."

Ashikaga Yoshiteru wiped the cold sweat from his head and immediately pointed to the other people on the roster.

"How about this one? She's the wife of an official who was recently imprisoned. Lady Shimahara even praised her, saying she'll definitely be this year's top courtesan!"

The white-haired war god glanced at the portrait of the woman holding an oil-paper umbrella. Her temperament and appearance were extremely superior. Even Nagao Kagetora, who was ignorant of worldly affairs, would probably choose her as the oiran.

"It's a pity that such a beauty has fallen into the red-light district."

Nagao Kagetora just sighed like this.

"If Lord Kagetora likes you, this year's top courtesan can be given to you as a concubine."

Ashikaga Yoshiteru seemed unaware that he had committed any grudge, and Nagao Kagetora's face instantly turned gloomy.

Seeing his lord in such a bad mood, Naoe Kagetsuna quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "General Ashikaga, you are truly right. Lord Kagetora is devoted to Buddhism and has never been interested in women. General, aren't you making things difficult for my lord?"

When Tsuchimikado Yasushi saw that the atmosphere between Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Nagao Kagetora had reached freezing point, he couldn't help but laugh.

Nagao Kagetora couldn't stand this kind of official atmosphere. She suddenly stood up and said coldly, "Kagetora suddenly feels a little stuffy. Go outside and get some fresh air first. Excuse me, everyone."

"Lord Kagetora! That's not what I meant..."

Ashikaga Yoshiteru felt a little aggrieved when he saw that he had driven Nagao Kagetora away with just one sentence.

"Oh! I, I still prefer to discuss the Dao with swords. It would be better if the location chosen for tonight is not the flower street but the dojo!"

But this cannot be blamed on Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

The fact that they chose to meet in the red-light district was actually due to the interference of Yasushi Tsuchimikado.

The Ashikaga family has no power in Kyoto now, and being able to control the Shimabara Flower Street is already a great honor.

After Nagao Kagetora walked out of the Chenxiang Pavilion, his mood instantly improved a lot.

I don't know what's going on lately, but I'm always being dominated by negative emotions, and I've been losing my composure quite a lot more often...

The white-haired military god sighed.

Perhaps I have really accumulated karma and fallen into the dark Asura path.

While sighing, Nagao Kagetora looked down coldly at the scenery of the brothel below.

The literati and poets gathered together below, while the warriors whistled wildly and teased the prostitutes.

Nagao Kagetora felt a little nauseous.

What happened to me?

In order to survive in this chaotic world, have you become so compromised that you've become like this?

The Buddhist teachings of Enryakuji Temple were no longer noble, and the righteous cause of supporting the shogunate was only hypocrisy...

really......

I should have died with the Linquan Temple fire.

As Nagao Kagetora was thinking this, he suddenly saw a pink-haired female warrior in a kimono downstairs.

"...There's actually such a beautiful woman in this brothel?"

The God of War was a little surprised. After all, there was no portrait of this guy in the previous album.

"And... that figure is also particularly amazing..."

Nagao Kagetora compared the waves on the chest of the female warrior in kimono, then compared his own chest with his hand, and his face suddenly turned dark.

It turns out that she started binding her breasts when she was young in order to disguise herself as a man, and now she is completely stunted on the battlefield!

"If my breasts were bigger, Ah Xue would have known before she died that my senior brother was actually a woman..."

Nagao Kagetora thought of Axue again and looked a little lonely.

I always feel that I am deceiving my junior fellow apprentice and I feel so sorry for Axue.

People are like this, they only regret after they lose something.

Nagao Kagetora was staring at the pink-haired female warrior and thinking so, but when he suddenly saw the sword at her waist, the tiger pupils of this white-haired martial god instantly shrank into sharp edges!

"——The Evil-Breaking Buddha Sword·Sumaru Tsuneji!!!"

The reincarnated war god Bishamonten directly climbed over the fence and jumped straight down from the high platform!

"You bastard! Could it be that you are the evil White-robed Shura?!"

Miyamoto Musashi slowly turned around and looked at the war god who fell from the sky, pointing at himself with a puzzled look on his face.

"No... you got the wrong person, didn't you? I'm not even wearing white clothes???"

"No wonder I couldn't find any trace of you. It turns out that the White-robed Shura is actually a woman!"

Nagao Kagetora instantly drew out the spear from behind him and said coldly.

"Hand over that sujumaru Tsuneji! Then I can leave you with an intact body!"

Seeing the murderous aura of Nagao Kagetora, Miyamoto Musashi was immediately frightened.

She really cursed in her heart——

No, I just came here to challenge Ashikaga Yoshiteru to a duel, but how come a blind man like you has enemies everywhere?!

I might as well not have lent this sujuumaru Tsuneji!!!

Chapter 8: Kagetora: Is this what they call "pleasure"? (/?)

Oda Nobunaga was a little confused.

She was originally the first heir of the Owari Oda Clan. Although she had no real power and was forced to be a hostage to the Mino Kingdom as a son-in-law, she was still a young lady of noble status.

How come he was trafficked into a brothel and became a gigolo?

"Guests who visit the city generally fall into four categories!"

Shimabara Taifu, the madam of this red-light district, was giving a lecture to Oda Nobunaga and his group of prostitutes.

"The first is the wealthy and powerful! These types of customers are usually the most willing to spend money. Because merchants are the lowest of the low, they are particularly enthusiastic about sleeping with the wives of criminal officials!"

"The second is the imperial officials! For them, the Flower Street is a place to drink tea and gather after get off work. Whenever they have a social event, they like to go to the brothels to decorate. It's worth mentioning that officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs can get whores for free. After all, our business still depends on the support of the officials."

"The third is the literati! They are the ones most favored by our geishas in the flower streets. Not only are they talented and knowledgeable, but they are also not as difficult to please as officials. However, they don't have much money in their pockets."

"The fourth one is the samurai ronin! Ladies have to be careful when serving these guys. After all, they are incredibly energetic, and there are many girls who have been tormented to death in bed."

Oda Nobunaga was listening with great interest.

It's true that you never stop learning. I didn't expect there are such tricks in the red-light district.

But then again, how on earth was I trafficked into this brothel?

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