Accompanied by the steam sniffing out from Saburo's horse's nose, coinciding with an increasingly suffocating time, the place I was headed was in sight: Hakata Castle, home to Shoni Kagesuka, General of the ruler of Kyushu island and thousands of his soldiers.
I pointed the horse's reins to the bush. A shady tree covered with snow blankets is a suitable place to tie bridles. I kept the Hakama pants and kimono haori in the saddle, changing into the black shirt Masashige had given me.
Once again, I made sure the equipment in my black bag. Hook ropes, nail mines, chopsticks and dozens of needles, shuriken, hokode, tekagi, medicine bags. The gold coins I took from the golden skull pirates were still neatly stored in the bag. I need money to escape. During that time Aya needed fo
