Gai Jin by James Clavell

Author:James Clavell [Clavell, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical
Published: 2010-10-13T22:00:00+00:00

Easy to stamp shishi out if you and I wanted to

--but their slogan is not as easy to suppress, if indeed it should be suppressed. Power should return to the Emperor, gai-jin should be expelled. Sonno-joi is a good slogan, eh?"

"I could say many things, Ogama-donno, but allies should not bait one another. We are allies? You agree?"

Ogama nodded. "In principle yes."

"Good," Yoshi said, hiding his astonishment that

Ogama had agreed to his conditions. "Within the year you are Chief of the Elders. From noon I garrison the Gates." He turned to go.

"Everything as you said. Except the

Gates."

The vein in Yoshi's forehead knotted. "But

I said I need the Gates."

"So sorry." Ogama's hand had not tightened on his sword though his feet had shifted into a better fighting stance. "Secret allies yes, war with Tosa yes, with Satsuma yes, the Gates no. So sorry."

For a moment Yoshi Toranaga said nothing.

He looked at him. Ogama stared back unafraid, waiting, ready to fight if need be.

Then Yoshi sighed, wiped raindrops from the edge of his wide-brimmed hat. "I want to be allies. Allies should help one another. I have a compromise, perhaps, but first I give you some special information: Katsumata is here in

Ky@oto."

The blood rushed into Ogama's face. "Not possible, my spies would have told me."

"He is here and has been here for some weeks."

"There are none of Sanjiro's men in

Ky@oto, least of all that man. My spies would have t--"

"Ah, sorry," Yoshi said softly, "he is here, secretly, not as Sanjiro's pathfinder and spy, at least not openly. Katsumata is shishi, a Sensei of shishi, and the leader of shishi here, code name the Raven."

Ogama gaped at him. "Katsumata is the shishi leader?"

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