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Volume 6 Chapter 4 Part 1

Chapter 4: Infiltration of Osaka’s Honbyo-ji

The next morning, the hellish comedy skit training Yoshiharu and Frois were subjected to was behind them

At long last, an eager Yoshiharu and hesitant Frois made their way towards Honbyo-ji.

Honbyo-ji was situated in the Settsu province, and though it was called a temple, one could better describe it as a fortress city, one surrounded by the rivers of Nakatsu, Suita, Eguchi, and Kanzaki. Its proximity to the country’s largest 「self-governed merchant city」 of Sakai also led to numerous ships passing through its rivers. In essence, whenever anyone mentioned Honbyo-ji, they referred to the entire, self-governed city controlled by Honbyo-ji, rather than the temple itself.

Unlike Sakai, however, Honbyo-ji was a fortress ready to send any would-be conqueror back where they came from with their tails between their legs.

Before one could even consider the fast flowing currents of the rivers and the sturdy fortifications, just the