Chapter 52

At last, amid everyone's chatter, the large ship was soon about to dock and would shortly arrive at Duma Island. They needed to rest and eat on Duma Island before continuing by ship to Japan.

"You know, it's not that many people haven't seen Japanese people—it's that all the Japanese are hiding at the northernmost tip of Hokkaido. Actually, I know a way to meet Japanese people."

As they disembarked, one man spoke mysteriously to the people around him.

Hearing his words, everyone became interested and turned to look at him.

Ace naturally noticed the man as well. Every piece of clothing he wore looked luxurious. At a glance, one could tell that even in the Tang Dynasty, he was an extremely wealthy man.

Now that all the Japanese had been driven to Hokkaido, this man claimed there was another way to see Japanese people, so naturally everyone was intrigued.

"Well, in a very secret place in Japan, a large group of Japanese nobles has been kept. If you want to see what Japanese people look like, you can go there."

"But I can't tell you where that place is. If you want to go, you must first have a certain status, and then you must have money. That place is truly interesting. Oh, hahaha."

The man spoke to the crowd with a somewhat boastful air.

Hearing that he had no intention of saying where the place was, only that one needed status and money to enter, the others all shook their heads.

"Come on, sir, aren't you just whetting our appetites on purpose?"

"Exactly. We can't go to a place like that. What you said was the same as saying nothing."

"Since we can't go, then stop talking about it."

"It needs to be kept that secret? Is it