Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 224 223. Analysis of Doubts

After killing [Gunzu no Shosho] in one-on-one combat, Anaconda Juzo was no longer a threat.

The wolf was already almost making progress over there.

Although his left arm was injured, he couldn't exert too much force. However, fighting with weapons without armor does not require much strength, unless the enemy's flesh and blood is tougher than steel.

Otherwise, a small knife can make him bleed and cut his flesh.

The wolf had already stabbed Juzo's instep with the samurai sword in his hand.

If it weren't for the fact that the bandit leader looked like he had a background in sumo wrestling and his lower body was terrifyingly stable, he would have collapsed when the knife was inserted into the instep.

But even so, he was already roaring angrily, seemingly foreseeing his own fate.

"Damn it! Die!"

He swung the wild sword, which was as long as a spear, with great force.

But with his mobility impaired, he has lost the ability to threaten the wolf.

Lan En picked up his ninja sword from Masaka's corpse and swung it towards Anaconda Juzo.

There was a "crack" sound, and the sound of the sharp blade cutting through the flesh was swift and sharp.

The sharp blade penetrated from the back of Anaconda Juzo's thick thigh, directly penetrating the entire thigh, causing him to scream and half kneel on the ground.

The wolf caught this big flaw.

He directly stepped on the back of Nodachi's swung sword with his light body, and jumped up to Anaconda Juzo's shoulder!

His hands tugged at the other person's sparse hair, causing him to raise his huge head, exposing his weakness.

Then the katana in his hand was stabbed vertically from the connection between the neck and the collarbone!

There was a "puff" sound, and the blood splashed like a slaughtered pig.

Lan En couldn't help but grind his teeth as he watched Hanako. With this technique, the samurai sword was probably passed directly from the neck to the chest!

The huge body slowly fell down, and the wolf jumped from his head.

After shaking off the remaining blood on the knife, he passed Lan En and walked towards the depths of the inner house without looking back.

Of course, Lan En didn't have any of his master's personal ninjas who were familiar with the terrain, so he followed him and headed inside.

Knowing that in an indoor corridor, Lan En met an acquaintance again.

Nogami Inosuke.

It's just that at this time, the young and promising warrior no longer had the neat demeanor he had when he first met.

At this time, he was wearing wartime clothes, with a white cloth covering his eyes and red blood flowing out, and he sat slumped in the corner.

Without even looking, the wolf was ready to pass him and head towards its destination.

But Lan En grabbed the ninja.

"Give him some wound medicine. He is also a samurai of the Hirata family, isn't he? And looking at him like this, it is obvious that he has never escaped from the place you want to go. It is necessary to ask for some information."

The wolf who wanted to be the savior originally didn't want to care about anything else, but what Lan En said was well-founded and reasonable.

The other end of the corridor looked like an empty room. But the intimate ministers of the Hirata family knew that there was a hidden Buddhist hall under the tatami.

Inosuke was injured and fell to the ground in this position. It could only be that he was beaten out of the Buddhist hall.

The wolf took out a small medicine box from his arms, poured out a white and greenish pill, and handed it to Lan En.

"This medicine is much more effective than Ashina's outside medicine."

Lan En nodded nonchalantly and said to himself, I don't know what the situation is like outside Ashina in Japan. There is medicine, just feed it.

But as soon as Inosuke swallowed the pill, Lan En was still shocked by the medicinal properties of the pill.

Inosuke, who was still out of breath just now, obviously started to improve after taking the pills.

Lan En felt that drinking a bottle of [Swallow] would only have this effect.

".The medicinal materials you have here are great."

The demon hunter, who was somewhat accomplished in alchemy, held back a sentence for a long time.

He seemed to have accidentally licked the palm of his hand that took the pill just now, and the Mentos in his mind completed the analysis in time.

The method of making this pill is unremarkable, mainly because of the powerful medicinal ingredients.

In other words, the land where medicinal herbs grow is amazing.

For Lan En, it is a concept of specialty. I can take some with me, but I can’t make a second batch when I’m out of town.

At this time, Inosuke on the ground seemed to be choking on the blood foam in his throat while recovering, and woke up with a cough.

"Ahem, cough. Is there anyone with me?"

Lan En opened his mouth. It seemed that the young warrior was really blind.

"I'm Lan En, I'm here with Miko's ninjas. Inosuke, tell us where Miko is."

The situation was made clear in a few sentences, and Inosuke forced himself to answer.

"Hidden Buddhist Hall, Miko, is inside. But... that illusion, that illusion can't be dealt with at all! I still have three singing seeds here that can break the illusion. Sorry, I'm too weak. Even if there are only three left, I still can’t save the young master.”

When the wolf heard the word 'illusion', he frowned in a rare way, showing obvious mood swings.

"Yes, Lord Butterfly?"

He asked Yizuki in a cold tone.

"Yes, yes, it was Lord Butterfly who brought the young master here. As soon as I entered, she started to attack me."

The wolf's hand had already tightened around the handle of the knife.

Lan En watched this scene calmly. He had also met all three ninjas who seemed to be of high status in the Hirata clan. The names and images of the people are also correct.

The relationship between these three ninjas is extraordinary. According to Lan En's speculation, it should be similar to that of master and apprentice.

But at the same time, he had no doubt that if his mentor really kidnapped Yuzi, the wolf would definitely not be the least bit merciful when he attacked.

In contrast, his master was probably just as ruthless in order to achieve his own goals.

This is the concept and three views that ninjas are instilled in during their training.

However, Lan En considers himself as a perspective that is not deeply connected with the Hirata family. What he sees now is a little more comprehensive than the wolf.

"You calm down first."

Lan En patted the wolf's hand that was holding the handle of the knife and said calmly.

"Ashina should have a reserve team, right? The Hirata clan's fire is raging into the sky. Even if the road is difficult to travel on a rainy night, they should be able to arrive at dawn. Well, it's almost done now."

"Is there any other exit from the hidden Buddhist hall? If not, then why did Butterfly grab the hostages and hide in a deserted place? She shouldn't be stupid enough to think that the bandits would put down their looting and devote themselves to the massacre, killing the people outside. Kill them all and then let her take them away, right?"

"It looks like her approach is more like 'taking the young master to avoid the rebels and wait for reinforcements'."

After listening to Lan En's thoughts, the wolf also began to realize that something was wrong. If Madam Butterfly wanted to take away Miko, she could have done so long ago in the early stages of chaos.

"Impossible!" Inosuke retorted with rapid breathing. "If Lord Butterfly is really trying to protect the young master! Why did you attack me?! Why did you use illusions to scare my mother! She is the young master's personal maid!"

"Because she doesn't know if you are a spy, so before someone she can truly trust comes forward, she will indiscriminately attack anyone who wants to enter the hidden Buddhist temple."

"Spy? Are you doubting the loyalty of our Hirata retainers?!"

Even though Inosuke was seriously injured, he still shouted eagerly when talking about the samurai's loyalty being doubted.

But Lan En held him back with just one sentence.

"Then how do you explain the current situation of Pingtian Manor being so relaxed after being broken into by a group of bandits? It's not a spy, is it because of incompetence?"

Spy, or incompetent. No samurai would choose one of these two words to describe his group.

Lan En shook his head, not really understanding this Japanese characteristic thought.

Just pat Inosuke on the shoulder and tell him to have a good rest.

"Let's go." Lan En stood up from Inosuke and walked in front of the wolf towards the room where the Buddhist temple was hidden.

As he walked, he ordered the ninja behind him.

"Even if we meet and we are forced to start a fight later, we still have to explain clearly during the fight, you know? You ninjas, why are you all acting like boring gourds? You don't communicate well, exchange information, resolve doubts, and want to save Hirata together. Home? Is there anyone who works like you?"

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