I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Main Text Chapter 305 Rebellious Forbearance A-Machi

"I should have gotten rid of that Kondo..." A-cho glanced back a few times.

"Probably." After responding casually, Ogata took out his map to confirm their location while adjusting his breathing.

"...It's almost here, Macho, let's go."

After stuffing the map back into his pocket, Ogata looked around.

"...Is this the 'burned area'..."

Ogata felt like he had entered another world now.

As of about 3 minutes ago, he could still see beautiful houses and passers-by walking on the street.

But now, Ogata only saw fragments of ruins.

There are scorched wood everywhere, and there are ruins that have lost their shape. Some tiles and brick walls were burned to black and blue, as if the fire had just been extinguished by rain.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew up, and the broken wall hummed, expressing the pain of being burned at the stake in its own unique way.

Looking around, I didn't see a complete wall or a living person.

Just looking at it with his eyes, Ogata can feel how terrible the dawn that burned 80% of the buildings in Kyoto to ruins two years ago.

"...What a tragedy." A-cho, who was standing beside Ogata, sighed softly.

"...Machi, let's go."

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Ogata and Machi trotted side by side in the deserted street.

After trotting for a while, the two finally saw the living person.

The first living beings that appeared within Ogata's and Amachi's field of vision were a pair of women crouching behind a brick wall that had been burnt to pitch black.

This woman is one old and one young, and the facial features of the two are somewhat similar, so they should be mother and daughter.

When Ogata and A-Machi ran past the mother and daughter, the mother and daughter immediately looked at Ogata and A-Machi with fearful eyes.

Ogata noticed that - after the mother and daughter saw the knife on his waist, the fear in their pupils seemed to become more intense.

Gradually, the two saw more and more residents living in the "burned area".

These people, without exception, are no different in clothing and spirit from those who live in Xiyuan.

Even if no one explained it to Ogata, Ogata could guess what happened to these residents living in the "burned area"—the residents who used to live here.

Just now, Fengma also told the two of them: the financial situation of the shogunate in recent years is not good, so there is not much money allocated to the Kyoto Prefecture for disaster relief, so until now, there are still large areas of Kyoto that have not been rebuilt.

The failure of large areas to be rebuilt means that many people are still in a state of homelessness.

"... Is it my illusion?" Ah-Ming suddenly asked Ogata, "Why do I always feel that these people seem to be afraid of us..."

"...No, not very afraid of us." Ogata said softly, "I feel that they seem to be afraid of the knife in my waist...they are afraid of the samurai."

"Did the samurai of Kyoto ever do anything terrible to them?"

"who knows……"

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The two ran all the way along the route drawn by Feng Mo on the map, and finally came to the end of the route drawn by Feng Mo for them - a small three-story building that had also been devastated by the fire.

Although this small building has also been devastated by the Tianming fire, the overall condition of the house is relatively good, and it still maintains the appearance of a small building. It has not collapsed or collapsed, but the exterior of the house is charred black.

Ogata and A-Ming hid somewhere far away from the small building, constantly watching the small building.

"...It should be here." While talking, Ah-Ming untied the rifled gun on his back, and began to fill the rifled gun with bullets in a skillful way.

"A-Ming, you stay outside." Ogata said while lifting the big Shitian on his waist, "I can go in alone."

"Are you going in alone?"

"Ok.

Just stay outside and help me guard. "

"I see." A-cho nodded without thinking much, then raised his head and looked around.

"There are no high places around... just use that tree to make do with it. Huh? Ayi, why are you looking at me like that?"

"I thought I would make you feel unhappy if I let you stay outside." Ogata said in a half-joking tone.

"Don't be silly. I don't know if I ever told you my motto."

Atachi showed a sly smile at Ogata.

"My motto is - do what is best for you, and leave to others what is right for others."

"With my melee level, accompanying you in will only cause you trouble."

"So staying outside obediently and using this 'Izayoi' to warn you is the most suitable thing for me to do."

After finishing speaking, A-Ming raised the rifled gun in her hand.

"Sixteen nights?"

"The name I gave this gun just now. It is also convenient for us to name the weapon. Because the butt of this gun is engraved with a red crescent moon, so I named it 'Sixteen Nights', How? Nice name, right?"

"All right. So—I'm on."

"En." Ah-Ming nodded vigorously, then quickly ran towards a big tree not far away.

bass.

Ogata pulled out Da Shitian and walked slowly towards the 3-story hut.

There is a row of stone walls around this 3-storey cottage. The original owner of this small building must have a very good family.

Ogata didn't go through the gate of the small building's wall—after all, who knows if the people who occupy this small building have set any traps at the gate.

So just to be on the safe side, Ogata decided to go over the wall directly.

Ogata bit Da Shitian in his mouth, and when he was still a dozen steps away from the wall, he ran up and accelerated.

At the same time as the run-up accelerated, Ogata switched his breathing to "the breath of the source".

【Ding! Using "Breath of Source", the reflex nerves temporarily increase by 5 points, and the concentration improves]

[Current reflex nerve value: 14 points]

【Increase concentration】

After running to the base of the wall, Ogata jumped up and grabbed the edge of the wall, and then turned over the wall sensitively.

With the blessing of the "basic" Shiranui-ryu stealth technique, Ogata's movements are much lighter than ordinary people.

If you don't listen carefully, you won't hear the sound of Ogata's run-up and the sound of climbing over the wall.

After landing on both feet, Ogata immediately hid in a nearby bush.

I looked around - there was no one in the courtyard.

After confirming that there was no danger around, Ogata took Da Shitian from his mouth, walked out of the bushes slowly, opened the paper sliding door in front of him, and entered the house.

After entering the house, a pungent musty smell immediately entered Ogata's nostrils.

"Okay..." Ogata muttered softly, "Where are Inaba's wife and daughter imprisoned by these bastards..."

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When Ogata broke into the 3-story hut alone, A-Machi was sitting on the thickest branch of the big tree.

In order to facilitate his own actions, A-Machi had long lifted up the hem of the yukata and put it in his belt.

Spread your legs and bend your knees, put your arms on your knees, hold Izayoi in your right hand, and put Izayoi on top of your left arm.

The left hand pinches the wrist of the right hand, and the right hand holds the handle of Izayoi's gun. The index finger of the right hand attached to the trigger is straightened, and the fingers are in a state where they can pull the trigger at any time to start shooting.

A-cho's eyesight is excellent, and his night vision ability is also excellent. The only regret is that the tree under A-cho's buttocks is not high enough to allow A-cho to perfectly monitor all the movements of that small building. .

"It's a rare thing, but it doesn't work very well..." After glancing at Izayoi in his hand, A-Machi muttered displeasedly, "I'll find a chance later and make another iron that is more suitable for me. The gun is ready..."

After muttering like this, Ah-Ming turned his eyes back to the small building not far away, and continued to monitor the whole small building seriously.

However—at this moment, Ah-Machi suddenly heard footsteps coming from his southeast direction.

After looking along the prestige with a confused mind, Ah-Ming's pupils suddenly shrank.

In the southeast direction of A-cho, 4 young men in strange black uniforms were walking slowly towards the big tree where A-cho was staying.

After realizing that A-Ming had noticed the four of them, the person who walked in the front row among the four grinned, showing his yellow teeth at A-Ming, and let out a sinister laugh.

"Finally found you...you...rebellious ninja! Ah-cho, I don't need to tell you, you should know the consequences of betraying Shiranui, right?"

"……Of course I know."

There was a flash of astonishment and shock on A-Ming's face, and then he returned to calm, and then jumped down from the tree with Izayoi in his arms.

"Then do you know that - female ninja is not to be underestimated."

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Ogata searched the first floor of the hut inch by inch.

After searching, Ogata's harvest was - nothing.

No figures of Inaba's mother and daughter were found, nor was there any figure.

Seeing that there was nothing to gain from the first floor, Ogata walked towards the second floor with Dashitian in his hand.

Just when Ogata came to the stairs, he suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye—a figure was moving in the deep corridor on the left side of the stairs.

Ogata, who quickly lowered his body's center of gravity, slowly raised Da Shitian in his hand, pointing the tip of the knife at the end of the corridor.

In the depths of the corridor, figures kept shaking.

Finally——this figure showed his figure.

After seeing this figure clearly, a look of surprise appeared on Ogata's face uncontrollably.

"Kondo...?"

"God... Master Tengu... finally caught up with you..."

Ogata looked like he saw a ghost now.

The owner of this figure is none other than Kondo Naizosuke.

After Kondo panted heavily and walked up to him, Ogata frowned and asked Kondo:

"How did you catch up? And—how did you get in here?"

"Hey..." Kondo grinned a few times, "Just now when Master Kotaro was drawing your route on that map, I took a sneak peek and quietly wrote down the destination."

"How can I say that I have lived in Kyoto for a long time, and I know Kyoto quite well."

"As for how I got in...that's how I got in, I climbed over the wall, and then walked in swaggeringly."

——What is Machi doing... she promised to keep an eye on me...

Just when Ogata was complaining silently about A-Machi's dereliction of duty in his heart, Kondo, who had calmed down his breathing, stood up straight, and said to Ogata seriously:

"Master Tengu, please accept me..."

"Okay, okay..." Ogata hurriedly raised his hand to stop Kondo, "I'm busy saving people now...you stay here obediently, and I'll chat with you later."

After all, Ogata ignored Kondo and strode towards the second floor of the small building with Da Shitian in his hand.

"Master, where are you going?"

"To save people, and - I'm not your master."

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In a certain room on the third floor of the small building——

"so boring……"

In the corner of this room sit 4 samurai holding swords.

"I really want to go to Shimabara..."

The four warriors were chatting boredly, and the topic unknowingly turned to no matter how the times develop, it will always be an eternal topic among men: women.

"Me too... I've been in Kyoto for so long, and I haven't played with the women in Kyoto yet."

There are not only these 4 warriors in this room, there are a total of 13 warriors in this fairly spacious room.

"I heard that women in Kyoto are very proud and look down on people outside of Kyoto."

In addition to these 13 warriors, there are 2 women in this room.

"I also heard that the women in Kyoto are very proud, not only the women in Kyoto are very proud, but the men in Kyoto are also very proud. I heard that in the eyes of people in Kyoto, the world is divided into 'Kyoto' and 'places outside of Kyoto' Two parts."

The two women who were huddled in a corner of the room, one old and one young, were tied with thick hemp ropes, and there were only two emotions on their faces: fear and apprehension.

"Cut... why are the people of Kyoto so arrogant..."

"Because Kyoto is the capital of the king, the people of Kyoto have always felt that it is a great thing to live on the land of the king."

"It's ridiculous, what's the difference between the soil in Kyoto and the soil in Edo?"

"Hey...why do we have to stay here all the time, guarding these two girls...just guarding these two girls, we don't need to play with this mother and daughter...It's really annoying..."

"I've always wondered—is it necessary to send so many people to guard these two girls?"

"Don't be careless. I don't think the owner of the Metaphysics Hall will ignore his kidnapped wife and daughter. The owner of the Metaphysics Hall has already found out where his wife and daughter are being held, and has called in experts to rescue them. His wife and daughter—the possibility of this is not impossible..."

The samurai hadn't finished speaking when the paper sliding door of the room was pulled open with a "wow".

A samurai in light green feathers and a short samurai stood behind the opened paper sliding door...

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Pulling open the paper sliding door in front of him, Xu Bian saw that the room was full of people—13 warriors with swords, as well as the old man, a young man, and two women who were tied up and huddled in the corner of the room.

With just one glance, Oo easily recognized that the two women were Inaba's wife and daughter.

Because of the appearance of that young woman who was probably only in her teens—especially the nose that resembled Inaba very much.

Before Ogata could say a word, he felt a gust of wind blowing towards his side.

After seeing two strangers, Ogata and Kondo, breaking in, everyone in the room took action one after another.

The samurai closest to Ogata immediately drew his sword and struck at Ogata.

Ogata immediately reacted instinctively, lowered his body, dodged the knife that was slashing at his head, and then swung Da Shitian in his right hand, aiming at the direction of the slashing attack from bottom to top.

The familiar feel of the blade cutting into the chest was transmitted along the handle to Ogata's palm.

The feeling of cutting someone is very strong, Ogata knows without looking that he will definitely give this person who attacked him a fatal blow.

But just to be on the safe side, after cutting the man down, Ogata immediately rushed over and stabbed the man's neck again.

The system sound of gaining experience points sounded in Ogata's mind.

As soon as Ogata finished off this enemy, out of the corner of his eye, he saw another person rushing towards him aggressively.

After glanced expressionlessly at the enemy who was rushing towards him, Ogata slowly retracted Da Shitian into the scabbard, lowered his body's center of gravity, and leaned forward.

When the bodies of the two were about to miss each other, the light of the sword jumped out of Ogata's sheath and swept across the enemy's abdomen.

Wushou Dual Swordsman Rachel!

Under the effect of inertia, the enemy's body rushed forward a few steps, and then slowly fell to the ground...

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