I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

After confirming that there was no one on the other side of the wooden wall, Acho nodded at Ogata, then pulled out her wakizashi, stood on tiptoe, and forcefully inserted her wakizashi into the wooden wall above her head.

Pulling down, after confirming that Wakizashi had been firmly inserted into the wall of the wooden wall, [fo] grasped the handle of the knife tightly with both hands, and pulled himself up with a single-stroke movement, standing on the body of Wakizashi's knife.

A-machi's Wakisashi is a specially made Wakisashi.

There is a thick circle of black cloth tied to the handle of the knife.

On the one hand, this circle of black cloth is to prevent sweaty hands from slipping, and on the other hand, it is convenient for A-machi to use this wakizawa to climb over tall buildings like the wooden walls of Toyowa Village.

A-machi used Wakisashi's blade as a foothold, stood on it, then unwound the thick black cloth wrapped around the handle of Wakisashi, and bit the bottom end of the black cloth with his mouth.

Looking up at the top of the wooden wall, after confirming the distance between each other and the approximate strength to be consumed, he bit the black cloth connected to the handle of Wakizashi's knife, exerted force with both feet, and kicked upwards suddenly, towards the wooden wall. Catch the top of the wall.

The top of the wooden wall in Fenghe village is not sharpened, so it is very easy to grasp.

After easily grasping the top of the wooden wall, Ah-Ming did not rush to pull himself up, but poked his head out of the top of the wall to check if there was anyone nearby.

"Good luck..." A-cho muttered inarticulately while biting the black cloth, "No one..."

After confirming that there was no one near the wall, A-Machi pulled his arms to pull himself up to the top of the wall, and then waved to Ogata at the bottom, indicating that Ogata could come up.

Seeing that A-Machi had climbed the city wall very smoothly and signaled himself to climb up, Ogata did not hesitate, and began to repeat A-Machi's actions just now.

A-cho's movement of climbing the city wall just now seems to be quite simple, but in fact there are many kinds of tricks.

For example - how to stand firm on the wakizashi inserted into the wall, there are a lot of skills in it.

If it wasn't for the fact that he has already mastered the elementary "Shiranui-ryu Stealth Technique", Ogata would not be sure to stand firm on such a narrow foothold.

Ogata, who is only 1.55 meters tall, can jump on the top of the wooden wall, and Ogata, who is much taller than A-cho, has no problem.

Relying on Shiranui's stealth technique,

And with the advantage of his height and long arms, after easily climbing to the top of the wooden wall, A-Ming let go of the black cloth in his mouth, grabbed the black cloth tightly with both hands, and recovered his wakizashi little by little. .

This is the purpose of this black cloth - after using the blade to climb to a high place, it can be used to recover your own knife.

"I'm going down first."

Whispering in the ear of A-Machi who was recovering the knives, Ogata pressed the two knives around his waist tightly to prevent the scabbards of the two knives from colliding with each other and making too much noise when he fell later.

Then he jumped down lightly, pressed his back against the wall of the wooden wall, and slid down the wall to the ground in a posture similar to "sliding".

As soon as Ogata fell to the ground, Ah-machi also just used the black cloth to retrieve her knife.

Immediately following Ogata, after jumping to the ground, A-Machi looked around.

"It's so dark... so quiet..."

"And I feel that the atmosphere is a bit strange..." Ogata added.

The world inside the wall and the world outside the wall—although there is only a wall separating them, Ogata feels that the air between the two is vastly different.

It's not that the air inside the wall is filled with an unpleasant stench, but—the atmosphere in the air is a little... weird.

Obviously there should be some human beings living behind this wooden wall, but the air inside the wall has been exuding a deadly atmosphere, and there is no smoke and fire.

"Let's go in and have a look first." Ogata said.

"Um."

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The two cats, Ogata and Atachi, lowered their bodies and moved forward bit by bit along the dark place.

Tonight's cloudy sky made most of the area completely dark, which brought great convenience to the stealth of the two of Ogata.

After going forward for a certain distance, the two found a crop field.

At the same time, the villagers of Fenghe Village were finally discovered.

This piece of crop land is just an ordinary paddy field. Several young people are standing in every corner of this paddy field, as if they are guarding this paddy field.

There were men and women in these young people. Although the light was dim and the vision was not good, Ogata could still vaguely see that the complexion and physical condition of these young people were extremely poor.

They were all skinny, sallow and emaciated, with deeply sunken cheeks—you could tell they hadn't eaten properly for a long time.

Ogata suspected that if there was a strong wind, these young people might not even be able to stand still.

Looking at these young people standing guard on the paddy field, Ogata and A-Machi felt relieved.

Before sneaking into Fenghe Village, Ogata and others had prepared for the worst, that is - all the villagers in Fenghe Village were dead.

Since Fenghe Village isolated the outside world with a wooden wall, Zong Hai has never communicated with the islanders hiding behind the wooden wall, so Zong Hai doesn't know if there are any living people behind the wooden wall.

There are still people standing guard on this paddy field, which means that many people are still alive inside the wooden wall.

After carefully avoiding the paddy field and the young people on the paddy field, Ogata and A-Machi continued to move forward cautiously.

"I said...A-Machi." Ogata, who was following closely behind A-Machi, smiled wryly at A-Machi and whispered, "Is that iron cannon behind you really all right..."

Because A-Machi was walking ahead of Ogata, Ogata could clearly see the iron cannon behind A-Machi shaking slightly because A-Machi was moving.

Ogata looked at it and felt that the iron cannon was in the way, so he couldn't help asking A-cho.

To Ogata's question, Amachi replied without hesitation:

"It's not in the way, it's not in the way. I've long been used to carrying an iron cannon on my back. Carrying an iron cannon on my back won't hinder me from doing any actions... Ah, Ah Yi, look quickly, I see the village."

Ogata looked forward in the direction that Machi's finger pointed.

I saw a little fire flickering in the dark in front of the two.

With the light of these fires, Ogata could barely see the shadows of the buildings and the figures already shaking under the fires.

"Here." Atachi threw a black handkerchief to Ogata.

Ogata took a closer look—this black handkerchief looked very familiar to him. It was the handkerchief that A-Machi had lent him to cover his nose and mouth when the two of them searched the deserted village the day before yesterday.

"Wrap your mouth and nose like I did." As he spoke, Ah-Machi also took out a black handkerchief and covered his face below the eyes.

"Why do you cover your mouth and nose..." Although Ogata felt very puzzled, he obediently followed what A-Machi said, picked up the handkerchief that A-Machi just handed him, and wrapped his own handkerchief neatly. nose and mouth.

"This will reduce the sound of your breathing... But the main reason is because this is the rule of our Shiranui - when sneaking into the destination, you must pay attention to protecting your identity. Let's go, Ayi."

Following the dim shadows, Ogata and A-machi approached Fenghe village little by little.

As soon as they got close enough to clearly see the outermost houses of Fenghe Village, Ogata and the two heard a loud shout from inside Fenghe Village:

"Everyone! Let's start distributing tomorrow's breakfast! Please come and assemble!"