I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"So that's how it is..." Matsudaira Sadanobu said softly, "Is this an ogre?"

At this moment, Matsudaira Sadanobu, Inamori, Hani Sogen, and Kamiyama were standing in a certain corner of the barracks under the guard of a dozen soldiers.

In this remote corner, there are 7 wooden cages.

Matsudaira Sadanobu was standing several meters away from the seven wooden cages, looking at the seven wooden cages.

To be precise, it is looking at the 7 ogres trapped in the 7 wooden cages.

After the 7 ogres saw the living people like Matsudaira Jonobu, they all stared at Matsudaira Jonobu and the others, scratching the wooden cage with their fingers, trying to break free from the shackles of the wooden cage.

It's a pity that the wooden cages that trap them are very strong, no matter how much they scratch, it is impossible to damage these wooden cages even a little bit.

"These seven people are the ogres captured when researchers were sent to Butterfly Island last time to study ogres."

On the side, Inamori introduced Tomatsudaira.

"One of them was one of the soldiers who was in charge of defending the researchers at the time and unfortunately turned into a cannibal on the island."

Sadanobu Matsudaira nodded slightly in response.

"Inamori, let me see how the ogres come back to life."

"Yes!"

After receiving this order from Matsudaira Sadanobu, Inamori waved to a soldier holding a bow and arrow next to him.

"Give me the bow and arrow."

After receiving the bow and arrow from the soldier, Inamori took a deep breath, and stretched the hard bow in his hand for a full moon.

Inamori didn't aim much, he almost just raised his bow and shot.

The arrow, freed from the bondage of Inamori's fingers and the bowstring, cut through the air with great power, shot straight towards the head of the ogre in one of the wooden cages, and hit the ogre with precision. Only the head of an ogre.

Afterwards, in full view of everyone, red strands of meat emerged from the wound on the ogre's head, ejected the arrow, and quickly repaired the wound.

Even though Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was used to seeing all kinds of big scenes, saw the resurrection process of the ogre with his own eyes, his face still showed uncontrollable astonishment and horror—although Matsudaira Sadanobu quickly recovered his composure.

"It's amazing..." Matsudaira's tone was very calm, making it difficult to understand his current emotions. "Hanai, do you think this 'ogre rebellion' is caused by the plague?"

"Impossible..." Ban Jing, who was also the first to see the resurrection process of the ogre just now, still had a bit of shock on his face, "I think this is beyond the scope of medicine... this It is impossible for a disease in the world to turn a person into an immortal existence..."

"However—please don't worry, Mr. Zhong." Banjing's tone gradually became firmer, "I will use up all my life's knowledge to find out the reason for the occurrence of ogres and how to kill them..."

"No need." Before Banjing finished speaking, Matsudaira Sadanobu waved his hand, "I have decided...there is no need to do any more research on ogres. The research on ogres will stop here."

As soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu said this, Inamori, Kamiyama, and Hanai standing beside him all showed doubts, and for a moment they didn't understand what Matsudaira Sadanobu meant.

Among them, the one who was most puzzled was Banjing.

He was called here from afar, and the task he was told was to study ogres.

Now that he finally arrived here, Matsudaira Sadanobu told him that he didn't need to study.

Matsudaira Sadanobu naturally knew that what he said just now was too sudden for others, so he clasped his hands behind his back and explained softly:

"During the journey from Edo to this place, I have been thinking about whether it is necessary to spend so much energy and money on researching the causes and killing methods of ogres."

"Researching the causes of ogres and the methods of killing them is just to prevent this 'ogre rebellion' from spreading across the country."

"Then——since it's only for this purpose, then we don't need to bother."

"Currently only Butterfly Island has ogres, and only islanders on Butterfly Island or people who have lived on Butterfly Island for a period of time will become ogres. We can only stay in a corner of Butterfly Island, and prevent any ogre or anyone who may become an ogre from Butterfly Island, and at the same time prevent people from living in Butterfly Island for a long time, and the same goal can be achieved."

"So I decided—instead of spending countless manpower and money on researching ogres, it is better to be simple and rude, and directly kill all ogres, and all people who can become ogres without a chance to leave Butterfly Island. .Let the 'ogre rebellion' be confined to Butterfly Island."

"So the research on ogres was suspended. Let's use another method to prevent the 'Ogre Rebellion' from spreading to other places."

Speaking of this, Matsudaira Sadanobu turned his head and looked at Inamori beside him:

"Inamori, are there any living people on Butterfly Island?"

Inamori nodded vigorously: "About a year ago, the surviving islanders on Butterfly Island gathered in a village called Fenghe Village, and built a wooden wall around the village to block ogres. .”

"There should be some people still alive inside that wooden wall."

"Is that so..." After Matsudaira Sadanobu muttered like this——

"Inamori, send troops to kill all the people who are still alive on Butterfly Island." In a calm tone, he said the words that made everyone present stunned again.

"The people who are still alive on Butterfly Island are all movable hidden dangers."

When everyone hadn't recovered from what Matsudaira Sadanobu said just now, Matsudaira Sadanobu continued to say to himself:

"Although we have destroyed all the ships and shipbuilding tools on Butterfly Island, there is no guarantee that they will not be able to leave the island."

Matsudaira Sadanobu's eyes gradually showed coldness.

"If these people who are very likely to become ogres in the future are allowed to leave Butterfly Island, it will be troublesome."

"We simply cannot afford such hidden dangers."

"My lord! Wait a minute!" Shenshan said anxiously, "If the islanders on this island die, they will become ogres!"

"So what?" Matsudaira said without hesitation, "Isn't this what I want? Ogres have no wisdom at all, as long as all the living people on this island are turned into ogres, they will have nothing to do Get off this island."

"Inamori." Matsudaira Sadanobu looked at Inamori next to him again, "If we want to wipe out all the living people on the island, how many soldiers will we need?"

"200... No, 150 elite soldiers are enough."

"So—when is the best time to land on the island?"

"Night." Inamori replied without hesitation, "Ogres will only attack living people within the range of vision, so in the dark night, their vision will be blocked due to the dim light, which can make our army's generals Let’s avoid the cannibals on the island better, and hit Fenghe Village where the remaining islanders live!”

Matsudaira Sadanobu turned his head and glanced at the sun that was about to sink into the horizon.

"...I like to act swiftly and resolutely. I don't like procrastination." Matsudaira Sadanobu said softly, "Inamori, just send 150 elite soldiers to the island tonight! Kill all the living people on Butterfly Island!"

Inamori showed some hesitation on his face: "Kill all the islanders... Then those prisoners who were thrown to Butterfly Island by us before should also be wiped out?"

"Kill them all!" Matsudaira Sadanobu replied without thinking, "Anyway, they are just a bunch of dead people, and there is no such thing as a person."

"Master Laozhong!" At this moment, Shenshan said anxiously, "I will do it tonight, isn't it too hasty?"

"It's not sloppy at all. Rather—I think our knives are swinging too slowly."

"As early as when we sent troops to destroy the cannibals and failed to withdraw from Butterfly Island, we should have killed all the living people on that island, so that we could isolate the cannibals early. The possibility of leaving the island."

Matsudaira Sadanobu's tone was very flat, as if he was just casually chatting about some common topics of killing fish and dogs.

"We didn't start until now, and it's a bit late to be honest."

"But it's not too late to fix it."

"Inamori, go down and get ready. Before tomorrow's sun appears, I want to see that there is no living person on Butterfly Island."