I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Chapter 309 Chase (Part 1)

"Welcome light... huh?! Lord Mucun!"

The owner of Iguchiya is an elderly man in his 40s or 50s.

Hearing the sound of footsteps entering the house, the owner immediately raised his head from behind the counter and cast his eyes on the door of the store.

As soon as his eyes came into contact with Mucun who had just stepped through the door of the store, the owner let out an exclamation.

"Rensuke, long time no see." Mucun smiled at the owner.

The shopkeeper who was called Rensuke by Mucun is still in shock.

"Master Mucun, you suddenly disappeared from Kyoto two years ago. I thought you offended some high-ranking official in the shogunate, and then you were assassinated by someone sent by that high-ranking official..."

"Because of some things two years ago, I decided not to be Kyoto's Yori, but to be a ronin."

After finishing speaking, Mucun raised his head and looked around.

"...Rensuke, compared to two years ago, your store seems to be more beautifully decorated...It seems that your business has been good in the past two years."

Nisuke chuckled.

"Opening a powder shop in a place like Gion, as long as your powders are of good quality and variety, you won't have to worry about no one buying them."

"Seeing that the business of your store is still so good, I feel relieved." Speaking of this, Mucun's tone gradually became serious, "Rensuke, I came to you this time mainly to ask you something .”

"Rensuke, is your store still selling 'Wakasa incense'?"

"certainly!"

Nisuke replied without thinking.

"The signboard I put out at Iguchiya is 'have the largest number and variety of incense powder in all of Kyoto'."

"Even if it is a fragrance powder like 'Wakasa incense' that has not been sold well and is not sold in other stores, I have always been selling it here."

"Okay, then—Rensuke, has anyone come to you to buy 'Wakasa incense' these days?"

"Yes, I have."

Hitosuke casually spit out words that made Makimura and Shimada's faces change for a while.

"During this time, someone has been coming to me to sell Wakasa incense."

"This customer comes every few days, because that person buys Wakasa incense that cannot be sold much throughout the year, and he only buys Wakasa incense, so I am very impressed with this customer."

Rensuke raised his hand and pointed out the door.

"The bald man who happened to pass you by just now is the customer who always comes to buy Wakasa incense recently."

"He just happened to come to my place to buy Wakasa incense..."

Before Rensuke finished speaking, Mucun interrupted:

"Thank you, Rensuke!"

While Makimura said this, he led Shimada behind him and rushed out of the Iguchi house.

Before rushing out of the wellhead house, Mucun suddenly turned around as if thinking of something, and shouted at Nisuke:

"Rensuke! A group of people are killing people everywhere! Since last night, 45 people have been killed. Be careful! Don't go to places with few people!"

After finishing these words, the figures of Makimura and Shimada disappeared from Rensuke's field of vision.

Mucun, who had disappeared for two years, suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and then left in a hurry-this rapid change made Rensuke's mind a little bit overwhelmed for a while.

It wasn't until Mucun's figure completely disappeared from the field of vision that Rensuke smiled wryly, and said in a low voice that only he could hear clearly:

"Even though it's been two years, Mr. Mucun is still the same... He acts resolutely and swiftly..."

After muttering like this, Rensuke withdrew his eyes from in front of him, returned to the account book on the counter in front of him, and continued to concentrate on keeping the accounts.

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Mucun really doesn't know whether he is lucky or unlucky now.

I bumped into someone who might have a lot to do with this case—but I passed him by.

After running out of the Iguchi house and stepping onto the middle of the street outside the Iguchi house, Mucun did not chase the bald head aimlessly like a headless fly.

Instead, he stopped first, relying on his height advantage to look for the bald figure.

Mucun is much taller and larger than ordinary people, so the field of vision is naturally much wider than ordinary people.

After only looking around, Mucun found the bald man who hadn't gone far.

The bald man probably didn't expect anyone to come looking for him, so he walked leisurely on the stone brick road in Gion with a kind of leisurely pace.

"Shimada, follow me!"

"yes!"

Mucun and Shimada, one behind the other, pushed aside the flow of people in front of them and leaned towards the bald head.

This bald head is far more vigilant than others.

When Mucun and Shimada were still quite a distance away from the bald head, he turned around to look behind him as if he had heard the movement behind him.

Seeing Mu Cun's conspicuous giant rushing towards him, the bald man's expression changed, he tightened his clothes, then hurriedly turned his head back and fled.

——This guy... is not alert like an ordinary person...

Yuli, who has worked in Kyoto for 5 years, and Mucun, who personally captured unknown villains, keenly judged that the vigilance of this bald man was far beyond that of ordinary people.

Gion District is the largest and most lively happy street in Kyoto, and the flow of people naturally far exceeds that of other neighborhoods in the city.

Chasing people in such a densely populated area is not generally difficult.

The movements of Mucun and Shimada pushing away the crowd in front of them were quite gentle, and they only pushed the people blocking in front of them to the sides one by one with the strength that would not hurt or knock them down.

But the bald head will not be like this.

Using the word "rude" to describe the bald-headed movements was a bit of a glorification.

The bald head didn't care about anything at all, all he could do was to quickly get away from Mucun and Shimada's eyes.

All the people standing in front of the bald head, no matter men, women, young or old, were all pushed aside by the bald head with rough movements.

Wherever the bald head passed by, it could be said to be a mess of chickens flying and dogs jumping, and the sound of abuse kept coming and going.

Because the movement of the bald head to separate the crowd is far simpler and rougher than that of the Mucun two, the speed of the bald head's escape is a little faster than the speed of the Mucun two's pursuit.

Realizing that it would be extremely difficult to catch up to the bald head, Mucun pursed his lips, and then resolutely turned around without the slightest hesitation, and rushed towards the alley on the left.

"Senior Mucun! Where are you going?"

Although I don't know what Mucun did all of a sudden, Shimada still hurried to catch up without knowing it.

"If you keep chasing after me like this, it will be difficult to catch up with him!"

Mu Cun explained to Shimada behind him without looking back.

"So let's take a shortcut!"

"Shortcut? Is there any shortcut in this kind of place?"

"Of course! Have you forgotten? I have been working as Yori in Kyoto for 5 years!"

"There are a lot of people in the Gion district, and it is one of the places where various cases are most likely to occur."

"In terms of understanding of Kyoto, especially this area, few people can surpass me!"

Mucun led Shimada through the alleys extending in all directions.

After a while, Shimada saw that the alley in front of him and Mucun was sealed, and there was an earthen wall that was taller than Mucun.

Just when Shimada was about to ask Mucun what to do, Mucun shouted at Shimada:

"Shimada! Run a few steps faster! Run to the base of the earthen wall, then lean your back against the earthen wall, face me, squat halfway, palms up and overlap each other, and raise your hands to the position of your abdomen!"

"yes!"

After only listening to it once, Shimada understood what Mucun meant and what Mucun planned to do.

So Shimada quickened his pace, overtook Mucun who was running in front of him, ran to the bottom of the earth wall, and then followed Mucun's instructions just now: leaning against the earth wall, facing Mucun, squatting halfway, with both hands and palms facing each other. Lay up and overlap each other, raising your hands to the abdominal position.

At the same time that Shimada completed this series of actions, Mucun had just rushed in front of Shimada.

Mucun jumped up, stepped on Shimada's overlapping palms with his right foot, and then used his strength to jump up the dirt wall in one breath.

The next moment he jumped onto the earth wall, Mucun reached out his hand to Shimada who was under the wall, and pulled Shimada up.

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"Heh... heh... heh... heh..."

After realizing that there were no footsteps approaching him from behind, the bald head finally dared to turn around to check the situation behind him.

Looking back, I saw that the extremely tall and strong man was no longer chasing him behind him.

Have you got rid of them? The bald head secretly heaved a sigh of relief while thinking in his heart.

The footsteps also slowed down slowly because of the relief...

call--!

At this moment—the bald head felt a gust of wind blowing from his left side.

A strong man jumped out from the alley on the left hand side of the bald head, and precisely hit the bald head.

This strong man was naturally Mucun.

The reason why Mucun, who is familiar with the distribution of streets and alleys in Kyoto, led Shimada through the alleys just now was to take a shortcut and go directly to the front of the bald head.

After Mucun accurately hit the bald man, Shimada, who was a few steps slower than Mucun, also rushed out from the alley.

Shimada originally wanted to step forward to help Mucun, but because Mucun and the bald head scuffled together, even if Shimada wanted to step forward to help, he didn't know how to intervene.

——Hmm...this guy...is really strong...!

Mucun, who was wrestling with the bald head, couldn't help but secretly said this.

This bald man may have a lot of clues and information to dig out, so he must be captured alive.

It was also because he had to be captured alive, that's why Mucun didn't pull out the big sword on his back when he jumped out of the alley just now, but rushed forward with his bare hands.

If Mucun wanted to kill the bald head, Mucun could have split the unsuspecting bald head in half when he jumped out of the alley just now—but if he killed the bald head, it would be meaningless No.

Mucun's original plan was to rush up with his bare hands, then subdue the bald head, and then slowly ask the bald head.

However, Mucun now realizes that his plan is not easy to complete.

The bald man's strength is far greater than what Mucun imagined, and judging from his various movements, he must have practiced some hand-to-hand combat techniques, and he is quite skilled in using various force-relieving techniques.

Although judging from the overall situation of the battle, Mucun has successfully put the bald head under him, and Mucun has the upper hand, but Mucun can't take down the bald head very quickly.

When Mucun reached out to pull the bald head's skirt, he suddenly found a small cloth bag as big as a baby's fist from behind the bald head's skirt.

After pulling out the little cloth bag, Mucun immediately smelled a familiar fragrance wafting out of the little cloth bag and into his nostrils.

Mucun immediately recognized that what was contained in this small cloth bag was that "Wakasa incense" - presumably it was the bald head who bought it at Jingguchiya just now.

The wrestling Mucun and the bald head naturally attracted quite a few passers-by to watch.

No matter how the times develop, no matter which country they are in, passers-by often just watch the excitement and don't think it's a big deal.

With just a few breaths, Mucun and the bald head were surrounded by a thin layer of passers-by watching the excitement.

At this moment—Shimada, who had been unable to find a chance to step forward to help, suddenly noticed that there were a large number of officers holding various traps to watch the crowd separately.

Where there is an abnormality, the officials who happen to be nearby will immediately rush over to check the situation-this is considered normal and extremely common.

However, Shimada felt a little strange looking at this large number of official posts.

There is no other reason: the number of official errands rushing over seems to be too much.

As soon as this strange feeling emerged from Shimada's mind, the mutation appeared.

Because there were not many passers-by watching the fun around Mucun and the bald duo, the officials quickly separated the thin crowd with skilled skills.

After rushing into the "battlefield" that is still going on, but Mucun has the absolute upper hand, and Mucun will be able to subdue the bald head with a little more time, this large group of officials will immediately pick up their respective positions without distinction. The trap in his hand went towards Mucun.

The first to kill was a full 7 thorns.

The seven officials who held the seven thorns seemed to be veterans of using thorns.

The seven thorns stabbed towards Mucun from different directions.

Mucun was concentrating on suppressing the bald head, and he didn't expect the sudden intrusion of the officials to attack him, and the speed of the officials was too fast, so it was too late to take precautions. Mucun was stabbed firmly by these 7 thorns.

The seven thorns stabbed towards Mucun from different directions. One stabbed Mucun's neck, two stabbed Mucun's legs, two stabbed Mucun's arms, and two stabbed Mucun's torso.

After the seven thorns trapped Mucun again, more than a dozen officials rushed forward and directly knocked Mucun to the ground.

Even Mucun, with his limbs, torso, and neck stabbed and trapped, and dozens of people swarming over him, it is impossible to get out.

Because Mucun was suppressed by the sudden attack of officials, the bald man was able to escape.

After getting up from the ground in embarrassment, the bald head fled out again desperately.

And those officials didn't seem to be interested in the bald head, and let the bald head escape.

Looking at the bald head who was about to flee away, a thought suddenly flashed through Mucun's mind in just a moment.

As soon as this idea flashed in his mind, Mucun immediately put his idea into practice—with one hand, he opened the opening of the small cloth bag filled with Wakasa incense that he had just snatched from the bald head , poured some Wakasa incense into the palm of his hand, and then resealed the mouth of the cloth bag tightly.

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