I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Just as Mucun's roar came to an end, Ogata, who had been sitting quietly by the side, suddenly raised his eyebrows.

Ogata stood up abruptly, walked quickly to the tatami beside the bald head, and then bent down.

Ogata's sudden and strange move aroused the doubts of everyone around him.

"Brother Ogata." Mucun asked, "What's wrong?"

Ogata did not respond to Mucun's words, but took the only candle in the room that was placed aside and shone on the tatami in front of him.

The tatami mat in front of Ogata had a red spot about the size of a thumb.

is blood.

And it was very fresh blood that had just dripped down.

Ogata then cast candlelight on the door of the room—on the tatami at the door of the room, there was also a drop of blood as big as an adult's thumb.

It's dark night now.

And the only lighting tool for Ogata and his party is the candle.

The color of blood is not conspicuous in a dim environment.

That's why Ogata didn't find the blood on the floor until now.

Ogata moved the candle in his hand and projected the candlelight to the door of the room.

After shining the candle light on the door of the room, Ogata suddenly found that there was also a blood clot as big as an adult's thumb on the tatami at the door.

Realizing something, Ogata immediately got up and grabbed the bald head, and then inspected the bald head's whole body.

Finally——Ogata found a wound that was neither long nor short on the palm of the bald head's right hand.

The injury was not deep, and it needed to be squeezed hard to bleed, so the bald right hand was not stained red with blood.

As long as you put your hands together, you can cover the wound, and outsiders can't see that the bald man's right palm is injured.

And when he was tied to the paper sliding door, the bald head held his right palm tightly from the beginning to the end, so Ogata and his party didn't notice this wound on the bald head's right palm for a long time.

"You bastard...!" Ogata said in a deep voice, "Did you spill blood all the way from your stronghold?"

Hearing Ogata's words, the faces of everyone present changed one after another.

Seeing that the matter was revealed, the bald head forced out a smug smile, although his face was full of fear, and said:

"That's right. After being caught by you, I secretly made a wound on the palm of my right hand, and then at intervals, I secretly squeezed out blood beads and sprinkled them on the ground. I sprinkled the blood all the way from the stronghold to here. "

"Fortunately, the night is dark enough tonight, and you only have one candle for lighting. I didn't let you find out."

"My companion should be able to follow the bloodstains I left to find them soon."

As soon as the bald man finished speaking, Ogata's pupils suddenly shrank, and then he hurriedly turned his head to look at the only window in the room.

While turning around to look at the window not far away, Ogata quickly took out Kasumi from his arms.

Just now, Ogata heard a strange noise outside the window.

And almost at the same moment when Ogata turned to look at the window, the originally closed window was opened from the outside.

Through the opened window, it can be clearly seen that there is an extra person outside the window.

Because of the dim light, he couldn't see his face clearly.

But the movement of this person can be clearly seen - the person grasps the window sill with his left hand to prevent himself from falling, while holding a square object tightly with his right hand.

Because I heard the abnormal noise outside the window in advance,

Almost at the same moment that this person opened the window, Ogata pointed Kasumi's gun at the guy who was lying outside the window.

With just one glance, Xu could see clearly what the square object this person was holding was exactly the same as the semi-finished bomb that Mu Cun was still holding...

And the fuse of the explosive bomb in this guy's hand is already being ignited...

After seeing that the guy outside the window was holding a ignited explosive bomb in his hand, and made a gesture of throwing the explosive bomb into the room, Ogata did not hesitate at all——

Bang bang bang!

Ogata shot all the four bullets in Kasumi's gun chamber in one go.

Because the enemy came so suddenly, Ogata didn't have enough time to aim properly, so Ogata beat him indiscriminately.

Fortunately, the distance between each other is not far, and the target is also very large. Even though they fought wildly, one of the four bullets still successfully hit the opponent.

The only bullet that hit should have hit his left shoulder.

While letting out a low cry of pain, the person threw the bomb in his hand.

But because the left shoulder was shot, the bomb that was supposed to be thrown between Ogata and his party missed.

The explosive bomb crossed a crooked parabola and rolled to Mucun's feet.

And when the bomb rolled to Mucun's feet, the fuse of the bomb was only as long as the length of an adult's little finger.

Mucun's response was also quick.

As soon as the bomb rolled to Mucun's feet, Mucun immediately picked up the bomb and threw it out of the window.

While throwing the bomb back, Mucun roared:

"Everyone get down!"

This reminder from Mucun is actually superfluous.

Because he had just picked up the bomb, Ooyo immediately dragged A-cho, Shimada, and Hasegawa to the ground.

As soon as the bomb flew out of the window, the fuse was completely burned out.

Then...

Boom—! !

The air is cracking.

The eardrums are aching.

A wave of air rang like thunder in Ogata's ears...

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Kyoto, somewhere.

"Hey." Standing under a big tree, Heitaro called out to a young man who was sitting on the tree, "Ichitaro! Did you see Rutaro and the others or that traitorous Ninja from Acho?"

Ichitaro has excellent eyesight, and this ability is just suitable for finding people, so this time he went out to look for Rutaro and others who had not returned for a long time, and Heitaro brought Ichitaro out specially.

"No." Ichitaro, who was sitting on the tree, shook his head.

Seeing Ichitaro shaking his head, Heitaro's face uncontrollably showed a touch of anxiety.

at this time--

Boom...

"Huh?" Heitaro frowned slightly, turned his head and looked southwest.

"Master Heitaro." Another ninja standing next to Heitaro wondered, "What's wrong?"

"...Did you hear that just now?" Heitaro asked back.

"Huh? What did you hear?"

"I seem to have heard an explosion just now..." Heitaro said in a deep voice, "...Come on, let's go and have a look."

The four of Heitaro were about to leave and hurried to the source of the strange noise just now, when an old male voice suddenly sounded from the depths of an alley not far from them:

"I seem to have heard the name 'Machi' from your mouth just now...do you have anything to do with Komachi?"

"Who's there!" As soon as the old male voice fell, Heitaro and others quickly followed the voice and cast their gazes, and subconsciously put their hands on the handle of the knife on the back waist.

The four of Heitaro stared aggressively at the dark alley.

And a figure was slowly outlined from this dark alley.

After the figure fully appeared from the alley, Heitaro and the others finally got a clear view of this person—an old man with white hair.

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...

"Master Ogata! Master Ogata!"

Shimada's call reached Ogata's ears.

"Well……"

Ogata let out a low cry of pain while slowly opening his eyes.

The first thing that caught Ogata's eyes was Shimada who was hugging Porgy.

The explosion just now seemed to scare Porgy.

Porgy is now curled up in Shimada's arms, shivering.

Judging from Shimada's current appearance, except for some dust on his face, there is no other serious problem.

Seeing Ogata woke up, Shimada heaved a sigh of relief:

"Great...it seems you're all right..."

In addition to Shimada's face, there is still thick smoke that has not completely dissipated in Ogata's field of vision.

The air is filled with the unique pungent smell of gunpowder. The smoke of the gunpowder gave Ogata a bitter taste on his tongue.

Except for a little dizziness and swelling in his head, Ogata didn't feel any discomfort in the rest of his body.

Shaking his head vigorously, he recovered his dizzy head slightly. Ogata looked towards the ground beside him.

Machi and Hasegawa were still lying on the ground.

"Hey, Ding!" Ogata hurriedly helped Ding up, "Wake up!"

A-cho, like Shimada, has no physical injuries except for some dust on his face.

After hearing Ogata's voice, A-Machi first pursed his lips, and then muttered softly in a daze:

"I can't eat anymore..."

"It seems you're fine..." After confirming that Machi was fine, Ogata looked towards Hasegawa.

Hasegawa's forehead was wrapped with a fairly clean cloth at this time.

"Master Hasegawa's forehead was bandaged by me." Shimada on the side said at this time, "I showed him just now, and Master Hasegawa's forehead seemed to be hit by something splashed, and a lot of water flowed Blood. Although she is still unconscious, her life is not in danger."

At this moment, Mucun's voice sounded:

"Brother Ogata."

"Mucun..." Ogata followed the prestige.

Mucun is also in a mess now, his body is covered with dust, and there is a slender cut on his forehead, and blood is continuously flowing out from the wound on Mucun's forehead.

"Is the wound on your forehead okay?" Ogata asked.

"It's okay. It's just a cut." After finishing speaking, Mu Cun wiped the blood off his face with his hand.

At this time, Mu Cun was holding the bald head behind his back.

"What happened to the bald head?" Ogata pouted at the bald head who was being carried behind Mucun.

"He's fine." Mu Cun lifted the bald head behind him, "but he passed out."

Thanks to the joint efforts of Ogata and Mucun, the explosive bomb just now was not thrown between them and detonated.

In such a strong explosion, no one, including Porgy's dog, was seriously injured-it has to be said that it is a blessing in misfortune.

After confirming that everyone around him was fine, Ogata began to carefully observe the surroundings.

Most of the ceiling above his head was blown off.

The ground was covered with debris of wood and paper.

There was an exaggeratedly large hole in the wall where the window was.

"Where is the person who threw the bomb at us just now?" Ogata asked.

"I didn't find him." Mu Cun said, "I didn't see any blood on the ground, that guy probably escaped."

Cha Cha Cha Cha...

At this moment, Ogata and his party heard dense footsteps coming from one end of the street.

Ogata and his party followed the prestige - they saw a large group of people running towards them with doubts and fear.

Among this group of people, there are many people dressed as officials.

"It seems that the explosion just now attracted many people..." Ogata muttered softly.

Ogata felt that the eardrum was still aching.

It would be rather strange if such a strong explosion and such a loud noise did not attract a large number of people.

Now among their group, Hasegawa and Baldhead are in a coma.

Ah-Ming was alone in a half-conscious state.

The current situation is really not suitable for confrontation with others.

At the same time, under such circumstances, it is really not suitable to be caught by officials.

Ogata needless to say.

And Mucun hadn't asked from the bald head where they put the bombs in Kyoto, so he didn't have time to waste time with the officials.

If caught by the officials, they will definitely be questioned by the officials, "Why are you here?", "What happened to the explosion just now?" and other questions.

So no matter what, Ogata and his party cannot be caught by the officials.

Ogata leaned down, pressed A-Machi's shoulders, and shook A-Machi vigorously.

"Wake up! Machi! Wake up!"

Under Ogata's shaking, A-Machi slowly opened his eyes.

"Well... good evening..."

"Good evening you head!"

Ogata, who had no choice but to pick up A-Machi who was still in a daze, could only carry A-Machi on his back.

Ogata carried the dazed Atachi on his back, Makimura carried the comatose bald head, and Shimada carried Hasegawa who was also in a coma on his back—the three of them fled quickly with one person on their backs.

"Quick! Hurry up! Catch up with those people!"

The officials who noticed Ogata's party hurriedly followed behind.

Because each carried one person on their backs, the speed of Ogata and his party could not be increased, and there was no complicated terrain nearby, so it was difficult to get rid of the gang of officials behind them.

Realizing that going on like this would be extremely detrimental to them, Ogata took the lead in saying to Mucun, Shimada and the others beside him:

"Ah-cho and I lured the official away."

After all, without waiting for Mucun and Shimada to respond, Obi fled in another direction with A-cho on his back.

Ogata separated from Mucun and the others, and the officials following behind them also had to separate a group of people to chase Ogata who fled in another direction.

Ogata attracted nearly half of the official errands, greatly reducing the pressure on Mucun and others.

Due to the great reduction in pressure, Mucun and others were finally able to gradually distance themselves from the officials.

Judging from the speed at which Mucun and others opened up the distance from the officials, it would only be a matter of time before Mucun and others threw off the officials.

However, at this moment, Mucun's breathing suddenly became short of breath.

"Ha...ha...ha...damn..."

Mu Cun cursed in a low voice.

Mucun felt dizzy now.

After experiencing the explosion and getting up from the ground, Mucun felt dizzy.

At first, Mucun didn't take the dizziness seriously.

This slight dizziness did not cause Mucun any inconvenience.

But gradually, after carrying the bald head on his back and throwing off the chase of the officials, after such strenuous exercise, Mucun felt his head getting more and more dizzy.

—Did the explosion just now hurt my head...

Mucun realized that he seemed to have underestimated the injury on his head, but he couldn't do anything about his current predicament.

He could still hear footsteps behind him.

Therefore, Mucun couldn't stop, so he could only continue to run wildly with his bald head on his back.

Shimada, who was closely following Mucun, noticed Mucun's strangeness, and said urgently to Mucun:

"Senior Mucun! What's wrong with you? Why do you look so weird!"

"I'm fine..."

In order not to worry Shimada, Makimura casually said "I'm fine" and tried to cheer himself up.

In order to keep himself awake, Mucun also bit the tip of his tongue.

But it didn't help—Makimura still felt his head getting dizzy, and gradually, his eyes began to darken.

Until he bit his tongue, Mucun still couldn't prevent the blackness like ink from occupying his field of vision.

Mucun, who couldn't resist the strong dizziness in his head, became unsteady on his feet, staggered a few steps, and then fell heavily to the ground.

Mucun wanted to stand up in time.

However, the consciousness that was about to be interrupted made his legs unable to move anymore as if they were filled with lead...

After discovering that Mucun fell forward, Shimada exclaimed, and then quickly freed up a hand to help Mucun.

However, at this moment - a big wrinkled hand stretched out from the darkness, holding Mucun one step ahead of Shimada...

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Ogata and A-Machi quickly threw off all the pursuers behind them.

After all, Ogata has the ability to move on the roof of the roof.

Ogata, who ran up to the eaves, took less than a quarter of an hour to throw off the group of pursuers who were in charge of chasing them.

After throwing off the pursuers, Ogata fell from the eaves to the ground with A-Ming on his back.

Ogata deliberately landed in an alley where no one passed by.

"There should be no pursuers..." Ah-Ming looked back at her and Ogata.

A-Machi has also recovered from his daze now.

"It should be thrown off." Panting, Ogata lowered A-Machi on his back to the ground.

As soon as he put Ah-ding on his back back to the ground, Ogata's expression suddenly changed, he quickly turned around to look into the depths of the alley not far away, and stretched his hand towards Da Shitian at his waist.

"...Come out." Ogata said in a deep voice, his eyes fixed on the depths of the alley.

"Hehehe, brother Ogata, Komachi, don't be nervous, it's me."

An old male voice sounded from the depths of the alley.

As the old male voice fell, an old man with a hunched back slowly appeared from the darkness.

"Master Fengmo?!"*2

Ogata and Machi called out the old man's name in unison.

After Fuma fully appeared from the depths of the alley, Ogata and Atachi looked at Fumo, and immediately mixed with extremely strong astonishment.

Because Fuma dragged a dying young man wearing Shiranui's ninja costume with only half breath left...