I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

, I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Edo, the inn where Ogata and the others stayed, the room of Machi—

Ah-ding knelt down in front of a small table.

On the table was Su Ying with the gun chamber opened.

Like swords, muskets are delicate weapons that require frequent maintenance.

As for the maintenance of his own gun, A-cho never slack off.

With his eyes fixed on Su Ying in his hand, the fingers of both hands cleaned some small dirt on Su Ying with skillful movements, and maintained Su Ying.

But gradually, Ah-cho's movements slowed down.

A-Ming's bright eyes also gradually became dumbfounded.

The whole person seems to have entered a fugue state.

However, Ah-ding's fugue state didn't last long, and he was awakened by a male voice outside the door:

"Machi, are you there?"

It was Ogata's voice.

After recovering from the fugue state, A-Machi shivered, and then hurriedly responded:

"I am here."

After receiving A-Ming's response, Oobi slowly opened the door and stepped into A-Ming's room.

Ogata had just stayed at the "North Wind House" until Chiba's medical results came out.

According to Chiba - Kondo's leg injury was nothing more than a minor injury. After applying his special medicine and resting for a night, he could walk normally the next morning.

After confirming that Kondo was fine, Ogata bid farewell to Kondo and left "North Wind House".

Before leaving, Kondo also asked Shimo Ogata to stay, hoping that Ogata could stay and chat with him more.

Ogata naturally declined Kondo's invitation.

After all, he had to go to work at Yoshihara's at night.

Then in the middle of the night, he had to go on a routine "rat hunt" with Yuan Yi.

In order to appease the frustrated Kondo, Ogata promised Kondo that he would come to visit again when he was free in the future, and then have a good chat.

Because it was still early, Ogata did not go directly to Yoshihara, but went back to the hotel where they were staying.

Entering Ah Ding's room, Ooi saw that Ding was kneeling and sitting in front of the table, maintaining Su Ying.

"You are taking care of Suying." Ogata sat cross-legged beside A-Machi.

"Well. After all, the last maintenance was 4 days ago. Su Ying and Kasumi Nagi will have maintenance every 4 days at the latest."

Speaking of this, Ah Ding paused.

Then he turned his head and cast a sharp gaze at Ogata.

"Let me make sure—you haven't neglected Kasumi's maintenance, have you?"

"I have never been negligent." Under the influence of "the desire to survive", Ogata replied as quickly as possible, "Whether it is Kasumi or my saber, I have never slack in maintaining it. It will be maintained every 3 days."

After hearing what Ogata said, A-Machi withdrew her sharp gaze with a satisfied expression.

"By the way, where did you put that iron cannon I gave you earlier?" Ogata looked around.

"I put it there." A-Ming raised his chin towards the corner of the room.

The iron cannon that Ogata handed over to Ah-Ming lay quietly in a corner of the room, covered with a thin dust-proof cloth.

This iron cannon was naturally obtained by Ogata from the remaining bandits when he and Genichi carried out the first "rat hunt".

The bandit remnants still complacently thought that they could kill Yuan Yi with the power of technology, and announced loudly to Yuan Yi that "the times have changed".

Then Yuanyi proved to him with practical actions: "The times are jumping repeatedly."

Because I can't let other people...especially Lin know that he and Genichi sneak out every night late at night, so Ogata lied that this iron cannon was after he caught a thief who was causing trouble in Yoshihara,

Got it from the thief.

This iron cannon was naturally handed over to A-Machi, who was good at using firearms.

"Although it is a good thing to have more iron cannons." A-Ming said with a wry smile, "But this type of iron cannon is actually very difficult to use. After firing a shot, it takes a long time to reload a new one. projectile."

"Although the practicality is not very high, it is better than nothing." Ogata also smiled wryly.

"Yeah." Ah-Ming nodded lightly, "You're right..."

Having said that, A-Machi turned his gaze back to Su Ying in his hand, and his ten fingers moved nimbly again, continuing to maintain Su Ying quickly and precisely.

On the other hand, Ogata continued to sit cross-legged on the side of A-Machi, staring at A-Machi's face thoughtfully.

A-Machi, who was stared at uncomfortably, turned to look at Ogata again: "Why are you staring at me like that..."

"...It's nothing, I just feel that you, A-Ming, seem to be out of spirit recently." Ogata said softly, "You seem to have something on your mind."

Hearing Ogata's words, the expression on Machi's face froze.

Probably before Ogata lurked in Yoshiwara, Ogata vaguely noticed that A-Machi was weird.

Ogata originally thought that this was just a normal phenomenon, after all, it is impossible for normal people to be full of energy every day.

But gradually, Ogata discovered that things did not seem to be simple.

Ah-Ming seemed to have something on his mind.

From time to time in a daze, I don't know what to think.

At this moment, A-cho is also like this. Although Su Ying is carefully maintaining Su Ying in his hand, there is still a listless atmosphere between his eyebrows and eyes.

"If you have anything on your mind, you can tell me." Ogata said softly, "Did you encounter something that made you feel bad during this period?"

"...I didn't encounter anything that made me feel bad." There was a touch of helplessness on A-Ming's face.

After being silent for a while, A-Machi said softly:

"...I'm just worried about Uncle Qing."

"Uncle Qing?"

After Ogata repeated the name of the person who was somewhat unfamiliar to him.

After only recalling for a moment, Ogata remembered who he was.

After reuniting with A-cho in Kyoto before, when he learned that A-cho had actually become a traitor, A-cho mentioned this person to Ogata.

This is the man who helped Machi escape from Shiranui.

Ogata remembered that Ah-Ming had said that this person was her father's friend.

The relationship with Machi is like that of uncle and nephew.

How close is the relationship?

So Sakura and Kasumi Nagi are the supreme masterpiece of Machi's father.

If people in Shiranui knew that he had built such a weapon, it might cause some trouble, so Acho's father tried his best to hide the existence of these two pistols.

Therefore, according to what A-cho said at the time—in the entire Shiranui, only A-cho's father, A-cho, and Uncle Kei knew about the existence of these two pistols.

Being trusted by Ah Ding's father in this way shows the relationship between Uncle Qing and A Ding's family.

When Ding left Butterfly Island and was about to go back to Shiranui for business, it was this Uncle Qing who sneaked out of Shiranui and found her before Ding returned to Shiranui and told her that she had been reduced to "filth". of this news.

Not only did he inform A-Machi, but he also brought out A-Machi's two sabers, Su Ying and Kasumi Nagi, to help A-Machi prepare for his escape.

It can be said that it is thanks to Uncle Qing that Ah-machi is able to dance like this in front of Ogata.

A-Machi has always seldom talked about her past.

He seldom talked about his life in Shiranui.

He rarely talks about his parents.

He seldom talked about Uncle Qing.

Ever since Ogata discovered his rebellious identity in Kyoto and was forced to mention Uncle Qing to Ogata once, A-machi never mentioned Uncle Qing to Ogata again.

As a result, after Ogata heard the name "Uncle Qing" from Ah-Machi's mouth for a long time, he was stunned for a while before realizing who he was.

——He's A-Machi's uncle... In a way, he's also my uncle...

Ogata thought secretly in his heart.

"I don't know how Uncle Qing is doing now... It would be great if Uncle Qing ran with me at that time..." A-cho sighed softly.

"Run with you?" Ogata asked suspiciously.

"Yeah." A-Machi nodded.

"At that time, Uncle Qing found me who was about to return to Shiranui, and told me the news that I had been degraded to 'filth'. At that time, I asked Uncle Qing to run away with me."

"If one day in the future, people in Shiranui find out that it was Uncle Qing who tipped me off, Uncle Qing will definitely have no good fruit to eat."

"It's better to just follow me and run away."

"But Uncle Qing refused..."

"He said he had important things to do and he couldn't just leave."

"It's been several months since that farewell..."

Having said that, Machi let out a long and heavy sigh again.

Machi's hand hasn't stopped since just now, just like this while telling Ogata about Uncle Kei, while taking care of Su Ying.

After letting out this long sigh, Suying's nursing has just been completed.

After refilling the gun chamber with bullets, stuffing Su Ying back into her bosom. Ah-Ming raised his hands and patted his cheeks on both sides, the flesh on his face bounced.

"It's really difficult...We don't know when we will launch a general attack on Shiranui. What if we accidentally hurt Uncle Qing..."

"During this time, you have been worrying about this matter, is that why you always look worried?" Ogata asked.

"...Yeah." A-Ming nodded lightly, "I guess... But besides Uncle Qing's matter, there are other things that bother me..."

"Does Uncle Qing have any obvious appearance features? For example, there is a scar on his face, so that when he attacks Shiranui, he can recognize it and avoid accidental injury." Ogata asked again.

"Uncle Qing's face doesn't have any features worth mentioning at all..." A-Ming sighed softly, "If Uncle Qing had any features worth mentioning, I would have told Ms. Kinoshita and the others to pay more attention to this person in the future It's..."

"Uncle Qing's facial features are ordinary, his eyes are neither too big nor too small, his nose is neither too big nor too small, his lips are neither thin nor thick... There are no birthmarks on his body, and there are no obvious scars..."

"Then I can't draw, and I can't draw Uncle Qing's face."

"I don't know what to do now..."

Bitterness gradually appeared on A-Ming's face.

"Ayi, do you have any ideas? A way to avoid accidentally injuring Uncle Qing when attacking Shiranui?"

"You make me think..."

...

...

Edo, Shiranui, somewhere——

Boom, boom, boom, boom...

The sound of axes chopping trees was endless.

A ragged man is working in the woods.

They are of different ages, some have gray hair, while others still have childishness in their eyebrows and eyes.

The only similarity is probably that they are all dirty, and the clothes on their bodies are so torn that they can't be called "clothes".

They are all "dirty" people who have been pulled to log and open up wasteland.

Since the Balrog issued a decision to expand the scope of the village a while ago, most of the "Girls" living in "Girl Village" have been dragged to logging and land reclamation, working from morning to night, I don't know when they will work .

Asheng is one of them.

Ah Sheng's facial features were ordinary, his face was covered with dirt, and his pair of small eyes were dull and dull. It felt like he was looking at something, but he didn't seem to be looking at anything.

He can be regarded as the younger one among the "Goul", he is only 15 years old this year, and he was demoted to "Goul" a year ago.

Asheng was originally a ninja, the child of a certain "ninnin" who was relegated to the "flower house".

"Hanaya" is the final destination of most of the "Hara Ninja" who were relegated to "dirty".

While being reduced to a tool for venting, it is also responsible for serving as a reproductive machine, providing fresh blood to the village.

The children born to the "Nyoko" of "Hanaya" will be raised as future ninjas from an early age.

Ah Sheng neither knew who his father was nor who his mother was.

Ever since he could remember, he has spent every day in hard work day after day.

However—even though it is the training intensity or the attitude towards the training, Ah Sheng does not lose to anyone.

It's a pity: his talent is really poor.

Until the age of 14, none of Shiranui's four major skills of assassination, stealth, breath holding, and jujitsu were successfully mastered.

In the end, under the unanimous approval of the ninjas in charge of the assessment, Ah Sheng was identified as "a person who is not useful".

So a year ago, he was demoted to "dirty" and thrown to the "dirty village", where he was engaged in all kinds of clumsy and hard work day and night.

After male ninjas are reduced to "dirty", their original names will be deprived.

For example—A Sheng's original name was "Sheng Taro", but after being demoted to "Gug", his name was changed to the current "A Sheng".

The names of female ninjas will not change after they are degraded to "dirty".

After all, the names of female ninjas are basically "Ah X", which cannot be changed.

Although Ah Sheng didn't master any of the four great arts in Shiranui, but in terms of strength, he was still quite strong.

A Sheng swung his arms round, and slammed the ax in his hand on the giant tree in front of him, making the wound on the giant tree deeper.

Just when Ah Sheng swung the ax away again, intending to hit the giant tree in front of him again, a shout suddenly sounded:

"Everyone stop! Go back!"

Hearing this shout, Ah Chang let out a sigh of relief.

—Is today's work over too...

This shout was yelled by a Chunin who was in charge of supervising them.

Around the woods where they work, there are more than a dozen middle and lower ninjas to supervise and guard them, in case someone sneaks away while working.

After the loud shout, the "grunge" were like pieces of paper swaying in the wind, walking feebly without saying a word, and lined up in a long line.

After the team lined up, they walked forward slowly under the leadership of the ninjas who were in charge of supervising them.

Their destination, of course, is their home - "Girl Village".

clatter clatter...

The shackles on their feet were dragged out with clear and crisp sounds...

Back in "Gug Village", Ah Sheng smelled a faint pleasant fragrance.

Smelling the scent, Ah Sheng, who had been expressionless since just now, finally had a slight smile on his face.

Now is Ah Sheng... No, it should be said that it is the happiest time of the day for almost all "Foul": the time of dinner.

There is a small open space in the middle of the "Dirty Village". The "dirt" eat twice a day, and they eat in this small open space.

Every meal time, there will be ninjas pushing their food to this small open space and distributing the meals one by one.

Ah Sheng and the others were led to this small open space.

At this moment, there are already two Genin standing at the northern end of this small open space.

A large wooden barrel was placed in front of the two ninjas, and a faint heat and rice aroma came out of the barrel.

A Sheng and the others were divided into two teams, lined up in front of the two big wooden barrels, and received their respective dinners for tonight.

From leaving the woods for work to arriving at the place to eat, everything is so well organized.

The "scales" silently obeyed the orders of the ninjas, stop working when they are told to stop working, and queue up to receive food when they are asked to line up.

And these ninjas who are responsible for guarding the "Goul" are also performing guarding duties, and they are always on the lookout for troublemakers.

If everyone is obedient, these caretakers will not do anything to the quiet and obedient "filth".

Everything is so harmonious and stable.

They lined up silently, and finally it was Ah Sheng's turn to receive the meal.

Standing in front of Ah Sheng, and there was a bucket between him and Xia Ren, who was in charge of serving food, picked up a lotus leaf with a little impatience, scooped a spoonful of weeds from the bucket, and put it on the lotus leaf. , and then handed it to Ah Sheng.

There are no bowls, no chopsticks, only a lotus leaf for serving rice.

As "dirt" they, tares are their staple food.

As for rice and millet... Ever since Ah Sheng was degraded as "dirty", he hasn't seen rice and millet for a long time.

Weeds are weeds in the fields. They are difficult to swallow, and the unpalatable ground cannot be called food. They are generally used as feed for livestock.

Only the extremely poor eat tares.

He hastily took his dinner for tonight, feeling the heat from the lotus leaf to his palm, a faint joy emerged from A Sheng's face.

"thanks!"

Holding the weeds in his hands, he respectfully thanked the person in charge of delivering the meal, Ah Sheng quickly ran to the side, sat down on the ground, and ate with his hands.

When he was eating happily, Ah Sheng suddenly heard an angry shout from the "receive the meal":

"It would be great to give you food! How dare you pick and choose!"

As soon as the angry shout fell, the sound of fists hitting people's cheeks echoed.

While chewing the weeds in his mouth, Ah Sheng followed the prestige.

I saw a young man who was a little younger than him fell to the ground holding his cheeks, his face full of pain.

The ninja next to him, who was in charge of delivering meals, rushed over and kicked the boy who had fallen to the ground several times in the stomach.

Whether it was the rest of the ninjas who were in charge of guarding the "Gu" or the "Gu" who were eating or queuing up, they all silently watched the pair of perpetrators and victims.

No one made a sound, and no one stepped forward to stop it.

The ninjas seemed to be watching a show, and they laughed softly.

As for the "Gugs", they just watched silently with no expression on their faces.

Looking at the young man who was still being beaten violently, a sneer appeared on the corner of Ah Sheng's mouth.

Secretly scolding the boy for being stupid.

Ah Sheng knew this boy.

This young man's name is Asuke, and he is a newcomer to their "Foul Village". He just moved here a month ago, and he seems to be only 13 years old this year.

This is not the first time the gang has been beaten.

About 10 days ago, the gang asked the ninja who was in charge of food distribution if they could change their rations and stop letting them eat weeds.

Then, as expected, he was beaten violently.

According to what the ninja said just now, it should be that the gang doesn't have a long memory, so he asked "can I change the rations?"

After turning his eyes away from the gang who was still being beaten, Ah Sheng let out a low chuckle.

— After a few more beatings, he should be able to figure out what to do so as not to be beaten.

Ah Sheng secretly said in his heart in a regretful tone.

After living in the "Dirty Village" for a year, Ah Sheng felt that he had mastered various life skills.

For example: Never contradict the ninjas who are responsible for guarding them.

For example: After getting the meal, say thank you respectfully.

These little tricks have reduced the number of times Ah Sheng was severely beaten.

A Sheng lamented the boy's stupidity and ignorance, while continuing to enjoy the weeds in his hands happily.

From dinner to bedtime, the "dirt" had about half an hour to rest.

During this time, the "Girls" can move around freely in the "Girl Village".

But you can't leave "Girl Village" half a step away.

There are a large number of ninjas who are responsible for guarding them scattered around the "Girl Village". Once a "Girl" is found to have stepped half a step out of the "Girl Village", they will either be tortured or directly executed.

During this short break, Ah Sheng's most common way to pass the time was to sit in a corner of "Gu Village" and stare at the night sky in a daze.

After all, apart from being in a daze and taking a nap, there was nothing else to do.

Just as Ah Sheng was looking at the night sky above as usual, a loud voice suddenly sounded not far away.

Driven by curiosity, Ah Sheng got up and walked towards the source of the sound, and then saw clearly what happened from a distance—it was two ninjas beating up two "Gu"s, one big and one young.

The two "ghou" lay on the ground, holding their heads tightly, and silently endured the punches and kicks of the two ninjas without any resistance.

The "Girls" who happened to be present were all far away, kneeling respectfully on the ground.

Seeing this, Ah Sheng shrank his neck, and didn't dare to approach him. He hurried back to the place where he was sitting in a daze just now.

Ninjas appear in "Gu Village" and beat and kick "Gu" people. This kind of thing happens every day.

Either because of "stain" mistakes.

Or just simply want to vent.

Some ninjas who are in a bad mood specially go to "Gu Village" to beat "Gu" as a vent-this kind of thing is not uncommon.

Ah Sheng didn't know whether the two ninjas were here to teach the errant "Foul" a lesson, or to vent. In order to avoid getting involved, Ah Sheng quickly left like a conditioned reflex, and returned to the place where he was sitting in a daze just now.

"Scary to death..."

Ah Sheng patted his chest lightly.

"Fortunately, I ran fast..."

This is another little trick that Ah Sheng realized after living in "Goul Village" for one year: If you find a ninja, unless you can't avoid it, run away from it far away, and don't step forward to intervene no matter what you see.

Because there is no entertainment, this half-hour rest time is painfully long for most of the "smells".

After this half an hour, you will be able to usher in the most relaxing and most popular activity of the day besides eating - sleeping.

The "Gu" in "Gu Village" are divided into three batches and sleep in three big houses with only one floor.

There are no tatami mats or any furniture in the house, only a layer of straw is spread on the mud floor, and then the "ghou" sleep on this pile of straw.

Just like queuing up to get food, the "smell" lined up one by one and entered the room where they slept.

After a while, the straw was full of people lying on it.

It is densely packed, as long as you turn around, you can meet the people around you.

The high-intensity work that started in the morning made Ah Sheng exhausted early on.

Not long after lying on the wet and damp straw stained black by sweat and dirt, Ah Sheng began to feel drowsy.

However, just as Ah Sheng was about to fall asleep, a low cry of pain came from above his head:

"It hurts……"

Ah Sheng raised his head and looked up at himself.

It was found that the person sleeping on top of him was the gang who asked the ninja if he could change his rations tonight.

Although the surrounding light was dim, Gua Sheng could barely see clearly: Ah Bang's face was swollen more than before.

The flesh under the clothes should not be much better.

Ah Gang's painful screams disturbed many people around, and those who slept next to Ah Gang expressed their dissatisfaction:

"Stop arguing. It's just a beating."

"That's right, what's the noise, bear with it."

"This kind of pain... how can I bear it..." Ah Gang looked aggrieved.

The chatter between Ah Gang and the others seemed to arouse the chatter of the people around them.

Ah Sheng heard the people around him spit out their respective voices in low voices:

"I heard that in a few days, new people will come to 'Gu Village'."

"Really? That's great...the number of 'scales' has increased, so we can relax more or less..."

"It is said that the newcomer who will come over in a few days is only 16 years old."

"So young, so pitiful..."

"At such a young age, I don't know if I have experienced the joy of fish and water."

"If you haven't even tried the joy of fish and water, and you come to the 'Gug Village', it's really pitiful."

"Stop talking, you are so noisy, how can I sleep?"

"There have been more ninjas coming in and out of the 'Girl Village' recently, and I don't know why."

"They seem to be looking for someone."

"Who knows this kind of thing, the ninjas never tell us anything, just let us work hard until we die."

"It hurts...it hurts..."

"I've said it all, bear with it. You can get used to things like being beaten soon."

"My right shoulder hurts too...I've been chopping trees for a while, and my shoulder seems to be strained...It hurts..."

"Go and report it to the ninja, let them look at your shoulders for you."

"What's the use? When the ninjas treated us, they were very perfunctory. You should hope that your shoulder can heal by itself."

"Sometimes I really want to die quickly... As long as I die, I don't need to work hard every day and eat unpalatable weeds every day..."

Ah Sheng has been quietly listening to the words of the people around him.

After hearing this sentence, he immediately replied like a conditioned reflex:

"Dead... If you can die, it would be great."

After finishing speaking, Ah Sheng slowly opened his eyes and looked at the dark ceiling above.

His eyes, which had always been dull and lifeless, now shone with a faint light.

"When I first came to 'Gu Village', every day before going to sleep, I imagined that someone would bring a knife and hack me to death in my sleep. Then I went to the Western Paradise, where Live a leisurely life without worrying about food and clothing.”

"If there really is such a thing as 'someone came to chop you with a knife'..." Someone not far away murmured, "That would be really wonderful..."

"What a wonderful wish..."

"It doesn't matter if I can go to the Paradise of Bliss or not. For me, it's enough for me not to live in fear every day."

"I've thought about similar things before. I hope that one day someone will kill me, so that I won't have to be a talking cow anymore..."

"...Why are your thoughts so gloomy..." Ah Bang, who had been covering his face and screaming in pain just now, said softly, "If it's an imagination, why not simply imagine someone coming to save us?"

As soon as Ah Bang's words fell, he immediately aroused the laughter of the people around him:

"It's impossible for someone to come to Shiranui to save us."

"Shiranui is so powerful, who would not hesitate to fight Shiranui as an enemy to save us..."

"Here, wishing for an early death is the most practical wish."

Ah Sheng did not continue to listen to the conversations of the people around him.

Just now, he closed his eyes again.

The light flickering in his pupils only lasted for a moment before dimming again.

Ah Sheng didn't want to listen to the conversations of the people around him anymore, he just wanted to sleep quickly.

Because he will continue to go to that forest tomorrow to open up wasteland for Shiranui.

If he doesn't get enough sleep and doesn't have enough strength to work tomorrow, he will be beaten.

He didn't want to be beaten by the ninjas in Shiranui.

...

...

Edo, Shiranui, the torture room——

"Oh? Is this the big fish you mentioned?" Balrog looked at a middle-aged man tied to a post in front of him with his hands behind his back.

The shackles on the middle-aged man's feet announced his identity: "Gu".

This is Shiranui's torture chamber.

As the name suggests, this is a place dedicated to interrogating and torturing others.

In the humid air, there was an unpleasant smell made up of blood, sweat, and excrement.

"I don't know anything!" The middle-aged man shouted, "I really don't know anything! I've been working peacefully!"

Help the village ninja or "Gu" escape - a felony in Shiranui.

Although Shiranui, who successfully became the royal ninja of the shogunate some time ago, looks beautiful now, but Balrog, who is the highest authority, can still clearly see that behind the scenery of Shiranui, there are many hidden dangers .

The most serious hidden danger is the shortage of talents.

Now, whether it is ninja or "ghou", the number is seriously insufficient.

Under the current circumstances, assisting "Gu" in escaping is even more unforgivable.

Therefore, after finding out that a ninja was assisting "Gu" in escaping, Balrog's mood at that time was enough to be described as outrageous.

It's a pity—that ninja's news was unexpectedly well-informed.

As soon as the Balrog and the others found out that this guy had done such an unforgivable thing, this guy ran away.

The Balrog didn't intend to just let this bastard let go of Shiranui's labor force that caused him to further decrease.

After learning that this guy had escaped, Balrog sent his elite ninjas to investigate this guy's whereabouts at any cost.

He had already made up his mind - he must find out this guy, and then execute him to death, so as to make an example to other people in the village, and let the rest of the village know what it would be like to help the "smell" escape.

Under Balrog's investigation at all costs, he not only found out that guy was hiding in Edo now, but also found out that this guy had an accomplice outside the village.

So the Balrog made two preparations.

First send elite ninjas headed by Shintaro to continue tracking this traitor in Edo.

Then send the rest of the people to continue to search for information in "Gu Village".

This traitor also has an accomplice outside the village - this matter was found out during the investigation of information in "Foul Village".

They found out one by one the "ghou" who had been in contact with the traitor, and tortured them one by one.

About a few days ago, a "Gou" finally couldn't stand the torture, and spit out the information that "this traitor has an accomplice from outside the village".

Balrog has been paying close attention to the arrest of this traitor.

Not only did he ask Shintaro to report any new discoveries, but he also asked the ninjas who were in charge of scouting information in "Gu Village" to report immediately if they made any new discoveries.

Just now, the Balrog learned that another "Gu" who had been in close contact with the traitor had been caught in "Gu Village".

And according to the subordinates who were in charge of scouting information in the "Girl Village", this time, it seemed to be a big fish.

This big fish is named "Akang". According to their investigation and others' reports, this Akang had extremely close contact with that traitor.

Balrog happened to be free at this time.

After learning that he had caught a big fish, the Balrog came to the torture room with a leisurely attitude, intending to see what the big fish looked like with his own eyes.

It's a pity that this big fish has been struggling, saying loudly that he is innocent.

Looking at A Kang who kept saying that he was innocent, the Balrog sneered:

"I've lived for so long, and I don't know how many people said he was innocent."

"But the strange thing is - as long as they are tortured out of shape, they will obediently spit out everything we want to know."

After dropping a faint taunt, the Balrog turned to look at the subordinates beside him.

"let's start."

"yes!"

Several ninjas standing beside Akang started to move.

They put down A Kang who was originally tied to the wooden post, and then hung him upside down.

Then... the interrogation began.

A ninja took out two five-inch nails and nailed them to the soles of Akang's feet like a plank.

Two five-inch nails pierced Akang's two soles bit by bit.

Blood gushed from the wound.

Pain and wailing spewed out of Akon's mouth.

The nails go in from the instep and come out from the bottom of the foot.

The ninja who was in charge of nailing Akang put down the hammer until the nail cap was close to the back of the foot.

But that's not all.

This is just a prelude.

After nailing the nails, the real drama has just begun.

After the two ninjas who were in charge of nailing just now put down the hammers in their hands, they each picked up two hundred-mesh candles.

Hundred Mesh Candles - Heavy-duty candles weighing 375 grams.

They put hundred-mesh candles on the big iron nails piercing the soles of Akang's feet, then lit the fire and lit the candles.

In a blink of an eye, wax oil flowed down from the soles of A-Kang's feet like sticky hot lead, sticking to his calves.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The screams that seemed to tear apart his own voice spewed out of Akang's voice without a pause.

The ninjas present all looked at the tortured Akon indifferently, and were not moved by Akang's screams.

The Balrog on the side even watched with great interest, carefully observing Akon's distorted facial features.