I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Yesterday's chapter, probably because it was reported, was blocked...

I have already made changes, and I am silently waiting for the ban to be lifted...

Those who didn't make it to yesterday's chapter, look elsewhere.

It's a pity for those very talented paragraphs...

[Thanks to the new lord for "making the hero burst into tears"! I originally planned to explode the update today, but because of the appearance of a new leader, I will explode more today! Explosive update 1W5! Let’s all thank the new ally]

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"Master Shuntaro! Master Shuntaro!"

As soon as Shuntaro returned to Shiranui, he heard calls coming from behind him.

After hearing these calls, Shuntaro was stunned for a moment before realizing that someone was calling him.

In the past 2 days, Shuntaro has been going to watch the "Imperial Trial Match".

In front of Mashima Goro and others, Shuntaro has always used the name he used before becoming a ninja in Shiranui: Wuliu.

Because in the past two days, he was used to being called "five or six" by others, but now he suddenly switched to "Shuntaro", which made him a little uncomfortable.

Shuntaro turned his head and looked back.

I saw a ninja striding towards him.

This ninja is relatively unfamiliar, probably a lower-level Chunin or Genin.

The ninja didn't have any nonsense, and when he came to Shuntaro, he knelt down on one knee and said respectfully:

"Master Shuntaro, Lord Balrog is looking for you."

"Lord Balrog? Alright, I see."

It is dusk.

The sunset glow has dyed the sky a dazzling golden yellow.

Shuntaro basked in the glow, and rushed to the mansion where the Balrog lived.

After coming to Balrog's mansion and entering Balrog's room, Shuntaro saw Balrog sitting cross-legged on the tatami.

"Shuntaro, you're here, sit down wherever you want." Balrog pointed in front of him.

Shun Taro has never been a person who cares about etiquette.

Even without Balrog's mention, he would choose the more casual "sit cross-legged" instead of the formal "sit on knees".

As soon as Shuntaro's butt touched the tatami, Balrog asked:

"I heard that you have been going to watch the 'Imperial Trial' for the past two days, how is it? Is the 'Imperial Trial' good?"

"Yesterday was rather boring." Shuntaro said, "Today is finally a little more interesting because we eliminated many people with lower levels yesterday."

"How is Kyotaro doing?"

"I'm sorry, Lord Yanmo, you also know that the relationship between me and Jitaro has not been very good, and I didn't pay attention to how Jitaro was playing."

"Heh... you guys are companions after all, it's better to take care of each other.

"

The Balrog sat up a little bit upright.

"Okay, let's talk about business."

"Shuntaro, I have a mission for you."

After hearing the word "task", Shuntaro frowned slightly.

"After Shintaro's tracking, I finally found the hiding place of that rebellious ninja."

"If the time drags on for too long, he may be asked to change his hiding place, or find out that we have found him."

"So make a quick decision, and capture that traitor alive tonight!"

A hideous smile appeared on Balrog's face.

"If you dare to help the 'Gou' escape, you must be sentenced to death in front of all the ninjas and 'Gu' in the village! Kill chickens to make an example to monkeys!"

"If you can't capture him alive, just..."

Balrog raised his hand, held out a hand knife, and slashed horizontally on his neck.

"I leave this task to you, Shuntaro."

"I'll assign Zhou Taro, who is good at using hidden weapons, as your assistant."

"Do it at nine o'clock!"

Balrog's majestic voice fell.

A bit of hesitation appeared in Shuntaro's pupils.

The flickering appearance of this somewhat hesitant color is like a swaying flame.

Shuntaro slowly closed his eyes.

After a while, when he opened his eyes again, the hesitation in Shuntaro's eyes had completely dissipated.

"Understood."

"In addition to Zhou Taro, I will send 4 Chunin and 10 Genin to help you. Is this enough?"

"That's enough." Shuntaro nodded slightly.

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Balrog watched Shuntaro leave.

After confirming that Shuntaro had left, Balrog shouted to the door:

"Send the order down!"

A ninja who had been guarding the door of Balrog's room quickly walked into Balrog's room, and then knelt down in front of Balrog.

"Go and call me Jitaro and Shutaro." Balrog gave his order concisely.

After the ninja echoed loudly, he left from the Balrog's field of vision at a speed like the wind.

Ji Taro, who was in charge of participating in the "Imperial Trial", had just returned from the venue of the martial arts test.

Just after returning to Shiranui, he was summoned by Balrog, which made Ji Taro very upset.

But it's not good to be unhappy. Although Ji Taro acted arrogantly, he never dared to disobey the Balrog.

Zhou Taro arrived in front of the Balrog one step ahead of Ji Taro.

After everyone on Ji and Tuesday arrived, the Balrog didn't say a word of nonsense, and went straight to the point.

"The two of you should also know that we caught a 'Gu' named 'A Kang' in the 'Gu Village' last night."

"This Akang is a big fish, and he has a great possibility that he has closely assisted the traitorous Ren who helped the 'smell' escape."

"After torturing him for half a day, he finally confessed to the crime he committed."

"Not only did I confess that I had indeed closely assisted that traitor."

"It also revealed who the person outside the village who has been cooperating with that traitorous Ren is."

"Oh?" Zhou Tailang raised his eyebrows, "Who is it? A guy who doesn't know what to do, dare to make trouble for us in Shiranui?"

"That guy is said to be a well-known person in Edo."

As the Balrog spoke, he sneered and shook his shoulders.

"It's a woman who works in Yoshihara and has the nickname 'Yoshihara Harmony'—"

"Gua Shengxiu."

"Gua Shengxiu?!" Ji Taro screamed.

"Gekitaro, what's the matter?" The Flame Demon cast a puzzled look at Kyutaro, "Do you know this person?"

"I know." Ji Taro nodded vigorously, "This person is well-known in Yoshiwara. Although I haven't seen her very often, I heard that although she is small, she has very good swordsmanship."

"I seem to have heard of this person too." Zhou Taro on the side nodded and echoed, "It is said that she was also a little girl in Edo because she frequently went out to Yoshihara and caught those who failed to repay their credit in Yoshihara or absconded in trouble. Famous people."

"Oh..." Balrog cast some stern eyes on Ji Taro, "I almost forgot, Ji Taro, you boy, you have been hanging around in Yoshihara day and night since we moved our base to Edo..."

Hearing Balrog's words, a slightly embarrassed smile appeared on Ji Taro's face.

After Jitaro coughed softly a few times, the expression on his face returned to seriousness:

"Master Yanmo, are you sure that Gua Shengxiu is one of the masterminds behind the defection of the 'Goul'?"

"In my impression, she seems to be just an ordinary person who works in Shirobei clubhouse in Yoshihara."

"That gangster said so."

The Balrog yawned big.

"According to what she said, that rebellion has an extremely secret way down the mountain."

"The traitor is to send 'Gou' down the mountain through this secret passage."

"And that Gua Shengxiu is responsible for sending the 'Gu' who have successfully descended from the mountain out of Edo."

"Because that gang has assisted that traitor several times, so he has seen that Gua Shengxiu with his own eyes."

"All in all - I would rather kill by mistake than let it go."

There was a bit of coldness in the Balrog's eyes.

"According to the information provided by the gang, the secret passage has been found."

"That Renren is also smart enough to discover such a secret route down the mountain."

"I have already blocked that secret passage."

"Whether it's that traitor or this Gua Shengxiu, don't let it go."

"I've handed over to Shuntaro the rebellion."

The Balrog turned his attention to Zhou Taro.

"Shoutaro, you are responsible for assisting Shuntaro in this mission."

"Try to catch that traitor alive, if you can't catch it alive, just kill that traitor."

"Lord Balrog...But..." Zhou Taro hesitated, "What about the task of taking care of and monitoring the Iga ninjas?"

After the Iga ninjas came, Balrog sent Shutaro to the Iga ninjas, under the name of "care" and "surveillance".

And Zhou Tailang also did his best for this troublesome task.

Last night, I took Hannosuke and others to visit some places in Shiranui.

"Let's let it go for now." Balrog said immediately, "Anyway, this task won't take long."

Zhou Taro: "Yes!"

"As for Ji Taro..." Balrog turned his attention to Ji Taro, "You are responsible for solving that Gua Shengxiu."

"You don't need to keep her alive, just kill her."

"Remember to be clean. Don't let people find out that this person was killed by a ninja from Shiranui."

"Understood." Ji Taro smiled grimly, "I am best at tasks related to killing people."

"Lord Balrog, will you allow me to use the 'Fire Strategy' for this mission?"

Hearing Kyotaro's request, Balrog pondered for a while, then nodded slightly.

"Can."

Ji Taro raised his eyebrows, with an excited expression on his face: "Thank you, Lord Yanmo, this way, I can relax a lot."

"Huo Ji": One of the code words in Shiranui.

It is a very useful trick: when planning to assassinate someone in a crowded place, first set fire not far away or make something happen to create chaos, and then take advantage of the chaos to assassinate the person you want to assassinate .

If time and conditions permit, the body of the person killed can also be thrown into the fire to completely destroy the body and traces, creating an illusion that the person was burned to death instead of being killed by others .

Fire is the most common disaster in this era.

In Japan in this era, hundreds or even thousands of large and small fires will break out in every big city every year.

So even if a fire broke out suddenly in a certain place, it would not arouse suspicion.

"Gekitaro, for this mission, I will send you 2 Chunin and 8 Genin, is that enough?"

"That's enough!" Ji Taro nodded vigorously, "But... Master Yanmo, I have a small request, can Keitaro follow me to participate in this mission?"

Keitaro - a close friend and partner who is inseparable from Jitaro.

When Ji Taro went to Yoshiwara to play every night, Keitaro stayed with him all the time.

"You treat Hui Taro very kindly." Balrog smiled, "Okay, let Hui Taro follow you like before for this mission."

Ji Taro: "Thank you, Lord Flame Demon!"

"Capturing Rebellion Alive and Killing Gua Shengxiu—the start time of these two missions is set at 9 o'clock in the evening!" Balrog said in a deep voice, "Because Gua Sheng is from Yoshihara Shirobei Club, and Yoshihara is Shuntaro That guy's hometown."

"If Shuntaro knows that we have made these things in his hometown, he will definitely be dissatisfied."

"I don't want to add trouble that could have been avoided."

"That's why I concealed the task of 'killing Gua Shengxiu' from Shuntaro."

"Don't let your mouth slip in the future."

"Especially you, Zhou Taro."

"I specially called you here, just to give you a task: take care of Shuntaro tonight."

"I don't care what method you use, in short - don't let Shuntaro go to Yoshiwara when Kyutaro is going to kill Gua Shengshu."

"yes."

"Okay, that's all I have to say." Balrog waved his hand, "Go down and get ready. I will participate in these two missions later."

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Kyutaro and Shutaro agreed "Yes" in unison, and left the Balrog's mansion one after the other.

The friendship between Kyutaro and Shutaro is mediocre, so after the two left the mansion of the Balrog, they simply said goodbye and went to do their own things.

Zhou Taro went to prepare for tonight's mission.

And Ji Taro found Keitaro who had been waiting outside the Yanmo mansion, waiting for him to come out.

"Keitaro, there is good news." Jitaro's face was full of smiles.

After bringing his lips close to Keitaro's ear, Jitaro told Keitaro concisely and in a low voice the task that was about to start late at night.

After Kyutaro finished speaking, Keitaro, who is usually unsmiling, rarely showed a faint smile.

"Master Kyutaro, that's very kind. It's a long-lost assassination mission."

"Yeah." Ji Taro twisted his neck, "I almost forgot when was the last assassination mission."

"Ketaro, let's go."

"Now go have dinner first, then go home and sleep."

The start time of the task is 6:00 pm.

Converted to the unit of modern earth, it is 12 o'clock in the evening.

There are still more than 6 hours before the start of the mission, and Ji Taro intends to take a nap while he still has free time to recharge his batteries.

Hui Taro kept a half-step distance from Ji Taro, and followed closely behind Ji Taro.

As soon as Kyutaro left the Balrog's mansion, he saw an acquaintance walking towards him.

"Yo! Shintaro!" Ji Taro greeted this person on his own initiative.

The person who is walking towards Ji Taro is Shintaro, who belongs to the "Four Heavenly Kings" with Ji Taro.

"Good evening, Kokutaro." Shintaro nodded to Kokutaro.

"Why are you back?" Jitaro asked, "I remember you were monitoring that traitor's hiding place?"

"The task of monitoring the hiding place of the traitorous ninja is handed over to other ninjas." Shintaro replied, "I was called back to rest by the Balrog."

"Hey, you should take a good rest." Ji Taro smiled, "In order to track down the whereabouts of that traitor, you must have suffered a lot during this time, right?"

"It's just some trivial troubles not worth mentioning." Shintaro shook his head, "I'm very tired now, so excuse me."

After all, Shintaro bowed to Ji Taro, then passed by Ji Taro without looking back, and walked away.

Turning around, after seeing Shintaro's back, Ji Taro said to Keitaro in a half-joking tone:

"I wish all ninjas could do things as honestly and unambiguously as Shintaro."

Although Shintaro usually has a reticent appearance, which makes people unable to see what he is thinking, which is extremely inconsistent with Jitaro's personality, but Jitaro does not hate Shintaro who usually works silently like an old scalper.

After hearing Ji Taro's words, Keitaro smiled slightly:

"Well, yes. I really hope that other people can be as honest, serious, and diligent as Shintaro-sama."

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After more than an hour——

Edo, Yoshihara, Miumeya, Furin Taifu's room——

Taifu Fengchi, who had been studying in the remaining room all afternoon, walked slowly on the way back to the room with graceful steps.

After opening the door and entering his room, the husband saw a person sitting in a corner of the room.

The husband was so frightened that he almost screamed out.

But after seeing the appearance of this person clearly, the Taifu suppressed the scream that had already welled up in his throat.

"Really, can you say hello to me next time before entering my room?" Tai Fu said to this man angrily while closing the door.

"I saw that you were not here, so I planned to wait for you in your room. I will pay attention next time."

The person sitting in the corner of Taifu's room was none other than Shuntaro.

The Taifu walked slowly to Shuntaro, sat down on his knees, and looked up and down Shuntaro several times with suspicious eyes.

"What's the matter with your attire? Are you going to perform some mission tonight?"

At this time, Shuntaro was not wearing an ordinary kimono, nor did he have the bright and blinding women's clothing before.

Instead, they wore their Shiranui male ninja uniforms, which were pitch black from head to toe.

Shuntaro also carried his two sabers on his back, and the handles of the two swords protruded from behind Shuntaro's right shoulder.

"Yeah, I have a mission tonight."

"As for the content of the mission, allow me to keep it a secret."

"Because there are still about 2 hours before the start of the mission, so I came to sit with you."

"Shun Bainian rubbed us to see the tea in Meiwu, right?" Tai Fu asked angrily.

"It's what you said." Shuntaro grinned, "You see that the tea in Umeya is much more fragrant than the tea in our Shiranui."

"You haven't changed at all." Taifu smiled slightly, "When we were young, when we were two urchins on the banks of the Rashomon River, you especially liked to come to my house to eat and drink."

"Now that I think about it carefully, things are really different." Shuntaro continued, "A pair of childhood sweethearts who grew up together on the banks of the Rashomon River, and now one of them has become a famous Fuchi Taifu."

"The other one became Shuntaro who has the title of 'Head of the Four Heavenly Kings' in Shiranui."

"It's really a trick of good fortune."

"That's right, the two of us are now considered to be dignified figures." Tai Fu replied with a smile.

Shuntaro looked up at the ceiling above his head.

After taking a deep breath, he said slowly:

"Achang, although we are both famous figures now, I plan to give up the title of 'Head of the Four Heavenly Kings' now."

"Huh?" Tai Fu frowned slowly, "What do you mean?"

"I want to quit Shiranui."

"Exit Shiranui?" Taifu Fengling's eyes widened in surprise, "Why? You can't quit Shiranui at will? Once you quit, it will be regarded as treason."

"Yeah, that's why I just said 'want to quit'."

Shuntaro crossed his arms across his chest in a thoughtful pose.

"I've been thinking about it lately—does it make sense for me to stay in Shiranui?"

"I chose to stay in Shiranui in order to be able to meet powerful masters and compete with them."

"But now... I haven't met anyone stronger than me for a long time."

"In the entire Shiranui, the only one who can fight me is the Balrog."

"But the Balrog never competes with me."

"And I don't want to compete with this kind of old people. Even if I win, I don't have the real feeling of victory."

"I can't meet a master who is worth going all out, and I have been doing some tasks that don't feel meaningful..."

A wry smile slowly appeared on Shuntaro's face.

"To be honest, I can't see the point of my staying in Shiranui at all."

"To be honest, about half a month ago, I was already thinking about whether there is any way to safely exit Shiranui, so that I won't be harassed and hunted down by the ninjas in Shiranui."

Mrs. Wind Chime listened quietly.

After Shuntaro's voice fell, Taifu Fuling said softly:

"Have you ever thought about what to do after leaving Shiranui?"

"Yes. I just thought about it today." The corner of Shuntaro's mouth curled up, "I met a very enthusiastic samurai at the martial arts test venue today."

"His name is Kondo, and he said he is doing martial arts training now."

"I'm currently working in a shop called 'Northern Wind House', and I'm accumulating travel expenses for my next trip."

"He woke me up."

"In the future, I won't be a ninja in Shiranui. I plan to practice martial arts and travel around."

"Look for a powerful master, compete with him, and continue to improve my skills and skills!"

"It turns out that you have already thought about what to do after you quit Shiranui." Taifu Fengling smiled helplessly, "But...now it is not the Warring States era, and there are not so many masters in the wild."

"Haven't you heard a common saying nowadays? 'In this world, an abacus is easier to use than a knife'."

"I think that even if you practice martial arts, you may not be able to meet any masters."

"Who said that?" Shuntaro shook his head, "There are still masters."

"For example?"

"For example..." Shuntaro pondered for a while, "Isn't that 'Ren Zhan Yi Shi' a well-known master?"

"Renzai Yishi? Are you referring to 'Executioner Yidaosai' Ogata Yishi?"

"That's right, Ren Zhan Yishi should be the 'No. 1 swordsman' in his age group." Shuntaro smiled brightly, "If possible, I really want to meet him and have a good fight with him what."

"I heard that Ogata Itsue has died in Nijo Castle in Kyoto."

"Don't say such unlucky words!" Shuntaro raised his hand angrily and patted Taifu Fengling on the shoulder.

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About 2 hours later——

9pm (12pm).

Edo, on a certain path leading to Yoshiwara——

"Master Yuan."

"What's up?"

"I began to wonder if it made any sense for us to go out to 'hunt rats' every night."

"Of course it makes sense, don't you think we've already cleaned up two waves of rats?"

"It was 'only' that cleaned up 2 waves of rats."

Ogata emphasized the word "only".

Under the cover of darkness, Genichi and Ogata walked one after the other on the path to Yoshiwara.

It is almost 12 o'clock in the evening now, and there are basically no pedestrians on the road.

But Genichi and Ogata still put on the tengu and white fox masks to hide their identities meticulously at this time.

Every night, I went to work at Yoshihara's place first, and then sneaked out with Genichi in the middle of the night, squatting at the gate of Yoshihara's gate and "hunting rats".

At the beginning of "mouse hunting", Ogata still felt a little fresh, and there was still a little gain.

But Ogata is getting bored now.

So I couldn't help asking Yuanyi the question "Is there any point?"

"Master Gen, I feel like we can't find the 'mouse' anymore." Ogata sighed softly.

There are not many "rats" that Genichi remembers its appearance.

He only remembered the people he had offended in recent years.

He basically doesn't remember the appearance of some enemies who had grudges a long time ago.

So from the beginning of "mouse hunting" to now, Ogata and the others have only hunted 2 waves of "mouse".

Most of the time, I just waited in the cold wind, and then returned without success...

The low efficiency made Ogata a little annoyed.

"Don't say that." Yuan Yi chuckled, "Maybe we will meet a big fish tonight."

Ogata: "You said the same thing last night..."

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Edo, a remote place.

"Master Shuntaro." Zhou Taro said respectfully to Shuntaro who was slowly walking towards him.

"Sorry." Shuntaro said in a calm tone that was neither salty nor light, "I just sat with my friend for a while, and I was too involved in the chat, so I came late."

Shuntaro has already put on the costume of the male ninja in their Shiranui.

The parts below the eyes are covered with black cloth.

The parts above the eyes are also covered with black cloth.

The whole face shows only a pair of eyes.

"No, Shuntaro-sama, you are not late, you came just in time." Zhou Taro turned his head to look at the low house not far away.

"The traitor is now in that house."

Shuntaro glanced at the low house without a ray of light, "Are you sure that Rebellion is inside?"

"Since the traitor entered the house, our people have been watching. Since he entered the house this afternoon, he has not come out again." Zhou Tailang's tone was quite firm.

"Hmm. Is everyone else in place?" Shuntaro asked.

"It's all in place." Zhou Tailang nodded.

"Then let's start attacking." Shuntaro said without any hesitation, "Let's fight quickly."

"Master Shuntaro." Zhou Taro said urgently, "Can you entrust me with the task of leading people into the house?"

Shuntaro glanced at Shutaro.

He instantly saw through Zhou Tailang's little thought - he planned to show himself well in this task.

The amount of tasks that Shiranui can receive now has shown a trend of decreasing year by year.

Fewer tasks meant that it was getting harder and harder for the ninjas to advance.

If they want to be promoted, ninjas have to try their best to express themselves in this limited task.

Shuntaro no longer needs to rely on any tasks to express himself.

So I am happy to hand over the troublesome part to others.

"Okay." Shuntaro nodded, "I'll give you 2 Chunin and 6 Genin, and you will be responsible for attacking."

"I will lead the others to guard outside."

"Xie Shuntaro-sama." After Zhou Taro cast a grateful look at Shuntaro, he pulled out Kunai with determination.

After gesturing to the 2 Chunin and 6 Genin not far away to follow him, Zhou Taro led these people and rushed towards the low house.

They used the breath-holding and stealth techniques passed down from generation to generation in Shiranui, and approached the low house without making a sound.

They were divided into 3 groups - one group led by Zhou Tailang leaned towards the gate, and the other 2 groups leaned towards 2 windows respectively.

After confirming that everyone was in their positions, Zhou Tailang waved his hand and sent a short signal to his subordinates: start attacking!

Following Shutaro's order, the ninjas scattered at various entrances crashed into the room together.

As soon as he rushed into the low house, Zhou Tailang frowned.

Because—he smelled a pleasant faint fragrance in the air.

It seems to be the smell of "powder" that women use to make themselves fragrant.

——This guy is really laid back...

Zhou Tailang said contemptuously in his heart.

——He even spent money to buy women to come and have fun.

The qualities and abilities of the ninja were brought into full play by Zhou Taro and the others.

Before the attack started, there was no way to make a sound, and after rushing into the house, they quickly controlled every part of the house.

However—every room is empty.

It wasn't until Zhou Tailang and others rushed into the last small room of the low house that they finally saw the figure.

It was a room with no furniture of any kind.

A figure sat cross-legged in the corner of the room.

"I found it..." Zhou Tailang smiled ferociously at the figure in the room.

The figure was neither strong nor thin.

There are mottled marks on the wrinkles on his face, and he is not too young.

He was wearing an ordinary kimono, with no hakama or socks on his lower body, and a pair of worn-out straw sandals on his feet.

The uncle just sat cross-legged on the tatami in this room, smoking leisurely with a pipe.

Even though Zhou Tailang and others rushed in, the uncle remained calm as before.

"I finally caught you, you traitor... Do you know how long it took us to track down your whereabouts?"

"Be obedient and grab it."

"Anyway, it's impossible for you to escape, so you can feel better if you get caught obediently."

"...Zhou Taro, don't be too confident." After the uncle blew out a smoke ring, "I am also a Junin just like you."

"Being an enemy of Jonin, doesn't it seem a little too easy for you to look like this?"

"Do you think I don't know your details?" Zhou Tailang sneered, "Although you are a Jnin with me, in terms of fighting ability, you are not outstanding."

"If it's one-on-one, you're not my opponent at all."

"What's more... let me tell you another piece of good news." Zhou Taro's face showed a faint sarcasm, "The one who came to arrest you this time is Master Shuntaro."

"Shuntaro?" The uncle, who had been calm since just now, finally showed a slight change in his expression, "... Huh, what an honor... to be able to alert the "Head of the Four Heavenly Kings" to come and arrest me."

Zhou Tailang was very satisfied with the subtle change in the expression on the uncle's face just now.

After showing an even more ferocious smile, Zhou Tailang went on to say:

"I'm kind enough to tell you another piece of good news."

"In addition to tracking your whereabouts, we also found out who your accomplices are."

"I remember Gua Shengxiu, right? I never thought that a mere person who works in Yoshiwara would have the guts to fight against Shiranui."

"Now, our people have gone to Yoshiwara."

"In a short time, that accomplice of yours should turn into a cold corpse."

Zhou Tailang's words caused the uncle's face to be shaken much more intensely than before.

Zhou Taro, who had been carefully observing the changes in the uncle's expression, let out a more pleasant laugh.

"When you and your accomplice decide to fight against Shiranui, you should think about what will happen in the future."

"If you want to blame, blame yourself for being so stupid in the first place."

At this time, the uncle's expression and expression returned to calm.

He raised the bong in his hand again, took a deep breath, exhaled a big eye circle, and said softly:

"I still underestimated you guys... To be able to find out so many in such a short period of time..."

A little smugness appeared on Zhou Tailang's face.

Just when he was about to say something——

"However——while I underestimated you, you also underestimated me."

After all, the uncle turned the bong in his hand, and with the end of the gun pointing down, he stuffed it into a small hole on the tatami next to him.

There was no light around, even Zhou Tailang could see the uncle's face vaguely.

Only now did Zhou Tailang realize that there was such an inconspicuous hole in the tatami beside the uncle.

The bong hit the edge of the small hole hard, and dazzling sparks fell into the hole.

Seeing this, Zhou Tailang's pupils contracted violently in fright.

"Retreat outside the house!!"

When he quickly realized what the uncle was going to do, Zhou Tailang yelled like this at a reflexive speed, and fled outside the house...

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boom--!

...

There was a deafening explosion.

Nearly a quarter of the roof of the low house was directly blown off.

The detonation not only woke up the surrounding residents.

It also woke up Shuntaro who was on guard outside.

Shuntaro looked at the low house with one-third of the tatami mats missing not far away, and after a moment of stunned, he rushed to the small house that was constantly emitting thick smoke at the highest speed he could achieve. .

As soon as he arrived at the low house, Shuntaro saw Zhou Taro, who was ashamed and bloodstained on his face.

"What's going on?" Shuntaro asked anxiously.

"Cough, cough cough...that bastard...buried explosives under the tatami...and detonated it with the flame of a bong..."

The current situation of Zhou Tailang and others is not miserable.

Of the people who had just entered the house, only half of them were still safe and sound.

The half of the people headed by Zhou Tailang escaped from the range of the explosion in time, and only recovered their lives.

The other half of those with poorer skills or slower reactions were seriously injured or killed directly.

"So it's like this..." Zhou Tailang said bitterly, "The scent in the room...is used to cover up the smell of gunpowder."

When entering the house, Zhou Tailang thought that the faint fragrance in the air was the fragrance left after buying a woman to have fun.

Zhou Taro also bought women to play.

So he knew that the fragrance powder used by some women has a strong smell and lasts for a long time.

Only now did Zhou Taro realize that he was wrong—the fragrance was intentionally made to cover up the smell of gunpowder.

"Where's Rebel Ninja?" Shuntaro then asked, "Where did he go?"

"He escaped through the tunnel." Zhou Tailang gritted his teeth, "But I shot him a kunai before he got into the tunnel. My kunai hit his side."

At the moment before escaping from the house, Zhou Tailang saw the uncle igniting the gunpowder, and immediately lifted the tatami under his buttocks, and then got in.

Hidden weapons are Zhou Taro's forte.

So when he saw that the uncle was about to get into the tunnel, he quickly raised his hand and threw a kunai, which hit the uncle's side accurately.

After Kunai hit the uncle's flank, Zhou Tailang clearly heard the uncle let out a low cry of pain.

"Master Shuntaro, let's go after him!" Zhou Taro said urgently, "It is impossible to have a tunnel in this kind of dilapidated house! So the tunnel should be dug out by him temporarily, and the length should not be long!"

"Plus he was stabbed by my Kunai now, if we go after him now, maybe we can catch up!"

...

...

Edo, Yoshihara, somewhere inconspicuous outside the gate——

"Huh... the weather seems to be getting colder and colder now." Yuan Yi said, while tightening the skirt of his upper body, "I'm really old, it's so cool, I feel a little unbearable."

Minamoto was wearing that white bathrobe as usual.

Although Genichi said so, Ogata did not see even a goosebump on Genichi's skin.

Ogata has been with Genichi for a long time now, so he has become more and more used to Genichi's "Versailles" speeches that pop up from time to time.

"Master Yuan..." Ogata sighed, "I feel that we should have nothing to gain tonight..."

Ogata and Genichi stared at Yoshihara's gate for nearly half an hour.

It should be early in the morning, and there are very few people going in and out of Yoshiwara, almost none.

"It seems that our luck tonight is not very good." Yuan agreed with what Ogata said just now, "There is no way, we can only wait until tomorrow night, maybe we will run into a 'mouse' tomorrow night. Let's go back to sleep."

Ogata let out a helpless sigh with a bit of sadness.

——It’s freezing in vain again tonight...

While thinking this in his heart, he stood up and walked quickly back to the hotel with Yuan Yi one by one.

Because they were rushing back to sleep, neither Ogata nor Genichi walked slowly.

Quickly left from the gate of Yoshiwara, got off the Japanese embankment, and embarked on the road back to the hotel.

However, when the distance from the hotel was about halfway——

blah blah blah...

Ogata and Yuan both heard a sound like something was knocked down.

"What sound?" Ogata stopped first.

"It sounds like it's not far from us." After finishing speaking, Yuanyi sniffed vigorously, "It smells like blood..."

"Master Yuan, can you smell this?"

"I'm very sensitive to the smell of blood."

"The smell of blood..." Ogata's face darkened, "Could it be that a samurai is beheading someone to try his sword..."

Late at night and early in the morning are the high-incidence periods for those frenzied warriors to try their swords.

Ogata hated this kind of insane pervert who used living people to test his knife very much.

"It's possible." Yuan Yi's expression became more serious at this time, "Ogata-kun, let's go and have a look."

"Yeah." Ogata didn't hesitate, holding the knife at his waist, walked side by side with Genichi, and ran towards the source of the strange noise just now.

...

...

"Ho... ho... ho... ho..."

In the alley, the uncle was holding his left abdomen with one hand and leaning on the wall with the other, moving forward bit by bit at a speed that seemed to be moving.

He raised his left hand, which had been covering the wound, and glanced at the palm of his left hand—the palm was already blood red.

Looking at the blood-red left hand, the uncle couldn't help showing a wry smile.

Just before climbing into the tunnel he dug with great effort, Zhou Taro threw a kunai at him with a very quick reaction.

Zhou Taro is a master of hidden weapons in Shiranui.

In terms of the ability to throw hidden weapons, it can be regarded as the number one in Knowing nothing.

Uncle is confident to take the kunai thrown by others.

But there was nothing he could do about the Kunai thrown by Zhou Taro.

Shutaro's Kunai shot precisely into his flank.

The uncle dared not pull out the suffering.

If this Kunai is pulled out, large streams of blood will emerge from the wound.

He doesn't have medicine to stop the bleeding now, so if he takes Ku Wu pull out now, he will only die faster.

There was a kunai sticking out of his side, which made the uncle feel excruciating pain every time he took a step forward.

The continuous blood loss, coupled with the severe pain, made the uncle feel dizzy, and he felt like he was "floating" instead of "walking" when he walked.

He even accidentally knocked down the row of bamboo poles placed at the entrance of the alley just now because he was walking unsteadily.

Although every step forward was very painful, the uncle still walked forward firmly.

He walked firmly in the direction of Yoshihara.

"Axiu..." The uncle whispered a name.

While spitting out the name, a string of memories emerged from the depths of the uncle's mind.

This string of memories is a sentence.

(Let's give Shiranui a head-on blow together!)

This is what a certain girl named "Gua Shengxiu" told him when she decided to work together with him to help the "dirty" escape from Shiranui.

Recalling this sentence, a faint smile emerged from the corner of the uncle's mouth.

The firm look in his eyes became more intense with the smile on his lips.

at this time--

"Hey, what's the matter with you?"

A young male voice suddenly sounded behind him.

As soon as the male voice sounded, the uncle's pupils suddenly shrank.

—Have you caught up? !

The blurred consciousness caused by blood loss and severe pain caused the uncle's senses to fade a lot, and he didn't even notice that there was an extra person behind him.

The uncle hurriedly looked back.

However, when he turned his gaze to the back, the uncle found that standing behind him was not the pursuer he had imagined.

But two weirdos.

One is wearing a tengu mask and the other is wearing a white fox mask.

According to the clothes they had leaked out, the man in the tengu mask should be an old man, while the man in the white fox mask should be a young man.

The only thing the two have in common is that they both wear sabers on their waists.

...

...

Ogata and Yuanyi galloped all the way to the place where the strange noise came from just now - an alley.

Knocked down bamboo poles were scattered at the entrance of the alley.

As soon as Ogata and Yuan passed through the alley and walked to the depths of the alley, they saw an old man with a kunai stuck in his side.

Looking at the standard ninja equipment stuck on the uncle's side waist, Ogata frowned slightly.

"Hey, what's the matter with you?"

As soon as Ogata's voice fell, the uncle immediately turned his head in a panic.

After glancing at the faces of Ogata and Genichi, surprise and doubt appeared on their faces.

"You don't have to be afraid." Ogata said softly, "We have no malicious intentions. Did something happen to you?"

After finishing speaking, Ogata raised his finger and pointed at the kunai stuck in the uncle's side.

The uncle opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he spit out a mouthful of blood, groaned in pain, and then fell to one knee on the ground.

Ogata: "Hey! Are you okay?"

Ogata and Yuan both stepped forward and squatted beside the uncle.

After taking a look at the uncle's injury, Yuan said in a deep voice, "Your injury needs to be dealt with immediately. I'll take you to see a doctor."

"No, no need... I... still have very important things to do..."

"Don't be stupid." Ogata also said in a serious tone at this time, "You look like this, you can't even walk, what can you do? Don't talk, the two of us will take you to the doctor."

There was a strong look of struggle on the uncle's face.

After the expression of struggle appeared on the uncle's face for a moment, it slowly turned into a look of determination.

It looked like he had made up his mind.

"Two warriors... I... have something to ask..."

"Please go to Yoshihara now...to find a girl named Gua Shengxiu..."

"She works at the Shirobei clubhouse...it should be easy to find her..."

"Now she is being targeted by a group of... bad guys..."

"If you don't hurry up and save her... you'll be in trouble..."

"Please..."

"Gua Shengxiu?!" Ogata exclaimed.

As soon as he heard the name "Gua Shengxiu" from the mouth of the uncle, Ogata's face was full of astonishment.

Ogata hurriedly raised his hands, pressed the uncle's shoulders, and helped the uncle up.

Just as he was about to question the uncle, Ogata suddenly heard footsteps coming from far and near behind him.

Hearing the footsteps, the uncle's expression changed: "Here we come...!"

Ogata and Genichi followed the sound and looked back.

I saw 4 men in black clothes running towards them.

Two of them were running on the ground in a regular manner.

The other two people flew over the eaves and walls, and rushed towards Ogata and others along the roof of the house next to the alley.

"I see! That guy is over there!" An excited shout sounded from among the four men in black.

After the excited shout fell, one of the four men in black suddenly pulled out a round object and threw it into the sky.

This round object is like a beeping dysprosium, and when it is thrown into the sky, it makes a loud but not harsh "chi" sound.

After seeing the figures of the two men in black galloping on the roof, the expressions of Ogata and Genichi both changed.

Yuan Yi and Shiranui are old enemies.

And Ogata mastered the "intermediate" level of Shiranui's stealth.

Therefore, the two of them instantly saw from the movements of the men in black galloping on the roof—they were using the stealth technique of Shiranui!

"Hey... Uncle..." Ogata said in a deep voice, "How did you mess with the ninja in Shiranui?"

Even if Ogata looked at and thought about it with his ass, he could see and think about what was going on—these four shranui ninjas were chasing and killing this uncle.

Seeing that Ogata was able to accurately pinpoint the true identities of these uninvited guests, surprise and shock appeared on the uncle's face.

Although I wanted to ask Ogata and the others why they recognized this ninja from Shiranui, but the uncle suppressed the doubts and shock in his heart first, Chao Ogata said:

"You two... hurry up... go to Yoshihara... find Gua Shengxiu... please..."

"I'll hold you back..."

Before the uncle could finish his words, Ogata and Genichi, who completely ignored him, made the same action—drawing their swords.

No one said a word, but Ogata and Genichi pulled out their swords at the same time in a tacit understanding.

However, rushed in a different direction.

Genichi leaped onto the roof and met the two ninjas who were moving on the roof.

On the other hand, Ogata lowered his body's center of gravity, and "flyed" towards the other two ninjas running on the ground at a speed that seemed to be flying close to the ground...

There is no suspense in the battle.

Ogata only swung two sword lights, and with the efficiency of one person, one sword, cut down the two Shiranui ninjas on the ground.

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