I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

I Became a Swordsman in Ancient Japan Volume 1 A Samurai Life from Scratch Chapter 417 Chapter 13 Fire Demon: Shuntaro? [9000 characters] There was a clerical error in the previous article.

It was when the ninjas of Iga first came to Shiranui, when Balrog introduced himself, he said that he was the 17th generation of Balrog.

I made a mistake here, Balrog is the 12th generation, I wrote high, and confused with Fuma, Fuma is the 17th generation.

Because I can only change chapters within 3 days, I can no longer make changes to that chapter, so I can only post a text patch here.

In short, everyone just needs to remember that Balrog is the 12th generation.

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Rewind time back to before Ogata rushed into Yoshiwara to save Guasheng——

Yuan Yi didn't know Gua Shengxiu at all.

So Yuan Yi couldn't understand what the uncle said just now.

He could only tell from Ogata's expression that Ogata should know this Gua Shengxiu.

After Ogata decided to hand over the uncle to Genichi and go to Yoshiwara alone, Genichi carried the uncle on his back and ran away without saying any unnecessary nonsense.

Although Genichi is wearing a mask, but based on his white hair, old voice, and wrinkled, dull skin exposed outside his clothes, anyone with a little brain knows that this person is already an old man .

When Genichi picked up the uncle on his back and started running, the uncle was startled.

"One step..." Although he almost lost the strength to speak, the uncle still asked Yuanyi in a surprised tone, "Are you... all right?"

"What's the problem?" Yuan Yi asked.

"You are so old...and you are still running with someone on your back...is it really all right?"

"Oh! You said this." Yuan Yi laughed, "My body is not so old that even a young man can't carry it."

For Yuan Yi, the uncle, who is about 40 years old, is indeed a young man.

Even though he was carrying a large living person on his back, Yuan Yi was still able to walk like flying.

After a while, he rushed out of this alley.

Looking at the old man who was running with his back on his back, the puzzled expression on the uncle's face was gradually replaced by astonishment and shock.

"Your Majesty...excuse me...are these white hairs on your head really not dyed?"

The uncle originally wanted to ask Yuan Yi's age directly.

But I felt that it might be impolite to directly ask a stranger's age, so I changed it to a more euphemistic term.

"I really want to dye my hair black so that I look younger." Yuan Yi responded to the uncle's question with a witty remark.

da da da da...

At this moment, Yuan Yi and the uncle both heard footsteps pressing towards them from behind.

The two looked back at the same time.

I saw three men in black appearing out of nowhere, following behind Yuan Yi and the others.

These 3 people are the ninjas that Shuntaro sent out just now to hunt down the uncle.

"I don't know the chasing soldiers in the fire..." Yuan Yi whispered.

"It's really lingering..." The uncle's face darkened, "Your Majesty, judging from their footwork, they should all be ninjas who are good at stealth. I think we should use the terrain flexibly to throw them away..."

Before the uncle finished speaking, Yuan Yi smiled.

"Young man, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"The method you just mentioned is the lowest-level method that can only be used in desperate situations."

"I left the feudal clan at the age of 16 and became a wandering ronin."

"It has been 48 years since I started traveling around."

"Let me tell you right now—after 48 years of experience, what is the 'best way to escape when being chased by the enemy'?

"

"The best way to escape is..."

brake……

Yuan Yi suddenly stopped his feet.

The body slid forward for a certain distance due to inertia.

Yuan Yi, who was not wearing shoes, made a "braking" sound as the thick calluses on the soles of his feet rubbed against the stone brick floor.

"Just kill the enemies who come to hunt you down."

"As long as no one comes to chase you down, you can run away leisurely."

While talking, Genichi slowly turned around with his back on his back, facing the three Shiranui ninjas who were about to kill him.

Holding the uncle behind his back with his left hand, he slowly pulled out the Yangshen around his left waist with his right hand...

"Be patient a little bit." Yuan Yi said softly, "It might be a little wobbly later..."

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Gamiya and the others fell asleep long ago.

While sleeping soundly, there was a loud noise from the direction where the window was.

Gamiya was the first to wake up, and slowly opened his eyes.

While opening his eyes, he secretly said in his heart with a puzzled tone:

——Why is there such a big commotion about Ogata-kun and Gen-sama’s return this time...

Mamiya was the only one among all the people who knew that Ogata and Genichi would go out to hunt rats late at night.

Because I know that Genichi is the kind of person who will stubbornly do what he wants to do even if he is stopped, so Mamiya keeps a close eye on Ogata and Genichi's "rat hunting" late at night every day One-eyed attitude.

After hearing the noisy noise from outside the window, Mamiya naturally thought that it was Ogata and Genichi who had returned.

Every time the two of them went out and came back, they were quiet.

Only this time there was a loud noise.

Such a loud sound was enough to wake up Mucun and the others.

While holding doubts, Mamiya slowly opened his eyes and looked towards the window.

As soon as he saw the scene by the window, Gamiya, who was still bleary-eyed, lost all sleepiness due to surprise.

"Master Yuan."

Mamiya hurriedly got up and asked Genichi who was standing by the window with his uncle on his back.

"Who is this person? Where is Ogata-kun?"

Just as what Mamiya thought just now—the noise of Yuanyi and his group coming back this time was so loud that it could wake up Mucun and the others.

Mucun and the others also woke up at this time, and after seeing Yuan Yi carrying a stranger on his back, they all asked Yuan Yi what was going on.

Yuan Yi deliberately made the news of his return this time louder, so that Kamiya and the others could get up.

"It's a long story to say about these things, and I will explain them to you slowly." Yuanyi said while putting the uncle on his back, "Now save this young man first, this young man has passed away. A lot of blood, need to be treated quickly."

When Yuan Yi put him down from his back, the uncle looked at Yuan Yi the whole time as if he was looking at a alien with two heads.

"Your step... isn't your hair dyed?"

Just now, the uncle witnessed with his own eyes how Yuan Yi, with his back on his back, beautifully swung a knife with one hand, and dealt with the three Shiranui chasing soldiers who followed them just now.

And how he ran all the way here without flushing and panting behind his back.

"Like I just said, I would very much like to dye my hair back to black if I could."

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Yuan Yi came back with an unknown person on his back - such a big matter can't be kept from Lin no matter what.

So Genichi had no choice but to wake up Lin, and at the same time, wake up A-Ming.

Genichi led Lin and A-Ming back to the big room where the men lived.

Mucun took the initiative to give up his bedding for the uncle to lie down and rest.

Jian Gong, who knew a little about medical skills, knelt beside the uncle, giving him emergency treatment with the only healing supplies on hand.

Mucun, Asai, and Shimada were nowhere to be seen—Makimura and Shimada went to find a professional doctor, and Asai went to prepare hot water.

After seeing the uncle lying on the tatami, Lin's face sank instantly.

"Uncle, what's the matter with this man? Also, what about Ogata Yidao Zhai?"

"Ogata-kun, because of some things, he won't come back until later. As for this person... I actually don't know who he is. I know that he was being hunted down by many ninjas in Shiranui just now."

Lin frowned: "The ninja in Shiranui?"

After hearing the word "Shiranui", Ah-Machi's expression also changed.

Acho knows better than anyone else that there are only two types of people who can be hunted down by a large number of ninjas in Shiranui--the target in a certain assassination mission, or the rebellious ninja in Shiranui.

A-cho walked quickly to the uncle's side.

As soon as he walked to the uncle's side, A-Ming saw the uncle's face clearly by the dim candlelight.

After seeing the uncle's face clearly, A-Ming's beautiful eyes widened in intense shock, and he raised his hands to cover his mouth that was opened wide by excessive surprise.

"Qing, Uncle Qing?!"

As soon as Ah Ding said "Uncle Qing", the uncle who had closed his eyes tightly due to the pain suddenly opened them.

Looking at Machi who was standing next to him, after seeing Machi's face, the uncle showed almost the same astonished expression as Machi just now.

"Machi...you...why are you here...?!"

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Ogata carried Guasheng who had regained his composure on his back, and galloped on his way back to the hotel.

Guasheng, who was obediently lying on Ogata's back, turned his head to look at Ogata's face from time to time.

Then he stretched out his fingers and pinched his face.

"I'm really not dreaming..."

I don't know how many times Gua Sheng said this sentence.

"You're not dreaming."

Ogata also didn't know how many times he said this sentence.

"Master Ogata." Guasheng asked Ogata in a cautious tone, "You...you are too much...you have been in Yoshiwara...you have lied to me for so long..."

After finishing speaking, Gua Sheng cast a resentful look at Ogata.

"Sorry." Ogata showed a slightly apologetic expression, "Because of some complicated reasons, I want to sneak into Yoshihara."

"I can't show my true face, so I can only wear a personal leather mask and pretend to be 'Mashima Goro' to deceive people."

"reason……?"

"When I have time later, I will explain to you slowly."

"Remember to keep it secret for me."

Ogata turned his head and smiled at Guasheng behind him.

"If everyone knows that 'Mashima Goro' is 'Ogata Issei', I will be troubled."

"Yeah!" Gua Sheng nodded vigorously, with a touch of excitement in his eyes, "This is a secret between me and Ogata-sama, I will never tell this secret to others!"

After casting an appreciative glance at Guasheng, Ogata turned his gaze back to the front.

"Speaking of which, I haven't asked you yet—what's the name of the ninja who worked with you to send 'Ku' out of Shiranui?"

"He is willing to risk his life to help the 'Foul' get out of the sea of ​​suffering, so he must be a very kind person?"

"Well, his name is Keitaro, and he is a very gentle person." Guasheng said softly, "Compared to a ninja, he is more like an uncle who spends a lot of time pruning his potted plants every day."

"I respect him very much, so I usually call him Mr. Keitaro."

"Oh... Keitaro..." Ogata muttered softly, "Kei...huh?"

Ogata's pupils dilated significantly.

"Celebrating..."

This word is very familiar to Ogata.

A conjecture suddenly popped up in Ogata's mind.

Sensing Ogata's strange expression, he asked Ogata:

"Master Ogata, what's the matter with you?"

"...Guasheng, hold on tight." Ogata did not respond to Guasheng's question, but let Guasheng hold on firmly, "I'm going to speed up, and then stop talking, so as not to bite my tongue."

After all, Ogata began to concentrate, and slightly increased the speed that was already almost at full speed.

Ogata now just wants to go back to the hotel where they are staying.

Let's verify whether his bold conjecture just now is correct.

He rushed back to the hotel where they were staying as quickly as possible, and after going back to the room through the window, Xu Yuan saw Lin and others gathered together.

And the uncle who is lying on the tatami.

The blood-stained clothes on the uncle's upper body have been taken off.

The place where the kunai was originally inserted has been wrapped with thick linen.

Although the wound had been beautifully wrapped in sackcloth, blood was still vaguely seeping from the wound.

Jiangong sat aside, holding a pounding medicine bowl, as if preparing some kind of medicine.

A-Ming knelt beside the uncle's head, carefully wiping off the sweat beads that were continuously oozing from the uncle's face with a towel.

After Ogata carried Guasheng on his back and walked into the room along the window, everyone in the room focused their eyes on Ogata.

First, Genichi came back with an unknown uncle on his back, and now it was Ogata's turn to come back with a new girl on his back.

Before Lin and the others had time to ask Ogata who the girl on his back was, Guasheng took the lead in shouting anxiously at the uncle lying on the tatami:

"Master Keitaro!"

Hearing Guasheng's voice, the uncle opened his eyes a little, and looked in the direction where Ogata and Guasheng were.

A faint smile appeared on the uncle's face.

"That's great..." the uncle said in a weak tone, "Xiaoxiu...you're fine..."

Ogata put down the Guasheng on his back, let Guasheng jump to the uncle's side, and carefully checked the uncle's current situation.

After putting down Guasheng, Ogata silently came to Ah-machi's side.

"A-Machi, this man..."

Before Ogata could finish his words, A-Machi continued to wipe his uncle's sweat, and said in a tone full of eagerness and worry:

"Ayi, he is Uncle Qing!"

"...It's really him..." Ogata murmured.

Ogata turned his head and looked seriously at the uncle—that is, Keitaro.

Uncle Qing's face was still pale, and his facial features were twisted together due to pain. In order to relieve his pain, he tightly clenched the mattress under him with both hands.

No matter how Ah Ding wiped it off, the beads of sweat from the pain on Uncle Qing's face couldn't be wiped away.

"Didn't you call the doctor?" Ogata asked Lin and the others anxiously.

"Of course there is a call. Yahachi and Katsurokuro went to see a doctor early in the morning." Lin replied, "But at this time, all clinics are closed."

"And not all doctors can heal sword wounds."

"Yahachi and Katsurokuro managed to bring a doctor just now. But that doctor doesn't know how to treat this kind of sword wound, he can only treat ordinary minor illnesses."

"Now Yahachi and Katsurokuro are still looking for a doctor who can heal sword wounds."

"It's just that I don't know when they will be able to find such a doctor."

"I have given him an emergency bandage and a simple treatment of the wound." This time, Chang Gong spoke, "But I am not a professional doctor after all, and there is only so much I can do."

"I am now preparing some painkillers for him."

"Taking my medicine will make him feel a little better."

"Doctor..." Ogata's face darkened.

At this time, almost all clinics are closed, and there is no way to find a doctor, let alone a doctor who happens to be able to treat sword wounds.

Although Gamiya had done simple wound treatment, it was obviously not enough. There was still blood oozing from Uncle Qing's wound, staining the burlap used for dressing red.

—Where can I find a doctor who can heal sword wounds?

Ogata asked himself anxiously.

As soon as this question was asked in his heart, a human face suddenly popped out of Ogata's mind.

As this face appeared in his mind, Ogata's expression froze.

Then subconsciously whispered:

"I know where there is a doctor who can heal sword wounds..."

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Edo, North Wind House.

"Look, Chiba, the little cat has started eating."

"Oh, it's so cute~~ Come on, Kondo, bring more dried fish."

It was clearly early morning.

But a certain room in Northwind House was still lit.

The owner of Beifeng House treats Kondo and Chiba whom he hired very kindly.

Not only eat but also live.

This room is where Kondo and Chiba lived.

At this moment, both Kondo and Chiba were lying on the tatami.

Chiba, who has a very strong body, rests his right elbow on the ground and supports his right cheek with his palm.

Kondo, who is also very strong, rests his elbows on the ground with both hands and supports his chin with the palms of his hands.

Meow~~

In front of the two of them, there is a black and white little tabby cat.

Under the gaze of Kondo and Chiba, the kitten silently gnawed on the dried fish.

Then from time to time, he raised his head and made a cute "meow" sound towards Kondo and Chiba.

Whenever the kitten utters a "meow", Kondo and Chiba's faces will show an "aunt smile" that does not match their majestic figures.

This kitten is a little wild cat that the two of them picked up on the street a few days ago.

Like most cats, this little wild cat sleeps during the day and becomes active at night.

In order to witness the active appearance of this little wild cat and play with it, Kondo and Chiba basically didn't go to sleep until it was almost dawn these days.

Watching the kitten eat silently like now has become a daily compulsory course for the two of them.

"Hello, Chiba."

"Ok?"

"It's time to give it a name."

"That's true." Qianye nodded, "It's time to give it a name."

"It took a lot of effort to persuade the owner to let us raise the cat. It would be impossible not to give it a decent name."

"Yeah..." Qianye let out a long sigh, "It's really not easy to persuade the owner to let us raise it..."

bang bang bang!

Before Chiba finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside.

Hearing the knock on the door, Kondo's Chiba frowned at the same time.

"Has a guest come to the door?" Chiba asked suspiciously.

"Come here to buy things at this time...who has such a problem with his head?" Kondo said angrily.

Kondo's duty is to protect the Hokaze House.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door in the middle of the night, and Kondo was naturally obliged to step forward to check the situation.

Kondo crawled out of the bed with a displeased face, raised his saber, and walked towards the gate of the North Kaze House.

Chiba's position is the "private doctor" of the boss, and such matters are not in his control.

But it was a bit weird that someone knocked on the door in the middle of the night, so Chiba also raised his saber, stepped out of the room with Kondo one after the other, and rushed to the gate.

"I'm coming."

After arriving at the gate, although he was very unhappy, Kondo still suppressed his inner unhappiness, reached out to unlock the lock, opened the door, and said in as soft a tone as possible:

"My customer, I'm sorry, but the store is closed now, so if you want to buy something, you can wait until tomorrow... Teacher, ah, no! Mashima?!"

Before Kondo could finish his polite words, he was so shocked by the face that appeared in front of him that he couldn't continue.

After opening the door, the person standing outside the door of Beifeng House was Ogata.

Ogata, who was out of breath, saw Kondo and Chiba, and said anxiously:

"It seems that you haven't slept yet, that's really great."

"Qianye-kun, can you please come with me? I have a wounded person who was wounded by a sword and I want you to treat him."

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After learning the news that "Blaze is dead" from the ninja who came to report the news, Shuntaro immediately led the ninjas who survived this mission, headed by Shutaro, back to Shiranui.

It is obvious that the task of capturing the traitorous ninja alive is completely irrelevant at this time.

As soon as he returned to the village, Shuntaro clearly felt the atmosphere of panic and anxiety in the air.

After the news of "Shuntaro is back" spread, the panic and uneasiness permeating the air eased a little.

Although currently in the "competition for the position of Balrog", the only three remaining members of the "Four Heavenly Kings" have their own supporters, but undoubtedly the most people support Shuntaro as the next Balrog.

The return of the most prestigious Shuntaro has indeed played a somewhat calming effect.

As soon as he returned to the village, a large number of ninjas immediately surrounded him, yelling at Shuntaro.

"Master Shuntaro! You are finally back!"

"Master Shuntaro! Great, you're back!"

"Master Shuntaro! We must find the murderer who killed Lord Balrog!"

"Master Shuntaro..."

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Shuntaro's mind is actually blank now.

What happened, I have no idea.

After talking casually with the ninjas who came up to calm everyone's uneasy hearts, Shuntaro approached Shintaro.

Shintaro was sitting in the Balrog's room with 6 well-known Jonin, kneeling with serious faces.

On the tatami in the center of the room was a dead body covered with a white cloth.

Shintaro and others surrounded the corpse like this.

As soon as Shuntaro entered the room and saw Shuntaro, Shintaro immediately seemed to see a savior, took a long breath, and said softly:

"Shuntaro, you are finally back..."

"Shintaro!" Shuntaro didn't say a word of nonsense, and went straight to the point, "Is the Balrog really dead?!"

"...Yeah." Shintaro nodded with a heavy face, and then looked at the corpse placed in the middle of the room.

Shuntaro walked to the corpse with a sullen face, and lifted the white cloth covering the corpse's face.

His old face, with a huge scar running vertically across his left eye—it was indeed the face of Balrog.

Looking at Balrog's corpse, Shuntaro felt... as if he was floating.

There is a strong sense of unreality.

Since Shuntaro joined Shiranui, he has heard a lot about the deeds of Balrog when he was young.

What once wiped out an entire wild samurai group with one's own power.

Why did you successfully sneak into a certain daimyo's castle and steal important information.

These are all real stories that actually existed.

Such a powerful Balrog died so suddenly - Shuntaro has not yet adapted to this fact.

Shuntaro looked sullenly, and after simply looking up and down the Balrog's body, he found that Balrog's lips had a strange purple color.

"Did Balrog-sama be poisoned to death?" Shuntaro asked.

"Yes..." Shintaro slowly closed his eyes, "After our inspection just now, Master Yanmo died of poison..."

"Shintaro, what happened?" Shuntaro stood up slowly, looking at Shintaro with a sharp gaze that seemed to be able to pierce the human body, "tell me clearly."

"Things... have to start when you and Jitaro went out to perform missions..."

Shintaro tells the whole story of Balrog's death bit by bit...

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After Shuntaro and Kyutaro both left Shiranui and went to perform their respective tasks, Balrog temporarily put down some unimportant matters to be dealt with, and went to patrol around the village.

It is very common for the Balrog to walk around the village suddenly and patrol every place in the village.

The Balrog would patrol around the village every few days.

So no matter who it is, after seeing the Balrog walking around in the village, they all look familiar.

Balrog's inspection this time was not without purpose.

He recently planned to make new plans and adjustments to the layout of the village.

His inspection tour this time is to inspect the current layout of the village with his own eyes and prepare for future layout adjustments.

It is precisely because of this political purpose that the Balrog is not patrolling alone.

Shintaro followed behind him.

The "Four Heavenly Kings" are the existences in Shiranui Rizhong whose status is second only to Balrog.

As one of the "Four Heavenly Kings", Shintaro naturally has the ability and qualifications to participate in important decisions such as "adjusting the layout of the village" that affect the whole body.

The reason why Balrog brought Shintaro on this inspection was to listen to the opinions of the "Four Heavenly Kings" on adjusting the layout of the village.

Shintaro walked behind the Balrog, keeping half a body distance from Balrog the whole time.

"Shintaro." The Balrog pointed at the open space next to him, and said to the village seniors headed by Shintaro behind him, "What do you think about building a new dojo here?"

As soon as the Balrog's voice fell, Shintaro nodded in agreement:

"I think it's good. The current ashrams in the village are too small, and it is indeed necessary to build a larger and more spacious ashram."

Balrog and Shintaro walked around the village slowly while exchanging opinions on adjusting the layout of the village.

Although it is night now, there are still many ninjas walking around the village, doing what they are doing.

After seeing Balrog and Shintaro, these ninjas immediately saluted and said hello to them like a conditioned reflex.

"Lord Flame Demon, Gui'an!"

"Lord Balrog!"

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Every ninja who saw Balrog respectfully knelt down on one knee and saluted Balrog.

And the Balrog kept waving his hands, saying hello to everyone.

After waving to another ninja who saluted him, Balrog sighed abruptly.

"Shintaro..."

Shintaro immediately responded, "I'm here."

"Look carefully now, the number of ninjas in the village... is really getting less and less..."

Balrog's tone was very light.

It was so light that Shintaro could hardly hear what he was saying.

After hearing Balrog's words with a bit of melancholy emotion, Shintaro pursed his lips.

After a moment of silence, Shintaro opened his lips and whispered:

"Lord Balrog, we are now the royal ninjas of the shogunate."

"As long as we seize this precious opportunity and work hard to develop ourselves."

"One day, we will be able to reproduce the grand occasion when Master Taige was still alive 200 years ago in Shiranui."

"I have always believed in this."

Taiko - also known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

200 years ago, Shiranui took refuge in Toyotomi Hideyoshi. With the support of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Shiranui ushered in its first explosive development and entered an unprecedented heyday.

Although this heyday was only a flash in the pan, that period is undoubtedly the most proud and proud history of all ninjas who are loyal to Shiranui.

Hearing Shintaro's answer, a faint smile appeared on Balrog's face.

"Yeah. You're right, Shintaro."

The thin layer of melancholy that had been covering Balrog's face dissipated a little at this moment.

"Let's go, Shintaro, let's go over there to see...uh...!"

Before he finished speaking, the Balrog suddenly raised his hand and covered his chest.

His face turned a strange purple red, and his facial features were twisted together in pain.

The body twisted directly into a ball, leaned forward, and knelt down on the ground.

This sudden change not only frightened Shintaro, but also frightened the surrounding ninjas.

Because Balrog and Shintaro happened to be walking on a road with a lot of people at this time, so after Balrog suddenly knelt down in pain, Shintaro and other ninjas around immediately surrounded him.

"Lord Balrog!" As soon as Shintaro supported Balrog, he saw that Balrog's lips turned a strange purple color, and his body convulsed at a frightening frequency.

Shintaro didn't hesitate at all. After supporting Balrog, he immediately shouted to the ninjas around:

"Quick! Take Lord Balrog to treatment!"

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"...That's how things are." Shintaro said at this time, his voice trembling slightly, "After taking Lord Balrog to heal his wounds, even though he had treated at all costs, he still couldn't save Lord Balrog. "

"..." After knowing the whole story, Shuntaro raised his hand and pressed his swollen forehead, "Did you find out how Lord Balrog was poisoned?"

"After Lord Balrog's accident, I immediately sent people to control all the people who were in charge of cooking Balrog's meals today, and began to investigate what kind of food, what kind of drinking water, and what kind of tableware had problems today." Shintaro He replied, "But the results have not been found out yet, and it may take a while."

"Where are those ninjas from Iga?" Shuntaro asked, "Where are those ninjas from Iga now?"

The Balrog was suddenly killed and died of poisoning—the group of Iga ninjas who came to visit them suddenly a few days ago and temporarily stayed in their Shiranui, naturally had great suspicion.

Hearing Shuntaro's question, the faces of the ninjas headed by Shintaro sank.

"After Lord Yanmo's accident, I also sent people to find the ninjas in Iga as soon as possible." Shintaro said in a deep voice, "But after my people went to the residence of the ninjas in Iga, they found that people went to the upstairs null."

"The Iga ninjas are gone somewhere."

"And the 8 ninjas who were in charge of monitoring the Iga ninjas were all killed..."

Originally, the person in charge of the sect responsible for monitoring the Iga ninjas was Shutaro.

But tonight, Shutaro was sent to assist Shuntaro in capturing the traitorous ninja, so the person in charge of monitoring the Iga ninjas was temporarily replaced by another jounin.

But now, the jounin who was temporarily replaced, and those subordinates who were responsible for assisting him in monitoring the Iga ninjas, all turned into cold corpses.

"That is to say... have the Iga ninjas escaped..." Shuntaro felt his already swollen head become more swollen.

After the Balrog was poisoned and died, the Iga ninjas suddenly fled—the gang of Iga ninjas have become the biggest suspects.

"I have sent someone to find Iga's ninjas." Shintaro added, "But...until now, there is no clue about their whereabouts."

"These bastards from Iga!" A jounin who was sitting next to Shintaro gritted his teeth, "We must find them and tear them into pieces!"

"Finding the Iga ninja, there is no rush." ​​Another jounin said at this time, "Compared to finding the Iga ninja, it is obvious that there is a more important thing waiting for us to do! "

After pausing and clearing his throat, the jōnin said word by word:

"Now that Lord Yanmo has passed away, the hearts of the people in the village are floating."

"In order to stabilize people's hearts, we need someone to stand up now! Successor to the Balrog!"

As soon as the jounin finished his sentence, he turned his head and looked at Shuntaro.

Not just him.

Shintaro, and the other three jounin who were present all cast their eyes on Shuntaro at this time.

"Shuntaro." Shintaro said seriously, "Please ascend to the position of Balrog, and take the name of the 13th generation of Balrog."