I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

I thought that the opposite side of the sea was Huashan and Jinshan, but I didn't know that the opposite side of the sea was also full of unbearable things.

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As soon as Chanup's words fell, Xu Bian, who was taken aback, immediately asked in a hurry:

"Kill him? Hasn't it been determined whether he is a spy?"

"It is true that there is no direct evidence to prove that he is a spy." Chanup said slowly, "but the same - there is no direct evidence to prove that he is not a spy, but an ordinary person."

"Some people think that it is better to kill by mistake than let it go, so they suggest that there is no need to investigate further, and just kill the old man."

"And there are quite a few such people."

Having said that, Chanup took another drag on his cigarette.

"And I personally don't agree with taking that old man's life hastily."

"If you can prove that the old man is innocent and not a spy, then I welcome it."

"But it's better to go faster."

"There are too many people who proposed to take the old man's life directly, and the number is too large for me to ignore."

"If it takes too long..."

When Chanup said this, he didn't continue talking, but shrugged while showing a helpless wry smile.

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After more than 1 hour——

It is now dinner time.

Ogata and A-Machi sat around a pot.

Today's dinner is being cooked in the pot.

Ogata and the others had an open-air dinner tonight, setting up a pot directly under the sky to cook dinner.

Ogata and the others naturally stayed with the villagers of Kina Village.

Although after negotiating with Chepke about moving the village and moving in, in order to welcome the villagers of Qina Village, Chanup organized manpower to build houses for the villagers of Qina Village to live in.

But because the villagers of China Village arrived at the Red Moon Fortress much earlier than Chanup and the others imagined, only a small part of the houses have been successfully built now.

These operated and built houses are given priority to live in for the elderly, weak, women and children in the village. The young and middle-aged people in the village who are still in good health will continue to live a period of time when the ground is their bed and the sky is their quilt.

Chepke once expressed that he would give one of the built houses to Ogata and Atachi, who had been kind to them, to live in, but Ogata refused.

My wife and I have long been accustomed to sleeping in a place without a ceiling, and this built house will be left to others in need—this is what Ogata said when he rejected Chepke’s kindness .

Because there are still a lot of people in Kina Village who have to live a camping life for a period of time, so at the moment when it is dinner time, Ogata and Atachi are surrounded by the villagers of Kina Village, all in the sky. Set up a pot and cook their respective dinners for tonight.

"...It's hard to fix now."

While Ogata and A-Machi were silently waiting for the dinner in the pot to be cooked, A-Machi said suddenly.

"Many people want to take that Lin Ziping's life... If we don't prove his innocence quickly, he will have his head moved."

"Ah, speaking of which—what is the punishment for the Ainu people? Will they beheaded?"

"Don't pay attention to these weird places..." After complaining about A-Machi, Ogata took a deep breath, "Take it step by step slowly. Let's have dinner now, and the rest will wait Later. Is supper ready?"

The two are now cooking wild vegetable soup.

These wild vegetables were picked by the two of them on the way to the Red Moon Fortress with the villagers of Qina Village.

During this period of time, Ogata and A-Machi were a little bored of eating meat.

In order to adjust the taste, the two decided to eat wild vegetable soup with a very friendly flavor tonight.

A-Machi opened the lid of the pot, and after checking the state of the food in the pot, A-Machi put the lid back on.

"It's not cooked yet, we have to wait for a while."

After putting the lid back on, A-Machi let out a sigh of relief.

"...so embarrassing.

"A-Ming smiled awkwardly, "Do we two have to eat under such crowds..."

"...It should be." Ogata also showed an awkward smile, then turned his head and looked at their side not far away.

On the side of Ogata, Atachi, and the others, there are a large number of residents of the Red Moon Fortress who are watching them.

Because Ogata and the others eat in the open air, these residents can "view" Ogata and A-machi very conveniently.

These onlookers not only made Ogata and the others feel uncomfortable, but also embarrassed the villagers of China Village who were also having dinner in the open air next to Ogata and the others.

Although some onlookers realized that what they did was causing trouble to others, they consciously left.

But there are still quite a few people who stayed where they were, looking curiously at Ogata and A-Machi who were no different from cherished animals in their eyes.

Neither approach nor leave.

The villages that Ogata and the others have dealt with before, whether it is Kuma Village or China Village, are all "friendly people's villages" who have close ties with Wazuto and communicate with Wazuto. They were all used to seeing Kazuto's appearance and their strange clothes in their eyes.

But the residents of Red Moon Fortress are different.

Many residents of Red Moon Fortress have never seen Kazuren since they were born.

A-cho is fine, except that he wears strange clothes, doesn't have facial tattoos on his face, his facial features are different from those of Ainu people, and his figure is plump than ordinary people, there is not much difference.

But Ogata is not ordinary.

Not only the facial features and clothing are different, but there is no beard on the face, and the hairstyle on the head is very strange.

Ogata's hairstyle, which doesn't shave the Tsukiyo but only combs the hair, can be described as "not a human being inside and outside" in this era.

In the Japanese society, it will be regarded as non-mainstream.

In the Ainu society, it is regarded as a weird "shamat".

Many places from head to toe in Ogata and A-Machi aroused countless curiosity of these people.

A-Machi doesn't like being watched like a cherished animal, and Ogata doesn't like it either.

Just when Ogata was thinking about how to drive away those people who were still perseveringly standing not far away watching them, he suddenly heard a familiar voice from behind him:

"Mr. Mashima, Ms. Machi, I finally found you."

It was Asuma's voice.

"Huh? Aisuma?" Ogami looked in surprise at Aisuma who was walking towards him and Ah Ding from behind him.

Asuma is not alone.

Her younger brother, Otumpui, clings tightly to Asuma's back.

Otunpuyi, who kept his head down and followed closely behind Aisuma step by step, raised his eyes from time to time, casting an excited and expectant look at Ogata.

Ogata was quite impressed with this Otsupuyi.

Because when they met for the first time before, Otsubui looked at him with joy on his face-Ogata had been wondering about this.

Ogata and the others had just left the homes of Chanup and Aisuma more than an hour ago.

Ogata cast a puzzled look at the Aisuma siblings who had reunited so soon: "Why are you here?"

"I originally wanted to take advantage of the good weather tonight to take my younger brother to practice bowing." Aisuma raised her hand with a wry smile and rubbed Otunpuyi's head, "It's just that he clamored and said he wanted to I came to see you, so I can only bring him to you."

"Want to see me?" Ogata turned his suspicious gaze to Otonpuyi.

Otunpuyi's pupils were full of excitement and excitement - Ogata was very familiar with this look.

He used to see it often at his apprentice, Kondo Naizosuke.

"Oh... Although I expected that many people who have never met Kazuto would come to join in the fun, but I didn't expect that there would be so many people..." Aisuma "watched" Ogata and Kazuto who were not far away. The people of A-Machi murmured.

Afterwards, Isuma strode towards the crowd of onlookers.

After she said something to the onlookers in the Ainu language that Ogata could not understand, the onlookers all showed expressions of regret and disappointment.

Those who showed such expressions scattered away one after another, and after a while, all the onlookers who had been watching the two of Ogata scattered and disappeared from Ogata's field of vision.

"Okay." With a confident smile on her face, Asuma strode back to Ogata and the others, "I'll help you drive away these rude people."

"What did you say to those people?" A-cho asked in surprise with a bit of joy.

Without those crowds watching, A-Machi felt much more at ease in an instant.

"I didn't say anything." Aisuma said, "I just told them to stop doing such rude things and let them leave quickly."

"After all, I'm Chanup's daughter, and I'm also a well-known hunter. What I say still carries a lot of weight."

After finishing speaking, Aisuma sat cross-legged next to Ah-ding, and then waved to her younger brother.

"Otobui, don't stand here stupidly, didn't you tell me just now that you have many things you want to ask Mr. Mashima?"

"Yes, yes!" Perhaps it was because of nervousness, Otunpuyi not only had a stiff expression, but also stiff movements.

He moved his arms and legs as stiff as a robot, walked to Ogata's side, and sat down cross-legged respectfully.

He turned his head to face Ogata, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

However, he opened and closed his mouth for a long time, but he didn't spit out half a word.

Looking at Otunpuyi who couldn't speak for a long time due to nervousness or excitement, Aisuma sighed heavily, then smiled wryly at Ogata:

"My brother is very interested in everything related to people."

"I am very interested in the warriors among the people."

"I brought him to you just now, and he kept saying that he wanted to see your knife up close."

"After learning that you came to Heyezhe before, I was also very excited, shouting 'I really want to meet you' or something."

Ogata raised his eyebrows, and then looked at Otongpuyi beside him with surprise.

He has been in Ezo for so long, and he has seen many Ainu people of all kinds.

But this is the first person to show a strong interest in Japanese culture.

Ogata also understood why Otunpuyi looked at him with joy when he first met him.

It turned out that he was full of interest and curiosity as a samurai.

In modern terminology, Otongpuyi should belong to the "Hari faction" of this era.

"Why are you interested in Kazuto?" Ogata asked, "Have you ever been to our country?"

Otunpuyi shook his head.

Before Otunpuyi could answer, his sister Aisuma then answered for him:

"When Otunpuyi was 12 years old, I took him into the wild to learn how to set traps to hunt foxes."

"That's when we ran into a peacemaker."

"Everyone in the Heshang branch was very kind, and our siblings chatted with them."

"The leader of the war merchants was a warrior. He told Otunpuyi a lot about your relationship with people and warriors."

"Since then, Otunpuyi has been very interested in things related to people."

"Not only did I learn Japanese from an old man in Heyezhe who can speak very standard Japanese. He also yelled things like 'I want to go to the country of Japanese people' from time to time."

"We, Heyezhe, basically don't have any friends to visit us."

"That's why the kid is so excited about your arrival."

Hearing what Asuma said just now, both Ogata and O-Machi's expressions became strange.

Ogata turned his head and cast a meaningful look at Otsupuyi beside him...

Otunpuyi seems to be a little calmer now.

After swallowing hard, Otsupuyi said to Ogata with a look of expectation:

"Ma, Mashima-san, I have always been interested in your samurai swords."

"I've never seen the blade of a katana, could you please show me yours?"

If it is the kind of "conservative" samurai who regards the idea that "the samurai sword is the soul of samurai" as his standard, he will definitely refuse Otsubui's request without hesitation.

But Otunpuyi is very lucky-as Ogata, who is proficient in the "two-gun style", he is not such a conservative person.

Otunpuyi is the son of Chanup, and Chanup, who allowed him and Ading to enter the Red Moon Fortress, has provided a lot of help to Ogata and the others.

Due to emotion and reason, Ogata couldn't think of any reason to refuse such a small request.

"Be careful." Ogata said softly, "Don't get cut."

After finishing speaking, Ogata raised his left hand, pressed it on the Da Shitian sword, and used his left thumb to push the mouth of the carp, and then slowly pulled Da Shitian out of the sheath.

The fire light from the low flame of the cauldron in front of Ogata who was still cooking wild vegetables shone on Da Shitian's knife, reflecting a dazzling light.

Ogata handed Da Shitian to Otong Puyi.

Otsubui took over Ogata's Dashiten with a gentle movement as if he was taking over a fragile object that would break at the touch of a touch.

"Good weight……!"

"Hold it steady, be careful not to cut yourself." Ogata reminded again.

Aotong Puyi held Ogata's Da Shitian with both hands, raised the Da Shitian upright, and pointed the knife point directly at the sky.

Aotong Puyi, who looked up and down Da Shitian's blade, murmured: "The texture of this sword is so beautiful..."

"It used to be more beautiful." Ogata sighed in a half-joking tone, "It's a pity that it has been fighting with me for a long time, and it has a lot of 'scars' on its body. It is not as beautiful as before."

After all, Ogata cast complicated eyes on Da Shitian's blade.

Since obtaining Dashitian and Dazizai on Butterfly Island, these two swords have followed Ogata to fight in the north and south. Although they are rare and tough swords, with a master like Ogata who can constantly attract disasters, the blade is still inevitable. Some damage occurred.

After the "Battle of Nijo Castle" in Kyoto, there were 3 gaps on Da Shitian's sword, and 4 gaps on Da Zizai's sword.

After leaving Kyoto, Ogata fought fierce battles one after another.

Today, there are as many as seven gaps on Da Shi Tian Dao, and an astonishing nine gaps on Da Zi Zai Dao.

"Are the gaps still repaired?" Otunpuyi asked.

"I don't know. I don't know much about forging and repairing knives." Ogata said, "But what is certain is that if you want to repair knives, you must find a knife maker with sufficient skills."

"If the swordsmith's level is not enough, not only can't repair the sword, but it may cause more damage to the sword."

Ao Tongpu nodded with a half understanding.

After looking at Da Shitian's sword in his hand several times, Otong Puyi returned Da Shitian to Ogata.

When Ogata took Da Shitian back into the scabbard, Otongpuyi immediately asked the second question:

"In addition to swordsmanship, you warriors also need to learn various skills such as horsemanship and bowmanship."

"Not really." Ogata showed a somewhat bitter smile, "Samurai are also divided into levels."

"There are warriors who are born without having to worry about food and clothing."

"There are also samurai who are so poor that they have to sell their swords."

"Only those warriors from famous families will learn equestrian, bow and other skills in addition to swordsmanship."

"Samurai living in poverty have to run around for food and clothing every day, let alone equestrian and archery, they don't even have the time and financial resources to learn fencing."

After succinctly answering the question Otunpuyi just asked, Otunpuyi asked again:

"Is it true that you and others don't eat meat?"

"Yes." Ogata nodded, "Although we don't eat meat, we do eat fish, shells and other seafood."

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Chanup is now sitting cross-legged in his home, wrapping new cherry bark around the bow of his bow.

The Ainu people like to roll the bark of cherry tree on the bow body of their bows, so that it can prevent slipping when holding the bow.

Chanup just lit an oil lamp by his lap.

The oil they use to light their lamps is fish oil, which is usually poured on the shells, and the brightness of the light is far inferior to the light emitted by the candles after they are lit.

But this dim light is more than enough to replace the bow with new cherry bark.

"Cough cough cough."

When Chanup was concentrating on maintaining his bow, he suddenly heard a coughing sound of "cough cough cough" from outside the house.

This is the etiquette of the Ainu people - when you want to be a guest at someone's home, you have to stand outside the door and cough.

After hearing the sound of coughing, the young people in the family came out to check on the visitor, and then went back to the house to report to the head of the family.

After the head of the family agrees to let the guests into the house, he will take the whole family to start a simple cleaning of the house. Then let the guests in.

Overall, it is a very cumbersome set of etiquette.

So sometimes when dealing with regular customers, this set of etiquette is often omitted or simplified.

At present, there is only Chanup in the family, so Chanup can only put down the bow in his hand and go to the door to see who is coming.

Standing outside the door was a tall, thin middle-aged man.

The skin is a bit dark, the cheeks and chin have the characteristic thick beard of the Ainu, the figure is thinner, and the cheeks are even slightly sunken.

Although he looked malnourished, the eyes of this middle-aged man were extremely sharp, like an eagle.

The middle-aged man just looked at Chanup who appeared from the house with sharp eyes.

"Chanup." The thin, middle-aged man said, "Why did you come out alone? Where are Aisuma and Otunpuyi?"

"The hunting festival is about to begin, and Aisuma took Otunpuyi to practice bowing." Chanup said, "So I am the only one left at home. What a rare guest, Retannoe, you haven't been like this for a long time I paid a visit alone. Come in."

The middle-aged man, whom Chanup called Retan Noe, entered Chanup's house one after the other.

"Raitannoe." Chanup casually sat cross-legged on the ground, and then took out his bong, "I came to see me by myself, shouldn't I come to joke and chat with me? Tell me, find me What's the matter with me?"

"Chanup." Retannoe sat cross-legged in front of Chanup, with a dignified expression, "Did you... actually allow those two Kazutos to follow the villagers of China Village into our Heyezh? ?”

"Huh?" Chanup tilted his head, "Is there any problem?"

"Is this all right?!" Retannoe's voice instantly rose a few notches, "Why did you allow those two Kazutos to enter Heyezhe swaggeringly?"

"Does this do any good for us, Heyezhe?"

Ray Tannoy's emotions were agitated.

There are aliens who have nothing to do with Heyezhe entering their homeland - Retannoe has a strong resistance to this kind of thing.

Compared to Retan Noe's excitement, Chanup was very calm.

Picking up the bong and taking a deep puff, Chanup said slowly:

"Those two Kazutos extended a helping hand to our compatriots and saved a large number of our compatriots."

"What the two of them are looking for is to find traces or clues of the two people they are looking for."

"Allowing them to enter our Heyezhe, so that they can find the traces or clues of the two people they have been looking for in our Heyezhe, in order to thank them for saving our compatriots - there is nothing wrong with that ?"

"...Hmph!" Retannoe frowned, "Compatriots? Those two Heren saved, but it was just that China village! What's the matter with us, Heyezhe?"

"Although the villagers of Qina Village are now living in our Heyezhe, but until today, the villagers of Qina Village are just outsiders to us."

"Why do we have to sacrifice our interests to thank those two Heren for a village that has little relationship with us?"

Chanup did not immediately answer Raitannoe's question, but looked at Raitannoe in front of him silently while smoking a cigarette.

Then--

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha--!"

Suddenly put down the bong in his hand and laughed out loud.

"What's so funny?" Retannoe frowned.

"I couldn't help laughing because I thought it was funny."

Chanup wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his hands.

"Raitannoe, what you said just now made me think back involuntarily—one of the important reasons why we Ainu people have been so weak in the face of Kazuto is probably because there are still too many People have thoughts like yours..."

Chanup, who wiped away the teardrops from the corners of his eyes, after wiping off the teardrops from the corners of his eyes, the color of memory appeared in his pupils, and said faintly:

"That belongs to another village. Their village has nothing to do with us."

"He is from that village, and I am from this village. What happened to their village has nothing to do with our village?"

"That village was attacked by people? Hahaha, it deserves it. It's just right that the village is gone, and no one will compete with us for hunting grounds in the future."

Chanup put the bong back to his lips.

"We've always seen each other as enemies."

"I think that other villages are other villages, my own village is my own village, and only people from other villages that are in my own village and have a good relationship with my own village are compatriots."

"But we obviously speak the same language. We have similar customs and cultures. We all fear the same gods."

"We are all Ainu, but we are divided."

"Raitannoe, we Ainu have been unable to unite for a long time, and have been unable to call out 'compatriots' to all people who speak the same language and have the same culture as us-this is probably why we Ainu are One of the important reasons why he has been no match for Heren for thousands of years."

"Retannoe, what do you think?"

Chanup showed a gentle smile and looked directly at Retannoe in front of him.

Retannoe lowered his head slightly and remained silent.

And Chanup didn't seem to expect Retan Noe to answer immediately, and then continued:

"Qina Village...no."

Chanup put away the mild smile on his face, and his face was full of seriousness.

"All Ainu people are our compatriots."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with doing what we can to those who have helped our compatriots—this kind of thing."

"Even if they're aliens."

Chanup's tone was forceful.

Retannoe continued to lower his head without making a sound.

After a long time, he slowly raised his head.

After giving Chanup a deep look with meaningful eyes, he stood up without saying a word, and quickly left Chanup's house.

Chanup didn't get up to see him off, and he didn't even look after Retannoe. He just continued to sit cross-legged, smoking a cigarette.

But just as Retannoe was about to leave through the door, Chanup called out abruptly:

"Retannoe!"

Hearing Chanup calling him, Raitannoe stopped in his tracks. Facing outside the house, back to Chanup.

"Do not worry."

Chanup said.

"I won't do anything harmful to Heyezhe."

"Heyezhe is the new home we have built with great difficulty."

A smile appeared on Chanup's face.

"I will not let Heyezhe encounter any danger."

"I won't let anyone hurt our Heyezhe."

"I can assure you of this."

Retannoe did not respond aloud as before.

After Chanup's voice fell, Retannoe strode away, completely disappearing from Chanup's field of vision.

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Although Retan Noe had no expression on his face, anyone with a little discernment could tell from Retan Noe's ferocious eyes that he was in a very bad mood right now.

On the way back to his home with big strides, no one dared to greet him because his eyes were so terrifying.

After returning to his home like the wind, Retannoe saw his wife—Mosiah.

"Are you back?" His wife, Moshea, hurried up to meet her, "What's the matter? Didn't you say you went to find Chanup? Did you quarrel with Chanup?"

"……Humph!"

Retannoe snorted heavily, then sat cross-legged on the ground, then escaped from his bosom, stuffed the tobacco leaves with skillful movements, and started to smoke heavily.

"...Hmph! It's a quarrel with Chanup."

"I want to persuade Chanup to go with those two people who came to our Heyezhe today."

"But Chanup doesn't want to listen to me."

"In the end they broke up unhappy."

Mosiah raised her hand to her forehead.

"You... don't get too tense with Chanup."

"Without Chanup, I really don't know where we would be now..."

"Respect Chanup a lot."

"...Hmph!" Retannoe took another drag on his cigarette, "It was because I respected him that tonight was able to end so peacefully."

Having said that, Retannoe looked around.

"Huh? Where's Puccina?"

"He went out just now." Moshea said, "Maybe he went to play with his cronies again, maybe with Aisuma."

"Aisuma..." Retannoe said slowly, "...huh! Speaking of which——Aisuma and Puccina are the same age, and both have reached the marriageable age."

"That boy Puccina seems to like Aisuma quite a bit, and I also think that girl Aisuma is nice."

"I will propose marriage to Chanup at some time in the future."

"Oh?" Retannoe's wife raised her beautiful eyebrows, "Are you going to marry Chanupta?"

"Chanup is in charge of the whole Heyezhe, and marrying him will only benefit us and not harm us."

"I think if Puccina is allowed to marry Aisuma, our son's life will be very hard in the future." Mosiah smiled wryly, "The girl Aisuma is too strong... I think Puccina's child and Aisuma Soma doesn't match up."

"...Hmph! Whether Puccina and Aisuma are compatible—this kind of thing doesn't matter." Retannoe said sternly, "As long as we can become relatives with Chanup's family."

"The most important purpose in marriage is to become a relative with a family worthy of wooing."

Retannoe said in a very firm tone.

"Oh?" Mosiah leaned down, letting her face be only a finger away from Retannoe's face, "According to what you said just now—the reason you wanted to marry the lonely me in the first place is because Is it because I fell in love with my family that has no father, no mother, no money and no rights?"

Moshea smiled.

Retannoe continued to look straight at the face of his wife who was close to him with his expressionless face.

Then silently turned his head away, not looking at his wife's smiling face.

"……Humph!"

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Retannoe and his wife didn't know—while the two of them were discussing their son, who was now—

"Where is Aisuma... just now that person clearly said that Aisuma took her brother to go in this direction..."

A man as strong as a bear, holding a flower in his right hand and resting his left hand on his eye socket, looked around.

Converted into modern earth units, this person's height is about 1.8 meters or more, and his waist is as thick as that of a bear.

In addition to being tall and muscular, this man also had a vicious face.

The facial features seemed to be screwed up, and there was an aura of "not to be messed with" invisibly.

"Puccina." A young man standing next to the strong man said, "Don't look for Ai Suma, let's go back and continue chatting."

As soon as the young man finished speaking, the other two young men standing beside him nodded in agreement.

"No." The strong man shook his head like a rattle. "It's rare to find such a beautiful flower. I must give this flower to Aisuma."

The remarks made by the strong man made the three young people standing next to the strong man look at each other and smile wryly.

This strong man is the son of Retannoe, Puccina.

The three youths standing next to Puccina are friends of Puccina.

Puccina likes to chat, and he always has endless conversations with his friends.

Tonight, after a quick dinner, he leaves home with great skill, finds friends, and then gets together with them, ready to gossip.

However, before chatting, Puccina suddenly found a very beautiful flower on the ground.

So Puccina changed his mind instantly.

He decided to put the chatting with his friends aside and deliver the flower to Asuma first.

Therefore, there appeared such a situation: Puccina held a lovely flower that did not match his appearance, and painstakingly searched for Isuma's figure, but his three friends had to follow Puccina to find her Aisuma.

Finally—some of Puccina's friends suddenly exclaimed:

"Ah! Puccina, look! I found Aisuma! Her younger brother is here too! Huh? Aisuma and her younger brother seem to be chatting with the couple who came to our Heyezhe today!"

When Puccina heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, then put his hands on his eye sockets, and looked in the direction the friend pointed from afar.

At the end of the line of sight is the Aisuma siblings who are chatting with Ogata and the others.

"Hey..." Puccina was stunned, "Why is Aisuma with those two friends... and they seem to be having a good chat..."

Today, there are 2 Kazumi patronizing Heyezhe - this kind of thing, of course, Puccina knows.

When Ogata and the others entered Heyezhe, Puccina went with the rest of the people to watch Ogata and Ating.

But because he was not interested in Ogata, after seeing Ogata's appearance, he didn't care about them any more.

At this moment, the scene presented in front of Puccina surprised Puccina——Aisuma was chatting happily with the couple, but because of the distance, she couldn't hear what they were talking about .

Pucciner observed—mainly that man Kazuto (Ogata) was talking constantly, while Isuma and her brother listened carefully, and then smiled from time to time.

Aisuma was actually with that couple.

Also had a great time chatting with the couple - especially the male Kazuto (Ogata).

At this moment, Puccina couldn't help recalling the scene where he always witnessed Asuma going hunting and playing with other men...

There is a feeling that the heart is being cut by a knife.

Looking at Esuma who was chatting happily with that male Kazuto (Ogata), Puccina felt very uncomfortable.

"...What the hell is that Asuma talking to that person...?" Puccina murmured in a somewhat anxious tone.

The three friends of Puccina also looked at each other at this time, not knowing what to say to Puccina now.

Just when these three people were still thinking about what to say to Puccina, Puccina suddenly turned around with a serious face, and said seriously to his three friends:

"I'm going to listen to what they're talking about!"

"Huh?" A friend looked at Puccina in astonishment, "Do you want to run over and eavesdrop?"

"It's not eavesdropping." Puccina continued to say solemnly, "I want to join their chat openly and listen to what they are talking about!"

"Aisuma is chatting so intimately with a certain man—I can't pretend I didn't see this kind of thing!"

"If they're talking about something that shouldn't be talked about between ordinary friends, I'll sabotage it!"

"Destroy?" a friend asked, "How do you want to destroy it?"

"When they are having a good conversation, suddenly say some bad jokes to spoil the atmosphere."

3 friends: "Don't do this kind of thing that will annoy Aisuma!"*3

The three friends of Puccina shouted in unison.

But Puccina was unmoved by the cries of his three friends.

"You three stay here and wait for me! I'll try to come back as soon as possible!"

After finishing speaking, Puccina put the flowers that he planned to give to Isuma into his arms, then turned around and strode towards Ogata and the others with a determined face.

"Hey!" At this time, one of his friends said, "Be careful, it is said that that man and man is a ruthless person who can kill hundreds of white-skinned people by himself, you..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Puccina, who had just walked two steps away, turn around 180 degrees and return to his three friends.

"Let's go back to eat roast rabbit."

3 friends: "Didn't you say you want to listen to their conversation?!"*3

The three friends of Puccina shouted in unison again.

"I forgot." Pucciner said solemnly, "Forget that Kazuto is a guy who is not easy to mess with... It's better for us not to mess with that kind of person."

Seeing Aisuma chatting so happily with other men just now made Puccina's blood boil for a moment, and he almost forgot—that man and person (Ogata) are not easy to mess with...

Puccina had just heard about that man's deeds today—that guy cut down hundreds of white men by himself, and beat the shit out of hundreds of well-equipped white men. Because of saving the whole village of Qina Village, he was so respected by the villagers of Qina Village.

Pucciner is most afraid of this kind of person who kills people or animals without mercy.

"Puccina." A friend said, "Aren't you going to listen to what Asuma is talking about with that person?"

Hearing what his friend said, Puccina was stunned for a while.

He pursed his lips tightly, his face full of tangles.

Fear of that male Kazuto (Ogata), and curiosity about what he was talking to Isuma were fighting fiercely in his mind.

In the end——the concern for Asuma outweighed the fear of Ogata.

"...You wait for me here, I will try to come back as soon as possible."

After that, Puccina, who kept taking deep breaths, strode towards Ogata and the others with strides as if going to the execution ground.

——That Kazuto is a murderous guy, so be careful...

——That Kazuto is a murderous guy, so be careful...

...

Puccina kept repeating this sentence in his heart, cheering himself up, remembering to pay attention to Ogata, a dangerous person who kills without blinking an eye.

Gradually, Puccina got closer and closer to Ogata and the others.

Puccina's hearing is very good, so he gradually heard the conversation of Ogata and the others clearly.

Puccina also understands Japanese and can communicate with people without any obstacles.

The first thing that reached Puccina's ears was Ogata's voice:

"...Then, I stabbed it in the stomach."

Facing Ogata who said such heroic words, Puccina's feet were directly fixed in place...

——What the hell are they talking about? !

Puccina screamed inwardly.

Puccina, who was eager to find out what Ogata and the others were talking about, pricked up his ears, and continued to listen to Ogata and the others' conversation.

"After stabbing the knife into its stomach in one breath, I don't know if I used too much force or stabbed it in some strange place. Blood spattered all over my hands."

"So how to cut the knife is also a matter of knowledge. If you cut it in the wrong place, there will always be blood and internal organs splashing everywhere."

After Ogata's words fell, Aisuma and Otongpuyi nodded one after another, showing an expression of reminiscing what Ogata said just now.

—W-Is that guy teaching Asuma and Otump the trick to beheading people? !

Puccina felt his legs start to swing.

Asuma asked that Kazuto how to kill people efficiently—this kind of thing, Puccina felt, was very likely to happen.

Because Ai Suma is a person who loves to learn.

There are two things that made Aisuma a celebrity in their Red Moon Fortress since she was a child.

The first thing: her identity. She is the princess of their Heyezhe, the daughter of the village chief Chanup.

The second thing: Aisuma's character that loves to learn and ask others for advice.

Asuma loves hunting very much.

Since childhood, he has shown outstanding hunting talent.

And Aisuma is a very humble and studious person.

In order to improve her hunting skills, Aisuma can often be seen asking every hunting expert in Heyezhe for advice.

Ask a hunter who is good at laying traps how to lay traps.

Ask someone who is good at archery how to shoot.

How to ask someone who knows how to train your eyesight to train your eyes

...

Asuma is constantly asking for advice, eager to learn all that will help her improve her hunting skills.

And Aisuma's open-mindedness and eagerness to learn also allowed her to continuously improve her hunting skills.

In addition to asking for these hunting skills, Aisuma often asks other people for some knowledge that she is interested in, such as the way to make the rabbit's head more delicious.

Until now, Ai Suma still runs around in the Red Moon Fortress, asking different people for various skills.

Puccina is familiar with Asuma's character, so it is very clear that it is really possible for Asuma to ask that Kazuto for efficient ways to kill people.

Looking at Ogata who was smiling and saying such horrible things, Puccina thought to himself:

——This person is indeed a person who can kill hundreds of white-skinned people in a row, and he can still laugh when he talks about such a bloody thing...!

Puccina, whose legs began to swing violently, once again had the idea of ​​going back to eating rabbit meat.

But just as timidity was born, the indescribable affection for Aisuma emerged again.

--no! You can't just back down like this!

After cheering himself up for a while, Puccina managed to regain his composure.

It's just—although he barely recovered his composure, but he was even more afraid of Ogata.

Puccina resisted his fear of Ogata, and continued to stride towards Ogata and the others...

...

...

"So that's how it is..." Otongpuyi nodded, and muttered in a low voice that only he could hear clearly, "It turns out that people eat fish like this..."

Just now Ogata was giving Otsu Puyi their popular science and human food culture.

At the end of the science popularization, he mentioned by the way an embarrassing incident that happened when he was cooking fish - when cleaning the internal organs of the fish, he accidentally stabbed in the wrong place, causing a lot of fish blood to spray on Ogata's hands.

call--!

At this time, a gust of wind suddenly blew by.

"Hmm..." Ogata suddenly lowered his head, then raised his hands to cover his eyes.

"What's wrong?" A-Ming asked hastily.

"It's nothing." Ogata rubbed his eyes with his right hand, "It's just that some dirty things were blown into my eyes."

"Ah!" At this moment, Asuma suddenly smiled happily, and waved her hands behind Ogata, "Puccina! Why are you here? (Ainu language)"

--Ok? Is anyone else coming?

While Ogata said this in his heart, he put down the hand that was rubbing his eyes just now, and turned his head to look behind him.

Because some dirty things were blown into his eyes just now, and Ogata was rubbing his eyes vigorously with his hands just now, so not only are Ogata's eyes a little red now, but there will be some afterimages when he looks at things, which makes Ogata Fang could not help but narrow his eyes to see things clearly.

Ogata's eyes were not vicious on occasions other than battles.

However... at this moment, because there are a lot of red blood in the whites of Ogata's eyes, and Ogata is squinting his eyes to look at people, Ogata's eyes are a little bit fierce...

So——in Puccina's field of vision, such a scene appeared:

Puccina, who was approaching Ogata and the others from behind Ogata, saw Asuma who kept waving at him because he had spotted him.

Then... that man and person slowly turned his head...

——Why, why are you looking at me with such fierce eyes? !

Puccina screamed again in his heart, and his feet settled in the snow again.

"Huh? Puccina, what's the matter with you?" (Ainu language)" Aisuma looked at Puccina suspiciously.

"No, nothing... I just passed by here by chance and saw you and Otunpuyi here, so I just came to see what you were talking about... (Ainu language)" Puccina said in a weak tone Said.

Although she was puzzled by Puccina's soft and weak appearance, Aisuma didn't care too much.

"My brother and I are listening to Mr. Mashima's introduction to them and people's living customs. By the way, I am also listening to Mr. Mashima's story about some of his past deeds."

——A few stories from the past... the story of the murder...

Puccina swallowed hard.

"Um... can I stay and listen? (Ainu)"

Now that everyone has come, Puccina has made up his mind to listen carefully to what they are talking about.

"Huh? If Mr. Mashima doesn't mind, of course you can stay here and listen. (Ainu language)" Aisuma said.

Asuma informed Ogata in Japanese of Puccina's request to stay here and listen.

Ogata didn't care whether there was one more audience or two more audiences, so he nodded and let Puccina sit next to him.

Just as Puccina shrank his body carefully beside Ogata, he heard Otunpuyi ask Ogata excitedly:

"Mr. Mashima, can you tell me how you usually exercise and hone your skills? If possible, can you show us?"

Hearing this question from Otunpuyi, Puccina couldn't help but feel his heart sink:

——As expected, the two siblings were asking this Kazuto for advice on how to kill people efficiently...!

Puccina, whose face became even paler, shrunk his already shrunk body even smaller.

When Ogata heard this new question from Otong Puyi, he couldn't help being stunned.

Because of this kind of question, he couldn't answer at all...

——I exercised by the system and the negative distance contact with A-Machi...

Ogata replied silently in his heart.

Since coming to the Edo period, Ogata has basically never done any physical training, nor has he practiced swordsmanship...

Whether it is the growth of body functions or the improvement of swordsmanship, it basically depends on "system! Give me some points!"...

Traveling so far, what Ogata has done that can be regarded as exercising his body muscles is probably just practicing Jiu-Jitsu with A-Ming every night.

Competing with A-Ming in Jiu-Jitsu, you can exercise your waist strength, arm strength, physical strength, body flexibility, and tongue flexibility.

But Ogata definitely couldn't tell Otunpuyi straightforwardly that his body training and swordsmanship depended on the negative distance contact and system with A-Machi.

So Ogata smiled and said:

"My swordsmanship training method and body training method... are all very intense methods, it is not convenient to tell you, and it is not convenient to show you."

Disappointment appeared on the faces of Aisuma and Otunpuyi.

But Puccina, who was preconceived and unconsciously determined that Ogata was a dangerous person, was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed drastically.

——Intense, intense method...?

——It’s not convenient to tell us, and at the same time it’s not convenient to show us the method...Shouldn’t it be murder...?

Many bloody images flashed through Puccina's mind: Ogata showed a sinister smile while frantically wielding a knife to kill people, relying on bloody killings to improve his swordsmanship and physical fitness...

Puccina's legs, which had finally stopped shaking, swayed again.

At this time, Ogata, who was sitting next to Puccina, noticed something about Puccina.

Ogata turned his head and said to Puccina:

"you……"

"Ah, ah, ah, ah—!"

Just as Ogata had time to utter a syllable, Puccina let out a piercing scream as if he heard a bear roaring in his ear.

Puccina's scream not only scared Ogata and the others, but also scared the villagers of the nearby China Village.

"Puccina! What's your name! (Ainu language)" Aisuma shouted angrily.

"No, nothing..." Puccina lowered his head and said weakly.

Just when Asuma was about to criticize Puccina again, her expression changed suddenly, and she looked straight behind Ogata.

Ogata, who noticed Asuma's sudden change of expression, turned his head to look behind him——afterwards, Ogata's expression also changed slightly.

Behind him, a dozen or so Ainu people were striding towards them.

Without exception, these ten or so people all stared at Ogata and A-Ming with expressionless faces.

They are not friendly from head to toe.

Ogata stood up slowly, and put his left hand on the handle of Da Shitian's knife.

A-Machi also stood up following Ogata, raised her right hand slightly, and was ready to draw out her Wakizawa or her pistol at any time.

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Character introduction of Red Moon Fortress:

Chanup: (Village Chief)

Aisuma: (Chanup's daughter)

Otunpuyi: (son of Chanup)

Retannoe: (...Humph!)

Puccina: (Retannoe's son. (To Ogata) "Don't come here!")

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