I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"First of all—the first question, who are you?" After the bald head's breathing calmed down and he could speak normally, Mucun asked the bald head the first question.

The bald head opened his mouth slowly, claiming that the organization he belonged to was "The Grave Digger".

The name "Gravedigger" was given by their leader, Ryunosuke.

And he was originally a ronin, and was recruited by Ryunosuke into the "gravedigger" a year ago.

"The murder of 45 people that has continued since last night, is it the work of your "gravediggers"?"

"yes……"

"Why are you pretending to be Ogata Yidaosai? Are you deliberately blaming Ogata Yidaosai?"

"No... no, we didn't mean to blame Ogata Yidaosai... For us, it doesn't matter if we pretend to be anyone... Our purpose is just to pretend to be a slightly famous criminal, so as to gain It's just better to attract the attention of the government and prepare for the follow-up plan..."

"Master Ryunosuke, his body shape and face shape happen to be more similar to Ogata Isai, and Ogata Isai also happens to be a well-known person, so Ryunosuke-sama pretended to be Ogata Isai, and started in Kyoto. killing people everywhere..."

"The person pretending to be Ogata is your leader..." Mucun frowned slowly for some reason, "That is to say——you are only planning to commit crimes by pretending to be a well-known criminal at will. The object of this incident happens to be Ogata Ichitosai, right?"

"That's right..."

"It's no wonder that when your leader kills people, he deliberately chooses places where there are witnesses to kill people, and he never hides his face." Hasegawa who was on the side said softly at this time, "It turns out that your purpose from the beginning is to let the government People quickly noticed that it was 'Ogata Ittosai' who was going around killing people..."

"……I have a question.

"Ogata, who has been silent since just now, said, "Since your leader pretended to be 'Ogata Yidaosai', how did your leader pretend? Is it because he looks like Ogata Ittosai, or because he has a mask or something? "

"I don't know... I only know that Ryunosuke-sama is personally responsible for disguising himself as 'Ogata Yitosai'. As for how he disguised himself, I don't know..."

After listening to the bald head's explanation, Ogata sighed helplessly.

At this moment, Ogata's mood was very complicated.

This group of people didn't have any enmity with him, they just wanted to pretend to be some famous criminal...

Then it was quite a coincidence to decide to choose to pretend to be him...

Ogata's mood right now is very complicated... quite complicated...

"Then why among the 45 people who were killed, most of them were disciples of the Six Great Sword Halls?" Mu Cun asked.

"Because...it's part of the plan..."

The bald head slowly explained their plan.

It turned out that they first sent most of their "gravediggers" to sneak into the capital and join the six sword halls.

According to what the bald head said - they currently have about a hundred companions mixed in the six sword halls, and they have become new disciples of the six sword halls in recent days.

While arranging their companions to sneak into the Six Great Sword Gyms, they kidnapped the wife and daughter of the owner of the Metaphysics Gym, which is the most powerful and has the most right to speak among the Six Great Sword Gyms.

Last night, Ryunosuke began to pretend to be Ogata and started killing people in Kyoto, focusing on killing the old disciples of the Six Great Sword Halls.

Because many members of the "Grave Diggers" have been mixed into the Six Great Sword Gyms, it is not easy to grasp the movements of those old disciples in the Six Great Sword Gyms.

The reason why he focused on beheading the old disciples of the Six Great Sword Halls was just to create a reason for 'the Six Great Sword Halls to mobilize disciples to search for criminals all over the city'.

After Ryunosuke, who was disguised as Ogata Ittosai, had killed enough people, he threatened the wife and daughter of the owner of the Inaba Pavilion and asked the owner of the Inaba Pavilion to come out and call for the mobilization of the six major sword halls. They gathered their disciples to assist the government in catching criminals.

Most of the 45 victims were disciples of their Six Great Sword Gym, so there is simply not enough reason for the disciples of the Six Great Sword Gym to go out to hunt down criminals.

No matter whether they are members of the Six Great Sword Gym or outsiders, they will not find it strange that the Six Great Sword Gym is determined to assist the government in arresting criminals.

On the contrary, there will be many people who think that the people in the Six Great Sword Gym are bloody, and applaud the people in the Six Great Sword Gym.

In this way, their companions who sneaked into the Six Great Swords Hall have sufficient reasons to walk around in various places in Kyoto.

That is to say—their series of tricks are for one purpose only: to give their companions who sneaked into the Six Great Sword Gyms a good reason to walk swaggeringly around Kyoto.

"……So."

While talking, Mucun walked slowly to the corner of the room, and picked up a square object placed in the corner of the room.

"What is this?"

Mucun placed the square object in his hand in front of the bald head.

"This, this is..." Looking at the square object in Mucun's hand, the bald head faltered.

Looking at the bald head who was hesitating and unable to utter a word, a sneer appeared on Mucun's face.

"You don't say it, I say it. This is a bomb, right?"

After Mu Cun's voice fell, the bald-headed face was immediately filled with shock, and he cast a surprised look at Mu Cun.

"You, how do you know this is a bomb..." the bald head stammered.

"Bomb...? What is Bomb?" A-cho asked in confusion.

It wasn't just that Machi was puzzled after hearing the word "bomb" from Makimura, Hasegawa and Shimada were also puzzled now.

Only Ogata looked calm.

"Do you know the explosive shells of the artillery?" Mu Cun asked back.

"Of course I know." A-cho said without thinking.

"Then you can understand the explosive bomb in my hand as a flowering bomb that doesn't need artillery to shoot it out."

"Light this match first."

Mucun raised his hand and picked up a short matchlock on the side of the bomb in his hand.

"When the match has burned out, the bomb will explode like a cannonball."

Hearing Mucun's words, the faces of Acho, Shimada, and Hasegawa turned pale.

A-Ming even took two steps back subconsciously.

"Don't worry." Mucun continued, "I checked, the bomb in my hand is not assembled properly, it won't explode."

Ogata, who had a calm face from the beginning to the end, looked at the explosive bomb in Mucun's hand, and thought to himself:

——It really is a bomb...

This explosive bomb...or a bomb was found by Ogata and Mucun in the room that smelled of gunpowder when they searched the 3-story building where the bald head and others were hiding.

In the room filled with the smell of gunpowder, there were a lot of gunpowder, all kinds of things that Ogata couldn't name, and more than a dozen bombs that were all semi-finished according to Mucun.

After seeing the appearance of these explosive bombs at that time, Ogata recognized them immediately - the appearance of these things was very similar to the bombs he was familiar with in modern Earth.

It's just that I don't know how powerful these explosive bombs are.

"Tell me clearly what these explosive bombs are about." Mucun's tone was as cold as if he could spit out ice shards from his mouth, "Otherwise, I'll let you drink some more water."

After hearing the words "drink some water", the bald body shook violently a few times.

"I'll say it! I'll say it all! You're right! The thing in your hand is a bomb! And that three-story building is where our 'gravediggers' assemble the bomb!"

"Judging from the amount of gunpowder I found in that building just now, you 'gravediggers' probably made a lot of explosive bombs..." Mu Cun's face became more and more ugly, "You made such a bomb. What are the bombs going to do?"

"I...we..."

A look of hesitation appeared on the bald head's face again.

This time, the look of hesitation stayed on the bald head's face for an extraordinarily long time.

But the fear of "water torture" still defeated the bald head's loyalty to Ryunosuke.

After gritted his teeth, the bald head said word for word:

"We... will detonate these bombs in Kyoto tonight!"

Although after confirming that the thing in Mucun's hand was a bomb, Ogata had vaguely realized what the 'gravedigger' was going to do.

But after he really learned what they were going to do from the bald head, Ogata was still so shocked that his pupils shrank slightly.

Ogata was not the only one who was also frightened.

Whether it's Mucun, Shimada, Atachi, Hasegawa or the others, they were all dumbfounded after hearing what the bald head said just now.

And the bald head went on to say:

"We're not just going to detonate those bombs we've assembled in Kyoto."

"Although we have a lot of explosive bombs, they are not enough to blow up the entire Kyoto."

"Our goal is to completely destroy Kyoto."

"And to destroy the capital, the best method is fire attack."

"So after we detonate the bombs, we will set fires everywhere in Kyoto, completely engulfing Kyoto in a sea of ​​flames."

"The task of setting fires in various places in Kyoto is the responsibility of our companions who have sneaked into the Six Great Swords Hall."

"The reason why we put in so much effort is that our companions who have been infiltrated into the Six Great Sword Gyms can now smoothly walk around the city of Kyoto in the name of 'catch the murderer'."

"The reason is that after we detonate the bombs, they can set fire to all parts of Kyoto very conveniently."

"After the arson is over, we can blame it on the Six Great Sword Gym, and let the world know that it was the disciples of the Six Great Sword Gym who set the fire."

"After the capital is destroyed, the capital will suffer heavy losses, the shogunate will be humiliated, and the masters and disciples of the six sword halls will die... This is the ultimate goal of our 'gravediggers'..."

After quietly listening to the bald head reveal their "gravedigger" plan, everyone, be it Ogata or Mucun, felt a chill in their hearts...

All the clues they know so far tie together.

The fog that had surrounded their minds suddenly dissipated.

The "gravedigger" pretended to be the reason why Ogata went around killing people.

"Gravedigger" focuses on the reasons for killing the disciples of the Six Great Sword Gym.

When Dieyin of Shimabara was picking up the guests, what happened to those strange words he heard from some new disciples in the Metaphysics Hall.

The "gravedigger" threatened the wife and daughter of the master of the six sword halls, and demanded that the master of the six sword halls, who has the most right to speak, issued a call to mobilize the disciples of the six sword halls to hunt them down all over the city. The reason for the criminal.

The reason Gravedigger assembled so many bombs.

...

All these questions have now been answered.

Although this answer made everyone present feel chills at the root of their teeth...

"Do you 'gravediggers' have any deep hatred with the shogunate and the six sword halls?" Hasegawa asked anxiously first.

This chain plan drawn up by the "gravedigger" can be described as extremely vicious.

First let most of their companions mix into the Six Great Swords Hall.

Then, through a series of exquisite arrangements, the disciples of the six sword halls can walk around the capital with confidence and confidence.

After the explosive bomb is detonated, these companions in the "Grave Digger" who have sneaked into the six sword halls will start to set fire everywhere.

In the eyes of others, this is such a picture: the disciples of the Six Great Swords Hall are setting fire everywhere in the city of Kyoto!

Once the ordinary people in Kyoto see this picture, the six sword halls will undoubtedly suffer a devastating blow, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is "killing people and punishing their hearts".

"The disciples set fire in the capital, causing heavy losses in the capital"——Once this stain is on him, it is impossible for the owner of the six sword halls to continue to open a sword hall in Kyoto no matter what.

It will even be a question of whether he can hold his head up in front of others in the future...

If the plan of the "gravedigger" is successful, it will really be like what the bald head said just now: the capital will be destroyed, the shogunate will be humiliated, and the masters and disciples of the six sword halls will die ...

Thinking that there are quite a few "grave-diggers" among the disciples of the Six Great Sword Gyms who are running around in the streets of Kyoto, and these people will start setting fires in various places in Kyoto in the near future. Gu Chuan felt goosebumps all over his body one after another...

"Specifically, I don't know too much..." Baldhead said softly, "But as far as I know... Mr. Ryunosuke does have hatred with the Six Great Swords... The reason why he made such a plan is part of the reason It is for revenge against the Six Great Sword Halls..."

"As for the deep hatred with the shogunate..."

A sinister smile appeared on the bald face at this moment.

"Let me tell you the truth. Most of our 'gravediggers', especially those responsible for sneaking into the six sword halls and setting fires everywhere later, all have deep hatred against the shogunate."

"It is precisely because we hate the shogunate that we have joined the ranks of Lord Ryunosuke who also hates the shogunate."

"I didn't know until I joined Ryunosuke-sama-so there are so many people who hate the shogunate like me."

Mucun grabbed the bald head by the collar, lifted the bald head from the ground, then roared at the bald head, and posed three questions to the bald head in one breath:

"How many bombs have you assembled? When and where are you going to detonate those bombs tonight?"