I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Do not pray!

——Final Volume · Epilogue

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About a month after the 10,000 shogunate army was defeated——

Ezodi, Red Moon Fortress, Kunoya's clinic——

"A rare visitor came today."

Kunoya raised her eyebrows, and looked up and down at Chanup who was sitting face to face with Ogata and Atachi with her somewhat surprised eyes.

"It doesn't count as a rare visitor." Chanup said in a helpless tone, "Didn't I also visit Ogata-kun a few days ago?"

"Really?" Kunoya shrugged, "It seems that I remembered it wrong. I don't have any objections to you coming to visit Ogata-kun, as long as my clinic is not messed up or dirty. "

After that, Kunoya picked up her bong and walked out of the clinic quickly. There is enough space for Ogata, Acho, and Chanup.

After watching Kunoya leave, Chanup immediately shifted his gaze to Ogata and Atachi.

"Ogata-kun, Machi-san, how are you recovering now?"

Ogata smiled, raised his right hand and patted his left shoulder: "Thanks to you, my wife and I are almost back to normal. Mr. Chanup, how about you? How is your injury?"

"My injury wasn't particularly serious in the first place, and I've recovered about half of it now."

"I heard that you have been busy with the reconstruction of the fortress recently." Ogata continued, "Don't delay your recovery because of your business."

"Regarding this, don't worry." Chanup smiled wryly and shook his head. "My daughter has been supervising me. Once she finds out that I don't rest on time, she will yell at me..."

When Chanup was about to say something more, he suddenly raised his eyebrows, then turned his head to look at the door of the clinic: "Mr. Ogata, it seems that someone is visiting you again."

Ogata and Chanup heard footsteps outside the clinic almost at the same time, so they looked towards the door together with Chanup.

As soon as their eyes turned to the door, they saw Kunoya who had just walked outside the clinic leading a tall man back.

"Ogata-kun.

Kunoya smiled helplessly, "This red-haired man is here to see you again." "

"Ogata-kun, I'm here to see you again, oh! There are a lot of people today! Even the boss of this castle is here!"

The tall man brought in by Kunoya was none other than Skulucci.

If anyone came to visit Ogata most frequently, it was undoubtedly Skulucci.

Skulucci would come to chat with Ogata almost every day, and even Kunoya gradually became familiar with this red-haired young man.

After bringing Skulucci in, Kunoya quickly returned to the outside of the clinic. As for Skulucci, he sat down beside Chanup without hesitation.

"Mr. Skulucci." Chanup said, "You came just in time. I planned to visit you and your subordinates today after visiting Wanogata-kun."

"Oh? Really?" Skulucci grinned, "Thank you for your concern. My subordinates and I are recovering very well now. The doctor named Kunoya's medical skills are really amazing. "

Skulucci turned his head and looked towards the door of the clinic. It's a pity that because of the angle, he couldn't see Kunoya who was smoking a cigarette not far from the clinic and didn't get involved in Ogata's conversation.

Kunoya is also mainly responsible for the treatment of Skulucci and his party.

Under the treatment of Kunoya's superb medical skills, Skulucci and his party recovered very well.

After praising Kunoya's treatment, Skulucci turned his gaze away from the door to Chanup.

"Mr. Chanup, think about it now—this is the first time I have visited Ogata-kun with you at the same time."

"I visit Ogata-kun almost every day, but I seem to miss you every time."

"Yes." Chanup showed helplessness, "I didn't have time to visit Ogata-kun today."

"But because I have something urgent to tell Ogata-kun, and it's true that I haven't seen Ogata-kun for a while, so I just squeezed out time."

"Urgent matter?" Ogata cast a puzzled look at Chanup.

"Mr. Ogata." Chanup looked at Ogata, "I came to see you today. Apart from visiting you, I actually have another purpose - to convey a good news to you for Mr. Lin."

"Mr. Lin?" Ogata's eyes flashed with surprise, "I would like to hear more about it."

The Mr. Lin mentioned by Chanup is naturally referring to Lin Ziping.

Lin Ziping was undoubtedly one of the biggest contributors in the "Red Moon Fortress Offensive and Defense War" more than a month ago.

During this period of time, this great hero has also been lying in bed to recuperate from his injuries. On the last day of the offensive and defensive battle, when he was defending the inner city wall with Chanup and others, he was accidentally shot by two stray arrows. One shot in his side waist and one in his right thigh, but luckily they didn't hurt the vitals.

For more than a month, Ogata also went to the place where Lin Ziping, who was bedridden due to a leg injury, lived to visit Lin Ziping many times.

It would be impossible for Ogata not to be curious about what Chanup said just now, "deliver a good news for Mr. Lin".

"Mr. Lin has helped Heyezhe a lot. Without Mr. Lin's command, we might not be able to survive until the day when you bring Mr. Sculucci and others to help."

Chanup said slowly.

"So as early as when Mr. Lin helped us, we agreed that Mr. Lin was our friend. Therefore, we will never detain Mr. Lin again."

"And Mr. Lin asked me to tell you: the reason why he can live until the day he regains his freedom depends on Ogata-kun."

"In order to repay his kindness, Mr. Lin said that he is willing to take you to the village that may have clues about the pair of doctors you are looking for after he recovers."

"By the way - Mr. Lin, he can barely go to the ground today, and after a while, he should be able to recover."

After listening to Chanup's words, Ogata was startled for a while, and after recovering, he asked happily:

"Mr. Lin, did he really say that?"

Chanup smiled and nodded.

Ogata breathed a sigh of relief as if he had let go of some burden in his heart, and then said in a self-deprecating tone: "To find the pair of doctors, it really took a very difficult journey..."

When meeting Lin Ziping for the first time, Lin Ziping told Ogata and the others a piece of information that both husband and wife were very concerned about - Lin Ziping once met an eccentric and friendly doctor in a certain village.

In a place like Ezo, it is extremely rare for Kazuto to live in an Ainu village, and this Kazuto happens to be a doctor—this is even rarer.

After learning this information from Lin Ziping, Ogata reached a deal with Lin Ziping: Ogata managed to restore Lin Ziping's freedom, and then Lin Ziping took them to the village he mentioned to find the Kazuto doctor.

The process of getting Lin Ziping back to his freedom was not without bumps, but fortunately—despite the bumps in the process, he succeeded in the end.

"Mr. Lin, will it take some time for him to recover..." Ogata muttered, "It seems that my wife and I will have to stay here for a while longer."

"It doesn't matter if you stay here longer." Chanup smiled. "You are the heroes who saved us. We welcome you to stay here for a while, and let us entertain you again."

"Mr. Scruucci, you too. You and your men are more than welcome to stay with us for a while."

"Mr. Chanup, thank you for your kindness." Skulucci smiled politely at Chanup, "But unfortunately—my subordinates and I cannot stay with you for a long time. After a while, We have to go."

"Are you and your subordinates leaving?" Chanup looked surprised.

Ogata and A-Ming looked at Scruucci with a hint of surprise.

"My superiors will worry about us if we stay outside for too long."

When he said the sentence "the superiors will worry about us", Sculucci used a strange tone to emphasize the tone.

"In order not to make my superior worry too much about us, we can't stay with you for too long."

"Now the injuries of me and my subordinates are basically healed. The remaining people who have not recovered have also recovered to the point where they can barely ride a horse, so I decided that it is about time to leave."

"That's it..." Chanup's eyes flashed with regret, "It's a pity... I still want to entertain you guys..."

After sighing lightly, Chanup took a deep breath.

"Then—if you have any requests before you leave, just let us know." Chanup said sternly to Skulucci, "We will try our best to do whatever we can. do it."

"Hahahaha." Scruucci laughed heartily, "Thank you. But we don't have anything we want anymore."

"but--"

Scruucci's words suddenly changed.

"Although there is nothing I want, I have always had a question. This question has been in my heart for a long time, but I have never found the time to ask you. Now it is rare that only a few of us are present. It’s a good time to ask a question, Mr. Chanup, would you like to answer my question.”

"Questions? Just ask. I'll tell you everything I can answer." Chanup straightened his face and put on a serious look of listening attentively.

"You don't need to be so serious." Scruucci smiled helplessly, "It's just a small question."

Scruucci cleared his throat:

"Mr Chanup, I've always been curious: where did you get those muskets?"

Chanup's expression changed slightly.

After hearing the question from Skulucci, Ogata and Ating looked at each other in a tacit understanding, and then looked at Chanup, waiting for him to answer.

Ogata and the others have always been curious about why Chanup and the others have so many advanced flintlock guns.

During this period of time, they also asked some people this question, such as Kunoya, Ai Suma and others, but they all said "I don't know".

Now that Skulucci asked Chanup a question that they had also been curious about, Ogata and Atachi were also happy to hear what the answer was.

"Of course." Scruucci added at this time, "Mr. Chanup, if you find this question difficult to answer, you don't have to answer it. I don't force it. I'm just curious about this question."

Chanup shook his head: "This is not something that should not be known. If you want to know, I can answer."

"The muskets of our Heyezhe were all purchased in 2 years... no, it should have been almost 3 years ago. We bought them from a merchant named 'Kinoshita'."

"Kinoshita?" Hearing this surname, Ogata frowned suddenly because he couldn't help but think of two of his acquaintances.

"That Kinoshita is... a very strange businessman." Chanup continued, "Three years ago, when he passed by our Heyezhe with his caravan, he sent someone to negotiate with us. , Said: They are short of food, and are willing to exchange some food from us at the price of a batch of muskets, a large amount of gunpowder and pellets, and teaching us how to use muskets and how to preserve gunpowder and pellets.”

"For food?" Scruucci's eyes widened. "So many muskets are worth a lot. How much food did they take away from you?"

"Not much," Chanup said, "just enough food for 50 people for 20 days."

"It's just such a little grain? Isn't this a loss of money?" Scruzzy frowned tightly.

Although he is not a professional businessman, he also understands how much there are nearly a hundred flintlock guns, plus a large amount of gunpowder and bullets. If you exchange all the grain in Heyezhe's stockpile, you may not be able to get it back. .

What's more, in addition to delivering these dead objects, that "Kinoshita" is also willing to teach Chanup how to use their muskets and how to preserve gunpowder and projectiles.

"Yeah. That's why I said that Kinoshita is quite weird." Chanup sighed lightly, "At first, I was skeptical about this deal, which was obviously a loss for Kinoshita and the others."

"But then they gradually discovered that they were serious about this deal."

"I have traveled in Herendi before, so I also know how powerful a musket is."

"Although I don't know why Kinoshita made such a bloody deal, I finally decided to give it a go and made a deal with him."

"After the transaction, Kinoshita took someone away, and I haven't seen him since then."

"...Mr. Chanup." Ogata, who had been silent just now, suddenly said abruptly, "Have you seen what that Kinoshita looks like?"

"I have only met Kinoshita a few times." Chanup said, "He is a very young young man, about the same age as Ogata-kun."

"The face is very delicate, and he looks very gentle and polite."

"His waist wears a beautiful sword with a purple handle."

Seeing that the Kinoshita in Chanup's mouth did not match the two Kinoshita in his impression, Ogata's originally frowning brows slowly loosened, but the confusion on his face did not dissipate—for Ogata was also puzzled by Kinoshita's behavior of making such a blood loss transaction.

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In Edo, a certain remote house, in the yard——

"Mamiya! I'm going!" Mucun raised the wooden Odachi high in his palm, posing in the posture of a big upper section.

"Senior Mamiya, please give me your advice." Shimada, holding the wooden knife tightly, put on a well-behaved mid-section posture.

As for Asai - he didn't say much, just grabbed and held the knife silently.

Connect the points where Mucun, Shimada, and Asai stand together with a line, which can just form a standard equilateral triangle.

And in the middle of this equilateral triangle - stood Gamiya who was slowly tying up the sleeves on both sides with cuffs.

After tying up the sleeves on both sides at an unhurried pace, Gamiya picked up the wooden knife placed at his feet: "Let the horse come here."

As soon as Jiangong finished speaking, Mucun took the lead in letting out a resounding Qihe, and rushed towards Jiangong with a knife in hand.

He aimed at Gamiya's head and made three powerful downward strikes, but all of them were dodged by Gamiya with light steps.

As soon as Mamiya dodged Mucun's slash, the swords of Asai and Shimada came with the wind.

Both of them slashed from very tricky angles, but their slashes from this tricky angle were still powerless against Gamiya.

I saw that Mamiya swung two swords extremely fast. Obviously there was only one sword, but because of the high-speed swing of the sword, the effect of "Mamiya holding two swords" was created. The swords of Asai and Shimada were killed almost at the same time. The blade of the palace cuts and blocks.

After parrying Shimada's sword, Mamiya quickly adjusted the blade, aiming at Shimada's left shoulder.

"Ahhh!" Shimada, suffering from pain, subconsciously took a few steps back, and then fell to the ground.

After killing Shimada with one blow, Mamiya's feet slid on the ground, dodging to Asai's side at a speed that Asai couldn't react to, and then slashed at Asai's shoulder just like the one blow that knocked down Shimada just now. Asai fell to the ground.

Next, Mucun, who could only fight alone, did not have the slightest intention of retreating or surrendering. He stepped forward bravely, preparing to attack Gamiya again.

And he only had time to step forward.

He just took a step forward when he saw Jian Gong approaching him.

Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!

The dull sound of knocking on the flesh sounded.

Jian Gong pointed at Mu Cun's sturdy upper body and slashed three times in a row, two on Mu Cun's left shoulder and one on his right shoulder.

"Hmm..." Mucun resisted the pain, and took three steps back to increase the distance between himself and the palace.

"Are you still coming?" Jiangong asked Mucun.

"No need..." Mu Cun let out a long sigh, "I have died three times just now, and the winner has already been decided."

"Senior Mamiya is so strong..." Shimada covered the place where he was stabbed just now, and stood up with a wry smile, "The three of us went up together, but we still couldn't even touch a piece of Senior Mamiya's clothes... "

Regarding Shimada's compliment, Mamiya just smiled, then raised his hand to help his glasses that were slipping down the bridge of his nose: "Let's take a break. We've competed a lot just now, and I'm a little tired. It's time to take a break, too."

"Gamiya's biggest weakness is indeed lack of physical strength." Mucun teased Xia Jiangong in a half-joking tone, and took the lead in striding towards the eaves not far away, and then sat down on the stairs under the eaves Go up, and the three of Jiangong followed closely behind, sitting side by side with Mucun.

"We've been here in Edo for a long time..." Mucun looked up at a big tree with delicate green leaves growing ahead, "Before you know it, winter will be over."

After bidding farewell to Ogata and Atachi and leaving Edo, Huluya and his team moved to a new home—a luxury house in Edo that Lin had rented using her network. Continue to recuperate with peace of mind in this luxurious home.

Except for Mucun, who has a special physique of "quick recovery from injuries", Lin and the others are ordinary people, unlike Ogata who has an extremely abnormal recovery ability due to "vitality".

Except for Genichi and Mamiya who were basically uninjured, everyone else was injured, and Lin and Asai's injuries were not serious.

In the past few months, Lin and the others have been living in seclusion in this house, concentrating on recuperating.

About a month ago, the whole group of Huluwu finally recovered, and then began the "rehabilitation" of their bodies.

And their "rehabilitation" is quite simple and crude-that is, they fight each other.

The house that Lin rented was the kind of mansion with its own spacious courtyard, where Lin and the others fought each other.

"I'm getting tired of staying in Edo..." Asai interjected, "Although there are many interesting, beautiful and delicious places in Edo, I'm getting bored after staying here for several months... "

"We should be able to leave soon." Mucun said, "After all, our injuries have healed, and there is no reason to stay in Edo any longer."

Shimada: "Are we going back to Owari later?"

"I don't know." Mucun shrugged, "But if there are no accidents, we should go back to our base camp. After all, we haven't gone back for a long time."

"Speaking of Owari..." Asai suddenly muttered at this moment, "Have you heard about that incident? The 'disappearance incident' that seems to be quite popular now."

"'Disappearance'?" Mucun asked back, "What happened?"

Not only Makimura, Mamiya and Shimada also cast doubtful eyes on Asai at this time.

"This is what I heard from the samurai at the next table when I went to drink at a nearby izakaya with Mr. Genichi late last night." Asai said slowly, "It is said that this large area from Owari to Osaka , frequent 'disappearances' occurred during this period."

"According to the descriptions of those warriors, this 'disappearance incident' is quite paradoxical. It seems that at least a hundred people have suddenly disappeared without a trace."

"Among the hundreds of missing people, there are men and women, old and young. The characteristics of the missing people are irregular. And among the missing people, there are also some warriors."

"Hundreds of people...?" Mucun frowned slowly, "It can't be a coincidence that so many people disappeared, there must be some powerful group abducting these people. Did the shogunate intervene in the investigation? "

Asai shrugged: "I don't know about that."

Shimada seemed completely hooked by this "disappearance". He turned his head and looked at Mucun: "Senior Mucun, do you think there is some big group abducting those people?"

Mucun used to make a living by solving cases in Kyoto, so Shimada subconsciously wanted to ask Mucun, who should have some experience in this area, his opinion on this matter.

"Of course." Mu Cun said solemnly, "I never believe in 'hidden gods'. Being abducted by gods and Buddhas is pure nonsense."

"The disappearance of hundreds of people - I can't think of any other possibility other than being abducted."

"According to Asai's description just now, there are frequent disappearances in the large area from Owari to Osaka."

"From Owari to Osaka—this range is not small. It covers the entire Kansai."

"Being able to abduct people all over the vast Kansai shows that this 'abduction group' is not small."

"But there's one thing I don't quite understand."

After musing for a moment, Mucun continued:

"Asai said just now: The missing persons include men and women, old and young. I don't understand this point."

"I used to deal with several 'human trafficking cases' when I was working in Kyoto."

"The abducted objects are basically children and young girls."

"It's quite rare to abduct men and old people. What do you do with abducted men and old people?"

"The 'disappearance incident'..." Gamiya, who had been silent since just now, suddenly said, "Even Owari is within the scope of the victim... The world is really not peaceful."

At this moment, a female voice that was all too familiar to Jian Gong and the others suddenly came from behind the crowd.

"Katsurokuro, so you are here, so I found you."

Shimada turned around following the sound, with a surprised expression on his face, "Master, do you need to find me?"

The owner of this female voice, which is very familiar to Jian Gong and others, is naturally Lin.

"Well. It's true that I need to find you, but it's not important."

Lin continued to walk slowly towards Shimada while talking.

"I've just received the news that the temple is enforcing Ginjimono conscripts: Shimada Soichiro returned to Edo a few days ago."

After hearing the name "Soichiro Shimada" from Lin's mouth, Shimada's expression froze.

"Shengrokuro." Lin's tone softened, "You must have been away from home for a long time. It's time to visit your family."

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