I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Mr. Saburo, what should we do now?"

On the smuggling boat, two guards anxiously asked a middle-aged man with half-white beard and hair in front of him.

This middle-aged man known as "Mr. Saburo" is, in simple terms, the general manager and captain of this stowaway boat.

At this moment, looking at the pirate ship that was almost touching their faces, Saburo's face was ashen, and cold sweat broke out from his body one after another.

As long as the eyes are not blind and the brain is not sick, they can see that this pirate ship is twice as fast as their stowaway ship, and its speed is much faster than their stowaway ship. A small stowaway ship, no matter what, it is impossible to get rid of that pirate ship.

After some struggle and hesitation, Saburo let out a long sigh:

"... furl the sails, stop the boat..."

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...

The smugglers sitting in the cabin clearly felt that the shaking of the ship below them became smaller in one breath.

The ship stopped moving forward.

The sudden stop of the ship made the uneasy atmosphere in the cabin even more intense in an instant.

Some of the less courageous people even began to sob now.

Of course—if there are those who are timid, there will naturally be those who are bold.

"It's...it's not my fault...?" A Zhu covered his mouth tightly with both hands, with a shame on his face, "I was just joking just now... I usually say that I want to pick it up on the ground. Money, but it never worked out once..."

"Why did I just make a joke of 'I'm worried about pirates coming to my door' today, and there are really pirates coming..."

After muttering in an aggrieved tone, A Zhu stood up.

"Mr. Goro, Miss Atachi." Azuki said to Ogata beside him, "You stay here, I'll go outside to have a look!"

After all, Azuki put on a firm expression of "This is my fault, I can't escape", without waiting for Ogata and the others to respond, he shook his black robe and ran to the door of the cabin.

"Wait! I'm with you..."

Ogata's last sentence "I'll go with you" has not yet uttered,

A Zhu's figure has completely disappeared within his field of vision.

"...What a lively child." After complaining in a helpless tone, Ogata turned to look at A-Machi, "How do you feel now? Can you sit up or stand up?"

"Don't expect me to perform outstandingly on the boat..." A-Ming said with a wry smile.

"Then you can continue to rest here." Ogata raised his hand and grabbed the cloth bag hiding Da Shitian and Da Zizai, "I'll go back as soon as I go."

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At the same moment when Azhu left the cabin first——

"...Grandpa." Isshiki said in a deep voice to Naosu who was beside him, "Let's go to the deck and have a look."

"Okay." Zhi Zhou nodded without any hesitation.

Isshiki and Naoshu each grabbed a large cloth bag by their side, and then quickly ran out of the cabin in three steps at a time.

There are several brave people like Ogata, Isshiki, and Azuki who rushed to the deck to find out.

After rushing out of the cabin and boarding the deck, Isshiki saw a "mountain" standing on the left side of the stowaway boat under their feet.

--so big!

Isshiki let out an exclamation full of astonishment in his heart.

That "mountain" is the pirate ship of Yitong.

Yishi stared blankly at the ship in front of him, which was as big as a hill in his eyes, with a shocked expression on his face.

Since the 10th year of Kanei (AD 1633) promulgated the decree of seclusion of the country, due to the long-term seclusion of the country, not only the Japanese shipbuilding industry in this era is extremely backward, but also the vast majority of Japanese people in this era are people with no vision .

The crew of the smuggling ship, mainly guards, and the stowaways who ran to the deck to check the situation, after seeing the pirate ship of Ant Communication, all of them seemed to see the gods. General look.

Ant Tong has now left the bow and is standing on the side of the deck opposite the smuggling boat.

He has been carefully observing the expressions of everyone on the stowaway since just now.

Seeing the shocked faces on the smuggling boat, Yi Tong felt extremely relieved. He rejoiced that he spent all his savings to buy this ship from the Dutch, and it was really the right purchase.

But at this moment, Yitong suddenly discovered that there was a person on the smuggling boat who did not show a shocked expression.

This unremarkable guy was moving his gaze with a flat face, scanning Yitong's ship.

This person is Ogata.

In the eyes of the rest of the Japanese in this era, the sailing ship of Yitong may be regarded as a colossus.

But for someone like Ogata who has seen various 21st-century warships such as aircraft carriers with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons through various channels such as TV and the Internet in his previous life... After seeing the ship of Yitong, Ogata only had My impression was-"Ah, it's a three-masted sailing ship".

Although Ogata did not show any shocked expression towards his battleship like others did, which made Yitong a little displeased, but Yitong didn't feel too relieved about it, and only regarded Ogata as the kind of person with a slightly dull mind. people.

"Ahem..."

After clearing his throat, Yitong shouted to everyone on the stowaway deck:

"Which one is in the captain's room of your ship?!"

After hesitating for a while, Saburo gritted his teeth and stepped out of the queue.

Before he could say anything, Yitong continued to shout triumphantly:

"Call me the rest of the stowaways in your cabin!"

"What stowaways?" Saburo tried to remain calm, "Sir, you..."

"Don't play dumb with me!" Ant Tong interrupted Saburo roughly, "I have been sailing the sea for many years! Can't I see what kind of ship your ship is?!"

"Stop wasting time with me! Call me everyone on your ship!"

Speaking of this, the smile on Yitong's face gradually became ferocious.

"As long as you cooperate obediently, I will not hurt you!"

"I will only take women who can be sold for money. As for the property on board and the rest of the people on board, I will not take or harm them."

"Of course, the premise is - you all have to listen to me carefully!"

"Otherwise, I and the 63 brothers under my command will kill you all! Then burn your boat to firewood!"

After the words fell, Yi Tong winked at a one-eyed strong man behind him.

The one-eyed strong man nodded, turned his head and shouted at the 17 subordinates behind him: "Follow me!"

Then, the one-eyed strong man took the lead and pulled out the knife from his waist. After the run-up, he jumped off the side of the ship and onto the deck of the stowaway, and his 17 subordinates followed closely behind.

Yitong's pirate ship and the stowaway ship are almost stuck together now, so as long as they turn over the side of the ship and jump down, they can jump onto the deck of the stowaway ship.

After 18 pirates including Cyclops jumped onto the deck of the stowaway ship, the atmosphere on the deck instantly became tense.

The reason why Ant Tong let Cyclops board the deck of the smuggling ship was to put pressure on the people on the smuggling ship.

And when he just said "I and the 63 brothers under my command will kill you all", he also deliberately exposed their number to the people on the stowaway so that they would retreat in the face of difficulties.

As for Antcom's "psychological warfare", it has to be said - the results perfectly met his expectations.

After Duoyan and the others jumped onto the deck of the stowaway ship, Saburo and the others felt as if they were mourning.

Cyclops is Yitong's capable subordinate and also his capable general.

His height, converted into modern earth units, is a full 1.9 meters, far exceeding the average Japanese male of this era.

Not only tall, but also strong, even wearing clothes, you can clearly feel the majestic muscles under the clothes.

There is only one eye socket with eyeballs, and the terrifying appearance of nothing in the other eye socket also adds a lot of viciousness to his face.

Such a terrifying person, just standing on the deck, made the hands and legs of some guards on the stowaway tremble.

Saburo is sweating profusely now.

There are only 8 guards on and off the ship.

And now there are 18 people just boarding the deck of their ship.

And according to Yitong just said, he counted 63 subordinates, the difference in the number of the two sides, it can be said that there is a huge difference.

What's more, the quality of the fighters on both sides is also a huge gap visible to the naked eye.

The eight guards on the smuggling boat used to be ronin who had nowhere to go, nothing to do, and wandered around.

In this era of long-lasting peace, samurai generally have no actual combat experience.

These 8 guards were without exception—all warriors who had only wielded wooden swords before, and had no experience in fighting with real swords.

As for Yi Tong and the others... As outlaws who make a living by doing things that are outrageous and unreasonable, they have more blood than the guards on the smuggling boat.

The huge disparity in combat strength visible to the naked eye made these guards unable to raise the fighting spirit and determination to resist.

"Master Sanlang..." a guard standing beside Sanlang said in a low voice, "how about...let's do what they say...it's just a bunch of smugglers anyway...let them take away a few woman..."

As soon as the guard's voice fell, several other guards also cast panicked glances at San Lang.

When Yi Tong said that they only rob "women who can be sold" and nothing else, everyone on the stowaway immediately realized that this group of pirates is the kind of pirates who specialize in human trafficking.

At this time, Saburo, who was hanging his head... is now entangled to the extreme.

As a smuggler, his professional ethics told him that he should protect the guests who paid for their help in smuggling.

But his desire to survive and his rationality told him: Never fight hard with these pirates, but obediently follow what they say, maybe you can survive this way.

Two diametrically opposed thoughts were entangled and wrestled in Saburo's mind.

In the end—it was rationality and the desire to survive that overcame professional ethics.

If he had a head-to-head confrontation with these pirates, it is very likely that the one who took Saburo's head would not be those pirates, but the guards on their ship.

These guards are nothing more than a group of "original wanderers" who work under their command in order to make a living.

If this group of guys who are just for food and drink are allowed to fight to the death with this group of pirates, Saburo can be sure-this group of "original ronin" will definitely not obey his orders, and maybe they will fight back. Kill Saburo, and then tell these pirates with a smile on his face, "This guy went crazy just now, we never thought of disobeying you."

After letting out a long sigh, Saburo said in a deep voice:

"...I see. I'll get the rest of the cabin out now..."

Seeing that Saburo was softened, Yi Tong gave a happy smile:

"One-eyed! Follow this old guy! Help this old guy drive the rest of the ship to the deck! If anyone refuses to follow, give them a little bit of trouble!"

One-eyed grinned grimly, nodded, and then yelled at Sanlang: "Old guy! Lead the way! Where are the rest of the stowaways hiding?"

Saburo, whose face was already ashen, turned around slowly, ready to take Cyclops to the cabin where the smugglers lived.

After Azhu boarded the deck, she pulled up the hood of the black robe and covered her entire small head. With the cover of the black robe, Yitong and the others did not realize that there was a black robe on the deck. The "high-quality goods" he was talking about.

A Zhu, who was still at the age of a child, was looking around helplessly and panicked.

Facing the sudden change in front of him, A Zhu was completely panicked now.

——Why don't you... run away...?

Such a thought popped up in Azuki's mind.

But as soon as such an idea popped up in A Zhu's mind, she dismissed it by herself.

Surrounded by the vast sea, where can I escape?

As for fighting with these pirates...

Azhu never considered this idea from beginning to end...

When Azhu was at a loss, Isshiki who was standing not far from her was also anxious at this time.

"Grandpa, let's repel these pirates...!" Gritting his teeth, Isshiki lowered his voice and growled at Naosuke beside him, "How can we just watch these bastards do evil...!"

"Don't be stupid." Zhizhou replied without hesitation, "You heard it just now, there are 64 pirates including the ugly guy who kept talking just now."

"With such a large number of people, coupled with the fact that we are fighting in such an inconvenient terrain, how can we easily repel this group of pirates?"

"This, this may be just their bluff, and they may not have so many people." Yishi said anxiously.

"Even if there are not so many people, the number of pirates on such a large ship is definitely far from being able to be easily handled by the two of you."

"Now bear with it and wait and see."

"In the face of this kind of battle with disparity in combat power, we must learn to be patient and wait for the opportunity."

Hearing what my grandfather said, although Isshiki looked unwilling, he finally chose to grit his teeth and follow what his grandfather said, to wait and see what happened and wait for the opportunity.

but.

at this time.

Just when the rest of the people have either succumbed to the despotic power of this group of pirates, or are at a loss, or want to wait for an opportunity——

"Ah. I remembered..."

A man's voice sounded.

All the people on the deck, Yitong and the others from the pirate ship cast their eyes with different emotions on the owner of the male voice.

"Mashima Goro...?" Isshiki asked in astonishment.

A Zhu now looked at the owner of the male voice with a surprised face.

The owner of this male voice is none other than Ogata.

Ogata raised his head and looked at Yitong.

"Hey, you guy, isn't your name Yi Tong Chou Goro?"

Ogata called Yitong "you guy", which made Yitong feel a little unhappy, but because he is in a good mood now, Yitong chooses to ignore Ogata's rudeness.

"Huh? You know me, kid?" Yi Tong crossed his arms, "That's right! I am Yi Tong Chou Goro! Why, I didn't expect that there would be someone who knew me in this remote village."

Ogata narrowed his eyes slightly: "It's really you..."

As early as when Yitong claimed that he only robbed women and nothing else, Xu Fang suddenly remembered—before, in Tuohe Village, it seemed that the village chief of Tuohe Village had said that a group of people appeared in the north of Ezo Land. A group of pirates who specialize in robbing women.

But because the time was so long, Ogata couldn't remember the pirate's name for a while, and he finally remembered the name "Yitong Chou Goro" until just now.

"Hey, boy." Ant Tong was so interested in this young man who could recognize him, "How did you recognize me... Hey! Boy, what do you want to do?"

Ant Tong's expression changed.

Just because he saw——Ogata was silently untying a big cloth bag in his hand.

"While you can still breathe now, let's take a few more breaths of fresh air."

Ogata said in a calm tone.

"You won't be able to breathe any more soon."

After finishing speaking, the white cloth covering the contents of the cloth bag fell down completely, revealing the contents inside——Ogata's saber: Da Shitian and Da Zizai.

For a long time, the thieves that Ogata hated the most were human traffickers.

If a thief was sentenced to beheaded in half, Ogata would feel that the punishment was a bit too severe, and the crime did not end there.

But if a human trafficker is sentenced to beheaded, Ogata will feel that the punishment is a bit too light, and it is necessary to increase it by 100 million points.

This group of pirates wanted to harm the ship that they and A-Ming were on, and at the same time they were a group of sinful human traffickers-no matter which of these two items was enough, Ogata did not have to show mercy to them.

On the pirate ship, looking at Ogata who has now inserted Da Shitian and Da Zizai back into his left waist, he froze for a moment, then——

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Ant Tong let out a mocking laugh.

"What? Are you trying to kill me?"

"See? I'm standing here right now, hurry up and kill me!"

Yi Tong opened his arms, mocking Ogata below.

"Then you just wait for me."

Ogata raised his hand to put on the handle of Da Shitian's knife, slowly drew the knife out of its sheath, and then set up the knife.

On the deck, when everyone either succumbed, or was at a loss, or still wanted to wait and see what happened, only one person chose to draw his sword at the bandits.

Isshiki stared blankly at Ogata who was holding a sharp knife and had no fear on his face.

A few hints of hesitation appeared in his pupils, but these hints of hesitation were quickly replaced by firmness.

He ran towards Ogata's side with a resolute expression, and at the same time he quickly unwrapped the large package in his hand.

"I'll help you!" Isshiki, who was standing on Ogata's left hand, put his right shoulder on Ogata's left upper arm—because he was a little shorter than Ogata, he couldn't do it with Ogata To the true sense of "shoulder to shoulder".

The cloth bag in Isshiki's hand was untied - what was contained inside was a black and white fighting knife.

"Ryoma!" Naoki's expression changed drastically when he was shocked by Isshiki's sudden action.

Looking at Isshiki who suddenly stood beside him, Ogata's face was full of surprise at the moment.

"Hello." Isshiki inserted the black and white sword into his left waist at this time, and asked Ogata, "How is your swordsmanship?"

"Well... I feel that I am an average swordsman, and there is still a long way to go." Ogata smiled, "But in terms of experience in fighting people, I am still confident."

"A duel with a real sword is completely different from fighting with people with a wooden sword in the dojo." Isshiki subconsciously took what Ogata said just now as "experienced in fighting people" as if he often fought with people in the dojo.

"If you encounter any danger later, just call me."

While speaking, Isshiki slowly drew his sword out of its sheath.

This is a beautiful sword with a blade as slender as a seedling.

Under the light of the sky, the blade reflected a piercing light.

"I will do my best to help you."

"Would you like to help me..." Ogata smiled.

"What are you laughing at?" Isshiki scolded angrily, "I'm not saying any polite words. If you are really in danger, tell me right away, don't be brave."

"...Yeah." Ogata, who forcibly suppressed his smile, nodded, "I see, when I really need your help, I will call you."

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The author originally wanted to make an update today, but the condition is not very good today... Maybe it has something to do with the rainy day in Guangzhou today. When it is rainy, the author's throat will be particularly uncomfortable (leopard headache crying.jpg)

By the way, the author will never forget the explosive update dedicated to the leader, but the author is not full-time after all, so there is not much time for coding in a day. So about the explosion, I can only say: I will do it as soon as possible (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

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