I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

I don't know if it's because the bear's skin is too thick, or because Ogata's Kasumi is not powerful enough-or it may be a combination of both. After taking 4 bullets from Kasumi, this giant bear can still attack Ogata. Attack.

Kasumi Nagi is just a pistol after all, neither in terms of power nor rate of fire, can compare to modern firearms, let alone those shotguns.

This giant bear is about a hundred meters away from Ogata.

In just a little more than one breath, the bear covered the distance.

Its goal is clear - Ogata.

It just rushed straight towards Ogata.

After the giant bear got close, Ogata felt intuitively—this bear is really big!

When I met it during the day today, because the distance was relatively far, it didn't bring much pressure to Ogata.

Now that it was getting closer, Ogata deeply felt how oppressive a bear of this size was.

It was a whole circle bigger than the female bear I met during the day today.

If standing up, its height should be at least 3 meters 2.

The heavy treading sound, the sharp sound of breaking the wind, and such a huge size - Ogata felt that the weight of this bear should not be less than half a ton.

"Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

After rushing into his bear's paw and reaching the position where Ogata could be photographed, the giant bear roared and swung its giant paw with sharp claws towards Ogata.

However, just as it raised its paw, Ogata jumped from the side and fled from the front of the giant bear.

The four bullets that Ogata fired just now had some effect.

In terms of speed, it was much slower than the uninjured female bear Ogata and the others encountered during the day today.

Although the goal of the giant bear was Ogata, Aimachi and Aiyaka followed Ogata and quickly jumped to the side to distance themselves from the giant bear.

Ogata and A-Machi jumped not far to the right of the giant bear.

Aiyaka jumped to the left side of the giant bear.

Although in terms of strength, speed, and reaction speed, bears are far better than humans.

But humans have human pride!

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

the pride of man,

is to be able to skillfully use various tools

Another 4 shots exploded.

The 4 gunshots this time came from A-cho's Suzakura.

Ogata and the others took turns showing the pride of human beings to the bear.

After jumping to the right side of the giant bear with Ogata, A-Machi raised her Su Ying, pointed at the right side of the giant bear, and fired all the bullets in Su Ying's chamber in one go. .

Unlike Ogata, whose shooting talent and shooting level are about zero, Acho is a sharpshooter who has excellent shooting talent since he was a child.

A-Machi did not aim at the bear's flank like Ogata just now, because he couldn't shoot accurately.

Instead, he squinted one eye, and aimed his gun at the giant bear by moonlight.

Her target was—the bear's neck.

A-Machi knows little about "bear hunting". The only knowledge she has about hunting bears is what Ogata told her "don't attack the bear's head". She doesn't know where the bear's vitals are.

Although I don't know where the bear's weak point is, A-Ming guesses that since it is an animal, there should be no animal that is not afraid of being attacked on the neck.

Ah-machi was already different from the daytime.

Now, because she already had the experience of fighting a bear, she no longer felt so flustered and nervous after facing the bear again.

Due to his lack of experience with bears during the day and the fact that he was attacked by a bear unexpectedly, Ah-cho was not able to calmly aim and shoot.

For A-cho, who is good at shooting, shooting the bear's neck at such a close distance is just a piece of cake.

Almost at the same time as A-Machi, Aiyaka also showed the pride of humanity to the bear.

Aiyaka, who jumped to the left side of the bear, raised his bow and arrow, and the arrow pointed directly at the left side of the bear's belly. The arrow glowed with a strange light.

Raising the gun, aiming, and pulling the trigger—A-cho took less than a second for the above actions from beginning to end.

The same is true of Aiyaka - raise the bow, draw the string, let go. From start to finish, it only took less than 1 second.

Su Ying's 4 bullets all sank into the giant bear's neck.

The arrow shot by Aiyaka also penetrated deeply into the flesh of the bear's left side belly.

"Woo..."

The bear no longer uttered the terrifying roar as before, but let out a low "woo" sound-it probably didn't have the strength to roar any more.

"He's been hit by my poisoned arrow!" Aiyaka shouted at Ogata and A-Ming on the other side, "It won't be long before it dies!"

Although the power of Suying and Kasumi was not as powerful as modern firearms, they were shot 8 times in a row, 4 of which were shot in the neck. No matter how strong and fierce this bear is, it is impossible to continue to live alive.

What's more, he was hit by a poisoned arrow now.

But—even though it was full of scars, the bear still stood upright, staggering, and walking towards Ogata bit by bit.

"Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"!"

With the last of his strength, the bear roared and raised its paw again, then swung it down.

This time, Ogata did not jump far away like before.

The bear's speed had now slowed down to the point where even Machi could easily dodge it.

Facing the bear's paw that had no strength and speed left, Ogata used a dragon tail variation move that he hadn't used for a long time——Dragon Tail Dodge.

Using his left foot as the axis, Ogata dodges the bear's paw in a rotating manner, accumulates strength while rotating, and when he rotates in a circle and faces the giant bear again, he quickly draws his knife and slashes the bear sharply .

Enveloped by the moonlight, the gleaming knife light swept towards the giant bear's neck.

Although the giant bear's fur is thick, its swordsmanship against Ogata's swordsmanship against Da Shitian and Ogata is no different from that of thin paper.

Ogata's hand feeling was transmitted to Ogata's hand feeling completely different from when he was beheading.

Bear's skin is thicker and harder than human skin.

A large amount of bear blood was spilled by Ogata.

With just one knife, Ogata left a deep and bone-deep wound on the neck of the giant bear.

"Woooo..."

The giant bear struggled, trying to stand still.

But Ogata's knife just now was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

After shaking a few times, the giant bear fell heavily to the ground, stirring up a large number of snowflakes on the ground.

In the face of human pride, the strength and speed of bears are not worth mentioning.

"Great..." Aiyaka stared blankly at Ogata, "That knife you just did was really powerful..."

Although Aiyaka doesn't know swordsmanship, and he doesn't know anything about Kazuto's swordsmanship, but as a hunter who has been accompanied by blood and death for many years, he instinctively felt that Ogata's knife just now was quite powerful, and he was accurate and hated.

"Mashima, I didn't expect your sword skills to be so good."

"I have learned a little bit of swordsmanship in Izumo before. It's just a small advantage that is not worth mentioning." Ogata smiled as he took back the sheath that had wiped off the blood and fat.

When hearing Aiyaka's compliment to him, Ogata somehow thought of Mamiya whom he hadn't seen for a while.

So subconsciously blurted out what Gamiya said most often.

Aiyaka walked quickly to the side of the dead bear, checking the condition of the bear.

"Well. It's dead." After that, Aiyaka turned his head and looked at the two Ezo who were attacked by the bear just now and were still lying on the ground crying, "I'll go Look at the situation of those two people."

"I recognize those two people, and those two people seem to be hunters from Hege Village."

Ogata followed Aiyaka and ran towards the two Ezos.

These two Ezo are very young. Age appears to be no more than 25 years old.

One of them was injured in his left arm, and the whole arm was covered with blood. He hugged his injured left arm, rolled and wailed on the ground constantly.

The other person was injured more seriously. He seemed to have been injured in the chest, and the blood dripping from the wound even stained the clothes on his upper body red.

This Ezo, whose chest was injured, was the one who was overwhelmed by the giant bear just now.

If Ogata and the others hadn't arrived in time, the man might have been bitten to death by that giant bear.

Aiyaka took the lead in checking the condition of the seriously injured person.

Aiyaka: "￥%\u0026*#@!￥%@#!%*\u0026#￥! (Ainu language)"

Seriously injured Ezo: "I'm fine. (Ezo language)"

Aiyaka babbled a lot of Ainu language just now - Ogata couldn't understand at all.

But Ogata understood the response of the seriously injured Ezo—he said he was fine.

The reason why Ogata could understand what this Ainu said was because he and A-Machi had been carefully learning common words in Ainu from the "Guide to Common Phrases in Ainu".

The phrase "It doesn't matter" was taught in the "Guide to Common Phrases in the Ainu Language", and Ogata also happened to learn this sentence.

Since this Ezo said he was okay, Ogata guessed that Aiyaka was asking this Ezo if it was okay just now.

Aiyaka tore off the clothes on Ezo's chest to examine his injuries.

When Aiyaka checked his injuries, the Ezo said "thank you" to Aiyaka in Ainu language.

Then he turned his head and looked at Ogata who was standing beside Aiyaka.

First, he looked Ogata up and down with surprised eyes, and then said in Einu language:

"Thank you... (Einu language)"

"He said 'thank you'." Aiyaka translated for him.

Aiyaka actually didn't need to translate for Ogata, as Ogata could understand the thank you that Ezo said just now.

"Thank you" is a highly used word no matter which ethnicity you are in. The first page of the "Common Teaching Guide to Ainu Language" teaches the word "thank you".

"Aiyaka, help me translate." Ogata said softly, "'You're welcome, I just did some small things within my ability'."

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Ogata himself is also a person who has suffered countless injuries.

Since traveling to the Edo period, how many injuries he has suffered - he himself can't count.

Because of too many injuries, Ogata has now cultivated some eyesight to see wounds.

According to Ogata's observation, the wounds on these two people were not serious.

The person with the left arm injury had no serious injuries other than the left arm injury.

The person with the chest injury, although his chest was injured, but fortunately the wound was not deep, and no artery was damaged.

These two are also lucky.

Especially the one with the chest injury, who was overwhelmed by the bear, only suffered such a small injury. It is not qualified to describe it as luck in misfortune.

After taking a brief look at their injuries, Aiyaka turned to Ogata and said:

"Mashima, can you help me? Let me move these two people to the hunting lodge where we stayed just now. Although their injuries are not fatal, it's better to deal with them quickly."

"Let's keep that bear until later and deal with it slowly."

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Aiyaka carried the Ezo who was injured in the chest, and Ogata carried the Ezo who was injured in the arm.

The two carried the injured two people on their backs and brought them back to the hunting lodge where they had just lived.

Aiyaka carried medicinal herbs that could heal wounds, as well as clean cloths for bandaging wounds.

According to Aiyaka, the herb has anti-inflammatory properties and prevents wounds from festering.

After chewing the herbs with his teeth, Aiyaka applied the chewed syrup to the wounds of the two people.

While healing the two people, Aiyaka asked them how they encountered the man-eating bear just now.

The person with the chest injury was not suitable for talking, so Aiyaka asked the person with the injury to the left arm to explain.

The man with the injured left arm couldn't speak Japanese, so after he told their story in Ainu, Aiyaka had to translate it for them.

It turned out that these two people were villagers from Hege Village.

The man with the chest wound was named "Noosa".

The man whose left arm was injured was named "Naikushi".

Hege Village is one of the settlements that responded after the pair of giant man-eating bears appeared and sent people to hunt and kill the pair of giant man-eating bears.

These two people, like Aiyaka, came to hunt the pair of man-eating bears.

Just now, the two of them were passing by nearby, looking for a suitable place to spend the night.

Then he was attacked by the cannibal bear.

The two were walking on the snow, when the man-eating male bear suddenly came out from the darkness and attacked them.

The two lack hunting experience, and this cannibal bear is very cunning and good at hiding, so they have not had this cannibal bear hiding in the dark for a long time.

Although the cannibal bear was not discovered in time, they instinctively hid when the cannibal bear attacked them.

Their instinctive dodge saved them a life.

Nakushi's left arm was scratched by the bear's claw, and Nusa's chest was scratched by the bear's claw—but because of their dodge, neither of them suffered serious injuries.

Being scratched by a bear's paw, not only did they not die, but they were not seriously injured—the two were really lucky.

After quietly listening to Aiyaka's translation, Ogata asked Aiyaka with a wry smile:

"That cannibal bear just happened to be near us... Could it really be planning to seek revenge on us?"

"It's possible." Aiyaka followed Ogata with a wry smile and nodded, "Otherwise, it's hard to explain why it happened to be so close to us."

"Mashima, it seems that you really hit the spot. It really came back tonight and planned to seek revenge from us."

"I really hope I can say something about other aspects..." Ogata sighed in a half-joking tone.

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After giving Nakushi and Nusa two people good medicine, they fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion and injuries.

After the two fell asleep, Aiyaka, who was busy, let out a long breath, and then asked Ogata and Acho in a voice that would not disturb the two who had already fallen asleep:

"What kind of weapon did you use to attack that man-eating giant bear just now? A short gun?"

As soon as I heard it, I knew that the weapons Aiyaka was referring to were Su Ying and Kasumi Nagi.

"Yeah." A-Machi replied one step ahead of Ogata, "That's right, it's a short gun."

"It's amazing...to be able to shoot so many shots in a row."

"The short guns of the Lucians can only fire once."

"Oh?" Amachi's eyes showed interest, "Have you seen the short guns of the Lucians?"

"Well, I've seen it. Not long ago, a group of Lucians lived in our village for a while."

"It was at that time that I saw the short guns used by the Lucians."

"In addition to short guns, they also have very long guns."

"However, whether it's their short guns or long guns, they can only fire once."

"You can't shoot many rounds in succession like the short guns you use."

"If your short guns were more powerful, there might not be any animals in the entire forest that could be your opponents."

After praising Su Ying and Kasumi Nagi, Aiyaka adjusted his sitting posture, and then continued to talk.

This time, Aiyaka's tone was full of emotion.

"The cannibal bear incident is finally over..."

"Luck is really good..."

"I thought that even if I followed you, it would take several days before I could hope to kill that man-eating bear."

"I didn't expect the dust to settle so quickly."

"In this way, we can also comfort the souls of the nine compatriots who were unfortunately killed by the pair of man-eating bears."

"Nine people?" Ah-Ming on the side exclaimed in a low voice.

"Yes. That's right, this is only the number we have found so far. The number of people eaten by this pair of man-eating bears must be far more than this number."

"The first time I found this pair of man-eating bears was half a month ago."

"The pair of man-eating bears broke into the village next door to my own in the middle of the night."

"They directly smashed the walls of the house and took away a mother and daughter. They then quickly fled from the village."

"Once a bear eats human flesh, it can only eat human flesh for the rest of its life."

"Although according to our Ainu's traditional concept, the reason why a bear will not be able to eat food other than human flesh for the rest of its life is because it was punished by the gods."

"It is forbidden to eat delicious food such as berries and fish."

"I'm not really a big believer in that."

"In my opinion, the reason why bears will only eat human flesh for the rest of their lives after eating human flesh is because they find that human is more delicious."

"And it was discovered that humans are quite fragile and easy to hunt."

"Without a weapon, no matter how strong a person is, it is impossible to defeat a bear."

"I guess this pair of man-eating bears should have migrated here from a relatively distant place."

"After the mother and daughter were snatched away and the pair of man-eating bears first appeared in our area, other victims appeared in other villages."

"Since this pair of man-eating bears first appeared in our area, they have eaten a total of 9 people in total."

"The youngest among them is only 9 years old."

Speaking of this, Aiyaka sighed heavily.

"Now that the pair of man-eating bears have been dealt with, the people in the village can finally sleep peacefully."

As soon as Aiyaka's voice fell, Ah-cho immediately asked:

"I'm curious. Don't bears hibernate in winter? Why are the two man-eating bears still walking in the snow like this?"

"This is the misconception that many people often have." Aiyaka smiled wryly and shook his head, "Not all bears hibernate."

"Bears hibernate because there is not much food to eat during the winter, so there is not enough food."

"In order to survive the winter, they hid in the nest and entered a state of half-sleep and half-awake, which is commonly known as 'hibernation'."

"In other words, if there is enough food, bears will not hibernate."

"That's why I think the pair of man-eating bears started eating people very early."

Aiyaka's tone gradually became low.

Because his tone became low, his tone also became strange.

"There is delicious food everywhere, how could they hibernate properly in their nests?"

Ah-Ming shrank her neck.

Ogata couldn't help feeling terrified.

Aiyaka's words just now made her terrified after careful thought.

After sighing again, Aiyaka bowed his head to Ogata and Atachi, and then solemnly thanked:

"Thank you for your help. Thanks to you, we were able to kill this pair of Unkamuyi so quickly."

"You're welcome." Ogata returned the salute, "We haven't done anything extraordinary either."

"I will keep my promise." Aiyaka smiled, "I will take you to my village tomorrow."

"I will do my best to assist you in finding the two you are looking for."

Ogata: "Thank you. I will trouble you starting tomorrow."

"My village is not far from here. If you walk, it will take about two and a half days."

"Now I'll help you deal with that cannibal bear first."

Having said that, Aiyaka drew his dagger.

"The cannibal bear was also hunted by you, so everything about it belongs to you. Which part of it do you want, I will go and get it for you now."

"You also participated in the hunting of the bear." Ogata said, "Let's divide the bear equally."

Aiyaka smiled and shook her head:

"Although I also followed you to attack the cannibal bear just now, but I didn't do much."

"From start to finish, I only shot one arrow at that cannibal bear."

"The poison on the arrow hasn't taken effect yet, it was killed by you."

"So that bear was hunted by you."

"Our Ainu's hunting rules are—whoever hunts the prey, the prey belongs to him."

"So I can't take everything from that giant man-eating bear just now."

Seeing that Aiyaka insisted on not wanting anything from the giant man-eating bear, Ogata stopped being hypocritical.

"Then... I'll trouble you. Help us cut off the bear skin and bile."

"Do you only need bear skin and bear bile again? Don't you need anything else? There are many good things about bears."

"I know there are many good things on the bear." Ogata smiled helplessly, "But my wife and I don't have the energy to carry all the treasures on the bear."

"So we only take the most precious bear skins and bile from the bears."

"That's it... I see." Aiyaka nodded, "But as a hunter, I suggest that you not only take the bear skin and bile from this cannibal bear, but also take it take away the bear's paw."

"Bear's paw?" Ah-Ming asked back, "Why?"

"Because bear paws are the tastiest part of a bear."

Aiyaka smiled.

"The cannibal female bear I met during the day today had dried bear paws, which looked like the kind of bear paws that were not tasty and we Ainu people would never use to treat guests. So I have no suggestion You take the paw of that cannibal she-bear."

"But this cannibal bear is different."

"Its bear paw has a lot of meat, which is considered a treasure among bear paws."

"It doesn't matter if you don't eat the paw of that cannibal female bear, it's definitely not tasty anyway."

"But the bear's paw of this cannibal bear, I think it's quite necessary for you to taste it."

"Bear's paw..." Ogata scratched his hair, "But neither my wife nor I know how to cook bear's paw."

"It's okay." Aiyaka waved his hand, "Aren't you going to the village where I live? You can bring the bear paws to the village where I live."

"I asked my grandma to cook bear paws for you."

"My grandma is a good cook. The bear paws she cooks are better than those made by everyone in the village."

Bear's paw - Ogata had heard of many famous dishes related to bear's paw in his previous life. In the previous life, I heard that the taste of bear's paw is delicious.

Ogata, who was a little tempted, cast a questioning look at A-Machi.

"What do you think? Do you want to eat bear meat and try Ainu cuisine?"

"Then... let's try..." A-Ming, with a hesitant look on his face, hesitated for a while, then nodded lightly.

As a traditional Japanese, A-Machi's traditional concept told her: eating animal meat is completely crooked.

But the curiosity that has always been full of curiosity about all kinds of dishes that he has never eaten before told Ah-cho: It will not hurt to try it.

In the end - curiosity beats conventional wisdom.

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Early the next morning, Ogata and the others officially set off for Aiyaka's village.

They also took Naikushi and Nusa with them.

According to Aiyaka, the injuries on the two of them are still relatively serious. He just made some simple bandages and further treatment is needed.

Therefore, he planned to carry the two people back to his village first, and while the two were receiving further treatment in his village, he sent people to the village of the two of them to call for people to take them back.

Ogata and the others took a little longer than Aiyaka expected.

It was not until the afternoon of the third day that they finally arrived at the village where Aiyaka lived.

"Look." Aiyaka pouted at the entrance of the village not far away, "That's my village!"

After the village appeared in his field of vision, Aiyaka's mood also became excited.

Before arriving at the entrance of the village, a group of children discovered Aiyaka, and then they walked quickly towards Aiyaka.

After these children saw Aiyaka, they babbled a lot of Ainu language.

Ogata couldn't understand.

But he found that Aiyaka's expression changed.

"What's wrong?" Ogata asked.

"It's nothing." Aiyaka smiled helplessly, "It's just... a group of Lucians came to our village... a group of our old friends."