I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The latest website: Reverse the time to not long ago——

on the coast—

"Miss A-Machi, how is the situation now?" Asai, who was sitting on a big rock, stroking his injured waist and abdomen with a pale face, asked A-Machi beside him.

"..." Ah Ding stared at the distant sea with her beautiful eyes wide open.

After a while, I saw A-Ming suddenly clenched his naturally hanging hands: "...the two ships... seem to have collided with each other."

The second ship continued to move towards the depths of the sea, getting farther and farther away from the coast, and there was still a thick rain curtain blocking the line of sight, so since just now, it was difficult for Asai and others who stayed on the coast to see the situation of the second ship clearly— —Except for Machi.

A-cho, who has excellent eyesight, can still barely see the current situation of the second ship.

Therefore, Asai and the others can only know how the battle on the second ship is by asking A-Machi.

After learning that the two ships had collided with each other, Asai pursed his lips: "Didn't Rihuimaru escape the impact of Huluwan..."

A-cho had reported to everyone just now: Huluwan suddenly rushed straight towards Rihuimaru. So after learning that the two ships collided together, everyone on the shore was not very surprised.

"Ms. Machi, apart from seeing the two ships colliding, did you see anything else?" Asai asked.

A-Machi shook his head lightly, and answered Asai with gestures.

After Ah Ding shook his head, the shore fell silent, and no one spoke.

They could only stay on the shore, and there was nothing else they could do except watch the second ship on the sea from a distance.

Everyone, with different expressions at this time, looked at the second ship that was about to sink into the sea in the distance.

Even if they couldn't see the specific situation of the battle clearly, they could roughly imagine how fierce the battle over the sea would be based on all the known information such as "the two ships collided together".

Ah-cho, who was standing on the shore, looked expressionless and calm now, but her naturally drooping fists, now tightly clenched, betrayed her current state of mind.

The same is true for Asai—although at first glance,

His expression was as usual, but his tightly pursed lips had already exposed his true inner thoughts.

If A-machi and Asai are still able to maintain their superficial composure, then Shimada, Shibata, and Azuki can't hide the worry on their faces.

Especially Chuguang's follower: Shibata.

Since Chu Guang followed Ogata and others to attack the second ship, he has been pacing in place with a worried face, without stopping.

Among all the people, only Xuanzheng was still smiling.

Xuanzheng, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, immediately had a smile on his cheeks when he heard "the two ships collided" from A-Ming.

He helped Ogata and the others just to make trouble for Toyotomi and to see that Toyotomi was unlucky.

For him, the news that the "two ships collided", which seemed to be Toyotomi's bloody luck, was simply the best news.

"...Senior Asai."

"What?" Asai turned to look at Shimada who was standing behind him and whispered to him.

"I see you've been massaging your waist...does the injury on your waist hurt now?" Shimada cast a worried look at Asai.

Both Asai and Shimada suffered injuries during the battle in Osaka last night, so that they could no longer move around in a short period of time.

Asai's waist and abdomen were injured, and Shimada's legs were crushed by the collapsed beams. Both of their waists and legs are now wrapped in a thick circle of sackcloth.

"It's okay..." Asai said in a deep voice, "It's probably because I haven't had a good rest since last night, so the wound is just a little uncomfortable now. It's nothing serious, and I can't die. On the contrary, it's you, isn't your leg injured right now?" Do you want to stop standing there, find a place to sit down."

"...Senior Asai."

"What are you doing again?" Asai turned his head again to look at this young junior who was not used to strong winds and waves, and was far from being able to take charge on his own.

"I...so nervous..."

"What are you nervous about?"

"After I say it, don't be harsh on me... I'm really worried about the lord, Master Yuan and the others..."

"You are really annoying enough, so you can't think more positively..."

Click!

Asai had just spoken halfway, when he saw his face suddenly changed, his waist straightened, he suddenly raised his left hand to grab the saber hanging on his left waist, and made a crisp "cracking" sound of grasping the knife.

Asai suddenly raised his hand to grab the handle of the knife and changed his expression. His movement startled Shimada who was standing behind him.

"I, I just said that I was very worried about the lord and the others, so I wouldn't draw my sword and cut me?" Shimada hurriedly stammered in a somewhat aggrieved tone.

"Asai?" A-Ming's gaze was also attracted by Asai's sudden commotion, and she asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

"...There are strange noises coming from over there." Asai turned his head to look west of the coast with a sullen face.

Machi: "Sound?"

Hearing what Asai said, Acho, Azuki and the others all listened.

However—no matter how they listened, they could only hear the sound of wind and rain.

"... Senior Asai." Shimada said, "I didn't hear any strange noises."

"No..." His eyes had been fixed on the shallow well west of the coast since just now, and he stood up with a "huh", "I heard correctly... There is indeed a strange sound coming from that direction."

After saying that, Asai held the knife at his waist and ran towards the west coast.

Seeing this, Ah Ding and the others looked at each other for a while, and then hurriedly followed - also followed closely by Xuan Zheng who didn't know why.

A group of people searched west along the coastline.

After searching west for a while, the expressions on the faces of A-Ming and the others finally changed slowly—they also gradually heard strange noises.

Crash, clatter... like the sound of something being dragged...

After confirming that Asai was right and there was indeed a strange noise, everyone immediately opened their eyes wide and looked around.

Finally——Azhu, who was looking at a certain rocky beach adjacent to the sea in the distance, raised his eyebrows, and then stretched out his hand to point there: "There seems to be something moving over there!"

After looking in the direction that Azhu's hand pointed, Asai frowned slightly, and then ran towards the rocky beach in silence.

After approaching the rocky beach, everyone gradually saw clearly what the moving "thing" A-Ming just said was.

I saw 2 figures on this rocky beach.

One of the figures fell to the ground without moving, as if he had lost consciousness.

Another figure stood beside this person, looking at the distant sea.

After getting closer and taking a closer look at the appearance of these two figures, everyone gradually saw their faces clearly.

The person who fell on the pile of rubble and was unconscious was a girl who was quite familiar to A-Machi and the others.

And the person standing next to the girl is...a familiar old man...

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——What the hell am I doing...

While dragging Chuguang, who had lost consciousness, to the shore, Ji Jiu asked himself this question in his heart.

After asking himself this question in his heart, Ji Jiu let go of the hand that was holding Chuguang, and touched his neck.

The scenes that happened just now passed quickly before his eyes——

After subconsciously flying to save Chuguang who fell into the sea, Chuguang showed him a proud smile of "the plan was successful", hugged him back, then took out a shuriken, and stabbed him in the head...

Even with the enhancement of "Undead Power", a surprise attack at this distance...is a great threat to Jijiu.

Fortunately—after Chuguang's shuriken stabbed at him, Yoshihisa hurriedly turned his head to the side, narrowly dodging Chuguang's attack.

Because of Yoshihisa's dodge, Hatsumitsu's shuriken only stabbed Yoshihisa's neck.

After the two fell into the water, they started an extremely exciting fight.

In the sea where there is no place to rely on and seawater is the resistance, Ji Jiu's strength is also greatly weakened, and various actions are also greatly restricted.

And he... didn't want to use too rough methods against Chuguang.

Therefore, in the face of Chuguang who was struggling in his arms and trying to give him a second blow, Ji Jiu spent a lot of effort before finally knocking Chuguang unconscious and making him lose the ability to resist.

And when he successfully stunned Chuguang—he was already pushed far away from Rihui Pill by the turbulent waves...

Valley

Counting from the time he fell into the sea until he successfully dispelled Chuguang's resistance ability, only a minute or two had passed, but the current wind and waves were too strong.

Even if it's only for 1 or 2 minutes, it can be pushed by the wind and waves so that you can't find the north.

Even Ji Jiu couldn't swim back to Rihui Maru against such a surging wind and waves while holding a comatose adult woman in his arms.

Let go of Chuguang and let her fend for herself in the sea! Anyway, she was just a traitor who betrayed me and only wanted to kill me. She died when she died——Jijiu thought so in his heart at the time.

As long as Chuguang let go, without such a big burden, he can easily swim back to the Rihui Maru and continue to support Toyotomi.

At that time... Jijiu really considered for a long time in his heart whether to let Chuguang go...

But in the end, he chose—holding Chuguang, and swimming back to the shore temporarily...

Compared with swimming back to Rihui Maru, swimming to the coast is undoubtedly much easier - because of the help of the waves.

Rihui Maru has not completely moved away from the coast, so the waves in the sea area near Rihui Maru are all hitting the coast, and you can easily swim back to the coast with the help of the waves.

After swimming to the shallows where his feet could touch the ground, Ji Jiu grabbed Chuguang's collar with both hands and dragged Chuguang to the shore.

While dragging Chuguang, Jijiu asked himself over and over again: "What the hell am I doing?".

——Am I... saving Chuguang...?

He swooped and hugged Chuguang who fell into the sea, and instead of killing Chuguang in the sea, he dragged Chuguang back to the shore... Recalling the actions he did just now... It's hard to say The emotions popped up in Ji Jiu's mind.

——I'm really... crazy...! To spend so much effort to save such a person who has betrayed me...

After cursing himself "crazy" in his heart, Ji Jiu finally dragged Chuguang away from the sea and onto a safe land.

——Okay... From now on, let Chuguang fend for himself here alone.

Ji Jiu lowered his eyes and stared at Chu Guang at his feet with complicated eyes for a while, then raised his eyes and looked at the second ship that was about to disappear from the rain in the distance.

——I have to find a way to get back to the ship quickly...

——Toyotomi-sama...you must not die casually.

A pair of naturally hanging hands were slowly clenched by Ji Jiu at this moment.

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(How? Jijiu, how are you thinking about the proposal I told you earlier?)

(...Nobuhide Toyotomi, you are really haunted. I have told you many times: Don't come, right?)

(Even if you drive me away 100 times, I will come for the 101st time, because I really want you to lead all Iga no Sato to cooperate with me.)

(Heh... In that case, let me reject you again: please come back, we will not cooperate with you.)

(Can you tell me the reason? Every time I asked you the reason before, you were vague. If you can't give me a reason that can convince me, I won't just give up on recruiting you so simply.)

(The reason why I didn't tell you the reason before was just to save you some face... Anyway, since you want to know the reason so much, then I will tell you why.)

(Say, I'm all ears.)

(Don't you think it's absurd to say "overthrow the Edo shogunate and rebuild the world of Toyotomi"? Do you know how powerful the Edo shogunate is? Do you know how many troops and how many people the Edo shogunate has? Money? Do you see that little dead branch growing on that cliff over there?)

(Well, I see.)

(Do you think there is a way for a person to step on that tiny dead branch with two feet without breaking it?)

(Hmm...it shouldn't be possible.)

(Yes! To defeat the Edo shogunate is like trying to step on that dead branch without breaking it. It is impossible to succeed! Do you think I may bring my subordinates, It's completely impossible to do this with you... Hey! What are you doing! Hey! Come back!)

(Ohhh... after I put two feet on the dead branch, the dead branch broke immediately.)

(Are you crazy?! Well done, why did you suddenly step on that dead branch! If I hadn’t caught you just in time, you would have fallen off the cliff and died!)

(Hahahahaha, it really is very simple.)

(……what?)

(Jijiu, you see, although it is indeed quite difficult not to step on the dead branch, but ah - standing on the edge of the cliff, stretching your feet to this dead branch, and taking a step towards the sky, it is not So hard.)

(...Hey, many people must have said that you are out of your mind, right?)

(Hahaha, indeed many people have said that I am a crazy lunatic.)

(...You are such a strange person...It is almost noon, come with me, I will treat you to lunch, and please come back after the meal.)

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Jijiu looked around, looking for any equipment around him that could help him cross the sea.

But at this moment——out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse: on his right hand side, there were several figures shaking.

Turning his head to look, a look of surprise immediately climbed up Ji Jiu's eyes.

"...ha." Yoshihisa shook his shoulders and let out a low laugh, "Who am I talking about, it turns out... is Kinoshita Genichi's accomplice..."

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After seeing clearly the face of the old man... that is, Ji Jiu, the expressions of A-Ming and others suddenly changed.

Needless to say, Shibata, who is the "former Iga ninja", and Xuanzheng, who was once an important member of the Toyotomi clan.

A Machi, Azuki, Asai, and Shimada all participated in the "Battle of Ryusui Temple" in Osaka last night.

They all remembered the old man in front of them.

Remember this old man... is the leader of Iga no Sato who has the "power of immortality" in his body!

The body moved immediately subconsciously - Asai and Shimada quickly pulled out the swords at their waists, and Azuki also pulled out her Wakizawa.

And A-Ming put his hands into her arms, ready to take out her pistol all the time.

"Miss Chuguang!" Shibata yelled in horror at Chuguang who was lying at Yoshihisa's feet.

While discovering Yoshihisa, Atachi and others also noticed that the girl lying at Yoshihisa's feet was Hatsumi who was supposed to follow Ogata and the others to fight against Toyotomi on the battleship.

Although it was a little far away, I couldn't take a closer look at Chuguang's current situation, but I could see that Chuguang's current breathing was fairly stable, so I could be sure that she was fine.

"Oh... Who am I talking about..." Yoshihisa glanced at Shibata, "Isn't this Shibata... Huh, besides you... there is another acquaintance."

Ji Jiu raised his gaze slightly, and looked at Xuanzheng standing behind Shibata.

"...Xuanzheng, as expected, you told Ogata Yidousai and Kinoshita Genichi the location of the dock."

Just now, when he saw that the old man standing on the shore was actually Ji Jiu, Xuanzheng immediately showed astonishment—but this astonishment only lasted for a moment, and then turned into a meaningful smile.

"Long time no see, Jijiu." Xuanzheng shook his shoulders, and smiled, "I remember I told Toyotomi Nobuhide before? 'I can't accept stopping the research on the power of immortality no matter what' .”

"I gave up everything I had."

"Status, money, status...and apprentices. I abandoned everything in order to study the 'power of immortality'."

"As a result - because of an order from Toyotomi, the research on the 'power of immortality' was completely stopped."

The meaningful smile on Xuanzheng's face slowly disappeared and turned into resentment and ferocity.

"After knowing that Toyotomi would not restart the research on the 'power of immortality', I made up my mind: no matter what, I will not just swallow my anger like this!"

"...It seems that I should have killed you in the first place, a guy who has nothing in his eyes except 'research'." Ji Jiu's face sank slightly, and he looked away from Xuanzheng. Turning to A-Ming and the others, he looked at the faces of A-Ming and the others one by one.

"...Heh, there are really some...faces that I saw once in Longshui Temple last night."

After saying that, Ji Jiu stretched his hand into his bosom.

From his arms, he took out his short gun that could be folded into several sections.

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The author wants to make a big chapter today, but what a pity that I had to chat with a certain girl last night and today during the day, which delayed the time qaq

Ruanrou Township is indeed a tomb of heroes.