foreigner's journey

Chapter 498 Tsuruga Camouflage
Tsuruga camouflage is not her real name, but 'Inheritance', the inheritance of the Santu Shrine's master.

She is the daughter of the captain of the second division of the third company of the Izumo Guardian God. She has followed her father to learn the "Thousand Sword Style" passed down from generation to generation in the family since she was a child.

[Thousand Swords Style] is actually not a school of fighting with swords. In a sense, Thousands of Swords Style and Virtual Sword Style are very similar.It's just that the virtual knife style uses one's own hands, feet and even all parts of the body as the knife, that is, 'this person is the knife'.The thousand-sword style is "attacking the enemy with the enemy's sword", and the knife is nothing but a consumable for the thousand-sword style, and it is a prop.The more chaotic and huge the battlefield, the more powerful it is.

[Thousand Blade Style] is the strongest swordsmanship, she has thought so since she was sensible.

But 20 years ago, the Oshu chaos swept across Japan, and Izumo was not immune.Izumo, which was supposed to be the sacred and solemn residence of the gods, has become a tragedy that cannot be described with pen and ink. No matter from various perspectives, it can be called "Hell Picture Scroll".

It was just because Hida Takahiro was returning to Hida Castle after capturing the Dark City of Kyushu, and wanted to avoid the sight of Kaifu, so he 'passed by' Izumo.

Passing by is war.No, think about it carefully, a one-sided war can only be called a one-sided killing.

With just two of them, Izumo's third company of guardian gods was wiped out.

Her father died, the disciples of Sendaoliu Dojo died, and even her home and the dojo were burned down. Only she, who failed to go to the battlefield, survived.

She became one of thousands of war orphans, with no one to support her.Gradually, she became depraved.Using the thousand swords she learned to attack and kill tourists who came to Izumo to visit, fight with bandits and eat blacks, and rob wealthy households... She does evil things numbly, without feeling.

How many people has she killed in 13 years?I can't remember at all, and I don't want to remember.

I heard that there is a group of bandits entrenched in Luoqiu Mountain in Izumo, and the leader of the bandits there will pass down one of the legendary twelve variant knives [Thousand Swords·铩] from generation to generation.So, she joined the gang of bandits again, and became more and more depraved.What happened afterwards was not even worth recalling for her.

At some point, she became the leader of that group of bandits and inherited [Thousand Swords·Cao].

Going to the Santu Shrine to investigate was originally not her duty as the leader, but just a sudden rise, she killed all the priests in the Santu Shrine, including the Tsuruga camouflage.The Santu Shrine at that time was not an armed shrine, and the priests did not have swords, so she didn't kill them with a thousand swords.

Instead, they grabbed their necks one by one and strangled them to death.

Why?Why use such a primitive and cruel way?Probably because of 【Unforgivable】.

She heard about the origin of the Santu Shrine, and knew that it was a sanatorium for weak women, so she questioned in her heart—why, she didn't come to save me!

Isn't he called a god because he saved even hopeless people like himself?

Tsuruga Camouflage was the last to be killed. On the dark brown floor in the main hall, she knelt on Camouflage's body and pinched Camouflage's neck.

Camouflage's lips moved, and she thought the other party was begging for mercy.

【please forgive……】

Boring, I'm already tired of hearing this kind of begging for mercy.

[Forgive me... for failing to save you. 】

She was stunned.

[But, please...please forgive those girls...they have done nothing wrong. 】

These are the last words of Tsuruga camouflage.

The hall fell into deathly silence. After a long time, she returned to the bandit base and killed 43 of her companions.

Then I brought [Thousand Swords · Shovel] as [Tsuruga Camouflage] and came to the Santu Shrine.

This is the birth of Armed Shrine Santu Shrine, and this is the birth of the new Tsuruga camouflage.

At this moment, there were dark clouds outside the main hall, and the wind was blowing the fallen leaves. The two stood on the square, facing each other like this.

God will not come to save himself, nor will he come to save them, this Tsuruga camouflage has long understood.Now, Tsuruga camouflage only believes in [self-help].

Qian Dao·铩 cannot be let out no matter what. Not only can it use the poison of the sword as medicine to keep the hearts of those girls from collapsing, but more importantly, it is also the basis for self-protection of Santu Shrine, an armed shrine.

Once the black witches lose the force protection of Shikisaki Ji's variant sword, they will be unable to resist the capture of the shogunate.

Wolf, you said you have a way to solve this problem, so show me.

Standing on the stone floor of the square, the one-armed ronin raised his head and closed his eyes to feel the water vapor mixed in the wind, which was a sign of an impending storm.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at the Tsuruga camouflage opposite him, his empty cuffs fluttering in the wind:

"Camouflage Palace Master, the sword poison is just drinking poison to quench thirst. Before they are not swordsmen and have not been poisoned too much, it is for their benefit to remove the thousand sword poison."

"That's all? Is this your solution?"

Tsuruga camouflage doesn't have any weapons in her hands, but her aura is getting higher and higher.

If it's just this ridiculous 'solution', then the Tsuruga camouflage will have to choose another path—defeat all incoming enemies with the help of the Thousand Swordsmanship and Thousand Swordsmanship, and protect the Santu Shrine and the Thousand Blacks with their own power. Miko.

"Without Thousand Swords, the shogunate has no reason to ask you for swords."

Heather slung the tattered long knife with its sheath around her left waist, and gently stroked it with the fingers of her left hand on the hilt:
"A thousand knives are the cause of everything, don't you understand?"

The Tsuruga camouflage sneered: "Without Qiandao, how do you let these black witches face the shogunate's continuous arrest army?"

"So, my solution is to let the shogunate that ruled Japan fall apart, so naturally I won't have time to take care of you."

Heather said the shocking remarks lightly.

"Falling apart... Heh, hahaha!"

Tsuruga Camouflage laughed angrily: "Sekiro, you are just a whimsical guy."

"What? Is it difficult?" Heather tilted her head.

"Do you know how many troops there are in the shogunate? Yes, 150 years ago, Yu Lian Kinkaku did kill thousands of people with his 'Zan Dao·Bu'. But the army of the shogunate is more than [-]! Just the human sea tactics can consume you alive, how many subordinates do you have to command?"

Tsuruga camouflage slowly shook his head:

"Even Hida Takabi and others were defeated by the shogunate's army, you... are too arrogant."

The wind was blowing more and more quickly, and the dark clouds above formed a vortex, and it seemed that a severe heavy rainstorm was coming.

Heather didn't wear a hat, letting her slightly curly black hair dance like flames in the wind.He rubbed his stubble-covered chin, smiled and said:
"If you have the ability, don't you know if you come here and try it yourself?"

He raised his chin in the direction of the foot of the Tsuruga camouflage: "How about using the original [Thousand Knife]?"

"what……"

Tsuruga camouflage looked surprised.

There is indeed a knife buried under her feet, and it is the one forged by [Thousand Knife·铩] at first.

Thousand Swordsman, one of the twelve complete variant swords forged featuring 【Overwhelming Quantity】.Take it as you use it, replace it when it is worn out, there is no quantity limit, and there are endless spare parts.

For swordsmen, even knives forged by the same swordsmith will have a completely different feel. Once the knife is changed, there will be a long or short period of weakness due to unfamiliarity.But Qian Dao Xiao would not have such concerns at all.

Each handle is identical regardless of sharpness, weight, length and thickness.

However, even if there are a thousand [Thousand Swords] that are exactly the same and have the same feel, there will be a primordial body, which is the prototype of all Thousand Swords.

It was the one buried under the Tsuruga camouflage.

"Why do you know..." Tsuruga camouflage looked at the opposite side in disbelief, how did he know there was a knife here?And I also know that this is the original type of Qiandao Xiao.

"Simple, because it told me itself."

Heather smiled and pointed to the camouflaged feet:
"I told some idiot once, and I'll tell you again - a knife doesn't choose who it kills, but it chooses who it kills. Well, I'll give you time to dig it out."

With her fingers resting on the hilt of her waist, Heather smiled brightly:

"Then, I will show you what [the power to destroy the shogunate] is."

(End of this chapter)