I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Just for money, did you betray me?!"

"Just a little money, can you squeeze enough malice from you to harm me?"

"My companions and I almost died because of your betrayal!"

"Spare your life? If my companions die because of your betrayal, who will spare their lives?!"

After venting out the emotions accumulated in her chest in one breath, Lin panted heavily like a tiger with a wounded head.

And Yukimura, who was kicked flying, trembled even more, crawled back to the place where he was kneeling before, and continued to cry and beg for mercy.

"It's ridiculous." Lin straightened her back and took a deep breath, "Although the facts are presented in black and white, I still can't believe my eyes."

"You are obviously such a highly valued and trusted companion to me."

"Your betrayal makes me feel that the world has lost its original luster."

"I will feel sorry for you."

"Because your betrayal is like turning the world upside down to me."

bass!

The sound of drawing the sword sounded.

Lin pulled out the saber from her waist, and slit the throat of the traitor she was no longer interested in listening to beg for mercy with just one blow.

Yukimura's throat was cut open, and blood gushed out like a hot spring. After clutching his throat and struggling a few times, he slowly lost his vitality and collapsed on the ground

Lin shook off the blood attached to the saber, put the saber back into its sheath:

"Yahachi, find a place to bury Yukimura."

"Yes" Mucun nodded slightly.

Lin turned to look around.

"Why didn't you see Ms. A-Machi? Where is Ms. A-Machi now?"

"Miss A-machi has been going out to sea with other people to find Yidaosai since early this morning." Asai said, "Almost never stopped."

"Because I was worried that Ms. A-Machi would be so tired, so Azuki just forced Ms. A-Machi to rest."

"Miss A-Machi should still be sleeping now."

Finally, after a pause, Asai added another sentence:

"My lord. Please forgive me." Asai looked around and confirmed that there were no outsiders around, then put his lips to Lin's ear, and whispered, "Ms. Find a way to cheer her up."

"otherwise"

Asai didn't continue to speak, and closed his mouth in a timely manner.

"Of course I can also see that Ms. A-Machi is in a bad state."

"But the question is: is there any way to cheer up Ms. Machi?"

A heavy and slightly suffocating atmosphere lingered around Lin and the others.

clap clap clap

A Ding, who was forced by A Zhu to rest just now, sneaked to this secluded beach where no one was watching, and sat on the ground with his legs folded, watching the waves in front of him motionless.

With the ebb and flow of the waves, the reflection reflects pale skin, dry and cracked lips, long-sparing and messy hair, bloodshot eyes, and pupils that have lost their brilliance.

Cloudy consciousness, confused thoughts, all feelings in the mind are fragmented.

In her mind, the chaotic and various things were like a vortex in a raging sea, rumbling and spinning.

Keep up your spirits, Ah Yi must be very sad seeing you like this for no reason, Ah Ding always feels that the reflection in front of him seems to be preaching to her.

Tired of the reflection's preaching, A-Machi stretched out his rough and calloused hands, which had become rough and callused from practicing ninjutsu since childhood, and explored the sea, trying to break up the waves and the reflection.

It has been rainy recently, and the sea is still very cold now, but after putting her hands into the sea, Ah-Ming did not feel the cold at all because her hands and feet were colder than the sea water, and after putting her hands into the sea, she did not feel the cold. To the slightest coolness.

Machi!

Suddenly!Ah-Ming suddenly heard the extremely familiar call from behind!

Atachi, whose eyes were suddenly lit up, cast an impatient, expectant look behind him, as if he was about to cry.

There is nothing behind A-Machi

Her eyes, which had just been ignited with light, quickly changed back to the dull and dull appearance just now.

is it coming again

This is not the first time that Machi mistakenly thought he heard Ogata's voice.

These days, she can't count how many times she heard "Ogata" calling her.

Machi, whose face was filled with an expression that made people feel heartbroken, turned his gaze back to himself, and buried his cheek between the knees he was holding with both hands.

What A-Ming is most afraid of now is when he is free.

Because once you are free, memories about Ogata will flash in your mind like a revolving lantern.

This series of memories, like a boulder pressing on A-Ming's chest, made her feel breathless.

And along with these memories flashed in A-Machi's mind, there is also the fantasy of "if Ogata is gone"

A-Machi has been trying not to think about these unlucky things.

But no matter how hard she tried to contain it, this terrible fantasy kept coming out.

A-Machi only felt that gravity seemed to have disappeared.

Even though I was sitting on the ground, I felt like I was floating in the air.

The world in front of me seemed to be covered with a thick layer of fog, and images and sounds became blurred and difficult to distinguish.

The only clear sound was his own sobbing.

Two warm currents slowly enveloped Ah-Ming's eyeballs.

Another reason why she hates being idle now is that once she is idle, tears will roll down without disappointment.

She never cried in front of Lin and others.

She was afraid that her crying would cause Lin and the others to feel depressed, and it would increase the psychological pressure on Lin and the others who helped her find Ogata.

She dared to shed tears of worry and pain only when she was alone.

A-Ming raised his hand and wiped two fistfuls on the eye sockets, and pressed the backs of his hands against the eye sockets, trying to block the source of tears.

The barely choked tears flowed back.

The salty and crying taste poured down the nostrils and into the throat, making Ah-Ming's mouth full of bitter taste.

She is Ogata Ittosai's wife, a woman who has seen countless storms.

But after removing these glamorous titles, she is just a young wife who just passed her 19th birthday.

Will be so worried because of her husband's disappearance.

Because of worrying about her husband, she couldn't help crying day and night.

"Machi?"

At this time, Ah-machi heard Ogata's voice behind him again.

Why are you hallucinating again?

He only thought that he was A-cho who was having auditory hallucinations again because of thinking about Ogata, and ignored the auditory hallucinations behind him, just continued to wipe his eye sockets vigorously, and took deep breaths, trying to stop the tears from flowing.

"Machi!"

Ogata's voice came behind him again.

But this time, the sound was much closer and clearer at the same time.

A-Machi wiped away the tears with his hand, and stopped slowly

It would be too real to say that the voice heard this time is still an auditory hallucination

Thinking of this, Ah-Ming showed a dazed expression.

It took a while until I regained my perception of the world.

Atachi, who had just stopped crying, felt that he forgot to blink and his eyes were dry.

Machi slowly lowered her trembling hands that were wiping her eye sockets.

Cautiously shivering, he turned his gaze to the back of himself.

Behind her, stood a frontal smile with shame, looking at her tall figure with red eyes.

Ogata, who was holding the brocade box containing the heads of [-] nuns in his left hand and a simple walking stick made of branches in his right hand, looked at the haggard A-cho in front of him with distress.

Ogata naturally knew exactly why A-Machi became what he is now.

Thinking that it was all because he had been "missing" for too long, Xu Fang felt a tingling sensation emanating from his chest.

"A-Machi" Ogata called A-Machi's name again, trying to make his expression and tone as normal as possible, "I'm back"

Ogata's voice swirled, intertwined, and entangled in Ah-Machi's mind.

She felt that the corners of her vision were burning with light and heat, and the corners and sockets of her eyes were wet with tears again.

Ogata's "I'm back" just now made Ah-Ming feel his eardrums go numb for an instant, and all the sounds around him were gradually drifting away

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" A-Ming opened her pale, peeling lips to Ogata, as if she wanted to say something to Ogata, but she just vibrated her vocal cords incoherently.

As if she was afraid that Ogata would disappear from her field of vision, she stared at Ogata without daring to blink, and stood up hurriedly. Because she got up too quickly, she fell to the ground once, but soon Getting up again, he stumbled and ran towards Ogata.

Machi's mind has been blank since just now.

At this moment, her body moved completely on its own.

Stand up like a conditioned reflex, and run towards Ogata like a conditioned reflex.

At this time, Ogata also threw off the crutch and brocade box in his hand, and limped towards A-Ming.

The two who were rushing in both directions bumped into each other and hugged each other.

A-Machi threw himself into Ogata's arms in one breath, wrapped his hands around Ogata's neck, and then put all the strength of his whole body on Ogata's body.

Ogata, whose body hadn't recovered yet, couldn't resist the full weight of A-Machi, fell face-up with A-Machi on the soft sand.

"It's not that I'm hallucinating if I touch it"

A murmur that made Ogata want to laugh and feel sad floated in his arms.

Atachi, who hugged Ogata tightly, put his face on the socket of Ogata's right shoulder, and remained still.

Ogata lowered his eyes to look at Ah-Ming's face, and saw that she was biting her lower lip, as if she was about to cry.

But at the same time that he was about to cry, there was a smile full of emotions on the corner of Ah Ding's mouth.

Feeling the warmth coming back from Ogata's body, A-Machi kept tightening his arms around Ogata's neck as if he didn't intend to let Ogata leave her like this again.

The softness and gentle touch in the arms, the strength from the tightly clasped arms around the neck.

Just like that, Ogata was frozen by the warmth coming from behind.

As if it was about to dissolve, Ogata could only feel the aches and pains in all parts of his body rapidly dissolving.

Like A-Machi, Ogata showed an expression that looked like he wanted to cry, but also wanted to laugh. He continued to hug A-Machi with his left hand, and raised his right hand to caress A-Machi's hair.

No need for any excessive words.

The hug between the two is worth more than a thousand words.

"Where did Miss A-cho go?" Azuki looked around anxiously for A-cho.

Because of her carelessness just now, Ah Ding sneaked out, and now I don't know where she went.

Azuki walked forward along the beach, while putting his hands on his eye sockets, looking around, looking for Acho's figure.

At this moment, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a strange shadow lying on the beach not far away.

Looking intently, A Zhu's eyes immediately widened as if he had seen a ghost.

That strange shadow was two figures who were embracing each other and fell to the ground.

One of them was Machi.

and another person