I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Shall we go and have a look?" Ah-cho looked at Ogata.

"Why go and see it? It's so far away, and it's already raining heavily when we get there. Let's find a place to hide from the rain first."

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at the same time--

Under this orange smoke——

Mamiya sat beside the fire that was constantly emitting orange smoke, wiping the lenses of his glasses with a clean cloth.

Suddenly——Gamiya paused with his fingers wiping the lens.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the woods beside him.

In the woods next to Mamiya, a stalwart man was walking straight towards Mamiya with a big sword on his shoulders.

Although Mamiya couldn't see the appearance of this strong man clearly because he didn't wear glasses, but even if he couldn't see clearly, Mamiya could still recognize this man who had fought side by side with him for many years based on the blurred outline. companion.

"Yo! Mamiya!"

The strong man who had completely walked out of the gloomy woods shouted enthusiastically to Mamiya.

"Long time no see!"

Mamiya put the cleaned glasses back on his face, and responded in a half-joking tone:

"Long, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Is there more stubble on your face?"

"Don't call me this nickname!" Mucun said angrily, "You did it on purpose, right? You know I don't like this nickname, but you always put it on me!"

"How can He De, my pastoral village, be crowned with the title of 'Dragon'?"

"The person who is qualified to be crowned with the title of 'Dragon' is probably only Mr. Yuan!"

"Just kidding with you." Gamiya shrugged, "You came here much faster than I thought. I thought I would have to wait until dark for you to come."

"Good luck." Mu Cun said, "My landing site is not far away."

"That's it..." Jian Gong nodded lightly, "Then the two of us will land very close to each other."

Mamiya pouted angrily at the coast behind him:

"I landed here."

"Okay, we've landed successfully. So—what are we going to do now?"

While talking, Mucun yawned vigorously.

"Gamiya, let me put my ugly words in front - when I learned that you and I were in charge of Ji Yi's trip, I made up my mind: you will do everything that requires brains. So what do you say? Just do."

"Don't say 'lazy' so confidently..." Jiangong smiled helplessly, "Now let's find a place that can shelter from the rain."

Mamiya raised his chin toward the west sky, and continued:

"It's going to rain heavily, first find a place where you can shelter from the rain."

"After the rain stops? Shall we move further into the depths of the island? Look for ogres."

"While looking for an ogre? Find someone along the way."

"Alone?" Mu Cun raised his eyebrows, "Who?"

"A person I met by chance before I was sent to Kii."

An intriguing look appeared on Mamiya's face.

"He may be an important helper for us. And... I have some questions to ask him."

"Oh? Is he strong?"

"Very strong." Mamiya replied without thinking, "If I don't show some real skills, I won't be his opponent."

"Hoho~" Mucun muttered while stroking the stubble on his chin, "Jamiya? You just said that and I'm interested. What's his name?"

"Let me keep it secret. After I find him, I will introduce you slowly."

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...

The raindrops poured down from the sky? They slapped on the rock walls, leaves, and grass, splashing pieces of water mist.The clouds were so low that it was hard to breathe.

Layers of rain curtains blocked Ogata's sight, making it impossible for Ogata to see the distant scenery clearly.

Ogata and A-Machi's luck is quite good.

The moment before the rainstorm fell? I found a place where I could take shelter from the rain in time - a cave with a relatively small space.

Is this cave still spacious? More than enough for 2 people to live in it.

As soon as the two stepped into this cave, it rained heavily—the actions of the two were not untimely.

Pasha, pasha, pasha...

While Ogata was watching the rain scene outside the cave boredly, A-Machi was sitting deep inside the cave, using her wakizashi to cut a tree trunk as thick as a baby's arm.

According to A-Machi - she is making a drinking cup.

"Okay! It's done!"

The cutting sound of "Pasha Pasha" fell, and Ah-Ming's energetic voice sounded.

Ogata followed the sound and turned back, just in time to see A-Ming throwing two small wooden cylinders towards him.

"Here, Yishi. Bring some rainwater, I'm already dying of thirst."

Ogata looked at the two small wooden cylinders in his hand.

Although a bit rough, it is more than enough to hold water.

"What a coincidence you got it..."

"Didn't I tell you before?" Ah-Ming smiled, "I know a lot of skills."

Since he landed on this island till now, Ogata has not had a drop of water, and his mouth has long been parched.

After putting the two wooden cylinders out of the cave and filling them with rainwater, Ogata walked slowly back to the depths of the cave and handed back one of the wooden cylinders filled with rainwater to A-Ming.

Chapter 175 Cooperation Begins

A-machi generously accepted the wooden cylinder Ogata handed over, and then readily drank the rainwater in the wooden cylinder.

After drinking all the rainwater in his barrel, A-Machi realized that Ogata was looking at the wooden barrel in his hand with complicated eyes, showing no signs of drinking at all.

"Yishi, what's the matter? Don't you drink?"

"...No, I just realized it - you made this wooden cylinder for water, and you might put drugs or anesthetics in this wooden cylinder."

"Your paranoia is worse than I imagined..."

After A-machi cast a helpless look at Ogata, he stood up, took the wooden tube in Ogata's hand, and took a big sip.

"how?"

A-machi handed back the wooden cylinder with about half of the water remaining to Ogata, and said.

"This should prove that I didn't put drugs and poisons in the wooden barrel, right? Didn't I say everything? I really want to be your partner. How could it possibly hurt you?"

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with A-Ming drinking the water in the wooden tube, Ogata finally let go of his suspicions, took the wooden tube that A-Ming handed back, and began to drink with confidence.

While Ogata was drinking water, Machi looked towards the entrance of the cave.

"The rain is really heavy..." Ah-Ming murmured, "It's raining so hard, I don't know when it will stop... Maybe the two of us will spend the night here."

"You can spend the night here." Ogata said, "Anyway, this cave is quite comfortable to live in."

"Oh..." Mayor Ah sighed, "I can't make a fire...it's really troublesome..."

"Be patient for a while." Ogata said, "If you make a fire, it is easy to attract outsiders to approach. You should also want to sleep peacefully, and you don't want to fight the enemies who suddenly attack you in the middle of your sleep. ?”

"I know..." Ah-Ming sighed helplessly, "I'm just complaining..."

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...

The sound of the surrounding space is only the sound of rain.

Ogata and A-Machi, who couldn't think of any other topic, kept silent, and neither said anything.

Two people sitting facing each other, neither talking - such a scene should have been very embarrassing.

But the strange thing is——Ogata didn't feel embarrassed.

Although he and A-Ming did not speak, the atmosphere between the two was strangely full of harmony.

Judging from the relaxed expression on A-Machi's face, she didn't seem to find the situation where the two of them were silent with each other awkward.

A-Machi silently wiped the iron cannon in her hand with a clean cloth, while Ogata silently watched A-Machi wipe her iron cannon.

Looking at the iron cannon in A-Machi's hands, Ogata softly broke the long-lasting silence:

"You are holding a rare thing... Such an iron cannon should only be owned by Nanban now?"

"It seems that you really understand Lanxue." Atachi cast a surprised look at Ogata, "As you said - this style of iron cannon is currently only owned by Nanban."

"But the iron cannon in my hand is different from Nanman's iron cannon."

"My iron cannon was improved by my father based on Nanban's new iron cannon—that is, that flintlock gun."

"Your father?" Ogata asked suspiciously.

"Yeah." A-Machi nodded lightly, with a look of nostalgia on his face, "My father is also a ninja in Shiranui."

"He has no achievements in ninjutsu such as assassination and stealth, but he is very interested in the production and use of firearms, and he is quite talented."

"Before I was born, my father got a new iron cannon from Nanman under various chances and coincidences."

"Then based on Nanman's iron cannon, I transformed this brand new iron cannon in my hand."

"The iron cannon in my hand is farther, more accurate and more powerful than Nanman's iron cannon."

Speaking of this, Ah-Ming's face was full of pride and complacency.

"And this iron cannon is still detachable."

"I just disassembled this iron cannon into various parts and secretly brought this island."

"Hiding the most conspicuous barrel in a hollow short gun barrel made the people in the government mistakenly think that I was an ordinary female prisoner who used short guns, wakizashi and kunai as weapons, and carried all kinds of scrap metal."

"In this way, I can swagger and bring my iron cannon to this island."

"By the way - the iron cannon in my hand was built by myself."

"You can also make iron cannons?" Ogata's eyes showed an unconcealable surprise.

"Hmm. I'm really lucky. Like my father, I am very interested in making firearms, and at the same time I am quite talented."

"I inherited my father's mantle early on, and inherited all his iron cannon making skills."

"The iron cannon I'm holding now is the new iron cannon I just built at the beginning of this year."

"It turned out to be the new iron cannon you built at the beginning of this year... No wonder it looks so new."

Speaking of this, Ogata paused.

Then he changed his tone of sincere praise:

"Your father is really amazing. The craftsmanship of iron cannons is so superb that he can use the iron cannons of the Nanman as the basis to forcibly create a brand new iron cannon that is far more practical than the iron cannons of the Nanman. .”

Hearing Ogata's praise, Ah-Machi's face showed no excitement.

On the contrary...the look is dark...

"...No matter how powerful the iron cannon is, what's the use of it?"

"Firearms and so on, in our Shiranui, they belong to the strange skills and obscenities that no one cares about."

"No one looks down on iron cannons, and no one looks down on iron cannons and the people who make iron cannons..."

"For a long time, my father has never been respected by others..."