I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Speaking of this, Ah-Ming's fingers subconsciously clenched the iron cannon in his hand, biting his lower lip with his white teeth.

However, at this moment—Ogata, who heard something wrong with A-Machi's tone, subconsciously said seriously:

"It's those people in you Shiranui who have no brains!"

"What era is it now? Still look down on firearms?"

"If I were the ruler of your Shiranui, I would have given you father and daughter as treasures, and provided you with funds and helpers that you can't use up."

"By the way, I will provide you with a large research site, so that you father and daughter can research and make iron cannons to your heart's content."

"When the time comes, let all the ninjas in Rina replace the iron cannons made by your father and daughter. From now on, you will rely on iron cannons to work, and say goodbye to kunai, which is outdated."

After hearing Ogata's words, A-Machi was slightly taken aback.

Then he laughed out loud:

"Yishi, you are more interesting than I imagined."

Machi said in a joking tone while wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes from laughing:

"Why don't you overthrow our leader and become our new leader in Shiranui after you leave this island?"

Chapter 176 Cooperation Begins

"Okay." Ogata shrugged, and responded with the same joking tone, "If there is a chance in the future, I don't mind being the new leader of your Shiranui."

"I'm getting more and more interested in you." A-Machi, who was sitting cross-legged across from Ogata, put the iron cannon in his hand aside, resting his right elbow on his right knee, and resting his chin on his right palm.

"Yishi, are you really not going to cooperate with me? Your swordsmanship plus my iron cannon and various skills - if the two of us work together, we will definitely be able to live comfortably on this island."

"...Why do you insist on partnering with me?" Ogata sighed softly, "You don't know anything about me at all, do you? Are you not afraid that I will suddenly stab you in the back when you are partnering with me?"

"You're wrong." Ah-Ming said softly, "It's not that I don't know anything about you."

"I think you are the most trustworthy of all the prisoners on this island."

"Because——you were not wanted by the shogunate for committing crimes, but because you killed a brutal daimyo and were hunted down by the shogunate."

"I don't think that in this world, a person who has the courage and courage to swing a sword to kill a tyrant is a bad person with bad conduct."

"The man who wields his sword to kill a tyrant, and the man who slaughters a large number of civilians - choose one of these two kinds of prisoners to be a partner, and I believe that most people will decide to bet on the former as I do. body?"

"Besides—choosing a partner is also a matter of sight."

"In addition to being the most trustworthy one, you are also very eye-catching to me-so I decided to stay by your side and let you be my partner."

While saying these words, A-Machi subconsciously glanced at the light onion-colored haori on Ogata's body.

However, Ogata didn't notice this tiny movement of A-Machi because it was quite subtle.

"...My ugly words are up front." Ogata said, "I——from the beginning I didn't intend to obey the government's orders. I have no interest in the so-called pardon. My goal has only been one from the beginning to the end: Find something similar to a small boat and leave this island with your own strength. Even so, do you want to cooperate with me?"

"That's a coincidence." A-Ming raised her beautiful eyebrows, "I also never thought of listening to the government from the beginning. I also plan to try to escape from this island with my own hands."

……

……

After the voice of Ah-cho's words fell, Ogata was not in a hurry to answer.

Instead, he lowered his head slightly and looked at the water in the wooden barrel in his hand.

The water in the wooden cylinder reflected Ogata's face.

Ogata just looked at the reflection in the water and thought.

A-Machi didn't bother Ogata, just looked at Ogata quietly, waiting for Ogata to speak.

blah blah blah blah...

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

But just like before—neither Ogata nor A-Machi felt that the silent atmosphere was awkward.

The two remained silent in an inexplicable and inexplicable harmonious atmosphere.

After a while, Ogata let out a sigh of relief:

"...Okay. You succeeded in convincing me."

"Our two goals are the same. Your iron cannon and your various skills are indeed quite useful. If we cooperate with you, we can indeed live more comfortably on this island."

Hearing Ogata's words, Amachi's face showed joy.

"Then what do you mean?" A-Ming asked cautiously.

"Isn't the meaning of what I said just now not clear?"

After Ogata sighed helplessly, he raised the wooden cylinder in his hand that still contained a little rainwater in the direction of A-cho.

"Partner." Ogata smiled at Atachi, "I wish you a happy cooperation."

"Yeah!" Ah-Ming nodded vigorously, and then raised his own wooden barrel that still had some rainwater left because it had filled some rainwater just now, and hit Ogata's wooden barrel hard in mid-air, "I wish you cooperation Happy! Partner!"

After the two drank the water in their respective wooden cylinders at the same time, Ah-machi suddenly said to Ogata:

"By the way, Yishi. Can I call you another name?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Whether it's Ogata or Yishi, I don't think it's easy to call it. I want to change it to a more easy-to-mouth name."

"Like?"

"What do you think of Ayi? It sounds much more fluent."

"Is there a catchphrase... Forget it, you can call it whatever you want."

"Then it's decided!" A-Ming clapped his hands, "Let's spend the night in this cave today! If the rain stops tomorrow, we will try to go deeper into the island? A-Yi, what do you think? "

"As expected of my partner." Ogata said in a half-joking tone? "Our plans are exactly the same."

……

……

While Ogata and A-Machi were drinking water and chatting in a safe cave——

somewhere on the island.

"damn it……"

Hiding under the shade of the tree, Hiichimaru cursed loudly at the rain curtain outside the shade of the tree while wiping the raindrops on his face.

"When will the rain stop?"

Ping Yiwan—he, who was addicted to stealing and stole countless properties, was finally captured by the government's officials at the beginning of this year?

His only skill is stealing? He doesn't know how to fight at all.

So in order to bring a sense of security to himself? Heiichimaru not only wore the armor provided by the government, but also wore the sword and wakizashi provided by the government.

He couldn't even find a suitable shelter from the rain, so he could only temporarily hide under the shade of a big tree.

Just as he was swearing wildly at the rain curtain in front of him and living his mouth addiction, he suddenly heard the sound of a large number of bushes being pushed aside and the sound of footsteps coming from his side.

"who?!"

While screaming, Hiichimaru pulled out the knife at his waist in a very clumsy way, aiming the blade at the source of these voices.

After a while, the owners of these footsteps appeared under the rain.

"Are you...?!" Heiichimaru widened his eyes.

These people who appeared in his field of vision? Without exception, they all wore the same armor issued by the government, which was usually only worn by soldiers.

The xiaoshuting that book lovers used before has been suspended, and now they are basically using \mi\mi\reading\app \mimiread\.

Also because of this? Ping Yiwan recognized the identities of these people at a glance——prisoners like him.

There were more than twenty prisoners who appeared within Heiichimaru's field of vision.

Looking at the twenty or so prisoners who kept coming towards him, Heiichimaru said in a trembling voice:

"You, you, what do you want to do?!"

The knife in Ping Yiwan's hand was "jumping wildly" like a live fish, as if it was about to jump out of Ping Yiwan's hand at any time.

"Brother! Don't be nervous! Don't be nervous! We don't mean any harm!"

At this moment, one of the prisoners surrounded by Chaohei Ichimaru said this to Chaohei Ichimaru.

The speaker was a man of extremely short stature, with a funny braid on his head.

"My name is Shichiemon." The short braided man said to Hei Kazumaru with a smile, "The reason why we are looking for you is not to harm you."

"We just passed by here by chance, and then ran into you."

"The reason I'm looking for you is also to invite you."

"Invitation?" Ping Yiwan asked suspiciously.

"That's right." Heiichimaru nodded, and then stretched out his hand towards Heiichimaru, "Brother, do you want to join us and work together to survive on this island?"

Chapter 177 The Slaughtered Soldiers

"Join...you...?" Heijuro hesitated.

"Brother." The man who called himself Shichiemon walked slowly under the shade of the tree where Heijuro was, and then smiled, "Before we formally discuss this matter, can you tell me your name first?"

"...My name is Heijuro."

Heijuro saw that the group of uninvited guests did not draw their swords, so he gradually relaxed, and his body and voice no longer trembled.

"Heijuro." Nanaimon said softly in his unhurried voice, "Yes, that's it. Don't be afraid or nervous."

"We are friends, companions, not enemies."

"You just said...'Join you'..." Heijuro asked cautiously, "What does that mean?"

"It's literally." Shichiemon said, "Heijuro, do you want to regain your freedom and leave this broken island?"

"Of course I want to!" Heijuro said without thinking, "I want to get out of this ghostly place as soon as I dream!"

"That's right." Shichiemon nodded.

"It's not just you who think so. Me, and everyone."

While saying that, Nanaemon spread his hands to the rest of the prisoners standing behind him.

"Everyone wants to get out of here and be free."

"However——if we want to regain our freedom, our only choice is to obediently follow what the government says."

"Go drag three 'ogre', or dig out an important piece of information related to 'ogre'. Get pardoned."

"If there is no pardon from the government, even if we flee back to the mainland, we will still be wanted by the government."

"Although we still don't know what the 'ogre' is, but since it involves things related to killing, it is bound to get twice the result with half the effort with the help of partners."

"With companions, we can kill that 'ogre' more easily, and at the same time drag the body of the 'ogre' to the coast more easily."

"If you're alone, it's a question of whether you can kill that 'ogre'. Just dragging its body to the coast may exhaust you."

"These people of us are sticking together in order to be able to get a better, safer and quicker eligibility for pardon."

"Besides, if we stay together, we can effectively prevent attacks from other prisoners."

Speaking of this, Shichiemon frowned slightly, and his expression became a little serious.

"Now on this island, there are all kinds of prisoners."

"There are bandits, there are robbers, there are arsonists, there are burglars..."

"At the same time, there are also powerful murderers."

"Most of the prisoners who landed on the island are people like me who are not good at fighting."

"So people like us who are not good at fighting should stick together to prevent being violated by other prisoners."

Heiichiro listened quietly to Shichiemon's speech.

Shichiemon's tone was cadenced and soft, which sounded particularly friendly.

And what he said is very reasonable.

Heiichiro was already moved by what Shichiemon said just now.