I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

This is the second time Shichiemon has been rejected so quickly today.

Just when Shichiemon was stunned by being rejected again in seconds, "Glasses" suddenly raised his eyebrows, and looked Shichiemon seriously up and down.

"Look carefully..."

"Glasses" suddenly whispered.

"I still recognize you... You are the leader of the bandit who is quite powerful in the Mutsu area——Shichiemon, right?"

"Not good at fighting, but very good at negotiating. Relying on his own words and brains, he just pulled up a large bandit force in the Mutsu area."

"I didn't expect that even you were arrested and brought to this island."

Seeing that the "glasses" recognized him, Shichiemon was stunned for a while in surprise, then hurriedly said again with a little joy on his face:

"You know me? That's great!"

"That's right! I am Shichiemon!"

"I don't dare to say anything else, but when it comes to my mind, I am quite confident!"

"As long as the three of you join us, I will definitely be able to lead you..."

This time, it was still Shichiemon who was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

It's just that - what interrupted Nanaimon's conversation this time was not other people's words, but - Nanaimon felt something flash before his eyes.

Shichiemon only felt a blur in front of his eyes.

In the next moment before his eyes, he heard the sound of "click" closing the knife.

His right hand was already resting on the handle of the knife after returning the "glasses" with both hands drooping naturally.

His posture made the surrounding prisoners instantly tense, mistakenly thinking that "Glasses" was going to draw his knife.

The surrounding prisoners held up their weapons one after another, staring at "Glasses" and the others as if facing a formidable enemy.

"Don't be nervous, everyone."

"Glasses" smiled.

"I'm not going to draw the knife right now."

"After all—I've already drawn the knife just now."

It wasn't until the voice of "Glasses" fell that Shichiemon realized that the top of his head was weird.

Shaking his head—his soaring braid fell from the top of his head and fell to his feet.

Whether it was Nanaimon or the rest of the prisoners, they all stared wide-eyed, and cast astonished and disbelieving glances at Shichiemon's soaring braid that fell to the sky at his feet.

When did this person draw his sword just now—this includes Shichiemon

Neither Shichiemon nor any of the other prisoners heard the sound of the sword being drawn.

"Nachiemon. You seem to have misunderstood something."

"Glasses" said while putting down his hand on the handle of the knife.

"The reason why I remember you is not because of how great and famous you are."

"It's purely because you bought a batch of our rice before, but it took a long time to pay you."

"Although you paid all the money in full in the end, my lord is very upset by your delay in paying the money for a long time."

"So cutting off your braid is considered a punishment for you."

"I hope you will do well in the future."

After all, "glasses" no longer talk.

Slowly walk away with the "giant" and "savage".

Shichiemon no longer dared to extend invitations to these three people.

Not only did he not dare to say another word, but at the same time he did not dare to move too much.

The rest of the prisoners were also like this, they only dared to look at "Glasses" and others in astonishment and fear, and they didn't even dare to vent their breath.

It wasn't until the three "glasses" left completely from the field of vision that Shichiemon breathed out a sigh of relief as if he had been pardoned, and sat slumped on the ground as if all his strength had been drained in an instant. .

Shichiemon could clearly feel it without touching it with his hands—the clothes on his back were already wet with cold sweat...

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"Machi, listen up."

Ogata stopped suddenly, and put his right hand around his right ear.

"Listen to what?" Machi asked.

"Did you hear the sound of water ahead?"

Hearing what Ogata said, A-Machi also followed Ogata's example, put his hands on his ears, and listened carefully.

After calming down and listening carefully, A-Machi realized——as Ogata said, there was the sound of water flowing in front of them.

Because the sound is very small, it is hard to hear it unless you listen carefully.

"Looks like we're almost there." Ogata said, "Let's go, Machi. Work harder."

"My physical strength is still abundant, and I don't need to work harder."

Hearing the sound of water, both Ogata and Atachi couldn't help feeling excited.

Because according to Zong Hai, the shogunate researchers were stationed next to the largest river in Butterfly Island: the Linong River.

The sound of running water in front must be the sound made by the Linong River when the water is turbulent.

The two quickened their pace a little and followed the sound of water.

Pushing aside the layers of bushes and penetrating thick shades of trees one after another, the two of them gradually felt the steam coming from their faces.

Finally——suddenly enlightened.

After rushing out of this small grove, a large river with a fairly wide channel appeared in front of the two of them.

Ogata took out the map Zonghai drew for them.

After looking at the map in his hand, and then at the big river in front of him, Ogata nodded gently:

"We are on the right track. This river is the Linon River."

"It's been 3 days since I landed on the island, and I finally saw the river..." As Machi said so, he stretched vigorously.

Just like what A-Ming said—the two of them have finally met a river on this Butterfly Island since they landed on the island.

However, because both of them have brought enough water from the well at Tenmanji Temple, neither of them need to drink water or replenish water now.

Ogata and A-Machi walked slowly to the bank of the Linong River, washed their hands and faces in the cold river water, then took out the map drawn by Zonghai for them again, and looked at it seriously.

"The residence of the shogunate's researchers should be further upstream..." Ogata said softly, "Let's go further upstream along the river bank."

"Upstream..." Ah-machi murmured, looking up to the upper reaches of the Linon River, "Really... how far do we have to go..."

Before A-Machi finished speaking, she was looking at the upper reaches of the Linong River, her pupils shrank slightly, and she suddenly stopped.

"Ayi..."

"what happened?"

A-machi pointed towards the upper reaches of the Rinong River.

"There are... corpses on it..."

Chapter 203 Researcher's Diary

"Corpse?"

Ogata looked up the river in the direction that Machi pointed, but saw nothing.

"Where is the body?"

"follow me!"

After saying that, Machi spread his legs and ran upstream along the banks of the Linon River.

After running upriver for a distance, following closely behind Ah-Ming, Ooman saw that there were indeed two mutilated corpses on a certain river bank upstream.

Looking at the two mutilated corpses lying on the river bank, Ogata and A-Machi both frowned.

Both of them were wearing the armor provided by the government to the prisoners, with scabbards on their waists, and it was obvious from a glance that they were also one of the prisoners who were forced to land on the island.

The death of these two people can be described as tragic.

The death of the two was quite uniform and they were cut in half.

The two were cut in half by both.

Blood, internal organs and other materials were everywhere, his eyes were wide open, full of fear, and his death was extremely miserable.

Ogata and A-Machi squatted beside the two corpses, and began to observe the two corpses.

Both of them were hacked to death, so it would only be people who killed them, not ogres.

The corpse hadn't started to decompose yet, so it shouldn't have been long since he died.

Judging from the cleanliness of the armor on their bodies, both of them were prisoners who had just landed on the island.

Like Ogata and Atachi, he should be one of the fourth batch of prisoners to land on the island.

"They were all cut in half with a single knife," Ogata murmured, "The guy who cut them in half with a man and an armor, is quite capable."

"There are only two types of weapons that can cause such serious injuries." A-Machi also said softly at this time, "Odachi, and"

"A large naginata for men." Ogata answered for Machi.

Around the two corpses, not only fragments of armor, but also fragments of knives were scattered.

And the right hands of these two people are holding only a part of the knife.

Seeing this situation, a picture gradually emerged in Ogata's mind. The two prisoners encountered a master who was good at wielding a large sword or a naginata.

Although he barely erected the knife in his hand, trying to defend against the master's slashing attack, but because his skills and strength were not as good as the master's, the knife was cut off by the master, and the armor was also chopped into pieces. It was cut in half with a knife and armor.

"I have a hunch." A-cho on the side suddenly said, "These two people should have been killed by the demon monk Yichun."

"As far as I know, the demon monk who is good at wielding a naginata always chops his opponent in half when he kills because of his natural strength."

"It doesn't matter who killed these two people." Ogata said as he stood up slowly, "In short, we just need to be careful."

"Let's go, A-cho, there's nothing to see about these two corpses, let's go find the shogunate researchers' residence."

After all, Ogata took out the map that Zonghai drew for them again, and compared the surrounding environment carefully, then muttered in a low voice:

"We should be almost there"

As Ogata had muttered under his breath, they were indeed approaching the shogunate researchers' residence.

After saying goodbye to the two corpses and walking along the Linong River to the upper reaches of the river for nearly a stick of incense, the two saw an open river bank.

And on this broad river bank, there are a large number of military tents.

And because these military tents hadn't been taken care of for a long time, they were blown crookedly by the wind.

A few flags with "shamrock pattern" painted on them were unfurling in the camp with the wind.

The entire camp exudes a deathly silence.

Although Zonghai said that there were no ogre haunts in this area, Ogata and A-cho moved their wrists and ankles well before entering the camp.

A-Ming even checked the iron cannon behind him, and confirmed that the iron cannon behind him was ready to fire at any time.

Even if there were no ogres in this camp, there might be other prisoners.

What's more, the two of them just saw two corpses that were suspected to have been killed by "Monk" Yichun on the downstream river bank.

This made the two of them even more vigilant.

After checking the equipment on their bodies and moving their wrists and ankles, the two began to slowly step into this long-abandoned camp.

After stepping into this camp, the first impression that Ogata gave was chaos.

Especially messy.

Both outside and inside the camp, there are a lot of items scattered on the ground.