I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

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"Excuse me——Soutaro?"

"It's a bastard." Konnosuke said with a cold face, "After being thrown to this island by the shogunate, this Soutaro and his brother Aotaro gathered a large number of prisoners and took root on this island. "

"They have no food source, and they will ask us for rice every once in a while."

"If we refuse to give rice, they will threaten to rush in and kill us."

"They are the group of powerful enemies that I just said 'there are strong enemies outside to blackmail'."

"They have weapons in their hands, and the brothers Ao Taro and Sotaro are said to be the ninjas born in Shiranui. They are very powerful, so we have always dared not speak out..."

"Shiranui?" Ogata couldn't help asking back.

At the same time, his eyes subconsciously swept to the gloomy A-Ming beside him.

"Yeah. That's what Sotaro called himself." Konnosuke said softly, "Although I don't know what is in Shiranui and where it is located..."

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"That's a ninja village. It's what you commonly call ninja village." As soon as Konnosuke's words fell, Atachi responded without thinking, "It's similar to Fuma no Sato and Koka no Sato in the Sengoku period." The ninja no Sato...is a...terrible place..."

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"What are you two doing here?" Konnosuke frowned slightly, and asked Ogata and A-Machi who were following closely behind him.

"Please let us go together." A-Machi said seriously, "We will not cause you any trouble."

"...Since you are friends of Tenmanji Temple, it's up to you."

"Hello...A-Machi." After Konnosuke turned his head away, Ogata turned his head slightly, and asked in a low voice to A-Machi, "Is it possible that you... know that so-called Aotaro, Soutaro?"

"...Well." A-Machi replied blankly, "After all, they belong to the same ninja in Shiranui, so of course they recognize each other...I didn't expect those two people to be arrested and brought to this island..."

……

Konnosuke, who didn't even have time to change his clothes, rushed out of his mansion in a hurry, followed the guidance of a young man in the village, and rushed towards the southeast of the wooden wall without any hesitation or pause.

Along the way, many villagers who had learned that Sotaro and others came to ask for rice again approached Konnosuke with a look of panic.

Looking at the villagers who approached Konnosuke, Ogata couldn't help thinking to himself:

——Konnosuke is really popular in Fenghe Village... When encountering such a critical situation, the villagers will subconsciously come to him...

After Konnosuke appeared, Ogata clearly felt that the panic on the faces of the villagers had faded a lot as if they had seen the backbone.

At the same time, Ogata also sensed that the villagers were constantly casting doubtful glances at him and Atachi.

Behind Konnosuke suddenly appeared two strangers who had never met before—no matter who they were, they would definitely show doubts.

However, because Konnosuke did not talk to Riogata and Acho, and they were still following him, and Soutaro and his gang were waiting for them outside the wall, the villagers felt embarrassed to ask Konnosuke for a while. Nosuke about Ogata and Acho.

……

After quickly rushing to the southeast of the wooden wall, Konnosuke, Ogata and Atachi who followed him, and some young people in the village boarded a watchtower one after another.

After climbing up the watchtower and looking outside the wall, Ogata clearly saw a lot of people gathered outside the wooden wall.

Most of these people were wearing the suit of armor issued to them prisoners by the extremely familiar government.

——1、2、3、4、5……20……一共20人……也不知道近之助和阿町刚才所说的那个什么宗太郎是哪一个……

Because the prisoners gathered outside the wall held torches for lighting, Ogata could clearly see the number of them.

Just when Ogata was guessing who was Soutaro, a frivolous voice sounded from the group of prisoners under the wooden wall:

"Yo~~ Good evening! Konnosuke-sama! We are here to borrow rice from you again!"

"Sotaro...!" Konnosuke clenched his teeth, every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, "You bastards! You keep saying borrowed rice! But have you ever paid it back?" rice?!"

——Is that guy Soutaro...

Ogata followed the frivolous male voice just now.

The owner of this frivolous male voice was of medium height, with a large vertical scar on his face, and was wearing a special black suit. The kimono on his upper body was narrow-sleeved, and the hakama on his lower body was a little tight.

Looking at the black suit on this person, Ogata raised his eyebrows involuntarily, and then subconsciously looked at A-Machi beside him.

Because the suit on this person is very similar in shape to the suit on A-Ming.

It's just that this person's clothes don't show his shoulders and back like Ah-Ming's clothes.

——Since the suit on Machi is the uniform of the female ninjas in Shiranui, then the suit on that Soutaro should be the uniform of the male ninjas in Shiranui...

When Ogata was thinking this in his heart, Soutaro's frivolous voice sounded again:

"What? Konnosuke-sama, don't you want to lend us the rice?"

Hearing Sotaro's words, Konnosuke's expression changed.

Gritting his teeth, just when he was about to say something, a young villager standing behind him roared:

"We're almost out of rice!"

"If I give you more rice, we will all starve to death!"

As soon as the young villager finished speaking, a cold laugh came from Sotaro's mouth:

"Who cares about you! I don't care how much rice you have left! I just need you to give us enough rice! I don't care about the rest!"

Speaking of this, Sotaro suddenly paused.

After being silent for a while, he changed into a strange tone, and continued:

"But what Konnosuke-sama said just now is not unreasonable."

"We have borrowed so much rice from you, if we don't return it, it will be too unreasonable."

"But the rice you lent us has already been filled with feces and urine, so I can't pay you back."

"How about this. I'll give you something else."

After finishing speaking, Sotaro said to a subordinate next to him:

"Hey, push those three people up."

"Yes."

After the subordinate responded, he waved to the other two companions, and the three of them ran towards the dark place where the light of the torch could not reach.

After a while, the three came back.

Not only came back, but also pushed 3 people back.

The three people who were pushed out were all young men without exception.

They were naked to the waist and their limbs were tied to the four corners of a square table.

The bare upper bodies of the three were covered with a large number of shocking scars.

After the three prisoners pushed the three people out of the shadow, Konnosuke, Ogata and others standing on the watchtower could still see a little blood dripping down the bodies of the three people.

Looking at these three people, whether it was Konnosuke or the rest of the villagers behind him, their eyes were tearing apart, and their faces were full of anger.

Soutaro walked slowly to one of the three and patted his face.

"These 3 people... Konnosuke-sama, you should look familiar, right?"

"It's the other three of the four villagers from your village who went outside the wall to pick wild vegetables a while ago."

"It was their luck that they ran into us."

"Master Konnosuke, although we can't return the rice to you, we can return these three people to you."

"Anyway, it's useless for us to keep these three people. They have no other use other than being a punching bag for bad moods, so it's okay to return them to you."

"As long as you obediently hand in the rice tonight, I will return one of these three people to you."

"As for the other two, let's save it for later."

"Master Konnosuke, you see this deal is great..."

"Sotaro!! Even though you defected to Shiranui, the scum natures of you and Aotaro still haven't changed!!"

Before Soutaro finished speaking, a female voice full of anger suddenly sounded, interrupting his words.

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The sound of this female voice made Soutaro stunned for a moment.

Immediately stop Huatou, and hurriedly follow the sound.

The owner of the female voice just now was naturally Ah-Ming.

Just now, because the sight on the watchtower was dim, and Soutaro's attention had been on Konnosuke, Soutaro didn't realize that there was a woman standing behind Konnosuke just now.

And this woman is still his acquaintance.

"Oh My God!"

Soutaro, with ecstasy on his face, turned to Machi who was standing on the watchtower with a frivolous tone, and was staring at him angrily.

"Isn't this Ah-cho? Long time no see!"

"Since my eldest brother and I defected to Shiranui, we haven't seen each other for nearly two years, right?"

"Why are you here?"

Speaking of this, Sotaro's face showed a strong sarcasm.

"You don't... are you here to perform some mission?"

"Hey, hey, can't you? The leader is too gentle, isn't he?"

"Two years have passed, and you, a worthless ninja, have not been given as a reward to others as a wife, or have you been thrown into the 'flower house'?"

Soutaro's words just now seemed to have flipped a switch.

As soon as the words fell, A-Ming's naturally hanging hands clenched tightly.

All sorts of emotions started to play on her face.Angry, sad, unwilling...

"Machi, I still have things to do right now." Sotaro waved his hand, "I don't have that much free time to worry about you, let's catch up on the old days when I'm done."

After all, Sotaro fixed his eyes on Konnosuke again.

"I'm sorry, Konnosuke-sama, just now I ran into an old friend by chance, and I accidentally talked a little too much with the old friend, which delayed the serious business."

"I won't be bothered to gossip, so hurry up and hand over the rice!"

"otherwise……"

Soutaro slowly pulled out the wakizasa from his waist, and put the blade of the wakizawa on the neck of the nearest villager.

"Sotaro!" Konnosuke, who was already furious, roared, "Put down the sword!"

"Master Konnosuke." Sotaro not only did not put down the knife, but also said in a strange tone, "You should still remember what happened when we borrowed rice from you last time and you refused to give it?"

"As a punishment, we chopped one of the four villagers into pieces."

"If you had obediently handed over the rice at that time, then the poor young man would not have had such a miserable death."

"One of those 4 people is dead, only the 3 people next to me are left."

"So—Konnosuke-sama, you should understand what I'm going to say, right?"

"If you don't want any of the three villagers in our hands to die, be more conspicuous."

"I'm still in a hurry to go back to sleep, so hand in the rice quickly."

"Otherwise - every 5 breaths, I'm going to cut this guy next to me."

"Start the clock from now."

After all, Sotaro cut the back of the neck of the villager next to him severely.

"Ahhhh-!"

The villager immediately let out a mournful wail.

The place where Sotaro cut the knife was not a vital point, so he would only feel extremely painful, but not die.