I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

It was because of the extremely tragic casualties in that battle that the shogunate came up with a plan to "let the felons deal with ogres".

After the shogunate decided to send troops to the island for the second time to exterminate the ogres, because they were more experienced than before and had more information about the ogres, the second landing operation was more difficult than the first. A landing operation is much smoother.

Because the ogre can't be killed no matter how hard it is, so in the second landing operation, the main weapon of the shogunate army was fishing nets.

The shogunate bought a large number of fishing nets for the second landing on the island.

Use crowd tactics and let soldiers act in groups.

Several soldiers were responsible for containing the ogres, while the other soldiers cast out fishing nets to trap the ogres. This was the tactic used by the shogunate army in their second landing on the island.

Trapping the Ogre is currently the only way to deal with these unkillable monsters.

In June, the second landing operation on Butterfly Island officially began.

It took a full three months to finally trap all the ogres on the island with fishing nets.

Then, it took another half a month to thoroughly check every corner of the island, and after confirming that all the ogres on the island had been captured by them, Fujiwara, who succeeded Inamori as the general, was finally relieved. tone.

In addition to buying a large number of fishing nets, they also made and purchased a large number of wooden cages that are as tall as a person for detaining prisoners.

These wooden cages were used to hold ogres that were successfully trapped with fishing nets.

After the ogres that were successfully trapped with fishing nets were taken into wooden cages, they were transported to a certain place in Kii Fan and imprisoned.

The second landing operation was barely a success.

Although there is still no way to kill the ogre, there is no other way but to trap the ogre.

But at least Butterfly Island is safe now, and the ogres are now caught and controlled by the shogunate.

It's just that the shogunate paid a slightly larger loss.

In this three-month battle, the shogunate army suffered more than 1200 casualties

Butterfly Island is a small island, so there are not many people living on it.

The number of cannibals on the island is only in the early 300s.

It took more than 1200 casualties to barely control the 300 ogres on Butterfly Island

Every time he recalled the number of casualties, Fujiwara felt heavy and shuddered.

Sometimes, Fujiwara couldn't help but think: 300 ogres caused their shogunate army to suffer more than 1200 casualties.

What if 3000 ogres appear in the future?

If 3000 ogres show up on some island someday, what are they going to do with them?

Thinking of this, Fujiwara didn't dare to think about it any further.

After confirming that Butterfly Island was completely safe, the shogunate officially ordered: to conduct a comprehensive investigation on Butterfly Island to investigate how the ogre appeared.

The first investigation target is the Linon River, the river that all the islanders of Butterfly Island depend on for their survival.

According to the residents of Butterfly Island who are still alive: there is a high possibility that there is something wrong with the Linong River.

Among all the residents on the island, only the monks of Tenmanji Temple, who usually drink well water, did not become ogres after death.

So the shogunate recruited a large number of fishermen, brought these fishermen to Butterfly Island, and asked them to start salvage work at the source of the Linong River and check the bottom of the source of the Linong River.

The salvage work has been carried out for more than ten days.

Every day, Fujiwara comes to see how the salvage of the bottom of the source of the Linong River is going.

I come to see it every day, and then return every day disappointed. I have been salvaging for more than ten days, but nothing has been achieved.

This made Fujiwara involuntarily feel anxious.

Because the surviving islanders obtained information that "the water on the island may be problematic", whether it is the second army landing on the island or the current investigation of Butterfly Island, everyone on the island uses water for daily use. from land.

Buckets of water are transported from the land to the island by special personnel.

The water transported every day and the cost to be paid are astronomical figures.

That's why Fujiwara was so impatient because there were no results for a long time. Every day he stayed here would cost him an extra day of money.

"Master Fujiwara."

At this moment, a young general in the same helmet and armor leaned towards Fujiwara from behind.

"This month's baggage has already been transported into the camp just now."

"Yeah." Fujiwara nodded lightly, "Thank you for your report, I'll confirm it later"

Before Fujiwara finished speaking, an exclamation with a strong expression of surprise interrupted Fujiwara's words.

"Hey! Come and help! I seem to have caught something very heavy!"

The owner of this shout was a fisherman who was fishing at the source of the Linon River.

The fisherman is standing on a fishing boat, holding a fishing net tightly with both hands, his legs are slightly bent, and he is in a half-squatting position. His appearance is like pulling a carrot.

His feet firmly supported the fishing boat under his feet, and he kept pulling up the fishing net in his hand with all his strength.

His arms had burst out with blue veins, which showed that he was really exerting all his energy now.

Yet despite his best efforts, the net in his hand remained motionless.

After hearing the news, the fishermen around came to help.

With the concerted efforts of everyone, the fishing net finally moved and was slowly pulled up.

Attracted by the movement here, Fujiwara hurriedly stood by the river, staring at the fishing net that was about to come out of the water.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, this extremely heavy fishing net finally came out of the water.

The moment the fishing net came out of the water, Fujiwara's pupils shrank suddenly, almost screaming.

But after all, he is also a military general who has seen a lot of great things in the world, so when the screams welled up in his throat, he suppressed them back with brute force.

Fujiwara's concentration does not mean that other people have such concentration.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

"It's a person! The person has been fished out!"

"It seems to be a woman!"

"Namo Amitabha! Namo Amitabha!"

The fishermen present were in a mess.

He almost threw the body that was finally fished out of the river back into the river.

"Don't panic!"

Fujiwara yelled.

"Drag this corpse up!"

Fujiwara's roar reassured everyone present.

Following Fujiwara's order, the fishermen dragged the body ashore.

After untying the fishing net, Fujiwara finally had a complete look at the corpse.

It is a female corpse.

Her body was so decomposed that she could no longer see her appearance and age clearly.

There are many big stones tied to the body, which is why the fishermen have spent so much effort to successfully salvage it.

"This woman," Fujiwara murmured, "was she thrown into the river?"

If it is suicide, there is no need to tie so many stones on your body.

And with the strength of a woman, with so many heavy stones tied to her body, she might not even be able to crawl, let alone jump into the river.

With so many stones tied, it's like making sure the body doesn't get swept away by the river

Chapter 440 Selfless Realm + Yaksha Realm =? 【9600 words】

Edo, Yoshiwara, Mimeya

"You want to see the husband?"

See Umeya's owner looking up and down at Ogata in front of him.

His eyes were full of undisguised suspicion.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "I'm Goro Mashima, a former member of the Shirobei Club. I have to leave Edo due to some things, and I no longer work at the Shirobei Club."

"During the time I was working in the Shirobei Club, I received a lot of help from the Taifu."

"So before I leave, I want to visit Taifu and express my thanks to Taifu himself."

Just now, after saying goodbye to Shirobei and others, and leaving the clubhouse, Obi rushed to Mimeya in Yoshiwara.

After entering Jianmei's house, Xu Bian bluntly stated his identity as "the former member of the club", and bluntly said that he wanted to see Mrs. Fengling.

Because Ogata said that he was a "former employee of the club", the staff of Jianmeiya did not dare to neglect Ogata, so they invited their owner of Jianmeiya over.

The Taifu was just kidnapped by someone a few days ago, so the owner of Meiwu immediately became nervous when he learned that someone had come to look for the Taifu.

The owner of Jianmei House has naturally heard of the name "Mashima Goro".

After Ogata's words fell, the middle-aged woman who followed behind the owner, the middle-aged woman who was responsible for taking care of the wandering girls' daily life, let out a low exclamation, saying:

"Boss, I recognize him, he is indeed that Mashima Goro."

This dispatcher probably met Ogata who was well-known in the Shirobei Club at some time before, so he recognized Ogata's face.

After his subordinates also personally said that this person was that Mashima Goro, the suspicion in the eyes of the boss was slightly reduced.

"Wait a minute." The host said after a moment of silence, "I'll go ask the Tai Fu. See if the Tai Fu is willing to see you."

After saying that, the host quickly left from Ogata, ran to the stairs not far away, and rushed to the upper floor.

Not long after, Dongjia returned to Ogata's eyes.

"Mashima-sama, come with me." The owner said.

Ogata followed behind the owner, slowly climbed up to the top floor of Mimei House, and then came to a gorgeous paper sliding door.

"The husband is in the room." The host said, "You can just go in."

After Ou bowed to Dong's family to express his gratitude, he slowly opened the paper sliding door in front of him and walked into the room.

Before, on the first night when Ogata came to work in Yoshihara, he was invited by the Taifu to come to the Taifu's room once.

The layout of the Taifu's room was exactly the same as that of the last time I visited the Taifu's room.

As soon as he entered the room, Ogata saw the Taifu kneeling by the window.

The Taifu held a book in his hand, as if he was reading just now.

At this time, the Taifu had long hair loose and was wearing a bright red kimono.

After Ogata entered the room, the Taifu turned his head and cast complicated eyes on Ogata.

Ogata knelt beside the Taifu, and placed Da Shitian on the tatami on the right.

"Teacher." Ogata smiled, "Long time no see."

"Well, it's been a long time." Looking at Ogata who was close at hand, the complex look in Taifu's eyes became more intense.

After looking Ogata up and down several times with this complicated gaze, the Taifu said with emotion:

"I didn't expect a living legend to be in Yoshiwara. Right in front of me, I even talked to this living legend and gave him lip balm."

Previously, when Ogata and Shuntaro were dueling, Taifu recognized Mashima Goro as Ogata Itsuki based on Ogata's voice and saber.

After successfully rescuing Taifu from Shiranui, Ogata knew that Taifu already knew that "Mashima is Ogata", so he only smiled slightly at Taifu's words, and then whispered:

"Teacher, I have to leave Edo because of some things. I should be away for a long time."

"So I've come to say goodbye to you."

The Taifu can also be regarded as one of the friends that Ogata made after coming to Yoshihara. Although the relationship is not particularly close, Ogata has indeed been taken care of by the Taifu during the time lurking in Yoshihara.

Ah-Ming still cherishes the box of lip gloss that the Taifu gave him, so Ogata felt that he should also come and say goodbye to the Taifu.

"Are you leaving Edo?" The Tai Fu's eyes flashed with surprise.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "I'll probably leave in a few days."

"Before I leave, I want to meet those who need to be said individually one by one."