I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Although he met someone he knew, Skulucci did not appear from behind the tree that was used as a cover, nor did he let his subordinates release from the battle state.

"Vladimir, why did you come here? I remember you went east to explore?"

"That's a long story. Skulucci, since it's rare to meet a fellow Cossack, I have something good to tell you. Do you want to come and listen?"

"Good things? I love to hear good things the most. Come and tell me."

Vladimir got off his horse and said, "Come with me, let's go to a place where no one will disturb you."

After Skulucci winked at the subordinates beside him, he put the Kentucky long rifle in his hand behind his back, and followed Vladimir to a place not far away from his subordinates.

As soon as he came to this undisturbed place, Vladimir hurriedly said to Skulucci:

"Scruucci, do you want to come and have some fun?"

"Fun? My fucking love is fun! I often have snowman-building contests with my guys just for fun!"

"Every time I successfully build a giant snowman, I feel as happy as if I found a tavern where I don't have to pay for my drinks."

"Oh, Skulucci." Vladimir frowned slightly, "It's been a long time since I saw you, and you're still as poor-mouthed as ever."

"When I say 'have fun', it's more fun than building a snowman."

"Don't build a snowman? Build a castle? Vladimir, let me tell you, I am the best at building Gothic castles. If His Majesty the Tsar holds a 'Gothic Castle Building Contest', I will definitely get No. 1."

"That's enough, don't interrupt. Do you want to go with us to plunder the local aboriginal village?"

"Looting the village?" Skulucci raised his eyebrows, "Vladimir, have you forgotten His Majesty's request?"

"He asked us to have less incidents on this expedition and just focus on exploration and mapping."

Just as Skulucci finished speaking, Vladimir interrupted roughly:

"His Majesty the Tsar only wants us to 'reduce trouble'. There is no requirement that we must act like noble knights."

"We are Cossacks. Killing our enemies and humiliating their wives and daughters is the life that suits us best. The life of a noble knight—this is not suitable for us."

"Since we came to the Far East, my brothers and I have been holding back, almost unable to hold back."

"Scruzzi, I'll tell you the truth. My brethren and I haven't had a good blow out in a long time."

"So I decided——I'm going to take advantage of the Maslenitsa festival to be celebrated, and lead my subordinates to plunder! Have a good time!"

"I've successfully lured Alexei into the group."

"Alexey, like me, also wants to have a big fight after a long absence."

"My people plus Alexie's people, there are 82 people in total."

"If you also join the group, we will have hundreds of people."

"Looting a village is completely out of the question."

"Although I can't appreciate the appearance of the indigenous women who come here, it doesn't matter. Anyway, they have what women should have."

As soon as Vladimir finished speaking, Skulucci said with an exaggerated expression and voice:

"Wow! Vladimir! You even brought Alexei into the group, and you gathered so many people!"

"You are a fucking genius! You are simply an extraordinary knight! A born leader! The brother of the sun and the moon! The grandson of the emperor! A man among men!"

"If I were the king of England, I would definitely make you a fucking duke!"

"The fief is set in North Munster! I will make you the Duke of North Munster!"

"Okay! Skulucci! Don't talk about things like this!" Vladimir frowned, "Why do you always talk so much nonsense?"

Why couldn't he hear it—Scruzzi's words just now smacked of yin and yang from beginning to end.

"Vladimir." Skulucci put away the exaggerated expression he showed just now, showing a calm look, "Don't you know——I, Skulucci, never do such a thing?"

"Of course I know." Vladimir said, "But we are a little short of manpower now, so I can only invite you to join us."

"Skulucci, I don't know why you force yourself and your subordinates to live like noble knights."

"Don't you think this kind of life is tiring?"

Vladimir threw his arms around Skulucci's shoulders.

"Looting is a very happy thing."

"There is nothing more joyful than taking away other people's property, wives and daughters."

"It's rare to come across the annual Maslenitsa, just follow us."

"As long as you join the group, there will no longer be any indigenous settlements that will be our opponents."

"How? Do you want to come together?"

Like a demon whispering in someone's ear, Vladimir pressed his bad breath lips to Skulucci's ear.

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Vasili sent Ogata and the others all the way to the camp.

After Ogata and A-Machi left Vasili's camp side by side, and were a little further away from Vasili's camp, A-Machi immediately turned his head and asked Ogata as if he couldn't wait:

"Why did you suddenly say you want to buy their iron cannon?"

"Of course it's for you." Ogata said bluntly, "Don't you think that iron cannon is very powerful and suitable for you?"

When he first met A-cho in Butterfly Island, Ogata can still vividly remember the heroic figure of A-cho sniping an archer with a long iron cannon from a long distance.

The long iron cannon that A-Ming used on Butterfly Island before was a modified iron cannon by her.It's a pity that it was damaged during the battle with the "demon monk".

According to A-Ming, she owns 2 of these long iron cannons modified by her.

One has been destroyed on Butterfly Island.

The other one was kept in Shiranui's house—it's a pity that with the defection of A-Ming, all the items in her house were cleaned up, including the only remaining long iron cannon that has been modified.

Because the long iron cannon is inconvenient to carry, so when Uncle Qing helped A-cho leave Shiranui, he could only bring out Su Ying and Kasumi Nagi, but failed to bring out the long iron cannon - I have to say, This is really a pity.

After leaving Butterfly Island, Ah Ding has been unable to get another long iron cannon in his hand for a long time.

Even if you want to make another one yourself, you don't have enough tools and materials.

Ogata didn't know what Ah-cho was thinking, anyway, Ogata had always regretted it--Ogata, who was good at shooting, had not been able to have a handy main battle weapon again for a long time.

And now—a great opportunity to end this pity, appeared in front of Ogata.

If this Kentucky long rifle really has a super long range and super high accuracy as Vasily said just now, if someone used this gun to accurately kill an enemy commander 300 yards away, then this The gun can be regarded as the sniper rifle of this era.

It matches well with Machi, who is good at shooting.

"Since it is rare to meet a very powerful iron cannon, there is no reason not to work hard to get it, and—" Ogata smiled, "You want that iron cannon very much, right?"

Just now, Ogata discovered that A-Machi was very interested in this Kentucky long rifle.

While listening to Vasili's account of their encounter with the two strange Japanese who had quarreled, A-Machi kept glancing at the Kentucky long rifle in the gun rack from time to time.

Moreover, when A-Machi heard about the superb performance of the Kentucky long rifle from Vasily's introduction, Ogata keenly captured the way her eyes lit up.

"If there is a chance to own such a long iron cannon, I would be very happy to have it..." A-Ming muttered, "But I think even if they are willing to sell it to us, the price we have to pay must be very high..."

"That Vahili said it just now. Guns and horses are their lives."

"Even if you are willing to sell it, you will definitely not sell it to us cheaply."

"Then let's talk about it later." Ogata shrugged, "When their boss named Skulucci comes back, let's see what he has to say."

"If they're asking a reasonable price, then we'll buy it."

"If they're charging an unreasonable price, or won't sell it to us ... let's wait until then."

As if infected by Ogata's optimism, A-Machi smiled faintly.

Machi smiled while lowering her head as if shy.

"……thanks."

Ogata didn't say much.

He only smiled and walked side by side with Ah Ding towards Kuma Village not far away.

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In the next few days, Aiyaka also continued to fulfill his promise.

He had made an agreement with Ogata and the others before—not only would he take Ogata and the others to Kuma Village where he lived, but he would also take them to other villages that had made friends with his Kuma Village to find clues for Xuanzheng and the others.

Aiyaka has 4 sled dogs that can pull sleds.

Ogata and the others relied on this sled to travel between various villages.

However - nothing has been found.

No matter which village I went to, no matter who I asked, I didn't receive any useful information.

While going to various villages to search for clues about Xuanzheng and the others, Ogata also silently waited for the return of Vasili and their boss named Skulucci—but until now, their boss has not yet been waited for.

Time passed bit by bit.

Finally—unknowingly, Aiyaka has taken Ogata and the others to almost all possible villages.

The village that hasn't been visited yet - there is only one left.

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night--

Kuma Village, Aiyaka's home——

"Mashima." Aiyaka said to Ogata, who has been staying at their house recently, "you should rest early tonight. I will take you to China Village tomorrow. China Village is quite far from us. , so get up early."

"Qina Village..." Ogata smiled helplessly, "Is this the last village you can take us to?"

"Well." Aiyaka also showed a helpless smile, "That's right. If you can't find any clues about the person you are looking for, then there is nothing I can do."

"After all, I have no way to take you to a village that is completely unfamiliar with our Kuma Village."

"The Ainu are also quite xenophobic, and they don't like people from other villages who are completely unfamiliar with their village to enter their village casually."

"It's okay." Ogata smiled at Aiyaka, "You have helped us a lot, we are not ungrateful people."

"If we can't find clues in this last China village, we will find another way."

"Yeah." Aiyaka nodded vigorously, "Then you guys go to bed early, I'm going to bed too."

Just when Aiyaka turned around to leave, he suddenly seemed to remember something, paused, and then turned back.

"By the way, Mashima. Before going to Kina Village, let me tell you a little bit."

"Qina Village is different from all the villages you have seen before, so you have to be mentally prepared."

"Different?" Ogata asked back, "What's different?"

"Qina Village has a lot of female warriors." Aiyaka said, "It's better to say—most of the warriors in their village are female warriors."

"Female warrior?" Ogata exclaimed in a low voice, "Why are women coming to be warriors? Where are their men?"

"Many young people in Qina Village suddenly disappeared for some reason two years ago." Aiyaka replied in a low voice.

Chapter 482 A Machi who was disliked for being too plump [8800 words]

"Disappeared?" Ogata said, "What do you mean? What do you mean all disappeared?"

"That's the literal meaning." Aiyaka sighed softly, "It disappeared, and until now, no one was alive, no dead body was seen."

"It was more than two years ago, or more than three years ago. I don't remember the exact time. In short, it was a few years ago."

"You and people make a living by farming, and we Ainu live by fishing and hunting, so the men will go to the mountains and the woods to hunt every now and then."

"However, on a certain day a few years ago, the young men from Qina Village who went hunting in the mountains and forests all disappeared."

"The number of missing people is obviously too many. It is impossible to fail to return to the village because of hunting failure and being killed by wild beasts such as bears or wolves."

"Even if you miss while hunting, it's impossible for so many people to miss at the same time."

"So I suspected some kind of disaster. Like an avalanche."

"Avalanches are the most terrible disaster in winter. Once a large-scale avalanche occurs, unless you have enough strength to hold a tree that is strong enough, you are basically dead."