I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

I just don't know if it is a smoothbore gun or the most advanced rifled gun.

Looking at the muskets among the men in red, Ogata narrowed his eyes subconsciously.

Soon, he and Ah Ding walked to Chepke's side and stood in front of these men in red.

"Mashima Goro, Acho, let me introduce you!" Chepke said, "This is Asuma, the daughter of Chanup, the village chief of Heyezhe. (Ainu language)"

As soon as the words fell, Chepke's expression froze.

Because he realized that Ogata and the others couldn't understand what he said just now.

Just as Chepke looked around, looking for villagers who could speak Japanese, Aisuma suddenly said:

"Hello, are you Mashima Goro? I have known you for a long time. I am Asuma."

What came out of Asuma's mouth was somewhat substandard, but still fluent Japanese.

Ogata raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Hi, I'm Goro Mashima. This is my wife--A-cho. You speak Japanese very well."

"Because I have learned from others." Aisuma showed a friendly smile, "I have heard about you from my father, have you decided to come to Heyezhe to find the couple you are looking for? "

Although the second half of Aisuma's sentence is an interrogative sentence, there is no interrogative tone in the tone.

Ogata and the others appeared in the team of Chepke and the others heading to Heyezhe——what this means, one can easily understand.

Before leading people to encircle the gold diggers, Aisuma learned from her father that the villagers of Qina Village were going to live in Heyezhe.

It was also at that time that Aisuma learned about Goro Mashima.

And learned that Mashima Goro might come to Heyezhe with the villagers of Kina Village to find a pair of Kazuto.

"Your father?" Ogata asked back.

"My father is Chanup, the village chief of Heyezhe." Aisuma replied.

——This person turned out to be Heyezhe's princess? !

Ogata couldn't help but looked at Aisuma several times with astonished eyes.

It is also quite impolite to look at others with such gaze all the time, so Ogata quickly withdrew the impolite gaze, and then said sternly:

"Well, that's right. My wife and I will be quarreling in Heyezhe for a while, please take care of me at that time."

"You're welcome." The friendly smile on Aisuma's face became more intense, "You are my father's guests, and we will not treat you badly."

"However, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to collect clues about the couple and people you are looking for in our Heyezhen."

"It's okay." Ogata also showed a kind smile, and said in a joking tone, "If we can't find clues from you, then we can look for clues elsewhere."

……

……

Aisuma and the others have more than 40 people. With their addition, Ogata's team of only more than 100 people has grown in one breath.

After Asuma and the others suddenly appeared, they rested for a while, and Ogata and the others set out on their way to the Red Moon Fortress again.

"Asuma."

A young man walking behind Aisuma said to Aisuma in front:

"That Mashima Goro looks ordinary."

As soon as his words fell, the young man on the other side immediately answered:

"Yeah. It doesn't look as strong as I do."

The image of Ogata is very different from what they imagined.

In their imagination, the person who can "save the village by himself" should have an appearance that is not easy to mess with.

And no matter how they looked at it just now, they felt that there was nothing particularly unusual about Ogata.

"Don't judge people by their appearance." Aisuma said suddenly at this time, "He may be the kind of person with extraordinary talents."

"Some people are obviously not very strong, but they are extraordinarily strong and durable."

"Isn't Tanaibo such a person?"

Tanaibo - a young hunter of their Heyezh.

He is neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, and has an ordinary appearance, but he is extraordinarily powerful, with excellent physical strength and endurance. He is one of the best hunters of Heyezhe.

After hearing what Aisuma said, the people around nodded their heads one after another, showing expressions of "Well, that makes sense".

But at this moment, a young man who hadn't spoken since just now turned his head to look at Aisuma:

"...Asuma. Since Mashima Goro and his wife are in this team...then I think it is necessary to remind Otane and the others not to do unnecessary things."

"When I met that Mashima Goro for the first time just now, I noticed that Otane and the others looked at that Mashima Goro and his wife with... not very friendly eyes."

When talking about the word "reminder" and the name "Otane", the young man specially emphasized his tone.

As soon as the young man finished speaking, Aisuma frowned.

"... That's true." Aisuma sighed softly, "It is indeed necessary to remind Otane and the others not to mess around... Where are Otane and the others?"

"They seem to be lagging behind," someone replied.

"Well, good. I'll come back as soon as I go."

After saying that, Asuma quickly trotted towards the rear.

Soon, she found the figure she was looking for.

"Otane," Isuma called.

A young man in front of Aisuma turned his head and looked expressionlessly at Aisuma who was running towards him.

The same people who turned their heads to look at Aisuma, and several young people around his age standing around Otane.

"Aisuma." The young man called "Otane" by Aisuma asked back in a calm tone, "Is there something wrong?"

"Otane."

Aisuma looked around - there happened to be no outsiders around.

After confirming the surrounding environment, Aisuma lowered her voice, and said quietly to Otane:

"When I met that Mashima Goro for the first time just now...you looked at Mashima Goro and his wife with unfriendly eyes, am I right?"

Otane did not answer immediately, but continued to look straight at Isuma.

Seeing that Otane did not respond, Asuma went on to say:

"That Mashima Goro and his wife are the ones who saved Kina Village. And they are also my father's guests."

"Don't do anything weird to Mashima Goro and his wife."

Aisuma's "reminder" was straightforward, without any euphemism, and without unnecessary nonsense.

After hearing Asuma's reminder, Otane's expression remained unchanged.

After a moment of silence, he said quietly:

"...Aisuma, you should know why the few of us stayed in Heyezhe, right?"

Otane looked at the young people next to him—these young people were fellow villagers with him.

"It is because our village participated in the battle of Kunasili Menasi two years ago."

"We were defeated by Heren, and countless people were killed by Heren."

Otane's voice lowered a little.

"Only a very small number of people managed to escape and fled to Heyezhe..."

"Do you think we can look at that Mashima Goro and his wife with kind eyes?"

"...I can understand your feelings." Aisuma frowned, "but..."

Before Aisuma finished speaking, Otane raised his hand to signal Aisuma to stop talking.

"Aisuma, stop talking."

"We know that."

"It was Chanup who took us homeless after losing the war."

"We will not do anything that would displease Chanup."

"So we're not going to do anything to Chanup's guests."

"But—don't expect us to put on a good face about that Mashima Goro."

"...I see." Aisuma nodded, "As long as you don't do anything out of line, the rest is up to you."

After finishing speaking, Aisuma stopped talking to Otane, turned around and left.

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……

Among the group of Ogata and the others, there were quite a few wounded, old and weak women and children, so not only did they not walk fast, but they also walked for a short time.

After walking for more than 2 hours and arriving at a place that is more suitable for rest, I stopped and began to rest on the spot.

When the team stopped to rest, Chepke suddenly called a young boy from their village.

"Come on, send this to Heyezhe's people." Chepke handed a large jar to the young man.

"This is?" the young man asked back.

"It's dried meat." Chepke said with a smile, "They are also our guests, so we can't neglect our guests too much."

"You send these jerky over there, and then tell them—this is what our Qina Village invited them to eat, please be sure to accept it and eat more."

"Well, good!" The young man nodded vigorously, then quickly ran towards the direction where Aisuma and the others were holding the jar of jerky.

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at the same time--

"Ahili, where are you going?"

Ashley's grandmother asked loudly to Ashley who was leaving in a hurry.

"Just now Hippari invited me to go and make some of the prey's meat into jerky!"

After leaving these words, Ahili walked away quickly without looking back.

Looking at the figure of Ashley leaving, grandma curled her lips with a little displeasure.

"Really... If you have the time to make jerky with others, it's better to learn how to weave cloth and make clothes..."

In Grandma's eyes, Ahili is good at everything.

But there is only one thing that is very bad.

That's Ashley's weaving skills, it's terrible.

Grandma felt that the cloth she wove with her feet was more beautiful than the one Heilly wove with her hands.

In Ainu society, "whether the cloth is well woven" is one of the important criteria for judging whether a woman is a good woman.

So Ashley's poor weaving skills have always made grandma worry...

And Ashley is a girl who has no interest in weaving.I would rather do all kinds of messy things than learn how to weave.

This made grandma even more worried...

Grandma swept away the snow from a big rock next to her, and then sat on it.

Looking around with no one around her, grandma let out a long sigh with a lonely face.

Since his husband passed away and his son disappeared in the "disappearance incident", the original family of five has become a family of three with only her, daughter-in-law and Ashley left.

After his son disappeared, the originally lively home suddenly became deserted.

And after her son disappeared, grandma felt lonely more often than before because of the absence of a companion.

At this moment, the daughter-in-law has something to do.

And Ahili also ran to make jerky with others just now.