I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"But when Boss Alexander sobers up and comes to his senses, he might come to settle accounts with you."

"At that time, even if you hold the IOU signed by him, it will be useless. He can play a rogue and deny it."

"That doesn't matter." Scruzzi shrugged. "I'm the number one general under his command. No matter how angry he is, he can't do anything to me. I also have plenty of ways to fool him."

"Okay. Let's talk about your business, Vasily. How? How many people are willing to go crazy with me?"

When uttering the word "crazy", Skulucci raised his voice in a playful tone.

Vasili smiled in line with Scruucci's playful tone.

"Including me, a total of 63 people are willing to accompany you to go crazy." Vasily said loudly.

"63 people? That's a lot more than I imagined."

"The Cossack who will stay under the command of you, a weirdo who never smashed, smashed, looted and burned. Either a real adventurer who only loves adventure." Vasili said with a smile, "or whatever you plan to go A weirdo who follows you no matter what you do and doesn’t want to leave you.”

"And our team happens to be dominated by such weird people."

"Adventurers and eccentrics?" Skulucci laughed, his shoulders shook violently because he laughed too hard, "Then Vasili, which category do you belong to?"

"Does it need to be said?" Vasili straightened his back and straightened his chest, "Boss, you are going to such a dangerous place, as the number one weirdo under your command, how can I not go with you? "

Looking at Vasily in front of him, Skulucci smiled and raised his hand to pat him who was holding his chest high.

"Okay. Don't fucking push your breasts out. You're not a woman, so who are you showing them to?"

"Go down and rest."

Vasily nodded vigorously, and then quickly walked away from Skulucci.

Skulucci returned to the camp where he was staying, carrying the armor box on his back and the long pole that Ogata asked for earlier.

As soon as he entered the tent, Xu Bian, who was resting in his tent, immediately opened his eyes when he sensed the movement.

Since leaving Red Moon Fortress, Ogata has compressed his rest time to the extreme in order to arrive at Skulucci's camp earlier.

The lack of rest naturally made Ogata's fatigue unable to be relieved for a long time.

Ogata is not an idiot who even "combines work and rest", so when Scruucci asked him to take a rest before it was dark, Ogata did not refuse.Obediently go to Skulucci's tent to take a nap.

The "vitality" of 36 points shows its power at this moment.

Although he only slept for more than 2 hours back and forth, after waking up, Ogata felt that his fatigue had dissipated.

"I'm sorry. I disturbed you to sleep." Skulucci, who had just walked into the tent, apologized to Ogata, and handed the long pole in his hand to Ogata, "What is the length of the long pole you want?"

"The length is perfect, thank you." Ogata took the long pole from Scruucci, "Huh? What is that big wooden box on your back?"

"I'll tell you later." Skulucci put the big wooden box on his back on the ground, then used the box as a stool, and sat directly on it, "Mashima-kun, let me tell you some good news. There are a lot more people following me than I imagined, there are 63 people. Including me, you have invited a total of 64 elite knights."

"64 people" Ogata showed a little surprise on his face, "It's twice what I expected."

"That's right." Scruucci showed a somewhat relieved expression, "It's much more than I expected. I didn't expect that there are so many weirdos under my command. Mashima-kun, when are you planning to leave? "

"When will you be able to leave at the earliest?" Ogata asked back.

"Tomorrow morning."

"Then let's set off tomorrow morning." Ogata said calmly, "Tomorrow morning, we will go to the battlefield."

Scruucci grinned:

"It's really time-saving and comfortable to deal with a straightforward person like Mashima-kun."

"Okay! Let's go tomorrow morning!"

"Mashima-kun, do you want to imitate that Oda Nobunaga tonight?"

"Imitate Oda Nobunaga?" Ogata asked back.

"It was Oda Nobunaga who sang the story of Qu Dunhuang before defeating tens of thousands of troops with inferior forces." Scruzzi shrugged, "I always thought that Oda Nobunaga sang and danced before defeating the enemy. The behavior is very good."

"Actually, I've always wanted to imitate this kind of behavior. It's a pity that I don't know how to sing, let alone dance."

"Mashima-kun, would you like to try it out?"

"There's no need for singing and dancing." Ogata smiled wryly, "Instead of singing and dancing there, it's better to spend time doing other business."

Scruucci: "Business?"

As soon as Skulucci asked back, he saw Ogata raised his right hand, grabbed the skin under the base of his left ear, and then slowly peeled off his "skin".

Looking at Ogata who suddenly peeled off his "face", Scruucci almost fell off the box in fright.

"I'm sorry, I kept it from you." Ogata put away the torn human skin mask, and said slowly, "The face you see now is my real face. Because it is inconvenient for me to show my true face to others. , so I have been using this human skin mask to hide my face. Ah, by the way, Mashima Goro is actually my pseudonym."

"Does such a thing as a human skin mask really exist?"

This was the first time Ogata saw Scruucci showing such a surprised expression.

Scruucci stared at Ogata's face for a while with a startled expression, and then the astonishment on his face slowly changed into a complex expression mainly of helplessness.

"It seems that these secrets about you are enough for us to talk for a long time tonight."

"But before telling your own secrets, let me leave this to you."

Scruucci opened the big box that sat under him.

"Mashima-kun, have you worn armor?"

As Scruucci's words fell, the door of the wooden box was slowly opened, revealing the blue and gold armor contained in the box.

This time, Ogata showed a look of astonishment.

"Take this and wear it." Scruucci smiled, "This is the armor I received from my superior."

"With it, your sharpest spear should not be broken so easily."

"Give me this set of armor?" Ogata asked, "What about you?"

"Cossacks don't wear armor." Skulucci shrugged. "Wearing armor will weaken our combat effectiveness. Don't think about it so much, just hold it and put it on."

"I understand." After a moment of silence, Ogata nodded.

He was not a hypocritical person, so he didn't make any excuses.

"Then let the sunshine of tomorrow morning witness the moment when I draw my sword and ride with you in armor!"

He said with a smile.

time back to now

Ogata moved his gaze, scanning the scene in front of him.

The Red Moon Fortress was being attacked by the army. Even without a telescope, Ogata could see that the fortress was crumbling.

And the people's army is arranged in a dense array.

This is also the first time Ogata has seen such a large army.

The army formed into a dense formation, exuding a sense of terror and oppression like a meteorite falling from the sky, smashed towards Ogata and the others.

"咴咴咴"

The radish under Ogata's crotch let out an uneasy cry.

It wasn't just Radish, but the horses of the many knights behind Ogata were now all screaming anxiously.

Not just horses, but people too.

Many of the knights behind Ogata also showed expressions of panic, fear, and shock.

But these looks of them are only fleeting.

They were all mentally prepared, knew what they were here for, and what they might do in the future, so they followed Skulucci and Ogata to this place.

How can you back down at this time?

Therefore, the negative emotions on the faces of these knights slowly dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Panic turned into determination.Fear turned into eagerness to try.

A very few knights licked their tongues and looked anxiously back and forth at Ogata and Skulucci, who were at the front of them, hoping that they would issue an order to charge as soon as possible.

"Calm down." Ogata stroked the radish's mane.

Perhaps it was because of Ogata's gentle caress, the carrot that was neighing uncomfortably just now gradually became calm.

Ogata just caressed the mane of the radish while looking at the 1 army that covered the entire field in the distance.

Ogata felt that his mood was very strange now.

Looking at the 1 army in front of him, Ogata somehow remembered the night when the brothers in the sword hall were slaughtered.

That night, he was clearly close at hand, in his old mansion, but he failed to save anyone.

This moment is very similar to that moment.

People who are very important to themselves are now in danger.

Ah-ding is now in that crumbling fortress.

But the difference between this moment and that moment is that he now has the ability to save important people.

His plan was successful.

He came back successfully.

He came back with reinforcements.

He was no longer the powerless self he had been before.

Ogata began to move his gaze, sweeping from one end of the army formation to the other, taking a panoramic view of the powerful enemy he was about to face later.

What is currently in front of him may be the most powerful enemy in his life.

Facing the more than 100 guards in Songpingyuan directly.

Face the prisoners headed by the demon monk on Butterfly Island.

Face the enemies above Nijo Castle in Kyoto.

Faced with those ninjas in Shiranui.

And now I will face the 1 army of the shogunate, the most powerful armed force of the shogunate.

This will be a bloody battle that is far superior to the past, and perhaps there will be no other battle that can match it in the future.

If this battle is won, the name of "Executioner Yidao Zhai" will probably remain in the annals of history forever, leaving an indelible mark in the annals of history.

Ogata thought of that for no reason.

Fight a battle that is considered crazy in the eyes of others, just to protect important people.

Even if we are outnumbered, we are willing to break through!

For no reason, Ogata felt his heart beating faster.

For no reason, Ogata felt that his emotions were becoming more and more agitated.

This is the first time that Ogata clearly feels that he is at the very center of history.

You are making new history yourself!

It is creating a new peak for "the history of swordsmen"!

Ogata suppressed the excitement in his heart, took out a flag from the saddle bag next to him, and then pulled out the long pole that Scruucci had helped find earlier.

Ogata tied the flag to this long pole, and then tied the flagpole to the back of Radish's saddle.

"Scruucci."

Ogata said.

"Please tell your subordinates to keep an eye on this flag when they start to charge later. Wherever this flag goes, you will follow."

Skulucci stared blankly at the flag that had just been tied behind the turnip saddle, and then read out word by word:

"Unparalleled Sword Xufang Yishi"

This is the banner that Ogata presented to him after Ogata helped Nishino Jiro compile a kabuki script based on his story and made the play successful.

This was a flag originally used to promote the show, but it was given to Ogata as a souvenir by Jiro Nishino.

Ogata originally only used this flag as a souvenir, but on this occasion, this flag is a very good handsome flag.

It can not only tell the location of the generals, but also intimidate the enemy's courage.