Konoha no Wanderer

"big man"

Mihara Yosuke, the samurai sitting next to the ape.Under Stork's hands, he could be regarded as a capable general with both civil and military skills, so he was highly appreciated by the daimyo's son.

Looking at his lord's liver-colored face, even Mihara Yosuke, a close confidant, did not dare to touch this bad luck.

But now that the entire castle tower knows that "Stork-sama" has launched a coup, how can the real leaders like him sit here and wait?

"Sir, if my guess is correct, the assassin may want to use our hands to attract the attention of the guards." Yosuke gritted his teeth and continued:

"Based on the current situation, sir, we and he have temporarily become a community. No matter which party fails, the other party will not have any good results."

Listening to the increasingly fierce fighting outside, the stork, whose knuckles had turned white, squeezed out his orders from his throat word by word.

"Everyone acts according to the original plan."

"Yes"

The total number of soldiers stationed inside the castle tower is actually not that many, only about 100 people when they are full.Even including the soldiers standing guard outside, I'm afraid the total number will not exceed 300.

Among the two hundred or so people, Stork and his men have instigated a total of sixty or seventy soldiers in the past few years, and the number of rebels accounted for a quarter of the total number of guards.

This also shows that the current daimyo of the Bird Country is not very popular with the people.

But the problem is, these sixty or seventy soldiers have one biggest shortcoming.

They are scattered among various patrol teams, with no one commanding or leading them.

A group of people can only wait for Lord Stork to suddenly attack the daimyo one day, and then they can just rush to the upper level of the castle tower to kill him.

This is a simple and crude way of combining inside and outside.

As a result, Shiraishi, who used the transformation technique to pretend to be a stork, shouted at the soldiers and made them jump on the spot.

No one doubted the authenticity of this voice. In the eyes of this group of top soldiers, someone would not be so bored as to pretend to take over something like a coup.

“Already on the top floor”

Transformed into an ordinary soldier, Shiraishi, who was the culprit in this chaotic scene, finally had the opportunity to wander around the castle tower wildly.

But who knew that the fifth floor he was on was the top floor of the castle tower.

Further up, there is an observation tower that can only accommodate a dozen people.

The Daimyo of Tori Country wouldn't be so stupid as to hold a banquet on the observatory.

There must be something fishy in this.

Repeatedly thinking about the process of groping his way up, Shiraishi always felt that there was some kind of problem, but this problem hidden in his consciousness was like a goddess treating a spare tire.

It's so hazy that you can't get the point.

After casually knocking down two soldiers who rushed up to him, Shiraishi ran out of ideas and decided to walk from upstairs to downstairs again.

The whole journey was nothing more than fist-to-flesh fighting.

People on the fourth floor are rushing up, and people on the third floor are also rushing up.

Everyone was rushing up, as if the Daimyo was really on the top floor.

what happened

The instigator, who was already confused, simply grabbed a passing coup soldier and asked impatiently: "Where is the name?"

"Shouldn't it be upstairs?"

The soldier was stunned when he heard Shiraishi's words, and then instinctively replied:

"The downstairs has been searched, and the name is not downstairs."

Shiraishi loosened the soldier's collar and ignored the confused look on the other side. He knocked over two soldiers who were trying to get closer and reached the third floor.

wrong

A flash of lightning flashed in his mind, and he finally realized the problem hidden in this castle tower.

The length of the stairs from the third floor to the fourth floor is completely different from the length of the stairs from the fourth floor to the fifth floor.The latter is much longer than the former.

Could it be that the top floor is actually the sixth floor, and the fifth floor is hidden in the middle of these two floors.

If there is no problem with this inference, then there must be a secret passage hidden on the sixth or fourth floor. This secret passage can lead to the fifth floor hidden among the floors.

also wrong

It doesn't have to be the sixth or fourth floor. If this castle tower was first built, the designer was determined to create a dark floor.

The entrance to the dark layer can be on any floor, and even more outrageously, it can be built underground.

Returning to the fourth floor in front of the confused soldier, Shiraishi raised his head and glanced at the ceiling. Just when he was about to give up on himself and act like a reckless man.

"Protect the Stork"

With a loud shout, Shiraishi was pulled out of the horn.

Isn't there a daimyo's son here? He should know where the secret passage to the fifth floor is.

Thinking of this, there is no reason for Baishi not to move.

He turned around and looked back, and in less than a second he found the real Mr. Stork, who still had the color of pig liver on his face.

After rehearsing the hijacking process at high speed in his mind, Shiraishi rushed towards the stork in an instant, while a strong man stayed beside him.

The strong man's reaction was considered quick among ordinary people. When someone deliberately slowed down, the man pulled out his samurai sword in time and slashed at Shiraishi with one strike.

puff~

This knife did not hit the opponent's body, but the blade should have cut the intruder's collar.

At least, that's what the ape thinks.

Because the opponent's transformation technique was forcibly cancelled, this must have been the result of cutting off a corner of the opponent's clothes.

In the smoke, a man with a ferocious face appeared in front of everyone.Seeing that the attack missed, Aru wanted to strike with his backhand, but he was greeted by a foot wearing white socks.

砰

The man's rough jaw came into close contact with Shiraishi's soles.

A huge force came from the soles of his feet and unreasonably kicked the big man two meters away.

If he hadn't asked his master to lead the way because he was staying for a while, Shiraishi, who was pretending to be Loquat Juzo at the moment, could have killed the monkey with this casual kick.

With a flick of his hand, a long folding knife popped out of his sleeve. Shiraishi's arm went around the stork's neck, and the cold blade was placed on the other's collarbone.

"Where is the name?"

While speaking, "Loquat Juzo" showed his fangs. That look really made the surrounding soldiers feel their scalps numb.

Compared to the panic of the soldiers, the hijacked stork showed his leadership style at this moment.

"Oh, a ninja actually dares to assassinate the daimyo. Has the agreement between the country and the village expired?"

"My lord, I will kill the daimyo, and you will kill the daimyo. We can totally cooperate."

"A coup is a conflict of ideas. And the assassination of a daimyo by a ninja is a blasphemy against a country."

With a righteous face, he looked like a usurper of a wise king, and roared righteously: "I will never compromise."

Blood dripped down the blade, and Shiraishi gently cut the man's neck, preventing him from continuing to think about increasing his prestige points.

This action basically means: You can do it, hurry up and don’t leave any ink marks.

"Yosuke, if I die, remember to protect my two children."

"grown ups"

When Mikawa Yosuke, who had just arrived at the scene, saw this scene, he looked at his master for five seconds.

The silence of the scene was in sharp contrast to the screams going up and down the stairs.

Is it over?

Shiraishi, who didn't wait for a reply for a long time, was about to strike hard when Yosuke spoke.

"The entrance to the fifth floor is at the east corner of the observatory. For the second torch pedestal clockwise, just turn it counterclockwise."

"Yosuke, how can you betray the country?"

"If there is no Sir, then our Bird Country is destined to perish within a few years. I, Mikawa Yosuke, would rather become a sinner of the country than hope that Sir can survive."

"You are confused"

Shiraishi looked at the angry Stork speechlessly, and then at the ashamed but determined Mikawa Yosuke.

He curled his lips, took back his knife, dodged a few times and rushed towards the top floor again.

To be honest, the acting skills of these two guys are really not that good.