Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 169 Spectators
"Ogata Issei, we're here."
Ogata's boat landed on an inconspicuous beach on Choujima Island.
It seemed that Ogata's boat was the only one that landed on this inconspicuous beach.
Two soldiers escorted Ogata onto the beach. With his feet on the ground that would not shake because of the waves, Ogata felt a special sense of security.
"Here is your baggage, and your knife, and your food."
After cutting the hemp rope that tied Ogata's hands behind his back, a soldier on the boat threw a cloth bag, a large bag wrapped in rice leaves, a katana, and a wakizashi to Ogata.
After catching the cloth bag and the two knives thrown by the soldier, Ogata couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
Because these two swords looked so familiar to Ogata - they were the two swords that Kuranaga gave him when he left Hirose Domain.
Open the rather large rice dumpling leaf package - there are 14 steaming rice balls inside.
He lifted a corner of the cloth bag that the soldier had just thrown and looked inside - the certificate of Sakakibara Ittoryu Menkyo Kaiden, the secret manual of Muga Nito-ryu, and his purse were all lying quietly inside.
"Your service attitude is really good." Ogata said to the soldiers on the boat in a half-joking tone, "You even returned the prisoners' luggage intact."
"The prisoners' stuff is useless to us." The soldier, who seemed to be a junior officer on the boat, said expressionlessly, "Since it's useless to us, we might as well give it back to you."
"Originally, all the money on you was to be confiscated, but because the fire thief, Chief Hasegawa, specifically handed your purse to us and asked us to return all the money to you, we made an exception and returned all your money to you."
"Do you need to wear armor or change weapons?"
The junior officer pointed to his feet.
At his feet lay a suit of armor, a katana, and a wakizashi.
" If you want to change weapons, I can give you these two swords, and you can also wear this armor."
"You actually provide weapons."
" Of course . Not every prisoner carries a weapon like you. If the prisoners don't have some fighting power, there's no point in letting them go to the island. Do you want to change your knife?"
After thinking for a while, Ogata threw the two swords in his hands back to the soldiers on the boat.
"Change it. As for the armor, I won't wear it."
He has been using the two swords given to him by Cangyong until now. The blades are already covered with scars and are no longer suitable for fighting.
After the young officer threw the two brand new swords to Ogata, he confirmed with Ogata once again:
"Are you sure you don't plan on wearing armor?"
"No need." Ogata answered without hesitation, "Wearing heavy armor will only affect my sword-drawing speed."
After saying that, Ogata patted the light green haori that had been with him since he left the Hirose Domain.
"That's enough for me."
"In that case, I won't force you. I wish you good luck in martial arts."
After leaving these cold words, the young officer waved his hand, signaling his subordinates around him to drive the boat away.
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bass.
After the group of soldiers responsible for escorting him left the coastline in a small boat, Ogata pulled out his two new swords and examined them carefully in the sunlight.
It's not a fantastic knife, but it's not bad quality either.
After sheathing the two swords, Ogata looked forward.
Connected to this beach is a dense forest.
The thick shade of the trees blocked the sunlight, making the light inside the forest extremely dim, making it impossible for Ogata to see the scenery inside the forest clearly.
Listening to the occasional bird calls coming from the woods, looking at the endless woods in front of him, Ogata sighed softly, and then whispered:
"Anyway... let's go to this forest first."
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Snap, snap, snap…
Although it is early spring, there are still many yellow branches and leaves on the ground in this forest.
Stepping on these withered yellow branches and leaves makes "crunch" and "crunch" sounds.
Apart from moving forward, Ogata didn't know where else he could go.
Ogata walked straight forward while keeping his nerves tense and alert to his surroundings.
Although the government sent them to this island to fight against an unknown entity called "cannibal ghost", there are far more noteworthy objects on this island than just "cannibal ghost".
Just now when they were taking the boat to the Butterfly Island, the "story of the first group of prisoners" told to him by the kind soldier clearly reminded Ogata that the other prisoners who landed on the island with him were also in great danger.
You never know when you might be attacked by other mentally ill prisoners.
For example - now.
Ogata, who was originally walking straight forward, suddenly stopped.
Then he turned his head and squinted his eyes to look at the bushes not far away.
"Those guys hiding there, get out of here."
As soon as Ogata finished speaking, a rustling sound was heard in the bushes.
Then three short men, each carrying a katana, emerged from the bushes.
"You actually found me." The leader of the three said in a nonchalant tone, "Forget it, it doesn't matter if you found me. I'll just tell you directly why the three of us are here."
"Hey, you. Are you interested in joining the three of us as bandits?"
"The three of us were bandits in the past, but unfortunately we were caught by the government and ended up in this situation now."
"We 're not interested in any of this bullshit amnesty."
"This island is quite big, and it has mountains! Such a big island should have people living on it! We decided to settle down here and become bandits here!"
"We are recruiting soldiers now. How about it? Are you interested in joining..."
As soon as the bandit finished speaking, Ou Fang answered without hesitation:
"Not interested."
Ogata's direct refusal made the bandit's face instantly turn ugly.
"...Since you don't plan to join us," the bandit said in a deep voice, "then leave the two swords on your waist!"
"We are recruiting soldiers, and weapons are also very important supplies!"
"As long as you leave your knife, we will let you go!"
"I advise you to be sensible. There are three of us on our side. If you dare to resist, three of us will beat you alone. What will you do?"
Before the bandit could finish his words, Obunaga suddenly pulled out his wakizashi and threw it at the bandit.
The bandit's pupils suddenly shrank, and he quickly raised the katana in his hand, narrowly deflecting the wakizashi that was flying towards him.
The reason why Ogata threw out his wakizashi just now was purely to attract the attention of these three bandits.
While the three bandits were focusing on the wakizashi flying towards them, Ogata took the opportunity to draw his katana and quickly approached.
When the leading bandit deflected the wakizashi thrown by Ogata, Ogata just happened to be approaching him.
Sakakibara Ittoryu: Climb the stairs!
The knife flashed across the entire torso of the bandit from bottom to top.
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Ittoryu ·Climb the stairs and kill the enemy]
[Gained 110 personal experience points, and 150 swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ittoryu" experience points]
[Current personal level: Lv22 (410/2700)]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 8th Stage (2060/3000)]
"It's 2 to 1." Xu said softly with no expression.
"Ah..." A bandit on Ogata's right screamed.
However, before he could even utter a scream, Xu Fang swung the knife in his hand horizontally.
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Ittoryu·Ryubi to kill the enemy.]
[Gained 120 personal experience points, and 130 swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ittoryu" experience points]
[Current personal level: Lv22 (530/2700)]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 8th Stage (2190/3000)]
"It's 1 to 1." Ogata turned his head and looked at the last bandit.
Although the last bandit was still holding the knife, his hands were shaking so wildly that he couldn't even hold the knife tightly.
Not to mention holding the knife, his shaking legs made it difficult for him to even stand steadily.
"Wait, wait a minute! I..."
Before the bandit could even begin to beg for mercy, a flash of knife light came at him from above...
[Ding! Use Sakakibara Ittoryu: Waterfall to kill the enemy.]
[Gained 90 personal experience points, and 140 swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ittoryu" experience points]
[Current personal level: Lv22 (620/2700)]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 8th Stage (2 330/3000)]
Ogata picked up the wakizashi he had just thrown and put it back into its sheath. Then he spoke to the three bandits who had turned into corpses in a calm tone:
"If three of you fight against one of me, you will die."
After wiping the blood off the sword with the clothes of a bandit at his feet, Ogata did not put the katana back into the sheath.
Instead, he turned his head and looked at another bush not far away, and then -
"You guys who have been hiding there watching the fight from a while ago, you can come out now."
