Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 171: Amachi in Shiranui (Part 2)
Ogata shifted his attention away from the girl's eyes and looked at the rest of her.
Her jet-black hair was tied into a high short ponytail at the back of her head, the end of the ponytail barely reaching her neck. The end of the ponytail and the hair hanging on her forehead swayed gently in the breeze that blew from time to time.
Her height was considered unusually tall for women of that era. Converted into modern Earth length units, the girl was about 1.55 meters tall.
The girl was wearing a special black outfit.
The top was ring-necked and backless, revealing a large area of snow-white skin on the back and shoulders.
Not only the skin on the back and shoulders is exposed, but also a lot of skin on the front collar is exposed.
The clothing worn on the lower body is a bit like leggings, but much looser than leggings.
Compared to the upper body clothes that reveal a large area of skin, the girl's lower body clothes are not so revealing, with almost no area exposed.
On his feet he wore ordinary black tabi and ordinary straw sandals.
The clothes this girl is wearing show off her excellent figure to the fullest.
The proudly raised chest, the curvy torso, the well-defined waist - each one of them can cause great stimulation to the male nerves.
The joyful body hidden under the clothes is enough to make many men who are greedy for beauty think that they are worth losing their lives for it.
Even after looking the girl up and down several times, Ogata couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
But it was only a moment of distraction.
After this moment, Ogata tensed his nerves again and raised the katana in his hand.
At the same time, he kept telling himself in his heart that the beautiful girl in front of him was also a vicious prisoner who was forced to this island.
Moreover, the things that the girl is carrying on her back, inserted on her belt, and hung on her lower back also remind Ogata not to be careless.
The girl had a wakizashi hanging from her lower back.
There were kunai stuck in the belt.
He was carrying a long thing on his back.
Because the long thing was covered by a piece of linen, Ogata couldn't see clearly what it was.
"Gui An~~My name is A-Ting."
The girl suddenly introduced herself to Ogata in a very energetic voice.
"As you can see, she's a beautiful female ninja~~ How about working with me to survive on this island together?"
Ogata ignored the words of the girl who called herself Atachi. He still held the knife tightly in his hand, ready to fight at any time.
But after listening to A-Machi's self-introduction, Ogata couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
——Female kunoichi…?
Ogata looked Atachi up and down again.
Atachi's outfit from head to toe in black really looks like a ninja.
After learning that the beautiful girl in front of him was a female ninja, Ogata not only did not relax his vigilance, but looked at her with an even more vigilant look.
"Hey, don't be so nervous."
After the girl noticed that Ogata was looking at her with a more vigilant gaze, she waved her hand again and gave a pretty smile.
"I really mean no harm, you see - my hands are empty, I have neither a sword nor a kunai drawn."
"…Are you really a female ninja?" Ogata asked Atachi tentatively.
"Of course." Atachi puffed out her proud chest, "It's the real deal! Have you heard of Shiranui? People outside usually call it the Shiranui Ninja Village. I am a ninja from Shiranui!"
"Shiranui?"
This was the first time that Ogata's face showed signs of major emotion since he met Atachi.
Ogata hadn't heard this name for a long time since leaving Hirose Domain.
"...So you are a ninja from Shiranui."
"Yeah, what's wrong? Why did your expression suddenly become so strange?"
"...I used to have a companion who was from Shiranui... He was a male ninja."
"Oh?" A-Machi's eyes sparkled with curiosity. "You actually had a companion from Shiranui before? What was his name?"
"My name is Fei Yuan. Do you know him?"
"Tobisaru..." Atachi chewed on the name, "I've never heard of it... Is it a pseudonym?"
"I don't know. But I heard him say that he defected a long time ago because he couldn't stand the life in Shiranui. He is no longer alive because of something."
"Oh..." A complex expression flashed across Atachi's face, "It seems that... Tobisaur is probably his alias, an alias he changed specifically to prevent the rest of us from knowing that he is still alive."
After saying that, Ating paused.
Then, she whispered in a low voice that only she could hear:
"It's amazing... you actually dared to escape..."
After muttering this, Atachi coughed a few times, then spoke to Ogata again with a vibrant voice:
"Let's not talk about this anymore! Let's get back to the topic!"
"Ogata Issei, do you want to cooperate with me, survive on this island together, and then have a chance to be pardoned together?"
Ogata raised an eyebrow: "Do you recognize me?"
"Of course I recognize him. I've also seen the wanted poster for the famous 'Executioner Itosai'."
"We in Shiranui are quite sensitive about news related to wanted criminals."
"Whenever there is a wanted criminal in the world, we, Shiranui, will be the first to receive the news and get his wanted poster to circulate throughout the village."
"Ogata Issei, you are much more handsome than the portrait on the wanted poster."
"Thank you for the compliment." Ogata said in a neutral tone, "You said you wanted to cooperate with me, an executioner whose hands are already stained with blood?"
"That's right." Ating nodded, "Our abilities complement each other very well! As long as the two of us work together, we will definitely become the strongest team on this island!"
"Complementary abilities? How? Tell me about it."
"You are an excellent swordsman and good at fighting." A-Machi pointed at Ogata.
"Although my close combat ability is not very good, I have many other skills." Ating pointed at himself, "For example, I know how to find water sources, how to identify which mushrooms are edible, and I can also provide some special combat support."
"It sounds attractive." Ogata smiled slightly.
"Right?" Seeing that Ogata seemed to be about to nod, Ating's face showed joy, "As long as the two of us work together, we will be able to kill that cannibal beautifully and get pardoned..."
Before Atachi could finish her words, Obe interrupted her with a firm tone:
"But I refuse!"
The smile on Atachi's face froze instantly as Ogata finished speaking.
