Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 173 Special Iron Cannon
Just now, after clearly rejecting A-Machi's request for partnership, Ogata thought that A-Machi would give up on him and say goodbye to him completely.
He didn't expect that Ating would actually rely on him.
Always following closely behind him, keeping a certain distance from him.
Ogata felt helpless about Atachi's stubbornness.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Atachi no matter what he did, Ogata had no choice but to give up, turn around and continue walking forward, letting Atachi follow behind him.
" Why did you have to choose me?"
Ogata, who was walking in front, couldn't help but ask this to Atachi, who was following closely behind him.
"Well... maybe it's because the light green haori you're wearing looks really nice." Atachi answered in a half-joking tone.
"It seems like my question is useless... Let's change the subject. What on earth is that thing on your back?"
Unable to suppress his curiosity, Ogata turned his head and pointed at the thing wrapped in linen that Atachi was carrying on his back.
From the first time he met Atachi, Ogata was full of curiosity about the thing Atachi was carrying on his back.
"What about this?" Ating patted the thing on her back.
"I won't tell you~" A-Machi gave Ogata a sly smile, "This kind of important thing can only be told to important partners. If you become my partner, I can let you see what this thing behind me is."
"Forget it. I don't want to know." Ogata turned his head back to the front.
"Can't you hesitate a few more seconds before rejecting me?" Ating shouted angrily.
As soon as Atachi finished speaking, Ogata, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped.
Thinking that Ogata couldn't stand her stalking and was planning to kill her with a knife, Atachi quickly lowered her center of gravity and prepared to escape at any time.
However, Ogata did not draw his sword and turn around to kill her as she had imagined.
Instead, he held the scabbard of his katana with his left hand, staring straight ahead.
As for Atachi, she also noticed the movement ahead, so she frowned slightly and looked ahead with Ogata.
There was a rustling sound in front of the two of them.
Then - a young samurai with a topknot pushed aside the thick bushes and appeared in front of Ogata and Atachi.
After seeing Ogata and Atachi, the young samurai's face immediately changed. He lowered his body's center of gravity as if facing a formidable enemy, and then placed his right hand on the scabbard of the katana on his left waist.
He first looked at Ogata, and then looked at Atachi who was behind Ogata.
After seeing Ating... to be precise, after seeing Ating's beautiful face and proudly erect chest, his eyes lit up and a greedy light flashed in his eyes.
"…I have no ill intentions."
The young warrior was the first to remove his hand from the hilt and spoke.
"I have no intention of starting any dispute with you."
"...If you don't draw your sword at me, I won't draw my sword at you." After saying that, Ogata slightly loosened his left hand that was holding the scabbard.
"Are you two...partners?" the warrior asked.
"No." Ogata responded without hesitation, "The woman behind me and I are not partners. She just follows me unilaterally."
"I see ..." After hearing what Ogata said, the samurai felt as if a huge stone had fallen from his heart and his expression relaxed.
"Since you are not partners..."
The samurai looked straight at Ating.
"Girl, do you want to cooperate with me?"
"I'm looking for a reliable partner now."
"I want to find that cannibal quickly, and then kill three of them as soon as possible to qualify for pardon."
"If I rely on myself, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it."
"But it's different with a companion!"
"Girl, please cooperate with me and we will be eligible for pardon together!"
"I am still very confident in my swordsmanship!"
Ating was slightly stunned by the samurai's sudden invitation.
After she recovered from her shock, she tilted her head and smiled faintly.
"It's not impossible to cooperate with you."
"It's so difficult. Should I cooperate with Yi Shi or this warrior?"
"You don't have to worry about me. If you want to cooperate with him, then go ahead." Ogata said to Atachi without hesitation, "Also - don't call me Yisei. I don't think our relationship is close enough for us to call each other by our real names, right?"
"Tsk..." Ating curled his lips, "You are such a stubborn guy..."
When Ogata asked her to cooperate with the samurai without any hesitation, a trace of regret flashed in Atachi's eyes.
Seeing that Ating was actually willing to cooperate with him, the young samurai's face showed ecstasy.
"My dear girl, I am very confident in my skills! If you cooperate with me, I will be able to..."
Before the young samurai could finish his words, Ogata and Atachi's faces changed almost at the same time.
"Get down!" Ogata shouted and quickly lay on the ground.
Ating also quickly fell to the ground.
"Huh? You guys..."
whoosh!
While the warrior was still confused, a sharp arrow cut through the air and hit the warrior's neck accurately, leaving him no chance to say the rest of his words.
After spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood foam, the warrior slowly fell to the ground with his eyes wide open.
"Is it over there..."
Just now, after hearing the sound of an arrow breaking through the air, Ogata immediately leaned over and reminded the samurai to get down as well.
It was a pity that the warrior was slow to react and did not lie down immediately as Ogata had just said.
While leaning forward to dodge the arrow, Ogata also successfully determined the archer's location based on the direction from which the arrow came.
He quickly drew the katana from his waist and rushed towards the location of the archer who dared to attack them.
At this time, Atachi put away all the joking expressions on his face and followed Ogata with a serious face.
After rushing to the place where the arrow had just been shot from, there was no one there.
"Did he escape..."
As soon as he uttered this complaint, Oufang heard the sound of an arrow breaking through the wind again and quickly rolled to the side.
As Ogata rolled out, an arrow accurately pierced the mud where he had just stood.
"Do you know how to constantly change your position... We have met someone who knows what he is doing..." Ating, who was hiding behind the trunk of a big tree not far away, sighed in a low voice.
"This guy keeps changing his location." Ogata said in a deep voice, "It's very troublesome..."
"...Yisei. Come cooperate with me. If we work together, we can easily deal with this archer."
"Huh?" Ogata gave Atachi a puzzled look.
"You run outside and draw the archer's attention and firepower."
As Ating spoke, she took off the linen-wrapped item on her back.
"And I will take advantage of the moment when the archer shoots the arrow and has no time to escape - use this thing to blow his head off."
After saying that, Ating tore off the linen wrapped around the thing behind her, revealing the true appearance of the thing.
A cannon without a fuse.
