Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 197: The Evil Monk of Xizhao Temple
Ogata picked up the map drawn by Zong Hai and looked at it carefully.
Although the map drawn by Zong Hai is simple, it contains all the necessary information.
Ogata noticed that there was a thin black line on the map drawn by Zong Hai, so he pointed at the black line and asked Zong Hai:
"Zong Hai, is this black line the Linong River you just mentioned?"
"That's right." Zong Hai nodded with a smile, "The Linong River is the most important river on our Die Island."
"Originally, there were five villages on Die Island, and the daily water used by these five villages came from the Linong River. So the Linong River is the 'lifeline' of the island."
"The shogunate's researchers probably set up their base on the banks of the Linong River for the convenience of getting water."
"Zong Hai." Ating asked, "Have you ever been to the base they left behind?"
"I visited the island once after the shogunate's researchers and soldiers fled in panic."
"But I just took a quick look that time and didn't take a detailed look at what they left behind."
Ogata and Atachi looked at each other.
"Ayi." A-Ting asked, "What do you mean?"
"What else can I say?" Ogata put the map that Zong Hai drew for them into his arms and responded, "Of course we should go there and take a look. They might have left a ship there - this possibility alone is enough for us to go there."
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After Ogata and Atachi took off their clothes that were filled with strange smells yesterday, they immediately took them to be washed - of course, Atachi was responsible for all the washing.
Ogata pushed all his clothes, including his loincloth, to Atachi to wash.
Atachi was very dissatisfied with Ogata's behavior of pushing all the clothes on her to wash, and protested loudly, asking why he had to push all the clothes on her to wash.
And after Ogata glared at her and said in a deep voice, "Who do you think is the reason why my clothes are wet?", Atachi was instantly speechless and obediently put away all her resistance, picked up Ogata and her clothes, and silently washed their clothes by the well.
After hanging out to dry for most of the day, their clothes were finally dry.
After changing back into his own clothes, Ogata subconsciously smelled his clothes - especially the part on the back of his haori.
"Stop smelling it!" A-Ming growled with a slightly red face, "There's no smell anymore! Let's get going!"
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According to Sokai, there is a distance of three miles between Tenmanji Temple and the residence of the shogunate researchers.
Three li is not a short distance, so both of them were prepared for the long journey. The bamboo tubes used as water bottles were filled with clean water drawn from the well in Tenmanji Temple. Food, weapons and other things were also fully prepared.
"Come to think of it - today is already our third day on the island..."
Atachi, who was walking side by side with him, continued to talk to Ogata in order to kill the boring time on the road.
"Now that I think about it, it seems that we haven't met many other prisoners since we landed on the island."
"It's normal that you didn't run into other prisoners." Ogata responded, "This Butterfly Island is so big, everyone is scattered, and it's normal that you don't run into each other."
"It's good that we don't run into other prisoners." Ating said in a half-joking tone, "Among the prisoners who landed on the island this time, there is an extremely dangerous guy. It's best for us to stay as far away from him as possible."
"Dangerous guy? Who?"
"Ayi, when the government officials took all the prisoners, including you and me, out of the prison and onto the beach, didn't you see a very tall man wearing monk's robes, over 7 feet tall?"
Hearing what Atachi said, Ogata began to recall carefully.
"Hearing what you said... I seem to have some impression... It seems that there is indeed such a person."
Ogata remembered that when he was taken to the beach and was about to listen to Inamori's speech, he did see a very conspicuous guy quite far away from him.
The reason why that guy is conspicuous is that he is too tall and too big.
If Ogata's height is converted into Earth's length unit, it is about 170CM.
This height may not be a big deal on modern Earth, but in this era, it is already considered tall.
And the big guy he saw on the beach was the tallest person Ogata had ever seen since he came to this era, no doubt about it.
The big guy is at least 2 meters tall.
Such a height is incredible even in modern Earth, let alone in this era.
In the Edo period, this height was considered a super-giant.
The guy is not only tall, but also quite strong.
Sitting on the beach is like sitting on a small mountain. Just looking at it with the naked eye, the visual impact is amazing.
Although the guy was quite conspicuous due to his size, Ogata didn't pay much attention to him.
No matter which country or era, there are always people with unusual body shapes.
For example, during the Wang Mang period of the Han Dynasty, there was a strange man named Ju Wuba. According to historical records, Ju Wuba was about 2.4 meters tall.
Ogata only regarded the giant man he saw on the beach as a strange person like Ju Wuba who was particularly tall due to genes or other reasons, and did not pay much attention to him.
Seeing that Ogata didn't seem to recognize the man, Atachi said helplessly:
"Ayi... don't you usually ever look at wanted posters?"
"That's right." Ogata did not hide anything. "I never look at wanted posters. I don't live on bounties, so I never have the motivation to look at such things. I also never pay attention to what powerful wanted criminals there are in the world."
After letting out a helpless sigh, Ating said slowly:
"With that height and the monk's robes... that guy must be the 'evil monk' Yichun."
"'Demon Monk' Yichun? Is this guy powerful?"
"According to rumors—quite powerful."
"I don't know much about the 'evil monk' Yichun."
"I only know some rumors about the 'evil monk' Yichun."
"It is said that Yichun was originally a monk at Saishoji Temple in Osaka."
"Originally, Yichun had no special features except that he was much taller than the others . He was just an ordinary monk."
"Until one day, Yichun had an argument with a pilgrim over some trivial matters and ended up accidentally beating the pilgrim to death."
"It was also from this incident that Yichun discovered that fighting and killing people was far more exciting and interesting than chanting Buddha's name."
"From then on, Yichun embarked on a path of no return."
"Not only did he escape from Saisho-ji Temple, he also stole a naginata used by Saisho-ji Temple to protect the temple."
"Wandering around, stirring up trouble, killing people everywhere."
"He used his huge body and strength to brutally kill countless innocent people."
"And that guy actually has some talent in martial arts."
"During the years of fighting, he, who knew nothing about naginata, actually created a whole new sword technique."
"This is all I know about the 'Demon Monk' Yichun."
"I didn't expect that he was also captured and brought to this island..."
