Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 201: The Defeated Prisoners
Without exception, these prisoners had not seen a woman for a long time.
For those who are good at committing crimes, venting their desires is very important.
But - venting desires is important, but life is more important.
When Ogata and Atachi killed more than 20 people and reduced the number to only half who were still standing, the evil fire in the hearts of these guys was finally extinguished under the impact of the desire to survive.
As arrogant as they looked when they attacked Ogata and Atachi, they looked just as miserable when they fled.
They were crying, shouting, and running away.
If the armor on their bodies was not so difficult to take off, many people would have taken off all their clothes just to escape from the sight of Ogata and Atachi as quickly as possible.
Seeing these prisoners finally run away due to morale collapse, A-Machi wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked Ogata:
"Ayi, do you want to chase them?"
"No need." Ogata shook his head without thinking, "It will take a lot of effort to chase them."
"We have important things to do today."
"It's not worth wasting too much time and energy on these guys."
After saying that, Ogata glanced at the katana in his hand.
After discovering that the blade of the katana already had five notches and was covered with a thick layer of fat, Ogata was too lazy to wipe the sword carefully and simply treated it as waste, throwing it casually on the ground.
A-Ming wasn't very interested in chasing after this garbage.
After all, her thoughts were the same as Ogata's - they still had important things to do today.
The distance between Tenmanji Temple and the residence of the shogunate researchers is not short, and it takes a lot of time just to make a round trip.
What's more, the two of them didn't know the exact size of the shogunate researchers' base, and had no idea how long it would take to search for supplies and intelligence.
The plan of Ogata and his companions today was to thoroughly search the residence of the shogunate researchers and then return to Tenmanji before dark.
It would be really not worth wasting too much time and energy on those rubbish.
Atachi cleaned her wakizashi, sheathed it, and began to retrieve the kunai she had just thrown.
As for Ogata, he also began to collect the usable knives dropped by the dead prisoners.
These prisoners all carried rice balls that they had received from the government.
However, because Ogata and his friends already had enough food, Ogata and Atachi were too lazy to take the rice balls from these people and add unnecessary weight.
While picking up the knife, Ogata also opened his system interface to check how much experience points the previous battle had brought him.
[Current personal level: Lv22 (1230/2700)]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 8th Stage (2880/3000)]
[Mutual Dual Blade Level: 7th Stage (2150/5000)]
In the previous encounter, Ogata only used Sakakibara's Itsurugi, and only used the Source Breathing and Stepping of Muga's Two-Sword Ryu for assistance, so Muga's Two-Sword Ryu did not gain much experience points.
Because the opponent was too weak and there was no need to block the sword, Ogata didn't even use the blade counter in the previous battle. He was able to dodge all the attacks of the prisoners just by stepping forward.
I gained 610 personal experience points, 550 experience points for Sakakibara's Ittoryu, 180 experience points for Muga's Two-Sword Ryu, and my sword skill "Dragon Tail" was successfully upgraded to "Intermediate" after a long period of battle training - this was the result of the battle just now.
Although neither his personal level nor his Sakakibara Ittoryu and Muga Nitoryu were upgraded in the previous battle, it can still be considered a fruitful result.
After closing the personal system interface, Ogata couldn't help but sigh:
——These prisoners who only know how to commit crimes and have basically never learned martial arts can provide very little experience points...
The battle just now could be described in one sentence: one kill with one sword.
Even without Atachi's assistance, Ogata could easily defeat these guys who only used knives as iron bars.
When Atachi finished collecting her kunai, Ogata just happened to collect all the usable knives on the ground.
"Ayi..."
Looking at the row of knives tied to Ogata's back, Atachi couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Are you sure you want to carry so many knives?"
Including the ones stuck in his waist and tied on his back, Ogata now has a total of 8 katanas and 10 wakizashi on his body.
"If it weren't for the fact that carrying too many knives on my body would be too heavy, I would have liked to pick up a few more."
After responding to Atachi in a half-joking tone, Ogata changed his tone to a more serious one.
"Knives are consumables. We still have only a limited understanding of the current situation on this island, so it is necessary to prepare more weapons."
"As long as you don't mind the weight..." After a light sigh, A-Machi spread out his right palm towards Ogata, "Let me carry some of the knives on your back."
"Are you sure? These knives are pretty heavy."
"Who do you think I am?" Ating said unhappily, "I am a ninja after all. I am more than qualified to carry a few swords for you!"
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When Ogata and Atachi finished sorting out the spoils and started on their way again , the prisoners led by Shichiemon finally stopped their escape and looked behind them with lingering fear.
After confirming that Ogata and Atachi had not caught up with them, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
While adjusting his disordered breathing caused by his desperate escape, Shichiemon began to count the heads.
Originally, they were a large team of 28 people including Shichiemon.
And now, there are only 12 people left, including Shichiemon...
The rest were either killed by Ogata and Atachi, or got separated while escaping just now.
Looking at the team whose number had shrunk by more than half, Shichiemon's eyes flashed with regret.
If possible, Shichiemon really wanted to kill these guys who couldn't move their legs when they saw women with one sword.
Thanks to these bastards who have no willpower and self-control, this originally large team is now in such miserable state.
Shichiemon looked coldly at those who had just shouted what they were going to do to Atachi, but who had now managed to escape in a miserable state, and whispered in a voice that only he could hear:
"What a bunch of useless people who are always causing trouble..."
