Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 204 Researcher's Diary (Part 1)
"A body?"
Ogata looked upstream in the direction that Atachi's finger pointed, but saw nothing.
"Where is the body?"
“Follow me!”
After saying that, Ating spread his legs and ran upstream along the bank of the Linong River.
After following closely behind Atachi and running upstream for a distance, Oba saw that there were indeed two mutilated corpses on a river bank upstream.
Looking at the two mutilated bodies lying on the river bank, Ogata and Atachi both frowned.
Both of them were wearing armor provided by the government to the prisoners, and had scabbards hanging around their waists - it was obvious at a glance that they were also among the prisoners who were forced to land on the island.
The deaths of these two people were extremely tragic.
The way they both died was quite similar - being beheaded.
Both of them were chopped into two.
Blood, internal organs and other things were scattered everywhere, his eyes were wide open with fear in them, and his death was extremely tragic.
Ogata and Atachi squatted beside the two bodies and began to observe them.
Both of them were hacked to death, so they could only have been killed by humans, not cannibals.
The body hasn't started to rot yet, so it must have been not long since he died.
Judging from the cleanliness of their armor, both of them were prisoners who had just arrived on the island not long ago.
He should be one of the fourth batch of prisoners to land on the island, just like Ogata and Atachi.
"They were both cut in half by a single strike..." Ogata murmured, "Cut in half with their armor... The guy who killed these two must have great skills..."
"There are only two kinds of weapons that can cause such serious injuries..." Ating beside him also whispered, "Odachi, and..."
"A large naginata for men." Ogata answered on behalf of Atachi.
Around the two bodies, there were not only a large number of armor fragments scattered around, but also sword fragments.
In their right hands, both men were holding a broken katana.
Looking at this scene, a picture gradually emerged in Ogata's mind - these two prisoners encountered a master who was proficient in using a large sword or a naginata.
Although he barely raised the sword in his hand to defend against the master's attack, his skills and strength were not as good as the master's, so the master cut off the sword and his armor was chopped into pieces. He was cut in half with the sword and armor.
"...I have a hunch." Ating said suddenly, "These two people should have been killed by the 'evil monk' Yichun."
"From what I know, the 'evil monk' Ichijun, who is good at using the naginata, has extraordinary strength. When he kills someone, he always cuts his opponent in half with one blow."
"It doesn't matter who killed these two people." Ogata said as he slowly stood up, "Anyway - we just need to be careful."
"Let's go, A-Machi. There's nothing to see with these two bodies. Let's go find the station of the shogunate researchers."
After that, Ogata took out the map that Zong Hai had drawn for them again, and then carefully compared the surrounding environment, and then muttered in a low voice:
"We should be almost there..."
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Just as Ogata muttered, they were indeed approaching the residence of the shogunate researchers.
After saying goodbye to the two bodies and walking upstream along the Linon River for nearly an incense stick of time, the two saw an open river bank.
And on this wide river bank, there are a large number of military tents.
These military tents had not been taken care of for a long time, so they were blown crooked by the wind.
Several flags painted with "three-leaf sunflower pattern" fluttered in the wind in boredom in the camp.
The whole camp was filled with deathly silence.
Although Zong Hai said that there were no cannibals in this area, Ogata and Ating still exercised their wrists and ankles before entering the camp.
Ating even checked the cannon behind him and confirmed that it was ready to fire at any time.
Even if there are no cannibals in this camp, there might be other prisoners.
What’s more, they had just seen two bodies on the river bank downstream that were suspected to have been killed by the “evil monk” Yichun.
This made the two of them even more cautious and vigilant.
After checking their equipment and stretching their wrists and ankles, the two began to slowly walk into the long-abandoned camp.
After entering the camp, Ogata's first impression was chaos.
Especially messy.
Whether outside or inside the camp, there were a lot of items scattered on the ground.
Unused scrolls and papers, empty bamboo tubes, scabbards without knives, burnt-out torches... In short, there was everything on the ground.
Looking at the ground littered with debris, Ating murmured:
"It seems... the people in this camp left in a hurry when they evacuated here..."
"Yeah..." Ogata echoed, "I hope they can leave something useful. Come on, A-Ming, let's go inside the tent and take a look."
The two men planned to search tent by tent, covering every inch of the camp.
The two's first target was an ordinary tent located at the outermost edge of the camp.
call!
After pulling open the curtain of the tent, Ogata and Atachi immediately cast a vigilant look inside the tent.
It is very safe in this tent.
There were no cannibals and no prisoners hiding inside.
This tent was actually too safe. Not only were there no enemies inside, there was nothing inside either.
This tent was empty. Ogata and Atachi could only look away in disappointment and head towards the next tent.
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Unlike yesterday when we searched the village and found some useful things from time to time - every tent in this camp was empty.
Even if there is something in it, it is basically some useless waste.
With their disappointment growing stronger and stronger, the two of them had unknowingly entered the center of the camp.
Once again, the curtain of the tent was opened, and the empty scene inside the tent appeared before their eyes again.
"Are you kidding me?"
As if he couldn't bear it any longer, Ating started to curse loudly.
"When the shogunate's people left, they evacuated too cleanly, didn't they?! Couldn't they have left something valuable behind?!"
Although Ogata did not curse as loudly as Atachi, the resentment in his heart was not much less than Atachi.
After all, the two of them spent so much time getting here but didn't find any useful supplies or valuable information - anyone would feel very unhappy.
Just as Ogata was about to let go of the curtain and head towards the next tent, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a white object lying in an inconspicuous corner of the tent.
Ogata took a closer look and found that it was a thin book with nothing written on the cover.
