Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 219 Infiltration Begins
The sun setting in the west illuminates the dense clouds covering the northern half of the sky. The sky begins to take on the color of sunset, and the light on the ground becomes dim.
Ogata wiped the beads of sweat that were about to drip down his chin, looked at the huge wooden wall in front of him, and muttered:
"We're finally here... It's just as Zong Hai said... The wooden wall outside Fenghe Village is at least three doors short..."
Ogata and his companions set out early in the morning, and now it was dusk when they finally arrived at Fenghe Village, which was surrounded by wooden walls.
The reason why it took so long to successfully reach the wooden wall of Fenghe Village was because Ogata and his team spent most of their time avoiding cannibals.
From Tenmanji Temple to Toyowa Village, Ogata and others encountered three waves of cannibals.
Ogata and his team's top priority now is to rush to Fenghe Village, but they don't have that much free time to waste on these cannibals.
So for these three waves of cannibals, Ogata and others relied on the terrain and shook them off.
So it took a lot of time.
If it weren't for those cannibals blocking the way, Ogata and the others could have reached Fenghe Village before noon at their speed.
“Ha…ha…ha…ha…ha…” Matsumoto leaned against a big tree beside him, gasping for breath.
"Hey, brother Matsumoto, are you okay?" Matsumoto's heavy breathing made Makura concerned about him.
“Ha… it’s… it’s okay… ha… it’s just… I’m completely out of strength… ha…”
"Hey, hey, hey." Makimura patted Matsumoto's back and said, "Why is your stamina so low? You're out of stamina after just two hits."
"I'm a doctor..." Matsumoto said unhappily, "I'm different from you martial artists..."
"Good..." Mamiya, who was looking back, murmured, "There are no cannibals chasing us... It seems that this place should be safe..."
Having said this, Jian Gong paused.
Then he sighed softly and said with emotion:
"Are those cannibals? I didn't expect they are actually immortal beings..."
Today is the first time that Mamiya, Makimura and others encounter a cannibal.
When they encountered the first wave of man-eating ghosts, in order to personally test whether the man-eating ghosts were really immortal, Mamiya and Makimura rushed forward and wielded their swords to experiment.
Then he intuitively felt the horror of the cannibal's characteristic of being impossible to kill.
While Makimura was taking care of Matsumoto and Mamiya and checking if there were any cannibal ghosts following them, Ogata and Atachi were observing the tall wooden wall in front of them.
The wooden wall was made rather crudely.
It's just a matter of tying some thick wooden pillars together and then standing them up.
Each wooden pillar is of different lengths, some are longer and some are shorter.
It can be seen that when the wooden wall was being made, the builders were so anxious that they did not bother to cut each wooden pillar into the same length, as long as they were long enough.
Behind the wooden wall, there is a wooden watchtower at regular intervals.
These wooden watchtowers are slightly higher than the wooden walls. Just by standing on them, you can see the scenery and movements outside the wall.
Not far from Ogata and others, there was a watchtower, but there was no one standing guard on it.
Although there was no one on guard there, Ogata and others still hid obediently in a hidden bush.
Even if there were people standing on the watchtower, they would not be able to spot Ogata and the others due to the angle of view.
Looking at the huge wooden wall and the watchtowers in front of him, Ating said softly:
"It seems... there must be a skilled carpenter in Fenghe Village."
"This wooden wall is fine, but those watchtowers are not something that an amateur can build."
"It's just that the layout of these watchtowers is quite amateurish. This amateurish layout method results in quite a lot of blind spots for the guards on the watchtowers."
"For someone who's good at stealing, this kind of wooden wall is the type that can easily evade surveillance and climb over."
"After all, Fenghe Village is just an ordinary rural village." Ogata smiled bitterly and said, "Do you think there are defense masters who are good at city defense? I think it's amazing that they can build such a huge wooden wall and equip it with so many watchtowers."
After observing the wooden wall of Toyowa Village, Ogata and Atachi turned around and began a combat meeting with Mamiya and others behind them.
"After dark, Atachi and I will sneak in." Ogata said, "You three just wait outside the wall."
"A-Ming and I will be back as soon as possible."
"Lord Mamiya, Lord Makimura." Matsumoto grabbed the sleeves of Mamiya and Makimura with a pitiful look, "Please protect me!"
"Don't worry, Brother Matsumoto." Makimura put his arm around Matsumoto's shoulders. "There are no cannibals in this place. It's very safe. We can just chat here while waiting for Brother Ogata and the others to come back!"
"I hope there's more useful information about 'immortality' in Toyoma Village..." Mamiya muttered.
"Compared to this, I'd like to know if there are any extra boats in Fenghe Village," Ogata continued.
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Ogata and the others hid in the bushes, eating their rice balls to restore their strength while silently waiting for the night to fall.
It's a cloudy night.
Layers of clouds cover the sky and lie between the sky and the earth.
After night fell, Ating looked up at the night sky and then said softly:
"We're lucky... it's a cloudy night... Ayi, we're ready to go."
"Yeah." As Ogata spoke, he silently took off the light green haori he was wearing and handed it to Makimura beside him for safekeeping.
The light green color is too bright and it is easy to be noticed when wearing it.
Except for this light green haori , the rest of Ogata's clothes are dark colors: the kimono is dark blue, and the hakama and socks are black.
Therefore, as long as the haori is taken off, the clothes Ogata is wearing will be very suitable to be used as an "infiltration suit".
In addition to the haori given to Makimura and his men for safekeeping, other items given to Makimura and his men for safekeeping included the swords that Ogata had picked up since landing on the island.
Carrying a bunch of knives on your back is naturally inconvenient for performing stealth movements that require extreme agility.
Therefore, Ogata only kept the katana and wakizashi at his waist, and temporarily gave all the other swords to Makimura and others who were waiting outside the wall for safekeeping.
"I wish you good luck in martial arts." Mamiya whispered his blessing to Ogata and Atachi.
"Yes." Ogata nodded, "A-Ming and I will be back soon."
After saying that, Oben turned his head and observed the nearest observation tower with Atachi.
There was still no one standing guard on the watchtower.
After confirming that no one was monitoring the area within the wooden wall, Ogata waved to A-Machi:
"A-Ting, let's go."
"Um."
Ogata and Atachi lowered their center of gravity, rushed out of the bushes, and quickly ran to the wooden wall.
The two did not immediately start climbing the wall in a hurry.
Instead, he put his ear to the wooden wall and listened to the movements inside.
