Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 240: Swords Studded the Corridor (Part 1)

After learning that the shogunate army had rushed into the wall for unknown reasons and massacred them, Chikanosuke made a prompt decision - to open the door of his own mansion and let the villagers hide in.

Chikanosuke's residence is the tallest and most imposing house in Toyoma Village.

Therefore, it is also the most solid "fortress" of Fenghe Village.

"Quick! Quick! Quick!"

"Hurry up! We're closing!"

Several young men guarding the gate of the mansion shouted anxiously to a girl who was rushing towards them.

Behind the girl, there were dozens of shogunate soldiers chasing her.

Currently, this girl is the only one who has not yet taken refuge in Chikanosuke's residence.

The rest of the people have either already successfully hidden inside.

Or they have already died at the hands of the shogunate army.

Driven by the desire to survive, the girl burst out with extraordinary speed, and the dozen soldiers could not catch up with her for a while - of course, the reason why they could not catch up with the girl was partly because they were wearing heavy armor.

The girl successfully rushed into Chikanosuke's residence before the soldiers caught up with her, and the young men guarding the gate quickly worked together to close the gate.

With a loud "boom", the door of Chikanosuke's residence was completely closed.

The next moment the gate closed, the shogunate soldiers who were chasing the girl also rushed to the gate.

These soldiers know what to do without anyone giving them orders.

"one two three!"

After this series of neat slogans, the dozen soldiers slammed their shoulders against the gate.

Squeak, squeak...

Under the impact of a dozen soldiers, the wooden door creaked as it could not bear the weight.

The gate was so heavy that the shogunate soldiers could not break it open for a while - of course, only for a while.

As these dozen soldiers were banging their heads against the wall, the rest of the soldiers located in various parts of the village were slowly gathering together.

More and more soldiers gathered in front of Chikanosuke's residence, and more and more soldiers joined in breaking down the door.

After a short while, the 90 soldiers responsible for entering the wall to clear out the islanders had gathered in front of Chikanosuke's residence.

They were sharpening their knives, waiting for the moment when the door of the mansion would be knocked open; waiting for the moment when they could enter the house and wipe out the remaining villagers hiding in the mansion...

…

boom!

The sound of the shogunate army banging on the door continued to reach the ears of everyone currently hiding in the mansion.

Although there were several young men at the gate , holding it up and trying to slow down the speed of it being broken open, everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before the gate was broken open.

Chikanosuke walked around the first floor of the mansion with a sullen face, counting the number of villagers who had successfully escaped into the mansion.

A total of only 71 people managed to escape into the mansion.

Among them, there are 22 young and middle-aged people, and the rest are the elderly, women and children...

The 71 people who escaped into the mansion are now basically staying in various corners of the first floor.

As a result, the first floor of the mansion became extremely noisy.

The sounds of "bang", "bang", and "bang" of slamming the door continued to reach everyone's ears with a specific rhythm.

The younger children were crying.

Some people with stronger resolve were also shedding tears silently.

The hot-tempered ones were roaring, shouting every curse word they could think of at the shogun who had suddenly launched a massacre against them for no reason.

At the same time, there are also people who remain silent and don’t know what they are thinking.

However - no matter how people reacted, the expressions on their faces were the same: filled with despair.

Chikanosuke could understand the despair on the faces of those people. Even without a mirror in his hand, Chikanosuke could roughly guess what his expression was like now - it must be similar to these people.

"Hey! Why are you crying?!"

Chikanosuke heard a loud roar.

Following the sound, I saw an older young man roaring at a teenager.

Chikanosuke recognized these two people - they were brothers.

The elder brother's face was filled with anger, while the younger brother was squatting on the ground crying.

"What's there to cry about?" the younger brother asked his elder brother in a tearful voice, "Are we all going to die? Am I not allowed to cry a little?"

"As a man, don't cry like a woman!"

"Everyone is going to die soon anyway! Why bother with so much!"

The conversation between the two brothers made the atmosphere around them even more heavy.

Even the elder brother who had just reprimanded his younger brother froze in silence. He wanted to say something to refute his younger brother, but he couldn't think of any suitable words...

Anyone with a little common sense has already realized one fact - they are finished.

Being unarmed, they could never be a match for the well-equipped shogunate soldiers.

Although the soldiers of the Shogunate Army are now blocked outside the sturdy wooden door, this wooden door can only protect them for a while, not for life. It is only a matter of time before the wooden door is broken and the Shogunate Army rushes in.

Faced with the current situation, even Chikanosuke, who had seen many storms, felt helpless.

Listening to the conversation between the two brothers, and thinking that his own life would soon come to an end, a feeling of sadness and fatigue surged from Kinnosuke's heart and then spread throughout his body.

Feeling extremely exhausted, Chikanosuke let out a long sigh, leaned his back against the wall of the corridor next to him, and then slowly sat down on the ground.

Chikanosuke's long sigh dissipated into the air, and then merged into the atmosphere of "despair" that was lingering above everyone's heads...

At this moment, beside Chikanosuke, a young man's voice with a joking tone suddenly sounded:

"Chikanosuke...sitting on the corridor like this will affect the flow of people."

In the current situation where the atmosphere called "despair" permeates everywhere, these words with a bit of joking meaning seem very special.

Chikanosuke looked at the owner of the male voice with a surprised look on his face—Ogata, who was holding a pile of knives and showing him a faint smile.

Chikanosuke looked at Ogata in surprise, and then looked at Mamiya, Makimura, and Atachi behind Ogata.

These three people, like Ogata, held a large number of knives in their arms.

At a time when everyone was either crying, roaring or silent, Ogata and his group, who were holding a bunch of knives, looked very different.

Therefore, when Ogata and his group came down from upstairs holding a large pile of knives, they immediately attracted the gaze and attention of almost all the villagers on the first floor.

Chikanosuke stood up and cleared the corridor, and asked Ogata and his group:

"What...are you going to do?!"

"What?" Ogata tilted his head as if he had heard some strange question. "To meet the enemy, of course."

Ogata's words were like a stone thrown into a pond, immediately causing an uproar.

The surrounding villagers exclaimed:

"Fight the Shogunate's army?!"

"Is there something wrong with your brains?!"

"What can you do with just a few of you?"

"You will be killed by the shogunate soon!"

…

Not only were the surrounding villagers criticizing Ogata and his group, Chikanosuke also cast strange looks at them.

"Ogata-sama...are you crazy...?"