Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 255: The Rules of Lockers
"mercy?"
Yichun looked disdainful.
“It’s so boring.”
"It seems that you and I are really not the same kind of people."
“What a shame.”
"After realizing that you and I were both executioners who killed countless people, I thought that maybe we could become friends."
"It seems unlikely."
After saying that, Yichun slowly lowered his body's center of gravity and got into a fighting stance again.
"You no longer have a knife. How long can you last with only one knife left?!"
Although Yichun felt a little regretful that he was not able to kill the little girl to vent his anger.
But the excitement of successfully destroying Ogata's sword made up for this regret.
Destroying Ogata's sword was equivalent to cutting off one of Ogata's arms. It was hard for Yichun not to be excited.
Although he only had one sword left in his hand, Ogata remained calm from beginning to end, as if he was not worried that the loss of a sword would have any impact on his strength.
Before Yichun launched an attack, he clenched the only remaining katana in his hands with both hands and rushed towards Yichun.
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Chikanosuke's residence, second floor, storage room.
At this time, the storage room had been turned into a mess by Ating and others.
The tatami was covered with a large number of buckets pulled out from the storage cabinets, and the buckets contained all kinds of strange things.
"Hey!" A-Machi couldn't help but shout to the maid beside her who had worked in Chikanosuke's house for many years, "You really don't know the pattern of how Chikanosuke puts things in this storage room?"
This is the umpteenth time that Ating has asked the maid this question.
The maid responded to Ating with the same answer for who knows how many times.
"I really don't know." The maid made a bitter face and shook her head. "I'm just a maid who specializes in doing all kinds of odd jobs and hard work. How can I know the pattern of how Master Kinnosuke puts things in this storage room!"
"Tsk..." Ating punched the locker in front of him with a look of annoyance.
Be it Ating or the maids that Ating had asked to help, they all tried very hard to search every cabinet and bucket in the storage room one by one.
But - there are too many cabinets and barrels in this storage room.
There are 3 large storage cabinets close to the wall, with a total of more than 200 barrels in the 3 cabinets.
Such a huge number makes people feel their scalp tingling just looking at it.
Although Ating and others had been searching tirelessly, they had only pulled out less than half of the cabinets and barrels so far - and there were no knives in any of these cabinets and barrels.
While searching for the whereabouts of Mahāśrīpa and Mahāśrīpa in these cabinets and barrels, all kinds of disgusting situations occurred frequently.
For example, just now, a male villager who was asked by Ating to help found a long rectangular object wrapped in layers of white cloth from a cabinet - it looked very much like a sword.
After I opened it excitedly, I found out that it was just a bamboo pole with a length similar to that of a katana.
Ating took two steps back and looked anxiously at the three large lockers around him, most of which still had more than half of the barrels not yet pulled out.
If they pulled out the lockers one by one like this, by the time they found Daishikuten and Daishizai, Ogata might have already been hacked to death by Yichun.
Bang!
A-Ming raised his left hand and slapped his left cheek hard.
Ating did not show any mercy to her. After being slapped by her, her left cheek turned red and she felt a tingling sensation.
But thanks to the tingling sensation, Ating felt a little more awake.
My brain, which had been a little confused due to anxiety, became a little clearer.
After forcing himself to remain calm through the pain, Ating closed his eyes.
Recalling all the information he knew about this storage room.
The first thing that came to Atachi's mind was what the maid had said to her - all the things in this storage room were placed in various cabinets and barrels by Kinnosuke according to a certain pattern.
After recalling what the maid said to her, A-machi recalled the scene tonight when Chikanosuke brought her and Ogata here to see Kazuyo and the prescription that Kazunao wrote for Chikanosuke.
At that time, Chikanosuke, who led her and Ogata into the storage room, immediately found the cabinet where the two prescriptions were located among the more than 200 cabinets without any hesitation - this was enough to prove that what the maid said was true.
Everything in this storage room is really arranged according to a certain pattern. Only in this way can Chikanosuke find the two prescriptions that have been stored for many years in such a short time.
Finally, Ah-Ming recalled what Sokai had said about Chikanosuke: "Chikanosuke is good in every way, except for one small flaw: he likes to be tidy. When he collects things, he likes to arrange them according to a specific pattern ."
A-Ming raised his hands and grabbed his hair in annoyance.
All the information currently known points to the same fact - as long as we find the pattern of how Chikanosuke places things, we can quickly find the location of Daishikiden and Daijizai.
However - this is also the biggest difficulty.
Does anyone know what the pattern is for Chikanosuke to place things?
The only person who knows this rule, Chikanosuke, is still in a coma...
After opening his eyes, Ating punched the locker in front of him again with a look of annoyance.
Just then - just as Atachi punched the locker in front of her hard, she suddenly noticed two things at her feet.
It was a few locks and boxes of nails.
Looking at the locks and boxes of nails at his feet, Ating couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
A-Ming was deeply impressed by these two things.
Because these were the things she had just taken out from two adjacent cabinets.
After seeing the locks and nails in the two cabinets, Ating poured out the two things and threw the two cabinets aside.
Looking at the locks and boxes of nails at his feet, Ating couldn't help but complain in his heart:
——There’s really all sorts of stuff in these cabinets…
——Does that Chikanosuke have a habit of collecting miscellaneous items? All kinds of miscellaneous items can be found in these cabinets and barrels...
——And how exactly does this Chikanosuke arrange things…
——Why should locks and nails, which are completely unrelated, be placed in adjacent cabinets... huh?
As soon as this complaint fell into Ating's heart, her pupils shrank slightly uncontrollably.
Because she suddenly noticed just now that there is a special connection between locks and nails.
——Could it be that…?!
With the idea that suddenly popped up in his mind, Ating quickly opened another cabinet adjacent to the one with the lock and nails.
Inside this cabinet is a necklace made of animal teeth.
After Ating took out the necklace, the maid beside her quickly introduced it to Ating:
"This is the Ezo necklace that Kinnosuke-sama bought a few years ago."
A-Ming ignored the maid's introduction and muttered softly:
"necklace……"
After throwing the necklace in her hand aside, Ating opened the cabinet above the one where the necklace was placed.
There are several bunches of keys in the cabinet on the upper level.
"key……"
While muttering softly, Ating opened the drawer next to him.
There is a mirror in the cabinet next to it.
"Mirror……"
Pull open the cabinet above the mirror - there are several small jars inside.
I unscrewed the cans and took a smell inside - it was lamp oil.
"kerosene……!"
A hint of excitement slowly emerged in his eyes, and he quickly opened the cabinet next to the lamp oil.
In the cabinet next to the lamp oil were several stacks of rice paper.
Looking at the rice paper in the newly opened cabinet, several dazzling rays of light burst out from Ating's eyes.
“Found it!”
The excitement filled Ating's heart, and he couldn't help but shout out like this.
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Chikanosuke's residence, 3rd floor -
“Ha…ha…ha…ha…ha…ha…ha…ha…”
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Be it Ogata or Kazujun, both of them are now out of breath.
Even though he only had one sword left, Ogata's fighting power was not greatly reduced. It did become a lot harder for him to parry Isshun's attacks, but he was still able to fight back and forth with Isshun by relying on skills such as stepping.
The current battle situation between the two can be described in one word: stalemate.
Ogata couldn't find any opportunity to kill Yichun for a moment.
And Yichun also couldn't find an opportunity to kill Ogata.
The two of them remained in a stalemate, looking for an opportunity to change the deadlock in one fell swoop.
"...You are such a troublemaker..."
The word "ugly" is not enough to describe Yichun's expression at this moment.
The constant severe pain coming from all over his body and the anxiety of not being able to kill Ogata made Yichun's face increasingly heavy and ugly.
"Hey, kid!"
While shouting rudely, Yichun slowly raised the large naginata in his hand to his upper right.
Looking at Yichun's posture, Ogata's eyes narrowed slightly.
Ogata was quite familiar with Yichun's posture.
It is the starting position of "spinning top".
"I won't hold back at all this time." Yichun said solemnly, "I will use all 13 consecutive kills of the 'Gyro'. If you have the guts, take this move from me!"
Yichun had made up his mind - he was betting the outcome on his most powerful killer move.
The two of them were now in the most spacious place on the third floor, making it convenient for Yichun to use his most powerful killing move.
At the same time - the reason why Yichun planned to rely on the "spinning top" to decide the outcome was also to bully Ogata whose sword was about to be scrapped.
Yichun was sure that the bastard in front of him would break under the weight when he took the second or third blow from his "spinning top".
When Ogata saw Ichijun already assuming the starting posture of the "Spinning Top", a solemn look gradually appeared on his face.
The attack range of the "Gyro" is extremely large and its speed is also quite amazing.
It is not easy to avoid them all.
If you are careless even a little bit, you will end up being cut in half.
The safest way to defend against "Gyro" is to take all his attacks head-on.
However, with the broken sword in his hand, Ogata did not have the confidence to take all of Ichijun's attacks...
Just as Ogata was thinking seriously about how to deal with the enemy——
"Ayi!"
A loud shout suddenly came from the distant stairs.
"A-Machi...?"
Ogata looked in the direction of the voice and looked in surprise at Atachi who was limping towards him across the stairs.
The reason why Ogata looked so surprised was that, on the one hand, Atachi, who was supposed to be hiding in a safe area, suddenly appeared in front of him.
On the other hand, it was because Ating was holding two knives in his arms.
A katana and a wakizashi.
The two swords are composed of blue and gold from the handle to the guard and then to the scabbard.
Both the sword guard and the scabbard are engraved with extremely gorgeous patterns and look very beautiful.
Yichun was also surprised by Atachi's sudden appearance.
But after being stunned, a fierce light immediately flashed in his eyes.
Even a fool could tell what Ating, who was holding two knives, was going to do.
"Don't even think about it!"
While yelling, Yichun rushed towards A-machi, trying to stop A-machi from handing the knife in her arms to Ogata.
When Ogata saw Yichun rushing towards Atachi, he also hurried towards Atachi with an anxious look on his face.
As for Atachi, after seeing Yichun rushing towards her, a hint of cunning flashed across her face.
Because - she had already guessed that Yichun would do this.
"Ayi! Catch it!"
Atachi swung his one arm with all his might, throwing the two swords in his hand towards Ogata.
"What?!" After letting out an unbelievable cry, Yichun stopped in a hurry.
There is no point in chasing after Ating now.
Ating threw very accurately, which may be related to her strong shooting skills.
The two swords flew to the highest point in the air and then slowly fell down.
And the place where it fell was exactly where Ogata was.
When Ogata saw Atachi suddenly throw the two knives towards him, he was stunned at first.
Then he reacted quickly, threw the broken knife in his hand aside casually, and then jumped hard towards the two knives falling towards him.
Ichijun didn't intend to just sit there and watch Ogata get the new sword.
It's too late to chase and kill Ogata now.
Therefore, Yichun grabbed the half-broken screen that just fell at his feet and threw it towards the two swords that were falling continuously.
Through this half screen, the two swords in the air were knocked away to prevent Ogata from taking the sword - this was Kazujun's plan.
Ogata's jump and Ichijun's throwing of half the screen happened almost at the same time.
The speed of the two swords approaching in the air is almost the same.
Just as Ogata, half of the screen, and the two swords collided almost simultaneously in mid-air—
brake!
The sound of paper products being shredded reached the ears of everyone in the venue.
After this voice fell, the sound of Ogata falling to the ground was heard.
And - the sound of the shards of the screen being chopped into four pieces falling to the ground.
The two blue and gold swords were both inserted into Ogata's left waist.
The wakizashi is still in its scabbard, and the katana is held in the hand.
The dazzling light reflected from the blade became one of the few but the most dazzling lights in the field at this moment.
"Thank you, Ating. You sent me these two knives..."
Ogata swung the katana in his right hand sharply to the right and downward.
The wind pressure caused by the swing of the blade blew away the dust on the ground to the right of Ogata, and also blew the feather robe on Ogata's body, causing a rustling sound.
