Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 258: Stealing a Ship
"Lord Chikanosuke! Something bad has happened! Something bad has happened!"
Just then, a villager ran towards Chikanosuke with an anxious look on his face.
"There are many cannibals coming towards the village!"
Neither Ogata and his group nor Chikanosuke and his group were surprised that cannibals were rushing towards the village.
After all, they had long expected that the cannibal would definitely come towards the village.
The noise made by the Shogunate army destroying the wooden wall was so loud that it would have been difficult not to attract cannibals.
The cannibal will only run when it encounters a living person. Normally, it moves little by little at a pace like taking a walk.
At the speed the cannibal was moving, it was almost inside the wall.
"Hmm? Miss Atachi, is your right arm broken ?" At this moment, Mamiya suddenly asked Atachi.
"Well, it should be."
"Do you need me to correct your bones?"
"Huh?" A-Ting looked surprised, "Do you know how to set bones?"
"I once learned some bone-setting techniques from Tangtu in Anyi."
"Then... I'll trouble you."
"It may be a little painful, just bear with it."
Mamiya grabbed Atachi's right shoulder with his left hand and his right wrist with his right hand, and the two hands exerted force in different directions and with different strengths.
Following a crisp "click" sound, Ating let out a low cry of pain.
"Okay." Mamiya let go of Atachi's right arm.
He raised his hand and touched the red and swollen area on his right arm - it no longer caused the constant stinging pain like before.
My right arm also felt as relaxed as if it had never been injured.
After witnessing the whole process of Mamiya correcting Atachi's bones, Ogata couldn't help but say to Mamiya:
"Were you a traveler who made it your mission to travel around the world? From what I remember, you seemed to have said that you learned the three skills of gambling, tracking, and bone setting in three far-flung places: Owari, Kai, and Aki."
"Although I'm not a traveler who takes it as his mission to travel around the world." Mamiya smiled faintly, "But my previous job did allow me to travel all over Japan. Well, let's stop talking about this for now, Ogata-kun, let's talk about what we should do next."
"What else can we do?" Ogata shrugged. "Of course we should evacuate here first, and then go to where the shogunate army landed."
Hearing Ogata's words, Mamiya's eyes flickered.
"As expected..." Mamiya smiled helplessly, "Ogata-kun, when I heard you say that you wanted to wipe out all the attacking shogunate soldiers, I roughly guessed what you were going to do... You are really bold..."
"The shogunate finally sent a ship here." Ogata smiled meaningfully. "If we don't make good use of it, wouldn't it be a waste? Now some cannibals have been lured to Fenghe Village, which is perfect for us to sneak to the place where the shogunate army landed."
The conversation between Ogata and Mamiya surprised Chikanosuke who was standing by.
"Are you planning to rob the shogunate's warships?"
"Of course." Ogata said without hesitation, "This is the only means of getting out to sea on this island. If you miss this ship, you will have no chance to escape from here."
After listening to Ogata's words silently, Chikanosuke's eyes flashed.
After gritting his teeth, he shouted to Ogata:
"Lord Ogata! There are more than a hundred shogunate troops landing on the island this time. There must be many ships transporting them, or more than one ship!"
"So what?" Ogata asked back in a tone that was neither salty nor bland.
"Lord Ogata..." Chikanosuke swung his arm and shook off the hand of the villager who was holding him, then he lay on the ground and said to Ogata and his group, "After you have seized the shogunate's ship, please let us board it as well!"
It seemed as if Ogata had already guessed what Chikanosuke would say. After hearing what Chikanosuke said, there was no change in the look and expression on his face.
After Chikanosuke finished speaking, he asked back in a calm tone:
"And then? After we successfully hijack the shogunate's ship and let you board, what are you going to do? Escape to the main island of Japan and build a 'New Fenghe Village' on the main island of Japan?"
"No..." Chikanosuke smiled bitterly, "This won't solve the problem... After you seize the shogunate's ships, we plan to take a ship to the main island of Japan, and then negotiate with the shogunate to convince them to let us go."
Be it Ogata, Atachi and the others, there was a flash of surprise in their eyes at this moment.
At this time, Chikanosuke continued:
"Even if we flee to the main island of Japan and build a new home, we will be discovered by the shogunate sooner or later, and then we will be killed by the shogunate..."
"We have a large number of elderly, weak, women and children here, and it is impossible for us to flee everywhere ..."
"If we want to survive, the only thing we can do is to negotiate with the shogunate and convince them to let us live..."
"...Excuse me for being blunt." Ogata said bluntly, "The success rate of your plan is very low. The possibility of convincing the shogunate to let you go is very slim."
"I know..." Kinnosuke smiled bitterly, "But... this plan still has a glimmer of hope..."
After quietly looking at Chikanosuke who was still lying on the ground in front of him, Ogata turned his head and looked at Atachi, Mamiya, and Makimura behind him.
"What do you three think?" Ogata asked softly, "Are you willing to help Chikanosuke and the others one last time?"
"I have no objection." Mucun was the first to speak out.
And Atachi followed closely behind Makimura: "I'd love to."
Mamiya didn't say anything. After a moment of silence, he nodded slightly.
Seeing that his three companions had no objections, Ogata nodded slightly and then turned his gaze back to Chikanosuke.
"Chikanosuke, let those who are still alive take the time to prepare."
"Leave here quickly before the cannibals rushing towards us can kill us."
"We will escort you to the coast where the shogunate's warships are."
"As for whether you can survive after boarding the shogunate's warship and leaving this damn place, it all depends on your luck."
Hearing what Ogata said, Chikanosuke and the other villagers behind him all looked excited.
"...Thank you." Chikanosuke's eyes were slightly red, "Really...thank you very much for your help..."
Looking at Chikanosuke who seemed to be about to cry for joy, a faint smile appeared on Ogata's cheek.
With a smile on his face, Ogata turned to Atachi and Makimura beside him and said:
"A-Ting, can you still walk with your feet?"
"Yeah, it's fine, it's just a sprain. Now after a short rest, it's much better and I can walk and run normally."
"Well then - Atachi, Makimura. Leave the task of escorting the villagers to the coast to me and Mamiya. I'll give you two other tasks."
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The next day, early morning.
The weather today is not very good.
The pale yellow morning sun rose slowly from the horizon, struggling to penetrate the heavy haze with its faint light of dawn, and feebly cast itself onto the coast of Die Island.
Although it did not change the gloomy sky at all, it barely illuminated a large ship docked on the shore.
There were a total of 30 shogunate soldiers left here.
Fifteen people stood on the shore outside the ship, while another 15 people stayed on the ship.
The only weapons they had were swords, spears, and a few bows and arrows.
The reason why there was no cannon was mainly because of Inamori's arrogance.
The teppo was a rather expensive weapon.
Because he looked down on the remaining islanders on the island, Inamori felt that there was no need to deploy such expensive weapons, so the 150 soldiers responsible for landing on the island were not equipped with cannons.
Just as the soldiers who stayed on the ship were carefully observing their surroundings, they suddenly noticed some unusual movements in the dense forest opposite.
The soldiers' nerves were immediately tense and they immediately focused all their attention on the source of the movement.
The cause of this disturbance were two soldiers wearing bloodstained armor.
One of the two soldiers seemed to be seriously injured and was supported by the other soldier.
The two men limped towards the ship.
After seeing that they were friendly forces, the tense nerves of the soldiers responsible for guarding the ship relaxed a little.
The 15 soldiers guarding the coast outside the ship, holding their weapons, ran quickly towards the two comrades covered in blood.
"Brother! What's wrong with you?"
"What happened? How did you get so badly injured?!"
"Was it attacked by the islanders? Or by the cannibals?"
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After surrounding the two comrades, the 15 soldiers asked one after another what had happened.
The large amount of blood on the bodies of these two comrades made them uncontrollably feel a foreboding premonition.
After getting close to the two comrades, they clearly felt that the two comrades were quite tall - but not many people cared about this.
After all, there is never a shortage of tall people in the army.
Many soldiers in the army often come from well-off samurai families.
Because they eat well, there is never a shortage of people of outstanding height in the army.
These 15 soldiers only regarded these two people as soldiers from samurai families with good family backgrounds, who had been well-fed and well-fed since childhood, or as people who were gifted since childhood.
Because everyone was focused on asking the two comrades what happened, no one noticed that the double swords on the waist of one of the two comrades were wrapped in black cloth.
The handle and scabbard were wrapped in thick black cloth, as if he didn't want people to notice the two knives on his waist...
Under repeated questioning, the one of the two comrades who seemed to be the least injured muttered a few words softly.
"Hmm? What did you say?"
"Speak louder!"
The ones closest to this comrade put their ears closer.
After putting his ear close to the camera, the comrade muttered a few words again.
And this time, they heard it very clearly.
“…I’m sorry.” — These were the words they heard.
The sword flashed.
A cold light silently popped out from the scabbard on the soldier's waist and swept horizontally across the throats of the three people closest to him.
After this soldier suddenly attacked and killed someone, the "soldier" who had been supported by him from the beginning and looked seriously injured, instantly drew out the two swords at his waist, which were wrapped in black cloth from scabbard to handle, and attacked the surrounding shogunate soldiers.
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Together with Mamiya, he put on the armor of the shogunate soldiers, pretended to be shogunate soldiers, approached their warships, killed all the soldiers guarding the ships, and then stole their ships - this was Ogata's plan.
Although simple, it is extremely effective.
Fortunately, there were enough shogunate soldiers who died in Toyoma Village, and two of these soldiers happened to have a body shape similar to that of Ogata and Mamiya, allowing Ogata and Mamiya to easily complete the change of clothes.
The shapes of Daishakuten and Daijizai were too gorgeous. In order to avoid arousing suspicion among the shogunate soldiers guarding the ship, Ogata specially wrapped the handles and scabbards of Daishakuten and Daijizai with thick black cloth to conceal the appearance of the two swords.
After Mamiya used his unique skill - the silent sword-drawing technique "Shinko" to kill three people in one breath, Ogata, who had been pretending to be seriously injured and hiding in Mamiya's arms, also began his action, drawing the Daishakuten and Daijizai from his waist and attacking the surrounding shogunate soldiers.
The shogunate soldiers, who mistakenly thought Ogata and Mamiya were comrades, were caught off guard by this sudden attack on the two.
By the time they came to their senses, half of their comrades had already fallen.
The remaining people began to fight back, and the other 15 people guarding the boat also noticed the abnormality here. They picked up their weapons, ran off the boat and began to provide support.
The most important thing in this ship capture is speed.
After all, there were only two people on Ogata's side, while the other side had 30 elite soldiers of the shogunate army.
The best thing is to kill as many people as possible before they realize what is happening, so as to reduce their combat power to the minimum.
Therefore, at the beginning of the battle, Ogata and Mamiya both went all out.
Ogata immediately drew out his two swords, and Mamiya also used his amazing sword speed to the extreme.
The two strictly abided by the principle of one sword, one kill. After killing all the 15 shogunate soldiers around them, they quickly went to meet the other 15 soldiers who had just disembarked and had not yet had time to provide support...
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"Hahaha……"
Ogata sat slumped on the beach in an ungraceful manner, gasping for breath and adjusting his breathing while taking off his armor.
As for Mamiya, he stood beside Ogata, taking off his armor together with him, and whispered to him:
"No more, no less, exactly 30 bodies... The process of seizing the ship was much smoother than expected."
The beach next to the two men was filled with the bodies of 30 shogunate soldiers. With their full firepower at hand, Ogata and Mamiya wiped out the 30 shogunate soldiers guarding the ship in less than 20 breaths.
Twenty of these 30 people were killed by Mamiya, and the other ten were beheaded by Ogata.
"You look very bad..." Mamiya, whose breathing was only slightly faster, said this to Ogata, who was still gasping for breath.
"You're just talking nonsense..." Ogata smiled bitterly, "Who was the most tired person last night?"
