Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 259: Absorbing "Immortality" and the Surge in Combat Power (Part 1)
After a series of hard battles last night, they led the surviving villagers and rushed towards the landing site of the shogunate army under the cover of darkness.
Even without a good rest from beginning to end, he was able to kill 10 soldiers of the shogunate army - such an excellent result surprised Ogata.
Mamiya, who had not experienced many fierce battles last night, was in much better condition than Ogata. In addition, he was good at sword speed, so most of the 30 shogunate soldiers were killed by Mamiya.
"You can have a good rest here."
As Mamiya spoke, he walked towards the woods adjacent to the coast.
"I'll go get Chikanosuke and the others."
The villagers, led by Chikanosuke, are now hiding in this forest.
After Mamiya left, Ogata silently opened his personal system interface.
[Current personal level: Lv24 (2530/3200)]
[Sakakibara Ittoryu Level: 9th Stage (3615/4000)]
[My Two-Sword Style Level: 8th Stage (1520/6500)]
Just now, Ogata only used Muga Nito-Ryu to fight the enemy, and after killing 10 soldiers of the shogunate army in a row, Ogata's personal level and Muga Nito-Ryu's experience value increased a little.
After checking his previous battle results, Ogata closed the interface.
As soon as he closed the interface, Ogata saw from the corner of his eye that Mamiya led Chikanosuke and his group slowly walked out of the woods where they had just hidden.
Looking at Chikanosuke and his group who also had not had a good rest for the entire night, Ogata couldn't help but recall the hardships of escorting them here last night, and a bitter smile uncontrollably appeared on his face.
The attack by the shogunate army last night left only 61 islanders alive, including Chikanosuke.
Ogata and Mamiya suffered a lot while escorting these 61 islanders to the landing site of the shogunate army.
After all, it is not an easy task to escort so many people through an area where cannibals may pop out at any time.
Fortunately, they were lucky and did not encounter a large number of cannibals along the way - this was probably related to the fact that many cannibals were attracted to Fenghe Village by the sound of the shogunate army breaking through the wall.
Occasionally we would encounter some cannibals, but their number was very small and it was easy to get rid of them.
Because there were too many people and they had to stop and go frequently to avoid the cannibals, changing routes from time to time, by the time they reached the coast, it was already sunrise.
When they arrived at the coast, none of the 61 islanders led by Chikanosuke suffered any casualties - it must be said that such a lucky result surprised Ogata, Chikanosuke and others.
"The ship has been seized."
Ogata said to Chikanosuke who was walking towards him.
"Have you figured out how to convince the people in the shogunate?"
"To be honest..." Chikanosuke said softly, looking around cautiously as if he had done something wrong.
After making sure that the villagers closest to him were at a distance from him, Chikanosuke lowered his voice so that only he and Ogata could hear it:
"I...haven't thought it through at all..."
A bitter smile appeared on Chikanosuke's face.
"I am not a good speaker and I have no idea how to negotiate with the shogunate..."
"... Chinosuke, try harder." Ogata really didn't know how to respond to Chinosuke's words, so he could only sigh softly and raised his hand to pat Chinosuke's shoulder.
"Well..." Kinnosuke nodded gently, "I will do my best..."
"Oh, that's right."
As Ogata spoke softly, he pulled out the Daishakuten and Daijizai hanging on his left waist and handed them to Chikanosuke.
"The boat has been seized. I will return Dashitian and Dashizai to you."
"This is the most powerful sword I have ever seen in my life."
"Please keep these two precious swords in good care."
Ogata's praise just now was not aimless.
It goes without saying that Great Indra and Great Freedom are extremely tough - this was fully demonstrated in the battle with the demon monk last night.
After taking all the blows from the evil monk's "Gyroscope", the blade was still intact, without a single cut.
In addition to its hardness, its sharpness is also impeccable.
The sharpness of the blade is directly related to the feel of the knife holder.
The quality of the hand feel has a significant impact on the performance of the knife wielder.
Ogata himself couldn't remember how many swords he had used so far.
But he was sure that Dashitian and Dazhizai were definitely the best feeling swords among the many swords he had used so far.
The blade cut into human flesh just like cutting paper, easily slicing through it - the blades of Mahakala and Mahadeva were so sharp.
If possible, Ogata would like to take Daishakuten and Daijizai as his own, but reason ultimately overcame desire.
Daishakuten and Daijizai were the precious swords given to Kinnosuke by Kyokai, and he was just borrowing them - Ogata did not forget this.
Although he was very reluctant, Ogata decided to return the item to its original owner.
Looking at the Daishakuten and Daijizai in Ogata's hands, Chikanosuke's eyes flashed with hesitation.
After hesitating for a while, Chikanosuke finally raised his hand - and pushed back Ogata's hand that was extending Daishakuten and Daijizai to him.
"Master Ogata, these two swords...are given to you."
Surprise immediately appeared on Ogata's face and in his eyes.
When Ogata was about to say something, Chikanosuke smiled and said:
"You and Ms. A-Ming and the others have given us so much help since last night."
"These two knives are my gifts to express my gratitude to you."
"Anyway, I don't know swordsmanship, and these two swords are of no use to me except as decorations."
"It is a fitting gift to a warrior like you."
"Take these two knives."
"I believe that the late Master Jing Hai would be very happy if he knew that his masterpiece could be owned by a warrior with unparalleled swordsmanship like you."
"...Thank you." After a moment of silence, Ogata said softly while putting the Great Shakyamuni and Great Freedom back into his waist, "Then - Great Shakyamuni and Great Freedom, I accept them!"
Ogata had always liked these two swords.
Since Chikanosuke was going to give him the sword as a gift, Ogata did not act pretentiously and accepted the Daishakuten and Daijizai generously.
Feeling the heavy , an unusual sense of security rose in Ogata's heart.
"Hmm?" At this moment, Chikanosuke suddenly frowned and asked Ogata, "Sir Ogata, you look a little unhappy..."
"Yeah." Ogata nodded with a wry smile, "I feel a little dizzy... maybe I'm overworked. I'll just take a good rest later."
"Oh, it looks like we've arrived just in time."
Just then, Ogata suddenly heard Makimura's voice.
Following the sound, they saw Ating and Makimura walking towards them side by side.
Behind Atachi and Makimura were two of Ogata's acquaintances - Sokai and Akikai.
Last night, the task that Ogata gave to Atachi and Makimura was to pick up Sokai and Xiankai.
No matter how you look at it, Diedao is no longer a habitable place.
Since he had already planned to help the islanders one last time, Ogata simply decided to take Sokai and Akihime with him so that they could also follow Chikanosuke and his men on the boat to leave the island - as for whether they could survive in the end, it depended on whether Chikanosuke had the ability to convince the officials of the shogunate.
Ogata was still a little worried that Sokai and the others would be stubborn and stay on the island even though the shogunate had decided to massacre the island.
Now it seems that he was worrying too much.
Zong Hai and Xian Hai both carried a medium-sized cloth bag on their backs - this should be all the luggage that Zong Hai and Xian Hai had.
After seeing the Daishakuten and Daijizai on Ogata's waist, Zong Hai did not show any surprise - it seemed that when Ating led them to the coast, he had already told Zong Hai what happened last night.
"I thought you would move the statue of Acala from your Tenman-ji Temple here as well." Ogata was the first to say this to Sokai in a half-joking tone.
"The Buddha statue is just some mud." Zong Hai said first, "The Buddha does not reside in the Buddha statue, but in our hearts. It doesn't matter whether we bring the Buddha statue or not."
"Soukai..." After seeing Sokai, Chikanosuke looked excited.
After all, they hadn't seen each other for a year since the wooden wall was built.
"Master Chikanosuke..." Sokai put his hands together and bowed to Chikanosuke, "Long time no see..."
After seeing Chikanosuke, although a hint of excitement emerged on Zong Hai's face, his eyes still flickered slightly - after seeing Chikanosuke, Zong Hai couldn't help but think of his crime of concealing the problem of the water in Linong River from Chikanosuke and others. Although he tried his best to control himself, after looking at Chikanosuke, his eyes still turned away uncontrollably, and he didn't dare to look directly at Chikanosuke.
"Now that everyone is here, let's get on board..." Ogata slowly stood up from the ground.
However, after standing up, a strong feeling of dizziness suddenly pierced his brain like a spear.
It was difficult for Ogata to stand steadily. He swayed a few times and fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Atachi, who was standing next to Ogata, was quick-witted and reached out to support Ogata in time.
"Ayi, what's wrong with you?" Ating asked anxiously.
Ogata did not answer Atachi's question.
Because he himself didn't know what was wrong with him.
About half an incense stick of time ago, he just felt very tired.
He mistakenly thought that he was just feeling tired because he had been fighting since last night and had not had a good rest, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
But gradually, the fatigue increased...
It was only now that Ogata finally felt that something was wrong...
Ogata opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
But before he could say anything, he felt his stomach churning, and something flowed down his esophagus into his mouth.
With a "wow" sound, Ogata spat out a large mouthful of blood, staining the mud and sand under his feet red.
After Ogata vomited blood, people around him such as A-Machi, Makimura, and Sokai finally realized that something was wrong and their faces changed.
The first person to react was Makimura.
"Brother Matsumoto!" Makimura shouted, "Brother Matsumoto! Where are you?"
As soon as Makimura shouted, Matsumoto flashed out from the villagers not far away and ran towards Makimura quickly.
"Master Makimura, what's wrong?"
"Brother Ogata is vomiting blood." Makimura said in a deep voice, "Help us take a look at what happened to Brother Ogata!"
"Vomiting blood?!" Matsumoto raised his eyebrows.
After hearing the word " vomiting blood", Matsumoto's expression suddenly became serious and he leaned down towards Ogata.
However, Sokai got one step ahead of Matsumoto and took the half-conscious Ogata from Atachi's arms after spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Female donor." Zong Hai said to Ah Ting seriously, "Does donor Ogata have any injuries on his body?"
"Wound?" Although A-Machi was already frightened by the sudden change in Ogata's body, she immediately reacted after hearing Zong Hai's question. After recalling for a moment, she pointed at Ogata's neck which was wrapped in a thick white cloth.
"This is the only wound on Ayi's body!"
The wound that Atachi was referring to was naturally the relatively shallow skin wound left on Ogata's neck by the "evil monk" last night.
After being examined and treated by Matsumoto last night, the wound was applied with some ointment and then simply bandaged with white cloth.
As soon as Ating finished speaking, Zong Hai immediately used some rough means to tear off the white cloth that was covering the wound on Ogata's neck.
After the wound under the white cloth was revealed, Sokai and Chikanosuke beside him immediately gasped.
The wound on Ogata's neck, which had no noticeable signs last night, now had its surrounding skin and flesh turned dark purple.
Sokai and Chikanosuke had both seen such wounds.
I have seen it many times...
Looking at the wound on Ogata's neck, Zong Hai spoke in a focused voice, pausing for each word:
“Immortal Poison…!”
Zong Hai's words made Ating's face turn pale.
"...It should be that the weapon that caused this wound was stained with the blood of the cannibal." Zong Hai said in a deep voice, "After the weapon stained with the blood of the cannibal cut the neck of the donor Ogata, the blood of the cannibal on it ran into the body of the donor Ogata..."
Hearing what Zong Hai said, Ating suddenly remembered that when Yichun was fighting with her and Ogata, he frequently swung his sword to kill the two troublesome villagers who had transformed into cannibals.
The blade was indeed stained with a lot of cannibal blood...
Mamiya, who was not far away, also noticed the movement here and walked over here quickly.
After learning that Ogata was actually poisoned by the immortal poison, his expression also changed instantly.
Just when everyone didn't know what to do——
“…Let’s take a gamble.”
Zong Hai suddenly said this softly.
"Donor lady, please support Donor Ogata."
After handing Ogata back to Atachi, Sokai squatted down and untied the large cloth bag on his back.
The large cloth bag on his back was filled with all kinds of bottles, jars and medicinal herbs.
After rummaging through the pile of bottles and jars, Zong Hai took out a small jar.
After opening the small jar, the strong and pungent smell of medicine immediately penetrated everyone's nose.
“What is this...?!” Ating couldn’t help but exclaim.
After Zong Hai nodded slightly, he spoke in a tone as if he was talking to himself.
"Let's try our luck..."
