Volume 5: Kyoto Summer Campaign Chapter 320: A life-and-death battle with Nanbando!
Nijo Castle, Kyoto.
Shenshan, who was sitting in the sedan chair, opened the window beside him, stuck his head out of the open window and looked forward.
In front of us is the only entrance and exit between Nijo Castle and the outside world - Higashiotemon Gate.
Nijo Castle was the headquarters of the Edo Shogun in Kyoto, and its structure was a "castle within a castle".
The outer perimeter of Nijo Castle not only has tall city walls, but also a wide moat outside the walls.
Surrounded by walls and moats, Nijo Castle has only one entrance and exit - Higashi-Otemon Gate on its east side.
The reason why the only entrance and exit of Nijo Castle was located on the east side was to make the main gate of Nijo Castle face the direction of Edo Castle.
However, Nijo Castle was only the headquarters of the shogun, not a fortress castle specifically used to defend against foreign enemies. Therefore, in order to demonstrate the financial strength and authority of the shogunate, Higashi-Otemon Gate, as the only entrance and exit of Nijo Castle, was built very magnificently.
The copper doorposts of Higashi-Otemon Gate were all covered with beautiful gold foil, which reflected dazzling light under the candlelight.
Looking forward, Kamiyama saw a young man in black standing on each side of the Higashiotemon Gate.
When Kamiyama's sedan chair approached Higashi-Otemon Gate, the two young men in black immediately came trotting over and asked who the visitor was.
"Kyoto Town Magistrate, Kamiyama Koshinosuke." Kamiyama gave his name in a calm tone.
After checking and confirming that the person sitting in the sedan chair was indeed the Kyoto Town Magistrate himself, one of the two young men bowed respectfully to the sacred mountain.
"Lord Shenshan, please allow us to inspect your sedan chair."
Shenshan nodded slightly.
After the young man opened the door of the sedan chair and looked inside, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly in surprise.
Not only was Kailash sitting in the sedan chair, but there was also a woman and a young girl.
Although the sedan was quite spacious, it was still a bit crowded with three people sitting inside.
"Master Shenshan, may I ask who these two people are...?"
"My family." Shenshan said, "Family members are allowed to be brought to tonight's banquet. You should know this, right?"
"Of course I know." After nodding slightly, the young man took a quick look inside the sedan.
After confirming that there was nothing unusual in the sedan, the young man lowered the door again and took two steps back, bowing respectfully towards the sacred mountain.
"Lord Shenshan, please enter the city!"
Kamiyama did not immediately order the sedan bearers to take him into Nijo Castle.
Instead, he looked up and down at the two young men in black who were guarding the Higashiote Gate with a somewhat curious look.
"...Are you two ninjas from Shiranui?" Kamiyama asked.
"Exactly."
Long before, Kamiyama had heard that the shogunate and Shiranui had started cooperation.
Just after cooperating with the shogunate, Shiranui received a big task from the shogunate - to guard Nijo Castle when the Owari domain daimyo Tokugawa Munemachi held a banquet in Nijo Castle.
"Are you two the only ones guarding the gate?" Shenshan asked.
"Two people are enough." The ninja who just checked the sedan chair of Kamiyama chuckled a few times, "This is Nijo Castle. Who in the world would dare to enter Nijo Castle to steal things or attack Nijo Castle? So sending two people to guard Nijo Castle is enough!"
Kamiyama did not comment on what the ninja said.
To some extent, the task assigned to Shiranui by the shogunate was extremely easy.
Nijo Castle is considered the safest place in all of Japan.
Nijo Castle was the symbol of power of the shogunate.
Be it a notorious thief or a vicious vandal, no one in the world would dare to do anything to Nijo Castle.
The last time Nijo Castle was attacked was more than 200 years ago in the 10th year of Tensho, when Akechi Mitsuhide launched the "Honnoji Incident".
The rebellious Akechi Mitsuhide led his army to surround Nijo Castle and killed Oda Nobutada, the eldest son of Oda Nobunaga, who was trapped in Nijo Castle.
After learning that the shogunate had given the task of guarding Nijo Castle to Shiranuki, Kamiyama saw what the shogunate was planning to do: the shogunate was planning to let Shiranuki gain seniority and merit.
It has only been a short time since Shiranui reached cooperation with the shogunate, and she needs to achieve enough achievements to convince those who are prejudiced against ninjas or are not optimistic about this cooperation.
And a task like guarding Nijo Castle, which is both easy and meaningful, is very suitable for Shiranui to gain experience and achievements.
After casually saying a few words such as "thank you for your hard work" and "keep up the hard work", Shenshan lowered the window of the sedan chair and signaled the people carrying the sedan chair to set off.
After the sedan passed through the Higashi-Ote-mon Gate and successfully entered Nijo Castle, Kamiyama lowered his voice and said to the woman sitting in front of him:
"Mrs. Inaba, Miss Inaba, I'll leave it to you two later!"
Although there was a hint of fear on their faces, Inaba's wife and daughter both nodded firmly.
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Kyoto, Sanji Street.
"Quick! Kill him!"
"Form a human wall! Form a human wall!"
These enemies wearing Nanbando also realized that the guy who suddenly rushed out from the ceiling was not a simple guy, so they hurriedly reorganized their formation.
After forming a dense human wall connecting the left side of the corridor to the right side of the corridor, this human wall made a "crackling" and "crackling" sound of armor colliding that was enough to make people's teeth ache, and at the same time, it pressed towards Ogata like a huge wave.
Ogata seemed not to notice the wall of people rushing towards him and remained calm.
[Ding! Use "Original Breathing", temporarily increase reflexes by 5 points, and improve concentration]
[Current reflex nerve value: 14 points]
【Increase concentration】
While slowly adjusting his breathing to the "Original Breathing", Ogata looked beyond the human wall in front of him and behind it.
To be precise - he was looking at the guy who was giving orders to the others and hiding behind the human wall.
"Is that guy the leader of this gang..." After muttering this, Ogata shook off his haori and quickly walked towards the wall of people in front of him.
Just as he was about to collide with the human wall, Ogata took a sudden step forward and then jumped up.
After jumping into the air, Ogata used the shoulder of an enemy below him as a stepping stone, stepped on the enemy's shoulder and jumped directly behind the human wall.
There were only 9 people forming the human wall, and the thin wall allowed Ogata to easily jump over it.
After jumping over the human wall and landing on his feet, Ogata did not stop at all and rushed towards the general hiding behind the human wall!
Not expecting Ogata to jump over the human wall and go straight to the main camp, the general of the gang raised the knife in his hand in panic and stabbed towards Ogata's chest.
As soon as the knife was thrust out, the general felt a flash before his eyes - Ogata, who was originally in front of him, flashed to his side.
Then, a huge force came from the back of his head - Ogata grabbed his head with his left hand and pulled it back, used jutsu skills to throw the general to the ground, and then swung the Great Freedom to pierce his jaw which was not protected by armor.
Jujitsu was originally a fighting technique that was born on ancient battlefields and was intended to overcome hardness with softness.
Throw the armored warrior to the ground, subdue the enemy, and then use wakizashi or kaito to attack the parts of the enemy that are not protected by the armor.
"There are... 9 more..."
After taking back Da Zi Zai, Ogata looked coldly at the remaining 9 people who hurried over to defend.
Ogata had directly captured their main camp and killed their commander - the remaining nine people began to panic.
clang!
After using the Great Freedom Technique to deflect the attack of the man in the front, Ogata dodged, rushed behind the man, and swung his sword at the back of his knee.
“Aaaaaaaa——!”
Following a shrill scream, the man who was hit in the back of the knee by Ogata fell to the ground on one knee with a look of pain on his face.
Ogata didn't just use jutsu to kill them with one blow.
When you are unable to kill the enemy with one blow, take the opportunity to attack the rest of the enemy's body that is not protected by armor and is easy to cut, to restrict the enemy's movement, such as the back knee.
Not only will the threat level of a guy whose back knee is injured be greatly reduced, but his screams will further undermine the morale of other survivors.
When the commander had been killed by Ogata and the morale had dropped greatly, the remaining 9 enemies wearing Nanbando were also killed by Ogata one after another .
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[Ding! Use Shiranui Style Ninjutsu and Shiranui Style Jujutsu to defeat the enemy]
[Gained 130 personal experience points, 125 experience points for Ninjutsu "Shiranui Style Ninjutsu", 20 experience points for Sword Skill "Mugu Two-Sword Style"]
[Current personal level: Lv25 (3210/3400)]
[Shiranui Style Jujutsu Level: 4th Stage (60/1500)]
[My Two-Sword Style Level: 8th Stage (2810/6500)]
[Ding! Experience value is full, the level of Shiranui Jutsu is increased by 1 level, and 2 skill points are obtained]
[Currently remaining skill points: 4 points]
Because of the use of skills such as Source Breathing and Stepping, the dual sword style can also gain a little experience, but it's a pity that the experience gained is not much.
After pulling out Great Freedom from the enemy's chin and laying him flat on the ground, Ogata regulated his slightly disordered breathing while looking up at the only two remaining enemies.
Because the venue was not spacious and the battle was quite intense, Ogata did not have the energy to dodge or block the blood spurting from the enemy's wounds in the previous battle.
So at this moment, Ogata's black hakama, light green haori, the dark blue kimono under the haori, and his face were all covered in blood.
A person with blood all over his body staring at you, some people might not be afraid at all, but the last two enemies obviously did not have such a mentality.
After being swept by Ogata's gaze, the last two enemies let out a scream filled with fear, then turned around and fled desperately.
Unfortunately, before the two men could run a few steps away, two people blocked their way.
These two people are naturally Makimura and Hasegawa.
Makimura doesn't know how to use jutsu like Ogata does.
But he did have one thing - brute strength.
Makimura shouted loudly, threw the long sword in his hand aside, opened his arms, hugged the enemy in front of him around the waist with a bear hug, and then used brute force to throw the enemy in his arms to the ground.
After knocking the enemy to the ground, causing him to see stars, Mucun took out a sword he always carried with him and pierced the enemy's chin.
Hasegawa does not have the sophisticated judo skills like Ogata, nor does he have the strong brute force like Makimura.
So he chose the tactics that best suited him to deal with heavily armored enemies. Just now, when Ogata was fighting alone against this group of heavily armored enemies, Hasegawa, who was unwilling to just sit back and watch Ogata fight alone, quietly left the corridor to look for suitable and handy weapons.
Then, Hasegawa found a hammer.
This is a hammer with a total length of about half an adult's arm. The hammer head is rusty but still usable. The wooden handle is still strong enough, so there is no need to worry about the handle breaking halfway through the swing.
"Get out of my way!"
Driven by the desire to survive, the enemy in front of Hasegawa roared at the top of his lungs and swung his sword towards Hasegawa.
Hasegawa took a deep breath, saw the enemy's sword movement clearly, and turned his body to avoid the attack.
While dodging sideways, Hasegawa swung the hammer in his hand accurately and hit the enemy's chest, knocking him to the ground.
After knocking the enemy down, Hasegawa immediately rode on the fallen enemy and hammered at his head...
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"Damn it! Damn it!"
The bald man who stayed on the third floor did not witness the fighting downstairs with his own eyes.
But the bald man has been judging the current battle situation downstairs based on the sounds coming up from downstairs.
After hearing his own people downstairs scream at first, and then gradually stop screaming, the expression on the bald man's face became uglier and uglier.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
After cursing a few more times, the bald man hurriedly ran towards the window not far away.
At this moment, he couldn't care about anything else.
There was only one thought in his mind: My life is at stake! Run away!
However - just as he opened the window of the room, he didn't even see the scenery outside the window clearly, and he felt a flash before his eyes - someone rushed in through the open window.
“Hmm…!”
The bald man felt a small hand covering his mouth.
Then his legs seemed to be whipped by a powerful whip, his center of gravity was destroyed, and he fell heavily to the ground.
His back had an intimate contact with the tatami under his feet. Only after he fell to the ground did the bald man finally see clearly who had just rushed into the room and knocked him down - a beautiful woman in a yukata.
"I caught you~~ You don't look like a minion at first glance. It looks like I caught a big fish."
After saying that, the woman gave the bald man a sly smile.
Ordinary people might think that this woman is cute after seeing the smile on her face.
But at this moment, in the bald man's eyes, this woman seemed extremely terrifying.
The bald man opened his mouth and was about to say something when the woman suddenly stretched out her finger and stuck it into his mouth.
"It seems that there is no poison hidden in your teeth... That's great, this way I can save a lot of trouble."
After saying that, the woman pulled her fingers out of the bald man's mouth, then stuffed a piece of dirty and smelly cloth that she had picked up from somewhere into the bald man's mouth, making the bald man unable to utter a word.
