Volume 5: Kyoto Summer Campaign Chapter 337 Wind Demon and Chain Manipulation
Kyoto, Fuma's home, the firewood room.
"Just... a little bit more..."
A look of ecstasy appeared on Heitaro's face at this moment.
After being captured by Fuma and beaten unconscious by Ogata with his scabbard, Fuma, who had no idea how to deal with the prisoner, took Heitaro back home and imprisoned him in his own woodshed.
During the three days he was locked up in the woodshed, Heitaro was constantly thinking about how to escape from the woodshed.
Heitaro was tied tightly to a wooden pillar like a silkworm.
It was a blessing in disguise - before being taken to this woodshed and tied to this wooden pillar, Heitaro woke up briefly.
Although he was knocked unconscious again by Fengmo after waking up, he grabbed a small sharp stone and hid it in his sleeve before being knocked unconscious again by Fengmo.
During these three days, Heitaro had been using the small stone he had secretly hidden to tirelessly cut the thick hemp rope that tied him to the wooden pillar.
After three days of unremitting efforts, Heitaro finally saw the dawn of victory.
The hemp rope was just a little bit away from breaking.
After noticing that the hemp rope was about to break, Heitaro felt more strength in his body and began to work harder to cut the rope with the small stone.
After another half hour, the hemp rope tied around Heitaro finally broke.
After successfully cutting the hemp rope on his body, Heitaro hurriedly tore off the thick hemp rope tied to his body and threw it aside roughly.
“Hiss… It hurts…”
In order to vent his depression after being trapped for 3 days, Heitaro threw the hemp rope a little roughly, so he accidentally pulled the wounds on his body and face, causing Heitaro to cry out in pain.
The wounds on his body were caused by Fuma, while the wounds on his face were caused by Ogata.
At that time, when Ogata knocked him unconscious with the scabbard of his sword, several teeth in his mouth were knocked out.
At this moment, half of Heitaro's cheek was still swollen, and he looked very funny.
"Damn it...!" Hatred flashed in Heitaro's eyes.
He is one of the jonin in Shiranui.
In the Shiranui village with a strict hierarchy, as a jonin he is not only one of the top fighters in the Shiranui village, but also enjoys an extraordinary status in the Shiranui village.
Have you ever experienced such a humiliating defeat?
After successfully breaking free from the hemp ropes and regaining his freedom, the first thought that came to Heitaro's mind was revenge.
However, as soon as the idea of revenge came into Heitaro's mind, Heitaro quickly suppressed it.
The scene three days ago, in which the old man easily defeated him and his three other companions, was still deeply engraved in Heitaro's mind.
Just thinking back to what happened three days ago, Heitaro couldn't help but shudder.
——Run for your life first!
After saying this to himself in his heart, Heitaro no longer hesitated, quietly walked to the door of the woodshed, opened the door and looked outside.
Outside - no one.
Feng Mo's residence was a single-family house. There was a low wooden wall outside the two-story wooden house, which just enclosed a small yard.
The Fuma family's woodshed and well are located right in this small courtyard.
In the whole of Kyoto, there are only two places where there are stand-alone houses like this.
One type of place is where rich people live.
The other type of place is that remote place where no one lives and even if you invite someone to live there, no one would want to live there.
Only in such remote and sparsely populated places is there enough space to build a "stand-alone" house.
Except for these two places, the houses in other places are all "long house" style houses because of the limited land and large population.
After confirming that there was no one outside, Heitaro slowly opened the door of the woodshed to a gap just enough for him to pass through, and then deftly slid out of the woodshed through the gap.
Because Fuma had never cooked for him seriously, he had been in a half-hungry state for the past three days, and his injuries had not been properly treated. But even in a very poor physical condition, Heitaro's steps were still agile and powerful.
Although there was only a door between them, the air outside the woodshed made Heitaro feel particularly comfortable.
After taking a deep greedy breath, Heitaro began to run towards the low wall not far away.
Looking at the low wall getting closer and closer to him, Heitaro's eyes gradually became hot.
He vaguely saw that freedom was behind that wall.
However... just when he was about half the distance to the wall, a voice that he least wanted to hear suddenly sounded behind him.
"Hey, Shinobi from Shiranui, where are you going?"
Hearing this voice, Heitaro's body suddenly froze in place.
Cold sweat began to break out on Heitaro's forehead.
He turned his stiff neck and looked back - Fuma, holding a bowl and a rag in his hands, was standing behind him.
He is washing dishes.
"Shiranui Ninja, I'm washing dishes right now and I can't spare my hands, so - I'll give you a chance, get back to my woodshed."
While warning Heitaro, Fuma did not stop washing the dishes.
With cold sweat on his face, Heitaro stared at Fuma.
His face turned blue and then pale.
It can be seen that he was quite hesitant at this moment.
After hesitating for an unknown amount of time, Heitaro clenched his teeth and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
Then——
He turned around and ran without any hesitation!
Heitaro sprinted towards the wall at the fastest speed he could.
Looking at Heitaro who ignored his advice, Fuma sighed softly:
"Why are you young people always like this...always looking down on the elderly..."
After saying that, Fengmo handed the rag in his left hand to his right hand, and then shook his left hand !
A slender black shadow shot out from the wide sleeve of his left hand and swept towards Heitaro's left leg like a black whip.
It is an iron chain that is slightly thicker than an adult's index finger.
The thin iron chain hit Heitaro's left leg accurately, and a crisp bone-breaking sound was heard.
Heitaro collapsed on the ground, screaming like a pig being slaughtered.
Fengmo shook his left hand again and put the chain back into his wide sleeves.
"As we get older, it's true that we can't control our strength very well..." Feng Mo sighed softly.
Squeak.
Just then, the sound of a window opening was heard on the second floor.
It was Ogata who opened the window after hearing the scream.
After hearing the screams, Osamu immediately ran to the window, opened it and checked the situation outside.
After taking a look at Heitaro, who was covering his legs, rolling on the ground and screaming, Obe roughly guessed what had happened.
During dinner just now, Fuma told Ogata that he had captured Heitaro.
As for how Fuma broke Heitaro's leg... To be honest, Ogata has become accustomed to seeing things on Fuma that should not be something an old man can do.
"Lord Fuma, do you need my help?" Ogata asked.
"No, no." Fuma waved his hand and walked towards Heitaro while saying to Ogata, "It's just a small matter. You can continue to rest."
As he finished saying this, Fuma had just grabbed Heitaro by the collar and was dragging him towards the woodshed like a dead dog.
After seeing that Fuma really didn't seem to need his help, Ogata closed the window again and turned to look at Atachi who was packing up the old linens that he had removed from Ogata's body.
"Then - I will go help Master Fuma clean the house. You should go to bed early."
At this point, Ating paused.
Then, in a tone as if telling a big secret, he lowered his voice and said to Ogata:
"Ayi, you know what? During the three days I've been staying at Fuma-sama's house, I've discovered that Fuma-sama's body isn't so weak that he can't even clean."
"He just got lazy and didn't want to clean, that's why the house was so dirty before."
Ogata smiled and said, "This is inevitable. After all, when people get older, they tend to become lazy...hiss...!"
Before Ogata could finish his words, a gasp replaced the rest of his words.
While gasping for air, Ogata suddenly raised his hand to cover his left neck.
"Ayi, what's wrong?" Ating asked hurriedly.
"Nothing..." Ogata, who was covering his left neck, said softly, "It should be just an accidental injury to the left neck."
There was a not-so-deep cut on the left side of Ogata's neck, which was caused by the sickle thrown by Kotaro when they were dueling. Kotaro had entered the "Yaksha Realm".
"You are such a fool. Be careful. It will be very troublesome if the wound opens."
"I understand." Ogata said to Atachi after touching the back of his left neck which no longer hurt.
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At this moment, Fengma's home, the woodshed.
After tying Heitaro to the wooden pillar again with a hemp rope, Fuma leaned over to check the injury on Heitaro's leg.
"Well...I broke your bones...I'll get you some medicine to rub on it later."
"That chain..." Heitaro was in so much pain that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence. He could only utter one word at a time, "What's going on..."
The same thing happened three days ago.
He and his three other companions surrounded the old man.
The old man used the chain in his left hand to defeat him and his three companions effortlessly.
His three companions were either hit hard on the head or in the throat, and died instantly.
He didn't die at the hands of the old man because the old man wanted to keep him alive so that he could ask "Why are you looking for Ating?"
"Chain Manipulation Technique." After checking the injury on Heitaro's leg, Fuma stood up and said slowly, "It is a combat technique that I created that combines both offense and defense."
Having said that, Feng Mo's tone changed to one with a hint of sarcasm.
"As a ninja in Shiranui, haven't you heard your elders say that 10 years ago, there was a madman using iron chains who turned your base in Shiranui upside down?"
"From another perspective, you are also lucky. You may be the last person in the world who can see this chain manipulation technique."
"After all, I don't have any occasions where I can use this chain anymore, and I don't plan to pass this technology on to others."
After leaving this faint sarcasm, Fuma ignored Heitaro and walked out of the woodshed with the half-washed bowl in his hand.
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Because he needed to recuperate and there was nothing urgent to deal with, Ogata finally experienced the feeling of "sleeping until he wakes up naturally" for the first time in a long time.
He slept very soundly and only woke up quietly after the sun was high in the sky.
After getting out from the futon on the tatami, Ogata opened the window and took a look at the sky outside and the position of the sun.
—Is it already past 9 o’clock in the morning?
Based on the position of the sun, Ogata roughly determined the current time.
Just as Ogata was relaxing his bones and muscles with gentle movements that would not hurt his wounds, A-machi's hurried voice suddenly rang out from outside the room:
"Ayi! Are you awake?"
"Just woke up, what happened?"
"Hurry up and wash up and get dressed. A guest is coming!"
"Guests? Oh, is Kondo here?"
"It's not Kondo? It's Ms. Kinoshita and the others!"
"Kinoshita?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.
"Ms. Kinoshita didn't come alone, she brought all her subordinates with her!"
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After changing his clothes and washing up as quickly as possible, Ogata hurried to the living room on the first floor.
Entering the living room, Oobian saw Lin and her group kneeling beside the low table in the middle of the living room.
Makimura, Asai, and Shimada all knelt obediently behind Lin.
However, there was a young man sitting behind Makimura and the others whom Ogata did not know.
Feng Mo was sitting on the other side of the low table, opposite Lin and his group.
Seeing Ogata and Atachi coming, Fuma invited them to sit next to him.
After asking the two to sit down, Fengmo got up and left to prepare tea and snacks for everyone.
After Ogata sat down on the tatami, Lin, who happened to be sitting opposite Ogata, raised her lips slightly and said:
"It seems like we are really lucky to have found you so quickly."
Ogata raised his eyebrows:
"Are you looking for me?"
"That's right." Lin nodded. "I don't know where you are hiding in Kyoto now, so I can only look for places where you might be one by one."
"Because I once cleaned Fuma-sama's house with you, I wondered if you would hide here, so the first place we went to was Fuma-sama's house."
"I came to you this time mainly to thank you."
After saying that, Lin lowered her head slightly, then bowed to Ogata to thank him:
"I have heard in detail from Makimura and Shimada what happened four nights ago."
"Thank you for helping my companion."
"I heard from Mucun and the others that if it weren't for your help, they would have been in danger four days ago ."
"Ah, no need to thank me." Ogata waved his hand. "Four days ago, I also received a lot of help from Makimura and his friends. And what Makimura and his friends said was a bit exaggerated. It's not that they would be in danger without my help..."
Lin slowly straightened her drooping head.
"You helped my companions. No matter what, I have to repay this favor."
"To show my gratitude, I brought this man here who will surely interest you."
After saying that, Lin made a "please" gesture to the young man kneeling behind them.
"Um... may I ask - who is he?" Ogata asked.
"He is Xuanren. He is Xuanzheng's apprentice and Xuanzhi's junior fellow apprentice."
Hearing Lin's words, Ogata's pupils suddenly shrank, and then he quickly focused his gaze on the young man, Xuanren.
A complex look gradually emerged in his eyes as he looked at Xuanren.
This time he came to Kyoto, he was looking for the master and apprentice named Xuanzheng and Xuanzhi, who might be the culprit of the "Ogre Rebellion" on Choudao and who might be able to cure the immortal poison in his body.
It was for this simple purpose that I came to Kyoto.
Then I got caught up in all that trouble...
Ogata had also heard about the cooperation agreement between Lin and his group and Kamiyama from Makimura the night before four days ago.
So after seeing Xuanren, Xu Fang knew that Xuanren should be the one that Shenshan released and handed over to Lin and others in order to fulfill his promise to Lin and his group.
"Ogata Ittosai." Lin said softly, "I know you came to Kyoto this time to find the master and disciple who might be able to cure the immortal poison in your body."
"So you must really need Xuanren who might know something."
"So I plan to share with you all the information Xuanren knows - this is my thank you for helping my companions."
After saying that, Lin turned her head and looked at Xuanren.
"Okay, Master Xuanren, I hope you can answer every question I ask next."
"Yes..." Xuanren seemed a little reserved and nervous. He nodded and swallowed hard.
"First question: Do you have a master named Xuanzheng? And a senior brother named Xuanzhen?"
"Yes." Xuanren answered without hesitation.
"Second question: Where are your master and senior brothers now?"
"In Ezo." Xuanren answered again without hesitation.
"Ezo?!"*5
Lin, Makimura, Asai, Shimada, and A-machi shouted in unison.
Although Ogata did not shout, his slightly shrunken pupils showed that he was not at peace at the moment.
