In Edo, Shiranui, in a certain magnificent mansion—
Shintaro, who was kneeling opposite Lin Ziping, bowed respectfully to Lin Ziping.
"Master Lin Ziping, I have long heard of your great name."
There are four people in this magnificent mansion - Shintaro , Keitaro, Hayashi Shihei, and Shuntaro.
In response to Shintaro's greeting, Lin Ziping ignored him and didn't even look at him.
Because of Ogata's sudden arrival, Shuntaro and Keitaro were unable to escape through the tunnel in time. It took them a lot of effort to shake off the pursuing officials and return to Shiranui.
After the two returned to Shiranui, Hayashi Shiping, who was knocked unconscious by Keitaro, just woke up.
When Lin Ziping woke up, he was directly invited by Shintaro to this magnificent mansion.
Being ignored by Lin Ziping like this made Shintaro a little angry, but he still suppressed his anger and continued to respectfully say to Lin Ziping with a wry smile:
"Master Hayashi Shiping, we really have no ill will towards you. The scream you made in the prison just now caused great harm to my subordinates... Don't you believe that we have any relationship with Master Iwakura Saemon?"
Shintaro had just learned from Keitaro what happened when they were rescuing Lin Ziping.
Thanks to Lin Ziping's shout of "there is a thief", both he and Shuntaro suffered a lot.
"Whether you have any relationship with Iwakura or not is irrelevant to me." Lin Ziping said coldly, "I am living well in prison. I don't need you to rescue me - that's why I called for help."
"It's a pity that the jailers didn't knock down your two subordinates. I really had to let you rescue me."
"It was your close friend Iwakura Saemon who recommended you to my lord. After receiving the recommendation from Iwakura Saemon, my lord has long been fascinated by your talent and has always wanted to meet you."
"After learning that you were imprisoned, we had to use this somewhat rough method to bring you here. We apologize if we frightened or upset you."
"Did Iwakura Saemon enter the officialdom?" Lin Ziping raised his eyebrows.
"Lord Iwakura Saemon is currently serving my lord."
"That man actually entered the government..." After muttering this, Lin Ziping leaned back without any image and fell to the ground, "I have no interest in a career in government. Please tell your lord: I don't want to work for anyone."
"The lord does not ask you to serve him," Shintaro said seriously, "he just wants to see you and talk to you."
"After talking with you, no matter what you decide to do, the lord will never interfere."
"If you want to join my lord, he will warmly welcome you."
"If you don't want to serve anyone, the lord will never stop you."
"It's up to you." Lin Ziping yawned loudly. "Anyway, my life is in your hands now. You can ask me to meet whoever you want me to meet. Anyway, I will not work for anyone."
"Then please have a good rest. I'll take my leave now." Shintaro bowed to Lin Ziping again, then stood up and walked out of the room.
After Shintaro left, Keitaro and Shuntaro, who were also present, left soon after.
This mansion is an empty house in Shiranui, and Shintaro left it for Hayashi Shihei to live in temporarily.
There were two ninjas from their Shiranui guarding outside the door.
These two people were nominally protecting Lin Ziping, but in fact they were monitoring Lin Ziping.
To show his sincerity, Shintaro did not lock the door of Lin Ziping's mansion.
It doesn't matter whether it is locked or not, there are two ninjas watching him anyway.
After Shintaro left the mansion, he turned around and smiled at Shuntaro who was walking behind him:
"Shuntaro, you did a great job. As a reward, is there anything you want? Other than something I can't give you and letting the oiran go."
"Shut up." Shuntaro didn't want to say another word to Shintaro, so he said this word coldly.
"Shintaro-sama." Keitaro asked at the side, "What should we do with the young samurai we met in the abandoned temple? Should we find out who he is?"
"…We have too little information to find out who he is." Shintaro shook his head. "Let's ignore that person for now. Since the tunnel in that place has been known to outsiders, it can no longer be used. Keitaro, tell Hannosuke and the others to fill up the tunnel in that place later."
"yes."
"Then again, is that samurai that strong? He can fight you and Shuntaro alone and still not lose?"
"Yeah!" Keitaro nodded vigorously, "Very impressive."
When he heard that Shintaro was going to ignore Ogata, Shuntaro secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
When Shuntaro heard Shintaro and Keitaro discussing Ogata, he couldn't help but think back to the battle he had just had with Ogata.
Shuntaro lowered his head and looked at the palms of his hands.
After his sword collided with Ogata's sword, the pain that was transmitted to Shuntaro's palm still lingers to this day.
He hasn't encountered such a strong opponent for a long time.
——So strong…
As Shuntaro thought this in his mind, he slowly clenched his fists.
For the first time since he learned that Taifu had been captured, a light appeared in Shuntaro's eyes.
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Edo, the inn where Ogata and others stayed——
The large room where Ogata and the others lived was still brightly lit.
Lin and others sat together.
Also present were Uncle Qing and Gua Sheng.
Uncle Qing is simply a "treasure trove" for Lin and others.
Unlike Atachi who is just a Genin and doesn't have much information, Uncle Qing is a Jonin in Shiranui and knows much more than Atachi.
Without further ado, Lin and others quickly called Uncle Qing to hold a meeting and asked Uncle Qing to share the information he knew.
Lin and others originally wanted to ask Guasheng, an outsider, to leave temporarily.
But Uncle Qing told Lin and the others that Guasheng also hated people from Shiranui. Together, they had saved a lot of "dirty" people from Shiranui. Guasheng was his companion and could be absolutely trusted, so they could keep her present.
After hearing what Uncle Qing said, Lin hesitated for a while, then nodded and agreed to let Uesugi attend the meeting as well. She also told Uesugi that they were allies with Ogata, and that their trip to Edo and the reason why Ogata was hiding in Yoshiwara were all to eliminate Shiranui.
After learning the truth, Uesugi showed an expression of shock second only to when he found out that Majima Goro was Ogata Noriyoshi.
She didn't expect that the idol she respected actually had a grudge against Shiranui and was here to destroy Shiranui...
"This is the 'Saka Village' where the Saka live. This area is where the Jonin live. This area is where the Chunin and Genin live. There are several ways to enter the Shiranui..."
A somewhat rough map was placed in the middle of the people sitting in a circle.
This map is the map of Shiranui that Uncle Qing just hand-drew himself.
Uncle Qing sat up with the help of Ating, pointed at the map, and pointed out the important places in Shiranui to everyone present.
Lin and others listened attentively.
After Uncle Qing finished speaking, Lin let out a long sigh and bowed to Uncle Qing.
"Your intelligence is very helpful to us. Thank you very much for your help."
"You're welcome." After responding to Lin, Uncle Qing fell silent.
After a moment of silence, Uncle Qing couldn't help but ask Lin in a hesitant tone:
"Are you really planning on attacking Shiranui? Are you sure?"
Uncle Qing had just learned from Ogata why they came to Edo.
Uncle Qing has been surprised until now when he learned that the real purpose of Ogata and his men coming to Edo was to defeat Shiranui.
So much so that after sharing everything he knew, he still couldn't help but ask Lin if they were really planning to destroy .
As soon as Uncle Qing finished speaking, Lin responded without hesitation:
"Yes, we are sure. Now is the best time to attack Shiranui. If we don't eliminate this threat now, when will we do it?"
"Two of the Four Heavenly Kings are now gone." Mamiya on the side also said, "There is indeed no better time than now to eliminate Shiranui."
Makimura grinned and said, "Brother Ogata is really strong. He killed two of the Four Heavenly Kings by himself."
When Ogata brought Chiba and Kondo to Uncle Qing for treatment, Ogata secretly pulled Mamiya and Asai to a deserted place outside the room and told Mamiya and the others that when he went to rescue Uesugi, he had a conflict with Gokutaro, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings", and successfully killed him.
Of course - Ogata didn't say that he relied on the "state of no self" to get rid of Gokutaro.
After all, it was not convenient to explain to them how he entered the "selfless state" again.
It took Genichi 30 years from the creation of "Source Breathing" to being able to freely enter the "state of no self".
And if Ogata says now that he has reached the level that Genichi took 30 years to reach, it would be too shocking and difficult to explain.
Therefore, Ogata chose to continue to conceal the fact that he was able to freely enter the "state of no self", and only told them that he successfully defeated Gokutaro by using Kasumagami to launch a sneak attack.
After Chiba and Kondo left and Lin finished her lecture on Genichi, Mamiya and Asai informed everyone of Ogata's victory.
This is undoubtedly a very exciting piece of news for Lin and others.
Including Kotaro who had been killed by Ogata before, there are now only two of the "Four Heavenly Kings" left in Shiranui, and their strength has been further weakened.
"...Now all the conditions have matured." Asai, who usually spoke little, also interrupted at this time, "We have found the location of Shiranui's base, and we have the map of their base. The things we bought from Tojo-ya have arrived, and Shiranui's combat power has been further weakened... Now all we have left is to choose when to start the war."
"...I think the sooner we start the war, the better." Mamiya said in a deep voice, "Shiranui has just lost a king, which will more or less have a certain impact on their morale."
"If time drags on long enough, they will be able to regain their composure."
"I agree with Jiulang's point of view." Lin said, "For us, the sooner we launch an attack on Shiranui, the better."
Just as everyone was engaged in a serious discussion, a huge and inopportune yawn suddenly sounded.
“Ha~~~~”
The person who yawned was Shimada.
After Shimada yawned, everyone present looked at him with different expressions.
Everyone's eyes were focused on him, which made Shimada feel a little embarrassed.
“S-Sorry…”
"No need to apologize." Lin shook her head gently. "It's a little late now. It's understandable that you yawn."
"Speaking of late..." Makimura turned his head and looked at the window next to him, "Why haven't Brother Ogata and Master Genichi come back yet..."
"...I hope Ayi won't get into trouble again?" A hint of worry also appeared on Ating's face.
In A-Ming's impression, Ogata seems to have always been unlucky...
Wherever you go, you'll get into trouble.
Ogata hadn't returned yet, which made Ating worried that something messy had happened to Ogata again...
Ating's words made Lin and others silent.
They also have similar concerns at this time...
In their impression, Genichi is also a troublemaker...
Genichirō is even more extreme than Ogata.
Ogata seldom takes the initiative to cause trouble; usually troubles come to him on their own initiative.
But Yuanyi is different.
Genichi is the kind of person who not only likes trouble finding him, but he also likes to find trouble for himself...
"…Lord." Mamiya asked, "Do you want to go find them?"
“…No need.” Lin shook her head. “Let’s just keep waiting. Maybe they will be back soon.”
As soon as Lin finished speaking, footsteps suddenly sounded outside the room.
Hearing the footsteps, Lin was stunned at first.
Then he smiled at Mamiya and said:
"Look, isn't Uncle Gong back?"
Lin could clearly make out Genichi's footsteps.
As soon as the footsteps sounded outside the room, Lin recognized that it was Yuan Yi who came back.
Sure enough, footsteps were heard outside the room and the door was slowly opened.
The person who opened the door was none other than Genichi.
"Master Genichi." Ating asked Genichi hurriedly, "Where is Ayi? "
"Hmm?" Genichi raised an eyebrow, "Didn't Ogata-kun come back?"
Ating shook his head.
"He hasn't come back yet..." Genichi frowned slightly.
After closing the door, Genichi sat cross-legged in the circle formed by the crowd and told them everything that had happened when he and Ogata went to Yoshiwara.
It tells the story from his separation with Ogata to his encounter with the Flame Demon.
When Rin learned that a rebellion had occurred in Shiranui and that Enma was determined to interfere in Shiranui's affairs again, her face was filled with uncontrollable excitement.
"Bogong, is everything you said true? Did a rebellion really happen in Shiranui?"
"That's what Enma told me." Genichi said softly, "From what I see, he doesn't seem to be lying. He seems to really be planning to take this opportunity to retire and not get involved in anything in Shiranui anymore."
"This is really good news." Makimura also smiled at this time, "Now not only is Gokutaro gone in Shiranui, but also Enma is gone. The overall combat power has been weakened to an unprecedented level."
"…This is truly a godsend." Asai responded softly.
Compared to Lin and others who were focusing on Shiranui, Uesugi's attention was focused elsewhere.
"Is Taifu really missing?"
"Yes." Yuan nodded. "That's what an official from the Shirobei Club who knows Ogata-kun said. And Ogata-kun also went to check on that Miumeya, but I don't know why he hasn't come back yet."
"How could this happen..." Guasheng's face turned pale, "Taifu actually disappeared..."
A-Machi: "Besides the fact that Ayi went to the Umeya, Master Genichi, do you have any other information about Ayi's whereabouts?"
"No." Genichi shook his head. "We separated not long after entering Yoshiwara, so..."
Genichi hadn't finished his words yet.
Ta, tap, tap, tap…
Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside the room again.
Hearing the footsteps, joy quickly appeared on Ating's face.
"It's Ayi who's back."
Just like Lin recognized Genichi's footsteps, Atachi also recognized Ogata's footsteps.
Crash...
The door was opened.
With a slightly tired look on his face, Ogata, who had just escaped from the abandoned temple through the tunnel, walked slowly into the room.
After leaving the abandoned temple, Ogata had no choice but to go back to the hotel as he had lost all clues.
"Ogata-kun, why did you come back later than me?" Genichi asked first.
"That's a long story..." Ogata smiled bitterly.
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Ogata briefly recounted the series of events he had just encountered, which were much more complicated than what Genichi had experienced.
After Ogata finished telling his story, everyone also told him about Genichi's encounter with the Flame Demon and the information they got from him.
"...Two Shiranui ninjas are carrying an old man on their backs?" Mamiya asked in a deep voice, "Who is that old man?"
"Who knows." Ogata shrugged.
"...Anyway, what is certain now is that Shiranui is in a very chaotic situation right now," Mamiya continued.
"Yes... Now we can be sure that someone in Shiranui must have rebelled against their superiors." Lin let out a long sigh, "People in Shiranui must be very uneasy right now... This is a great time to attack..."
"The sooner we launch an attack on Shiranui, the better."
"If we delay it too late, the people in Shiranui will slowly calm down and we will miss the opportunity to attack..."
"Is this the right time to attack..." Mamiya murmured.
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"…Then I have a suggestion."
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It was Ogata's voice.
"It's still about three hours until dawn."
"Since the sooner we launch the attack, the better...then why not just set the attack time to after daybreak."
"Just after daybreak, let everything settle."
Ogata's tone was calm.
But the tone is powerful.
Ogata's simple words made everyone present look stern.
"…Ittosai, what a coincidence." Lin smiled, a rare smile on her face, "You and I - we thought of the same thing."
"Do you have any other ideas?" Lin looked at Mamiya and others beside her.
"It's up to my lord to decide." Mamiya said with a serious face.
Mucun and others didn't say anything, but just cast firm glances at Lin.
Ogata looked towards Atachi.
A-Machi didn't say anything, just looked straight into Ogata's eyes and nodded vigorously.
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It's a sunny day today.
At noon, the beams of sunlight were particularly dazzling.
When the sun reached its highest point, Shuntaro and Shintaro suddenly ordered all the ninjas in Shiranui to gather.
Of course - Shuntaro was forced to issue the call together with Shintaro.
Now that Enma is no longer around, Shuntaro and Shintaro are currently the people with the highest status in Shiranui.
The two people with the highest status jointly issued a call to action, and naturally the ninjas in the village dared not disobey.
Except for the ninjas who were on guard outside the village and some special positions, such as the ninjas responsible for guarding the "Ku Village", all the ninjas gathered in the open space in the village which was specially used to announce something to all the ninjas in the village.
After all the ninjas gathered, Shintaro loudly recited to them the speech he had prepared early in the morning.
Shintaro first explains to everyone that Gokutaro was attacked and killed by unknown persons while he was out on a mission.
As expected, after it was announced that Gokutaro was dead, there was an uproar.
Then, Shintaro said some reassuring words such as "We have started the investigation" and "We already have some clues".
Shuntaro stood silently by the side, looking coldly at Shintaro who was trying to comfort everyone.
Or rather——I was watching Shintaro act.
He had roughly guessed what Shintaro's next move would be.
Afterwards, Shintaro would probably support him to become a "puppet Flame Demon", or simply become the Flame Demon himself, and thereby completely control Shiranui little by little.
When he thought of this, Shuntaro's gaze towards Shintaro involuntarily turned cold.
He had originally planned to leave Shiranui, travel around the world, and practice martial arts to continue honing his skills.
As a result, he is now held hostage by Shintaro and has no choice but to submit to him. He wonders how long Shintaro plans to use him and when he will let him go.
Looking at Shintaro in front of him, Shuntaro silently clenched his fists that hung naturally.
There was a gleam in his eyes.
I don’t know what I’m thinking.
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At this moment——
"Are you all ready?" Lin asked the people behind her who were carrying the big things.
"Everything is ready."
Lin: "Then - let's go."
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In the unknown fire, outside——
At all times, there is always a group of ninjas on guard outside Shiranui.
This was true even when Shintaro and Shuntaro issued a joint call for a meeting of all the ninjas in the village.
The ninjas responsible for guarding outside the village stood at their respective posts meticulously, guarding outside the village.
At this moment, a ninja on the sentry post suddenly frowned.
Because - he suddenly saw black spots appearing at the end of the mountain road connecting to the village entrance.
As the black dots gradually grew bigger, he could gradually see clearly what they were.
Is an individual.
A look of astonishment appeared on the ninja's face.
Because they don't know that Huo's base is located in a very hidden place, it is generally impossible for outsiders to find it.
Just when the ninja was about to call out to his companions to inform them that someone was approaching——
call……
A strange whistling sound was heard...
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boom!
A sound like thunder was heard.
This sound alarmed all the ninjas in the open space, alarmed Shintaro and Shuntaro.
Shintaro stared blankly at the direction where the thunder came from - the direction of the village entrance.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A few more thunders were heard.
The ninjas in the open space were talking among themselves, discussing what was going on with the thunder.
As for Shintaro – the other ninjas didn’t recognize the sound of the thunder, but he did.
"Otsutsu...?!" Shintaro's face was losing color at a speed visible to the naked eye.
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boom!
Another "thunder" sounded.
A spherical black shadow as fast as lightning slammed heavily between two ninjas not far away.
The moment the spherical black shadow fell, the two ninjas both screamed.
A 40-year-old jonin waved his arms vigorously at the surviving ninjas who were on guard outside the village and shouted at the top of his voice: "Spread out, don't gather together! It's a big gun! If you gather together, you will only become a target!"
"Bastards! Fight with them!" A ninja with a ferocious face pulled out the ninja sword behind him and rushed towards the uninvited guests not far away.
"Idiot! Come back now!" The old jonin who had just asked everyone to disperse shouted angrily at the ninja who launched the mindless attack.
boom!
As soon as the old jonin's roar fell, another thunderous sound was heard.
Immediately afterwards, another round black shadow shot out.
The circular black shadow landed steadily next to the ninja who launched the mindless attack.
As soon as the circular black shadow fell, there was a loud "bang", and the ninja who launched the mindless attack fell to the ground without even having the chance to scream, and never got up again...
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Ogata and his men set the time for the attack at noon.
This way they would have a whole morning to get ready.
"Aim carefully and shoot!" Lin said loudly, "Don't waste ammunition!"
In order to completely solve the big problem of Shiranui, Lin thought of many ways to defeat Shiranui.
"Be careful! Get out of the way! That's a cannon, and anything it shoots out will explode!"
On the boat trip to Edo, Lin summarized all the methods she had thought of and came up with the most effective strategy to defeat the enemy.
"Ahh! My hand!"
To implement this strategy, they need the help of the "Tojo-ya" who have extensive connections and are involved in both black and white affairs. They are the most powerful Yakuza force in eastern Japan. If they want to buy something, they are the right people to go to.
"Quick! Kill them! Kill those people holding the big guns!"
So on the second day after arriving in Edo, Lin took Genichi to find the current boss of Tojo-ya, Tojo Daigo, and asked him to help find the location of Shiranui's base and also to help buy some things.
"Kuro! Don't let these ninjas get close!"
The thing that Lin asked Daigo Tojo to help buy was the big barrel.
The most effective strategy to defeat the enemy that Lin summed up was to use the large gun to bombard Shiranui!
Yesterday during the day, the big gun that Lin bought from Dongcheng Daigo finally arrived.
Equipment like the large cannon is much more expensive and rare than the iron cannon. Even the all-powerful Tojo Daigo could only get 18 of them for Lin.
18 big guns - this number actually exceeded Lin's expectations.
At that time, in addition to buying the big barrel from Tojo Daigo, Lin also made an appointment with Tojo Daigo to hire someone who could use the big barrel from him later.
After deciding to end the feud between Calabash House and Shiranui today, Lin went to the headquarters of Tojo-ya and found Tojo Daigo at dawn today, and asked Tojo Daigo to lend her the person who could use the big gun as agreed.
It takes two people to operate a large barrel.
The Dongcheng house can even get a big barrel, so naturally there are many people who can operate the big barrel.
Seeing that Lin came to ask for people, Tojo Daigo did not hesitate. He waved his hand and assigned 36 subordinates who could use the large gun to Lin.
In order to boost the morale of the 36 gunners borrowed from Dongcheng Daigo, Lin specially withdrew a sum of her savings from the bank, and then spent the money crazily to give each gunner 20 taels of gold as resettlement fee.
If he died, his family could get another 80 taels.
The reward of 20 taels of gold - they would have to work in Dongcheng House for many years to save up this money.
Lin's throwing of money boosted the morale of the 36 gunners.
So... there was a scene like this: Lin, Ogata and others led 36 people carrying large guns and headed straight towards the base in Shiranui.
The following is the full force of the attack on Shiranui: Ogata, A-machi, everyone in Huluya, and 36 gunners borrowed from Tojo Daigo.
Guasheng also wanted to participate.
She already had a grudge against Shiranui, and she also wanted to contribute her own part to Shiranui's destruction.
It's a pity that she had too many wounds on her body and could only exert one-third of her full strength, so Ogata still persuaded her to stay in the hotel to take care of Uncle Qing.
Many people mistakenly believe that a large barrel is a cannon.
This is actually wrong.
There are many types of Japanese tubes.
Some of the cannons do look like cannons, have wheels for mobility, and have firepower that is not inferior to cannons.
But most of the big barrels are something between a musket and a cannon.
In layman's terms, it is an "ancient version of a rocket launcher."
The large cannon that Lin bought from Tojo Daigo is a "bazooka" that is more convenient to carry, rather than a "cannon".
As early as the Warring States Period 200 years ago, the Otsutsu began to be active.
The large barrel mainly uses two types of shells.
One is a solid bullet.
The other type is the shrapnel shell, which will explode when it hits the target, and the fragments of the shell will fly everywhere, causing splash damage.
The shells that Lin bought from Dongcheng Daigo were, without exception, all shrapnel shells...
As they approached Shiranui's base, Lin ordered a salvo fire.
Just one round of artillery fire stunned the ninjas who were on guard outside the village.
In order to ensure the safety of the gunners borrowed from Tojo Daigo, Lin asked Mamiya and the others to stand at the outermost edge of the gunners like her, to protect the gunners' safety and prevent the ninjas from getting close.
Under their protection, the gunners indiscriminately bombed any ninja within their sight.
There is no need to aim specifically because their shells are shrapnel shells. Even if they don't hit the enemy directly, they can still kill the enemy with splash damage.
After only a short battle with the ninjas on guard outside the village, they were defeated by the alternating bombardment of the large guns, and their defense line was completely torn apart...
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The ninja who was sent to check the situation came back, and from him, Shintaro and Shuntaro understood what had happened.
After learning that unknown people were attacking them with a large number of cannons, Shintaro's face instantly turned ugly as if he had eaten shit.
At this moment, many questions suddenly came to Shintaro's mind.
The biggest question, of course, is - who are these people who suddenly attacked them?
Shintaro didn't care about the questions that kept popping up in his mind.
He dismissed the questions in his mind one by one, and replaced them with a cry from Kanesada - the attack of this group of people must be stopped as soon as possible!
He had finally taken the first step towards controlling the entire Shiranui, and he didn't want Shiranui to disappear just like that.
Shintaro turned around and shouted to the ninjas who were still in the open space and were frightened by the continuous thunder:
"Everyone! There is an enemy attack! Prepare to meet the enemy!!"
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Relying on the power of the Ōtsu, Ogata and his crew successfully defeated the ninjas who were responsible for guarding the periphery and attacked into Shiranui.
After entering the Shiranui, Ogata shouted to Lin beside him:
"Ms. Lin! Then we will separate for now! I wish you good luck in martial arts!"
"Yes!" Lin nodded vigorously, "I wish you good luck in martial arts!"
After wishing each other a happy blessing, Ogata turned his head and winked at Atachi beside him.
After understanding the meaning of Ogata's eyes, A-Machi nodded vigorously, then separated from Lin and the others together with Ogata.
Lin and his men continued to lead the gunners straight towards the center of Shiranui.
Ogata and Atachi took another road.
And this road leads to "Gu Village".
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Time goes back to this morning——
When Ogata and the others decided to settle all the grievances with Shiranui at noon after dawn today -
"Your fighting power is still too little." Uncle Qing said coldly, "Even if you say you have the help of Datong, your fighting power is still too little."
"If you want to defeat Shiranui, you will need more help."
"Otherwise, Shiranui can still use the advantage in numbers to wear you down little by little."
Uncle Qing's words made Lin frown slightly.
Just when Lin was about to say something——
“…I have an idea.”
A-Ting suddenly interrupted out of the blue.
"How about we... rescue the 'Saka' while we attack Shiranui?"
As soon as Ating said this, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.
Uncle Qing, who was sitting next to Ating, turned his head and looked at Ating with a bit of surprise in his eyes.
"Save 'Gu'?" Asai gave Atachi a puzzled look.
"From what I know, many of the 'fouls' actually hold a grudge against Shiranui." Atachi said softly, "They were only forced to succumb to the tyranny because they were powerless to resist."
"If we rescue them and tell them that we are here to destroy Shiranui."
"Maybe we can get some of the 'dirt' to take up arms and fight alongside us."
"Many of the 'Sakazu' were originally ninjas, and they have a certain level of strength."
"With some help from the 'dirt', it can relieve a lot of our pressure."
“…I see.” Mamiya nodded. “That’s a good idea.”
"But..." Asai raised his doubts at this time, "I think if you let the 'dirty' out, most of them will definitely take this opportunity to escape. I don't think many people have the courage to resist the people in Shiranui."
"It doesn't matter even if most of the 'Ku' escape." Atachi's tone was full of determination, "As long as the 'Ku' in the 'Ku Village' are released, it will definitely increase the chaos in Shiranui."
"As long as we can make Shiranui more chaotic and affect their command, we will have made a profit."
"...I understand." Lin said softly, "Ms. A-Ming's idea is very good. I agree with it."
The others looked at each other.
Then they all expressed their approval of Ating's plan.
"Uncle Qing." Ah Ting looked at Uncle Qing beside him, "Do you know where the keys to the shackles of the 'Gu' are stored?"
If you want to rescue "Gu", you must first find a way to remove the shackles on their feet, otherwise rescuing "Gu" will be nonsense.
"I know." Uncle Qing nodded. "In order to make it easier for the 'Gu' to work, I would occasionally remove the 'Gu's shackles."
"So for convenience, the key to the shackles is placed in a two-story house in the north of 'Gu Village'."
"That house is where the ninjas who are in charge of guarding the 'Sakamura' rest."
"Let me draw you a map of 'Gu Village'."
For Uncle Qing, who had to defect to Shiranui because he helped the "Gu" people escape, he was very familiar with the "Gu Village".
In a short while, Uncle Qing drew a detailed map of "Gu Village" and marked the location of the house where the key to the shackles was stored...
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Lin and the others, who were leading the gunners, headed straight into the depths of the Shiranui.
In this battle with Shiranui, we can only attack quickly, not slowly.
If they slow down the attack speed and allow the Shiranui ninjas to recover and start counterattacking, Lin and the others will be in trouble.
No matter what, the number of people in Shiranui far exceeds theirs.
If we allow them to recover and start counterattacking, there is a possibility that we will lose.
So after entering the Shiranui, Lin did not stop at all, and ordered everyone to continue the attack, heading deeper into the Shiranui, and chasing down all the ninjas within her sight.
Attacking and breaking through the enemy's depth before the enemy has time to organize a defense, making it difficult for the enemy to organize a defense - this is one of the basic tactics both in ancient times and in modern times.
whoosh——!
Just as Lin and the others advanced to a place deep in the Shiranui, Lin suddenly heard a gust of breaking wind coming towards her.
As if it was a conditioned reflex, Lin stretched out her left hand to reach for the Yama on her right waist, and used the Muga Two-Sword Style's sword-drawing technique "Raikiri" to knock down the kunai that was flying towards them.
As soon as she shot down the kunai, Lin saw groups of ninjas pouring out from the ends of the roads ahead.
They were all dressed in black, like ants crawling out of an anthill.
Looking at the large number of ninjas in front of her, Lin said in a deep voice:
“Here I come…”
The main force from Shiranui is here.
It was faster than Lin had imagined.
"Prepare for artillery fire!" Lin ordered the gunners behind him, "Prepare to fire!"
The real battle...
No.
It should be said that the real battle has begun!