Osaka, somewhere——
"Sir, the bodies have been collected." A musketeer said respectfully to Baixiang.
"Yeah, okay." Bai Xiang nodded.
At this time, Bai Xiang was standing in front of a cart.
If there was an ordinary person at the scene at that time, he would probably gasp in fear or even collapse to the ground when he saw the cart in front of Bai Xiang.
There were more than a dozen bodies neatly stacked on this cart.
These dozen or so corpses were the remains of the casualties who had just failed in the ambush on Ogata and were then killed by Ogata.
Finally completing the task assigned to him by Sakuma to "collect the bodies of his subordinates", Mayor Hideo breathed a sigh of relief and said to the two subordinates beside him:
"Carry these bodies back to Longshui Temple. Remember to move quickly."
"yes!"
"Hmm? Bai Xiang, why are you here?"
Suddenly, a young male voice sounded behind Bai Xiang.
Hearing this male voice that sounded particularly familiar to him, Bai Xiang raised his eyebrows:
"Naganosuke?"
Bai Xiang asked this while looking behind him.
Behind him is a big tree nearly 3 meters high.
On a thick branch at the top of the tree, a young man in black clothes was squatting.
The young man in black didn't seem to intend to come down from the tree. He just maintained the squatting position, looking down at Baixiang below with a smile on his face.
"Are you collecting the bodies?" the young man called Naganosuke asked Chao Baixiang.
"Yes." Bai Xiang smiled bitterly, "Sakuma gave me 10 people and asked me to collect the bodies of my subordinates who died under Shura's sword."
"Ha, collecting the corpses? This is indeed the style of Sakuma, who always loves his soldiers like his own sons." Naganosuke shrugged.
"What about you?" Now it was Baigou Chao Naganosuke's turn to ask, " What are you doing now, the 'lone ranger'?"
Having said this, Bai Xiang changed his tone to a joking one.
"Plan A of 'ambush Shura' failed, and now Plan B of 'hunt down Shura throughout the city' is being implemented."
"As a member of the Iga Ninja, and an elite with the name 'Star of Iga', shouldn't you be acting as the 'eyes' of our army, busy looking for Shura and locating his position? How come you have the time to chat with me now?"
"I am indeed busy looking for Shura." Naganosuke curled his lips, "But people always need to rest."
"Just now, I have been looking for Shura in this area. My eyes are sore from looking so much, so I decided to sit on this tree for a while and take a rest. As a result, I happened to run into you."
At this point, Naganosuke yawned loudly.
"Really... If Plan A of 'Ambush Shura' could succeed, I wouldn't have to suffer this anymore... Is that Shura that strong? We mobilized more than 60 musketeers to ambush him, and he still managed to escape."
Naganosuke glanced at the cart filled with bodies.
"And he killed so many of them... Each of these musketeers, who were personally trained by the British Army instructors, was very valuable. So many of them died that even I felt a little sad."
“…Although it’s strange to praise the enemy, I still have to admit that Shura is much more powerful than we thought…” Bai Xiang’s face darkened, “Whether it’s agility, reaction speed, or explosive power, they are all terrifyingly strong.”
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that humans could jump so far..."
The scene of Ogata leaping over 8 meters from the roof in one breath and jumping directly into the musket formation emerged uncontrollably in Baixiang's mind, making Baixiang shudder involuntarily.
"Oh?" Naganosuke raised an eyebrow, "Can you tell me how that Shura managed to escape from your ambush?"
"There's not much to say... The process of Shura's counterattack against us was quite quick and simple."
Bai Xiang briefly told Naganosuke the whole process of how they ambushed Shura and how they were killed by Shura.
After hearing this, Naganosuke grinned:
"He was pointed at by more than 60 flintlock rifles, but he was able to turn the tables... What an incredible skill..."
"I really want to compete with him..."
"Heh." Bai Xiang sneered, "I advise you not to do such a stupid thing. I think you are definitely no match for that Shura... Hmm? Naganosuke, what are you looking at?"
Naganosuke seemed to have discovered something just now. He turned his head and looked towards the west.
Baixiang asked loudly what Naganosuke was looking at, but Naganosuke acted as if he didn't hear him and continued to look west without saying a word.
Just as Baixiang was about to ask Naganosuke more questions, Naganosuke suddenly grinned:
"… Bai Xiang, come and have a look. We… seem to have found that Shura's companion."
"Companions?" Bai Xiang's eyebrows jumped suddenly, then he quickly climbed onto the roof of the house next to him, took out a telescope from his arms, and looked to the west.
"Where?"
"There's a woman running on the west street. Do you see her?"
Following Naganosuke's instructions, Baixiang searches for the "running woman".
This place is a remote area in Osaka, and there are not even a few ghosts, so after a while, Bai Xiang found a gorgeous figure on a street in the west.
She was a very pretty young woman.
He was wearing a red-based kimono with white accents. He had no socks on his feet, but was wearing a pair of flat-soled wooden clogs with red shoelaces. Hanging from his waist was a wakizashi that even commoners and women could carry.
She didn't put her hair into a bun, but tied her waist-length hair into a high ponytail.
The beautiful woman looked hurried and ran very fast, as if she was in a hurry to go somewhere. The ponytail tied behind her head bounced up and down and fluttered as she ran.
After spotting this beautiful woman in the camera, Bai Xiang was immediately stunned.
No...to be precise, Bai Xiang was stunned after seeing the abnormally protruding part of the woman.
The beautiful woman had a figure that was extremely rare in this era.
The fabric at the chest of her kimono was bulging.
Looking at the woman with a very rare figure in the camera, Bai Xiang's expression slowly changed from dazed to excited.
This is not the kind of excitement that a lecherous man gets when he sees a beautiful woman.
It’s the excitement a hunter gets when he sees a high-value prey.
"Haigou." Naganosuke said slowly, "If I remember correctly... that Shura had a wife who was very beautiful and had a very big vagina?"
"You are not mistaken."
As soon as Naganosuke finished speaking, Baixiang immediately replied like this.
"According to the information we have so far, that Shura does have a very beautiful wife with a very large vagina."
"He showed up here at this time in a hurry... His body shape is exactly the same as Shura's wife's..."
Bai Xiang's breathing gradually became heavy due to his excitement.
"Naganosuke, are you interested in working with me?"
"If we're lucky, we'll accomplish something great tonight!"
"It seems very interesting." Naganosuke grinned.
…
…
After leaving the hotel, Ating rushed to Master Yuer's house without stopping.
Suddenly, a faint smell of blood went straight into Ating's nose.
Since following Ogata, the smell of blood has become one of the smells that Ating smells most often.
Convinced that he had not smelled it wrong, Ating slowed down his pace and glanced around with a vigilant look.
After a while, she found where the smell of blood came from.
“This is…!” Ating looked at the ground in front of him with astonishment.
Under the moonlight, Ating could clearly see that there was a lot of blood splattered on the mud in front of him.
This is exactly where Ogata was ambushed just now.
Although the body had been taken away by Bai Xiang, he did not clean up the bloodstains on the ground.
Standing next to the pools of blood that had not yet completely dried, Ating's expression became ugly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
All kinds of bad guesses emerged in A-Ting's mind...
She looked around, trying to see if there was anything new to discover.
After looking around and finding nothing of value, Ating bit his lower lip, then spread out his feet again and rushed to Master Yuer's house at the fastest speed he could.
While rushing to Master Yu Er's home, he prayed silently in his heart.
I pray that nothing unexpected happens to Ogata.
The house of Master Yoji, which he had visited once before, finally appeared in front of Atachi.
Finally, they arrived at Master Yoji's house - but Atachi's mood became even heavier than before.
Because there was no light in Master Yu Er's house and no sound came from the house.
Moreover... Ah-Ming could vaguely smell a faint stench coming from Master Yu-ji's house...
As we got closer to Master Yu Er's home, the stench became stronger and stronger.
——Could it be that…
A horrible guess made most of the color disappear from Ating's face.
"Master Yu Er! Master Yu Er! Are you home?"
A-Ming stood outside the door, shouting "Master Yu-er".
No matter how she shouted, no one in the house answered.
Ating raised his hand to open the door.
The door is not locked...
"...Master Yu Er, please forgive my impoliteness."
After saying this, Atachi held the door with his left hand and placed his right hand on the handle of the wakizashi hanging at his waist.
Crash...
The door was slowly opened, and the scene behind the door was clearly revealed to Ating's eyes.
"!!!"
Looking at the scene in the room, Ating's pupils suddenly shrank and she almost screamed.
The room had become a paradise for flies.
When Ating suddenly opened the door, he startled the flies in the room.
They were flying around with a buzzing sound.
Amidst the swarms of flies flying around, Ah-Machi saw the body of Master Yoji...lying on the floor of the corridor leading to the main gate.
The unpleasant stench dissipated from the body of Master Yu Er.
Holding his breath, Ating slowly walked into the room, brushed away the flies flying around with his hands, and walked to the body of Master Yuer.
Master Yu Er was lying on his back on the ground, with the fatal wound being a knife wound on his forehead.
His forehead was split open and blood and brain matter were all over the ground.
His eyes were wide open, and although they had long lost their luster, they still contained traces of astonishment and fear.
Based on the condition of the body, A-Machi deduced that Master Yoji was probably murdered the day before.
Normally, as long as the time of death exceeds one day, the body will start to stink. Moreover, it is still spring and the temperature has become hot. Although Master Yu Er's body cannot be said to be extremely smelly now, it is still smelly enough that people don't want to get close to it.
"how so……"
With a sad expression, Ating slowly squatted down, raised his hand and stroked Master Yuer's face, closing Master Yuer's eyes.
Then close your eyes and put your hands together.
——Please rest in peace…
Ating does not believe in Buddhism, so he does not know how to recite the Buddhist mantra for rebirth.
She originally wanted to recite the Shinto spell used to liberate the souls of the dead for Master Yuer.
But considering that she didn't have the time to do such a thing, she closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and repeated "Rest in peace" and Then, A-Machi opened her eyes and looked around Master Yoji's room.
The house was full of signs of rummaging.
Cabinets and boxes were pushed over and everything was turned out.
After walking around the house, Atachi immediately discovered that there was something missing from the house that should never be missing in Master Yoji's home - a knife!
The swords made by Master Yuer, as well as the Daishikuten and Daishizai that Ogata had previously entrusted Master Yuer to repair, all disappeared...
The second master was killed.
All the swords in the house, including Ogata's sword, were missing.
Ogata, who came here to get a knife tonight, has not returned to the hotel and has not been seen yet.
After combining all the events that are known so far...A-Chun suddenly felt as if he was falling into an icy cave.
She had a vague premonition that someone was targeting Ogata!
——We have to find Ayi quickly!
As Ah-Ming was shouting in her heart, footsteps suddenly sounded from far away outside the house, approaching the house quickly...
…
…
When Atachi first entered Master Yoji's house——
"...This woman went into the swordsmith's house." Bai Xiang, who was lying on the trunk of a large tree not far from Master Yu Er's house, put down the telescope in his hand and smiled happily, "She went into the swordsmith's house at this time with an anxious look on her face... It can be basically confirmed that this woman is Shura's wife."
"Let me guess... Shura's wife probably saw that her husband hadn't returned home yet, so she decided to come to the swordsmith's house to look for Shura."
"Ha, I really want to see what kind of expression this woman has when she sees that her husband's sword is missing." Naganosuke, who was sitting next to Baixiang, sneered, "Shura's sword was sent to this place for repair - how can we remain indifferent to such important information?"
"Come to think of it..." Baixiang turned his head and looked at Naganosuke, "You are participating in this mission of 'taking Shura's sword', right?"
"Yeah, that's right." Naganosuke said calmly, "It's a boring mission."
"Go in and kill the swordsmith. To prevent someone from taking the wrong sword, search every corner of the house and take away all the swords in the house and move them to our main camp."
Having said this, Naganosuke smiled and gestured to his forehead a few times.
"I was the one who killed the knife maker."
"After rushing into the room, I went straight to the knife maker and chopped his brains out."
"This knife maker is quite pitiful."
"Just because I helped Shura repair his sword, I suffered such an unexpected disaster."
After saying this, Chojirosuke, who had good eyesight and could see distant objects clearly even without a telescope, turned his gaze back to Master Yoji's residence not far away.
"So - Bai Xiang, what are you going to do now?"
"What are you going to do? Is there any need for me to tell you." Bai Xiang grinned and jumped down from the tree.
"Of course, we're going to arrest people and make great contributions!"
"Naganosuke, you lead four people to stand guard outside."
"I'll lead some people in to catch them!"
"You're going to bring people in yourself?" Naganosuke raised his eyebrows. "To be on the safe side, I think it would be better to surround the room and force the woman to come out."
"No need to go through so much trouble!" Bai Xiang waved her hand. "I'm just a woman, why would I bother with so much trouble?"
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…
When he heard the footsteps approaching quickly outside the house, A-Ming's expression immediately changed.
At this time, A-Ming was standing in the corridor connecting to the front door of the house.
She had already seen several figures swaying outside the door.
Escape - it's too late.
Her instinct as a kunoichi emerged at this moment.
Realizing that she had no time to escape from the house and had no idea what was happening outside, Atachi turned over and jumped behind a large cabinet that had been knocked over at her feet.
The same moment she jumped behind the cabinet, there was a loud bang as the door of the house was kicked open roughly.
"The woman in the house!"
Bai Xiang led four musketeers into the house.
"Stop hiding! I saw you hiding behind the cabinet just now!"
"Just surrender yourself! This way you will suffer less pain!"
Hearing Baixiang's somewhat proud shout, Ating's face darkened.
——I am...being followed...?!
It was obvious that this group of people took advantage of the moment when she entered Master Yu Er's room and rushed into the room to capture her.
There was no need to pretend to be dead. A-Ming leaned against the cabinet that separated her from Baixiang and the others and shouted:
"Who are you?"
While moaning, Atachi raised her hands, grabbed the lapels of her kimono at the chest, and pulled them apart, revealing the bottomless Mariana Trench.
When you gaze into the abyss, you can often find another world inside.
Ah-Ming reached into the Mariana Trench and pulled out two items - two pistols that she always carried with her.
Su Ying, who can fire 4 shots in a row, and Fei Ying, who can only fire once but is extremely powerful.
When Ating took out her weapon, Baixiang shouted arrogantly:
"You don't need to know who we are!"
"All you need to know is that we are not here to kill you."
"We have no interest in your life!"
"Just follow me and answer some of our questions!"
"As long as you cooperate with us, I promise to keep you safe! Your life, chastity, etc. will all be preserved."
"Otherwise... hehe, I have some unique ideas on how to torture women."