Chapter 457 Start Stealth! (Start Wushuang!) [7400 Words]

There was a glitch in the last chapter.

Ogata's Shiranuijutsu is also "advanced" now.

Previously, at the beginning of volume 6, when leveling up at the gourd house base in Owari, the Shiranui Ninjutsu was upgraded to the fifth stage. After having 3 exclusive skill points, Ogata used 2 of them to upgrade the Shiranui Ninjutsu , from Intermediate to Advanced.

The author accidentally forgot the plot...

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Ogata didn't understand military strategy, so he couldn't understand the level of the sentry posts of this group of bandits.

But A-cho could understand it—although he wasn't very proficient.

When A-Machi was training ninjas before, he had received training on "how to judge the security situation of the enemy's position".

Even Ah Ding, who is not very proficient in this "class", can see that the level of sentry posts of this group of bandits is very poor.

All the guards are not concentrating on guarding, let alone.

The placement of sentry posts is also messy.

According to A-Ming - the location of the sentry post of this group of bandits gave her a feeling that "it was placed according to her mood".

The number of sentry posts is also completely insufficient.

In a word: there should be no one among this group of bandits who knows how to set up camps and place sentries.

But think about it from another angle - it's normal to not have such talents.

After all, apart from the peasant uprising, there has not been any war in this country in the past two hundred years.

Warriors don't know how to fight. This group of bandits transformed from "former warriors" didn't understand things related to war such as setting up camps and posting posts, it was completely normal.

A Ding said: The only thing that can be called an advantage in the sentry arrangement of this group of bandits is that they know how to arrange secret posts.

The arrangement of dark whistle is much more difficult than that of whistle.

Where is it suitable to put a secret whistle, where it is superfluous to put a secret whistle, and where to put a secret whistle will only have the opposite effect... These are all extremely technical matters.

This group of bandits even set up the bright whistle so badly, let alone the dark whistle, which is almost like a random swing.

When receiving ninja training before, A-cho also received training on "how to find the enemy's secret whistle"-of course, A-cho didn't learn this "class" very well.

It's just that the knowledge Ah Ding has is more than enough to deal with this gang of bandits who have messed up the light and dark posts.

At this moment, Ah Ding detected a secret sentry ahead—a thin bandit standing in the darkness.

Sure enough, the bandit was also paddling, and he wasn't keeping watch seriously at all. Only kept yawning.

Ogata and Machi looked at each other.

I'll do it——Ogata said to A-Machi with his eyes.

And A-cho didn't talk nonsense, just nodded, and then stopped in place.

In order to avoid whether the saber at the waist will bump into something and make abnormal noises,

While carefully holding the saber at his waist with his left hand, Ogata squatted down and used the Shiranui-ryu stealth technique, leaning back little by little to the bandit who was standing on guard.

The bandit is not concentrating on guarding at all now, and he doesn't seem to have the ability to detect Ogata who has the "intermediate" Shiranui Stealth Technique.

Approaching the bandit's back, Ogata quickly jumped up, covered the bandit's mouth with his left hand, and quickly pulled out Da Zizai with the other hand, using Sakakibara's one-sword bird stab, from his back It pierced his neck and exited his throat.

The shorter Dazizai is more suitable for assassination.

Like piercing through a piece of soaked rice paper, Da Zizai easily penetrated the bandit's throat.

Under the effect of the backlight, the bandit burst out with great strength, struggling violently, trying to break free from Kai Ogata's control.

It's a pity - Ogata's current strength value is 20 points.

In Ogata's eyes, the bandit's struggle was like a puppy in his arms struggling to kick his legs.

After struggling for a moment, the bandit slowly stopped moving due to the slow loss of vitality.

"2..."

【Ding! Sakakibara Ichidou Style·Bird Stab, kill the enemy]

[Get 70 personal experience points, 65 experience points for swordsmanship "Sakakibara Ichidou", and 10 experience points for ninjutsu "Shiranui Ninjutsu"]

[Current personal level: LV35 (720/5400)]

[Sakakibara Ichikatsu level: 12 ranks (4220/9000)]

[Shiranui Ninjutsu Level: 6th Stage (4080/4500)]

Because Ogata used the Shiranui-ryu stealth technique to sneak up on the bandit's back before attacking, so according to the system's judgment, Shiranui-ryu ninjutsu also gained a little experience.

Not much, but better than nothing.

After laying the lifeless bandit in his arms on the ground, Ogata waved to A-cho, signaling that he was safe.

Even the Lord of Heaven is helping Ogata and the others tonight—tonight is cloudy, with thick clouds separating the sky from the earth, and the moonlight is blocked above the clouds.

This dim sight made it easier for Ogata and the others to hide their figures.

The two continued to go deep for a certain distance, and then found a bright post of the bandit.

This time not only the clear sentry was discovered, but also a dark sentry was found not far from the clear sentry.

The distance between the two guard posts is extremely close, and if you kill any bandit on one guard post, you will be discovered by the bandits on the other guard post.

So if you want not to be discovered, you can only kill these two bandits at the same time.

So Ogata and A-Machi exchanged glances again.

Without any communication, just by exchanging eyes, the two made decisions and assigned tasks.

Ogata walked towards the bandits at Mingshao.

A-cho walked towards the bandit who was secretly sentinel.

Acho's movements are softer and less noticeable than Ogata's - because she also has the Shiranui-ryu breath holding technique: a technique to reduce her own breath by controlling the rhythm of her breathing.

Because Ogata felt that the Shiranui-ryu breath-holding technique was useless to him, so he never spent skill points to learn it.

Ogata repeated the steps he had just taken to assassinate the bandit under the secret whistle: he used the Shiranui stealth technique to sneak around behind the bandit, and then used the bird thorn to penetrate his throat, killing him with one blow.

At the same time that Ogata killed the bandit at the bright post, Atachi also killed the bandit at the dark post.

Acho used the Shiranui Assassination Technique - a swordsmanship technique specially used for assassination.

Covering the bandit's mouth with his left hand to prevent him from making a sound, he leveled the rib of his right hand and pierced the bandit's heart precisely along the gap between his ribs.

The reason why the blade should be laid flat is to avoid being blocked by the bandit's ribs when piercing the bandit's heart.

A-machi, who uses the Shiranui-ryu assassination technique, is much more agile than Ogata, who simply and roughly pierces the bandit's throat.

Although A-cho's Shiranui-ryu four jutsu, besides jujitsu, the other three - stealth, assassination, and breath-holding can only be regarded as the tail end compared with ninjas of the same generation, but they are also completely enough to deal with this group of strength Bad bandit.

"3, 4..."

After silently remembering the number of bandits he and A-Machi had killed so far, Ogata continued to head toward the depths of the bandit stronghold with A-Machi...

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"what……"

A bandit with a big beard who was holding a bottle of bad wine yawned big, and then said to a fellow bandit with a mustache sitting not far from him:

"What time is it?"

The bearded bandit and this little bearded bandit have been friends for quite a long time.

Both of them were samurai who were ruthlessly abandoned by their respective vassal states due to the "famine in the sky".

After becoming ronin, they met each other by various chances and coincidences.

After working as a thief for a few years in partnership with several other companions, he was invited by the leader of this bandit—that is, Koizumi two months ago, and merged into Koizumi’s command. Transform into the current bandit.

As soon as the bearded bandit finished speaking, the little bearded bandit raised his head and glanced at the sky:

"It's cloudy now, so I can't tell what time it is. But it should be quite late."

After all, the mustache bandit raised the bad wine in his hand again, and poured the bad wine into his mouth vigorously.

In this desolate wild forest, gulping down wine has become one of the few pleasures of bandits like them.

After dinner, the bearded bandit and the little bearded bandit sat face to face under a certain tree, chatting nonsense while drinking poor-quality rice wine.

After the little beard took a sip of wine into his mouth, the big beard followed closely, lifting the wine bottle with a sip of wine left in his hand.

After drinking the remaining wine in the bottle, he threw the empty bottle aside and said casually:

"By the way, Ohno and the others who were sent to 'negotiate' with that small broken village haven't come back yet?"

"It seems to be." Mustache nodded, "I heard that the boss is very worried now, if Ohno and the others haven't come back after dawn tomorrow, he will lead all of us to that small broken village to see what happened gone."

"Oh." The bearded man sneered, "Da Ye and the others were killed by those villagers, right?"

"How is that possible." Mustache smiled mockingly, "The total population of that village is less than 100, and there are only 30 young and strong people at most. How can they deal with Ono and the others?"

"Really, why bother to send someone to negotiate with the people in that village?" The bearded man curled his lips in dissatisfaction, "Go straight over and snatch all the money and women in their village, wouldn't it be okay? "

"You don't understand that, do you?" Mustache smiled, and then took another sip of wine, "If you directly rob the village of all the money and women, it is tantamount to driving them all to death indirectly. , It’s killing the chicken to get the egg.”

"As long as we have half of their money, we can prevent all the people in that small village from starving to death."

"In this way, we can grab another wave next year."

"And if you rob the village of all the money in one go, it will easily attract the attention of the government."

"Only asking for half of the village's money in a 'friendly' way can make the government feel that we are not a big threat, and instead focus more on dealing with the other groups of bandits who are more threatening."

"Hmph, I don't understand these big principles." The bearded man snorted coldly, "The reason why I became a bandit is to live a free life of drinking heavily and playing with women recklessly."

"I just want to live this life quickly."

"Who doesn't want to live such a life." Mustache shrugged, and then poured another mouthful of low-quality rice wine, "Who didn't choose to be a bandit in order to live a much more enjoyable life than before?"

"My only wish now is to live a happy life for a while before I am wiped out by the officials."

"Hello." The bearded man cast an unhappy look at the little bearded man, "What do you mean 'before you are wiped out by the officials'? Don't say such unlucky things."

"I'm just telling the truth." Mustache shrugged, "In the past few years since the outbreak of the 'Daylight Famine', the reason why the bandits on our side of Ou have become more and more powerful is simply because the government has no time to take care of us. "

"The government has no time to take care of us. In addition, a large number of samurai are forced to become ronin for various reasons, so that all the bandits will always have fresh blood to join, so that the bandits on our side of Ou can continue to grow and develop. .”

"Now the 'Daylight Famine' has passed."

"Stability has gradually returned to various places, and the government has gradually begun to have spare power to deal with bandits like us."

"At some point, we will be suppressed by the government."

"Cut!" The bearded man spat hard on the ground, "Your speech is really ugly! Can't you speak something nice? I won't chat with you anymore! I'm going to pee!"

After all, the bearded man grabbed the knife placed aside, and walked quickly towards the darkness not far away.

And the mustache watched the bearded man who went to pee with a wry smile.

"Where are you going to pee?"

"Of course I peed in a place where you can't see me. If there are other people around, I can't pee."

After the bearded man completely disappeared from the field of vision, the mustache bandit took his eyes back and began to drink while slowly waiting for the bearded man to return.

But gradually—Moustache began to notice something was wrong.

He found that the beard seemed to be too slow.

The little beard drank all the wine in the bottle, but the figure of the big beard reappeared in front of him.

Even if it's shit, it won't take so long.

"He probably drank too much and passed out in the enemy..." Moustache muttered, grabbed the saber in his arms, stood up, and walked in the direction that Big Beard left just now.

The bearded man did drink a little too much wine tonight, so the little beard wondered if the bearded man was halfway through the piss, drunk and fell to the ground.

If that's the case, then drag him back to the bed quickly.

Lying in the snow and sleeping overnight, it is easy to die.

Because some people are already sleeping now, Xiao Huzi didn't dare to call Big Beard's name loudly, so he could only hold the knife and follow the direction that Big Beard left just now.

It's cloudy now, with no moonlight.

Although my eyes have long been used to the darkness, I still can't even see things at my feet clearly.

In order to avoid tripping or kicking something, Mustache could only slow down and move forward inch by inch.

But because it was too dark, the little bearded man looked around, except for the darkness, he could only see the darkness, and he couldn't find the big bearded man at all.

Just when the little beard was thinking about whether to go back to find a torch or call other people to find the big beard, the little beard suddenly felt that his right foot seemed to have kicked something.

A piece of...something with a bit of elasticity.

Puzzled, Mustache leaned down and looked towards his feet.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, the whole person's soul is scared away.

His eyes immediately widened in horror!

Lying at his feet, what he had just kicked, was a beard.

To be precise, it was the corpse of the bearded man.

The bearded man lying on the ground had his throat pierced by a sharp object.

Big streams of blood were gushing out from his pierced wound, staining the white snow under him blood red.

Anyone with a little common sense and a normal mind knows that if a sharp weapon penetrates his throat, he will definitely die. The bearded man with eyes wide open and lifeless in his eyes is now too dead to die.

His eyes, which had already lost their luster, still showed a bit of fear and consternation.

Looking at the bearded man who died in such a miserable state, the bandit with a little beard immediately felt his legs go weak and almost fell to the ground.

It's just that - Mustache is not someone who has never seen blood, so he quickly stabilized his mind and his body that almost fell to the ground.

Mustache immediately opened his mouth, ready to shout loudly.

However... as soon as Mustache opened his mouth, he felt an extremely powerful hand stretch out from behind him, and covered his mouth, making him unable to make any sound.

Then, the mustache bandit felt a sharp pain in his throat—a wakizashi pierced his throat from behind.

Although because of the angle of view, he couldn't see the condition of his neck.

But Mustache is sure that warm blood must be gushing out from the wound in his throat like a spring.

The strong desire to survive made the mustache burst out with amazing power, and began to struggle crazily!

However, the person standing behind Mustache and restraining him was very powerful, and the left hand covering Mustache's mouth was like an iron clamp, firmly clamping him.

No matter how much the mustache struggled, he couldn't break free from the control of the person behind him, let alone make a sound.

Within a few seconds, Mustache's strength gradually weakened.

The look in the pupils also slowly dissipated.

Finally——Hands hang down limply, and the whole person stops struggling.

Before Mustache completely lost consciousness, the last words he heard were——

"Eleven..."

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Hosaka and the others stayed where they were, waiting for the return of Ogata and Acho.

Kasaka folded his arms around his chest, shaking his legs in impatience.

Tsuchiya hugged the saber to his chest and sat aside, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

Jincheng stood beside the Tsuchiya, frequently looking in the direction where Ogata and A-machi left just now.

Mizuno was entrusted with the important task of standing next to Ohno, responsible for monitoring Ohno.

Mizuno, with his hands still tied behind his back, was sitting on a rock.

At first glance - he seems very well behaved.

But in essence—he has been secretly observing the situation of Kasaka and others since just now.

No, it should be said that after being captured, he has been observing these warriors invited by the villagers of that small broken village, assessing their respective strengths.

The most powerful guy, of course, is Ogata who defeated him and his 11 subordinates by himself.

Everyone else is respectful to that guy, this guy must be the most powerful.

And now - this most powerful guy has left here with a beautiful woman.

Listening to the previous conversations of these people, this most powerful guy and that beautiful woman seem to be husband and wife, and they plan to sneak into their stronghold and assassinate his companions.

Whether those two guys have the ability to assassinate his companions - Ohno doesn't know, and he doesn't have the time to think about this kind of problem now.

Ever since he became a captive, Ono has been thinking about the method and timing of escape with all his heart.

I became a prisoner of this group of warriors-it is unknown whether I will die or live after that.

He had done a lot of evil before, and when he thought about things, he would naturally think in the direction of the bad side.

If he continues to be their captive, it may be more dangerous than good - Ohno is so sure.

Ohno didn't dare to mess around because the guy with strong swordsmanship was always present.

And now—that guy isn't here.

There are only these 4 warriors left around.

There has never been a better time to escape.

Ono looked up at Kankan, and glanced at the four warriors around him again.

Kasaka and Kinjo anxiously await the return of Ogata and Machi.

Tsuchiya sat aside and closed his eyes to meditate.

Mizuno, who was in charge of monitoring him, was dedicated to his duties, always in high spirits, standing beside Ohno, watching Ohno.

After observing the situation of the four samurai around him, Ohno began to calculate in his heart how long it would take him to escape back to the stronghold.

Ohno has lived here for a while since he chose this place as their new base, so he is quite familiar with the area around the base.

He is now in the southwest corner of the stronghold.

It takes about 30 steps to run from here to the base and to a position where I can receive support from my companions.

That is to say—as long as he can run the 30 steps and lure his companions here before being chased and hacked to death by Hosaka and others, maybe he can be saved.

So, Ohno took a deep breath to let his heart beat slightly calm down.

Then he raised his head and looked at Mizuno beside him:

"Master Samurai."

"Why?" Mizuno asked.

"..." Ohno said something in a very light tone.

Mizuno, who couldn't hear what Ohno was saying, frowned.

"What did you say?"

As Mizuno asked, he subconsciously turned his body towards Ohno.

Ohno had been waiting for this moment.

As soon as Mizuno leaned his body forward in the direction where he was, Ohno violently jumped up, knocked Mizuno away fiercely, then spread his legs and rushed towards the stronghold with all his might.

Due to the unexpected attack on Ohno, Mizuno was hit hard and sat down on the cold snow.

After being knocked down, Mizuno was stunned for a moment before he finally realized and shouted:

"Ohno, he wants to escape!"

Mizuno's reminder was actually too late.

As early as when Mizuno was knocked away, Hosaka and the others heard the abnormal noise, and then turned around to check what was going on.

After seeing Ohno with his hands tied behind his back and running wildly, Hosaka hurriedly pulled out the sabers at their waists in a panic, and chased after Ohno.

While fleeing, Ohno opened his throat and kept shouting at the loudest volume he could achieve:

"There is an enemy attack! There is an enemy attack!"

Ono's shout broke the silence around him.

There was a lot of noise from the bandit stronghold not far away.

The complexions of Hosaka and the others began to turn ugly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Under the effect of the desire to survive, Ohno exploded with extremely strong strength and speed.

Hosaka and the others did not catch up with Ono quickly.

Jincheng is the fastest.

Even though the distance between Jincheng and Ono was getting closer, they still couldn't catch up in time.

One after another, the bandits rushed from the stronghold following the sound, and ran towards Ono, who kept shouting.

"Huh? Isn't this Ono?"

A familiar voice came from in front of Ono.

Hearing this familiar voice, Ohno couldn't help but feel relieved.

It was the voice of Matsumoto, who had a very good relationship with him.

Like Ohno, Matsumoto is also one of the elders.

They fought side by side when they were both just "Roadhogs".

As footsteps approached, Ono saw Matsumoto's familiar face.

Matsumoto, who led a dozen or so subordinates, was slightly startled after seeing Ohno, and then asked:

"Ohno, you're back? What happened?"

"Let's talk about this later! Help me stop the people behind me first!"

Matsumoto looked behind Ohno, and saw Hosaka and others chasing Ohno.

Although I don't know exactly what happened, but Hosaka and the others knew at a glance that they were not their friends, so Matsumoto immediately led his subordinates to meet Hosaka and the others.

Huosaka and Jincheng looked at the dozen or so bandits in front of them who had been attracted by Ohno, their expressions were as ugly as if they had eaten a lump of poop just now.

Not daring to go forward, he could only stop in his tracks. Holding the knife tightly in his hand, he stared at the bandits in front of him who were attracted by Da Ye.

A total of 13 people——From the perspective of the number of people, Kasaka and the others are overwhelmingly unfavorable.

Seeing that Hosaka and the others stopped, Matsumoto, who was still not sure what the situation was, waved his hand, signaling the subordinates behind him to stop as well, and first asked Ohnoguchi what the situation was.

Ono quickly ran towards Matsumoto, hid behind Matsumoto, and said urgently to Matsumoto:

"Be careful! These people are warriors invited from that broken village! All my subordinates have been killed!"

Just one word from Ohno made Matsumoto frown.

And Ono went on to say:

"Two of them sneaked into our stronghold just now, intending to assassinate our companions and leaders! Have you found the infiltrator?"

"Infiltrator?" Matsumoto looked puzzled, "No, I didn't find any infiltrator."

Hearing Matsumoto's words, Ono's face turned pale—didn't you find the infiltrator?

Is it because the infiltrators have failed to infiltrate their stronghold so far, or...their infiltration techniques are too clever?

Matsumoto, who had never personally experienced how good Ogata's swordsmanship was, saw Ohno's face suddenly turn pale, so he raised his hand and patted Ohno's shoulder, and said confidently:

"Don't worry! Ohno! We have a leader! You should know how powerful the leader Koizumi is?"

"If there are really two undead guys sneaking into our stronghold, our leader will definitely find out in time, and then kill those two guys!"

As soon as Matsumoto finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded from behind them:

"Boss? Do you mean this man?"

As soon as the strange voice fell, Ohno's body shook violently.

But Matsumoto just showed astonishment and doubts, and then turned his head according to the sound.

As soon as he turned his head, he saw a man and a woman walking towards them slowly with a knife in hand.

After Matsumoto cast his gaze, the man threw away the round object he was holding in his left hand.

The circular object crossed a beautiful parabola, and landed steadily at Matsumoto's feet.

Matsumoto lowered his head and took a closer look—it was a head.

It's the head of their leader Koizumi...

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As we all know, the author is an old-fashioned critic who loves driving so much that he can't wait to drive every chapter.

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