Chapter 2: Broken Dreams
The black steel monster sailed into Edo Bay, and the huge chimney emitted black smoke like a demon of hell. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Steel floats on water?
Ignorant people believe that it is a monster more than science.
The adults were dumbfounded, and the children panicked.
Yingluo also saw this scene, but she was calmer than anyone else.
This is a warship!
A warship powered by coal and steam.
Although primitive, for Japan of this era, it carried enough hurricanes to change the times!
The four warships of the U.S. East India Fleet, with nearly 100 cannons, roared and flare, opening the door to Japan's locks.
History is always strikingly similar.
Ying Luo looked at his thin body and smiled bitterly.
He was an ordinary screw in the city, and he accidentally found a worn-out Japanese knife in the warehouse, and before he could look through it carefully, he inexplicably traveled to Japan more than a hundred years ago, and he was still a seven or eight-year-old girl.
"What is a samurai in the face of terrible guns?" A man with a long knife pinned to his waist pushed Ying Luo with a little loneliness: "Don't look at it, it's going to be on the road!"
This person is not Yingluo's father or relatives, but a human trafficker.
When she woke up, she was a trafficked identity, an orphan girl with no father and no mother, and a natural commodity.
In addition to her, there were quite a few children in the team, all girls, and only one boy. The children had no intention of running away, and obediently curled up in the humble carriage, which had at least a bite to eat as goods.
Until...... Bandits are coming.
The law of the jungle is nothing more than that!
The ground was dusty, the guards had been killed, and the man who had just been talking to Yingluo was among them. The bandits are only for money and killing, and if they don't escape, all that awaits her is death!
But there are too many bandits, and there are horses, and even if they escape, it is only a matter of time before they are overtaken.
"Is there no way?" Yingluo felt a hint of despair.
The man in the car shook his whip, and the wooden carriage shook violently as if it were falling apart. The bandits were very experienced, and they rode horses, stuffed thick branches into the rolling wheels, and by inertia, the whole car flew into the air, and then fell heavily to the ground, completely falling apart.
The man's head hit the stone and shattered. The children let out a miserable cry of pain, Yingluo's eyes were dizzy from the strong impact, her eyes were white and she couldn't see anything, her ears were buzzing, and the violent feeling of dizziness and vomiting made her miserable.
Are you going to die?
It was originally an inexplicable crossing, but now it is going to die inexplicably?
What a damn time, human life is as worthless as weeds.
It is not until you lose it that you can realize the preciousness of living in peace.
I'm sorry, I can't hold on anymore.
Maybe death is a relief!
"Yingluo! Yingluo!"
The tip of the nose is ...... It is said to be a common spice used by women in this era.
She opened her eyes and saw that it was Kasumi who was coughing up blood. The fifteen-year-old girl held herself and protected herself with her body. And on her chest, there was a broken stake.
Kasumi quickly died, calling out Yingluo's name and exhaling her last breath.
Fools?
I've only known each other for a day!
Why protect me?
How can there be such a kind person in this world where villains are rampant?
Yingluo broke free from Xia's embrace, staggered to his feet, and pulled out the short knife on the man who was driving the car.
It's so heavy!
That's probably the weight of life!
There were three bandits on horseback, and they searched for survivors and killed them as if they were slaughtering chickens and ducks. Soon, they saw Yingluo with a knife.
"What is that little imp doing?"
"Crazy, huh?"
"Don't talk nonsense, go kill her!"
A bandit walked over, and Yingluo turned around to run, but his feet trembled and he fell to the ground. She shouted in a panic, "Don't kill me, don't kill me." "It seems to be scared.
"Cut, even if you take a knife, a little ghost is still a little ghost!" The thief sneered and bent down: "Remember, I will give birth to a good family in my next life!"
Opportunity!
Yingluo threw out the dirt in his hand, and the gray smoke made the thief unable to open his eyes, and he was about to curse when he felt a chill in his chest, and the sharp blade pierced his heart.
"You...... How dare you ......"
Yingluo gasped for breath, there was no tension after the killing, only inexplicable excitement and satisfaction.
Because it's not a human at all, it's just a humanoid monster!
"What are you doing, you will be killed by a little ghost?" The other two watched in surprise as their companion fell, drew their swords and walked towards Yingluo.
The battle is not over, it has just begun.
Come on, scoundrel!
Kill me!
Yingluo roared to cheer himself up.
But she knew that in the face of two adults, or if the other party was on guard, she had no chance of winning at all.
She wanted to hold back, but Kasumi's death left her dying.
Human beings are really contradictory, for their own lives, they have to cause the death of others!
The bandit slashed down with a sword.
I can't stop it with my strength, and I'll be knocked off the sword in my hand.
Ying Luo relied on his small stature, rolled on his side, and almost dodged it, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a kick from the bandit.
She took a deep breath and gritted her teeth, but she didn't hide anymore, and took a solid hit.
The impact of the tremendous force made her unable to even breathe, and the last breath left in her lungs was squeezed out. Her emaciated body was kicked into the air, and even spun in a circle in the air, and then slammed the gravel ground, her exposed skin covered in abrasions.
She lay on the ground, every muscle and bone in her body crying to her brain about the pain they were suffering. But she didn't move, as if she were dead, and the only thing she could feel was the coldness of the hilt of her fingertips.
"Quack, did you see that kick I just had? That little ghost flew far away!"
"Don't talk nonsense, go see if that little imp is dead. ”
"You don't need to look at it, I'm sure I'm dead!" the bandit impatiently flipped over Yingluo's body, but he was greeted by a serpent-like blade that pierced his throat in an instant.
"Hmm......" He trembled, desperately trying to cover the blood that spurted out of the wound, but in vain, and finally fell to the ground like a cartilaginous fish.
The second!
Yingluo was splashed with the blood of the bandits, and the warm, smelly blood spread over her like an ugly earthworm.
She looked at the last bandit, smiled eerily, and hooked her fingers.
Come, kill me!
"Bastard!" Seeing that the two companions were killed, the last bandit also felt a chill in his heart, and he didn't dare to be careless, and rushed forward, the first thing he did was to fly Yingluo's sword.
Yingluo wanted to hide, but her body was as heavy as lead. The tremendous force from her hand brought her to the ground, causing her to fall to the ground like a weed. She had long run out of oil and the lamp had run out, and the reason why she had to stand up was just a bluff.
That's not a light kick!
Didn't you say that the bandits were all cowards? Why would they attack two people in a row? Shouldn't they be scared away by me?
Is it not enough deterrence because it is a girl, Yingluo smiled bitterly.
But none of this mattered, she lay on the ground, looking at the sky.
It is ironic that such an ugly killing is being carried out under such a beautiful sky.
Alright, come, kill me!
A soft body pounced on him, and Yingluo opened his eyes, it was Akane, another girl.
She trembled and pleaded: "Please, let her go, let her go!"
Begging for mercy from the bandits, idiot?
If you have this time, hurry up and let me run for my life!
The bandit kicked Akane away, and before she could get up, the blade pierced her thin chest.
Stupid stupid!
The corners of Yingluo's mouth were bitten, and blood rolled on the tip of his tongue, full of bitter and sour taste.
Probably, that's what despair tastes like!
However, she clenched her fists.
I still want to ...... Struggle a little more!
She reached out to the fallen dagger, but was unexpectedly preempted.
The only little boy picked up the knife and staggered it at the bandit.
Then Sakura, like Akane, stood in front of the boy and begged the bandit: "Please, let him go!"
The bandit grabbed her by the hair, lifted her up, and stabbed her in the throat with a sword.
Sakura fell to the ground, a pool of blood quickly formed under her, and she opened her mouth, but she couldn't speak, only made a 'cough-cough' sound, and died.
The boy was completely sluggish.
The sun is about to set, and the remnant sun is like blood, but it hides the color of blood.
That's probably what hell looks like.
The bandit raised his knife and slashed at the boy. Yingluo pounced on him, hugging the boy and holding him back.
Why?
Who knows!
But instead of the cold blade, a deep male voice came.
"Meeting is fate, revenge has been avenged for you, hatred, regret, death can not be resurrected. You're lucky to have survived. In the future, please try to live!"
The burly man in the white cloak walked farther and farther away, and at his feet was the broken body of the last bandit.
Saved?
Yingluo closed his eyes.