The small side gate in the southeast corner of Xiangguoji Temple, with the transfer order of Shibata Katsuie, only twenty people are left to guard, and the friendly troops on the left and right sides are some distance away, which always makes people feel vaguely uneasy.

The "Three Masters of Honnoji Temple" judged that this gate had been abandoned for a long time, difficult to pass, and far away from the location of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga, so it should not be the focus of defense, so they relaxed their defense slightly.

After all, Xiangguo Temple is still very large, and it takes 10,000 people to completely encircle it to the extent that it is impassable.

If there are only more than 1,000 people, it is necessary to catch the big and let go of the small.

But the soldiers on the front line did not know the big picture, and based on what they could see, they only panicked because they were far away from the main army.

Teitaro Amano, who is in charge of this place as the head of the Ashigaru group, feels that he is not sure in his heart, and it seems that he can vaguely expect something bad to happen, but he can't say why.

At noon, when they were alternately on guard and munching on dry food, the situation happened.

"Wow wow! Big dog! A big dog that eats people! ”

"It's not just big, it can also speak, it must be a dog demon! It's a dog demon! ”

"Could it be a ...... belonging to the Tengu clan?"

"Help, help!"

In the house near the corner, the original residents were threatened with "the shogunate's idle errands", and when they saw the large-scale bloodshed, they should have been so frightened that they hid at home and did not dare to go out easily.

But they suddenly ran out and asked the vicious samurai for help, and the only possibility was that they had run into something more terrible.

It seems that several people from the house or shop have run out, some old and some young, men and women, some in formal clothes, some with their arms exposed, and the common thing is that they are all frightened.

And there is a growing trend of people popping up.

Hearing the words "Inu" and "Tengu", Teitaro Amano raised his throat in his heart, and he couldn't help but have strange thoughts in his mind - it couldn't be a bad prediction in advance, right?

However, as the head of the ashigaru group, the size is an officer, and he always has to be a little responsible.

He forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and stopped the townspeople who had escaped: "Quiet! I'm here, don't be afraid of anything! Now tell me, what happened? If you dare to make a noise, you will be regarded as a chaotic party and will be executed! ”

Teitaro Amano's loud warning caused the people to be quiet for a while.

Then they scrambled to run over, knelt on the ground and cried and cried:

"Terrible, terrible! There's a youkai in my yard! ”

"It's a big dog, a dog bigger than a tiger! There's still blood on the side of the mouth! ”

"Mom, I'm scared to death, help!"

……

Teitaro Amano was distraught when he heard this, pulled out his saber from his waist, struck it fiercely, and said angrily: "Come one by one!" Don't speak without my consent! Otherwise cut off the head! ”

The chaos of a dozen townspeople finally quieted down.

But at this time, more men, women, and children ran out from the houses a little farther away, shouting and panicking.

This gave Teitaro Amano a big headache, and he didn't know what to do.

His younger brother Yukijiro, who can be regarded as the deputy leader of this team, sneered malinously at the moment, and said disdainfully: "What tengu, dog demon, I think someone took the opportunity to make trouble!" Since Lord Shibata has said that he would rather be bloodied than allow any suspicious people to approach today, he might as well kill this group of noisy people first......

As he spoke, Yukijiro Amano was already walking towards the townspeople with a knife with a hideous face.

Teitaro Amano, who is also the leader of the group and the elder brother, hesitates for a moment, not knowing whether to stop his brother's atrocities or to support such an act of resolutely following orders.

But he soon didn't have to hesitate.

Because, before he saw it, a big gray wolfdog, still dripping with blood from its mouth, burst out of the courtyard of a house and howled loudly.

With each step, claw-shaped blood marks are left on the ground.

and the disgusting and terrible smell of salted fish that had rotted for a month.

This scene only makes people feel that the fishy smell does not come from the fish, but from human flesh and blood.

Along with this, smoke suddenly rose from the streets, obscuring most of the view in an instant.

Then came a strange and hairy voice that was poignant and sharp, as if squeezed out of the bones: "I...... I will drink the blood of the world...... Ah, flesh and blood shall be sacrificed...... Devouring Abe's old thief can solve the hatred in his heart......"

"It's a youkai, it's a youkai!"

Abe...... The dog demon sealed by Master Abe has reappeared! It's over, it's over, it's dead! ”

"Run, it's okay to have a monk to protect you in Xiangguo Temple!"

An old man was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground and peed his pants, a young woman fainted with her family in her arms, and a man with a mustache ran desperately to the side gate of Xiangguo Temple despite the soldiers' obstruction.

The latter's words and deeds gave people a hint, and the townspeople looked at the temple with hopeful eyes.

"Damn, stop me!"

Yukijiro Amano hacked the fleeing man to death with a single sword, so that the rest of the people did not dare to move forward, and then raised the blood-stained sword and shouted, "Watch me kill the so-called dog demon!" Then he charged murderously towards the big wolf dog in the smoke.

The big wolf dog was not afraid of people at all, howled again, and stepped forward to meet it.

As a well-trained and heavily armed samurai, Yukijiro Amano was not afraid at all, carefully watching the beast's every move, intending to kill it with one blow and shatter the rumors of nonsense.

But just as he was about to swing the knife, he suddenly felt that his neck, wrists, calves, and other places that could not be covered by enough were pricked by small needles.

These needles do not cause much pain, but they make the hands and feet weak, and the mind and movements suddenly become dull.

Yukijiro Amano is sluggish.

After a little distraction, and then reacted, he had been pounced on the ground by the big wolf dog, and his canine teeth were only an inch away from his face.

And I don't know when the knife was taken off!

With a scream of "ah", Yukijiro Amano, who had bitten off his nose and a large piece of flesh, fainted in pain, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

The fleeing townspeople became even more panicked and nervous, saying that they were going to run to Sangokuji Temple.

Even the soldiers were shaken.

Someone even whispered: "As soon as that dog demon barked just now, Yukijiro was paralyzed and couldn't resist, it must be that the monster's method didn't run!" ”

The only person who is different from ordinary people is Ashigaru group leader Amano Keitaro, seeing his brother's tragic situation, the anger and worry in his chest far outweigh the fear, roaring and roaring, his eyes became blood-red, his face was bruised, he drew his knife and rushed over, bent on slaughtering the beast to avenge the twin's brother.

By this time, the smoke had already filled the crowd, and in a place where no one noticed, a man who was pretending to flee sent a blow arrow at the back of his neck through the gap between the back of Teitaro's back and his pocket.

Others aimed at his knee sockets and elbows.

Then, Teitaro Amano only ran a few steps, and like his younger brother, his whole body froze and was thrown to the ground by the big wolfdog, biting off a large piece of flesh and blood on his face.

Immediately after chewing a few bites, he spit out the steaming nose bone, as if he was suspected of not being delicious enough.

The spirit of the townspeople was finally crushed, and despite the soldiers' swords and guns, they wept bitterly and ran to the temple with tears and heartbreaks, and many people were so frightened that they couldn't straighten up and climbed inside.

The soldiers don't have enough fighting spirit to maintain order, you look at each other and I look at you, looking at each other and not knowing what to do.

If you can survive the strange and tragic death of an officer and the "dog demon" so wanton, you can not escape with the townspeople, and you are already worthy of the title of "the elite soldier under the command of the Shibata Katsuya".

After all, it was a soldier in the sixteenth century, and it was really impossible to ask too much.

The big wolf dog howled in the pool of blood of the two brothers, Teitaro Amano and Yukijiro, and did not know what they were doing, so they did not continue to attack the others.

But the soldiers only dared to stand far away, holding swords and guns to confront them, and did not dare to come forward to fight.

At least they didn't dare until other officers came here to take over the situation.

At this time, some townspeople took advantage of the chaos to sneak into Xiangguoji Temple, and there was no way.