A few days later, Sasa Narumasa traveled from Kashiwazaki Port to a hotel outside Kasugayama Castle.

The name of the inn is Takerikan, and it is said that it was originally the domain of Princess Aya, the little nun who was next to Nagao Jinghu that day, and the Takerikan and the three thousand stones around it. Later, the Takerikan was rewarded to Li Wei along with the surrounding 3,000 stones.

Ayahime seems to have had a long-cherished crush on Levi, with whom she was engaged before the first Battle of Kawanakajima last year.

In the Battle of Kawanakajima, when Nagao Keitora personally led an elite reserve to cover the withdrawal of the main force, he encountered a sniper attack from the ninjas of the Takeda family.

Levi died in battle.

Later, Ayahime became a nun and became a nun.

The elusive ninja beside Levi, Fruit Heart, also disappeared.

As if she had evaporated out of thin air, no one had seen her in more than a year.

By the time Kakushin reappeared in Echigo and Nagao Keitora also got news about her, it was already time for Sasa Narumasa to settle in the Takerikan.

October flies like a train.

In November, it snowed heavily.

The snow was two meters thick, and this was the first time in Chengzheng's life.

After the snowstorm, as soon as Cheng Zheng opened the door, a pile of snow poured in.

Thanks to the voluntary labor of the servants of the Takerikan, he finally cleared out an open space half the size of a courtyard - this was for the use of Narumasa alone.

Of course, it is impossible to clear all of the snow with such a thick layer of snow, and for the villages outside the Takerikan, the farmers are just digging a passage that can only be passed by one person in the snow that is more than two meters thick.

Naohu Ii stood in the corridor of the Takerikan with a tense face and a gun.

She hadn't shot again since the failed assassination attempt at Kiso-Fukushima Castle a few months ago.

Since she hasn't been able to assassinate Zuo Chengzheng, she can only be Zuo Zuo Chengzheng's bodyguard, which is why she is standing guard here today, instead of playing with Ah Chun and Ah Shi.

Ah Chun and Ah Shi, two girls, one is 14 years old and the other is 9 years old, they have never been to the north, and they have already gone crazy at this time to have a snowball fight in the "snow track".

Listening to the laughter of the two little girls not far away, Cheng Zheng's eyes were a little more missing.

The sky after heavy snow is intoxicatingly blue.

I don't know how the butterfly is returning to Meinong, how is it doing?

Cheng Zheng smiled suddenly, he picked up his spear, and danced in the open space in the courtyard.

He studied marksmanship with Keiji Maeda and Toshiya Maeda in Arako Castle, but he put it on hold after the death of his adoptive father Sasa Morimasa. Since the death of his eldest brother Sasaji in battle, he has resumed his daily practice.

Spearmanship, swordsmanship, iron cannons.

He has some talent in the art of war, but he is far inferior to Keiji Maeda, and his past achievements are often survived by virtue of an unyielding fighting spirit and determination to die.

…… That's how the fatal wound to his chest came about.

"The dragon of Echigo...... Under her aura, commanding the troops is something I don't need to care about, and surviving the battle is what matters...... I can't drag a wounded body back to Mino ......"

Sasa Naruma thought silently.

He must become stronger, and he must have martial arts that are strong enough to run rampant on the battlefield.

It's just that at this level...... It's not enough to win the world, and it's not enough to protect the butterflies!

He practiced the most basic stabs, picks, collapses, sweeps, and falls as if he were tireless, so that the hearts of those who watched him practice yawned.

I don't know if after stabbing a thousand shots or a thousand and one shots, Sasa Narumasa finally put down the spear, moved his hands and feet, and took the knife from Shenxue's hand.

A gust of cold wind blew, making the topless Sasa Chengzheng couldn't help but shiver.

"Tiger girl."

He waved his hand at Naotora Ii, who was standing guard.

Ii Naohu was still standing straight, with a pair of beautiful eyes that were round.

"Tiger girl!"

Cheng Zheng raised his voice.

Naotora Ii still didn't react.

Cheng Zheng simply walked over to Jing Yi Naohu and blew into her ear.

"Nani!"

"What people!"

Cheng Zheng had already stood outside her attack range, and said with a smile:

"If you want to play, go ahead, you don't have much chance of assassinating now anyway."

"What? How could I do something contrary to the duty of a samurai? ”

As soon as she heard that Sasa Naruma asked her to play, Ii Naoto's pretty face turned a little red.

She actually wanted to play for a long time, but she was always embarrassed, she was distracted for so long just now, just listening to Ah Chun and Ah Shi's movements.

There is a creature called Moe Niang, and there is an attribute called Tsundere.

There is a name called Tiger Chiyo, and there is a nickname called Tiger Girl.

Unfortunately or lucky, Naoto Ii is like that.

If you want to die and suffer the crime, you obviously want it in your heart, but you still have to pretend that you don't care.

"Ah Chun!"

Cheng Zheng shouted at the snow behind him.

"Nani? What a god—"

"Take the tiger girl to play! Really, she is not called a snowball fight, you two owe it! ”

"It's coming, it's coming!"

Ah Chun Girl and Ah Shi Lori appeared in Cheng Zheng's field of vision one after another, and then pulled Jing Yi Naohu and ran back to the snow slope.

Cheng Zheng carried the left text of Zongsan, and began today's swordsmanship cultivation against the stump.

His spear cultivation was already very simple, so simple that it was a little monotonous.

But Cheng Zheng's swordsmanship cultivation is even simpler, because he only has one movement.

Chop!

Cheng Zheng waved Zongsan's left words, and kept stabbing at the thick stump, letting the sweat run down his broad back, and letting the cold wind carry the fine snowflakes slowly falling again.

Guoxin sat lazily in the corridor and watched Chengzheng practice martial arts, the more she looked, the more confused she became, and the more she looked, the more she felt that Zuo Chengzheng was terrible.

"I'm ...... Swear in the name of the little lord and serve Sasa Seimasa until you kill Takeda Shingen and Sanada Yukitaka! ”

This is Guoxin's oath to Sasa Chengmasa, and Sasa Naruma agrees to help her with her request for revenge...... But it's not so much a request as a deal that came appropriately.

Guoxin is not Japanese, and he has no consciousness to dedicate everything to the Lord.

Although Sasa Naruma is a Japanese, his observations over the past few days have made Guoxin feel that Naruma is very similar to Levi in some ways.

――None of them are traditional Japanese samurai.

Because she took a fancy to Sasa Naruma's potential, she chose Narumasa as a basis for revenge against Takeda Shingen and Sanada Yutaka.

Didn't Cheng Zheng take a fancy to her abilities and hope to use her ninjutsu and illusion to make greater profits?

The fruitful layman who lost his little lord Levi is a complete demon.

Sasa Chengzheng, who has lost all his relatives, has also become a devil.

Although there are so many "ghosts" in Japan, but the combination of the two demons, Guoxin and Chengmasa, I'm afraid even Takeda Shingen can't stop it.

Guoxin has a lot of confidence in Sasa Chengzheng, even more than in herself.

Because she already felt it faintly...... In the body of Sasa Narumasa, there is an even more terrifying demon.

-- It was a demon that could destroy all of Japan.