Chapter 180: The Marathon (Part I)
Soon, the date of January 16, 1552 arrived.
Early in the morning, just after dawn, the foot of Longquan Mountain, which is far away from Cheongju City, is full of dense crowds.
As early as five days ago, the violent overage pseudo-Lori Oda Nobuko announced that the starting point of the first full marathon running meeting in Owari Province was precisely located at the foot of Longquan Mountain.
This time, the first full marathon running meeting is not only eligible for the participation of family elders and important ministers, but also a national event. As long as you live in Owari Province, you can sign up at will.
Everyone had to start from the foot of Mt. Longquan and run to Atsuta Jingu Shrine, which was located at the end of the line.
The entire route begins with a swim across the Ryusenji River, then a run through Moriyama Castle to the Shonai River, a swim across the Shonai River to Inayubara, and then a journey to Suemori Castle, passing through the Nishijo Castle of the Imperial Shrine where the Sakuma brothers lived, and finally arriving at Atsuta Jingu.
If you are riding a horse, it will take about a whole day, but if you are running...... It is estimated that it will take at least two and a half days.
Because of this, people can choose any time and place to light a fire to eat, sleep and rest.
It's just that in order to get the first battle merits, a few people have made up their minds in their hearts that they will never rest or sleep, they must be an emperor of perseverance and get that strange thing called the crown army.
Indeed, the word champion, but for the first time it appeared in the troubled times of the Warring States, everyone didn't understand what this thing was.
Moreover, more than 400 years later, in the middle of the 20th century, the descendants of the shogun raised a strong protest at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
The protest against the first full marathon running in 1896 was completely wrong. His ancestors, as early as the middle of the 16th century more than 400 years ago, had already held the world's first full marathon running games.
Of course, that's a later story, in the middle of the twentieth century, Wang Tianxie had already left this time and space with a violent overage pseudo-Lori, and he didn't know where to go, and he was happy.
"Everyone, it's morning, Oda Nobunaga, the head of the Oda family in Shimo-Owari Province's Shimo-Owari Prefecture...... Welcome everyone to participate in the Warring States Troubled Times, the first but never the last, the first full marathon running games! The violent overage pseudo-Lori stood on a high platform specially built by Wang Tianxie and shouted loudly.
"Long live the head of the house!"
"The head of the house is mighty!"
"The head of the house rises!"
In the entire starting point venue, there were similar cheers, one after another, and everyone tried their best to eat milk and shouted loudly.
Violent overage pseudo-Lori waved her hand with satisfaction, signaling everyone to calm down, and then repeating the route of the game again. As for the rules...... Well, the rules are simple, as long as you run on two legs and swim on all fours, you can reach the finish line as soon as possible.
Of course, the violent overage pseudo-Lori won't tell everyone that the entire route has already been filled with ninjas, and the strategy of one person staring at ten people has been adopted, strictly monitoring whether there is anyone or not, and not using "two legs" to complete the game.
When the violent overage pseudo-Lori said the prize of the competition again, the atmosphere in the field suddenly changed.
Everyone present had a fierce look in their eyes, and in each other's eyes, it was as if everyone else was their father's killer! Everyone's original giggle was instantly replaced by murderous energy!
"Dang!"
The violent overage pseudo-Lori rang the gong representing the start of the game and made a loud noise.
"Whew!"
At the starting point, all the "beasts" who were instigated by the violent overage pseudo-Lori and had glowing eyes rushed out with a loud scream.
And all the ninjas also began to carry out their own tasks, and began to keep an eye on the ten people they were responsible for, recording the violations of each contestant.
Well, so-and-so old rode a man...... (Hehe, you don't let me ride a horse, I have to run on two legs, I'll just ride on the shoulders of the next person...... Fast! Stupid guy, run! )
Oh, so-and-so retainer riding on a sika deer...... (Hehe, there's no one around anyway, I'll grab a sika deer to ride, how did you find out?) Wahahahaha...... )
Hey, this ...... That's weird, isn't it? Gotta write it down quickly...... Whose samurai is this, he is stepping on stilts like a play, and every step is so far! (Hehe, look who's farther than me, that crown or something, it has to be down there!) )
Wow, isn't this the apprentice retainer of the Heavenly Evil Prince, called the Half-Soldier? This guy is so fast! What the hell is he stepping on under his feet? (Hehe, the master invented this dry skate thing, it's really interesting!) Fly! Run! The master said, as long as I can win the championship, he will teach me the thirty-six strategies of the Daming Kingdom across the sea! )
In this way, a group of ninjas let out exclamations from time to time, and a group of contestants from time to time made their own strange moves and ran towards the finish line, Atsuta Jingu.
Among the many contestants, the one who made the ninjas feel the most eye-catching and whistled in their hearts was not the old man who rode the man, not the important minister who rode the sika deer, not the samurai who stepped on stilts, and not the half-guards in Takenaka who stepped on unknown objects, but a group of princesses who were warblers and swallows.
Yes, you read that right, a bunch of princesses.
There is no rule on who can and can't participate in this competition.
As a result, under the leadership of Wang Tianling's big Lori, together with the coaxing of Ashi Xiao Lori, and the enthusiastic support of the princess daughters of the rest of the family elders and important ministers, the princesses actually formed a team of princesses of Owari Kingdom, and ran towards the end of the Atsuda Shrine.
Well, as long as it is the people around Wang Tianxie, they must have guessed it. Wang Tianling's big Lori's team to participate in the competition was definitely instigated by Caiji, a game lover who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic.
Of course, there is no objection from everyone.
Finally, some contestants came to the first difficulty of the race - Longquan Temple River.
This difficulty is not too difficult to say, everyone only needs to swim across the Longquan Temple River, reach the opposite bank, and then continue to run forward.
The old man of the rider kept urging the subordinates under the crotch to rush towards the river. But the subordinate "Lord, you can't swim down!" He shouted again and again, and refused to go down to the river even if he was killed, so angry that the old man pulled his hair.
I saw the important ministers riding the sika deer, spurring the sika deer, jumping and jumping easily...... It's a pity that his name has long been blacklisted in the hands of ninjas, and no matter how easy it is, it's useless......
The samurai on stilts also easily took three steps in a row to reach the very center of the riverbed. It's a pity that when he was about to take the fourth step triumphantly, it broke, and the stilts stuck in the mud and couldn't pull it out!
As a result, he had to look at the crowd with tears in his eyes, waving goodbye to him while swimming freely past him.
Takenaka Hanbei, a twelve-year-old little Shota who is about to be subdued, has already had a countermeasure for the river. He took off his improvised roller skates, tied them together, hung them around his neck, and threw himself over the riverbed, landing without difficulty.
Then, of course, untie your shoes, put on roller skates, and head towards your destination, Shoushan Castle!
As for the princess army of Owari Province, she was dumbfounded when she came to the Longquan Temple River......
"Oh, I'm going to swim over, I don't want to get wet and die of shame!" One of the old daughters said.
"Wow, if we get wet, won't our delicate bodies be looked at? Cousin! Watch it! Ya~蠛~butterfly~~~" The other princess covered her red face and shook her head like a nymphomaniac.
As for the ninjas hiding around, their eyes were full of red hearts, the corners of their mouths were grinning, and their saliva was constantly dripping, and while nodding, their minds were full of "Exquisite and Beautiful!" "Wowhaha! Words like that......
However, as one of the people who set the course of the race, Ayahime certainly has a plan for this.
I saw Wang Tianling's big Lori take out sets of deerskin leather from the super huge package she was carrying and handed them to the princesses.
As early as when the princesses came to the starting point, they were full of curiosity about Wang Tianling's huge package.
Especially when Wang Tianling's big Lori threw out a sentence "This is a secret!" You'll find out in a moment! After the words, my heart was like being scratched by a meow paw!
When the princesses put on these tight-fitting leathers with legs, they found that this set of leather was like a sealed tights, and after soaking in the water, it would not enter the water at all, let alone affect the movement of the body!
The princesses were so pleased with this that they helped each other to put on the never-before-seen swimsuits for their best friends.
More than 500 years later, the general's descendants still have a set of swimming clothes at that time, which are properly kept. This swimsuit is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and is marked as the world's first swimsuit!
The princesses happily jumped into the river and swam to the opposite bank, and when they got ashore, they pointed to their best friends and laughed and continued to run.
The ninjas were dumbfounded, and the fragrant and colorful "Exquisite is to wowhaha!" "Wowhaha! ”…… Wood has!
By the time the last man arrived at Shoushan Castle, it was already getting dusk. Most of the elders and important ministers chose to spend the night comfortably in the izakaya in Shoushan Castle before continuing the game.
Even the princesses of Owari Province are no exception, and a group of princesses have come to the "Onihime Hot Pot Izakaya" co-opened by Yukihime and Lori in Takenaka, and the Ghost Clan's Heavenly Ghost Lineage, and the gorgeous Rihime, the God of Wealth, Rihime.
Most of the ninjas can finally take a break. Indeed, most of the ...... Because, there are two ninjas, who are constantly cursing and continuing their mission.
The reason for the ultimate resentment of these two ninjas is because of two people.
Takenaka Hanbei Komasita and another white-haired boy coincidentally chewed the food in their mouths while running towards the gate on the other side of Shoushan Castle.
In the hands of the two of them, they were carrying a food box full of steaming food.
The only difference is that most of the food boxes in Takenaka's Hanbei Komasata are dry foods and staple foods such as sushi, rice balls, and hand rolls.
As for the white-haired boy, the food box was full of large, large pieces of pork ribs, braised pork with spring bamboo shoots, and tamales...... At first glance, it is very fatty, very fatty, very fragrant, and very drooling meat.
Moreover, these two guys actually bought food while running, and the ones they bought were all ready-made, and they only needed to throw the money into their food box casually, and threw the money at the izakaya shoya (the guy in charge of collecting the money), and they didn't stop at all!
This made it difficult for the two ninjas in charge of keeping an eye on them.
They can't expose themselves, which means they can't buy food to eat! Looking at the guy in charge of supervision, he ate with relish, and the oil and water covered his lips and the corners of his mouth, but they could only look at it, not eat it......
Just think about it, can this grievance not be heavy!