"I see......," Matsudaira said softly, "is this a cannibal?" ”

At this moment, Matsudaira Dingnobu, Inamori, Hani Sogen, and Kamiyama were standing in a corner of the barracks under the escort of more than a dozen soldiers.

In this remote corner, there are 7 wooden cages.

Matsudaira Dingxin stood several distances away from these seven wooden cages, looking at these seven wooden cages from afar.

To be precise, it's looking at the 7 ogres trapped in these 7 wooden cages.

After these 7 cannibals saw Matsudaira Dingxin and these living people, they all looked directly at Matsudaira Dingxin and the others, scratching the wooden cage with their fingers, trying to break free from the shackles of the wooden cage.

It's a pity that the wooden cages that trapped them are very strong, and no matter how much they scratch them, it is impossible for them to have even the slightest damage.

"These seven people are the same ogres that were captured last time when researchers were sent to Butterfly Island to study ogres."

Inamori on the side introduced to Matsudaira Dingxin.

"One of them, one of the soldiers in charge of guarding the researchers at the time, unfortunately became a man-eater on the island."

Matsudaira nodded lightly in response.

"Inamori, let me see what the cannibals look like."

"Yes!"

After receiving this order from Matsudaira Dingxin, Inamori beckoned to a soldier holding a bow and arrow next to him.

"Give me the bow and arrows."

Taking the bow and arrow from the soldier, Inamori took a deep breath and pulled the hard bow in his hand open for a full moon.

Inamori didn't aim much, he almost just raised his bow and shot.

The arrow, freed from the restraints of Inamori's fingers and bowstrings, sliced through the air with great force and shot straight at the head of the ogre in one of the wooden cages, and then hit the head of the ogre with precision.

Then, one after another, red strands of flesh emerged from the wound of the cannibal's head, pushing the arrow out, and then quickly repairing the wound.

Even Matsudaira Sanobu, who was accustomed to all kinds of big scenes, still had an uncontrollable look of surprise and horror on his face after witnessing the resurrection process of the ogre, although Matsudaira Tsunobu quickly regained his composure.

"It's amazing...... Matsudaira Dingxin's tone was calm, making it impossible to figure out what his mood was now, "Hani, do you think this 'cannibal rebellion' is caused by the plague?" ”

"Impossible......" Hani, who was also seeing the resurrection process of the ogre for the first time just now, still had a little shock on his face, "I think that this is beyond the scope of medicine...... There is no such thing as a disease in this world that can make people immortal......"

"But—please rest assured, old and middle-aged." Hani's tone gradually became firm, "I will do everything I have learned all my life to find out the cause of the ogre, and how to kill them......

"No need." Before Hani finished speaking, Matsudaira Dingxin waved his hand, "I decided...... The study of cannibals does not have to be done anymore. That's the end of the study of cannibals. ”

As soon as Matsudaira Dingxin said this, Inamori, Kamiyama, and Hani, who were standing beside him, all looked puzzled, and for a while they didn't understand what Matsudaira Dingxin meant by this sentence just now.

Among them, the most confusing one is Hanjing.

He had been summoned from far and wide to study man-eaters.

Now that he had finally arrived, Matsudaira told him that he didn't need to do any research.

Matsudaira Dingxin naturally knew that his words just now were too sudden for others, so he put his hands behind his back and explained softly:

"On the way from Edo to this place, I've been thinking about whether it's necessary to spend so much energy and money studying the causes of ogres and how to kill them."

"The reason for the creation of cannibals and how to kill them is just to prevent this 'cannibal rebellion' from spreading throughout the country."

"Well—if that's the only way to do that, then we don't have to go to such trouble."

"At present, only Butterfly Island has cannibals, and only the islanders on Butterfly Island or people who have lived on Butterfly Island for a period of time will become ogres, so that the ogres can only stay in a corner of Butterfly Island, and no one can leave Butterfly Island and those who may become cannibals, and at the same time, people will not be allowed to live on Butterfly Island for a long time, and the same purpose can be achieved."

"So I decided - instead of spending countless manpower and money to study ogres, it is better to be simple and rude, and directly put all cannibals, all people who can become cannibals, have no chance to leave Butterfly Island. Let the 'Cannibal Revolt' be limited to Butterfly Island. ”

"So the study of cannibals was discontinued. Let's do another thing to stop the 'Cannibal Rebellion' from spreading elsewhere. ”

Speaking of this, Matsudaira Dingxin turned his head and looked at Inamori beside him:

"Inamori, are there still living people on Butterfly Island now?"

Inamori nodded vigorously, "About one year ago, the remaining islanders on Butterfly Island gathered in a village called Toyowa Village, and built a wooden wall on the outskirts of the village to keep out the cannibals. ”

"There should be some people alive inside that wooden wall now."

"That's right......" Matsudaira Tanobu muttered like this—

"Inamori, send troops and kill all the people who are still alive on Butterfly Island." In a calm tone, he said the words that made everyone present stunned again.

"The people who are still alive on Butterfly Island are all movable hidden dangers."

Before everyone could recover from Matsudaira Dingxin's words just now, Matsudaira Dingxin continued to say to himself:

"Although we have destroyed all the ships and shipbuilding tools on Butterfly Island, there is no guarantee that they will not be able to leave this island."

Matsudaira Dingxin's eyes gradually burst into coldness.

"If you let these people, who are very likely to become ogres in the future, leave Butterfly Island, it will be troublesome."

"We can't afford such a hidden danger."

"Old and middle-aged adults! Wait a minute! Kamiyama said urgently, "If the islanders of this island die, they will become cannibals!" ”

"So what?" Matsudaira said without thinking, "Isn't that what I want?" Cannibals have no intelligence to speak of, and as long as all the living people on this island become cannibals, they will never be able to leave the island. ”

"Inamori." Matsudaira looked at Inamori beside him again, "If you want to wipe out all the living people on the island, how many soldiers will you need?" ”

“200…… No, 150 elite soldiers are enough. ”

"So—when is the best time to get on the island?"

"Evening." Inamori's reply did not hesitate, "The ogres will only attack the living within their field of vision, so in the dark night, their vision will be blocked due to the dim light, which can allow our generals to better avoid the ogres on the island and directly hit the village of Toyowa, where the remaining islanders live on the island!" ”

Matsudaira turned his head and glanced at the sun that was about to sink into the horizon.

“…… I'm a man who likes to be vigorous. Don't like to procrastinate. Matsudaira said softly, "Inamori, send 150 elite soldiers to the island tonight!" Wipe out all the living people on Butterfly Island! ”

Inamori hesitated slightly: "Kill all the islanders...... So the prisoners we threw on Butterfly Island will also be wiped out? ”

"Kill them all!" Matsudaira replied directly without thinking about it, "Anyway, they're just a bunch of dead people who don't matter." ”

"Old, middle-aged adults!" At this moment, Kamiyama said urgently, "Wouldn't it be too hasty to do it tonight?" ”

"Not hasty at all. Rather, I think our knives are swinging too slowly. ”

"As early as when we sent an army to exterminate the ogres and failed to exterminate the ogres and withdrew from Butterfly Island, we should have killed all the living people on that island, so that we could isolate the possibility of the ogres leaving the island as soon as possible."

Matsudaira Dingxin's tone was very flat, and this flat tone was like just casually chatting about some ordinary topics of killing fish and dogs.

"We're not starting until now, and to be honest, it's a little late."

"But it's not too late to make amends."

"Inamori, go down and prepare, before the sun appears tomorrow, I want to see that there is no living person on Butterfly Island."