Ogata followed closely behind Amachi and ran forward with Amachi.

It didn't take long for Otomo to see the shadows of buildings beginning to appear in front of him.

"There's really a village...... "Ogata muttered, "Amachi, your eyesight is so good......"

"Of course. Good eyesight is also one of my proudest abilities...... Well? ”

Amachi sniffed her little nose suddenly, and then her brow furrowed slightly.

The same frowning person was Ogata walking beside her.

Both of them smelled a ...... at almost the same time Strange taste.

“…… It's the putrid smell of corpses. Amachi, whose face sank instantly, raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, "And ...... It seems to have floated from the village in front of you......"

"Take a closer look...... Ogata on the side also said in a deep voice, "There is no cooking smoke in this village...... There was no smoke at all......"

"Ah Yi, give."

Amachi pulled out two black handkerchiefs and handed one of them to Ogata.

"You can smell rancid from so far from the village...... I can't imagine how smelly this village is, so it's better to cover our nose and mouth with a cloth. ”

"Thank you." Ogata took the handkerchief from Amachi.

The handkerchief handed by Amachi was very large, and it was more than enough to cover his mouth and nose.

The two of them, who had done their best to protect themselves, slowly leaned towards the village in front of them, which was constantly emitting a rancid smell......

As the distance between him and the village narrowed, Ogata slowly pulled out the knife from his waist in case of an emergency.

And Amachi also pulled out the hypocho that hung on her lower back.

As the distance narrowed, Ogata gradually got to see the whole village.

From the outside – it's just an ordinary village. The scale is not too big, nor is it small.

However, the village is just ordinary on the outside.

Deathly silence, no fireworks, flies everywhere, and blood everywhere...... These scenes are intertwined, giving the village an eerie atmosphere.

Amachi, who was standing on the outskirts of the village with Ogata, said softly:

"There doesn't seem to be anyone in this village......"

“…… Let's go check it out first. Ogata replied, "Let's see if there are any villagers inside." If there are no villagers, search the village to see if there is anything worth taking with you, and by the way, look for a water well in the village. We are missing two things right now - medicine and drinking water. ”

"Okay." As he spoke, Amachi tightened the wakicha in his hand.

……

……

The two of them were horns at each other's feet, and slowly stepped into this dead, stinking village.

The air in this village is filled with a suffocating stench of rancidity.

The rancid smell was so strong that neither Ogata nor Amachi could tell where the smell was coming from.

"This stinks so badly...... "Amachi tightened the black handkerchief that covered his mouth and nose, "I vomited so much smoke...... Is it my delusion...... How do I feel like it's getting smelly......"

“…… No. Ogata, who had been silent since entering the village, said softly, "It's not your delusion. It's getting smelly. And - I also found out what is the cause of the growing smell. ”

With that, Ogata snuggled his chin in front of him and Amachi.

Amachi looked ahead.

I saw a person lying on his back on the muddy ground in front of them.

No...... A corpse lying on its back, to be precise.

Even if it's a little far away, Ogata and Amachi can clearly see that the body is highly decomposed.

Countless flies danced and reveled in the corpse, and blood splattered around the corpse.

“…… Walk. Ogata tightened his handkerchief, "Let's take a look." ”

"Hmm......" Amachi nodded, "Let's go......"

After slowly walking to the corpse, Ogata waved his knife at the corpse's side, driving away the clumps of flies circling around the corpse.

While Ogata was chasing away the flies, Amachi leaned down and began to observe the corpse.

“…… It's been about 6 or 7 days since I died. Ah Machi said in a deep voice, "Look at Ah Yi, this man still has a knife at his waist...... Is it a samurai? ”

"It should be." Ogata nodded in agreement, and nodded at the corpse's spread right palm, "His right palm has calluses that only a sword practitioner has, and judging by the size and thickness of the calluses, this man is still a very diligent sword practitioner." ”

Amachi then observed the corpse.

After a while, the town found a lot of strange things in this corpse.

"Ah Yi, look at the block."

Amachi pointed at the corpse's abdomen.

Ogata looked in the direction that Amachi's finger was pointing.

I saw that the corpse had a very conspicuous wound on its abdomen.

And this scar looks like a ...... Bite marks.

Ogata looked at the corpse several times, and found that bite marks of this kind were all over the corpse.

"This guy has bite marks everywhere...... Ogata muttered, "has he been attacked by some beast?" ”

"No...... Machi's expression became more and more serious, "Ah Yi, don't you think these bite marks look familiar?" ”

"Familiar...... Ogata once again fixed his gaze on the bite marks of the corpse and took a closer look.

After taking a closer look, Ogata realized that the bite marks were quite familiar, as Amachi had said......

——？！

Ogata's pupils shrank suddenly, and then a look of horror appeared on his face.

Indeed, as Amachi said, the bite mark is quite familiar......

Because all human beings can make such bite marks......

Feeling a little chill in his heart, Ogata said in a deep voice:

"This guy...... Was it bitten to death by humans? ”

"It's also possible that it's an ape." Amachi said softly, "The teeth of apes are very similar to the teeth of us humans......"

"Is there such a vicious ape in the whole world......?" Ogata couldn't help but mutter.

"Instead, I wish this man had been bitten to death by a vicious ape, rather than by someone...... If someone bites you to death, it's terrible......"

With that, Amachi straightened up.

"Ah Yi's observation of this corpse is here first."

"This body is so decomposed that there is too little information that can be found out of it."

"And I can't love the smell anymore......"

"Hmm......" Ogata nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to a thatched hut beside him.

"A corpse was lying in the middle of the road, and no one was going to pick it up...... It seems that this village is uninhabited, so let's search every house in this village one by one to see if we can find something useful. ”

"yes, okay."

Although the corpse at their feet had a knife at his waist, Ogata had no intention of taking his knife.

Because—the knife at this man's waist was already dripping with corpse water...... For this disgusting knife, Ogata can be said to be insensitive to respect......

Soak Mengshi said

When the author was in junior high school, he smelled rotten food.

I still remember that smell. Not only was the food rotten, but it was also wormed......

The food rots so much, and I can't imagine how the rotting corpses must be........

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