Chapter 178: A Village Without One (Part I)
The 18 soldiers, without exception, were all staring at each other with round eyes.
In the pupils, the face was densely covered with astonishment.
The boat was filled with an eerie pink liquid of rain, seawater, and blood.
Some of the soldiers died in a miserable state, directly split in two, and all kinds of internal organs flowed everywhere.
When some of the guards and subordinates beside Inamori saw such a tragic situation, their faces turned pale and they almost vomited.
The little officer who had found and dragged the missing boat had already turned over from his boat and walked to Inamori's side.
"General." The petty officer said in a deep voice, "This missing boat...... I found it on the shore of Butterfly Island somewhere. β
"I saw this tragedy when I found the missing boat......"
All the soldiers of this boat that was responsible for escorting prisoners to the island died tragically - if you think about it with your ass, it must have been the good deeds of the prisoners of this boat.
"Which prisoner is this boat escorting?!" Inamori roared at one of his subordinates behind him.
"It's a 'demon monk' Yichun." The subordinate sank his face and said without thinking, "Only the boat responsible for escorting the 'demon monk' Yichun is equipped with a full 18 soldiers......
"'Demon Monk' is a pure ......!" Inamori gritted his teeth.
In the past few months, they have sent four batches of prisoners to Butterfly Island.
But the soldiers in charge of escorting the prisoners to the island were all slaughtered - this was the first time.
This made Inamori feel a great sense of shame.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't let the army land on the island easily, otherwise Inamori really wanted to directly wave the military flag, command the army under his command to land on Butterfly Island, capture the "demon monk", and teach him a cruel lesson.
After ordering the burial of all the soldiers who had died in the tragedy, a herald suddenly rode a horse towards Inamori.
"General!"
Before and after the block horse arrived at Inamori, the herald turned over and dismounted with smooth movements, then knelt down on one knee in front of Inamori and reported:
"There's news from Kamiyama-sama of Wakayama Castle that the doctors sent by the shogunate to study 'man-eaters' will arrive tomorrow night!"
"Is it finally here?!" Inamori's eyes sparkled with excitement.
The arrival of this good news slightly diluted the gloom that had just surfaced in Inamori's heart because he had witnessed the slaughter of his subordinates.
For months, Inamori has been waiting.
It is waiting for the shogunate to gather all the best doctors in the world and send them here so that they can study what to do to kill those "cannibals".
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The next morningβ
The second day of Ogata and the others' landing on the island.
"Ah Yi! Ah Yi! Get up! Get up! β
I heard Amachi's voice in my ears.
Open your eyes.
Amachi's beautiful face appeared in front of Ogata's eyes.
"Good morning~~ How did you sleep last night?"
"Good morning...... I slept well last night......"
Ogata rubbed his face as he slowly sat up.
Looking out of the cave - the warm sunlight streams down the cave and into the cave.
Even in the depths of the cave, Ogata can feel the warmth of the warm sun.
Yesterday night, nothing happened all night.
None of the ill-wishers found Ogata and Amachi, and the two were able to spend a very peaceful night.
"The rain has stopped......" Ogata muttered.
"Hurry up and pack your bags and get ready to go." Amachi Road.
"Hmm." Ogata responded as he put on Haori, which he had finished making and covered himself with a quilt, "Let's go deeper into the island today." On such a large island, there may be people living here, and I want to find out the inhabitants of this island. Look for a reliable source of water by the way. β
Neither of them had any luggage, so they were ready to go.
Amachi put her iron cannon back on her back and covered it with sackcloth.
Ogata also tied up the knife he had brought from the three bandits yesterday and carried it on his back.
Out of the cave, find the right direction, and the two walked side by side.
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"Speaking ......," the two of them hurried along the way, when Ogata suddenly asked Amachi beside him, "I haven't even asked you yet, why did you get caught here?" β
"Ah, this one......"
After a moment of silence, Amachi replied:
"Now that you and I are partners, then I'll tell you the truth."
"I landed on this island by order."
"Orders?" Ogata wondered, "Did you know that the leader of the fire gave you the order?" β
"That's right." Amachi nodded, "We don't know that the ninjas in the fire are not only good at assassination, but also not weak in intelligence gathering. β
"The leader of our ignorant fire has received the news that the shogunate has sent felons from all over the country to Butterfly Island in Kii with the intention of destroying a monster called 'Man-Eater'."
"Our leader has some interest in the so-called 'man-eaters.'"
"That's why they sent me to find out what the 'cannibal' is."
"As for how to get to Kii, it's so simple. Just commit a crime and let someone from the government arrest you. β
"I casually found a gang of 'Yakuza' who usually did a lot of evil, killed them all, and then deliberately got caught by the people of the government, and then they were sent here."
"Just to satisfy my curiosity, I'll let you come over and take risks......" Ogata frowned slightly, "That leader of yours doesn't seem to be a good bird......"
"No way...... "Amachi smiled bitterly, "Who called me a ninja...... Whatever the leader tells me to do, I have to do it with all my might...... That's what ninja is. β
"It's fine. I was lucky. The mission is going well so far. β
"I just want to get information about the 'cannibal' and can be handed over to the leader, and then get out of this place quickly."
"Actually...... "Actually," Ogata muttered, "what the hell is a 'man-eater'......?" Is it human? Or what animal? β
"I don't know." Amachi echoed, "Although the guy named Inamori said that this island is inhabited by 'man-eating ghosts', we haven't seen any creatures related to 'ghosts' since we landed on the island. Could it be that all these 'cannibals' stay in the center of the island...... Yes! Ah Yi! I saw the village! β
Amachi let out a sudden shout of surprise, and then pointed forward.
"Village?"
Ogata followed Amachi's finger and looked ahead.
However, there was no sign of a building.
"Where is there a village?" Ogata wondered.
"It's right ahead. It's quite far. Let's take a look! Talk to the inhabitants of this island and you might find out something about 'man-eaters'! β
With that, Amachi took the lead in spreading his feet and running forward.
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