Chapter 223: The Story from the Ghoul (Part II)
The story continues.
Although Aoki is very suspicious of Sawada Tomohiko, he suffers from the lack of evidence, and it is not easy to stand up and accuse Sawada Tomohiko casually, so Aoki can only decide to take one step at a time, hoping to find out what is wrong with Sawada Tomohiko, and then expose Sawada Tomohiko's true face in one fell swoop.
Because of the rain and sunny weather, Sawada Tomohiko, who seemed to have changed a person, took the mercenary group directly to Ziwu City, and came to the Kanai Shrine located on the outskirts of Ziwu City at that time, only to find that the defenders of Ziwu City had collapsed on all fronts and retreated to Kanai Shrine.
Speaking of Kanna Shrine, this is also the existence that Sawada Tomohiko boasted about to Fujiwara Gengakure, Sawada Tomohiko claims that this Kanna Shrine is blessed by the gods, even if the demon army comes to attack, it is impossible to break the Kanai Shrine.
Thinking of this, Aoki was a little worried that there was also a problem with this Kanashi Shrine, just like the dilapidated shrine.
However, because of the sudden riot at that time, the Sawada family was besieged in the Kanna Shrine, so Sawada Tomohiko immediately led the mercenary group into the siege to solve the riot.
Here, Aoki felt more and more that something was wrong with Sawada Tomohiko, because Sawada Tomohiko, who was on the "battlefield" for the first time, was really a little bloodthirsty, and he was slashing and killing indiscriminately, and the more he killed, the more energetic he became, and in the end, Sawada Tomohiko was already covered in blood, and he talked and laughed with his father without any pressure.
At this time, Aoki also found an opportunity, came to Fujiwara Gengakure's side, and told Fujiwara Gengaku about his suspicions of Sawada Tomohiko.
At this time, Fujiwara Gengaku had actually discovered Sawada Yuhiko's problem, but Fujiwara Gengaku, like Aoki, because there was no evidence to prove that Sawada Tomohiko really had a problem, so he didn't dare to stretch out and leave at will, after all, it would smash the signboard of the mercenary group.
So, Fujiwara Gengaku and Aoki reached a consensus to continue to stay by Sawada Tomohiko's side, if Sawada Tomohiko really has a problem, then they can also avenge those unknown brothers who died.
If Sawada Tomohiko is okay, then Fujiwara Gengakure and Aoki will earn this money.
Because Sawada Tomohiko's crazy performance shocked those who besieged the Sawada family, the Sawada family gained leadership again, and the head of the Sawada family also knew that it was not too late to settle accounts after the autumn, so he didn't delve into the matter at that time, and directly began to arrange various matters for the counterattack on the demon clan.
At this time, Aoki's mercenary group was also officially hired by the Sawada family, and was assigned to Sawada Tomohiko's subordinates, responsible for assisting Sawada Tomohiko as the vanguard to attack the demons.
So, adhering to the principle of not further ado, the defenders of Ziwu City, who were well fed and drunk the next day, finally switched from defense to attack for the first time and began to attack the position of the demons.
Because the demons didn't expect the defenders of Ziwu City to dare to counterattack at the beginning, they were carelessly opened by the mercenary group led by Sawada Tomohiko, and then the hundred demons who were responsible for building the demons' forward position were all killed, among which Sawada Yuhiko alone killed more than sixty demons!
The powerful Sawada Tomohiko boosted the morale of the defenders of Ziwu City with his actions, although the defenders of Ziwu City also lost hundreds of men in this round of battles.
Take advantage of the victory and pursue.
Sawada Tomohiko led a large army straight to the base camp of the demons, but the leader of the demons was not a vegetarian, and after learning that the forward position had been captured, the demons built new fortifications in the base camp.
Next is a big battle, although Sawada Tomohiko has strong combat effectiveness, but the overall strength of the demon clan is much higher than that of the defenders of Ziwu City, plus Aoki can see that Sawada Tomohiko is deliberately releasing water, so that those who have participated in the riot of Ziwu City defenders can go up as cannon fodder, so the mercenary group, which is the main force of the attack, also began to release water.
Thus, after paying the price of more than six hundred people, the defenders of Ziwu City, led by Tomohiko Sawada, finally achieved victory, albeit at the cost of blood.
After the victory, it was natural to start the work of rebuilding Ziwu City, originally Fujiwara Gengaku had already discussed with Aoki, and left Ziwu City directly after taking the money, but he didn't expect to be directly recruited by the Sawada family to become a guard, after all, the Sawada family was very short of manpower at that time.
At that time, he didn't find any strange Fujiwara Gengaku and Aoki in Sawaten, so he decided to stay in the Sawada family as a guard, after all, he had money to eat and drink.
After the reconstruction of Ziwu City was almost over, the Sawada family began to settle accounts after the autumn, and Sawada Tomohiko himself acted as the executioner and killed the people who had participated in the riot in the first place.
At this time, Aoki had a special feeling, that is, Sawada Tomohiko was no longer Sawada Tomohiko, and Aoki felt that the current Sawada Tomohiko was completely like a different person.
So Aoki suddenly thought of a story he heard from his father when he was a child, a story about demon knives.
In that story, an ordinary farmer was plowing the field when he suddenly dug up a beautifully crafted katana, so after playing with the katana for a while, he suddenly felt that he had learned a great set of swordsmanship, so he went to the local samurai to compete and defeated his opponent.
So, the peasant began to swell his mentality, claiming to be the first samurai in the world, and then began to challenge those samurai who had been famous for a long time, and the peasant who had won many battles with the katana suddenly vomited blood and died one day when he challenged a samurai, and the katana was also nowhere to be found in front of everyone, so it was called the demon sword.
Aoki's father told Aoki that this demon knife was to absorb the soul and essence blood of the knife bearer, and then feedback the strong strength of the knife bearer, and then warned Aoki to be careful of this weapon of unknown origin.
Therefore, Aoki felt that the big knife in Sawada Tomohiko's hand must also be a demon knife, and it was the kind of demon knife that could control people's hearts, because as Sawada Tomohiko killed more and more people, this demon knife became more and more powerful to Sawada Tomohiko.
At this time, the wandering samurai appeared.
The wandering samurai in Aoki's mouth is not much different from the wandering samurai in the mouth of Naoki Kuroba, but the wandering samurai in Aoki's mouth has a strong sense of justice, and belongs to the kind of good man who roars when he sees injustice.
In this way, another half a year has passed, and the Sawada family has become a well-deserved overlord of Ziwu City, even if it is a newly appointed official of Ziwu City, he has to consult the head of the Sawada family when he encounters a big matter.
At this time, Sawada Tomohiko, who had nothing to do, decided to welcome back the idol of Suru at the suggestion of the god of Kanna Shrine, Kanna Ryoko.
That's right, at that time, the god of Kanna Shrine was called Kanna Ryoko!
Hearing this, Liu Xing immediately asked Aoki: "Aoki, the god in your mouth is no Ryoko... ”
Before Liu Xing could finish asking the question, Aoki nodded seriously, looked at the Kanna Shrine not far away, and gritted his teeth and said, "That's right, Kanna Ryoko is her, but about her, we'll talk about her later." ”
Liu Xing saw Aoki's fierce and vicious appearance, so he honestly chose to shut up.
Aoki continued to tell the story.
Under the persuasion of Ryoko Kanna, Sawada Tomohiko took his wife Kanna Keiko, under the protection of wandering samurai, and took a few farmers who were responsible for carrying the statue of Suru to the dilapidated shrine on the outskirts of Ziwu City, so at the beginning, Aoki and Fujiwara Gengain were not arranged to accompany to protect Sawada Tomohiko.
However, shortly after Sawada Tomohiko departed, Ryoko Kanna sent someone to inform Aoki and Fujiwara Gengakure, asking them to take twenty mercenaries to protect Sawada Tomohiko.
Although they were a little puzzled, Fujiwara Gengakure and Aoki could only follow Kanna's orders, and after counting the number of people, they went to the dilapidated shrine according to their memories.
As a result, halfway down the road, it suddenly rained heavily, just like at that time.
After exchanging views with Fujiwara Gengakure, Aoki decided to continue his journey and take shelter from the rain at the dilapidated shrine.
When they came to the dilapidated shrine, Aoki and Fujiwara Gengakure had already turned into soup chickens, but fortunately, Sawada Tomohiko and the others were still resting in the shrine.
However, at this time, Aoki felt that something terrible was about to happen here, but as a samurai (self-proclaimed), Aoki felt that he could not back down.
At night, the heavy rain still didn't mean to stop, so just like back then, everyone went to the wing room behind the shrine to rest, after all, there were fewer people this time, and everyone in the wing room could live.
However, at this time, Aoki's anxiety in his heart became more and more serious, so he never fell asleep, and could only listen to the sound of the rain and think about life.
I don't know how long it took, but Aoki heard the strange voice again, and Aoki immediately got up and went to the door, observing the situation outside the door through the crack in the door.
This time, Aoki didn't faint inexplicably, so Aoki saw Sawada Tomohiko walking into the main hall of the shrine with Kannakiko with stiff steps.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Aoki immediately went out to wake up Fujiwara Gengakure, and then met the wandering samurai who heard the sound.
Aoki told Fujiwara Gengakure and the wandering samurai about the current situation, and the three decided to go to the main hall of the shrine to find out, but before the three of them could enter the main hall of the shrine, they saw a green light enveloping the main hall of the shrine, and the big knife that Sawada Tomohiko had been carrying suddenly appeared in mid-air, and after a pause for a few seconds, it flew towards the east.
The three of Aoki glanced at each other, and the wandering samurai nodded, chasing in the direction where the broadsword flew away, while Aoki and Fujiwara Gengakure planned to enter the main hall of the shrine.
But the green light that shrouded the main hall of the shrine was like a protective shield, and Aoki and Fujiwara Gengaku couldn't enter it at all, just when Aoki and Fujiwara Gengaku decided to wake up the others and try to break the green light with their weapons, the green light suddenly contracted, squeezing the main hall of the shrine to pieces, and then turned into a ball of light and fell into the ground.
Aoki and Fujiwara Gengaku, who witnessed this scene, felt that their three views collapsed in an instant, and they didn't know what to do for a while.
After Aoki and Fujiwara came to their senses, they woke up the other mercenaries and began to search for traces of Sawada Tomohiko and Kannako on the ruins of the main hall of the shrine, but naturally found nothing.
Early the next morning, the wandering samurai still didn't come back, so Aoki discussed with Fujiwara Gengakure, and planned to return directly to Ziwu City to report the matter to the Sawada family, but as soon as they returned to Ziwu City, Aoki and Fujiwara Gengaku saw Kanna Ryoko with a large group of people, and they took them down without saying a word.
was suddenly arrested, and Aoki wanted to defend himself with a bewildered face, but he was banned by Kanna Ryoko using a spell, and then Aoki and his party were imprisoned in prison.
After being held in prison for a day and a night, Aoki was blindfolded and taken to what was then a mass grave, now the Rose Cemetery.
Then Aoki Chang heard Ryoko Kanna read out his guilt, and it turned out to be a betrayal and kill Yuhiko Sawada and Keiko Kanna!
Aoki, who felt that he had been wronged, tried to break free from the rope, but as a result, he felt like his whole body was burned by flames, and he was in pain, and finally fainted.
The result can be imagined, Aoki, who came to his senses, suddenly found that himself, Fujiwara Gengaku, and the other brothers had turned into monsters who were not human or ghost!
Even more terrifying, Aoki suddenly felt an indescribable hunger pang, forcing Aoki to devour the corpses nearby.
After feeling full for a while, Aoki found himself in a cave under a mass grave!
Next, Aoki and Fujiwara Gengaku calmed down those companions who had a bit of a mental breakdown, and realized that they were cursed by Kanna Ryoko to become this ghost, so Aoki and Fujiwara Gengaku planned to go to Kanna Ryoko to ask for clarification.
As a result, Aoki and Fujiwara Gengakure, who were preparing to sneak into the Kanna Shrine in the middle of the night, found that the Kanai Shrine was actually shrouded in an enchantment, and they couldn't even step into the Kanai Shrine!
Faced with this situation, Aoki and Fujiwara Gengaku could only choose to leave and find another way to lift the curse on their bodies.
So, as the leader of the mercenary group, Fujiwara Gengakure, who realized that he had harmed everyone, decided to leave Ziwu City and go to other places to find a way to lift the curse, while Aoki stayed in Ziwu City and was responsible for leading the rest of his companions to survive in Ziwu City.
That's right, it's just to survive.
In the early days of becoming ghouls, although Aoki and the others had far more power than ordinary people, and could attack and occupy Ziwu City like the original demons, Aoki still decided to keep his true heart as a human and hide in the depths of the dark cemetery to survive, waiting for Fujiwara Gengakure to bring back good news.
As a result, this is a hundred years, and although Aoki can still stick to his heart, some of his companions have fallen into madness and have begun to go out to attack humans, and they have truly changed from humans to ghouls.
Just when Aoki was about to lose control of the situation, a young man suddenly appeared in front of Aoki, and this person was Fujiwara Gengakure, who had been promoted to the rank of ghoul elder!
It turns out that Fujiwara Gengakure has been wandering around the island country for a hundred years, looking for a way to lift the curse, and finally in a cemetery outside Kyoto City, Fujiwara Gengaku met a dying ghoul elder, with the help of this ghoul elder, Fujiwara Gengaku was promoted, and has the ability to change into a "human"!
PS: Go ahead with the two-in-one.