Chapter 13 On the Bamboo Slope

It is said that it is the place where the most gods are worshipped, and it is claimed that there are 8 million gods.

Speaking of which, I'm ashamed that I have to rob the gods of offerings, so that the gods of faith can continue.

The offerings are the most intuitive embodiment, and the offerings are not only melons, fruits, and food, but also items related to the gods.

For example, in the shrine in front of me, when I opened and closed the window, I saw sesame oil on both sides.

An axe is placed in the center, and if my assumption is correct, it may be a worship of the god of mourning related to the axe.

It was placed in the people's dwellings again, and it was probably used to pray for strength to make it easier to chop wood.

However, the axe itself is both a tool and a weapon, and it may work wonders for things like shields, so if you find it, take it religiously.

I took the axe from the god, but the weight of the axe was lighter than I thought.

I remember that there were people in this place when I came three years ago, and I walked briskly to the cottage of my memory and whispered an inquiry.

"Is there anyone else?"

"Woo~"

There was a voice in the room that wanted to make a sound, but it seemed to be covered by his hands.

"At least it's safe for the time being, I've solved the problem of people in this yard,

And the body was also disposed of, and it will not be found for a while. ”

"Who are you?"

It's like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old kid talking.

"I am a wolf, the young master's guard."

"Oh, that ninja."

"Can you tell me what's going on?"

"I don't really know, except that when it gets dark, a bunch of bad guys suddenly come in.

Then ......"

The child's voice gradually changed to crying.

"Well, do you know where the samurai have gone?"

"I don't know, what a big man said,

Then they left in the morning. ”

"Big people, huh."

I left after that, I couldn't save this child, and I don't know what happened since three years ago, so hopefully.

I left.

The child didn't hear the sound from the window anymore, probably knowing that the person outside the window was gone, maybe I was the last straw that broke his back.

Walk through the outer courtyard to the backyard, the front yard is a residential area, the backyard is a large bamboo forest, if memory serves, there should be a small temple house here,

The junction of the two courtyards was blocked by the river, and naturally it was a bridge attack, and the exit from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard gradually narrowed.

Both sides of the road are blocked by dense bamboos and walls, and this is bound to be a stuck point for bandits.

Not only here, but also in the backyard leading to the main courtyard, the road is destined to be a dangerous place.

This also explains why the front yard is small and lazy.

Naturally, you won't be overconfident, and the key to a ninja is to be steady, calm, fast, ruthless, never dragging your feet, and having a more neat introduction will never play with those gorgeous moves.

So I also chose to take the waterway, the same process and the same way, the height is still so high, the river is still the same river, the arrows that are about to fly behind me are still the same fire arrows, but there are a few more strange fish in the river.

Those fish are about the size of a human, and the scales on their bodies are very bright, so they are koi fish.

Before I could reach the surface of the water, the fish a meter away seemed to sense my breath and began to flee, and it was the words of the nobleman of the jar that aroused my curiosity, and I decided to kill them.

The speed of the fish is quite fast, but fortunately, my speed is not slow, my left hand stretches forward like the bow of a wave, and my right hand and legs kick the water at the same time as the waist exerts force.

Pushing me forward like a boat's oars, I get a little closer to the fish every time I swim.

A few back and forth swam a considerable distance.

As I was about to get close to the koi, I paddled with my left hand and drew my knife with my right hand to stab the koi forward. With nature it was dead I wanted to find that particular scale, but something strange happened.

The carcass of the fish that had hung on my knife turned to ashes for a moment, and then the wind made a fuss, and the ashes were gone.

But beneath the surface of the water, a fish scale slowly fell from the original koi position,

I dived down to pick it up and found another fish scale at the bottom of the river.

The harvest is two fish scales, but I still don't know the price, and for the merchant, the more things like money, the better, anyway, to store them up first.

I tucked the scales into the pockets I wore around my waist, and I didn't see anything unusual about them.

Diving out of the water, I found myself swimming across the bridge that connected the backyard to the main courtyard, and came to the front of the place.

There is a path that leads to the worship of the gods in the depths of the bamboo forest, throw out the hook and pull up to the river bank, the bank here is lower than the other banks, just hook the hook directly,

But there is also bamboo growing here and grass on the shore, and if you hadn't been here before, you would never have thought that there was a secret passage here.

Walking more than ten steps ashore, you can find that a small piece of this row of bamboo is slightly lighter in color, yes, this is a door made of cut bamboo to cover the hole.

In fact, this is also an escape route, and the river can lead directly to the large river in the outer courtyard, but there will be a drop.

Moving the bamboo door and approaching the cave, the moonlight shining down from the patio can clearly see the road under your feet, gravel and bluestone, along the patio, there is another set of smooth ninja jumps, jumping sideways from the ground to the mouth of the patio on both sides of the wall.

This is a bamboo slope, with a bamboo forest in the backyard and a temple dedicated to crow feathers at the top.

I was on my feet and ready to go to the temple to get the offerings, but the ninja's instinct told me there was a murderous intent here.

The mouth of the patio is against the rock wall of the mountain, and the half-enclosed rock makes it impossible for me to look directly at the temple on the ramp, but I can see the route down the slope. As always, I leaned against the wall and looked out, but as soon as I did, I immediately shrank back.

After a slight delay, the sound of the shuriken scraping against the rock wall was heard.

Like me, ninja.

Now that it has been discovered, there is nothing to hide, and although there are bamboos here, the slope is still quite empty.

I walked out of the place where the rock wall was hidden, and the other side jumped off the temple.

Dressed in a purple robe and black clothes, his face was tightly covered and only his eyes were exposed.

The knife was carried behind his back rather than pinned to his waist, and his right arm was exposed while his left hand was hidden in a purple robe that completely covered his left side.

Don't report your name, don't ask your intentions, the ninja duel is meaningful only if you survive,

History does not remember a dead man.