Ainu country, eastern fishing village.

"He's dressed in such a strange way, I don't know it's from that area. Fisherman A looked at the teenager stranded on the beach.

"Maybe it's a shipwreck, and it's really pitiful that there have been frequent hurricanes at sea lately. Fisherman B answered.

"This beautiful boy shouldn't be the legendary 'Shadow Warrior' who fought against Lord Lu Zhi, right?!" A pearl diver girl dressed in simple clothes was just talking about this, and was covered by the person next to her.

"Shhh "It was a young and strong young man who spoke.

"Village elder, you're here, what do you think?" Fisherman C looked a little worried.

An old lady who was over half a hundred years old staggered into the crowd, looked at the handsome young man who fell on the beach, and ordered: "Ah Ping, you go to Edo Castle to find out, if the latest wanted warrant has a portrait of this young man, we will hand him over, and we can't affect the whole town because of one person." ”

The prime man named Ah Ping answered.

"If it's just a passenger who is suffering on the sea, then you can take him in, but seeing that he is penniless, arrange something for him at will, and take care of his food. ......The old man hesitated for a long time, still not knowing who to arrange.

"It's better to arrange it to my house, my family has been a businessman for generations, and it is not a problem to manage food. "Speaking to a big man dressed as a merchant, he is a local merchant, he often buys pearls and sells them to various places, and he is also a small rich party here.

"Well, who doesn't know that you are a profiteer and like male style, you must have taken a fancy to this little brother and moved his mind. But be careful, if this little brother is a samurai, you will have to fall to the ground tomorrow. Another pearl diver scoffed. (In Ainu, people like people of the opposite sex, the same sex, or animals...... They are all allowed and will not be looked down upon, but because the accumulation of wealth by merchants is easy to destroy the strict hierarchy, the status of fishermen and farmers is even lower. ）

"Hey, say you don't know, you still don't admit it, although this guy doesn't have a samurai bun can't say anything, but as a real samurai, how could he drop a katana like life. The merchant smirked.

"Village elder, I don't think so, it's better to let him live in my house temporarily, I'm not good at manhood, I won't mess around. In addition, after my sister left home, I also lost a partner to talk to. "It was a thin teenager of the same age who spoke.

The old man nodded: "Ah Song, before Ah Ping brings back the news, I will work hard for you to take care of him for the time being." The thin young man named Ah Song bowed to the old man, indicating that he would do his best.

So two strong fishermen sent the beautiful boy who was still unconscious to Ah Song's house.

In the middle of the night, Jiang He slowly woke up, looking at the strange surroundings and the people sleeping next to him, he was still a little confused: "This is the Ainu country, just stepped into the gate of the mountain and sea realm, and I felt that the entire Ainu country was shrouded in a powerful demonic aura, the atmosphere was depressing, it was difficult to breathe, and it caused my own breath to be chaotic and the five elements were out of balance." I guess he passed out in a coma, was it this emaciated teenager who helped him?"

"Knock knock, knock knock" There was a knock outside the door, waking up the sleeping Ah Song, he rubbed his sleepy eyes, looked at Jiang He who was sitting next to him, squeezed out a smile, and was about to talk to Jiang He about something, but the knock on the door attracted his attention again.

He got up and walked slowly to the door, muttering, "Come, come, who is it?"

"Ason, it's me, open the door. A deep female voice.

Ah Song opened the door in surprise: "Sister, it's really you." You..... What's wrong with you. ”

The woman in a night suit pulled Ah Song into the house and closed the door with her backhand: "Shh, Ah Song Mo made a sound, someone is chasing me, you need to avoid the limelight first." ”

Then the woman went into the house, and suddenly saw a stranger, and almost screamed, she drew her saber and put it on Jiang He's neck, and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense, be careful that I kill you." ”

Jiang He nodded with a smile. The woman put away the knife, then squatted down next to the cabinet, added a piece of earth-gray cloth to herself, and disguised herself as a water tank.

Not long after, a loud voice sounded outside the door: "You guys, go and search there, you go and search there, you come with me." ”

The sound of knock knock rang out again, "Open the door, open the door quickly, or a fire will burn this." The thin young man was not lightly frightened by this terrifying aura, so Jiang He walked over and gently patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to rest assured.

Then he shouted "Coming" and walked to the door. Jiang He fiddled twice and didn't open it, and looked back at the young man: "How can this door be opened?"

The boy motioned for him to lift the deadbolt up and pull it to the right.

Click, the door finally opened, the torches outside the door were bright, and a fierce one-eyed dragon led by a bright big knife said, "Did you see a woman running in?"

Jiang He shook his head lightly: "No." ”

The one-eyed dragon pushed Jiang He away, and with a wave of his hand, "Search for me", several equally fierce people began to break into the house, looking around, and when they were about to reach the water tank, Jiang He suddenly pointed out the door: "Hey, there is a man in black clothes running over there." ”

When the one-eyed dragon heard this, he immediately turned back, but he didn't see anything, and several of his subordinates who were searching in the house also gave up searching and gathered around him.

One-Eyed Dragon: "In that direction?"

Jiang He: "It's the direction near the woods, but it's too dark to see clearly." ”

The one-eyed dragon glanced at the river again, and saw that he didn't look like a lie, so he gathered his men who were searching around and chased him in the direction of the woods.

"Don't worry, it's already gone. Jiang He reminded as he felt the distant breath around him.

"Sister, what happened, why did the execution team chase you?" asked Ah Song tremblingly.

"Thank you very much for your help. I'm the 'Wind Ninja' Shinobi-Reiko, and I don't know your honorable name. The woman knelt on the ground and only bowed deeply to Jiang He, and did not answer her brother.

"Oh my God, sister, you actually joined the 'Wind Ninja Crowd'. This, this is a rebel. Ah Song only felt that a thunderbolt fell from the sky on a sunny day, hitting the top of his head.

Jiang He: "My name is Jiang He, just a cloth cloth." ”

Reiko looked at Jiang He, then at her thin brother, and sighed: "Hey, Ah Song, you should really hone yourself, at least when you encounter problems, you should be like Jiang Hejun and not be so panicked." ”

Ah Song: "But sister, the Wind Ninja are rebels." ”

Reiko: "I don't recognize the rule of Toro and Da Menghime, they are rebels, and the real ruler should be Himiko, the daughter of the Emperor." ”

Jiang He: "I'm sorry, I don't know much about the existing forces here, can you briefly introduce them?"

Reiko observed the river and saw that he was not at all impressed by sensitive words such as the wind blade and the rebels, so she selectively told her what she knew.

Originally, the supreme ruler of Ainu Province was called the Emperor, and it was hereditary for generations, and this generation of Emperor Ota had only one daughter, named Himiko. After that, he died because of his rapid aging, and the emperor's four younger brothers (daimyō) also fought fiercely for power because of the emperor's death.

At that time, the four strongest forces of Ainu were samurai who guarded the noble groups such as the emperor and daimyos, second, onmyoji who could master the art of yin and yang, and with the help of ghosts and gods, to help fight with summoning gods, third, witches who could heal wounds and seal evil spirits, but in most cases witches and onmyoji were opposites, and fourth, ninjas who were proficient in assassination and destruction, and the two largest ninja groups at that time were Kogari and Igari.

The four daimyos were unwilling to assist the emperor's daughter, Princess Himiko, to ascend to the throne, and began to woo capable people among the four major forces, and most of those forces loyal to the emperor who were unwilling to submit were brutally persecuted, and had to turn from light to darkness, or abandon the situation and go into the wilderness, or go into hiding.

The entire Ainu country has entered an era of unprecedented war, but the daimyo are no better, because the daimyo in order to expand the power competition, actually acquiesced to the onmyoji group through the sacrifice of living people to summon the gods, and thousands of onmyoji are also playing with fire and self-immolation, and work together to summon two major god-killing gods through the yin-yang world: Yagi Orochi - Enlu Zhi, and the nine-tailed demon fox - Da Menghime, due to the power and uncontrollable power of the gods, the daimyo slowly fell into the puppets of the two god-killers.

(Note: What Onmyoji can control is Shikigami, and Kamiji is the existence of a transcendent Shikigami, even the Onmyoji, who is the summoner, can only surrender to the Kami-killer.) ）

And in order to deal with the god-killing forces, in addition to the witch of the original four major forces, the other three forces have undergone a lot of changes.

First of all, the samurai group split out to pursue the use of swords as the ultimate power.

The second is the onmyoji group, which splits out exorcists with the purpose of exorcism and soul suppression.

Finally, there is the ninja group, which is the most divided internally, from the original Kogari and Igari, there are the wind demons who worship the gods and pursue power, and they are completely under the orders of the gods, and then they are divided into the shadow warriors with the body flow/weapon flow as the main body, and the wind blade people with the retreat flow/illusion flow as the main body, and the dark moon people with the secret art as the main body.

(Note: Weapon Ryuhara is a branch of assassination ninjas, and commonly used weapons are, ninja sword, shuriken, kunai, blow arrow, saling, and lock sickle.) ）

The current ninja group is equivalent to a three-way opposition, the wind demons are the eagle dogs that kill the gods, and the shadow warriors, the wind blades, and the dark moon are determined to eliminate the gods, but although the ultimate goal of the three is the same, to form a ninja alliance, but unfortunately they only obey the leader of their own ninja people, and they can't cooperate effectively. As Kogari and Ihori split most of the ninjas, most of the ninjas who remain in Harari remain neutral and neither take refuge in nor resist the gods. Whoever contributes superior funds will accept his entrustment.

Listening to this chaotic era, Jiang He also felt a little headache, but he didn't come here for the unification of Ainu, the ultimate goal was to learn (steal) the latest technology, and of course, when the time is ripe, he will need to hit the god killing that Reiko said, which can be regarded as a reward.

Jiang He knocked on the side and learned about the strength of the two god-killing gods: the Yaqi Snake, which generally appears as a male human being, is bloodthirsty and easy to kill, and it is said that the ontological state is eight heads of the snake's body, about more than ten zhang, and its strength can be increased by a hundred times. The whole body is covered with snake scales as hard as steel, and the knife and arrow are difficult to break; the nine-tailed demon fox, generally appears in the posture of a female human, and is good at lewdness and charm, and it is said that the state of the body is the nine-tailed fox body, about seven zhang or more, and the strength can also be increased by a hundred times. Unlike the steely defense of the Yaqi Great Snake, the strength of the nine-tailed demon fox focuses on speed and recovery, and it is quick to move, difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and occasionally injured is also recovered in a blink of an eye, and it is currently unable to give a fatal blow.