Chapter 17: The Attack of Ermen
This is one of the most majestic and luxurious buildings in the town, with a total of three floors, and it is also the residence of the local magistrate Kuromori Kosuke.
"Master Guan, here's a secret letter!"
"What? Isn't that the exact point of the homeless? Looks like a woman's handwriting...... Good! Tell the brothers to bring weapons and we will attack the homeless village! Mamoru Kosuke took the secret letter from his subordinate's hand, opened it and read it carefully.
"Huh...... The last one is, the Devil's Eye Crazy Knife is also ...... over there? ”
Ermen, who was sitting on the side with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes when he heard the name of the Ghost Eye Crazy Knife, and his hand holding the long knife couldn't help but clench the hilt.
"It's time for us to settle our accounts...... Devil's Eye Blade ...... "Ermen's narrow eyes shone with a light that was particularly excited because of anticipation, and his smile was grim and bewitching.
Displaced villages.
"What a treasure! It's complete nonsense...... Nothing at all! Shiina Yuya said with a fierce roll of his eyes.
"Captives and robber-like things are all fake! Not only did they save me from being attacked by wolves, but they also entertained me with delicious food and drink, and they really took care of me! Shiina Yuya walked on the ridge in the countryside at night, turning his head from time to time to talk to Kyoshiro, who was walking behind.
"The people in this village are really good people! Although his eyes look quite vicious......" Shiina Yuya pouted, and secretly pointed to the villagers who were working in the fields and said to Kyoshiro.
"This ...... That's ......" Kyoshiro smiled awkwardly as he remembered his previous humiliating behavior, although at this time, the villagers working in the fields still glanced at them from time to time, but he was no longer surprised.
"By the way, I thought you had an accident after being caught by the outcasts......" Kyoshiro suddenly touched his head and said to Shiina Yuya with a smile.
Shiina Yuya's originally bright and pretty face immediately darkened.
"I'm sorry......" Kyoshiro immediately had another big bag on his head, he covered his head and cried with a sad face, thinking that if he knew it earlier, he wouldn't say it, so I was worried in vain......
"By the way, what about Miss Aguo? She's also in this village, right? At this time, Kyoshiro suddenly remembered that Izumo Akuni had also disappeared, so he asked.
"Huh? I don't know? Shiina Yuya turned her head when she heard this, she looked at Kyoshiro in surprise, when did the girl disappear?
"And where the hell did she go?" Kyoshiro was also stunned, he thought that Miss Akuni had disappeared with Yuya Girl, but now it seems that this is obviously not the case.
"Stupid ——!" Just when the two of them looked at each other and stared at each other, Meijia's annoyed voice suddenly came from behind them.
"Daddy is a big fool!" I saw Meijia in the distance wiping her tears and crying and running out, leaving only the middle-aged uncle who stood in place and stretched out his hand to keep his daughter but was helpless.
"Wait! Mega ......"
The middle-aged uncle looked at his daughter's back gradually moving away, so he had to sigh softly, and his hand that stopped in mid-air retracted helplessly.
Kyoshiro and Shiina Yuya both saw this scene, but they didn't know what was going on, which caused the father and daughter to quarrel.
At the entrance of the village, there is a small stream that flows from the mountain, and the leaves that fall from the trees float on the water, swirling and drifting with the flowing water.
Meijia was sitting alone by the stream with her arms crossed at this time, her little head bowed and she didn't say a word, as if she was thinking about something.
"Mika!"
Suddenly, someone called her name from behind.
"What's wrong? So angry to run out? ”
Shiina Yuya came to Mika's side, half-crouched and lowered his head and asked with a smile, and behind her, Kyoshiro put his head on his hands and walked over slowly.
"Yuya Maiden ......" Mika looked up and found that it was Yuya Shiina and Kyoshiro.
"I ...... I said I wanted to go outside and have a look, but I was scolded as soon as I said it......" Mika lowered her head again, her eyes full of sadness.
"Ah...... It's not as good as you think, and isn't life here calmer and more peaceful? Shiina Yuya breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, she thought something was wrong, touched Mika's head and said with a smile.
"No ......!" Meijia vetoed it very directly, I don't know why her reaction was so fierce, she stood up and retorted angrily: "That's not it! The calm and serenity of this village are just illusions! ”
"Beauty...... Mika ......" Yuya Shiina was stunned for a moment, to be honest, she didn't expect Mika's reaction to be so intense.
"We just lost a war, so why do we have to flee? In order not to attract the attention of others, I live a sneaky life every day......"
"...... my mother was found to be a family member of a homeless person on the way, and my sick brother died because he couldn't take him to the doctor...... He was only six years old! ”
"Why do we have to suffer such misfortune...... "Mika said with tears in her voice, the more she spoke, the more sad she became, and the tears could not help falling, she stretched out her hand to the back of her eyes to wipe away the tears, and her whole body began to tremble with excitement.
"I also want to wear nice clothes...... I know a lot of friends, hang out with everyone, and I don't want to live like this sneaky anymore! ”
"That's why I'm thinking about getting out of here!"
I don't know when it started, Kyoshiro no longer held his head in a hangerlang, but lowered his head and quietly listened to Meijia's confiding.
"By the Night Girl...... Please! Take me out of here! Mika suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Yuya Shiina by the shoulder, pleading with tears in her eyes.
"What? No...... No way! Shiina Yuya was taken aback by Meijia, she subconsciously refused, how can there be peace here.
"Just go to the nearby town......" Meijia still didn't give up, she pleaded bitterly.
"Kyoshiro...... Please! Seeing that Shiina Yuya turned her back and refused to agree to her, Mika turned around again and tried to plead with Kyoshiro.
"Don't you understand?" Kyoshiro still had his head down.
"Huh?"
"The reason they're doing that is because they want to protect you!" Kyoshiro looked up, but he didn't look at anyone, but instead looked at the extremely distant place.
"They don't hesitate to give up the dignity of a samurai, and they also have to live a life of picking up shovels and hoes, just because they want to protect you!"
Meijia was suddenly stunned, there were tears flowing in the corners of her eyes, and she stared blankly at the Kyoshiro in front of her, who was different from the previous joy.
"You really don't understand? True happiness is to ......"
Before Kyoshiro could finish his words, a villager-looking man who seemed to be dusty suddenly ran from behind Mika, and he shouted as he ran this way, "Mika girl! If something is wrong, hurry up and run for your life! ”
"What?" Meijia stood stunned, looking at the man in confusion.
"The magistrate has already discovered this place, and Ling Zun and they are trying to buy time so that everyone has a chance to escape......" The villager who came said anxiously, time was pressing, and he had to pass on the news to other villagers.
Kyoshiro, Shiina Yuya and Mika were stunned for a moment, when did the government also know the news that there were displaced people here?
……
"Uh-huh!" A man lay on the ground and let out a terrible scream.
Ermen drew the knife from the man's lap, and his hand trembled uncontrollably, not because he couldn't control it, but because he was too excited.
"Quick...... Hurry up...... Hurry up...... I really want to slaughter it quickly...... Devil's Eye Crazy Knife! Ermen's face showed an excited and passionate expression.
Around him, it was the young and middle-aged homeless people who volunteered to stay behind to resist the officers and soldiers, these people looked at the murderous Ermen with a frightened face at the moment, as if looking at the devil, and they couldn't help but tremble in horror, and Meijia's father was also among them.
However, what no one knew was that just above these people, there was a huge rock on the hillside above the village, and at some point sat a beautiful woman with an elegant temperament.
"Is the show finally begin?"
Izumo Akuni held his cheeks and looked at these senseless battles below, and said a little boredly: "Let me see the true face of your Lushan......
"Otherwise, you'll be killed like these outcasts...... What's the matter, Crazy Knife Master......"