Chapter 5: Troubled Times

It was as if a light lit up in the darkness, and then vanished in an instant.

"Where is this?" a boy who looked to be ** years old opened his eyes and muttered in confusion.

"Eh, how did the clothes get bigger...... No, how did I get smaller?" the boy looked at himself in horror, then looked around. "The architecture here is so strange, it's almost like ancient times......" the boy couldn't help but scream.

The sound of snorting came from behind, and the boy turned his head to look, only to be startled by the cold light of a weapon.

The samurai man with a long sword looked at the boy with a hideous expression, and his mouth was still speaking an unintelligible language.

The boy felt a chill in his heart, this person wanted to kill me! A strong sense of crisis came, and the boy began to run without caring about anything else. The man in the back didn't react at once, perhaps thinking that the young child might have lost other thoughts in a panic. But the boy is not a normal eight-year-old boy, and the inner soul is a 16-year-old boy who reacts to this danger in time.

Run! Run! Hurry! The boy only had the idea of running faster at this time, otherwise the Grim Reaper from behind would take his life! But although he had already reacted one step ahead, how could the child outrun the strong soldier? The soldier behind him caught up with the boy in three steps and two steps. Danger! The breath from behind is getting closer and closer.

The boy was terrified. Suddenly, the corner of the street appeared in front of him, and the boy changed directions to escape from the samurai. "I can't run fast, but some terrain is more favorable to me!" thought to the boy's heart

Immediately, the boy ran towards a pile of ruins in the distance, and the road was very difficult because of various debris. But such a narrow terrain gave the boy a glimmer of life. The boy shuttled through the ruins with his relatively small body, and the voice of the samurai behind him became quieter and quieter. After leaving the ruins for a while, the boy found a half-collapsed house and hid inside.

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The boy huddles in an ill-fitting garment in an abandoned house. There were many voices outside the walls, and the boy could faintly hear the reprimands of the soldiers, the wails of the women, the cries of the children, and the faint shouts of the soldiers and the fighting in the distance. The heart that had just calmed down began to beat violently again. It's dangerous out there!

Sure enough, there was chaos outside, the boy thought silently in his heart, could it be...... The boy had some estimation in his mind

After a long time, the sound outside gradually disappeared, as if it had quieted down. The boy shifted his body slightly, leaning close to the wall and listening carefully to the sounds outside. Sure enough, there was silence outside, and only the crackling of the flames could be heard.

"Where is this?" The question in the boy's mind did not disappear, the sound outside had disappeared, and the boy also stretched his body slightly, got up gently, and glanced at the façade of the dilapidated house.

"Those soldiers, the armor on their bodies should be ancient...... Sound...... It seems to be a mixture of Japanese and Chinese...... "The boy was a little sure, but he still didn't believe his guess.

"It was so dangerous just now, but luckily I'm relatively small now, and I can get into a remote room. "Looking up at this room, it is a very ordinary wooden house structure, there are many traces of erosion on the wooden boards, the whole house has collapsed in half, both rooms are covered by broken wooden planks and bricks, and the remaining part is crumbling, and it is estimated that it will not last long.

"It's better to get out of this dangerous place early, and find out if there's anything you can use. ”

The boy looked at his clothes, which looked very strange, or rather modern. After I came into this world, it seems that this is all I have. And when fleeing for his life, in order to facilitate the escape, some clothes have been lost, and the clothes on his body can only be improvised.

"Let's find something that fits, it's already autumn outside......" the boy muttered as he began to search the room for belongings. Although the house appears to have collapsed and abandoned, the boy must have been inhabited before he was here. Should be able to find something useful.

"Well, sure enough, the house here collapsed because of vandalism, and there are traces of daily life anyway. The boy thought as he changed his clothes. The house had a lot of daily necessities, and the boy had found suitable clothes and even some dry food, at least for the next day or two.

"It should be fine outside, let's go out and have a look, it's not a good idea to stay here. The boy seemed to persuade himself, and mustered up the courage to get out of a hidden hole.

The heat wave from the burning swept in, accompanied by a gust of hot wind, and the thick smell of blood irritated the boy. "Could it be ?......" Although the boy had estimated what might happen outside before he came out, he couldn't help but feel disgusted when he saw this cruel scene.

The raging flames engulfed most of the houses, sparing the boy's house, and the village could be seen largely destroyed. He had seen them before escaping into them. But now, these have been reduced to ashes or ruins. The land that once nurtured mankind was stained with blood, women, old people, children, and young people, they all lay stiff on the ground, and the war ruthlessly took their lives.

The boy involuntarily knelt down, feeling weak and nauseous all over. It took a while to get used to it. The boy deliberately avoided the corpses on the ground, and he walked forward with heavy steps, towards a farther place, perhaps hell, perhaps more cruel than hell.

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Tatsumi was immersed in his own memories, and he didn't hurry to tell Kamizumi on the side about his experience. Maybe it's been too long since I've mentioned it to anyone.,Tatsumi recounted it intermittently.,Before you know it's late at night.。 Kamiizumi looked at the somewhat thin teenager in front of him, although he looked a little young, but his face was full of calm and lonely expressions. Perhaps because of the reasons for experiencing life and death, the teenager looks a little vicissitudes, which should not be seen in a vigorous teenager.

Tatsumi continued, "Later, I met Chojuro-sensei when I had no way out, and it was he who took me out of that hellish life. That's why Mr. Chojuro is more like a father to me, and my beliefs have been rebuilt with the help of my teachers. Tatsumi stood up and said as he looked at the mountain scenery in the distance.

"Chojuro, I didn't expect that parting with him would be the difference between life and death. Kamiizumi sighed that he and Nagajuro had originally studied the mystery of the swordless in Yamato, but then Nagajuro left for important matters. Then Chojuro met this teenager. "Chojuro is much better than me as a teacher. Kamiizumi couldn't help but think to himself. Even if the boy in front of him is an out-and-out genius, he still can't become an excellent swordsman without Nagajuro's careful teaching.

Tatsumi turned his head to look at Kamiizumi and said, "So in order to fulfill the teacher's long-cherished wish, Lord Kamizumi, please fight with me!" Tatsumi's eyes flashed with astonishing brilliance, and a blazing battle intent ignited from Tatsumi's body. Chojuro's ultimate wish was to see if the new Yin Stream created by Kamiizumi was invincible. Chojuro tried his swordsmanship with Kamiizumi many times, but most of them were draws or defeats, and he failed to defeat Umiizumi with the swordsmanship of Tenjingryu. Perhaps it was the moment when Chojuro's swordsmanship had not yet reached its peak, so he couldn't beat Kamiizumi. In the end, Nagashiro also died due to a physical illness and was unable to compete with Kamiizumi again. This also became a wish in Chojuro's heart, to be able to see that the swordsmanship of the Heavenly Quiet Stream could be comparable to the New Yin Stream.

After Tatsumi finished speaking, he raised his head and looked into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking. Kamiizumi stared at the boy and eventually left the courtyard. Finally, he said softly: "I am looking forward to that day too." ”

After a long time, Tatsuya walked out of the forest garden, and said as he walked: "Maybe it's good to wander around in the future, maybe you can find some things about your crossing......", closed his eyes, and concentrated his perception on his arm, and he could feel a burning sensation in the inside of his arm. "If that's the case, maybe we can really find a way back. Tatsumi said silently in his heart.

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