Owari

As the war continued to spread, the Owari Province, which had been barely stable, was also drawn into the quagmire of war, and many villages were destroyed, leaving only one by one in ruins. The villagers who had been stranded here were slaughtered by the troops who had stepped here, and when they faced death, they realized that their original hopes were shattered and disappeared like a bubble, and finally there was nothing left. In this war-torn era, it is also a luxury to want to keep a small piece of your home, and perhaps you can only live in turmoil in this era.

Outside the ruined village, a group of villagers were surrounded by soldiers, few in number but wearing armor and holding weapons, how could ordinary villagers compete with well-equipped soldiers. The soldiers pointed their guns at the villagers, forced them into a corner, and one of the soldiers shouted: "As long as you hand over the money and women, I can let you go, the old monks should have a lot of good things, hurry up and hand them over." ”

There were no young people in this group of villagers, because the young people of this era were either drafted into the army or besieged by soldiers from other countries. Every nation and daimyo wanted to get the most troops, and every young man was not spared, sometimes even children under the age of twelve.

One of the villagers shouted, "Where did we wandering villagers get our money? ”

But the villagers did not listen to the soldiers, who shouted, "Hand them over, or you will all die here today." "The eyes of the soldiers are completely devoid of the sobriety of normal people, they have been polluted by all kinds of negativity in the war, and they have become beasts with only a human skin. War destroys more than just bustling capitals and simple villages. What is even more terrible is the destruction of secular ethics and conscience in the heart. Homes can be rebuilt, but hearts cannot be healed.

The soldiers' weapons were getting closer and closer to the villagers' bodies, and the villagers' faces showed some fear, but there was also a bit of determination, they would not hand over their families, even in the face of soldiers with weapons in hand.

Just as the blood was about to stain the land red, a young man's voice suddenly came from behind

"You losers who have fled from the battlefield can only bully unarmed civilians. ”

The boy's words seemed to infuriate the soldiers, and the weapons that had been pointed at the villagers turned to the source of the sound.

A young man dressed in blue-gray clothes was standing behind the soldiers, with a long knife hanging from his waist, and his face looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old.

"Is this young man dying, how dare he provoke these soldiers. Some of the villagers thought.

One of the monks in the group couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard the young man's voice, what a familiar voice, could it be? The monk raised his head and looked at the young man not far away, and the young man with black and blue eyes also happened to look at the monk.

"Are you, Hoshikawa-kun?" the monk asked in surprise, he had some impression of the young man, and he had escorted them back to the temple two years ago.

"Master Quanzong, we meet again, but this time it doesn't seem to be very good. Tatsumi asked, looking at Jeonjong standing among the villagers. The monk's clothes on the whole sect were in tatters, and the same was true for the surrounding villagers. I guess something happened, Chen thought in his heart.

The soldiers on the side heard the conversation between Chen and Quan Zong, and couldn't help shouting angrily: "Okay, it turns out that you and that group of Diao people are also together, take him down quickly." "It's a soldier who speaks, it should be a character like a captain.

Chen looked at the dozen or so soldiers in front of him and chuckled, "You want to take me, but the number is still too small." Besides, what can you defeated soldiers do......"

Chen's laughter made the soldier angry and he shouted, "Brothers, give it to me!

After saying this, the soldier picked up his long knife and slashed at Chen, who dodged unhurriedly. Seeing this scene, the others also threw their weapons towards Chen. All kinds of weapons, long knives, spears, iron pestles, etc., appeared in front of Chen, and Chen also gently dodged away.

Tatsumi took a few steps back, pulled out the long knife at his waist, and said, "It's time to deal with you." Chen's eyes did not have the original gentle expression, and there was only coldness.

I saw Tatsumi sprinting forward, moving lightly between the soldiers. The long knife in his hand kept flying, flashing with brilliant brilliance. I saw that those soldiers fell down with Chen's advance, and there was a blood mark on the throat of each of them, and finally a large amount of blood stained the land red, but it was not the villagers', but these soldiers.

Quanzong couldn't help but marvel at Chen's movements, although he didn't know what swordsmanship was, and he didn't know what kind of doorway it was, but he saw the beauty of Chen's sword dance. It's like a dancing girl on stage, and every step is amazing.

Originally, it was still very noisy, but with Chen's move, it suddenly became quiet. After clearing these soldiers, Chen put away his sword and walked to the side of the Quan Sect Master, and asked, "Master Quan Zong, why did you come down the mountain?"

Quan Zong looked at the young man who was a little familiar but a little unfamiliar and said, "Let's get out of here first, and I'll tell you on the way." ”

Tatsumi nodded, then watched as the whole sect gathered the remaining villagers, and sorted out their plans to continue on the road.

Tatsumi looked at the group of villagers, most of them were young children and old people, only a few young women, and there was not a single young man in sight. Sure enough...... Tatsumi sighed in his heart.

On the way, Jeonjong told Chen about their experiences. Quanzong said that this time they had picked up like-minded monks from another place, and then they met the group of villagers on the way. They said that their original village had been destroyed and that there was no place to live, so they had been wandering and were now planning to take refuge in another village. On the way to the village, they were surrounded by this group of deserters. Tatsumi also knows what happened later. Will other villages accept them, Tatsumi couldn't help but wonder.

At the entrance of another village, Quan Zong's group said goodbye to the villagers. Although Quan Zong and the others knew that they might not be able to survive here, they would not continue to help them continue to find a place to take refuge for the sake of this. Because even the whole sect and the others were only barely protecting themselves, and it was impossible for the temple to take them in. And Tatsumi didn't care about these people, he just passed by to save them, and he had no obligation to settle them. Maybe some of them will die, but there will always be someone who will survive.

On the way, Quan Zong asked, "I haven't seen Xingchuan-kun for two years, and I still look the same young, but I feel that Hoshikawa-kun's swordsmanship has changed." ”

Tatsumi smiled and said, "Yes." He didn't say anything more, and the whole sect didn't continue to ask like this when he saw Chen, but asked about some of Chen's experiences in the past two years, and Chen also roughly told him what he had seen.

Hearing Quan Zong ask about his swordsmanship and appearance, Chen couldn't help but recall some things in the past two years. First, he went to Kofukuji Temple with Kamizumi and others, and defeated Kamizumi to fulfill his master's last wish. Then the mystery of swordsmanship was discussed, and in general, the swordsmanship has changed very much, and it has gradually begun to get rid of the original framework of Tianjingliu. Tatsumi not only rethought the core concept of his swordsmanship, but also expanded his swordsmanship system, such as learning some of the techniques of Western swordsmanship. Even Tatsumi has a long sword behind his back. Modern thinking allowed him to accept different systems of swordsmanship ideas more quickly, and also allowed him to use some Western swordsmanship skills in a short period of time.

But there are indeed some strange phenomena about his body, that is, his body does not seem to grow, or his appearance seems to be fixed. Tachibana would be surprised if he saw him again, but he didn't seem to have changed at all, just like when he came out of the mountain dwelling.

Maybe that's the reason for that...... I searched around this year and didn't find the answer to my question, maybe the reclusive master of Datong Temple knew something. This is also the reason why he returned to Datong Temple with the whole sect and his party.

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(ps: The number of words is relatively small, so it's just two more)

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