Lin Yu, Tang Da, the eighth junior brother and Yumi left the Liuliyuan, and the black feather equipped them with an off-road jeep, and Lin Yu drove and Yumi navigated to the imperial castle near Mount Fuji.

Toei is an aging country with a high concentration of population, with a large number of people concentrated in the urban belt centered on Tokyo, and once you go outside the area, it is all sparsely populated.

The off-road vehicle is driving on the highway and is flanked by endless woods and hills, and Yumi introduces the situation of the Imperial Castle while charting a route for Hayashiha on the map.

"Gojo Castle is located at the foot of Mt. Fuji and has always been the private domain of the Fuji family, and was first built 1,000 years ago during the Warring States period. With a rocky mountain backdrop and a river running around in front of it, this ancient city has been coveted by various forces in ancient times. ”

"There have been dozens of battles around the Imperial Castle, but no matter how powerful the army is, it has never been able to conquer the tall and thick walls of the Imperial Castle, so in the end the Imperial Castle has been given the title of an undefeated city. ”

Tang Da frowned: "Even in the era of cold weapons, it is impossible to rely on the city wall to defend all attacks, right?"

Yumi snorted: "So there have been rumors since ancient times that the Imperial City is a fortress protected by ghosts and gods, and no matter how powerful the enemy is, it is vulnerable in front of the guardian spirit of the Imperial City." ”

Lin Yu showed a look of interest on his face: "Ghost God Protection, what do you mean?"

Yumi's face changed: "Legend has it that someone once saw an incredible sight on the battlefield, and the suzerain of the Imperial City used his sword to summon a powerful ghost god and tear his opponent to pieces!"

The eighth junior disciple, who was silent in the back row, suddenly raised his head, seeming to be very interested in this legend.

Tang Da shook his head: "The theory of ghosts and gods is too vain, I'm afraid it's mostly just a rumor." ”

Yumi smiled: "I think that's the same, but when my father told me this story when I was a child, it scared me, and I was covered with my whole head under the quilt at that time, and I didn't dare to look outside all night~ haha......"

Yumi laughed as she spoke, but after laughing a few times, she couldn't help but look gloomy when she thought of her father.

Tang Da saw Yumi's expression and sighed: "Miss Yumi, after this incident is over, you should have a good talk with your father and listen to the other party's voice, things may have a different development." ”

Yumi snorted and nodded: "Thank you, you're right, I haven't tried to understand my father's thoughts, I should have a good talk with him." ”

Lin Yu suddenly spoke on the side, and interrupted the conversation between the two with some incomprehension: "The theory of ghosts and gods may not be false, I remember that the pheasant said before that her ghost can summon gods and ghosts to protect her in Dongying." ”

Tang Da was stunned: "Divine and ghost protection, is that a unique exercise?"

Lin Yu didn't answer, but held the steering wheel with one hand, and picked up a long object wrapped in cloth from the edge of the seat with the other hand.

Lin Yu's hand shook, and the strip of cloth fell off with a brush, revealing a long black knife inside, and a cold murderous aura suddenly exuded from the carriage.

The eighth junior brother in the back row raised his head suddenly: "Murderous ...... It's so strong!"

Lin Yu held the scabbard of the ghost cut with one hand: "This knife is the ghost cut of the pheasant, her shadow warrior Ah Yi betrayed and attacked me in Bashan City, and left this cursed knife after being killed by me." ”

"I've tried this ghost cut since I came to Toei, and there is indeed a power in this knife that is ready to move, but I haven't found the trick to make it yet. ”

Tang Da sighed: "As you said, the protection of gods and ghosts is the ability attached to this knife?

Lin Yu nodded: "I think after arriving in the Imperial City, I can solve this mystery, Miss Yumi, may I ask what the inside of the Imperial City looks like?"

Yumi's face turned pale from being shocked by the murderous aura emitted by the ghost cut, and when she heard Lin Yu's words, she came back to her senses with a bang.

"That's right, I forgot about it in the middle of the story, and I'm causing trouble for everyone!"

"The Imperial Castle was built thousands of years ago and is a standard Dongying ancient city. The city was divided into four tiers backed by a mountain of rocks, the lowest of which was the castle town, where it was inhabited by commoners and servants who served the nobility.

The upper floor after that is Ninomaru, where soldiers and ninjas are stationed defending the castle.

One level further up is Ichinomaru, where the samurai class and ministers lived.

The top floor is the Honmaru, which is the castle of the shogun himself. ”

Yumi finished speaking in one breath, and then smiled: "But now I no longer use the title of general, but call me the sect leader of the family." ”

Lin Yu nodded: "So the pheasant should be locked up in the main pill on the top floor?"

Yumi nodded: "It should be like this, the Honmaru of the Imperial Castle is a very large building, occupying the entire top of the mountain, with dozens of floors high, after the Fuji family has been continuously built for generations, it is already the largest all-wooden high-rise building in Toei. ”

Yumi said this, the tour guide's occupational disease was committed again: "It's a pity that the Honmaru is the private property of the Fuji family, and tourists can't enter the visit, so everyone can only stand at the location of the castle town and watch from afar, but it doesn't matter, you can buy the Honmaru picture album drawn by a famous artist at a nearby convenience store, which is more or less compensation~"

Speaking of which, Yumi suddenly realized that she seemed to be off topic, and with an oops, she reached out and covered her mouth.

"What am I talking about! I'm sorry to cause you trouble!"

Tang Dahaha laughed twice: "It's okay, it's okay, Miss Yumei introduced it very clearly, and it helped a lot!"

Then he turned his head to look at Lin Yu: "Lin Yu, then how are we going to sneak into the Imperial City?"

Lin Yu rewrapped the ghost cut with one hand and put it back to his side: "There are two options, the first is to sneak in from the Jedi in the back mountain, and the second is to contact the inside line of Black Feather and let them help us infiltrate Honmaru." ”

Tang Da nodded: "I'm thinking about these two, but since the imperial city has experienced dozens of wars, it is impossible not to be on guard against the cliff behind the city, I think this road should be more difficult to walk, let's enter the castle town first, and then make plans after contacting Neiying." ”

Lin Yu nodded, and then looked forward with a slight gaze.

"In the distance, is that the Imperial City?"

Yumi was startled, looked up at the front, and nodded again and again: "That's right, the one isolated on the other side of the river is the Imperial City!"

From a distance, on the other side of a river in front of you, a quaint city rises from the mountain, a large number of ancient Dongying style buildings are adjacent to the stairs, rising layer by layer, and the tall and heavy city wall surrounds the mountain, dividing the whole city into a distinct four-story area.

At the top of the mountain, a huge monster-like building stands majestically, entrenched on the top of the mountain, and the building is lit up with thousands of lights, like the residence of the gods.

"What a magnificent city!"

Tang Da gasped, seeing it with his own eyes at this moment, he could truly appreciate the solitary height and strength of this imperial city, and understand the origin of the four words of the undefeated city!