Chapter Twenty-Seven: Sarutobi Sasuke
In the underground vault of a temple outside of Xunzhou City, everyone here was dressed like the Dongying ninja who attacked them without wind. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info But only a man with a Dongying knife pinned to his waist has different clothes, but it is not the clothing of the Han people.
This man looked to be in his thirties, and from his momentum and expression, it could be seen that he should be the leader of this place, which meant that these Toei ninjas were his subordinates.
"Report!" a Toei ninja ran in and half-knelt in front of the man and reported, "Master Sarufei, the team carrying out the mission has arrived, but the mission has failed!"
"What?" After hearing the failure of the mission, the man shouted in disbelief: "For this mission, I have arranged for three middle ninjas and more than ten lower ninjas. In this small Xunzhou City, there is simply no master who can defeat them!"
"Report to your lordship, according to the information we have gathered, there is indeed no such master in Xunzhou City before. The Dongying ninja, who was half-kneeling on the ground, continued with some panic: "But according to the latest information gathered, this master only entered Xunzhou City yesterday. ”
"Who is it that has ruined my good deeds?" the man asked again.
"This person's name is Zhang Wufeng, and he currently lives in the Wantong Dart Bureau. I don't know the rest for the time being!" the Toei ninja hurriedly told the latest information he had gathered. But due to the time problem, no matter how powerful they are, they can't investigate more news about Wufeng for a while.
However, when the man heard that his subordinates couldn't even gather information about the people who sabotaged their mission, he slapped it down and scolded angrily: "A bunch of rubbish!"
Toei ninjas are a group of secret agents who hide in the dark and carry out assassinations, steal information, and other tasks. Its work functions are somewhat similar to those of the Imperial Court, except that the Jinyi Guard is in the Ming Dynasty and the Ninja is in the dark. And the Toei ninja is divided into three types: upper ninja, middle ninja and lower ninja. Shinobi is an ordinary ninja, or it can be said to be a dead man. And the middle ninja is generally the squad leader, responsible for commanding multiple shinobi to carry out tasks. As for the upper ninja, it is the highest rank among the Toei ninjas, and the man in front of him is the only upper ninja here, his name is Sarufei Sasuke, and he is one of the ten warriors of Sanada.
The Sanada Ten Warriors are ninja retainers affiliated with Sanada Yukimura, and this time they have crossed from Toei only to complete the mission assigned by Oda Nobunaga. As a retainer of the Sanada family, the reason why he served Oda Nobunaga was entirely on the orders of his master, Sanada Yukimura. Sanada Yukimura's purpose was to hope that Oda Nobunaga would be able to dominate the world (Toei) and replace Tokugawa Ieyasu's rule.
And the father of the target of this assassination has interfered with their mission in the Ming Empire many times, so Sarufei Sasuke had no choice but to arrange this assassination mission, the purpose is to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys.
The reason why Sarutobi Sasuke wants to kill the "chicken" instead of the "monkey" that hinders them is to take into account the identity of this "monkey". After all, Oda Nobunaga's mission to Sarutobi Sasuke must be carried out in secret, and once their identities are revealed, they will not be able to continue, and they will have to return to Toei at that time. As a ninja, you can't tolerate mission failure unless they've lost the life to continue the mission.
But this assassination mission is an exception, because they must not reveal their identities, Sarufei Sasuke stared at the shinobi who reported to him and asked, "It's okay if this mission fails, but we must not reveal our identities." Don't forget the purpose of our visit to the Ming Empire, and the mission assigned by Lord Oda must not fail. ”
"Yes!" the shinobi hurriedly said, "Although our people were not lightly injured at that time, they were evacuated before the Jinyi Guard arrived. There was absolutely no evidence left, and they must have mistaken us for just ordinary pirates!"
"That's good!" Sarutobi breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that his subordinates had not revealed their identities. But in his heart, he was wondering when such a master appeared in the state capital?
As everyone knows, Wufeng knew from the beginning that they were not Wako, and he also knew from the ninjutsu they used that this was a group of ninjas from Dongying. If it weren't for the repeated use of Toei ninjutsu by these ninjas, perhaps Wufeng would not be able to be sure that the person who attacked them was Toei ninja.
After all, it's not just ninjas who wield the sword, but also the samurai ronin or the Japanese who specialize in island work.
"Hurry up and find out for me what the origin of this person named Zhang Wufeng is!" Sarutobi Sasuke's heart suddenly increased with a sense of crisis.
Although he has been in Daming for some days, he has also met a lot of martial arts masters, of course, as a qualified ninja, Sarufei Sasuke will collect the information of these people clearly. Therefore, he absolutely does not allow himself to be ignorant of a person who can threaten his mission, to use an old Chinese saying, to know oneself and know one's opponent to win all battles.
In Sarutobi Sasuke's eyes, if Wufeng is a person who can be used by himself, they will inevitably find a way to coerce and lure him over. But if no wind can't be the kind of person who can be wooed or used, Sarutobi Sasuke will choose to avoid it, or assassinate it to prevent future troubles.
Sarutobi Sasuke, who was standing on the side, paused and said again: "Prepare for me in addition, a batch of firearms will be transported from Xunzhou Mansion to Xiangshan County in the next few days, and we must intercept this batch of firearms on the way!"
Sarutobi received the news that the Franc Robot (from the navy of a Western country) who appeared in Xiangshan County tried to occupy Xiangshan County, and was already engaged in a war with the officers and soldiers of Xiangshan County. In order to support, the imperial court has asked Xunzhou Mansion to transport a batch of firearms to Xiangshan County for support.
"Yes!" the shinobi replied.
"Stand down!" Sarutobi waved his hand to signal his men to leave. As a reincumbent, he knew that this task of snatching firearms would be of great help to Oda Nobunaga's ability to join the world.
The reason why Oda Nobunaga arranged for them to come to the Ming Empire was because he knew that the firearms of the Ming Empire were very powerful, so he had the abominable manufacturing technology of the Ming Empire. Of course, this is only one part of the task that Oda Nobunaga gave Sarutobi Sasuke, Oda Nobunaga is an ambitious careerist, and the world in his eyes is not just about the acre and three points of land in Toei.
"Yes!" Shinobu replied again, and his body disappeared in place with a "whoosh".
This is a unique way of movement for ninjas, which is described as "light gong" in Chinese terms. Because of the unique footwork, it makes people look like they disappeared in an instant, but in fact, they just used some kind of trick.