[Note]: Japan’s “strategic strategist” and our “strategic strategist” do not mean the same thing.

The Japanese "art of war" can be understood as the "method of weapons."

Therefore, Japanese "tacticians" are similar to our "martial artists".

Japan's "military strategy", "military science" and "grand art of war" are equivalent to our country's "art of war".

Although the term "strategic strategist" was only popular during the Warring States Period and the early Edo Period, in fact, until the middle and late Edo Period, many people still used "strategic strategist" to refer to those who were skillful in playing with weapons.

people.

Because the word "art of war" is mentioned in this chapter, I will explain it to you in advance to avoid confusion.

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As the name suggests, the ninja sword is a sword specially used by ninjas.

The public generally believes that the length of a ninja sword is between a katana and a wakizashi. It is usually straight-edged. Its quality is worse than the samurai's katana sword, and the blade is much blunter, because the ninja sword is not used for cutting.

Instead, it mainly focuses on stabbing.

This view is actually wrong.

The real situation is: different people use different ninja swords.

Ninjas will modify their swords according to their own needs and the fighting methods they are good at.

For example: some people who are good at both the scythe and swordsmanship will connect the scythe to the bottom of the handle of the ninja sword, and then connect the scythe to the other end of the scythe.

Those who are good at "prop fighting" will make major modifications to the handle of the knife, such as hollowing out the handle and installing small props or wound medicine inside the handle.

Some people's ninja swords are basically the same as the katana swords used by samurai. They are swords that are hard, tough, and sharp.

Shuntaro falls into this category.

Shuntaro, who is good at using dual swords, has two ninja swords.

His two ninja swords are both straight-edged, and their length is shorter than ordinary katana swords. The blade length of the two swords is only about 55cm.

Although they are just two unmarked swords without even a sword inscription, their quality is not inferior to those of Izumi Mamoru Kanesada and Nagasone Kotetsu.

In order to make it easier for him to move in the dark, the blades of Shuntaro's two swords were painted as black as charcoal with special ink.

Unlike samurai who usually hang their swords on their waists, Shuntaro carried his two ninja swords across his back.

The hilts of the two ninja swords protruded from Shuntaro's right shoulder, pointing diagonally at the sky.

Because the length is between a katana and a wakizashi, even if it is carried behind his back, Shuntaro's arm length can easily pull out these two sabers.

After learning that a rare and interesting customer came to his door, Shuntaro sped up the speed of wiping his body.

After quickly wiping off the sweat on his body, putting on his clothes, and slinging his two swords, Shuntaro and Shintaro walked side by side, running at a fast pace towards the mansion where Enma lived.

Kitaro went to Yoshihara to have fun tonight as usual.

Therefore, among the Four Heavenly Kings, only Shuntaro and Shintaro can go to meet these guests.

The training ground dedicated to Shuntaro is a bit far away from the mansion where Enma lives. Even if the two of them are not slow, it will take them some time to reach their destination.

In order to kill this boring time on the road, Shuntaro casually asked Shintaro next to him:

"Shintaro, how is your mission to capture the traitorous ninja who is absconding in Edo going?"

Not long ago, another rebellious ninja appeared in their Shiranui.

Although "rebeling a ninja" can be considered a common thing in Shiranui, the ninja who defected this time was unusual. The ninja who defected this time was a jounin.

After all, the jounin is the high-end combat power of Shiranui. The defection of a jounin is far more serious than the defection of middle, genin and karma.

Once a Jonin betrays Shiranui Ri, Shiranui Ri's pursuit of the traitorous nin will often be higher than that of other defecting middle and genin.

After relentless tracking of this defecting Jonin, we finally got reliable information a while ago: he is lurking in Edo.

After receiving this reliable information, Enma sent Shintaro a few days ago to lead a group of ninjas to pursue the rebellious ninja in Edo.

And Enma is also very interesting. At the moment when Shiranui's combat power has declined greatly, Enma still sent 2 jounin, 8 chuunin, and 14 genin to Shintaro as helpers.

"It's nothing." Neither Shintaro's expression nor the tone of his voice showed any emotion at all. "I'm just tracking him in a normal manner."

"Do you need my help?" Shuntaro asked jokingly.

"unnecessary."

Shintaro still cherished his words like gold, and looked like he didn't want to say another word to Shintaro.

Shuntaro was already used to Shintaro's indifferent attitude, so he didn't care.

Except for Enma, Shintaro is quite indifferent to everyone.

He is the type who can use one word to communicate with you but will never use two words to talk to you.

Compared to such boring gourds who don't talk much, Shuntaro still prefers people with cheerful personalities, so the relationship between Shuntaro and Shintaro is also very average, and they can only be regarded as acquaintances.

If it weren't for being bored on the road, Shuntaro wouldn't have taken the initiative to find a topic to chat with Shintaro.

Another reason why Shuntaro and Shintaro have a normal relationship is that Shuntaro thinks Shintaro is weird.

I've never seen Shintaro have a close relationship with anyone. I don't know if he said more than 20 sentences in a day. It's hard to guess what he is thinking.

This feeling of "I don't know what this person is thinking" makes Shuntaro feel very uncomfortable, so this is one of the important reasons why Shuntaro doesn't interact with Shintaro very much.

After chatting with Shintaro for a while, Enma's mansion finally appeared within their sight.

After walking the last short distance quickly and entering Enma's mansion, the two of them walked with familiarity to the room specially used to receive guests.

Balrog has a habit of receiving visitors from outside in the mansion where he lives.

Therefore, in Enma's mansion, there is a spacious room specially used to entertain guests.

Wow...

Shuntaro and Shintaro walked to the door of the guest room one after another and slowly opened the door.

The light in the room was not bright, there were only 2 candles for lighting.

Shutaro had long been tired of seeing all the decorations in this room, so after opening the door, Shutaro's eyes and attention were directly fixed on the large group of people kneeling on the tatami in the room.

On the body.

Shuntaro counted the number of people in this large crowd and found that there were 27 people in total.

These people No. 27 were all wearing ordinary kimonos and did not carry any weapons. They looked like a bunch of ordinary Li people.

This large, dark group of people took up nearly 80% of the space in this relatively spacious room.

What is striking is that among these 27 people, there are only 3 elderly people, and the other 24 people are all young people who are probably in their teens or 20s, and the oldest is less than 30 years old.

These three elderly people are all white-haired, they should be 5 or 60 years old, and they should be the same generation as Enma in Shiranui.

The dark complexions of the three people showed that their faces had been in contact with the outdoor sunshine for a long time, and their sharp and lively eyes were incompatible with their already gray beards and hair.

The arms of these three old guys instantly caught Shuntaro's attention as a warrior.

Although they all wore large kimonos, some of their forearm muscles were still exposed outside the clothes.

Without exception, their forearms are extremely thick.

Not only them, but the 24 young people behind the three of them are like this. Their arms and fingers are those of people who practice the art of war.

They should be the ninjas of Iga...

Shuntaro thought to himself in his heart.

In addition to these 27 people, there were two ninjas from their Shiranui clan kneeling in a corner of the room.

These two people must be responsible for taking care of these guests before Enma and Shuntaro arrive.

Seeing Shuntaro and Shintaro coming, these two ninjas immediately bowed to them and saluted.

After Shuntaro and Shintaro opened the door and entered the room, the Iga ninjas headed by the three old guys also focused their attention on the two.

"First time we meet." Shintaro took the lead in saluting the guests and announcing his home, "I am Shintaro from Shiranui."

After Shintaro finished speaking, Shuntaro immediately followed him:

"I'm Shuntaro."

As soon as Shuntaro finished speaking, low exclamations sounded among the Iga ninjas.

The Iga ninjas, especially the three old guys, will look at Shuntaro with some curiosity.

"Are you Shutaro..." one of the three old guys said, "I have admired his name for a long time. The famous Shutaro is much younger than I thought."

"I don't dare to be famous or anything like that." Shuntaro smiled.

Shuntaro and Shintaro sat in front of the Iga ninjas, facing each other.

After sitting down, Shuntaro looked at the Iga ninjas in front of him with interest.

This was the first time Shuntaro saw Iga's companions.

Because as far as Shutaro knew, Iga no Sato was destroyed due to civil strife 40 years ago.
To be continued...