I originally wanted to write a 1W3 word chapter today, just to end the title that I have been writing for many days.

However... today, Chinese Valentine's Day, my first love, my mother, invited me to go shopping, and I dare not refuse...

When I got home, it was already dark... I worked my butt off and wrote only 5,700 words... So today's title was changed from (End) to (5)... (End) can only wait until tomorrow...

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I feel like God is against me! Can't you just let me get rid of this ridiculously long title? (Leopard Head Cries.jpg)

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Mogami's mood has not been good since this morning.

The sudden death of Izawa and others caused some stains on his first battle of this battle, which was supposed to end with a "perfect" outcome.

This made Mogami feel more and more depressed the more he thought about it.

But while feeling depressed, Mogami is also very excited now.

Because his uncle gave him the task of tracking down the "mysterious swordsman".

This is a task that may lead to great achievements.

If the "mysterious swordsman" is really a member of some organization determined to oppose Japan, then destroying this organization will be a great achievement.

The credit is great enough to make Mogami drool.

So after leading the generals sent to him by the Tenmoku out of the camp, Mogami showed a high-spirited look and vowed to find out the true identity of the "mysterious swordsman".

At this moment, Mogami was leading his generals to rest in a mountain forest.

While Mogami poured a large mouthful of water into his mouth, he carefully checked the map in his hand to confirm their current location and how far they were from Siwasi Village, their destination on this trip.

As Siwasi Village is not far from Red Moon Fortress, the Japanese army naturally has a map of its surroundings.

In order to defeat the Red Moon Fortress in one go, the shogunate had long ago dispatched special personnel to draw maps of all the areas surrounding the Red Moon Fortress.

After confirming that the Siwasi village was not far away and that his subordinates were almost at rest, Mogami called out loudly and informed all his subordinates to prepare to continue their journey.

"We're not far from Sivasi Village!" Mogami warned the subordinates around him loudly, "Cheer up!"

"People may not necessarily welcome us."

Speaking of this, a meaningful smile appeared on Mogami's face.

“So I’m all ready to ‘respond well’ to people’s ‘warm welcome’!”

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"Move quickly! Move quickly!"

"Don't bring these heavy and worthless things with you!"

"You don't need to bring too much food! Just remember to bring a bow and enough arrows! As long as you have a bow and arrows, you don't have to worry about food!"

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At this moment, Sivasi Village is in full swing.

However, they were not holding a festival, but were busy escaping for their lives.

Their village chief has just informed the whole village and people that the army is now located not far from their village. In order not to be affected by the military disaster, he asked all the villagers to immediately bring important things and hide in the nearby mountains.

In addition to informing the villagers that Kazuto's army was nearby, the village chief also informed the entire village of the news that Takta Village, not far from them, had been annihilated.

The reason why he wanted to inform the whole village of this tragedy was to make everyone in the village obey him and temporarily abandon the village and flee into the mountains according to his order.

The effect of the village chief's strategy was quite significant. After learning that Takta Village was annihilated by Kazuto's army, and that the only known survivor so far was a little girl, Lilata, those who originally wanted to "temporarily abandon the village" Those who complained all shut their mouths.

Although their Siwasi village is close to Takta village, the relationship between the two villages is not very close. Only a few villagers have close ties with Takta village.

However, even if the relationship is not close, knowing that one's neighbor has suffered such a tragedy can still make one feel sad.

And after learning that Takta Village had been annihilated, they really felt like the flames were about to burn their eyebrows.

Who knows if Kazuto will also attack their Sivasi Village in the future?

So after the village chief conveyed the news that "Takta Village has been annihilated" and "The Kazuto Army is nearby" to the whole village, the tranquility of Siwasi Village, which is located deep in the mountains and looks like a paradise, was disturbed. Broken.

Without any instructions or supervision from the village chief, all the villagers in the village spontaneously put in their full energy and efforts to collect important things from their homes.

While the villagers of Siwasi Village were working feverishly to avoid the war, Ogata and the others were at a certain entrance of the village, accepting the farewell of Lilata and her grandmother.

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"Thank you very much... I don't know how to express my gratitude to you... (Ainu language)"

Lilata's grandmother, Urappe, has lived for such a long time, but she still has a little knowledge.

She knew that Kazuo and others performed a "bow", so in order to show her sincere gratitude, Urappe bent her somewhat stooped back and bowed awkwardly to Ogata and others.

"You're welcome." Ogata returned the gesture, "We just did what we could."

Ogata is actually not very good at dealing with situations where "others thank him".

Every time when someone expresses his gratitude, Ogata will directly respond to the other person with this very versatile sentence in order to save trouble.

This sentence is "You're welcome, we just did what we could."

Ulape is a true native of Sivasi Village. Her husband, Lilata's grandfather, died of illness a few years ago. In the past few years, she has been living a quiet life alone in Sivasi Village. , there is nothing valuable at home.

The only things that can be given away are some dried meats that are made by oneself and are confident in the taste.

Just now, in order to thank Ogata and others for rescuing her precious granddaughter and bringing her safely to her, Urappe gave Ogata and others all the freshest dried meat in stock at home. .

After all, this was his wish, and these dried meats were not too valuable to be accepted, so Ogata and the others happily accepted them.

Originally, Urape wanted to invite Ogata and the others to stay for dinner, but Ogata and the others declined on the grounds that they were "leaving."

Ogata and others had no intention of staying in Sivasi Village for a long time. They had to hurry up and return to Red Moon Fortress to inform the villagers of Qina Village that "Red Moon Fortress was in danger".

Moreover, Ogata and the others are now too embarrassed to stay in Sivasi Village.

The Japanese army was nearby, forcing the villagers of Siwasi Village to temporarily abandon the village and live a savage life in the mountains for a period of time.

Ogata and Omachi, two people with Japanese faces, would inevitably receive strange looks from the villagers when they stayed in Siwasi Village.

Rather than receiving strange looks and making both parties feel uncomfortable, it would be better to just leave calmly.

Now, Ogata and the others were holding radishes and grapes, standing at the entrance of the village, preparing to leave.

The only people who came to see him off were Lilata and Ulapei.

Lilata is now being held by Ulapei with one hand, and continues to hold the small windmill with the other hand.

After Ogata and Urape bowed to each other, he knelt down so that his eyes were level with Lilata's.

"Goodbye." Ogata smiled, "Please take care of yourself. (Ainu language)"

Ogata twirled his tongue and tried to speak out a sentence in Ainu that was not standard but could still be understood by the Ainu people.

After staying in Ezo for so long, and in an environment where everyone around him speaks Ainu, Ogata's Ainu proficiency has improved by leaps and bounds, and he can already speak some simple Ainu.

Already.

After Ogata finished speaking, Lilata, who was looking at Ogata with her dark eyes that had regained some of their brightness, pursed her lips and squeezed the windmill in her hand.

Then he suddenly let go of Urape's hand that he had been holding, put his hand into his inner clothes, and took out a triangular object the size of a child's palm.

"This is for you... (Ainu language)" Lilata whispered in a soft voice unique to a young girl.

After listening to Aizan's translation next to him, Ogata took the thing handed to her by Lilata with a puzzled look on his face.

This thing is a triangular object made of glass beads strung together, which looks like an ornament.

After Ogata took the thing, Aizan on the side quickly explained to Ogata:

"This is called 'Houchili'. It is an ornament that is usually worn on the forehead by boys. The first time they kill a prey by themselves, they will cut it off."

As soon as Aizan finished explaining, Ulape also spoke up to explain to Ogata and the others the origin of this thick Hokiri.

After listening to Aizan's translation, Ogata learned that the Hoho Kiri turned out to be the possession of his Lilata's father.

After Lilata's father killed his prey for the first time, he cut off the thick hokili he had been wearing on his forehead, and then kept it.

After Lilata was born and grew up, Lilata felt that the Thick Hojili was very beautiful, so her father gave it to Lilata, and Lilata always regarded it as a treasure and carried it with her.

Carry.

After learning that the Hoho Kiri was a very meaningful accessory for Lilata, Ogata showed some hesitation on his face.

"Thank you for your kindness, but this heavy load will make me..."

Before Ogata finished speaking, Lilata interrupted Ogata's words as if she had guessed what Ogata would say.

"Dad, he told me that when I receive help from others, I will definitely repay the other person and not be ungrateful..."

"Although this is not a very valuable thing, it is the only thing I have that can be used as a thank you gift... I hope you can accept it... (Ainu language)"
To be continued...