"Although the relationship between our Shimazu family and the Otomo family is not bad, and we can basically say that we are one family, there will always be some members of the Otomo family who want to recreate the glory of the past. After all, the Otomo family at that time was well-deserved in Kyushu.
The first family in the world, our Shimazu family all have to give in to the Otomo family, and Otomo Shitaka is the leader of this faction."
Shimazu Hiromichi crossed his arms and continued: "But before that, Otomo Hoshitaka was in charge of the family business in the Shikoku region, and would only go back to Kyushu once in a while, so we will not be at odds with the Otomo family because of him, but
I have also heard that Otomo Shitaka is planning to form an alliance with the Choso Gabe family and then squeeze out our Shimazu family’s industries in the Shikoku region."
"Huh? What kind of operation is this?" Zhang Wenbing said with some confusion: "Even if Otomo Shitaka can unite with the Nagasougabe family to eat up your Shimazu family's industry in the Shikoku region, it will also end the relationship between the Otomo family and Shikoku.
With the cooperation of the Jin family, the gains of the Otomo family should outweigh the losses, so the Otomo family should not let Otomo Xitaka do such a stupid operation, right?"
Shimazu Hiromichi smiled, nodded and said: "Of course, that's why Otomo Hoshitaka's plan has never been formed, and our Shimazu family has been supporting his eldest brother to become the next head of the Otomo family, because he is the
The best partner of our Shimadzu family, but Otomo Hosotaka is still deeply loved by his grandfather and has received a lot of sponsorship from his grandfather, so he should have hired a bunch of Iga ninjas on his own initiative this time, thinking
Take this opportunity to get some benefits."
As soon as Shimazu Hiromichi finished speaking, Tanegashima Teruichi continued: "Yes, I have heard before that some members of the Tanegashima family are preparing to cooperate with Otomo Hoshitaka, because Otomo Hosotaka gave a very tempting
cooperation plan, but these young men chose to give up in the end because they knew that what they had in hand was not enough to exchange for the rewards given by Otomo Seiraka, so it was very likely that they would be rewarded by the angry Otomo Seiraka.
Sweep him out, or even kill him directly."
At this moment, Otomo Shitaka and others on the dock seemed to have received some news, and they suddenly identified a direction and started running forward.
"That direction is to Tanegashima Town." Tanegashima Teruichi said: "But there are two roads from the pier to Tanegashima Town. Otomo Shitaka chose the long road because this road goes around a forest.
It was built, and the interior of this forest has been lack of maintenance for a long time, so it is overgrown with weeds, and there is a thick layer of dead branches and leaves. In addition, there are many poisonous insects, so few people will go directly through it.
The forest leads to Tanegashima Town; the other short route is only half the distance of the long route, but there will be a visitor center halfway."
"In that case, Otomo Hoshitaka and the others were worried about an ambush at the visitor center, so they deliberately took a long way to Tanegashima Town?"
Liu Xing looked at Otomo Xilong and his group walking away, and continued: "So are we going to follow Otomo Xilong? Or should we ask Otomo Xilong to open the way for us?"
"Of course. Now that someone is willing to be our striker, we can't be polite."
As soon as Shimazu Hiromichi finished speaking, Andre stood up and said, "Then let me be responsible for tracking. You just need to follow the marks I left along the way."
After saying that, Andre was like an agile cheetah, jumping down the hill in a few clicks, and then ran in the direction of Otomo Shitaka and others.
At this time, Li Hanxing also smiled and said: "Don't look at Andre, he looks tall and thick, like a bear from Siberia, but his tracking ability ranks among the top three in our mercenary group, so
Many times if we need to perform tracking tasks, we will let Andre take charge, because even if this guy is discovered, he can escape with his outstanding personal strength. Of course, it is also possible to directly turn tracking into annihilation.
.”
I don’t know why, but Liu Xing always feels that Li Hanxing is setting a flag for Andre.
To be on the safe side, Liu Xing and others waited for five minutes before taking action. Li Hanxing, who volunteered, was responsible for collecting the marks left by Andre, but it didn't take long for Liu Xing and others to stop.
.
The reason is simple. The mark left by Andre shows that he followed Otomo Shitaka and his party into the forest.
Looking at the silent and dimly lit forest, Liu Xing and others couldn't help but frown.
"Although with the strength of Otomo Hoshitaka and his team, they should not encounter any danger when entering the forest. After all, Iga ninjas are also quite experienced in medical treatment, so Iga ninjas in those days often transformed into doctors in the town.
Asking for information, and the effect of doing so is naturally very good, because most people will trust the doctor, especially if the doctor can cure your disease, so those poisonous insects in the forest are nothing to the Iga ninjas."
Shimazu Hiromichi sighed, shook his head and said: "But here's the problem. If I remember correctly, there is a large man-made lake in front of this forest and Tanegashima Town, because the Tanegashima family was making various
We need a lot of water to grow weapons, so our Shimadzu family built such a man-made lake. After all, although moving the factory to the seaside can solve the water problem more conveniently, those rampant pirates will often come to rob us.
Plunder.”
"In this case, even if Otomo Hoshitaka and his party passed through the forest, they would not be able to directly sneak into Tanegashima Town. Instead, they would be directly discovered by the monitors on the other side of the man-made lake?" Yin En asked.
Shimazu Hiromichi nodded and said seriously: "Yes, this man-made lake is actually an anti-submarine method for Tanegashima Town. In other words, the circle around Tanegashima Town is a blank area, leaving no blind spots.
, so I am very confused about what Otomo Xitaka and the others want to do? If they are rushing into the forest, it is not a good choice, because crossing the forest can shorten a lot of distance, but the road in the forest is still too difficult to walk.
, so the overall time is not much different, so unless time is urgent, there is no need for Otomo Shitaka and his party to enter the forest."
"Yes, Otomo Seitaka has been to Tanegashima Town several times, and in order to prove that the Shimadzu family and the Otomo family are the best partners, we also let Otomo Seitaka enter the core area of Tanegashima Town as a guest, and even
He intimidated Otomo Xilong and introduced him to our secret posts in the town, including a clock tower that can monitor the man-made lake, so he should be very aware that his group of people crossing the forest is actually a thankless move...
Unless Otomo Shitaka feels that it would be dangerous to continue along the road, or be discovered by outsiders."
After Tanegashima Teruichi closed his eyes and thought for a moment, he shook his head and said: "This long road is generally used as a transportation channel for Tanegashima Town. After all, the short road is provided for tourists to walk to Tanegashima Town.
Therefore, there will basically not be any maintenance around this long road, so after walking a few steps, even the side facing the sea will be blocked by trees. Therefore, I suspect that Otomo Hoshitaka and his party are worried about these large trees on the roadside.
There will be an ambush behind the tree..."
Before Tanegashima Teruichi finished speaking, there were sudden screams in the forest, and then someone opened fire!
Could it be that Andre was discovered?!
"No, Andre was not discovered by Otomo Shitaka and others, because the gunshots that appeared now were all made by pistols, and Andre was holding an assault rifle. More importantly, with Andre's habit, he
If you are discovered by the enemy during the tracking process, you will throw a blast bomb immediately to interfere with the opponent, so you can have a certain first-mover advantage whether you are walking or fighting."
Li Hanxing raised his hand to stop everyone who wanted to rush into the forest, and continued: "And judging from the sound of gunfire and bullets hitting the trees, the shooter should have been shooting in the direction of the man-made lake, not at us.
This direction also means that unless Andre ran in front of the shooter, it would be impossible for these bullets to hit Andre."
After hearing what Li Hanxing said, Liu Xing also listened carefully to the various sounds coming from the forest, and found that what Li Hanxing said was very correct.
"So, did Otomo Hoshitaka and his party encounter those outsiders? But these outsiders didn't seem to fight back, because we couldn't hear them fighting back at all, and there were still so many people shooting...
So is this Otomo Shitaka and his group fishing, creating noise to attract outsiders to come and check out the situation, so that they can turn against the guests?"
Shimazu Hiromichi touched his chin and continued: "Those Iga ninjas are also very good at using traps, so if they can turn around and use these traps to deal with outsiders, their chances of winning can be improved a lot. After all, in the big country
Sometimes it's the defense that has the advantage."
Just as Shimazu Hiromichi finished saying this, there was suddenly another loud noise in the forest, like a huge boulder falling directly from the mountain to the ground, so even Liu Xing and others felt the earth trembling.
"What's happening here?"
Shimazu Hiromichi's expression changed and he continued: "Isn't the noise this time too loud? If Otomo Shitaka just wants to lure the enemy deeper, there is absolutely no need to make such a big noise, because those outsiders will hear such a loud noise.
When there is a big movement, the first thought is to send heavy troops to check the situation, but it is impossible for Otomo Shitaka and others to deal with such a large army."
"So Otomo Shitaka and his party must have really encountered those outsiders, and had a direct conflict."
Li Hanxing stopped mid-sentence because Andre was escaping from the forest in a panic.
"Come on, the enemies in the forest are very scary, and we can't deal with them at all!"
When Andre finished speaking, KP fangs stood up and said: "Congratulations to all players for reaching the minimum standard for clearing this module. You can now officially clear the module by leaving Tanegashima. However, because
This only meets the minimum standards for customs clearance, so you can only get a small number of points as rewards."
Hearing kp Jianya say this, Liu Xing and others were all confused, because Liu Xing and others did not expect that this module could be cleared so easily. You must know that after Liu Xing and others entered this module,
Not a single judgment was made, and we just followed the large team for less than two hours.
But after thinking about it, Liu Xing felt that this was actually quite reasonable, because this module was not just a group of people participating in it, but its real core plot could not accommodate so many players participating at the same time, so this module passed
This method is used to persuade a group of players to retire, and then find ways to eliminate a group of players through various difficulties, and finally let the remaining players fight on the way to the final plot, so as to ensure that the players who can reach the end can
The quantity will be maintained within a reasonable range.
Therefore, this module is a level-breaking module. Each player team must pass five levels and kill six generals before they have a chance to win the final victory.
Now, Liu Xing and others are facing the simplest level in this module, which is to test whether Liu Xing and others will choose to retreat when encountering an unknown and terrifying enemy.
Li Hanxing had already introduced Andre before, saying that he was also a well-informed senior mercenary who had fought against mythical creatures, and looking at Andre's current appearance could also prove that he was in that battle.
At least he won't fall behind.
So Andre is now scared like this. It can be seen that the enemy who is still fighting with Otomo Shitaka and his group is no, it should be said to be a mythical creature. After all, the loud noise just now is not something that can be done casually.
manufactured.
"Andre, calm down and tell us what exactly you saw? What was fighting with Otomo Xilong and others?" Li Hanxing said while holding Andre down with both hands.
At this time, Andre also calmed down and said seriously: "I didn't see clearly what it was, because I was still some distance away from the monster and Otomo Shitaka and his group, and the light in the forest was dim.
, although I saw Otomo Hoshitaka and his group suddenly shooting in front of me, and those ninjas also started throwing various hidden weapons, and then a huge figure jumped out, and then the rising smoke covered it again,
So I only knew that this was a huge monster, and at the same time, my sixth sense was urging me to escape from the forest as soon as possible because this monster was very dangerous!"
After listening to Andre's story, the same name appeared in Liu Xing and others' minds - black goat cub!
Although there are many huge mythical creatures in the Cthulhu Mythos, not many like to use the "Tarzan Crush" technique.