Shangu Wen hung her beloved longbow on a branch nearby and listened helplessly to the sound of horse hooves gradually approaching. She understood that the people from the Red Leaf Army who came to arrest the assassin were about to arrive, but she had no idea.
The desire to survive. The meaning of life has been lost anyway, so what’s the point of surviving?
When things came to an end, her mind relaxed and began to think about some irrelevant things. In her mind, the scene of that girl in her childhood vaguely emerged. While other girls were keen on dressing up, she spent all day long with them.
She grew up with bows and arrows. When she was a child, it was the small wooden bow that her father whittled for her with a knife. Later it was a soft bow covered with dust that she found in an unknown warehouse. And then it was the long bow that she begged her mother to buy for her.
Bow, until today this beloved longbow - it was given to her by a Nanman merchant who passed by Nanomi River.
Although her arrows were accurate and fast, her father had never been interested in her archery skills. She didn't know it was because she was a girl - there were obviously many female ninjas in Koga.
Or because she didn't follow her father's wishes to learn iron cannon, just like her brothers.
"Bows and arrows have become outdated." When his daughter invited him to watch her archery, Sugitani Zenjubo shook his head dismissively and said, "It's useless to learn that stuff. From now on, it will be the age of iron cannons."
"Father, that's not true." Sugitani Wen relied on her father to pamper her since she was a child, and grabbed her father's arm like a baby, "Look, not many people use bows and arrows now! There are so many ninjas, and some of them use iron cannons.
Yes?"
"That's because they are short-sighted." Sugitani Zenjubo replied without thinking.
"But bows and arrows can shoot far, accurately, and fast, so why use iron cannons?" Shan Guwen still pestered her father and asked, "How is the iron cannon so good?"
"It's very powerful." Zenjubo Sugitani, who doesn't talk much, kept his language concise even when answering his daughter's questions. "Bows and arrows cannot kill people wearing armor, but iron cannons can."
"But…"
"There's nothing wrong with it." Sugitani Zenjubo seemed to have no interest in talking any more. He shook off Sugitani Wen's hand and turned to her coldly, "It's useless to practice these things. Sooner or later, you will be eliminated by the iron cannon.
I saw that you were a girl and would have no future, so I let you practice. If you were my son, if you dared to practice this useless bow and arrow again, your hands would be broken."
Sugitani Wen listened to her father's harsh words, but the indifferent figure on her back did not cry, but clenched her fists tightly. From that moment on, she made up her mind to become famous by practicing bow and arrow and become famous in Koga.
The female ninja asked her father to take back his contemptuous words at this moment.
However, she did not wait for that moment, but what she waited for was the news of her father's death. According to people who came back, her father died at the hands of a blond and blue-eyed foreign archer. And the mission he left without saying goodbye was to assassinate the Oda family.
rainy autumn red leaves.
Yes, he died in the hands of an archer, not an iron gunner. This must be a great irony for his father. He had originally agreed to fight his opponent with an iron cannon. This was indeed the result of her crazy worship of iron cannons.
Pao's father was capable of doing things, but in the end, he was killed by an arrow. He was the archer he had always looked down upon.
Father, you see, bows and arrows still have their meaning, don’t they?
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Sugigu Wen had to admit that her father was indeed very far-sighted. In the years after his death, iron cannons began to appear more and more on the battlefield, replacing the original position of bows and arrows. In front of iron cannons, bows and arrows seemed to be really
He became an old antique that should have been eliminated long ago. Every time he got the latest information from other ninjas, or heard about the iron cannons being used again on the battlefield, Sugiya Wen felt very uncomfortable.
Many years have passed, and thinking of her father's death no longer makes her cry. However, Sugigu Wen has always had a subtle obsession in her heart. She attributed her father's death to his contempt for bows and arrows. I don't know why.
What was the idea? Was she trying to prove herself to her late father, or was she trying to prove that bows and arrows were stronger than iron cannons to untie her heart. Anyway, Sugigu Wen had such an idea in her mind - she wanted to use bows and arrows.
Do what his father couldn't do even with an iron cannon - assassinate Yu Qiuping.
After her brothers died in the encirclement and suppression of the Oda family without leaving any heirs, Sugitani Wen became the heir of the Sugitani family and had the power to mobilize all the resources of the Sugitani family. Therefore, she devoted all her manpower and material resources to the Sugitani family without hesitation.
The plan to assassinate Yu Qiuping. Finally, her hard work paid off, and she found such an opportunity - this opportunity. She felt that as long as she could do this, her entire life would be different.
There would be no regrets. She could go to another world safely, find her father, and proudly show off her abilities to him.
But she failed, even though she could do it.
Sugigu Wen sighed, her eyes were slightly moist, and the scenery in front of her eyes became blurry. As the sound of horse hooves gradually approached, she realized that the cavalry of the Red Leaf Army was getting closer. She stood up, holding on to the stone, and made up her mind.
Just stand there and die.
Until she saw the leader of the cavalry - a blond and blue-eyed foreign archer.
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"Are you Thompson Charlie!" Sugigu Wen raised her hand in disbelief and pointed at the knight on the horse - he was carrying a long and exaggerated bow on his back, just like hers. The enemy who killed his father
She never forgot his name for a moment.
"You are..." Charlie glanced at the unarmed girl in front of him and the longbow hanging on the branch next to her. He was stunned for a moment and turned his attention to the girl's hands - those are the hands of someone who uses a longbow.
traces left behind.
"Longbowman?"
"Yes, she is still the daughter of the ninja you killed." Sugitani Wen looked fearlessly at the Naibei cavalry who came up to surround her.
"Which ninja?" Charlie looked at his hands that were already stained with blood and didn't understand who Sugitani Wen was referring to.
"Seven years ago, the ninja who made an appointment with you for a duel with Tie Pao." Sugigu Wen stared into Charlie's blue eyes and said in a deep voice, "You should still remember him."
"That gentleman? Of course I will not forget it. He is a great iron gunner and a gentleman who keeps his word." Charlie nodded thoughtfully, "You are his daughter? Your purpose this time is revenge.
What?"
"No, I came here to prove to my father's spirit in heaven that bows and arrows are no weaker than iron cannons, but it has failed now and is meaningless." Shangu Wen shook his head and said a little lonely, "I am the one who assassinated Yu Qiuzhi's tribe.
If you want to kill or behead me, please do as you please."
next to charlie
When the other cavalry heard this, they dismounted and prepared to capture her. However, Charlie suddenly waved his hand to signal everyone to stop.
"Miss, why do you think you have failed?"
"What my father failed to accomplish with the iron cannon, I failed with the bow and arrow." Sugitani Wen laughed sadly and glanced at the long bow hanging on the branch. "The rich daimyo and samurai all use bows and arrows in the army."
It has been replaced by an iron cannon. When archers and iron cannons shoot at each other, they almost escape death. Isn’t it clear at a glance who is stronger and who is weaker?"
Charlie did not answer directly when he heard this, nor did he shake his head. Instead, he looked over Shan Guwen's shoulder and looked at her long bow hanging on the branch.
After a long time, he suddenly stepped forward and spoke to break the silence.
"I invite you, Miss, to fight with me one on one, using a longbow. Just like your father invited me back then." Charlie took off the longbow hanging on the branch from Shan Guwen and handed it to her hand, "Give Miss a chance to get revenge."
Chance."
"Sir?" The cavalry around Charlie were shocked when they heard this, "Sir, what do you want to do?"
"I want to challenge that lady to a duel." Charlie repeated to his subordinates calmly.
"My lord, why is this happening? This person has already been captured without any effort, so why bother..."
"It's a favor to return to her father. He is a great gentleman." After thinking for a moment, Charlie gave an explanation, "If her father hadn't made a request back then and decided to decide life or death by the outcome of a duel with me,
Your Highness and we are already dead."
"But as the leader of an army...how can you risk doing such a reckless thing?"
"A gentleman will never withdraw his promise." Charlie shook his head at his subordinates, then slowly took off the longbow from his back, looking at Sugigu Wen who had not yet responded, "Miss, the archer is not
You should refuse challenges to your shooting skills."
"I accept it. I'm going to die anyway. If I can avenge my father before dying, why not do it." Sugigu Wen took a deep breath and tried to calm down, pretending to be very sophisticated and calm.
, “What about the rules?”
"The rules are the same as your father's back then." Charlie pointed to the woods next to him, "In this woods, there is shooting."
"Ten arrows per person?" Sugigu Wen glanced at Charlie's arrow pot and asked in a low voice, "Same as father's rules back then?"
"No, ten for you and one for me." Charlie shook his head.
"You look down on me?" Sugigu Wen frowned when she heard this. Although she had wanted to die, she couldn't help but feel angry when she saw someone looking down on her archery skills.
"No. When I was playing against your father, I had one bullet left to make up for it." Charlie looked at Sugigu Wen with a smile, "This is a favor to your father."
"Why are you doing this?" Sugigu Wen was confused by Charlie's attitude.
"To prove." Charlie didn't finish what he said, but he believed that Sugigu Wen had understood. He took out ten arrows from the quiver, stuffed them into Sugiwen's quiver, and handed the extra arrows to him who looked at each other.
The attendants left only one arrow, and then they took off their clothes and strode into the forest. Sugigu Wen was stunned for a moment, and immediately followed.
Chapter completed!