The sun setting in the west reflected the clouds that covered the northern half of the sky. The sky began to take on the color of sunset, and the light on the ground became darker as a result.
While Ogata wiped the beads of sweat that were about to drip down his chin, he looked at the huge wooden wall in front of him and muttered:
"We've finally arrived...it's exactly what Zonghai said...the wooden walls outside Fenghe Village are the shortest and there are more than 3 rooms..."
Ogata and others set out early in the morning, and it was already dusk when they finally arrived at Fenghe Village, which was surrounded by wooden walls.
The reason why it took so long to successfully reach the wooden wall of Fenghe Village was because Ogata and the others spent most of their time avoiding cannibals.
From Tenmanji Temple to Fenghe Village, Ogata and others encountered three waves of cannibals.
Ogata's first priority now is to rush to Fenghe Village, but they don't have much free time to waste on these cannibals.
Therefore, for these three waves of cannibals, Ogata and others relied on the terrain to get rid of them all.
So it took a lot of time.
If there were not those cannibals blocking the road, Ogata and others could have arrived at Fenghe Village before noon based on their footsteps.
"Ha...ha...ha...ha..." Matsumoto leaned on a big tree next to him and panted heavily.
"Hey, brother Matsumoto, are you okay?" Matsumoto's violent breathing made Makimura couldn't help but become concerned about him.
"Ha... it's still... okay... ha... it's just... I have no strength at all... ha..."
"Hey, hey, hey." Makimura said while patting Matsumoto's back, "Why is your physical strength so low? You have no physical strength after just two strokes."
"I'm a doctor..." Matsumoto said angrily, "I'm different from you martial arts practitioners..."
"Okay..." Mamiya, who was looking back, murmured, "There are no cannibals chasing after me... It seems like it should be safe here..."
Having said this, Mamiya paused.
Then he sighed softly and said with emotion:
"Are those cannibals... I didn't expect them to be immortal beings..."
Today was the first time Mamiya and Makimura encountered a cannibal.
When they encountered the first wave of cannibals, in order to test for themselves whether the cannibals were really unkillable, Mamiya and Makimura rushed up and wielded their knives to test it themselves.
Then I very intuitively felt the horror of the cannibal's characteristic of being unkillable no matter how hard it was killed.
While Makimura was taking care of Matsumoto and Mamiya was checking whether there were any cannibals coming from behind, Ogata and Atachi were observing the tall wooden wall in front of them.
The wooden wall is quite crudely made.
It's just a matter of tying thick wooden posts together and then erecting them.
Each wooden pillar is of varying lengths, some are longer and some are shorter.
It can be seen that when making this wooden wall, the makers were very anxious and did not bother to cut each wooden pillar to the same length, as long as it was long enough.
Behind the wooden wall, there is a wooden watchtower at regular intervals.
These wooden watchtowers are slightly higher than the wooden walls. As long as you stand on them, you can see the scenes and movements outside the walls.
Not far from Ogata and others, there was a watchtower, but there was no one standing guard on this watchtower.
Although no one was standing guard there, Ogata and others had been hiding in a hidden bush.
Even if there are people standing on the watchtower, Ogata and others cannot be seen due to the viewing angle.
Looking at the huge wooden wall and the watchtowers in front of him, A-Machi said softly:
"It seems... there must be some very skilled carpenters in Fenghe Village."
"This wooden wall is just fine, but those watchtowers are not something that an outsider can build."
"It's just that the layout of these watchtowers is quite amateurish. This amateurish layout means that the personnel standing guard on the watchtowers have quite a lot of blind spots."
"For those who are good at sneaking in, this kind of wooden wall is the type that can easily escape surveillance and climb in."
"Fenghe Village is just an ordinary rural area after all." Ogata on the side continued with a wry smile, "Do you think there will be defense masters who are good at city defense? They can build such a huge wooden wall with such a
There are so many watchtowers, I think it’s quite impressive.”
After observing the wooden wall of Toyowa Village, Ogata and Omachi turned around and began to hold a combat meeting with Mamiya and others behind them.
"When it gets dark, A-Machi and I will sneak in." Ogata said, "The three of you just wait outside the wall."
"Atachi and I will come back as soon as possible."
"Mamiya-sama, Makimura-sama." Matsumoto looked pitiful, grabbing the sleeves of Mamiya and Makimura, "please protect me!"
"Don't worry, brother Matsumoto." Makimura hugged Matsumoto's shoulders, "There are no cannibals in this place, it's very safe. We can just chat here while waiting for brother Ogata and the others to come back!"
"I hope there will be more useful information about the Immortal in Fenghe Village..." Mamiya muttered.
"Compared with this, I would like to know if there are any extra boats in Fenghe Village." Ogata answered.
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Ogata and others hid in the bushes, eating their own rice balls to recover their strength, and silently waiting for the night to fall.
It's cloudy tonight.
Layers of clouds cover the sky and lie between the sky and the earth.
After night fell, A-Machi raised his head and glanced at the night sky, and then said softly:
"You're lucky...it's cloudy tonight...Ayi, get ready to go."
"Hmm." As Ogata said, he silently took off the light green haori he was wearing and handed it to Makimura next to him for safekeeping.
The light onion color is too bright, and it is easy to be spotted when wearing it.
Except for this light green haori, the rest of Ogata's clothes are all dark colors, the kimono is dark blue, and the hakama and socks are black.
So as long as Haori is taken off, Ogata's clothes are very suitable for use as a "sneak suit".
In addition to handing the Haori to Makimura and the others for safekeeping, the other things that were given to Makimura and the others for safekeeping were the knives that Ogata had picked up since he landed on the island.
Carrying a lot of knives on his back makes it inconvenient to carry out movements, so he needs to sneak as dexterously as possible.
Therefore, Ogata only kept the katana and wakizashi on his waist, and the other swords were temporarily given to Makimura and others who were staying outside the wall for safekeeping.
"I wish you good luck in martial arts." Mamiya softly blessed Ogata and Omachi.
"Yes." Ogata nodded, "Atachi and I will go back quickly."
After saying that, Oubon turned his head and observed the watchtower closest to them with A-Machi.
There was still no one standing guard on the watchtower.
After confirming that no one inside the wooden wall was monitoring Ogata's activities in the area, Ogata waved to Amachi:
"Atachi, let's go."
"Um."
Ogata and Omachi lowered their body weight, rushed out of the bushes, and quickly ran under the wooden wall.
The two of them did not immediately start climbing the wall in a hurry.
Instead, he first put his ear to the wooden wall and listened to the movement inside the wall.