The shouts of death on the first floor can be clearly heard even from as far away as the third floor.
The villagers, led by Kinnosuke, huddled in various corners on the third floor, listening to the constant sounds coming from the first floor, with various expressions on their faces.
Some people looked scared.
Some people looked terrified.
Some people looked excited.
Some people looked expectant.
As for Omachi - she was holding her wakizashi tightly, standing on the only staircase connecting the 3rd floor and 2nd floor, looking towards the stairs with a solemn face.
"Miss Atachi..."
At this moment, Konnosuke walked towards Amachi with a confused look on his face and asked him.
"Aren't you going to help Mr. Ogata and the others?"
"I really want to help." A Machi smiled with a hint of bitterness on his face, "But now I have done everything I can to help..."
"After setting up the enemy positions together, I actually wanted to stay and follow them to stop the shogunate army."
"It's just that Aya told me - 'This corridor is too narrow. It can barely accommodate the three of me, Mamiya and Makimura for fighting. If you add one more person, there won't be enough space. Aya, go to the third floor."
Protect Konno and help them.'"
"Although he sounds nice, I know in my heart - the real reason is just because my swordsmanship is not good enough, and staying there may be a hindrance."
"Although I feel a little unhappy, I have to admit that what Ayi said is right."
Atachi shrugged.
"My principle in dealing with things is to do things that I can help, and never do things that are beyond my capabilities."
"Since I can't help you on the first floor, I'll just follow Ayi's instructions and come to the third floor."
Atachi turned his head and smiled at Konnosuke.
"Although I can't face the elite of the shogunate army head-on, I can still manage to protect you by guarding the stairs on the third floor."
"...Thank you." Konnosuke, whose eyes were slightly red, said to Amachi in a solemn tone, "Thank you very much..."
"There's no need to say thank you." Ah Ding waved his hand in a carefree manner, "Neither I nor Ayi and the others are just trying to save themselves."
"I'm just trying to help you while saving myself."
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The 150 shogunate soldiers responsible for landing on the island have been divided into two groups since landing on the island.
The first division of troops - leaving 30 men to guard their ships.
The second division of troops - after breaking through the wooden wall of Fenghe Village, 30 people were left to guard the gap again to prevent any islanders from escaping through the gap.
After dividing the troops twice, there were only 90 generals left to attack inside the wall.
The 30 soldiers responsible for guarding the gap now all have their swords out of their sheaths and are ready to fight.
Although these people are standing guard and monitoring the movements inside the wall, they are actually standing guard here in a rather leisurely mood.
Because they don't think any islanders within the wall can escape here smoothly.
There were 90 companions who rushed into the wall.
With such a number of people, it would be easy to wipe out the unarmed islanders inside the wall.
It doesn't matter even if some lucky islanders managed to escape from the siege of their comrades.
There must be very few islanders who can successfully escape here.
At that time, it will be enough to give the islanders who are lucky enough to escape here a few casualties.
In terms of the ease and safety of the mission, it is second only to those comrades responsible for guarding the ship.
Because no one thought that they would encounter any danger in this "gap guarding" task, a few people even started chatting there casually.
At this moment - a loud voice suddenly sounded from behind them:
"Aren't these the soldiers of the shogunate? What are the soldiers of the shogunate doing here?"
This sudden loud voice startled all the 30 soldiers responsible for guarding the breach.
After following the sound and turning their heads, they saw a very large and strong man slowly walking towards them carrying a large naginata.
In addition to this strong man, there was also a young man of average size who followed closely beside this strong man with a cautious look.
The young man seemed to be afraid of the strong man's appearance, and seemed to dare not take even one step ahead of the strong man's pace when walking.
Looking at the strong man and the young man who suddenly appeared, the 30 soldiers felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Without anyone's command, they consciously picked up the spears in their hands and set up a spear formation.
The soldiers did not know who these two men were.
I don’t want to know who these two people are.
All they know is that their mission is to exterminate all living people on the island - including the prisoners.
Looking at the 30 soldiers who had formed a gun formation, the strong man curled his lips, with a look of displeasure on his face.
"I hate you soldiers the most."
As the strong man spoke, he slowly put down the naginata on his shoulder.
"It's more interesting to kill the old, weak, women and children..."
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Kinnosuke's residence, corridor on the first floor——
"Hey, Makimura."
While Ogata wiped away the few drops of blood that had just splashed on his face with the back of his hand, he suddenly said to Makimura beside him.
"I suddenly have a plan. I need your help."
"What's the plan?" Makimura asked Ogata without looking back while dodging the attack of a soldier in front of him.
"A plan related to our departure from the island, I just thought of it."
"If my plan succeeds, we might be able to leave this broken island."
"It's just that if you want to implement my plan, you must first find a way to kill all the shogunate soldiers who landed on the island."
Speaking of this, a cold light flashed in Ogata's eyes.
"So, I plan to kill all the shogunate soldiers here, leaving no one alive. If I want to do this, Makimura, I need your help."
While saying this, another soldier rushed toward Ogata.
Ogata turned his body to avoid the soldier's attack and stabbed him in the throat. At the same time, he turned his head in the direction of Makimura and told Makimura what he asked Makimura to do.
After Ogata finished speaking, Makimura grinned:
"Yes, your combat deployment is quite suitable for me."
After slashing down a soldier standing in front of him with a knife, Makimura threw away the knife in his hand, turned around and left quickly, rushing toward the stairs leading to the second floor.
Mamiya looked at Makimura's leaving figure with a puzzled expression.
"Ogata-kun, what did you ask Makimura to do?"
"It's nothing." Ogata said softly, "I just slightly adjusted the deployment of personnel to let Makimura go to a place where he can better display his strength."
After saying that, Ogata turned his gaze and looked at the soldiers in front of him who were glaring at him and Mamiya nervously.
No, to be precise... Ogata was looking at the guy dressed as an officer who was standing in the middle of the soldiers.