Ichijun, who collapsed softly on the ground, did not die immediately.
After falling to the ground, he still tried hard to stand up.
It's just that - the injuries on his body were too severe, and it was no longer possible to stand up.
The huge injury that penetrated from the right abdomen to the left shoulder, coupled with the two penetrating wounds that Ogata had left on his chest before - such injuries made it impossible to survive.
His lips moved, as if he wanted to say something.
His mouth was full of blood foam, and the words he spat out were slurred.
Ogata could barely hear what Ichijunmasa said:
"I don't want to die...I don't want to die...I don't want to die..."
Ichun's face was filled with fear in his eyes.
He is afraid of death.
Ishun struggled to get up, not wanting to die like this, and writhing on the wooden floor - like a maggot.
As for Ogata - he silently watched the struggle of Isumi who was afraid of death.
Issun didn't struggle for long.
After a while, his vitality finally slowly dissipated as a large amount of blood flowed out.
[Ding! Use Wuwo Sword Style·Raikiri to kill the enemy]
[Acquire 750 personal experience points and 700 experience points for the swordsmanship "Wuwo Sword Style"]
[Current personal level of the Selfless Two-Knife Style: Ding! When the experience value is full, the level of the Selfless Two-Knife Style will be upgraded by 1 level, and you will gain 2 skill points]
[Currently remaining skill points: 2 points]
After the system prompt sound in his mind fell, Ogata looked at Ichijun's body at his feet and said softly:
"It's really ridiculous... People who take pleasure in taking human lives would actually be so afraid when death is imminent..."
He swung the two swords in his hands downwards, and after shaking off all the blood on the blades, Ogata slowly put Da Shi Tian and Da Zi Zai into their sheaths.
After putting the two swords into their sheaths, Ogata instantly felt fatigue coming over him like a tide, like a wet towel, instantly wrapping his body layer by layer.
I've been on edge tonight.
In the life-and-death showdown with Issun, every nerve in Ogata's body was stretched to the extreme, and his attention and concentration were concentrated to the highest level.
His whole body was tense and he was fully engaged in the battle, but Ogata didn't feel physically tired yet.
It wasn't until the muscles and nerves in his body relaxed that Ogata realized that he was already so tired.
I was so tired that even standing still felt quite difficult.
After shaking his body a few times, Ogata's body fell softly toward the ground...
However, before Ogata fell to the ground, a small hand suddenly stretched out from his side and supported his body.
"A-Machi..."
Ogata raised his eyes and looked at the person holding him.
For some reason, after seeing Omachi's face, Omoto felt a smile appear on his face uncontrollably.
"Thank you for your hard work..." Ating said softly.
"A-Machi, you have worked hard too..."
Ogata raised his hand and patted the two knives on his left waist, and said in a half-joking tone:
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"If it weren't for you delivering these two knives in time, you might not have been able to see me."
"In order to find Da Shi Tian and Da Zi Zi for you, I also spent a lot of effort..."
Atachi smiled bitterly.
"Kinnosuke also put these two knives in his storage room."
"You know the storage room, right? It's the place with more than two hundred cabinets and barrels."
"I also had a sudden inspiration and discovered the rules of Konosuke's storage of things, so I was able to deliver these two knives to you in such a timely manner..."
"Principle?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "What law?"
"Konosuke puts things according to their pronunciation." Amachi sighed lightly, "He puts items with the same initial sound in the same row."
"I also discovered this pattern after seeing two things: nails and locks."
"Nail and lock have the same initial sound, so Konnosuke put them in the same row."
"The key and the mirror also have the same initial sound, so they are placed in the same row."
"I was pretty lucky. After discovering this pattern, I immediately found items with the same initial sound as knife - lamp oil and rice paper."
"So I searched for the cabinet buckets in the same row as the lamp oil and rice paper one by one, and soon found the Da Shi Tian and Da Zi Zai stored in the cabinet buckets."
"I see..." After listening to A-Machi's story quietly, Ogata couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Do you store items according to their initial sounds... What a strange storage method..."
"That's right." Amachi also agreed with a look of helplessness on his face, "I will definitely scold that Kinnosuke properly in the future."
After saying that, Atachi couldn't help but glance at Ishun's body at his feet.
Looking at Ichijun's body, A-Machi couldn't help but sigh:
"Ayi, it's a shame that you were able to kill this monster..."
"You're wrong." As soon as A-Machi finished speaking, Oubon immediately corrected him, "It's a shame that we were able to kill this monster."
Ogata emphasized the word "we".
"Without your weakening of him before and your timely delivery of the sword afterwards, I might not have been able to defeat Ishun."
"Well done, Atachi."
Ogata said this solemnly.
After hearing Ogata's words, Amachi was stunned for a moment.
After a while, a faint smile appeared on her face.
"……Thanks."
A-Machi said softly.
"I haven't heard anyone praise me for my meritorious service for a long time... Let's go, Ogata, let's go downstairs. The battle on the first floor should be over by now. Do you need me to help you?"
Although Atachi asked this question, she had already silently hooked Ogata's left arm onto her shoulder.
"If you can, please support me...but are your feet okay?"
Ogata looked at Amachi's left foot.
"It's okay." A-Machi turned her left ankle, "It's just a little sprained. After resting for a while, I feel much better now. There will be no problem in helping you downstairs."
"Then...it's up to you..."
After saying that, Ogata, whose left arm was hooked on Amachi's shoulder, put all his body weight on Amachi's body.
Omachi used her left arm to lift Ogata, who was leaning on her shoulder, and then supported Ogata as he walked slowly toward the stairs.
"Don't take the opportunity to touch my body."
"Don't worry, I'm not interested in women who are stained and sweaty... Wait! I'm kidding! Don't leave me behind!"
"snort."
After helping Ogata regain his stability, the two slowly walked down the stairs.
After entering the staircase, Amachi suddenly discovered that there was a wound on Ogata's left neck.
"Ah Yi!" Ah Ding exclaimed, "Why is your neck injured?"
"Huh?" Hearing what A-Machi said, Ogata was stunned and raised his hand to touch the left side of his neck.
As soon as his fingers touched the left side of his neck, he immediately felt a large area of sticky blood and a stab wound that was neither long nor short.
But the strange thing is - Ogata doesn't feel any pain at all.
——Adrenaline?
Ogata thought secretly in his heart.
The reason why he doesn't feel pain is probably due to adrenaline.
The large amount of adrenaline secreted can make people feel no pain for a while.
The pain will slowly return until the adrenaline wears off.
Touching the injury on his left neck, Ogata gradually recalled how the injury came about.
"I was injured by Ichijun's naginata just now when I used Taizu to parry Ichijun's slash."
Ogata explained to Amachi.
"Although I managed to block Ichijun's attack with Taijitsu before he chopped off my head with his naginata, his sword still hit my neck."
Hearing Ogata's words, A-Machi recalled the scene just now - Ogata had held Ichijun's naginata with one arm and a single sword just now, but Ichijun's naginata had already been lowered very low at that time, and it was already
It was so close to Ogata's neck that it was probably at this time that Ogata's neck was cut by Isjun's sword.
"Don't worry, it's just a simple flesh wound."
As Ogata spoke, he withdrew his hand from touching the wound.
"Just bandage it a little and it'll be fine."
After seeing that the wound on Ogata's neck seemed to be nothing serious, Atachi also withdrew her gaze and concentrated on helping Ogata walk downstairs.
As for Ogata, after thinking for a while, he pulled out his personal system interface.
——Just in case...
Ogata said this in his mind while adding the 2 skill points he had just obtained to "vitality".
As the system tone fell, Ogata's vitality rose to 19 points, and his skill points returned to 0 points.
In this era before penicillin was invented, a small injury might lead to infection and death.
Ogata didn't want to die of wound infection after finally defeating a powerful enemy.
Therefore, just in case, Ogata decided to add the newly acquired 2 skill points to vitality. Anyway, "vitality" is also a very important attribute. Adding it to it has only advantages and no disadvantages.
…
…
After going down to the second floor, Ogata and Omachi first informed the villagers hiding on the second floor that the "giant" upstairs was dead.
Bathed in the cheers of the villagers, Ogata and Atachi went down to the first floor again.
The corridor facing the main entrance is now littered with corpses.
The corpses of shogunate soldiers were piled everywhere.
As for Mamiya and Makimura, they were sitting in a clean corner, silently recovering their strength.
It is not difficult to see from the fighting situation at the scene that the shogunate army has been completely wiped out.
However, without the important fighting force of Ogata, Mamiya and Makimura did not fight easily - this can be seen from their bloody appearance.
However, although it was not easy, it was not so tired that the two of them could hardly move.
After seeing Ogata and Atachi walking towards them slowly, Mamiya said to them in a half-joking tone:
"You two look quite embarrassed. What happened upstairs?"
"The battlefield upstairs is much more intense than here." Ogata responded to Mamiya in the same half-joking tone.
Ogata used the shortest possible sentences to explain the series of events that took place after he left the battlefield on the first floor, fighting Seitaro first and then the demon monk.
"I see..." Mamiya said softly, "Ogata-kun, it's not easy for you either..."
After Ogata finished talking about his battle status and achievements, Mamiya began to talk about his battle status and achievements with Makimura.
He and Makimura blocked the front and retreat routes of the shogunate army.
The shogunate army, unable to move forward or retreat, became determined to die and unleashed even more powerful force, which made Mamiya and Makimura spend a lot of effort in their mopping up.
After killing the shogunate army to only a few people, Mamiya deliberately left a few alive and asked a lot of information from their mouths.
For example - why did they suddenly land on the island and attack the islanders here, where did they land, how many companions were there, were they carrying iron cannons and other equipment...
After asking all the things worth asking, Mamiya did not hesitate to eliminate these shogunate soldiers who had lost any value.
"Is there an order from above to wipe out all living people on the island..." Ogata muttered.
Those people who were questioned by Mamiya only received the order to land on the island and wipe out all living people on the island. They did not know why such an order came - this is normal.
At the end of the day, they are just ordinary soldiers, tools to carry out missions. How could they possibly know the reason for launching this mission?
Although they don't know the specific reason, Ogata and the others can roughly guess the reason - probably some high-ranking officials are suddenly afraid that the living people on the island will wait for an opportunity to leave Butterfly Island, resulting in the danger of cannibals landing on the main island of Japan.
In order to eliminate this risk, it was decided to wipe out all living islanders on the island.
This can be considered a common thing in this era when human life is as light as a piece of grass - after an uncontrollable plague breaks out in a certain place, the place is immediately sealed off and all living people in the place are killed.
At this moment, Ogata suddenly heard noisy footsteps coming from behind him.
Looking around, they saw villagers who were still alive walking towards them in twos and threes.
The leader of the group of villagers who were walking towards them was none other than Konosuke, who was being supported by someone and his face was as white as a piece of white paper.
Looking at Konnosuke who had regained consciousness, Omachi, who was standing next to Ogata and supporting Ogata, muttered with an unhappy face in a volume that only she could hear clearly:
"You didn't wake up when I needed you just now, and you woke up now that the battle is over..."
With the support of the villagers, he slowly came to Ogata and others. The first words Kinnosuke said was——
"thank you all……"
Although he suffered a lot of injuries, Konnosuke still forced himself to hold on and bowed deeply to Ogata and others.
"Really... thank you very much for saving us..."
After Kinnosuke bowed to Ogata and others, the rest of the villagers also bowed to Ogata and others with expressions of gratitude.
Ogata just looked calm as he expressed his gratitude to Konnosuke and others.
"Kinnosuke, get up. We didn't make this fuss just to save you."
"While we were saving ourselves, we also saved you too."
"But - we can save you for a while, but we cannot save you forever."
Speaking of this, Ogata's tone gradually became serious.
Ogata told Konnosuke and others the important information he asked from those shogunate soldiers - that the shogunate planned to exterminate all living people on the island.
After learning that the shogunate planned to kill them all, including Konnosuke and others, everyone's faces showed despair.
"There are as many soldiers as the shogunate needs."
Ogata said softly.
"If this attack fails, they will be able to organize a larger attack immediately."
"We have no obligation to protect you all the time."
"We don't have the ability to protect you all the time. No matter how hard we fight, we can only fight against a hundred or a thousand people at most. We cannot deal with thousands of troops."
"So what to do next - you should think about it carefully."