Chapter 522 A single person, two swords and two guns, alone in the barracks of the 3000 army (5) [5700 words]
I originally wanted to write a 1W3 word chapter today, just to end the title that I have been writing for many days.
However... today, Chinese Valentine's Day, my first love, my mother, invited me to go shopping, and I dare not refuse...
When I got home, it was already dark... I worked my butt off and wrote only 5,700 words... So today's title was changed from (End) to (5)... (End) can only wait until tomorrow...
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I feel like God is against me! Can't you just let me get rid of this ridiculously long title? (Leopard Head Cries.jpg)
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Mogami's mood has not been good since this morning.
The sudden death of Izawa and others caused some stains on his first battle of this battle, which was supposed to end with a "perfect" outcome.
This made Mogami feel more and more depressed the more he thought about it.
But while feeling depressed, Mogami is also very excited now.
Because his uncle gave him the task of tracking down the "mysterious swordsman".
This is a task that may lead to great achievements.
If the "mysterious swordsman" is really a member of some organization determined to oppose Japan, then destroying this organization will be a great achievement.
The credit is great enough to make Mogami drool.
So after leading the generals sent to him by the Tenmoku out of the camp, Mogami showed a high-spirited look and vowed to find out the true identity of the "mysterious swordsman".
At this moment, Mogami was leading his generals to rest in a mountain forest.
While Mogami poured a large mouthful of water into his mouth, he carefully checked the map in his hand to confirm their current location and how far they were from Siwasi Village, their destination on this trip.
As Siwasi Village is not far from Red Moon Fortress, the Japanese army naturally has a map of its surroundings.
In order to defeat the Red Moon Fortress in one go, the shogunate had long ago dispatched special personnel to draw maps of all the areas surrounding the Red Moon Fortress.
After confirming that the Siwasi village was not far away and that his subordinates were almost at rest, Mogami called out loudly and informed all his subordinates to prepare to continue their journey.
"We're not far from Sivasi Village!" Mogami warned the subordinates around him loudly, "Cheer up!"
"People may not necessarily welcome us."
Speaking of this, a meaningful smile appeared on Mogami's face.
“So I’m all ready to ‘respond well’ to people’s ‘warm welcome’!”
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"Move quickly! Move quickly!"
"Don't bring these heavy and worthless things with you!"
"You don't need to bring too much food! Just remember to bring a bow and enough arrows! As long as you have a bow and arrows, you don't have to worry about food!"
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At this moment, Sivasi Village is in full swing.
However, they were not holding a festival, but were busy escaping for their lives.
Their village chief has just informed the whole village and people that the army is now located not far from their village. In order not to be affected by the military disaster, he asked all the villagers to immediately bring important things and hide in the nearby mountains.
In addition to informing the villagers that Kazuto's army was nearby, the village chief also informed the entire village of the news that Takta Village, not far from them, had been annihilated.
The reason why he wanted to inform the whole village of this tragedy was to make everyone in the village obey him and temporarily abandon the village and flee into the mountains according to his order.
The effect of the village chief's strategy was quite significant. After learning that Takta Village was annihilated by Kazuto's army, and that the only known survivor so far was a little girl, Lilata, those who originally wanted to "temporarily abandon the village" Those who complained all shut their mouths.
Although their Siwasi village is close to Takta village, the relationship between the two villages is not very close. Only a few villagers have close ties with Takta village.
However, even if the relationship is not close, knowing that one's neighbor has suffered such a tragedy can still make one feel sad.
And after learning that Takta Village had been annihilated, they really felt like the flames were about to burn their eyebrows.
Who knows if Kazuto will also attack their Sivasi Village in the future?
So after the village chief conveyed the news that "Takta Village has been annihilated" and "The Kazuto Army is nearby" to the whole village, the tranquility of Siwasi Village, which is located deep in the mountains and looks like a paradise, was disturbed. Broken.
Without any instructions or supervision from the village chief, all the villagers in the village spontaneously put in their full energy and efforts to collect important things from their homes.
While the villagers of Siwasi Village were working feverishly to avoid the war, Ogata and the others were at a certain entrance of the village, accepting the farewell of Lilata and her grandmother.
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"Thank you very much... I don't know how to express my gratitude to you... (Ainu language)"
Lilata's grandmother, Urappe, has lived for such a long time, but she still has a little knowledge.
She knew that Kazuo and others performed a "bow", so in order to show her sincere gratitude, Urappe bent her somewhat stooped back and bowed awkwardly to Ogata and others.
"You're welcome." Ogata returned the gesture, "We just did what we could."
Ogata is actually not very good at dealing with situations where "others thank him".
Every time when someone expresses his gratitude, Ogata will directly respond to the other person with this very versatile sentence in order to save trouble.
This sentence is "You're welcome, we just did what we could."
Ulape is a true native of Sivasi Village. Her husband, Lilata's grandfather, died of illness a few years ago. In the past few years, she has been living a quiet life alone in Sivasi Village. , there is nothing valuable at home.
The only things that can be given away are some dried meats that are made by oneself and are confident in the taste.
Just now, in order to thank Ogata and others for rescuing her precious granddaughter and bringing her safely to her, Urappe gave Ogata and others all the freshest dried meat in stock at home. .
After all, this was his wish, and these dried meats were not too valuable to be accepted, so Ogata and the others happily accepted them.
Originally, Urape wanted to invite Ogata and the others to stay for dinner, but Ogata and the others declined on the grounds that they were "leaving."
Ogata and others had no intention of staying in Sivasi Village for a long time. They had to hurry up and return to Red Moon Fortress to inform the villagers of Qina Village that "Red Moon Fortress was in danger".
Moreover, Ogata and the others are now too embarrassed to stay in Sivasi Village.
The Japanese army was nearby, forcing the villagers of Siwasi Village to temporarily abandon the village and live a savage life in the mountains for a period of time.
Ogata and Omachi, two people with Japanese faces, would inevitably receive strange looks from the villagers when they stayed in Siwasi Village.
Rather than receiving strange looks and making both parties feel uncomfortable, it would be better to just leave calmly.
Now, Ogata and the others were holding radishes and grapes, standing at the entrance of the village, preparing to leave.
The only people who came to see him off were Lilata and Ulapei.
Lilata is now being held by Ulapei with one hand, and continues to hold the small windmill with the other hand.
After Ogata and Urape bowed to each other, he knelt down so that his eyes were level with Lilata's.
"Goodbye." Ogata smiled, "Please take care of yourself. (Ainu language)"
Ogata twirled his tongue and tried to speak out a sentence in Ainu that was not standard but could still be understood by the Ainu people.
After staying in Ezo for so long, and in an environment where everyone around him speaks Ainu, Ogata's Ainu proficiency has improved by leaps and bounds, and he can already speak some simple Ainu.
Already.
After Ogata finished speaking, Lilata, who was looking at Ogata with her dark eyes that had regained some of their brightness, pursed her lips and squeezed the windmill in her hand.
Then he suddenly let go of Urape's hand that he had been holding, put his hand into his inner clothes, and took out a triangular object the size of a child's palm.
"This is for you... (Ainu language)" Lilata whispered in a soft voice unique to a young girl.
After listening to Aizan's translation next to him, Ogata took the thing handed to her by Lilata with a puzzled look on his face.
This thing is a triangular object made of glass beads strung together, which looks like an ornament.
After Ogata took the thing, Aizan on the side quickly explained to Ogata:
"This is called 'Houchili'. It is an ornament that is usually worn on the forehead by boys. The first time they kill a prey by themselves, they will cut it off."
As soon as Aizan finished explaining, Ulape also spoke up to explain to Ogata and the others the origin of this thick Hokiri.
After listening to Aizan's translation, Ogata learned that the Hoho Kiri turned out to be the possession of his Lilata's father.
After Lilata's father killed his prey for the first time, he cut off the thick hokili he had been wearing on his forehead, and then kept it.
After Lilata was born and grew up, Lilata felt that the Thick Hojili was very beautiful, so her father gave it to Lilata, and Lilata always regarded it as a treasure and carried it with her.
Carry.
After learning that the Hoho Kiri was a very meaningful accessory for Lilata, Ogata showed some hesitation on his face.
"Thank you for your kindness, but this heavy load will make me..."
Before Ogata finished speaking, Lilata interrupted Ogata's words as if she had guessed what Ogata would say.
"Dad, he told me that when I receive help from others, I will definitely repay the other person and not be ungrateful..."
"Although this is not a very valuable thing, it is the only thing I have that can be used as a thank you gift... I hope you can accept it... (Ainu language)"
Speaking of this, Lilata paused.
After a pause, the corners of her mouth, which had been pulled down since the night before, slowly moved up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Although the degree of the pull-up is very small, people can clearly see that she is smiling.
"Thank you for saving me before. Please take care of yourself in the future... (Ainu language)"
Lilata's words were the only thing that Ogata directly understood among the large number of words she just said.
This was the first time Ogata saw Lilata smile.
Looking at the slight smile on Lilata's face, Ogata was startled for a moment.
"...Hmm." Ogata nodded, "Then I will accept this Hoho Kiri. Thank you for your gift, I like it very much, thank you."
Ogata lowered his head and looked at the exquisite jewelry in his hand. A smile with some complicated emotions slowly appeared on Ogata's face.
"...Thank you." Ogata carefully rubbed the thick Hokkili in his hand with his fingers, and said thank you to Lilata in front of him.
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The team of five people and two horses changed back to four people and two horses.
Under the watch of Ulape and Lilata, Ogata and others embarked on their journey again.
In a short while, Urape and Lilata, as well as Sivasi Village, all slowly disappeared behind Ogata and the others.
Ogata and Omachi pointed the heads of their horses at a trodden road in front of them, and let the horses move straight forward along the road ahead at an unhurried speed.
"ha……"
At this time, Amachi, who was riding his horse and walking beside Ogata, suddenly let out a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?" Ogata asked, "Are you tired?"
"It's not that I'm tired, I'm just relieved that Lila Tana's child was successfully sent to her relatives. After working for so long, it's finally not in vain..."
"It's a pity that I didn't get any great reward...Forget it, just think of it as doing good deeds."
"Don't we get paid?" Ogata on the side answered.
"Is that dried meat?" Amachi asked back.
"There's also this." Ogata smiled and raised the thick Hokiri he just got from Lilata in his hand.
"Do you like this jewelry very much?" Ating asked.
"It's not so much that I like it, but it's better to say that I think this jewelry is of great significance to me." Ogata carefully put the thick Hokiri back into his arms, "My sword... In addition to killing and injuring,
Besides being my own enemy, I can still do other things..."
"I don't understand..." He didn't go to school properly, so his mind is not that bright...
"You'll understand later." Ogata shrugged.
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Not long after Ogata and the others left, Urape took Lilata back to her home and began to sort out the things she would take into the mountains.
Because Wu Lapei has been living alone in the past few years, there are not many important things in the family that need to be taken away. In a short time, she will pack all the luggage.
When Urape was packing her luggage, Lilata, who had just smiled slightly at Ogata, now exuded a "human" aura that was stronger than before.
However, it will still take a long time to return to the innocent little girl she was before.
While Urape was packing her luggage, Lilata was sitting in the corner of the house, twirling the blades of the windmill with her fingers expressionlessly.
Ulape has been silently paying attention to Lilata's condition.
Looking at Lilata's current appearance, Urape couldn't help but feel sad.
When her daughter and son-in-law died tragically, Ulapei's grief was no less than that of Lilata.
But she still suppressed her sadness and tried hard to look strong in front of Lilata.
Because she knows: Lilata now has only one elder she can rely on.
If she doesn't become strong and keeps crying, she will only set a bad "example" for Lilata.
So Ulapei could only suppress all the sadness in his heart.
Ulapei knew that the most important thing now was to let Lilata recover from the trauma as soon as possible.
Urape, who was trying to be strong, was packing her luggage while thinking about ways to make Lilata happy.
Soon she had an idea.
With an idea in mind, Ulapei quickly packed up the luggage that he was going to take away, then tried hard to suppress the sadness in his heart, showed a warm smile, and walked quickly towards Lilata.
"Lilata, you can play here by yourself for a while, I'll go out for a while and I'll be back soon."
Lilata nodded slightly.
After Lilata nodded, Ulape quickly walked out of his house and found the village chief who was patrolling around the village, urging everyone to pack their luggage quickly.
After finding the village chief, Ulapei said directly to the village chief:
"Village Chief, I want to take Lilata to the forest to pick some mushrooms. Is there still time for us to pick mushrooms?"
"Picking mushrooms?" the village chief asked with a frown.
"That child Lilata loves the mushroom soup I cook the most. She used to always clamor for me to cook mushroom soup and follow me to pick mushrooms. So I want to make something she likes to eat for her.
Come on, cheer up. If you take her out to pick mushrooms, it will just relax her mind."
The village chief naturally knows what Lilata's current state is.
For such a young girl to encounter such a thing, the village chief also sympathized very much.
After thinking for a moment, the village chief nodded.
"...Okay. Anyway, it will still be quite some time before everyone packs their luggage, but you have to go back quickly."
Seeing that the village chief agreed, Ulapei nodded with a little joy and excitement.
After quickly returning home, Urappe walked towards Lilata who was still sitting there playing with the windmill.
"Lilata, how about we go to the forest to pick some fresh mushrooms and make mushroom soup tonight?"
"Mushroom soup?" Lilata's eyes flickered with a faint light.
After hesitating for a while, Lilata nodded gently.
Ulapei, who was smiling brightly, stretched out his hand towards Lilata.
Lilata raised her little hand, grabbed Ulapei's big wrinkled hand, and slowly stood up from the ground.
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"Why is the road here blocked again..." Amachi looked at the blocked road ahead with an unhappy expression.
There were trees falling down in their path, and these trees must have been crushed by avalanches.
"This is a common thing in the mountains." Aizan explained to Azing next to him in a helpless tone.
"There is no other way." Ogata sighed softly, "Since the road here is blocked, we can only temporarily return to the original road and then find other roads."
"It's really troublesome..." A-Machi also sighed.
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Sivasi Village
"Village Chief, half of the families have packed their luggage." A young villager reported to the village chief in front of him.
The village chief nodded slightly and let out a sigh of relief.
The villagers packed their luggage much faster than she expected.
At this speed, we hope to leave the village before dark.
Feeling that the boulder in his heart had dropped a little, the village chief raised the pipe in his hand and took a puff.
"Well, thank you for your hard work." The village chief patted the young man in front of him on the shoulder.
"Village Chief, do you want to take a rest?" The young man said slowly and hesitantly, "You haven't had a rest since just now. I think it's better for you to take a rest first..."
The village chief shook his head and spat out a big eye socket: "No, I'm not very tired..."
"Village Chief! Village Chief! Village Chief!"
A sudden anxious shout interrupted the village chief's words.
The person who shouted anxiously was a young villager with cold sweat on his face and a look of fear in his eyes.
The villager ran towards the village chief and shouted loudly:
"Village Chief! Yes, there are Kazuto's soldiers! Kazuto's soldiers are approaching from the west of the village!"
Snap sand.
The pipe in the village chief's hand fell to the snow at his feet, making a dull "snap" sound.
The village chief ignored his cigarette and ran towards the west of the village with his body ahead of his mind.
After arriving at the west side of the village, the village chief saw dots of snowflakes rising from the horizon on the west side.
And these snowflakes were tumbled up from the ground after being stepped on by a large number of horse hooves...
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PS: The ornament "Hokori Kiri" that appears in this chapter is not made by the author. It is a real ornament in Ainu society. The author first learned about this thing in the comic "Golden Kamui". If there are readers
If you are interested in the Ainu people, you can read this comic. This comic tells the story of a group of people robbing gold in Hokkaido (Ezo Land) in modern times. It is very exciting and contains quite a lot about the Ainu people.