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Chapter 659 A-cho: As a female ninja, it is normal to kill the enemy with my toes 【7700】

Each person has a flintlock gun... Who are these people...

Just now, when Bai Xiang broke into the door, he happened to see Omachi hiding behind the cabinet.

At the same moment, A-Machi saw the appearance of Baixiang and others who broke in.

Although he only caught a quick glance, with his strong eyesight, A-Machi could still clearly see who were the people who broke into the house.

Counting 5 people, except for the leader, Baixiang, the other 4 people were all carrying flintlock guns.

How rare flintlock guns are in this country and how difficult they are to get, A-Machi knows better than Ogata.

There were five enemies who broke into the house, four of whom were armed with flintlock rifles. The situation outside the house was unknown, and it was very likely that a large number of enemies were ambushing outside the house.

After briefly analyzing his current situation, a little cold sweat immediately appeared on A-Machi's forehead.

The palms of both hands were also sweating outwards, slightly soaking the gun handles of Suying and Feiying that they were holding.

The fear that emerged from Ah-Ting's heart was like a big claw with sharp nails, gripping Ah-Ting's heart tightly.

Ayi is not around...what to do now...

Since meeting Ogata again in Kyoto last summer, Atachi has been following Ogata, moving with him and being inseparable.

Although the time spent traveling around with Ogata was far from long, A-Machi had unknowingly gotten used to this kind of life with Ogata always by her side.

At the same time, he also felt accustomed to and... dependent on Ogata's strength.

No matter what difficulties she encountered, Ogata could protect her well with his sword.

And now... Ogata is not by her side.

There are no companions around.

She can only rely on herself to deal with these sudden enemies!

The last time I encountered this situation of "having to rely on myself" was when I was still traveling in Ezo.

That was the battle where Mogami accidentally encountered one of the "Seven Spears of Senshu" in the wild.

But in terms of criticality, this battle is obviously not as dangerous as the one Omachi is currently facing and the battle with Mogami. At least Omachi knows that Ogata is nearby, and as long as he delays, he can wait for Ogata.

And now... Amachi doesn't even know where Ogata is at this time...

Ogata Town...calm down...

Atachi took a deep breath.

It's just that you have to rely on yourself to break through this dangerous situation.

Before you met Ayi, didn't you live a good life and overcome many difficulties and obstacles on your own?

Amachi cheered himself up in his heart.

However...even so, Amachi still felt that the fear in his heart was getting worse.

Just when A-Ting was unable to suppress the fear in his heart,

(It’s not a bad thing to be afraid.)

A word... words that had left a deep impression on him before sounded in A-Machi's mind...





a few months ago

"...Ayi, don't you feel scared when you face those powerful enemies?"

Ogata, who successfully repelled the shogunate's 10,000-strong army and paid the price of being "wrapped in linen and made into a rice dumpling again", was sitting obediently on the bed.

Atachi was sitting behind Ogata, helping Ogata change the medicine.

When changing Ogata's dressing, Atachi suddenly raised this question to Ogata.

"Huh?" Ogata turned his head and looked at Atachi, who was sitting behind him and helping him change medicine with a deft hand, "Why do you ask this suddenly?"

"I'm just...a little curious. Because I think you are incredible."

"The Hundred-Man Killing Battle of Hirose Domain, the Battle of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, and the recent battle with the shogunate army...you fought one after another these difficult battles that ordinary people dare not even imagine."

"If it were me, let alone the shogunate's 10,000-strong army, I would probably be too scared to be weak just to face the tyrant protected by hundreds of guards."

"I think it is extraordinary courage to face hundreds of enemies without changing your expression."

"But for someone like you who can face the 10,000-strong army of the shogunate without fear... I think it's not just as simple as 'excellent courage'."

"Ayi, are you the kind of person who has never known what 'fear' is since you were a child?"

"Or do you have any methods to overcome fear?"

After listening to Omachi's words quietly, Ogata burst into laughter.

"Ha... O-Machi, you seem to have a lot of misunderstandings about me..."

"When did you have the illusion that I never feel afraid when facing these powerful enemies?"

"Ah?" Atachi's beautiful eyes widened in confusion, and the pair of bare hands that were helping Ogata change the dressing also stopped.

"Whether it was the attack on hundreds of guards of Matsudaira Gennai in Hirose Domain, the attack on Nijo Castle in Kyoto, or the recent attack on the shogunate's army formation, I felt scared in all these battles."

"Fear doesn't need to be overcome because it's not a bad emotion."

Amachi, who didn't understand the meaning of Ogata's words, tilted his head.

Ogata, who was amused by Atachi's "I'm thinking seriously" look, chuckled a few times and said slowly:

"At the beginning, I also felt that it was shameful to be afraid when facing a strong enemy. I also seriously thought about whether there was any way to overcome fear."

"But as I experienced more and more things and fought more and more battles, big and small, my ideas gradually changed."

"It was probably during the attack on Nijo Castle that I realized that fear does not need to be overcome. Being afraid is not a bad thing."

"Fear can make you face the dangers you are currently facing with a more cautious attitude."

"So instead of overcoming fear, it is better to tolerate fear."

"I have always relied on tolerance of fear to defeat powerful enemies one after another, and I have reached this point today."





Tolerance…fear…

Atachi's breathing slowly slowed down.

No more taking deep breaths.

I no longer encourage myself from the bottom of my heart.

Just let the fear persist in her heart.

After adopting the attitude of "ignoring" the fear in his heart, Atachi looked around, observed the current environment he was in, and racked his brains to think of a way to escape from here.

A wonderful thing happens at this moment.

A-Ting just kept saying "Don't be afraid" to himself, but fear kept growing in his heart.

But now I no longer care about the fear in my heart. Although my heart is still beating very fast and my hands are still sweating, my thinking has become much quicker.

The weapons I carry now... are only two pistols, Souzakura and Hiizakura, a wakizashi that I modified with a lot of hemostatic medicine in the handle, and three kunai...

In addition to the two pistols, Sozakura and Hizakura, Atachi also carries three kunai, the most commonly used throwing concealed weapon by ninjas.

This is a habit she has always had as a female ninja. No matter when and where she is, she must carry at least 3 kunai with her.

We still don’t know the total number of enemies, so the best thing to do is escape from here as soon as possible...

The exit closest to me now... is there...

A-Machi turned to look at the closed paper window directly to the west of her.

A-Machi checked her current environment and soon made a big discovery. There was a pool of water on the ground between her and the west window. Next to the water was a small basin that fell to the ground.

This basin was probably thrown to the ground by the gang who killed Master Yu'er and turned the house into a mess while rummaging through things.

Behind Bai Xiang and the others is the door of the house that they just broke open.

A large amount of bright moonlight shines into the house along the broken door.

This large pool of water located to the west of A-machi is also shrouded in the moonlight.

The stagnant water reflected the sparkling light.

At the same time... it also reflected five extremely blurry figures standing in front of the cabinet where she was hiding.

A look of thought slowly emerged from A-Machi's eyes.

She looked at the west window.

Then he looked at a big hammer that was thrown away not far away.





After he made a naked threat, A-Machi, who was hiding behind the cabinet, did not react for a long time.

Baixiang is a very impatient person.

Being ignored like this by A-Machi, Baixiang's little patience was quickly exhausted.

Just as Baixiang, who had exhausted his patience, was about to signal his subordinates to rush in and arrest him.

"Does it mean that as long as I surrender obediently and follow you, you won't do anything to me?"

Atachi's voice finally came from behind the cabinet.

Hearing what A-Machi said, Baixiang raised his eyebrows, and then put down the hand he was about to signal his subordinates to rush over and catch someone.

"Of course! If I wanted to kill you or do something to you, I wouldn't negotiate with you so peacefully!"

"...I know. I'll come out right now."

I am happy to visit my hometown.

Capturing this woman who was suspected to be Shura's wife by peaceful means was naturally the result that Bai Xiang wanted most.

However... the joy on his face didn't last long before his expression froze.

He didn't see Omachi coming out from behind the fallen cabinet.

He only saw two black tube-like objects poking out from behind the cabinet.

The next moment these two tube-like objects popped out from behind the cabinet

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Tongues of fire poured out.

These two tube-shaped objects are the gun barrels of Suying and Feiying.

Atachi emptied the two pistols of bullets in one go.

The five bullets that poured out penetrated all the vital points of the five people in the house, including Baixiang.

Baixiang hit the jackpot. He was hit by the most powerful Feiying's bullet.

Feiying's bullet hit his head.

He didn't even have time to scream, the strength of his body quickly drained away, and he fell towards the ground, and his vision was shrouded in darkness at a terrifying speed.

At the end of his life, what appeared in Baixiang's mind... were three sentences.

The first sentence is the answer Sakuma gave him when he asked Sakuma why he didn't give him some interesting tasks:

(You act impulsively and recklessly. When you learn to think calmly, interesting tasks will naturally be assigned to you.)

The second sentence is what Naganosuke said to him just now when he learned that he was going to personally bring people into the house to arrest Omachi:

(You want to bring someone in personally? For the sake of caution, I think it would be better to surround the room and force the woman to come out.)

The third sentence is his response to Naganosuke when he heard Naganosuke persuade him to surround the house and force Atachi to come out:

(No need to go to such trouble! Why does a female prostitute need so much trouble?)

After running through these three sentences quickly in his mind, the last bit of sparkle in Baixiang's eyes dissipated.

When the energy dissipated, what remained in Baixiang's eyes... was a touch of regret...





There were a total of 10 subordinates sent by Sakuma to help Baixiang collect the corpses.

Two of them have been ordered to push the carts filled with corpses back to their base. Therefore, there are now 8 people left under Baixiang's command.

Four of the eight people followed Baixiang into the house to arrest people, and the other four, together with Naganosuke, surrounded the second master's house.

Naganosuke participated in the operation to "steal Shura's sword" two days ago, so he knew the structure of Master Yuji's home very well.

The door of this house faces north, and there are windows on the east and west sides for adults to enter and exit at will. Only the south side has no doors or windows.

Therefore, Naganosuke divided the four musketeers who were responsible for surrounding the house with him into two teams of two, each guarding the east and west of the house. He guarded the main entrance of the house alone.

It's so slow... What is Baixiang doing?

Naganosuke was squatting in an inconspicuous dark alley to the north of the house, yawning out of boredom.

Ah……

Naganosuke sneered, and then said in his heart in a joking tone:

Could it be that Bai Xiang was killed by that woman?

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

As soon as he said this joke in his mind, the sound of Suying and Feiying pouring bullets was heard in the room.

The sudden sound of gunfire startled Naganosuke and the musketeers responsible for guarding the east and west sides of the house respectively.

Before the musketeers guarding the west side of the house had time to calm down, a new abnormal noise exploded again. A window on the west side of the house suddenly shattered from the inside.

Something hit the window from inside the house, shattered it, and flew outside.

The two musketeers, who were frightened by the gunfire just now, quickly raised their guns and pointed their muzzles at the object that had just smashed the window and flew out of the house.

Immediately afterwards, the two musketeers both looked shocked.

Because the window was smashed, the object that flew out of the house was a hammer used for blacksmithing.

When the attention of these two people was attracted by the hammer, a certain figure flew out of the window where the hammer had just smashed the paper window.

This figure is none other than Atachi holding two guns.





The reason why Omachi asked Baixiang just now "if I can treat her kindly if I surrender" was just to delay time.

Buying time for myself to identify where Bai Xiang and others are standing based on the puddle of water next to them.

The puddle of water reflected the figures of the five people who worshiped their hometown.

Although it was very blurry, I could still barely see the respective positions of the five people.

Omachi relied on the stagnant water and his own luck to determine the positions of the five of them, and then shot them all with Sozakura and Hizakura.

When visiting their hometown, they probably never dreamed that they would be defeated in an inconspicuous puddle of stagnant water.

After killing Baixiang and the others, Atachi immediately ran out from behind the cabinet where he was hiding.

He ran straight towards the big hammer that was thrown on the ground not far away.

There are most likely enemies outside the house. Pick up the big hammer and throw it out the window to attract the attention of the enemies outside. This is Amachi's second plan.

A-Machi is lucky.

Her second plan also succeeded.

A-Machi has also been to Master Yuji's house once, and he still has an impression of the surrounding environment of the house.

She remembered that there were not many suitable hiding places on the west side of the house.

Therefore, when she jumped out of the house following the hammer, Atachi immediately used her amazing dynamic vision to quickly scan every place on the west side of the house that was suitable for hiding people.

Soon, she found the two musketeers whose attention was distracted by the hammer.

Feiying can't reload quickly, but Suying can.

When jumping out of the window, A-Machi quickly and skillfully filled the chamber of Sozakura's gun with bullets.

After discovering the two musketeers on the west side of the house, Atachi raised his gun and shot without saying a word.

You can always trust Atachi’s shooting skills!

Two bullets flew out of the barrel and accurately hit the heads of the two musketeers.

Atachi did not forget that her purpose was to escape.

Therefore, after killing the two musketeers, A-Machi showed no interest in fighting. He used the sneaking technique of Shiranui-ryu and jumped onto the roof of the abandoned mobile house next to him. In just a few breaths, he disappeared into the night.

middle.





After hearing the sound of a broken window coming from the west side of the house, Naganosuke hurried over following the sound.

As soon as they arrived at the west side of the house, the two musketeers who were responsible for monitoring the west side of the house had already been killed by Atachi.

But luckily among the misfortunes, he could clearly see the back of Omachi.

He saw how Amachi jumped onto the roof next to him and in which direction he escaped.

What is this movement technique?!

Naganosuke's pupils shrank slightly.

"Sir!" At this time, the two musketeers who were responsible for monitoring the east side of the house rushed over.

"...She is such an incredible woman." Naganosuke laughed ferociously, "That woman fled in that direction, you two follow me!"

"Yes!" the two musketeers who managed to survive shouted in unison.





"Ha ha ha ha……"

Atachi ran as fast as he could and ran with all his strength.

She ran almost 2 kilometers in one breath at a sprint speed of 100 meters.

He ran until he almost ran out of breath, and had to stop to catch his breath. Then Atachi finally stopped, holding on to the mud wall next to him, and slowly adjusted his breathing rhythm.

Wearing Wu clothes and no shoes...it's really difficult to move in this outfit...

A-Machi smiled bitterly and looked down at his feet without any shoes or socks.

She just escaped from Master Yu Er's house with bare feet and fled here in one breath.

The only difference between the flat-soled clogs of this era and modern flip-flops is that the flat-soled clogs were made of wood and had thicker soles.

Wearing flip-flops...ah, no, running in flat-soled clogs, it would be better to just run barefoot. So when she escaped from Master Yuji's house just now, Atachi very proudly put on her pair of flat-soled clogs.

Lose.

Amachi now fled to the sidewalk in a residential area.

It is surrounded by private houses, and the pedestrians on the sidewalk are almost all residents of this residential area.

Pedestrians passing by A-Machi all looked at A-Machi, who was barefoot, holding on to the wall, and breathing evenly with doubtful eyes.

Facing the looks cast by the passers-by around him, A-Machi turned a blind eye.

He concentrated on breathing evenly, and scanned his surroundings with vigilant eyes, checking for any pursuers.

Although Amachi thought he had run far enough, he still felt uneasy.

Therefore, after his breathing rhythm returned to stability, A-Machi raised his hands and patted both sides of his cheeks.

Okay, let’s run a little further...

Cha-cha-cha-cha!

Without any warning... there was a strange sound behind Atachi.

This kind of voice is very familiar to Amachi.

This is the sound of running fast on a wooden roof!

Amachi's pupils suddenly shrank, and while quickly jumping away from where he was currently standing, he put his hand into his arms and took out the soyakura.

The Feiying, which is quite troublesome to load, has not yet been loaded. Currently, only Suying can still use it.

As soon as A-Machi jumped away from where she was standing, a black figure jumped from the roof of a nearby house and landed where A-Machi had just been standing.

He is a young man dressed in black.

After the black figure landed, A-Machi quickly raised Su Ying and pointed it at the uninvited guest.

However, as soon as A-Ting raised the gun, she felt a sharp pain in her right hand holding the gun. The young man in black seemed to have expected that A-Ting would take out a short blunderbuss and pointed it at her, and used a sharp whip kick.

Kicked Atachi's right hand.

A-Machi, who was in pain, subconsciously let go of her right hand, and Su Ying flew out of her right palm and fell very far away.

Suying let go, and A-Machi, whose face darkened, jumped back, distanced himself from the young man in black, and at the same time pulled out the wakizashi hanging from his waist.

"As I expected..." The young man in black slowly retracted the whip he just threw out, and said in a joking tone, "You do have a short blunderbuss on you. Otherwise, there is no way to explain the things that just sounded in the house.

What's going on with the gunshots?"

This young man in black is Naganosuke.

The sudden appearance of Naganosuke and the unsheathed Atachi shocked the surrounding pedestrians. They screamed and fled in all directions.

Is this guy... a pursuer...

Amachi, who held his wakizashi tightly, was wary of Naganosuke in front of him, while looking around to see if there were any other pursuers.

This small movement of Atachi was accurately captured by Naganosuke.

"Don't look anymore, I'm the only one who has arrived here." Naganosuke shrugged, "The two subordinates who paid homage were too slow, so I asked them to rush here slowly, and I went ahead to arrest them.

"

"You were able to kill Baixiang and the others, and you were able to run so fast while wearing Wu clothes and barefoot. Your skills really surprised me."

When he uttered the words "Kill them all in return," Naganosuke spoke calmly, as if he was talking about the death of a stranger who had nothing to do with him.

In fact, Naganosuke really didn't care about Baigo's death.

Naganosuke has always regarded Baixiang as "someone he still knows".

It would be better to say... now that Baixiang is dead, Naganosuke is even happier.

Because in this way, he can monopolize the great achievement of "capturing Shura's wife alive"!

"Let me ask you, you are the female ninja in Shiranui, right?"

"I'm not wrong. The movement technique you used just now is the stealth technique of Shiranui style."

"I have said hello to the ninjas in Shiranui before, so I remember your ninjutsu."

"So what if I am a female ninja in Shiranui, and what if I'm not?" A-Machi said coldly.

"Nothing." Naganosuke shrugged, "I just asked out of curiosity. After all, I have never seen a female ninja in Shiranui."

"I thought that now that Shiranui was destroyed, I had no hope of seeing the ninjas in Shiranui again."

"Okay, let's stop talking about it."

"Surrender obediently."

Naganosuke smiled meaningfully and spread his hands.

"The blunderbuss that I kicked out just now must be your strongest weapon, right?"

"Even if you have other short guns with you, I won't refuse."

"The current distance between you and me is only 4 steps. With such a short distance, I am absolutely sure that I can kick your blunderbuss away before you shoot."

"Hmph." Ating sneered, "Anyone can say such nonsense."

"Haha, if you don't believe it, you can give it a try."

The smile on Naganosuke's face was a bit more sarcastic.

"Anyway, I'm very strong when it comes to my ugly words. You can't be my opponent. I'm not a piece of trash like Baixiang with poor skills and only the commanding ability."

"If you think you can defeat me with a weak female body like yours, just come over here."

After Naganosuke's words fell, the street, which had long been empty of pedestrians, suddenly became quiet.

Atachi said nothing, just held the knife tightly and stared at Naganosuke without blinking.

Naganosuke wore a confident smile.

He cast a very blatant look of contempt at Atachi.

Neither Amachi nor Naganosuke spoke.

The two were silent for a while, and finally someone spoke up to break the oppressive silence.

"...I understand. I surrender."

As Omachi said this, he threw the wakizashi in his hand to his feet and raised his hands.

Looking at Atachi who abandoned his sword, Naganosuke grinned: "Smart woman. Wise choice! Your wise choice has saved you a lot of physical pain."

After saying that, Naganosuke took out a hemp rope from his waist.

"Since you are so smart, I will take care of you too. I will try to be as gentle as possible when I tie you up with hemp rope."

After saying that, Naganosuke walked towards Omachi carrying the hemp rope.

After taking two steps forward and reaching only a little more than one step away from Amachi, Amachi very suddenly... smiled.

"The kunoichi's strongest weapon...it's really easy to use..."

After muttering in a volume that only he could hear clearly, Atachi's right foot shook violently!

A kunai fell out of A-Machi's kimono and landed next to A-Machi's right foot.

Immediately afterwards, Omachi clamped the hilt of the kunai sword between the big toe and second toe of his right foot, turned his right leg into a long whip, and swung it towards Naganosuke's face from bottom to top.

The sudden change caused Naganosuke's expression to change drastically, and he subconsciously jumped back.

But...it's too late.

Because he despised Amachi, he never paid attention to Amachi's feet from the beginning to the end.

He had just had time to take half a step back when the shuriken caught between Omachi's toes had already pierced his right eye.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

Naganosuke let out a scream like a slaughtered pig.

After stabbing one of Naganosuke's eyes, Atachi retracted his kicked foot without any pause, shook off the shuriken held by his toes, picked up the wakizashi on the ground, and used all his strength to lift the shuriken in his hand.

His side of the body penetrated the vital point of Naganosuke's abdominal cavity.

"Cough...cough...cough...!"

Naganosuke vomited a large amount of blood and collapsed to the ground.

He tried to stop the blood spurting out from the wound on his abdomen.

But he did this in vain. His vitals were so severely damaged that, given the medical standards of this era, there was no way he could be saved.

"You made a good deduction just now. I am indeed a kunoichi in Shiranui."

Omachi pulled out another kunai hidden in the "kimono fanny pack" on his lower back.

"Do you know what our kunoichi's strongest weapon is?"

Atachi smiled and patted his chest gently.

"Many people always think that the most powerful weapon for female ninjas like me is our bodies that can disturb other people's minds."

"But actually beauty is not our female ninja's strongest weapon."

"Our strongest weapon... is the world's arrogance towards women."

After saying that, Atachi stabbed Naganosuke's neck with the kunai in his hand.

With fear in his eyes, Naganosuke quickly begged for mercy:

"Wait, wait a minute..."

laugh!

Before he could even finish a complete sentence, the kunai in Atachi's hand pierced his throat.

"Don't... underestimate the kunoichi...!"

Omachi twisted the shuriken that had penetrated into Naganosuke's throat, causing Naganosuke to die.

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This chapter has nearly 8,000 words, which is quite conscientious. Seeing the author’s diligence, please vote for this book! (Leopard Head Cries.jpg)

PS: Do you think I’ve been mentioning A-Machi’s lack of socks and bare feet intentionally or unintentionally in these chapters? It’s just to pave the way for this section!

In this chapter, the plot of A-Machi killing enemies with her toes is inspired by the female ninja Akatsuki in the game "Nioh". Anyone who has passed this game knows that Akatsuki once used a "toe-grabbing shuriken, one backward"

The sharp action of "One-Character Horse" almost ended the plot of this game early.


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