Chapter 661 The realm of transparency - open! 【7300】
Turn back time not long ago
Osaka, Osaka Clinic
"This task is really easier than eating wagashi." A strong man yawned and scratched his hair.
The attire of this strong man is quite strange.
He was bare-chested, wearing only a thin hakama, two wakizashi hanging around his waist, and no shoes or socks on his feet.
The strong man's bare feet were quite huge.
In modern units...his foot size is almost 49.
Although he is not too tall, only 1.7 meters at most, he has such big feet, which makes his body shape look very strange.
This strong man's name is "Yu Balang".
He was one of the commanders of this "Osaka Spring Formation and Discussing Operation".
In this battle, the task he was responsible for was to lead his men to attack the execution center in Osaka, kill everyone in the execution spot, and then burn the execution establishment to ashes.
At this time of day, there was no one at the Osaka Shrine, so Yuhachirou and the others spent only ten minutes clearing out the Osaka Shrine.
"Sir." A musketeer, holding a torch, quickly ran to Yubalang's side, "Everywhere in the training center has been poured with kerosene!"
"Yes." Yubalang nodded with satisfaction, "Okay! Give me the torch!"
The musketeer who came to report the news quickly handed the torch in his hand to Yubalang.
After receiving the torch, Yubalang threw the torch in his hand towards the puddle of kerosene in front of him without any hesitation.
boom!
The fire oil turned into a fiery snake, swallowing and licking everything the flames could touch.
"Let's go!" After looking at the increasingly fierce sea of fire several times with satisfied eyes, Yubalang waved his hand and led his men to leave the shrine that was gradually being swallowed up by the sea of fire.
Because the residents were frightened by the noise made by Uo Hachirou and others who were killing people in the prison, the residents living around the prison had already dispersed, so the area around the prison was now very quiet, and no one could see them.
Half a human figure.
As soon as he led his subordinates away from the training center that would soon be burned to rubble, Uohachiro said to his subordinates who had just informed him that "the kerosene has been spread":
"You, go to the main formation and report: Osaka Advocate has fallen."
"yes!"
As soon as the subordinates who were sent by him to report the battle situation to the formation left, Yubalang suddenly saw a black shadow running down from the roof of the house in front of him.
He is a male ninja wearing Iga ninja uniform.
Seeing that the Iga ninja was coming, Uohachiro, who knew that the superiors might be giving him some important notice, immediately stopped and put his hands on his back.
"Sir." This Iga ninja quickly ran to Uohachiro, knelt down on one knee, and said quickly, "Plan A failed, plan B will be activated. Plan A failed, plan B will be activated..."
After repeating this sentence three times in a row, the Iga ninja stopped reporting.
"Oh?" After hearing the Iga ninja's order, Yuhachiro grinned, "Are you going to activate Plan B..."
As one of the commanders of Plan B, Yubalang naturally knows what this is.
More than sixty musketeers were dispatched, led by Sakuma, who was best at commanding musketeers. This was their "Plan A" to ambush Ogata on his way to get his sword.
Using more than sixty musketeers to ambush Ogata can be said to be a "super luxurious treatment".
There were only more than eighty men sent to attack the towering Osaka Castle.
Although there were many people sent to ambush Ogata, there was still a possibility that the ambush would fail.
After all, their opponent is Shura.
So after they designed "Plan A", they specially designed a "Plan B"
If the "Plan A" to ambush Ogata fails, all available Iga ninjas will be dispatched and let them serve as the "eyes" of the entire army to search for Ogata throughout the city.
Once Ogata is discovered, red fireworks are set off to help the troops locate Ogata's location.
The teams responsible for attacking various important places and facilities in Osaka immediately joined the siege against Ogata after completing their respective tasks.
This is their "Plan B".
Uohachiro has now completed the mission of "capture the Osaka Prison" that he was responsible for.
In other words, he now needs to take his troops to participate in the siege against Ogata.
"Hahaha!"
Yubalang laughed a few times at this time.
"I happen to feel that the task I am responsible for tonight is too simple and too boring..."
After saying that, Yubalang twisted his neck vigorously and relaxed the muscles in his neck and shoulders.
"Sir." The Iga ninja who came to deliver the message and was still kneeling on one knee in front of Uohachirou continued, "Although the ambush against Ogata failed, Sakuma-sama who was responsible for this task
, but discovered the following three important pieces of information about Shura."
"After Lord Sakuma reported these three pieces of important information about Shura to Lord Yoshihisa, Lord Yoshihisa specifically requested those of us who are responsible for delivering orders to accurately inform the three pieces of important information about Ogata to the troops of each unit.
commander."
"1. Shura carries a short blunderbuss on his body."
"2. Shura's strength far exceeds our expectations."
"3. Shura's physical condition seems not to be good tonight."
"Oh?" Yubalang raised his eyebrows, "He is carrying a short musket... his physical condition is not good...?"
When Uohachirou murmured with a thoughtful look on his face, the male ninja's order was not over yet:
"At the same time, Lord Sakuma proposed to Lord Yoshihisa: Shura does not have a good sword in his hand now, so when fighting him, he should not carry a sword with him. This will cut off Shura's 'supply' and make it difficult for him to replace himself.
weapons."
"Lord Yoshihisa has agreed to Lord Sakuma's proposal, so he hereby orders all troops, from commanders to ordinary soldiers, not to carry swords when pursuing and surrounding Shura."
"Huh?" Ubalo suddenly curled his lips, "If you don't carry a weapon with you... what's the point?"
The male ninja ignored Uohachirou's complaints.
"The above is the entire content of my order." The male ninja said calmly, "Then I will take my leave first and wish you a prosperous military career."
After chanting "Martial fortune is prosperous" to Yubalang in a tone that was neither salty nor bland, the male ninja jumped to the roof of the nearby house with extremely agile movements. In just 1 or 2 breaths, his figure
Then he disappeared into the night.
After watching the male ninja leave, Yupachiro spit heavily on the ground.
"That Jijiu... actually made us all throw away our swords... What a big deal..."
Yubalang already had deep resentment towards that old man Yoshijiu.
He was originally just the leader of a group of Iga remnants who were living on their last breath and dreaming of unrealistic dreams of "reviving Iga" and "avenging Iga".
But Yubalang also admitted that the old man was still very capable.
Not long after he was recruited by Toyotomi-sama, he rose through the ranks in the organization with his loyalty and outstanding abilities, and was deeply trusted and valued by Toyotomi-sama.
How much does Toyotomi-sama think highly of him? Tonight's "Osaka Spring Formation and Battle of Xu", he was directly appointed as the "frontline commander" by Toyotomi-sama!
The musketeers, Iga ninjas, and commanders like Uohachiro and Sakuma who participated in this battle were all under Yoshihisa's orders.
Uohachiro admits that Yoshihisa has the ability to serve as "frontline commander".
But from the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to listen to Jijiu's orders.
For no other reason than because he is a ninja.
The thought of having to listen to a ninja's orders made Yubalo feel uncomfortable all over.
But it was uncomfortable, and he did not dare to disobey Jijiu's orders too much.
After the Iga ninja who came to deliver the order left, Uohachiro immediately ordered the more than 40 subordinates under his command to throw away all the swords on their waists.
However, although Uohachiro asked his subordinates to remove the swords from their waists, he did not throw away the two wakizashi from his own waist.
This is his persistence as a warrior.
Even though he might be punished later, he didn't want to throw away the knife at his waist.
After his subordinates threw away all the knives at their waists, Yubalang waved his big hand in an imposing manner:
"Okay! Let's go! Come with me! Let's hunt Shura!"
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Similar scenes were being played out all over Osaka at this time.
The Iga ninja who was responsible for delivering orders conveyed orders such as "Start Plan B" and "Don't bring swords with you when fighting Shura" to the commanders of the troops responsible for attacking various places in Osaka.
One after another, the troops that had completed their respective tasks joined in the siege of Ogata.
They all looked at the sky eagerly, waiting for the red firework that represented "Ogata is there" to appear.
Osaka right now is like a huge spider web.
The troops who came to surround and kill Ogata were like the threads of a spider web.
As they completed their original tasks, more and more troops came to participate in the encirclement and killing, and the spider web became larger and tighter.
And Ogata, like a prey accidentally caught by this spider web, worked hard to avoid being hunted on this spider web...
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Although he yelled "Go hunt Shura" to his subordinates quite forcefully, Uohachiro had no clue as to where Ogata was currently.
"Really... what do those Iga ninjas do..." Yuhachiro growled in an annoyed tone, "You haven't found Shura yet?"
After "Plan B" is launched, whether the Iga ninjas are active or not will greatly affect the success or failure of "Plan B".
Because their task is very heavy, they need to act as the "eyes" of the entire army, look for Ogata's figure everywhere in Osaka, and use red fireworks to help position the various units of the army.
After leaving the prison, Uohachiro led his subordinates to wander aimlessly in the streets of Osaka while waiting hard for the red fireworks to appear.
Yubalo's wait finally paid off.
Bang...!
Yubalang suddenly heard the sound of fireworks exploding from the northwest.
He immediately looked to the northwest and saw a "red flower" blooming beautifully in the northwest sky not far from him.
"Aha! I finally found it!" Yubalang beamed, "It's still very close to here! Everyone, follow me!"
Like a runaway horse, Yubalang ran towards the place where the "red flower" rose just now.
Important government-related places in Osaka such as the Osaka Administrative Office and Dojima Rice Market have all been captured and burned one by one.
The shouts of killing and the ignited fires caused chaos in various areas of Osaka.
The citizens fled in terror like headless flies.
The town where Uohachiro is currently located is also quite chaotic. No matter which street you look at, you can see people running away in panic.
Fortunately, there were not many rioters on the street and they did not block the street.
Yubalang used extremely rough movements to squeeze and push away all the rioters blocking his way.
Under his sudden advance, Yubalang finally arrived at the place where the fireworks were lit just now.
Then he happened to bump into Ogata who used Kasumi Nagi to knock down the male ninja who had just set off fireworks, then got on top of him and stabbed him in the neck.
"Aha..." Yubalang licked his lips, "Is this... the famous Shura... His body is covered in blood, he really looks like a Shura who came from hell..."
Looking at Ogata Uohachiro who was covered in blood, he smiled.
Then, Uohachiro saw the wide canal located on the side of Ogata, very close to Ogata, and he smiled even more happily.
He, Ogata, and Kanal happened to be on the same straight line.
The corners of Yubalang's mouth were grinning almost to the base of his ears.
Yubalang's subordinates arrived one after another at this time.
After seeing Ogata from a distance, they immediately raised their flintlock guns in unison like a conditioned reflex.
But at this moment
"Everyone put down their guns."
Yubalang suddenly said this.
All his subordinates cast doubtful glances at Yubalang.
Before they even had time to ask what Uohachiro meant when he said "put down your guns" just now, they saw Uohachiro stepping forward and rushing straight towards Ogata in the distance!
Like a fired cannonball, he slammed into Ogata, who had not yet left the body of the male ninja he had killed, and fell into the canal with him.
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Trouble...
Ogata never thought that he would one day fight with people underwater.
There is no need to analyze the current environment he is in. Just using his butt to analyze it, he can tell that the battle situation is overwhelmingly unfavorable to him.
He was rushed into the water and fell into the water before he could even take a few more breaths of oxygen, leaving little oxygen left in his lungs.
And falling into the water meant that the two pistols he was carrying were temporarily unusable.
Neither Kasumi Nagi nor Umeizen has waterproof function.
Although I can swim, I am far from being good at it.
However, the enemy's water quality is very good. It can be seen from the enemy's attack just now that his water quality is very good. Fighting this person in the water is to use your own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points.
What's even more terrible is that he cannot use "Breath of Source" in water.
In other words, he cannot enter the "selfless state" now...
Unable to use a musket, unable to enter the state of selflessness, there is not much air left in my lungs, the enemy happens to be the kind of person who is good at underwater combat, and my current physical condition is extremely different due to the "immortal poison"...
Faced with this desperate situation, Ogata calmly clenched the two swords in his hands without any panic on his face.
This is a character developed after going through many battles and being used to all kinds of storms and waves.
The urgency of the situation made Ogata temporarily forget about the pain and swelling in his head. His head started to work quickly.
All in all, you must first swim back to shore, or at least temporarily swim to the surface for air.
It only took a moment for Xu to formulate a strategy.
No matter what, you cannot fight the enemy underwater where you are not very good at it and cannot let go of your hands and feet.
Ogata briefly estimated how long the remaining air in his lungs could last him underwater, about 20 seconds.
Even 1 second at this time is extremely precious to Ogata now.
Therefore, after formulating the overall strategy, Ogata immediately swam towards the water surface with the moonlight shining on it without any hesitation.
While swimming vigorously towards the water, Ogata opened his eyes that could only be half-open in the water, scanning his surroundings, searching for the enemy.
Ogata knew that the enemy who knocked him into the water would not watch him swim back to the surface.
But he didn't expect this man's attack to come so quickly.
From the corner of his right eye, he caught a glimpse of a large black shadow, swimming rapidly towards him.
He swims extremely fast, and his swimming speed is not like that of a human being, but more like that of a fish.
In the blink of an eye, the enemy swam to Ogata's side and rear again, and slashed at Ogata with his two bright wakizashi again.
Ogata, who was not proficient in swimming, could not dodge in the water, so he could only block it with his sword.
However, when wielding a knife underwater, the underwater resistance is a big trouble that cannot be ignored.
Poor physical condition + underwater resistance = Ogata's block was half a beat too slow this time.
Ogata failed to successfully deflect the enemy's slash with his blade, and only caused the enemy's sword path to deviate.
The knife that was originally aiming for Ogata's vitals passed by Ogata's right shoulder, leaving a stab wound that was neither shallow nor deep.
The exact same scene as before was played out again. After the enemy launched an attack, he immediately retreated, never willing to fight or engage in a fight with Ogata.
Although his attack just now did not cause fatal injuries to Ogata, it successfully held back Ogata as he tried to float up.
The air left in Ogata's lungs is only enough for him to move for another 15 seconds...
After repelling the enemy's attack for the second time, Ogata, whose face had become increasingly ugly due to the near depletion of oxygen, poured all the strength in his body into his feet, swung his feet with all his strength, and swam towards the water.
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He had just had time to swim up a few centimeters when the enemy that could move quickly in the water like a fish came again...
This time, Ogata's block was very successful, and the enemy's wakizashi failed to hurt Ogata at all.
After blocking the enemy's third attack, Ogata wanted to launch a counterattack, but the enemy's movements in the water were too agile. As soon as his sword struck out, the enemy had already swam far away.
When the enemy once again opened the distance between him and Ogata, Ogata vaguely saw that he seemed to be smiling triumphantly at him...
Ogata could understand why this person was laughing at him.
He once again succeeded in delaying Ogata's time...
The air left in Ogata's lungs was only enough for him to move for another 10 seconds...
The enemy's water quality was superior to Ogata's expectations.
If I let the enemy continue to harass me, I will never be able to swim back to the surface of the water...
Is there any... way to counter this 'fish man'...
The light of thought flickered in Ogata's eyes again.
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If Toyotomi-sama and the others knew that I did not use only guns and cannons to deal with Shura as they said, they would definitely be very angry...
Although Yubalo said this in a frustrated tone, the smile on his face was extremely bright.
Before tonight's battle began, they were given repeated orders not to engage in close combat with Shura and to use technology to kill Ogata.
Yubalang originally wanted to obey this order.
However... at the moment when I saw Ogata on the shore and the canal next to Ogata, the words "to use guns against Ogata" and "obey the orders of superiors" were all on the fish.
Everything disappeared from Hachiro's mind.
There was only one idea left in his mind to use his "underwater killing method" to fight the famous Shura!
It's not for revenge or to gain some false reputation.
He simply wanted to challenge the "strongest swordsman in the world" with his most proud fighting method and have a good fight with him.
Yubalo has lived by the sea since he was a child. He has had a strong interest and love for swimming since he was a child. He started swimming in the sea when he was 6 years old.
In swimming, Yubalang also has a unique talent.
His lung capacity is far greater than that of ordinary people. After taking a deep breath, he can stay in the water for half an hour.
His feet are larger than ordinary people. When swimming in the water, his huge soles can move water like duck webs, allowing him to swim faster.
With his love for swimming and his talent in swimming, Yubalang created the "underwater killing method".
The so-called "underwater killing method" is actually to use superb swimming skills to deal with the enemy underwater, and then wait for the opportunity to kill the enemy.
It sounds simple, but in fact there are many ways to do it.
Relying on the "underwater killing method", Yubalang destroyed countless strong opponents.
Using the "underwater killing method" to challenge strong men from all walks of life has become one of Yubalang's major interests.
A long time ago, when Ogata first started to gain fame, Uohachiro had dreamed of having a fight with this famous young swordsman.
As Ogata's reputation became more and more famous, Uohachiro's thoughts became more and more profound.
He really wanted to use his "underwater killing method" to have a good fight with Ogata, even if it could only be one fight, even if it meant disobeying his order.
Because of this, when he saw Ogata on the edge of the canal just now and realized that now was a good time to test whether his "underwater killing method" was effective against Shura, Uohachirou ignored the "not to engage in close combat with Ogata"
He ordered his subordinates not to shoot, and then he desperately knocked Ogata into the canal.
As expected of Shura... Until now, there is no trace of panic on his face.
Uohachiro was hiding somewhere not far from Ogata, secretly observing Ogata's expression.
Opening his eyes to see things in the water is easy for Yu Hachiro, who is proficient in swimming.
Not only can he open his eyes and see in the water, but he can also see everything in the water very clearly.
Huh? Does he want to continue swimming upstream...
Uohachiro saw Ogata, who had been attacked three times by him, swimming towards the surface of the water again.
Does he still have the strength to swim...
Then... give him another blow!
Yubalang licked the corner of his mouth in the water.
Never allow the enemy a chance to climb back to the shore or swim to the surface for air. This is one of the most important points of Uo Hachiro's "underwater killing method".
Uohachiro moved his legs, like a bloodthirsty shark, and rushed towards Ogata.
He didn't know that Ogata was eagerly waiting for him to come over soon...
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come yet……
The huge black shadow appeared in the field of vision again and quickly approached him.
Ogata continued to push the water with his feet and continued to swim toward the surface.
Weiwei raised the knife in his hand, preparing to deal with another attack from Yubalang
Oh no.
It should be "pretending to prepare for another attack by Uo Hachirou".
Ogata had just realized that if he didn't kill Uohachiro, he would never be able to swim out of the water in his life.
And if you want to kill Uohachiro, Ogata's water skills are far worse than Uohachiro. If you want to chase the opponent, you will definitely not be able to catch up.
So Ogata came up with a slightly crazy method.
He won't block Yubalo's next attack!
Just let Yubalo's knife cut into his body.
After Uohachiro's knife cut into his body, Ogata grabbed his arm or body so that he could no longer swim away.
As long as Yubalang can be stopped from wandering away from him, the rest of the matter will be easier to talk about and handle.
Ogata was going to use this crazy method to deal with Uohachiro.
The biggest difficulty in this method is undoubtedly how to prevent Yubalo's knife from hitting his vitals.
If Yubalo's sword hits his vital part, the situation will become one for one, and both of them will die together.
Of course Ogata didn't want to die with this guy.
If possible, Ogata did not want to use this "injury-for-life" strategy to deal with Uohachiro, which might even kill him.
But at this moment, with only a few seconds left to move, Ogata could not think of any other way to counter-kill Uohachirou besides this "killing the enemy by killing himself".
The air left in Ogata's lungs was only enough for him to move for another 7 seconds!
The figure of Yu Balang is already very close!
Ogata stopped dipping his feet, raised his two swords, and assumed a posture ready to take Uohachiro's sword away again.
No matter what happens later... I can't let him hit my vitals!
Reminding himself repeatedly in his mind, the gaze from Ogata's eyes gradually became sharper.
The air left in Ogata's lungs was only enough for him to move for another 6 seconds!
The figure of Yubalang is very close at hand!
In just one second, Uohachiro can reach the distance where his sword can attack Ogata.
Victory or defeat, life or death, will be decided in the next second!
bring it on!
Ogata clenched the two swords tightly with a force that seemed to crush the handles.
His gaze was so sharp that it seemed like it could cut into pieces everything it touched.
I won't... die here!
This is obviously a critical moment for a fight to the death.
Obviously, victory or defeat, life or death will be decided in the next second.
But at this moment, there were many scenes that had nothing to do with the current tense battle situation, flashing through Ogata's mind at this moment.
Every bit of getting along with A-Machi, the past with friends like Genichi and Lin...
These beautiful pictures flashed through Ogata's mind one by one.
While these beautiful memories flashed through Ogata's mind one by one,
Gudong, Gudong...
Quite suddenly...Ogata heard the strange sound of water flowing.
Wow, wow...
I heard the sound of swaying water plants under the canal.
Whoa, whoa...
At the same time, I also heard...the sound of fish swimming in the water.
Ogata's originally very sharp eyes were now full of astonishment and shock.
He heard it.
He heard...the sound of this "canal".
He felt it.
He felt...as if he was integrated with this "canal".
The whole world... seems to have become transparent at this moment!
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