Sauichiro: rebuilding Ashina from the obliteration of the pillar

Chapter 13 The Ghost of the Water Cannon
The bright moon hangs high.

In the garden of General Fujita's house, at twelve o'clock in the evening.

Oh, you ask how Genichiro knows the time?
It wasn't that when Ji Yingzhong was looking for clothes for him, he passed by the watch shop and took a pocket watch with him.

"Click-"

Hiding in the shadows, Ji Yingzhong had already looked at the watch several times in 5 minutes, and seemed to like the action of opening and closing the watch cover very much.

Genichiro, on the other hand, was rarely in the mood to appreciate the golden color here.

"I didn't expect such a tall and delicate building to be made of stone. I really don't know how to support it."

Xianichiro looked at the small white building where General Fujita lived, and sighed sincerely, "Not to mention being surrounded by mountains and rivers, but diverting water into lakes. The life of Japanese generals is really good now. In the past, only the daimyos of big countries could enjoy it like this. But Compared with Weiming's natural and majestic landscape, it is still far behind."

At this time, a cry of "Ahhh" came from the rattan stand above the head, and then two furry monkeys fell to the ground, which were the seeing ape and the listening ape.

They were sent by Genichiro to "reconnaissance" the white building before.

As for the noisiest talking ape, it has become a pattern on Genichiro's yukata, which looks cute.

Seeing the return of the two monkeys, Xianichiro hurriedly asked: "How is it? Did you find anything strange?"

"Ah-"

The eye-watching ape shook his head, and the ear-listening ape also said that he didn't hear anything unusual.

"Then Fujita and his family are alive?"

The two monkeys nodded.

"There is nothing abnormal?"

Genichiro held the handle of the sun wheel at his waist, and slowly stroked the lines on it, "Could it be that Murata and the Demon Killing Team made a mistake?"

"There should be no problem, Genichiro-sama."

The black-clothed eagles reluctantly stuffed their pocket watches into their coir raincoats, "When I asked the policeman about the location of this place, he said that there were indeed many mutilated corpses in the Maeda River not far from here. The corpses were all dressed in black and carried knives. However, the Maeda River is not under the control of Koji Town, so he doesn’t know the details.”

Genichiro understood that the so-called corpses were teammates who were supposed to join Murata.

The corpses were in pieces, as only ghosts who need to eat humans would do.

But originally, according to the agreement with Murata, they were going to meet at General Fujita's house, and then investigate the disappearance of the navy through negotiation.

So no matter how you look at it, the Fujita family is the intersection of all doubts.

But with the perception ability of seeing apes with eyes and hearing apes with ears, they didn't find anything suspicious?
So where is that suspicious ghost hiding?
"What do the newspapers say about the disappearance of the navy? What does this general have to do with the missing navy?"

"Most of the local newspapers have the same caliber, saying that the nine missing sailors are all from their hometown, and it is very likely that they have agreed to be deserters. The so-called disappearance is simply nonsense, and there is no mention of General Fujita."

The black-clothed eagles took out several newspapers from their coir raincoats, and the titles were different.

Xianichiro's eyes lit up when he saw this, he was indeed a ninja protecting his grandfather, he was really well prepared.

Genichiro took the newspaper. Although he didn't know all the characters, he could roughly understand the meaning.

These few newspapers did not have much space to report on the disappearance itself, and most of them were news reviews. They just used the desertion incident as an excuse, insisted that "the young people in Samo are not as good as they used to be", and then turned their guns. On the heads of the two vassals of Changsa who control the parliament, it seems that they want to separate the credit for the downfall from Changsa.

Among them, only the Asahi Shimbun, a tabloid in the Osaka area, seems to have made a specific investigation.

They discovered that before these deserters disappeared, they all had contact with General Fujita.

And this General Fujita, like these missing persons, is also from Satsuma.

But the investigation also stops here.

"Asahi Shimbun" is just a small newspaper at this time. After all, people speak lightly, and it concerns naval heroes. No one takes this kind of report seriously, and it will attract abuse instead.

"So this Fujita is from Satsuma."

Genichiro put his hand on his chin, remembering the events of the Warring States period, "The Satsuma people have always been tough and tough, and they are not much worse than the Weiming people. Even the powerful inner government is afraid of them. Things like deserters. , It really doesn’t look like they did it. Coupled with the death of members of the Demon Slayer Squad today, this possibility is unlikely. The so-called deserters should have already died. But this Fujita is actually a navy hero?"

"Ah, the fat man said that it seems that Japan fought a war with a powerful country called Russia two or three years ago."

Ji Ying said with some uncertainty, after all, to him, everything in the new world was a bit unbelievable.

"I heard that there are dozens of countries as big as Japan in Russia, but it was Japan that won the war in the end. Among them, Fujita, who commanded the Japanese warship he was on, sank three large Russian ships, so he was regarded as The emperor personally commended him and became a war hero. Now, after a few years, he is already a favorite candidate for the next navy minister."

"It's no wonder these newspapers are afraid to investigate further, he is standing behind the emperor."

After Xianichiro sighed, he looked at Jiying people with weird eyes, "You have only been in this world for a few hours, why do you know so much about things here?"

"Just treat it as a ninja's instinct."

Jiying people leaned down, "In order to identify all threats and better protect you, Mr. Genichiro, naturally the more detailed you know, the better you can deal with it. The water in this world is very deep."

"Well, since you said that...wait a minute, you said water—"

Xianichiro suddenly remembered what Jiyingzhong said just now, "You said before that those corpses were found in the river, right?"

"Yes."

"Then the artificial lake of the Fujita family should be connected to that river."

Genichiro continued, and then turned his gaze to the back of the small building, where the lake shimmered under the moonlight, "Ghosts are not allowed to be exposed to direct sunlight, but those ghost killers were killed during the day, and the corpses But drifting along the river. That is, as long as the river is muddy enough—"

Ji Yingzhong answered: "Then even in the daytime, ghosts can still move!"

The two looked at each other, showing surprise eyes that found clues.

"Then go to the pavilion on the other side of the lake and have a look, be careful."

Xianichiro directly pulled out the Japanese sword, and then said to the watching monkey and the listening monkey: "You guys hide first."

The two monkeys yelled reluctantly for a while, but seeing Genichiro's determined expression, they jumped towards him one after another, turning into two sullen apes on the bathrobe.

Soon, Genichiro and Ji Yingzhong walked to the pavilion in the center of the lake.

"The smell of alcohol here is very strong, it should be earlier today, someone was drinking here."

Jiying watched the surroundings carefully, "Maybe it's that guy named Fujita."

"It's not just him." Genichiro said suddenly.

"Master Xianichiro?" Jiying people didn't know why.

"It's already confirmed."

When Xianichiro saw eighteen paper figurines flying out of the water, his face suddenly became solemn, especially when one of the paper figurines was quite bright, "Not long ago, a person died here ah……"

"careful!"

However, before Xianichiro could finish his sentence, Ji Yingzhong suddenly grabbed his waist, and then he climbed up to the top of the gazebo like a big nimble bird.

Almost at the same time, a huge muffled sound resounded under the water. The surging and overlapping waves seemed to cover the center of the entire gazebo, and even the stone tables and benches above were pushed aside. The strength is strong.

Xianichiro was afraid for a while, if Jiying hadn't acted in time, he would have been photographed into the water.

"Is this the power of ghosts?"

He could already think of those ghost killers, why they were wiped out so easily.

This kind of attack from underwater is too sudden and too hidden.

"Sun Wheel Knife..."

A gloomy voice sounded, "Is it you group of reckless ghost hunters again?"

Ji Yingzhong took out the flying sickle and slowly twirled it in his hand, with a hint of reminder in his tone, "Master Xianichiro."

"Okay, I see it."

Following Xianichiro's solemn gaze, a monster covered with shells rose from the water. Under the grass-like hair, there were two fierce yellow eyes, which seemed to be brighter than the moon.

"Oh, it's still a kid, didn't he even know how to breathe?"

"Really, obviously I can't eat anymore, and the garbage from your ghost killing team will come to die!"

"This is forcing me to become the lower string!"

As he said that, the ghost in the water raised his exaggeratedly thick right arm from the lake and pointed it at Genichiro.

The latter looked carefully and found that the water ghost's arm was actually a cannon barrel similar to that of the Fallen Valley!

"As a courtesy to meeting for the first time, let's see the power of the water cannon first!"

I don't know if it's an illusion or what, Xianichiro felt that there seemed to be a big danger word in front of his eyes.

……

"It's finally here..."

Murata looked at the pattern of wisteria flowers on the wall of the yard not far away, and unconsciously pressed his hand on his stomach, "Although I'm very hungry, I feel that I really don't have the right to eat. There are these kind-hearted people who are willing to support us..."

Houses with wisteria patterns are either resting places paid by the Ghost Killing Squad themselves, or rich families who have received help from the Ghost Killing Squad and are willing to contribute money and efforts to kill ghosts.

Thanks to their existence, the Ghost Killing Squad can play a role in big cities.

"Hey, face it like a man."

After hesitating at the door for a while, Murata still knocked on the courtyard door.

Not long after, the door opened a crack, and inside was a masked man with only eyes exposed.

It is a member of the hidden force.

Because most of the ghost killing activities are carried out at night, and it is not good to always trouble the host to get up at night to entertain the members of the ghost killing team, so people from the hidden army are usually responsible for the night watch.

"Eh? Are you the one named Murata?"

The Yinbu people opened the door and let Murata in. Judging from the voice, it was a young girl.

"Someone can recognize someone as unrecognizable as me."

Murata complained that the members of the Demon Slayer Squad who often cooperated with him often couldn't remember his name.

"Because you will be seriously injured every time you perform ghost-killing missions in Tokyo. We have taken care of you too many times. Even if you are beaten with comminuted fractures all over your body, we can recognize you."

The Yinbu people circled around Murata, and stabbed him in the heart casually, "Speaking of which, it's the first time I've seen you in full shape...Eh...not right..."

Then she asked a question that hit the soul: "Where is your knife?"

"Oh, so so, so so."

Murata couldn't lift his head even more after talking about today's experience.

For a ghost hunter, losing a knife is a more serious matter than breaking an arm.

"So you went to the police station."

After hearing all this, the Yinbu members showed surprise eyes, "But it's fine if you come out, Master Yinzhu is also here, and he will be dispatched in person soon. Although you were discovered in sneaking in today, if you gain anything , just in time to tell him now."

"Master Yinzhu? Has he arrived yet?"

Murata showed obvious panic, "Is that the one who claims to be 'the last ninja in Japan'?"

Murata and Yinzhu have never met before, only know that this special Zhu seems to be a ninja, with a bad temper and perverse behavior.

But what is a ninja?
In the story, the ninja is the dark side of the big man, a killer who kills without batting an eyelid!

If I went to report to him about what happened today, I might be killed directly!

The Yinbe people thought of the Yinzhu she saw, and suddenly hesitated to speak, and then said: "Anyway, you go to eat first, I will inform Lord Yinzhu about you, don't run around."

"Let Zhu come to me? Forget it, I'd better go there and plead guilty, maybe I can die a little easier."

The Yinbe members hurriedly stopped him, "Don't, don't, Mr. Yinzhu is currently conducting an important ceremony. He said that it is the most important preparation work before the ninja dispatch. You must not disturb it."

"Preparation?"

"Well, it's just makeup."

Yinbu didn't explain after finishing speaking, and pointed to the location of the reception room, "You go there and wait first, someone will bring you dinner."

"..." Murata suddenly shouted, looking at the retreating Yinbu people, "Please prepare me a sun wheel knife!"

Then, Murata entered the room talking to himself: "Make-up? Is it a disguise to hide yourself? Maybe I can learn something, and I won't be discovered next time I investigate. As expected of Zhu, then If you are strong, you have to be fully prepared..."

And on the roof, the solitary shadows with daggers on their backs were silent.

He stayed in the shadow where the moonlight couldn't reach, full of curiosity in his heart.

"The last ninja in Japan?"

"It turns out that the profession of ninja disappeared along with the samurai?"

"I'm really curious about how many ninja skills this junior has inherited..."

However, after 3 minutes, he just wanted to poke his eyes.

A burly man at least 1.9 meters tall slammed open the door of the reception room.

The man had a handsome face, with a blood-red cherry blossom pattern painted on his left eye. His gaze was not so much piercing as it was full of fanaticism.

"You are the insignificant Murata they said, but you can't die!"

The man spoke like thunder.

The content was also full of offense, and it was unclear whether he was complimenting or derogatory for a while.

Murata was so frightened that his chopsticks fell to the ground, "Yes...it's right here! Excuse me..."

However, in the next second, the man who was at least four meters away from him had already come to him at a speed that Murata couldn't understand.

"Oh, is it the instant body technique?"

Only the solitary shadows on the opposite roof saw some ways.

In the room, the tall man stepped on Murata's dining table with his right foot, and leaned his upper body towards Murata, full of oppression, "I've heard about you, but I didn't expect to be able to escape from prison. People with such gorgeous things can actually lose their own knives! Get to know me, I am Usui Tengen-sama who used to be a ninja, a beautiful man who made the entire ninja world tremble in the name of gorgeousness ah!"

Murata swallowed, so this is a ninja?

It's completely different from what I thought!

Seeing Murata's dazed look, Yusui Tianyuan lowered his body even lower, "Huh? What's your reaction? Shouldn't you rush to flatter me with gorgeous rhetoric and surging emotions?"

"Uh, that... Master Yin Zhu, you stepped on my tableware..."

At this moment, Murata's thoughts are surprisingly consistent with those of Gu Yingzhong: No matter how you look at it, everything that Yusui Tianyuan has shown so far is the opposite of a ninja.

Ordinarily, the ninja should be like the wolf in the sewer, short in stature, taciturn, and wearing clothing that is close to the color of the environment and easy to hide (the name of Wei has many maple leaves, so the wolf wears an orange-red coat).

But Yusui Tianyuan's attire is very unique even in this era, and he has no awareness of hiding it in the dark at all!
Not to mention his tall body, even in the late autumn night, he stubbornly showed his two strong arms and the shiny golden armbands on them.

Secondly, it seems that he was worried that the silver reflective forehead would not be conspicuous enough in the dark night, and there were three shining gemstones on it, and two strings of exquisite blue beads hung in front of his ears, shaking with the movement of his head shake.Even the statue of Buddha possessed by the Eight Treasures does not seem to be as "bejeweled" as him.

"Forget it, judging by your appearance, you probably can't find the right words to praise me! As a tolerant god of rituals, this kind of flattery to you is also acceptable."

Yusui Tianyuan sat across from Murata, "Next, tell me about today's events!"

(End of this chapter)