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The moment the door of the broken house was pushed open, the two people in the house and the person at the door were dumbfounded.
A-Zhi was surprised because before she opened the door, she never expected that there would be someone in this random shabby house in the wilderness.
As for Sun Yihe and Hayato, it's not like they didn't hear the footsteps of someone approaching outside the house just now, but they both took it for granted that it was Huang Donglai who had returned from defecating, so they didn't pay much attention.
Who would have thought that when the door opened, a woman with a beautiful face and a graceful figure stood at the door.
"Huh? You are..." After a second, Sun Yixie's small eyes glanced up and down, and he immediately remembered that the woman in front of him was the female ninja who had briefly fought with him at the port of Xiaguan?
Let me mention it a little here. Even though Sun Yixie and A Zhi didn't see each other's faces clearly when they were playing in that dark cabin, because A Zhi was captured by those ashigaru before they were taken into the cabin. , Sun Yixie remembered the other party's appearance at the port, so it didn't prevent him from recognizing A-Zhi now.
As for A Zhi, although she didn't see Sun Yixie's face clearly at first, as we said before, Brother Sun's height of about 1.75 meters was relatively rare in Japan at the time. A very distinctive voice, which led to the part of his sentence "You are..." that awakened A-Zhi's memory as soon as he said it.
Let's say that these two people recognized each other quickly, but their subsequent reactions... were all very subtle.
From Sun Yixie's point of view, although he could probably deduce that Azhi's sneak attack on him was probably due to a misunderstanding, the other party was in the wrong anyway. Therefore, at this moment, he could completely pretend not to know and use that Conflict is used as an excuse to take action to restrain the other party first.
However, now there is another problem that prevents Brother Sun from taking action, and that is - he suspects that this female ninja may be "Xiao Mei" who comes to contact him.
This guess is quite reasonable...
First of all, Sun Yixie had previously only judged that the other party was a ninja, but did not know the other party's name or code name; secondly, the identity of the ninja was also consistent with the "neutral organization that sells intelligence" they mentioned when chatting in front of Huang Donglai's stool.
On the other side, from Azhi's perspective, she saw that Sun Yixie was still alive and well, which in itself was something that made her have many questions and shakes.
Because before her boss Chongzang separated from the trio, he claimed to go to explore the reality of Shuangxie, but now... at least Sun Yixie is still alive, but Chongzang is not present.
There are many possibilities behind this situation...
Maybe Chongzang didn't find Shuangxue at all, maybe Chongzang found Shuangxue but after investigation found that there was no problem with the two people and withdrew, or maybe Chongzang had already been killed by Shuangxie... In short, Azhi didn't know Something happened between Juzo, Sun, Huang, and Hayato, so she would inevitably have the suspicion that "Mr. Masugi has encountered something unexpected."
Of course, given her current situation, she has no time to worry about Chongzang's life and death; it can even be said that if Chongzang really died at the hands of Shuangxie, that would be good news... because in It seemed to Azhi that the monks of the Tome Sect who were chasing her at the moment would not be able to deal with Juzo even if they came. If the two people in front of them were really stronger than Juzo, then by using them, they might still have a chance to survive.
Thinking of this, A Zhi immediately came up with a plan.
Facing Sun Yixie, who had obviously recognized her, she didn't answer the other person's words at all. She just moved forward half a meter tremblingly, and then with a cry, her body went limp and fell to the ground. .
At this moment, Sun Yixie hesitated because he was wary of this woman.
As for his hesitation, Hayato, who was not sure why, instinctively took a step forward and supported Azhi.
Seeing A Zhi fall into Hayato's arms, and he really fell down, and did not make a sneak attack, Sun Yixie felt regretful. Why did he give up this advantage that was brought to him?
But you can’t just go up and say, “I’ll do it instead” when others are hugging you, right?
Therefore, Brother Sun could only suppress his regretful emotions, try to control his expression and tone, and said: "Hayato, be careful! This woman is not a good person."
"Huh?" Hayato was shocked when he was reminded like this.
However, he didn't throw the person to the ground immediately. He just put A-Zhi gently on the ground, then let go and backed away.
"Hey, have you finished your performance? Don't think you can get away with it this way. I have something else to ask you." Sun Yixie was about to carry out his serious character to the end, and said to Azhi coldly. Such a sentence.
Unexpectedly, hey! He really deceived the other party.
"Hmph...you are really not an ordinary person..." A-Zhi thought that the other party was not impressed by her beauty and acting skills at all. While she was deeply impressed, she stopped pretending; she snorted coldly and slowly raised herself from the ground. He stood up, then climbed to a nearby pillar and sat up leaning against it, "Then I have something to say directly... No matter what misunderstandings we have had before, at this moment, I hope you can help me. I...I am being hunted, and only you can save me here."
"Oh?" Sun Yixie, while observing the words and expressions, glanced at A-Zhi's hand that was still protecting his ribs even after he "passed out", thinking that at least the other person's injuries were not fake, and then Brother Sun thought for a moment. , then said, "'Misunderstanding', right? Okay... Even if the previous one was really a misunderstanding, I won't argue with you, but now, why should we help you?"
"Ha..." Azhi smiled, "I won't let your work go in vain..." As she spoke, she skillfully put on a charming look, resting her head back on the pillar, revealing her Her white and slender neck was loosened by the collar of her clothes with her hands, but her eyes were filled with indifference and disgust at this moment, "As long as you save me, I can repay you in any way you want..."
As a female ninja living in troubled times, Azhi certainly knows that beauty is also one of her weapons, and it is a very powerful one. Although she does not like to use her body as a bargaining chip to achieve her goals, she knows that, A lot of the time, this works really well.
"Well... even though you said 'I can repay you in any way', as if you have many ways to repay, the way you said this was completely indicating a specific way of repaying." No. Thinking of it, what greeted Azhi next was Hayato's complaint.
"Huh?" Even Sun Yixie didn't expect this. He couldn't help but wonder: How could Brother Hayato remain unmoved by the beauty and calmly say such a teasing statement?
Then Hayato continued: "Although I am not a gentleman, and I am involved in everything including food, drink, prostitution and gambling, but I have a principle, that is... I accept entrustment to help people, and the reward can be money, jewelry, or It’s calligraphy and painting porcelain. If you really don’t have those, other sundries that can be exchanged for money will do... But I will never, never accept physical payment! This is the last dignity and bottom line of being an Onmyoji in my lower body!"
"Damn it..." When Sun Yixie heard this, he cursed in his heart at that time, "Your bottom line is not very high. Why the hell are you so loud when you look so upright? Besides, she is not one now. Please be alone, and I am here! If you do this, I can't just jump out and say, 'It's okay, my bottom line is lower than him, you can just repay me alone', right?"
"Well said!" Two seconds later, Sun Yixie turned his unhappiness into an air of hypocrisy, as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He then used a louder voice and a more serious expression than Hayato, and stared. He rolled his eyes and shouted, "How could a chivalrous man like me save people just to do such a frivolous thing! Tell me first, what is your name? Who is chasing you? As long as you say it, we are fine with it. We will save you, we don’t need anything in return!”
A Zhi was a little confused by the two people singing and singing, but then she thought about it, she had already taken the initiative to say that she could "repay like that", but the two people still clearly refused and scolded them, which at least meant that these two people did have something. Different from those young people.
So, after thinking for a moment, A-Zhi said eloquently: "My name is A-Zhi. You should have seen through it a long time ago. I am a ninja...
"A few days ago, I received a mission that required someone to rush to Kyoto to monitor the movements of a certain important person, so I set off with two companions.
"Originally, we were just passing by the northern edge of Kobe and had no intention of going deep here. Unexpectedly, we met a group of strange monks on the road. They came to talk to us and asked for directions; they claimed to be monk soldiers from the Ichigo Sect, but this was more deceiving than ordinary people. People can't deceive us... We have dealt with people from the Yixiang Sect many times, and we can tell the difference.
"According to the information I have, this group of people is more like members of a small sect called the 'Tanxing Sect'. This sect has existed for many years. It is said that it specializes in kidnapping and trafficking children. Its methods are cruel and... Very mysterious... It’s just that there are very few of them, and they don’t participate in the battles between the big names, so no one cares about them.”
When Azhi said this, Sun Yixie and Hayato looked at each other. It was obvious that they both realized that they had met the white-clothed monk in Tianshangshan Shrine before, and that Shuanghe and Keijiro met in Kawapengzhuang. Ajafang Yigen and Ajafang Xinggen are most likely members of this "Zhenxing Sect".
A Zhi also noticed the reaction of the two people, but because the pursuers would arrive at any time, she wanted to seize the time, so she did not stop narrating.
"This group of monster monks from the Tuxing Sect obviously took a fancy to my companion Xiaosuke... the kid who pretended to be my son in Xiaguan... and wanted to capture Xiaosuke.
"There was no one around at the time. My companions and I exchanged glances and decided to strike first, kill these evil monks and escape. But I didn't expect that these guys were as strong as monsters. Facing our surprise attack, they It ate all the attacks like it was immortal, and then subdued the three of us in turn.
"Then, they caught us here..."
Hearing this, Sun Yixie finally interrupted and asked, "Then you left your companions and ran away alone?"
"No!" Azhi immediately denied with some excitement, "There was a monk who was lustful towards me, so he sent away his companions on the grounds that he wanted to interrogate these two adults... ...As soon as the others left, he untied only me, threw Gengoro aside and dragged me into the woods.
"I knew what he wanted to do, so I didn't resist on purpose. I originally wanted to kill him while he was careless, then go and untie Gengoro, and then work with Gengoro to find a way to rescue Xiaosuke. Unexpectedly, I was just killed After being dragged into the woods, Gengoro untied the rope himself and attacked the monk from behind.
"Seeing this, I naturally cooperated, but we were still no match for the demon monk two against one. In the end, Gengoro risked his life to give me a chance to escape..."
At this point, she lowered her head and looked at her ribs, and then said: "Although I escaped, several of my ribs have been broken. Even if I force myself to continue running, it will only be a matter of time before I am overtaken, so I just want to find a house to hide first, and see if I can set up an ambush in the house, and maybe there is a chance to kill the opponent..."
"Then you bumped into us unexpectedly?" Hayato took over the conversation and asked.
A Zhi nodded: "That's all I can tell you now. No matter how much more...if there is another chance in the future...let's talk about it." She let out a sigh of relief, as if she felt a lot more relaxed after she finished speaking, " So, two 'chivalrous men', what are your plans now? Do you believe my words and help me deal with those monster monks, or do you leave me and run for your lives?
"Ha... Of course, even if you run away using my words as 'untrustworthy', I won't blame you. After all, you can't do it for an irrelevant person like me and those guys who are as strong as monsters." Fight hard."
Although her last few words were provocative, they were also largely sincere.
After all, A-Zhi has seen too much of the ugliness of human nature, and he will not put too much hope in someone just because they say a few nice words like "a chivalrous man."
So, how much of A-Zhi’s paragraph above is worthy of belief?
The implicit hint in the book here is that 90% of it is indeed true.
That day, after the trio of genin separated from Juzo, they had followed Juzo's instructions to find a nearby place to hibernate. Unexpectedly, they had just rested for two days when a mission was sent from the Takeda clan. .
Masugi Juzo's situation with Takeda, as we have said before, nominally he is equivalent to the head of Takeda's Kansai Intelligence Network, and he manages more than a dozen ninja teams like Aji and the others, but in essence But it was "actual duty", because Takeda Shingen had no ability to reach out to Kansai, so he just listened to the affairs of Kansai.
On weekdays, the Takeda clan would only contact Juzo on a regular basis and receive some information compiled by Juzo that Takeda Shingen considered dispensable. However, Takeda Shingen himself had never contacted Juzo since the day he took office. What tasks have you proactively assigned to Chongzang?
Those tasks for Juzo were all "asked" by him in his reports, such as "I think there is something important in Kyushu. Should we send a team to investigate?" or "There are recent developments in Kochi." There is a domain that seems to be rebelling against the Miyoshi clan. Should we find someone to add fuel to the fire?"... For "suggestions" like this, Takeda's instructions are usually "yes, yes, yes, go, go, go", and then these are the things that are hidden until There are tasks to be completed before the next scheduled contact.
But this time it was interesting. It happened that at this time when Ma Shanjuzo was looking for Shuanghe to "find out the truth", he was not at the intelligence point, and it was not a day for regular contact, Takeda Shingen took the initiative to send a message for the first time. Here comes the mission order.
The mission doesn’t wait for anyone. God knows when Juzo will come back? You wait for him to come back before opening the letter. Are you responsible for delaying the opportunity to fight?
At this time, there was a three-person team left behind at the intelligence point. Azhi was the captain, so she had no choice but to open the letter and see what mission was sent from above.
What happened next was basically the same as what she said.
The only thing she concealed was that Xiaosuke was indeed her son, and the statement "the kid pretending to be my son" was a lie.
She has been telling this lie for many years. Apart from Azhi herself, the only person who knows the truth is her respected boss Juzo. Even Xiaosuke himself does not know that Azhi is his biological mother.
Of course, don't assume that Juzo is Kosuke's father because of this... he really isn't.
Juzo is innocent of any female ninja under his command, because he understands that in a profession like theirs, which licks blood at the edge of the knife, they must not cross that line with the people around them, especially their superiors and subordinates; you must obey If you don't care about him, you must not have that thought. This is why, no matter whether Chongzang's subordinates care about him or not, they at least respect him.
As for who Xiaosuke's father is, Azhi actually doesn't know. She just got pregnant with the child of a man she didn't care about during a certain mission, and she even killed him.
But in the end, she still couldn't bear to abandon the newborn Xiaosuke, so Juzo gave her an idea: keep Xiaosuke and train him as a ninja, but don't tell him about his life experience and let him think that he is an orphan. Xiaosuke can stay with Azhi and be cared for and protected by his mother to a certain extent; when Xiaosuke is older, he will be transferred to another team, so that he will have a better chance of growing up alive. As an adult, even if Azhi died one day, Xiaosuke wouldn't be too sad.
In this troubled world, faced with such a proposal, what else could A-Zhi say?
But now, A-Zhi was attacked by the Zhenxing Sect. When he thought about the inhuman treatment his son might receive after being kidnapped by those monster monks, not only was he unable to save him, but he was even unable to protect himself, A-Zhi felt somewhat desperate.
What supports her to continue to survive at this moment is actually the kindness of her companion Gengoro who fought to save her; Azhi just didn't want Gengoro's death to be in vain, so she didn't give up completely.
How could she easily regard these two almost complete strangers in front of her as her savior?
"It's a way to provoke generals, right?" After hearing A-Zhi's words, Sun Yixie immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "Hmph... Actually, you don't have to do this, I trust you."
Isn't that right? Before today, Sun Huang had already come into contact with the demonic monks from the Xingxing Sect twice. They had long suspected that the monks were not good people. Now that they heard that what they said was correct, he must be convinced.
"Isn't he just a little 'Zhen Xingzong'? Damn it, give him face, right?" Sun Yixie opened his mouth and scolded, "I'm in a bad mood today, so I just want to fuck them, what the hell? "
Before he finished speaking, he heard someone outside the house shouting loudly: "What did you say?"
(End of chapter)
