I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Ogata followed closely behind Amachi, and ran forward with Amachi.

It didn't take long for Okinawa to see the shadow of a vague building beginning to appear in front of him.

"There really is a village..." Ogata muttered, "Amachi, your eyesight is so good..."

"Of course. Good eyesight is also one of the abilities I am most proud of...Huh?"

Ah Ting suddenly twitched her little nose, and then slowly frowned.

The same frowning person, and Ogata walking beside her.

The two smelled a strange smell almost at the same time.

"...It's the rancid smell of the corpse." A Ding's face suddenly sank, and raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose, "And... it seems to have come from the village in front..."

"Look carefully..." Ogata on the side also said solemnly at this time, "There is no smoke in this village... There is no smoke at all..."

"A Yi, here."

Amachi pulled out two black handkerchiefs and handed one of them to Ogata.

"You can smell the rancid smell so far from the village...I can't imagine how smelly the village is. It's better to cover our nose and mouth with a piece of cloth."

"Thank you." Ogata took the handkerchief from Amachi.

The handkerchief Ah Ting handed over was very large, and its size was more than enough to cover his mouth and nose.

The two well-protected people slowly leaned toward the village in front of them that was constantly exuding rancid smell...

As the distance between the village and the village narrowed, Ogata slowly pulled out the knife from his waist in case of an accident.

And Ah Ding also pulled out the hakama hanging from her back waist.

As the distance narrowed, Ogata gradually saw the whole picture of the village.

From the outside—this is just an ordinary village. The scale is neither large nor small.

However, the village just looks ordinary on the outside.

Deathly silence, no smell of smoke, flying flies everywhere, and bloodstains everywhere... these scenes intertwined, giving the village a weird atmosphere.

Amachi, standing on the periphery of the village with Ogata, whispered:

"There seems to be no one in this village..."

"...Let's go in first." Ogata replied, "Look to see if there are any villagers in it. If there are no villagers, just search the village to see if there is anything worth taking away, and then look for it again. Is there a well in this village? We are short of two things now-medicine and drinking water."

"Okay." As he said, he tightened his hand.

...

...

The two were horns of each other and stepped slowly into this deadly, smelly village.

The air in this village is full of rancid smells that are suffocating.

Ogata and Amachi couldn't tell where the odor was due to the strong rancid odor.

"This smell is really terrible..." Ah Ding tightened the black handkerchief covering his nose and mouth tightly, "It made me vomit... and is it my illusion... how do I feel like It's getting smelly..."

"...No." Ogata, who has been silent since entering the village, said softly at this time, "It's not your illusion. It is indeed getting smelly. And-I also found the reason for the smell. What is it."

Having said that, Ogata pressed his chin in front of him and Amachi.

Ah Ding looked forward.

I saw a person lying on his back on the muddy ground in front of the two.

No... To be precise, there is a corpse lying on its back.

Even though they were far apart, Ogata and Amachi could clearly see that the corpse was highly decomposed.

Countless flies danced and reveled on this corpse, and a lot of blood was splashed around the corpse.

"...Let's go." Ogata tightened the handkerchief on his face. "Let's go up and take a look."

"Hmm..." Ah Ding nodded, "Let's go..."

After walking slowly to the side of the corpse, Ogata waved a knife to the top of the corpse to drive away the flies that hovered over the corpse.

While Ogata drove away the flies, Amachi bent down and began to observe the corpse.

"...It's probably 6 or 7 days since I died." Ah Ding said in a deep voice, "Look, Ah Yi, this man still wears a sword on his waist... Is it a samurai?"

"It should be." Ogata nodded in response, and made a mouthful toward the corpse's right palm. "He has calluses on his right palm that a swordsman can have, and it's from the size of calluses. In terms of thickness-this person is still a very diligent swordsman."

Ah Ding then observed the corpse.

In a short while, Ah Ding found a lot of strange things on this corpse.

"A Yi, look at it."

Ah Ding pointed towards the abdomen of the corpse.

Ogata looked in the direction pointed by Amachi's finger.

I saw a very conspicuous scar on the corpse's abdomen.

And this scar looks like a...bite mark.

Ogata looked at the corpse carefully several times, and found that bite marks like this were all over the corpse.

"There are signs of bites everywhere on this guy..." Ogata muttered, "Is he attacked by some beast?"

"No..." Ah Ding's expression became more serious, "A Yi, don't you think these bite marks look familiar?"

"Familiar...?" Ogata fixed his gaze on the bite marks of the corpse again, and observed carefully.

After taking a closer look, Ogata found that-as Amachi said, the bite marks looked quite familiar...

——? !

Ogata's pupils shrank suddenly~www.ltnovel.com~ Then a look of horror appeared on his face.

Indeed, as Ah Ding said--this bite mark is quite familiar...

Because all humans can create such bite marks...

Feeling a bit of chills emerge from the bottom of my heart, Ogata said in a deep voice:

"This guy... was killed by a human?"

"It may also be an ape." A Ding whispered, "Apes' teeth are very similar to our human teeth..."

"Is there such a vicious ape in the whole world...?" Ogata couldn't help muttering.

"On the contrary, I hope that this man was killed by a vicious ape, not by someone... If he was killed by someone, it would be terrible..."

After all, Ah Ding straightened up.

"A Yi, let's stop here for the observation of this corpse."

"This corpse is too corrupt, and the information that can be searched from it is too limited."

"And I can't stand the smell anymore..."

"Hmm..." Ogata nodded lightly, then turned his gaze to a thatched hut next to him.

"A corpse is lying in the middle of the road, and no one is going to clean it up... It seems that this village should be uninhabited. Let's search every house in this village one by one to see if we can. Find something useful."

"okay."

Although the corpse at the feet of the two had a knife on the waist, Ogata didn't even want to take his knife.

Because—this man’s waist was filled with corpse water with the sword long ago... For this kind of disgusting sword, Ogata can be said to be a respect...