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"Um... okay, but don't play any tricks." Yuanshang looked at the size of the camp and agreed.
Judging from the size of the camp, even if all the troops stationed there were present, they would not be enough for him to defeat alone. Of course, if there was a God's Eye owner among them, that would be another matter.
But Yuan Shang was not weak either, at worst he could just open the run. Anyway, he didn't think anyone could kill him instantly.
"Okay!" The sergeant nodded and ran towards the camp without looking back.
……
"Cough cough..."
"Well……"
"it hurts……"
Although the campsite was not large, it was packed with people.
Because of the heavy rain, the ground of the camp was muddy. A few dead branches picked up from somewhere were simply built into a shed, covered with a layer of rags, and it became a "shelter".
The cardboard and wood chips on the ground could not stop the mud and water from seeping in. In the yellow mud and water, there were groaning patients lying one after another.
In serious cases, their eyes are tightly closed, their faces are twisted and crazy, and they are mumbling intermittently incomprehensible words, as if they have seen something horrifying.
Those in milder conditions were struggling to stay on the ground, gasping for breath, and looked like they were about to collapse.
Regardless of whether the situation is good or bad, everyone is shrouded in a layer of faint black mist - this is the resentment left behind by the evil god, the demon god.
Ever since the outbreak of the evil spirit on Bayun Island, no one knows how many people have died at the hands of the evil spirit. The dark sky seems to reflect the fate of the people on the island.
"Mom...Mom, I feel...so uncomfortable..."
"Kid... just be patient, we can go to Narukami Island soon."
In the camp, besides groaning, the most common thing was encouragement like this. Under such harsh conditions, everyone still had hope.
Because the shogunate's foot soldiers found them and said they would send them back to Narukami Island.
It is the main island of Inazuma, which not only houses the largest shrine in Inazuma, the Narujin Taisha Shrine, but also the Raiden Shogun.
The little evil god should only be a small problem on Mingjin Island.
With this in mind, many patients from Yamashima Island came here even though they were far away, not for anything else, but just to ride the boat that the foot soldiers talked about heading to Narukami Island.
"Noise, noise, noise! If you keep making noise, none of you will be able to leave! Be quiet!"
It seemed that the groaning was too loud, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the garrison. A hatamoto general wearing armor and a Hannya mask walked out of the tent reflecting the oily light and roared from afar.
"Yes...Yes! Sir!"
"I understand. I'm sorry to trouble you, sir."
"Shh..., okay, okay, you'll be fine after a good night's sleep."
As soon as the hatamoto general roared, the noise in the chaotic camp instantly became much quieter.
"Phew... what a bunch of despicable guys." The hatamoto general waved his nose and walked away immediately.
God knows if this evil spirit is contagious. Now he just hopes to deal with this group of people and leave this damn place as soon as possible.
Just as he was about to walk back to the dry and warm military tent, he saw an ashigaru running towards him from outside the camp.
Taking a closer look, he found that it was the captain of the last patrol team. The general was immediately delighted, thinking that it seemed they could set off.
"Shimada, why are you so slow? How many have you found?" The general looked at Shimada, who was alone, and frowned slightly.
Could it be that something unexpected happened? This shouldn't happen. The rebel base camp is quite far from here, and there is an outbreak of evil spirits here. Even if it is the army, they have to go around it.
"To answer your question, sir... I found... one." Shimada took a breath and replied.
"One?" The general was a little surprised, but then he shook his head and said, "One is enough. Take him and leave this damn place quickly!"
"Sir... Sir..." After hearing this, Shimada looked around and lowered his voice unconsciously.
"That person is the owner of the Eye of God, and his strength is not low."
"He is a foreigner and is unfamiliar with Inazuma. He wanted to go to Umijima and was tricked by me to come here. When the time comes, let him get on board. We don't need to do anything. All we need to do is to drill a hole in the bottom of the boat..."
Shimada didn't say anything more. Originally, they were following the orders of the head of the Kujo family to deal with the people infected with the evil spirit. If they could also frame the resistance army, it would be even better.
The person behind him almost met this condition. Foreigners, God's Eye, going to Haiqi Island, this is definitely a characteristic of many God's Eye owners in the resistance army.
As long as we wait for him to drown, change his clothes, and then do some writing, I'm sure the reputation of the rebels will be greatly undermined.
"Oh? It seems you have thought of this very carefully?" The general had obviously thought of this as well. He turned his head to look at the military tent behind him. With so few people, it would be better not to have a head-on conflict.
Let's see if we can coax him onto the boat first. If we can, that would be great. If not...
The hatamoto general looked at the half-collapsed rag tents in the camp. With so many people, they should be able to take some of them as hostages and some as shields.
"Bring him here. Are you sure he knows nothing?"
"I'm sure he can't even tell the difference between the rebels and us!" Shimada said sarcastically, but he soon thought of something and said quickly:
"Oh, sir, the reason I lied to him was that there was a ship to Haigi Island, and these dying people..."
"know."
The general waved his hand impatiently, then walked into the camp and shouted, "Move out immediately! Everyone be quiet, if anyone says another word, get off the boat!"
There was another round of noise and panic, but it soon died down.
"Is this okay?" The hatamoto general walked back and said to Shimada.
"Yes! Of course!"
Shimada nodded quickly, as if he had already seen Funagami drowning.
Chapter 326 Insects
2023-12-01
"Sir, go this way."
Following Shimada, Fuchigami walked into the crowded camp. The first thing that caught his eye was the painful yet curious looks in everyone's eyes.
The shogunate soldiers must have treated him with such respect, so he must be a big shot. Although this big shot didn't have a servant to hold an umbrella for him, he looked like a drowned rat.
"These people..." Yuanshang looked at the sheds in front of him, some big and some small. He lifted his feet and saw yellow mud accumulated under his shoes.
They are obviously patients. Can they really recover well in this kind of environment?
"These are the patients infected with Suishen from Bayin Island." Shimada said as he stepped back. Suishen is contagious, and he didn't want to go crazy and die like those people on the island.
"Are they all here?" Hearing the noise, the hatamoto general walked out of the tent, just glanced at Yuanshang and didn't care.
This made Yuan Shang, who was about to explain something, stop immediately. If he had known that the management here was so lax, he wouldn't have racked his brains to come up with an excuse.
He even made up an identity as a light novel writer for himself - in fact, he didn't use much brainpower, it was mainly Yuan You who gave him advice.
However, what Fuchigami did not notice was that after seeing Fuchigami retreating, the hatamoto general's hand that was tightly gripping the hilt of the sword immediately loosened a lot.
It seems that this guy named "Yuan Shang" is really naive to the extreme.
"Everyone is here." Shimada winked at the generals.
"Huh - everyone, get up! Let's go!" The general took a deep breath and then shouted loudly.
Following his roar, the camp, which had been considered quiet, suddenly became noisy.
Regardless of whether their illness was serious or not, all the patients managed to stand up. Perhaps because of the heavy rain or the war, the patients did not have much to bring with them, and in a short while, everyone in the camp had packed up.
Of course, it may also be that the hope of a new life gives them greater strength than ever before.
Seeing the scene in front of him, the general nodded with satisfaction. He waved his hand and said, "It seems that you still have some strength. Let's go! No one will care if you fall behind!"
After saying that, he strode to the front.
The hatamoto general's action was like a signal. Following his action, the huge group of people set off to the distant beach.
The generals were in front, the foot soldiers were on both sides of the team, and the patients were in the center.
The speed of the foot soldiers is already faster than that of ordinary people, not to mention that most of the people in the camp are patients infected with the evil spirit.
It won’t be long before someone can no longer hold on.
"call……"
The woman held her child in one hand and a cloth bag soaked by rain in the other, feeling the burning pain in her throat.
She knew that her physical strength was about to fail.
Biting the handle of the cloth bag with her teeth, the woman used her free hand to take out handfuls of grain from the bag and stuff them into her worn pockets.
She stuffed every space on the clothes that could hold some extra stuff into the clothes. Then she made up her mind and opened her mouth.
The grains that had been swollen by the rain were scattered all over the ground, but the woman didn't care about it. She just kept running, pulling her child and running madly.
The man in the family used to be a sand miner, but he disappeared a long time ago.
All her valuables were used up when she was struck by the evil spirit, and the grains she saved were her only remaining "property".
But she didn't care about these. As long as she could get on the ship to Narukami Island, everything would be fine. So she had to catch up and not fall behind!
"Cough!" His chest heaved violently, and the pain that was originally only in his throat spread to his lungs.
After a violent cough, the woman felt as if her legs were suddenly weakened by the tendons in her legs, and her eyes moved downward uncontrollably.
"Is this the end?" The woman muttered in a trance. She was not afraid of death.
All she feared was that her death would bring with it the death of her young child.
"Not yet."
The woman suddenly felt someone hugging her. She opened her eyes and saw the "adult" she had seen in the camp before.
"Your stuff." Yuan Shang hung the dried cloth bag lightly on the branch, then he turned around and shouted to the foot soldiers in the distance:
"Those bastards in front of you! Stop right there!!"
Yuan Shang's roar was louder than that of the hatamoto generals. The sound waves even shook the raindrops over, and the reflected light, which was completely different from other raindrops, formed silver waves, which made the foot soldiers in the distance pause.
"Huh——, Huh——"
"Cough cough cough..."
The footsteps stopped, replaced by heavy breathing.