Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 5 Pond Fish
Xu Feng and Hanasaka Shoko walked and stopped along the road.

If the wind and rain are too strong, find a tree or rock to take shelter for a short time, and then continue on your way when the wind and rain stop.

The country of Akaike in the plot of "Stranger: Bladeless Legend" is not a big country. It has at most a few hundred soldiers and only two or three generals. Naturally, the area of the entire country is not large.

After walking and stopping for more than three hours, the two men found some people.

They were a few families living in the mountains.

Judging from the charcoal kilns at the door, these families seem to make a living by selling charcoal.

Xu Feng found a fairly large wooden house and knocked on the door.

He was nearly 1.8 meters tall and held a samurai sword. The family was quite large, with six or seven people, men, women, young and old, but they did not dare to refuse Xu Feng's request to stay overnight.

As a modern man, he is not capable of robbery.

The skinny bandit he had killed before had a string of money on him. Xu Feng took out half of it, which was enough to pay for the room, and he could also buy two sets of dry clothes of this era.

In the firewood hut, Xu Feng looked at the rain outside the window and listened to the rustling sound behind him. He couldn't help but outline the movements of the woman behind him in his mind, and his blood flow couldn't help but speed up a bit.

He had to admit that he had overestimated his own determination.

Being alone in a room with a beautiful girl was too stimulating for him.

The brain is trying hard to tell itself that the current environment is not suitable, but the cerebellum is completely disobedient.

After a while, the girl stopped what she was doing.

Xu Feng took a deep breath of the damp and cold air to make himself more awake.

The girl, who had changed into dry clothes, came to Xu Feng and said, "I found out the location of Shiziyin Fortress. It's in the southwest direction, about 60 kilometers away as the straight line goes."

"Because it's all mountain roads, the actual distance is much longer than this. At our speed, it may take two to three days."

Her message was clear.

If they rush there quickly, perhaps they can complete the task according to the first strategy proposed by the fat man.

If we complete the task, there is a certain possibility of escaping from the Warring States Period in this ditch.

Although she had only been here for a few hours, the girl already began to miss modern life.

"It's not too far. Those Jinyiwei are riding horses, so it won't take them that long. They have enough time to find it before us." Xu Feng shook his head.
“This country is too small.”

The so-called Akachi Kingdom has an area of only a few thousand square kilometers, which is no more than the size of a county in the country.

The Jinyiwei will conduct reconnaissance in the country before deciding to build the altar in the Shiziyin Fortress.

Originally, Xu Feng couldn't be sure when the Jinyiwei would go there.

But now knowing the size of the country, he guessed that the Jinyiwei would get there faster than he expected.

"So, you really believe that this is a world described in an anime movie?" Hanasaka Shoko asked puzzledly.

Until now, she is still skeptical about what the fat boy said.

The truth is, the information they have received so far is too little. Even Xu Feng himself cannot be 100% sure what kind of world this is.

"I can't be sure, but it's my instinct to choose a safer option." Xu Feng turned his head and looked at the girl.

"Or was it to gain more benefits?" Hanasaka Shoko asked suspiciously, "After killing those two bandits, you and that old Yakuza man obviously gained some extra benefits."

"Another reason why I left the team was because of the ambition in that old man's eyes."

She sneered, "But he's too arrogant and underestimates the people of this era. If he stays in that team, he will definitely lead him to death!"

Xu Feng deeply agrees with this.

Although he had no idea what the old man's ambitions were.

But he knew very well that the girl's observation ability was far better than his.

Hanasaka Shoko moved closer to Xu Feng, looking up into his eyes and asking, "You don't have such ambitions, do you?"

"Well, I have a clear understanding of my own fighting ability. Although I have a knife in my hand, I can only swing it casually. At most, I can defeat the small soldiers of this era. If I meet a master, I will be killed instantly." Xu Feng stretched out his white hands.

He said self-deprecatingly, "These hands don't even have calluses. Aside from those intimidated mountain folk here, anyone capable of fighting would probably see that I'm just a silver-plated spearhead."

Hanasaka Shoko smiled upon hearing this. "There's no need to be so self-deprecating. Real combat is never that elaborate. While some extraordinary sword techniques and spearmanship do exist in this world, most people simply don't have access to them. A battle between ordinary people is simply a matter of strength and speed. You possess an advantage in this respect that no one in this era can match."

"You know a lot?" Xu Feng was a little surprised when he saw the girl talking so eloquently.

"Well, I'm good at Kyudo, but I've also dabbled in Kendo and Naginata-jutsu." Hanasaka Shoko raised her head confidently.

She held up a piece of wood and began to demonstrate. "In martial arts, there's a term called a double kill. It's essentially a mutual destruction in normal combat. Even a skilled fighter would be in trouble if the enemy were intent on a double kill! Being tall also means longer arms, allowing for a longer attack range. You're twenty to thirty centimeters taller than the average person of this era, and your arms are about ten centimeters longer. In this situation, if you fight using a double kill technique, it's easier to strike the enemy early, and the end result is a life-or-death trade."

Xu Feng observed for a while, and soon he saw something: "The key to this fighting style is actually the pace and the control of distance, right?"

Some skills seem easy to learn but are much harder than you think.

He shook his head. "Instead of wasting time learning this, it's better to find a way to get a spear. The length advantage of a spear is much greater than the mere length of your arm."

Haven’t you seen that some famous sword masters use spears on the battlefield?
"That's true." Hanasaka Shoko smiled dumbly and threw away the branch in her hand.

She believed that Xu Feng would not cause trouble casually.

"You are indeed very steady, but why do I always feel that you are planning something?"

Hearing this question, Xu Feng looked out the window again: "Actually, I was just thinking about what the other people would do. Like you said, that old man is not an easy person to deal with."

"And that otaku knows the detailed plot, has the advantage of foresight, and is even familiar with the personalities of the main characters. If they want to do something, there's a good chance they'll succeed."

"Do you want to be the oriole?" asked Hanasaka Shoko.

"No, I just don't want to be affected." Xu Feng shook his head again.

"The lord's soldiers, the Imperial Guards, and the protagonist Wuming... these are three factions. In the plot, the three parties only started fighting at the end, and the final result seems to be the annihilation of all the participating forces? But what if there are modern people who know the intelligence in advance and get involved?"

"For example, if that old man goes to the lord and stirs up a conflict between him and the Jinyiwei, forcing the two groups to fight in advance, what will be the outcome then?"

(End of this chapter)